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  • #1002
    vh4sd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,370 ✭✭✭vh4sd


    Mickey Dazzler wrote: »
    I absolutely have to have this..... If anyone can find it online please send me a link....I'm not racist....but...

    sDKpvW4.png


  • #1003
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,522 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    little help here?
    Augmerson wrote: »
    E9YDwBe.jpg


  • #1004
    Gokei
    Closed Accounts Posts: 795 ✭✭✭Gokei


    Why was six afraid of seven?

    because seven eight nine.


  • #1005
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    Good news everyone !

    5DMvTNQ.jpg

    I win, haven't a clue what that pic means.


  • #1006
    Blisterman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,460 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    I thought it looked like a penis!


  • #1007
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Game of Thrones spoilers are a shame. Same with Love / Hate before.

    /unsubscribes


  • #1008
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,297 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    keith16 wrote: »
    Game of Thrones spoilers are a shame. Same with Love / Hate before.

    /unsubscribes

    In fairness, we were deleting GoT spoilers when we could, but after about 4 days there's very little point. Anyone who went on any news site would have had it spoiled over the last few days, even if they managed to avoid Facebook/Twitter spoilers.

    I think for tv shows, after about 3 days if you hadn't watched it by then it's pretty unreasonable to still expect people to not be talking or posting pictures about it. And I say that as someone who has been spoiled several times in similar circumstances. The Guardian's twitter feed spoiled the ending of the last series of Sherlock. News sites constantly have spoilers in headlines about tv shows.

    With respect, if you're behind and haven't gotten to see something yet, avoid the internet. We do what we can to remove spoilers for the first few days, but after that there's simply no point. At what stage is it safe to allow them? If we waited two weeks someone might still be spoiled, yet more and more pictures will have been made about it that people try to post.

    Sorry if it means you unsubscribe from CVPL, but at some point things stop being spoilers and become common knowledge for the majority of posters, and that's what we have to cater for.


  • #1009
    gimli2112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,409 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    Back in the old days you'ld relish the opportunity to spoil something for anyone you knew
    The Crying Game - "It's a bloke"
    Empire Strikes Back - "Vader is Luke's da"
    Presumed Innocent - "The wife done it"

    The internet's made us all too politically correct!


  • #1010
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,408 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    I don't see what political correctness has to do with spoiling someones enjoyment of a series/ movie/ book whatever.

    In fairness I think the mods do a good job on this and most people are aware (ie are not dicks) that they should give a spoiler alert before announcing anything. I see the Metro rag is also taking alot of flack from readers for spoilers on Game of Thrones so it seems to be a media wide phenomenon.

    I think comparing it to a football game is not a good comparison in that not many people watch old football matches and if they do even if they do not know the actual result, the ultimate result would be known (for example I doubt anyone thinks that maybe Ireland did win the world cup in 1994)


  • #1011
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,297 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    gimli2112 wrote: »
    Back in the old days you'ld relish the opportunity to spoil something for anyone you knew
    The Crying Game - "It's a bloke"
    Empire Strikes Back - "Vader is Luke's da"
    Presumed Innocent - "The wife done it"

    The internet's made us all too politically correct!

    inconceivable_means_02.jpg


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  • #1012
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    This may sound the most bizarre thing ever. :o
    If I suspect a post in YLYL contains spoilers of a tv show (I haven't seen any of GOT S3) I'll use a book to block the entire portion of my screen so that only a column width allowing me to identify the post number (#1017) is visible. Then I merely scroll down to the next post.
    It's not ideal and I may skip some posts unnecesarily. Or there may be other gags in the post that are not tv related. But so far I've avoid all the spoilers. :D


  • #1013
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Penn wrote: »

    At what stage is it safe to allow them? If we waited two weeks someone might still be spoiled, yet more and more pictures will have been made about it that people try to post.

    Sorry if it means you unsubscribe from CVPL, but at some point things stop being spoilers and become common knowledge for the majority of posters, and that's what we have to cater for.

    Fair enough, but there are plenty of people who haven't seen a whole host of TV series. I would say it's far far from the majority of people who have seen the latest episode within 3 days of airing.

    I think it's also unreasonable to expect everyone to live their lives according to a TV schedule. That's why box sets and Netflix are so popular these days, people watch them at their own convenience.

    Bottom line is, if you post a spoiler, you're being a dick. That's why spoiler tags exist and are used by decent posters that may contain spoilers of content that is several years old.

    Given the amount of modding for reposts and the contempt with which they are held, the addition all effort for editing spoiler posts would be marginal.


  • #1014
    kmart6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,172 ✭✭✭✭kmart6


    What's with reported reposts not being removed?!


  • #1015
    LEIN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    kmart6 wrote: »
    What's with reported reposts not being removed?!

    Some reports are not reposts and some are so old we let them slide. :)


  • #1016
    kmart6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,172 ✭✭✭✭kmart6


    The Colorado cinema shooter is not old and is certainly a repost, been posted a few times!


  • #1017
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,297 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    From earlier discussions in this thread, people were complaining that many things we were editing as reposts weren't reposts, and that even if some were reposts many people wouldn't have seen them before. As such, the mods have implemented a new system of dealing with reposts to combat this issue.

    Some pictures may still have been posted once or twice before, but given how fast YLYL moves and how not everyone reads every page or gets online each day, there's probably still a large enough amount of users who haven't seen that pic (for example) before.

    Obviously, the very old pics which get posted all the time (girl's arm makes it look like her friend is naked, shadow on girl's leg makes it look like she has a penis, BatCat etc) will be edited as reposts, as will pics which have been posted within about a week earlier. Other than that, unless it's reported by a certain number of posters as being a repost, we're erring on the side of leniency.


  • #1018
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,109 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Penn wrote: »
    From earlier discussions in this thread, people were complaining that many things we were editing as reposts weren't reposts, and that even if some were reposts many people wouldn't have seen them before. As such, the mods have implemented a new system of dealing with reposts to combat this issue.

    Some pictures may still have been posted once or twice before, but given how fast YLYL moves and how not everyone reads every page or gets online each day, there's probably still a large enough amount of users who haven't seen that pic (for example) before.

    Obviously, the very old pics which get posted all the time (girl's arm makes it look like her friend is naked, shadow on girl's leg makes it look like she has a penis, BatCat etc) will be edited as reposts, as will pics which have been posted within about a week earlier. Other than that, unless it's reported by a certain number of posters as being a repost, we're erring on the side of leniency.
    Why not just use the current system, but just remove the IMG tags so that it shows up as a link and people can still click into it, to view it if they so desire?


  • #1019
    Penn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,297 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    Quazzie wrote: »
    Why not just use the current system, but just remove the IMG tags so that it shows up as a link and people can still click into it, to view it if they so desire?

    But that's what we had always been doing and is what people had been complaining about. We rarely deleted reposts, we nearly always changed them to links. Changing it to a link and putting up a short description means you have to read the description (which in some cases might ruin the joke the picture is trying to portray), click the link, then press back (or close the new browser tab) to go back and reload the page of YLYL you were on. If they hadn't seen those pics before, that could be pretty frustrating if there were maybe two reposts per page. It ruins the flow of taking a quick look through YLYL.

    If it's a non-obvious repost (one not posted in the last week or one of the obvious ones we get all the time), then the least obstructive thing for the majority of users is to leave it up and people who've seen it before can just scroll past it. That's probably even less obstructive than having to read the description of a repost to see if they've seen it before and having to scroll past that too. And as I said, if enough people report something as a repost, we'll change it to a link as per usual, rather than the old system of doing it when only one person reported it.


  • #1020
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,109 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    Penn wrote: »
    But that's what we had always been doing and is what people had been complaining about. We rarely deleted reposts, we nearly always changed them to links. Changing it to a link and putting up a short description means you have to read the description (which in some cases might ruin the joke the picture is trying to portray), click the link, then press back (or close the new browser tab) to go back and reload the page of YLYL you were on. If they hadn't seen those pics before, that could be pretty frustrating if there were maybe two reposts per page. It ruins the flow of taking a quick look through YLYL.

    If it's a non-obvious repost (one not posted in the last week or one of the obvious ones we get all the time), then the least obstructive thing for the majority of users is to leave it up and people who've seen it before can just scroll past it. That's probably even less obstructive than having to read the description of a repost to see if they've seen it before and having to scroll past that too. And as I said, if enough people report something as a repost, we'll change it to a link as per usual, rather than the old system of doing it when only one person reported it.

    That's fair enough I suppose. I don't think we can ask for more than that to be honest.


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  • #1021
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 92,550 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    gimli2112 wrote: »
    Back in the old days you'ld relish the opportunity to spoil something for anyone you knew
    The Crying Game -
    "It's a bloke"
    Empire Strikes Back -
    "Vader is Luke's da"
    Presumed Innocent -
    "The wife done it"
    you bastid how do you sleep at night ? :mad:


  • #1022
    Turtwig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Turtwig


    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    you bastid how do you sleep at night ? :mad:

    Presumably with cackles of glee.


  • #1023
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    201213.jpg


  • #1024
    LizT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭LizT


    The ad on the bus is a specsavers one, but the one reflected in the luas is a thomas cook one.


  • #1025
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    Is the Thomas Cooke one not coming from a different angle?


  • #1026
    guttenberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 960 ✭✭✭guttenberg


    I don't know the context of the photo, but surely if they walked around the far side they could open the emergency door/back window and get in that way?


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  • #1027
    Gokei
    Closed Accounts Posts: 795 ✭✭✭Gokei


    guttenberg wrote: »
    I don't know the context of the photo, but surely if they walked around the far side they could open the emergency door/back window and get in that way?
    Reminds me of the bus stuck under the bridge. Engineers wanted to dismantle the bridge or take an angle grinder to the bus..

    Kid says "why not just let the air out of the tyres?"


  • #1028
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,522 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    guttenberg wrote: »
    I don't know the context of the photo, but surely if they walked around the far side they could open the emergency door/back window and get in that way?

    They're not trying to get in at this point but seperate them in a safe manner
    RoyalMarine wrote: »
    g1359027748225580317.jpg
    Is this relevent to something else?


  • #1029
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,678 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    They're not trying to get in at this point but seperate them in a safe manner


    Is this relevent to something else?

    Dont think so, its just yet another stupid fu(kin "look at the cute cat pic." one of the many destroying ylyl. i really wish mods would set up a different thread for the pics like thet did with the rage comics


  • #1030
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »

    Is this relevent to something else?

    Yeah it is, it's in reference to this meme

    I_Should_Buy_A_Boat.jpg

    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    Dont think so, its just yet another stupid fu(kin "look at the cute cat pic." one of the many destroying ylyl. i really wish mods would set up a different thread for the pics like thet did with the rage comics

    Not this crap again. Bit dramatic to say certain pics are "destroying" YLYL. If you don't like it, scroll past. Humour is subjective. The Rage comics and Dolan comics have already been given their own threads...if we started breaking it down even further there would be about a dozen different threads for different categories of funny stuff.


  • #1031
    garv123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    Chucken wrote: »
    Is the Thomas Cooke one not coming from a different angle?

    Different picture.

    4840cced565cc1c7684344a295ebb4df.jpg


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  • #1032
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,408 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    garv123 wrote: »
    Different picture.

    I think the specsavers add was the joke


  • #1033
    garv123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    I think the specsavers add was the joke

    Yeah but it was a fail of a photoshop because the original advertising was in the reflection and people were commenting saying the reflection was a different angle showing a different advertising sign.. hence the post.


  • #1034
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,408 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    I assume whoever created it did it for the laugh rather than expecting it to stand up to any actual scrutiny:confused:


  • #1035
    Sulla Felix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,442 ✭✭✭Sulla Felix


    Plus, it's a repost to boot :D


  • #1036
    flutterflye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭flutterflye


    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    RE: Albert Einstein bemoaning people on phones pictures.

    Dont worry Albert, these guys have it sorted.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/10113715/The-beer-glass-that-only-stands-upright-when-balanced-on-your-phone.html

    The-beer-glass-that-only-stands-upright-when-balanced-on-your-phone.html

    http://files.coloribus.com/files/adsarchive/part_1726/17266405/file/salve-jorge-bar-offline-glass-600-45210.jpg

    PS - I dont know how to make the pictures appear.

    That's bloody stupid! Sure phones are all different shapes and sizes. And anyway, surely you could just stack up some beer mats to use instead.


  • #1037
    easter island head
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭easter island head


    Looking at the latest YLYL thread, why are so many blank posts being tolerated? For example, this guy has a penchant for it...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85059394&postcount=4

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85059426&postcount=6

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85059495&postcount=9

    And some more.....

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85064837&postcount=24

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85076894&postcount=52

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85083666&postcount=71

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85087034&postcount=82

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85088253&postcount=83

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85089693&postcount=86

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85090880&postcount=92


    If these stupid posts are directed at preceeding posts? It would appear some people can't be arséd to make an effort, by posting a picture to counter the previous post?

    When you read the rules this is the first thing you see....
    Rules and guidelines:

    This is a picture thread only
    Picture only?.......Picture only? Then why are blank posts allowed?


  • #1038
    flutterflye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,538 ✭✭✭flutterflye


    easter island head wrote: »
    Looking at the latest YLYL thread, why are so many blank posts being tolerated? For example, this guy has a penchant for it...


    If these stupid posts are directed at preceeding posts? It would appear some people can't be arséd to make an effort, by posting a picture to counter the previous post?

    When you read the rules this is the first thing you see....Picture only?.......Picture only? Then why are blank posts allowed?

    understand-huh-hunh.jpg


  • #1039
    guttenberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 960 ✭✭✭guttenberg


    You registered just for that easter island head? it might be your computer blocking the images, all them links work fine for me.


  • #1040
    easter island head
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭easter island head


    guttenberg wrote: »
    You registered just for that easter island head?

    6k95VH.jpg



    Nope, today is the 15th of June, I registered last month.

    guttenberg wrote: »
    it might be your computer blocking the images, all them links work fine for me.

    Well it hasn't happened before. Even if I try to quote or hyperlink those posts they are blank. Usually if there's a dodgy pic, I will get a security alert and that's it.


  • #1041
    Pawwed Rig
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 22,408 CMod ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    It happens to me sometimes too that there will just be a blank pic but then when I go back later I can see it. It is most likely the software on your computer that is blocking them or maybe they are slow to load due to your internet connection.


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  • #1042
    Chucken
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,459 ✭✭✭Chucken


    I can see all those pics!


  • #1043
    Fr_Dougal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,166 ✭✭✭Fr_Dougal


    Pawwed Rig wrote: »
    It happens to me sometimes too that there will just be a blank pic but then when I go back later I can see it. It is most likely the software on your computer that is blocking them or maybe they are slow to load due to your internet connection.

    Happens to me the odd time too.


  • #1044
    garv123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    Its not me.. its you..


  • #1045
    Darkglasses
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,526 ✭✭✭✭Darkglasses


    Definitely just you, I can see all those pictures. As can all the people who thank the posts.


  • #1046
    LEIN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,936 ✭✭✭LEIN


    easter island head wrote: »
    Looking at the latest YLYL thread, why are so many blank posts being tolerated? For example, this guy has a penchant for it...

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85059394&postcount=4

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85059426&postcount=6

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85059495&postcount=9

    And some more.....

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85064837&postcount=24

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85076894&postcount=52

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85083666&postcount=71

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85087034&postcount=82

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85088253&postcount=83

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85089693&postcount=86

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=85090880&postcount=92


    If these stupid posts are directed at preceeding posts? It would appear some people can't be arséd to make an effort, by posting a picture to counter the previous post?

    When you read the rules this is the first thing you see....Picture only?.......Picture only? Then why are blank posts allowed?

    Check your settings or clean out your hard disk. All of the pictures you quoted here can be seen.

    If you are viewing from a restricted PC like a work PC they may have blocked some sites meaning the hot link will fail.


  • #1047
    derfderf
    Registered Users Posts: 1,588 ✭✭✭derfderf


    Chucken wrote: »
    I can see all those pics!

    Me too, and they're definitely the finest ever in YLYL


  • #1048
    Boombastic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,496 ✭✭✭Boombastic


    What's the one with the Nike Price Drop about?


  • #1049
    LizT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,089 ✭✭✭✭LizT


    Boombastic wrote: »
    What's the one with the Nike Price Drop about?

    The price drop has made it 2 dollars more expensive.


  • #1050
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    What am I missing here?


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  • #1051
    dulpit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,450 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    ibarelycare wrote: »
    What am I missing here?

    I assume it's the difference in number of units in the bottle. To an Irish person it's 1.1 units, in the UK it's 1.3 (meaning Irish could drink more)


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