Stupidest things that anyone has come up with

Wanderer78 · 07-11-2018 10:06am

biko wrote: »

If that's your opinion I can respect it, even though I don't agree with it.

i can understand where dislike, even hatred, for the eu comes from, im personally pissed at how we have been treated over the last couple of decades, particularly since the crash by it, but i do think groups such as diem25 are onto it, we re better off sticking it out and trying to reform it from within, as a total collapse of the eu would probably spell disaster for us all.

Hotblack Desiato · 07-11-2018 10:13am

biko wrote: »

EU
We could just as well have stuck with English rule.

There's opinions, and then there's facts.

The fact is that this country has gained many billions directly and indirectly from EU membership, while Britain treated Ireland as a colony to be drained of funds as much as possible, and looked the other way when the Irish they'd reduced to penury were starving in their millions.

When people come out with completely ignorant nonsense like your post, it's very hard to retain any respect for them.

Wanderer78 · 07-11-2018 10:47am

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

There's opinions, and then there's facts.

The fact is that this country has gained many billions directly and indirectly from EU membership, while Britain treated Ireland as a colony to be drained of funds as much as possible, and looked the other way when the Irish they'd reduced to penury were starving in their millions.

When people come out with completely ignorant nonsense like your post, it's very hard to retain any respect for them.

have eu institutions and other global institutions been doing the same thing?

Hotblack Desiato · 07-11-2018 11:32am

Wanderer78 wrote: »

have eu institutions and other global institutions been doing the same thing?

No.

Capt'n Midnight · 07-11-2018 11:00pm

biko wrote: »

EU
We could just as well have stuck with English rule.

We all know about the Protestant work ethic.

Then there's the Catholic work ethic, "feck it, it'll do, or I'll do it tomorrow" , but you feel guilty about it.

Other than that the only difference between Northern Ireland and down here is whether it's Westminster or Dublin calling the shots.

Or as a German puts it unification would mean that by 2025 Northern Ireland's economic output would be almost £16bn higher than it otherwise would have been.

branie2 · 07-11-2018 11:20pm

Websites that require you to accept cookies before you can proceed to it

Greyfox · 07-11-2018 11:40pm

branie2 wrote: »

Websites that require you to accept cookies before you can proceed to it

Oh yes, feels like every p*xy website on the internet has to ask this. I'm only on your stupid crappy website because I fell for a stupid clickbate article.

endacl · 07-11-2018 11:41pm

Mountainsandh wrote: »

Windows 10.

Anything after XP.

Greyfox · 07-11-2018 11:47pm

Scarves, wear a proper jacket and you never need one

fritzelly · 07-11-2018 11:49pm

anotherfinemess wrote: »

Computers replacing people on customer service lines

Computers replacing people on customer service lines and still not giving a crap about who you know high up - wait actually that's a good thing

namloc1980 · 07-11-2018 11:56pm

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Removal of FM radio from mobile phones to be replaced by crap data based radio.

My phone has FM. Reception is a bit ropey. Much prefer to use TuneIn.

Greyfox · 07-11-2018 11:58pm

fritzelly wrote: »

Computers replacing people on customer service lines and still not giving a crap about who you know high up - wait actually that's a good thing

People will always be needed in customer service as customers will always want to whinge and moan to a person rather than a computer even though the customer is wrong

Bigbagofcans · 08-11-2018 12:25pm

Greyfox wrote: »

People will always be needed in customer service as customers will always want to whinge and moan to a person rather than a computer even though the customer is wrong

It seems like a lot of people moan on Boards instead of ringing customer services.