Java Facepalmers

Just fyi, the following are retarded:

SomeType thing = new SomeType(paramerters);
if (thing == null)
    // ...
// ...



if (this == null)
    return;
// ...

These are both real mistakes I've found working on a Java project at work. It makes me feel dumb explaining that a constructor never returns null, and that this is never null.

Please write good code and don't make these mistakes. At least it gives me a job.