Unpopular Opinions - OP Updated with Threadban List 4/5/21

partyguinness

Ireland is getting itself into a right mess with its Covid startegy (or lack thereof). From what I can see it actually has no exit strategy.

Lads sitting around getting a hard on for the daily figures. Come on Ireland. Snap out of it and grow a pair and stop obsessing over other countries.

Whatever happened to an "Irish solution to an Irish problem"?

Errashareesh

partyguinness wrote: »

Cadbury's chocolate is **** but too many people think that is what chocolate should taste like.

It's basically the Foster's lager of the chocolate world.

Imo that applies to Nestle but not Cadbury.

freshpopcorn

Marks and Spencer food is often overrated!

Munstergirl854

We export our worst comedy(Mrs Brown,young offenders) to the UK and then wonder why the English have a dumbed down view of the Irish.

Justin Credible Darts

Munstergirl854 wrote: »

We export our worst comedy(Mrs Brown,young offenders) to the UK and then wonder why the English have a dumbed down view of the Irish.

Do the Irish even make decent comedy ?


Those considered decent like The savage eye, which I liked ripped the piss out of the Irish

JohnnyFlash

I like The Young Offenders. It's sweet, sometimes funny, and without a cynical bone its body.

cms88

partyguinness wrote: »

Ireland is getting itself into a right mess with its Covid startegy (or lack thereof). From what I can see it actually has no exit strategy.

Lads sitting around getting a hard on for the daily figures. Come on Ireland. Snap out of it and grow a pair and stop obsessing over other countries.

Whatever happened to an "Irish solution to an Irish problem"?

Ireland could be doing everything right but that type of person would still have something to complain about.

Before lockdown people calling for it, when it happned they wanted it lifted and when it was it was too early according to them.

Quazzie

The people who are complaining about pubs being closed will be the first pricks to be complaining when people are dying again due to Covid

If you've builders hammering and tapping and drilling in the neighbours house next door the builders will find your 'articulated' sentiments to them about it the same as other projects they are working on:

If you wrestle with a pig in the mud, the pig will enjoy it.

partyguinness

partyguinness wrote: »

Whatever happened to an "Irish solution to an Irish problem"?

It's not "WOKE" enough for many Irish millennials.

Antares35

I don't agree with the new move to put pressure on maternity hospitals to lift restrictions on antenatal appointments and visitors after. Unless there are complications, most antenatal stuff is run of the mill and doesn't really require both parents present.

paw patrol

Quazzie wrote: »

The people who are complaining about pubs being closed will be the first pricks to be complaining when people are dying again due to Covid

not me!

blinding

Deleted User wrote: »

It's not "WOKE" enough for many Irish millennials.

Ireland was better when it only had Yokes and when the Yokes were Farm Implements !

blinding

Antares35 wrote: »

I don't agree with the new move to put pressure on maternity hospitals to lift restrictions on antenatal appointments and visitors after. Unless there are complications, most antenatal stuff is run of the mill and doesn't really require both parents present.

The Dad has had his input already. He might as well be sleeping at home now !

EmmetSpiceland

Some people, men, can’t “handle” that a womxn would know more about sport than they do.

And be better than them at, said, sport.

JohnnyFlash

E-sports are an absolute joke, and I'd be ashamed if either of my sons were involved. It's a sign of the decay of society.

EmmetSpiceland

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Some people, men, can’t “handle” that a womxn would know more about sport than they do.

And be better than them at, said, sport.

Some people, men, are so deprived of intimate contact with the opposite sex that they will speak and behave in an obsequious manner to a servile degree - desperate in the hope that this pandering behaviour dressed as “respect” will ingratiate them.
Favour it may win them with certain insecure/dogmatic women, sexual relations however will remain a vain aspiration.

Any detractors of this patronising behaviour will be derided acidly as “misogynists” etc, presumably “fragile” in their “masculinity” and so on.

JohnnyFlash

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

E-sports are an absolute joke, and I'd be ashamed if either of my sons were involved. It's a sign of the decay of society.

Yes, it's a sign of parents globally being too afraid to let their kids be out and about like they were when they were young. I'm not sure what adults expect from young people. Like they keep them inside and expect them to not be addicted to their phones and be apathetic to sports. Like they mock young people for not knowing how to hang a picture but they never taught them how to do it.

I don't have any problems with e-sports themselves really. They're just too addictive.

.anon.

Batrachotox wrote: »

Some people, men, are so deprived of intimate contact with the opposite sex that they will speak and behave in an obsequious manner to a servile degree - desperate in the hope that this pandering behaviour dressed as “respect” will ingratiate them.
Favour it may win them with certain insecure/dogmatic women, sexual relations however will remain a vain aspiration.

Any detractors of this patronising behaviour will be derided acidly as “misogynists” etc, presumably “fragile” in their “masculinity” and so on.

Some people have such an entirely transactional attitude towards social interactions with the opposite sex that they don't understand the concept of being decent for the sake of being decent. If they see a man not being an asshole towards women, in terms of expressed attitudes or behaviour, they judge him by their own low standards, assuming that he wants something (usually sex, because what else could a woman offer?) in return.

.anon.

.anon. wrote: »

Some people have such an entirely transactional attitude towards social interactions with the opposite sex that they don't understand the concept of being decent for the sake of being decent. If they see a man not being an asshole towards women, in terms of expressed attitudes or behaviour, they judge him by their own low standards, assuming that he wants something (usually sex, because what else could a woman offer?) in return.

There’s a nice willing misinterpretation of what I said.

There’s a difference between being decent to people and patronising them. Your contention being that anything other than that is being an asshole. Nonsense.

super_furry

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

E-sports are an absolute joke, and I'd be ashamed if either of my sons were involved. It's a sign of the decay of society.

You're going to be really furious when you find out about darts.

.anon.

Batrachotox wrote: »

There’s a nice willing misinterpretation of what I said.

There’s a difference between being decent to people and patronising them. Your contention being that anything other than that is being an asshole. Nonsense.

I've misinterpreted nothing. Some men (thankfully a minority, albeit one massively over-represented on here) don't appear to understand why any man would not share their attitudes towards women, and assume that anyone who doesn't could only be looking for sex. Maybe they're sometimes right, but they seem to believe it's true across the board.

Regarding Irish current affairs on YouTube, The Irish presence on YouTube contains elements like the "socialist" side on Facebook. They will vote down some balanced Youtube videos. Mind you, when they post in the comments they will be snarky and snide.

If you want decent support on YouTube pay for it with a Premium account.

Going by the Youtube creator channel, you'll come across lots of wonderful nice YouTubers ready to you out as a starter, without much trouble at tall.

.anon.

.anon. wrote: »

I've misinterpreted nothing. Some men (thankfully a minority, albeit one massively over-represented on here) don't appear to understand why any man would not share their attitudes towards women, and assume that anyone who doesn't could only be looking for sex. Maybe they're sometimes right, but they seem to believe it's true across the board.

That’s fair enough, however I also think it reductive to think that just because someone does not think women need to be pandered to like children with OTT praise and affirmation means that they view any interaction with them as transactional etc

Just because I don’t supplicate and headpat my gf for the simple fact of her being a woman does not mean we don’t have a loving relationship based on mutual respect and admiration.
It’s not a dichotomy of either being a (excuse stupid internet term) simp or an asshole towards them. There’s plenty of space in between to treat them with due respect and manners and not some fallen gods you must champion in all spheres at all costs to repent for the collective sins of men who are assholes.

Errashareesh

Batrachotox wrote: »

Some people, men, are so deprived of intimate contact with the opposite sex that they will speak and behave in an obsequious manner to a servile degree - desperate in the hope that this pandering behaviour dressed as “respect” will ingratiate them.
Favour it may win them with certain insecure/dogmatic women, sexual relations however will remain a vain aspiration.

Any detractors of this patronising behaviour will be derided acidly as “misogynists” etc, presumably “fragile” in their “masculinity” and so on.

You're right that there are such men. I feel bad for them in some ways. I know you don't mean just guys who are simply sound to everyone including women.

Using "womxn" is disrespectful to *women* too.

I agree with .anon. that there are the type of guys whom they describe too though. Neither they nor the "nice" guys have pure intentions.

99nsr125

Most feminists are just angry at their ex-boyfriend / ex-husband / dad

Most mgtow are just angry at their ex-girlfriend / ex-wife /mother

Ash.J.Williams

99nsr125 wrote: »

Most feminists are just angry at their ex-boyfriend / ex-husband / dad

Most mgtow are just angry at their ex-girlfriend / ex-wife /mother

And male feminists are hiding something dark

Eric Cartman

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

And male feminists are hiding something dark

Absolutely, usually trying to prey on vulnerable women and get some.
http://stonetoss.com/comic/with-friends-like-these/

Randy Archer

Munstergirl854 wrote: »

You cannot control your circumstances or being from a "bad background" but that should not become a pass for bad behaviour.
You can however change your life by working hard and
proving yourself.

The world owes you nothing.

It’s a very sad state of affairs that the above comment would be seen as an unpopular view in today’s world , but right on !

You’d be accused of victim blaming and the other never ending isms and privilege guff excuses that come out of idiots mouths today

People should just laugh at those clowns , publicly and ridicule them

Randy Archer

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Telling people that their problems are insignificant cause others have it worse is ridiculous. I've heard many times the fallacy of relative privation/'Starving African Kids' fallacy.

I understand the reasoning for it, sure it's good to be grateful but sometimes complaining is good cause it gets you to see what's wrong. In life, you'll always find those worse off than you and better off than you.

But others don’t want to hear the whinging especially if it is from an habitual whinger . They have heir own issues