Things you just "don't get"?

Rex Scary Tendinitis

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

I don’t get the issue with farming dogs. They are animals same as cows or sheep yet people lose their s+it over a farm that produces dogs but sees no issue whatsoever with livestock farms.

Obviously the welfare situation is an issue on a lot of puppy farms but if ran correctly I see it as no different to any other farm. The point of farming to to make money from producing animals and there is a lot of money in dogs.

I don't see many stray cows running around looking to be adopted come January

Niner leprauchan

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

I don't see many stray cows running around looking to be adopted come January

That’s because they just get slaughtered. Putting down a few dogs though is the end of the world for some people, they are only animals.

Widdershins

If covid 19 incubates for 2 wks, how does containment work?

begbysback

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

Define 'trained'?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zlW4DF9X5ac

EmmetSpiceland

Widdershins wrote: »

If covid 19 incubates for 2 wks, how does containment work?

As long as people aren’t washing their hands, or using sanitiser, and turning up to hospitals with “flu-like” symptoms it will never be contained.

It’s spread as much through human stupidity as it is through contact.

Millicently

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

So tell me, how do you stop a random person walking into a hospital (a place where sick people tend to go for some strange reason) with a completely unseen but contagious illness?

And what is it that Spain, Italy china, the UK and the US did with their medical facilities that make Ireland a 'joke' other than getting the video virus first?

Keep on digging

Millicently

Seamai wrote: »

Well in fairness our JRs were pets though their bark was enough to send quite a few callers packing and they were certainly able to compete with the best of them when some local bitch was in heat. We talk about getting a dog but as the two of are out of the house for over 10 hours a day I don't think it would be fair on the dog, when we do I think it will a bigger dog, I might even consider a greyhound.

Are you saying that not only did you not do the responsible thing and get your dog neutered but you also allowed it to run the streets fighting with other dogs and getting some unfortunate female dog pregnant? Christ on a bike some people never fooking learn and it's no wonder thousands of dogs are dying in pounds.

Seamai

Millicently wrote: »

Are you saying that not only did you not do the responsible thing and get your dog neutered but you also allowed it to run the streets fighting with other dogs and getting some unfortunate female dog pregnant? Christ on a bike some people never fooking learn and it's no wonder thousands of dogs are dying in pounds.

We did have his gearbox (as my dad used to say) removed but it didn't stop him from trying.

Having dogs sterilized is something I feel very strongly about, my partner volunteers for a charity that deals with abandoned animals and has come across some pretty harrowing cases so when we do get a dog it will be a rescue and most definitely neutered.

DBB

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

I don’t get the issue with farming dogs. They are animals same as cows or sheep yet people lose their s+it over a farm that produces dogs but sees no issue whatsoever with livestock farms.

There is one major and critical biological difference between the usual farm livestock species, and dogs (or indeed, mink, and foxes, which are farmed for fur). That is that they are predators. Their psychological wiring, and their biological needs, are radically different to herbivores and ungulates. Those needs cannot be catered for in a larger scale, mass-production setting. Therefore, welfare and development issues are an insurmountable barrier to producing predator species ethically or effectively, always have been, and always will be. It simply can't be done.
To expect an animal whose basic biological needs cannot be met in a mass-produced setting, and which by definition are socially impoverished due to inappropriate rearing during their most critical period of psychological development, to then live under one's roof, interacting happily with one's family members (most of them can't), is likely to be a major reason why people "lose their s+it" over it.

retalivity

I said it before, but face tattoos. Wtf is wrong with people who do this?
As i understand, its a thing with young american rappers/pop stars etc., who are either going to be 1)famous and never need to work a proper job 2)end up in a gang or 3) die young.

But i passed a guy yesterday on the quays in dublin with a godawful green mess around his right eye and cheek wearing a dealz polo. Surprised they hired him in a customer facing role looking like he does

Seamai

retalivity wrote: »

I said it before, but face tattoos. Wtf is wrong with people who do this?
As i understand, its a thing with young american rappers/pop stars etc., who are either going to be 1)famous and never need to work a proper job 2)end up in a gang or 3) die young.

But i passed a guy yesterday on the quays in dublin with a godawful green mess around his right eye and cheek wearing a dealz polo. Surprised they hired him in a customer facing role looking like he does

I think there will come a time down the line when having a tattoo might not be so cool.
Coming up with a way to get rid of them could be a major money spinner.

Millicently

retalivity wrote: »

I said it before, but face tattoos. Wtf is wrong with people who do this?
As i understand, its a thing with young american rappers/pop stars etc., who are either going to be 1)famous and never need to work a proper job 2)end up in a gang or 3) die young.

But i passed a guy yesterday on the quays in dublin with a godawful green mess around his right eye and cheek wearing a dealz polo. Surprised they hired him in a customer facing role looking like he does

Maybe it's some sort of arrangement with the prison service. I've been seeing lads working in shops for the last few months who really wouldn't have even made it to an interview let alone been hired. They really haven't got a clue about customer service and can be quite intimidating. Generally speaking, a facial tattoo is a fairly loud statement that the wearer has no intention of ever getting a job unless it's with a carnival or tattoo parlour.

bobbyss

This haircut that half the men and boys have. Bottom half of the head is shaven. All the footballers have it and rugby players too. Looks awful.

DBB

DBB wrote: »

There is one major and critical biological difference between the usual farm livestock species, and dogs (or indeed, mink, and foxes, which are farmed for fur). That is that they are predators. Their psychological wiring, and their biological needs, are radically different to herbivores and ungulates. Those needs cannot be catered for in a larger scale, mass-production setting. Therefore, welfare and development issues are an insurmountable barrier to producing predator species ethically or effectively, always have been, and always will be. It simply can't be done.
To expect an animal whose basic biological needs cannot be met in a mass-produced setting, and which by definition are socially impoverished due to inappropriate rearing during their most critical period of psychological development, to then live under one's roof, interacting happily with one's family members (most of them can't), is likely to be a major reason why people "lose their s+it" over it.

They are animals so once fed, watered and treated well that’s ok as far as I’m concerned. People are treating dogs like people imo and they are not they are animals, like having dogs living in the house rather than outside like they always have or even more insanely having a dog sleeping on their bed. That’s worthy of a mental health check imo.

Pac1Man

Why some people are obsessed with what I did on the weekend.

Don't think I have ever asked someone what they did the weekend.

Seamai

bobbyss wrote: »

This haircut that half the men and boys have. Bottom half of the head is shaven. All the footballers have it and rugby players too. Looks awful.

Was getting my hair cut yesterday and a guy was having this done, he was really particular about it, yet was wearing a manky old tracksuit that was probably picked up off the bedroom floor. Is there a name for the style? It's a bit like Friar Tuck without the top of the head shaved.
This guy looked ridiculous.

DBB

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

They are animals so once fed, watered and treated well that’s ok as far as I’m concerned. People are treating dogs like people imo and they are not they are animals, like having dogs living in the house rather than outside like they always have or even more insanely having a dog sleeping on their bed. That’s worthy of a mental health check imo.

It's the "treated well" bit that is the huge issue that you gloss over. By denying an animal its basic biological and developmental needs, you are, by definition, not treating it well. It really is that simple. It's one of the Five Freedoms upon which good animal welfare across the world is based... the freedom to carry out natural behaviours. Ungulates can be readily provided with this cornerstone of welfare. Predatory species cannot in a mass-production setting. You can fudge over that with your argument about whether dogs should live inside or outside til the cows come home (excuse the pun), but you're not going to change this most basic of biological realities, try as you might.
If you then expect an animal whose basic biological and developmental needs have not been met, to then function normally as a pet animal, whether the dog lives inside or out, you're going to run into trouble. Your opinion is what it is, but it is in direct contradiction to qualified, expert opinion which is based on good, solid research and evidence.

GAA! Every Monday at work I get customers asking me did you see the latest gaa game or whatever is on. When I tell them I’ve never been interested in it they look at me as if I had two heads! One fella said to me ‘you’re Irish aren’t you’ and I said yes and proud but I don’t have to like gaa or drink Guinness,which I can’t stand either!

bobbyss

bobbyss wrote: »

This haircut that half the men and boys have. Bottom half of the head is shaven. All the footballers have it and rugby players too. Looks awful.

The Peaky Blinders influence!

PsychoPete

zorro2566 wrote: »

GAA! Every Monday at work I get customers asking me did you see the latest gaa game or whatever is on. When I tell them I’ve never been interested in it they look at me as if I had two heads! One fella said to me ‘you’re Irish aren’t you’ and I said yes and proud but I don’t have to like gaa or drink Guinness,which I can’t stand either!

Remember one time I was in Kilkenny, standing at bar waiting to order. Fella next to me asked if I'd seen the hurling, no I wouldn't fellow it I said to him. I've never had someone look at me with such disgust. They treat it like a religion

Pawwed Rig

PsychoPete wrote: »

Remember one time I was in Kilkenny, standing at bar waiting to order. Fella next to me asked if I'd seen the hurling, no I wouldn't fellow it I said to him. I've never had someone look at me with such disgust. They treat it like a religion

There was a guy on boards (can't recall if it was this thread or not) who was offended that I had never heard of one of the Dublin footballers. He actually said I was lying and that everyone had heard of him

vriesmays

Seamai wrote: »

I think there will come a time down the line when having a tattoo might not be so cool.
Coming up with a way to get rid of them could be a major money spinner.

Tattoo's are for people who like to stand out but lack the talent to do so.

Toilets, public and work ones! Why are people like animals in them, peeing on the floor, on the seat or spraying their poo all over the toilet instead of in it? Most times they don’t even flush, just leave it there for some poor bastard to clean up after them. Wonder would they get away with doing that at home?

Rufeo

"Big" jeans on women.

vriesmays

vriesmays wrote: »

Tattoo's are for people who like to stand out but lack the talent to do so.

Think how those tatts will look on their saggy skin when they’re elderly!

iamwhoiam

vriesmays wrote: »

Tattoo's are for people who like to stand out but lack the talent to do so.

There are many many people with small hidden tattoos so that is not at all true

Millicently

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

They are animals so once fed, watered and treated well that’s ok as far as I’m concerned. People are treating dogs like people imo and they are not they are animals, like having dogs living in the house rather than outside like they always have or even more insanely having a dog sleeping on their bed. That’s worthy of a mental health check imo.

I hope that you are just trolling, if not please don't ever get an animal of any kind. I find your kind of attitude to animals quite unsettling and if any one is in need of a mental health check you should take a look in the mirror.

Heckler

vriesmays wrote: »

Tattoo's are for people who like to stand out but lack the talent to do so.

I have a tattoo, just the one, that can't be seen. Means a lot to me but a very few people know I have it. So you're half wrong. A lot of people do get tattoos for the wrong reason true.

Heckler

zorro2566 wrote: »

Toilets, public and work ones! Why are people like animals in them, peeing on the floor, on the seat or spraying their poo all over the toilet instead of in it? Most times they don’t even flush, just leave it there for some poor bastard to clean up after them. Wonder would they get away with doing that at home?

I work with a lot of fellas and they can't even flush the fecking toilet. Turning the tap off is a foreign concept to them.

Deebles McBeebles

The moving of a clearly light-hearted AH-type thread to sex and sexuality forum, which I don't even have access to. FFS lads. Ye wouldn't be as quick to get rid of racist posts.

Seamai

Heckler wrote: »

I work with a lot of fellas and they can't even flush the fecking toilet. Turning the tap off is a foreign concept to them.

We have a fella in our place who forgets to come out, sitting on the loo yapping away on his phone, we can all hear the conversations, he usually comes out and says "I wouldn't go in there for a while". He seems to take a crap at least 3 times a day, that's not normal.

Heckler

Seamai wrote: »

We have a fella in our place who forgets to come out, sitting on the loo yapping away on his phone, we can all hear the conversations, he usually comes out and says "I wouldn't go in there for a while". He seems to take a crap at least 3 times a day, that's not normal.

Hes probably not crapping at all. Using it as a break.

Seamai

Heckler wrote: »

Hes probably not crapping at all. Using it as a break.

The same guy is far from productive.

dubstarr

zorro2566 wrote: »

Think how those tatts will look on their saggy skin when they’re elderly!

Who cares.I will be old and saggy and still love my tattoos.And have something to look at.:D

Widdershins

A well designed tattoo compliments the skin and the person. Very few I've seen in photos/tv are well designed but there's exceptions...I'd like a lacy garter tattoo. I had a necklace (ribbon, locket and an ivy vine) done a few months ago but kept having rashy breakouts on my upper chest
I keep it covered with Mac Face & Body.

dubstarr

Widdershins wrote: »

A well designed tattoo compliments the skin and the person. Very few I've seen in photos/tv are well designed but there's exceptions...I'd like a lacy garter tattoo.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though.Art is subjective.

Widdershins

dubstarr wrote: »

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though.Art is subjective.

Yep, just my opinion but I do have a good eye for form and colour. As long as they like it themselves, that's the important thing.

Redneck Reject71

Widdershins wrote: »

A well designed tattoo compliments the skin and the person. Very few I've seen in photos/tv are well designed but there's exceptions...I'd like a lacy garter tattoo. I had a necklace (ribbon, locket and an ivy vine) done a few months ago but kept having rashy breakouts on my upper chest
I keep it covered with Mac Face & Body.

I never worried what others thought of my tattoos. Each one is a custom piece reflecting moments of my life over the years. For me, my life story is on my skin,heh.

dubstarr

Redneck Reject71 wrote: »

I never worried what others thought of my tattoos. Each one is a custom piece reflecting moments of my life over the years. For me, my life story is on my skin,heh.

Ye me too,though some are just flash i liked.They dont all have meaning.

The Princess Bride

What I don't get, is when someone decides to get a tattoo, but doesn't get the spelling or punctuation or translation correct.

Jeez, you're getting something permanent on your skin, the least you can do, is research it properly.

Or...
Jeez, your getting something permenant on you're skin, the least you can do, is research it proper.

Millicently

Millicently wrote: »

I hope that you are just trolling, if not please don't ever get an animal of any kind. I find your kind of attitude to animals quite unsettling and if any one is in need of a mental health check you should take a look in the mirror.

Sorry to tell you but I’ve a full farm of animals, they all have excellent lives.

I don’t know how you are concluding that I don’t know how to treat animals from my post? Disagreeing having dogs in the house or even worse in your bed is a very normal view point. We always had happy cats and dogs around home but they were even so much as let look in the door of the house, they had sheds or kennels etc to shelter of course though.

Jamsiek

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

We always had happy cats and dogs around home but they were even so much as let look in the door of the house, they had sheds or kennels etc to shelter of course though.

Apparently you shouldn’t leave your cat out as they kill rare birds and spread diseases

https://drsophiayin.com/blog/entry/cats-hunting-wildlife-why-is-it-a-problem-and-what-to-do-about-it/

Jamsiek

Jamsiek wrote: »

Apparently you shouldn’t leave your cat out as they kill rare birds and spread diseases

https://drsophiayin.com/blog/entry/cats-hunting-wildlife-why-is-it-a-problem-and-what-to-do-about-it/

The cats were really just for vermin controls etc in the farm yard so not much good if they were locked up. They do spread diseases though but since most farms have cats around the yard it’s really a case if you might as well too. We don’t have any now, don’t particularly like cats and between laying poison and neighbouring cats coming around it keeps things under control vermin wise.

Jamsiek

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

The cats were really just for vermin controls etc in the farm yard so not much good if they were locked up. They do spread diseases though but since most farms have cats around the yard it’s really a case if you might as well too. We don’t have any now, don’t particularly like cats and between laying poison and neighbouring cats coming around it keeps things under control vermin wise.

My personal opinion is that cars and dogs should be neutered.
Not pleasant for the poor animal but a necessary evil IMO

lawred2

I don't get grown adults who don't wash their hands after going to the toilet..

Lad at work, embodiment of Barney Gumble, straight out of the trap and straight out the door.

Every single time. And he looks at everyone else washing their hands at the basins. Not even a hesitation. Straight for the door.

Reason why I open all handles at work with my sleeve

lawred2

lawred2 wrote: »

I don't get grown adults who don't wash their hands after going to the toilet..

Lad at work, embodiment of Barney Gumble, straight out of the trap and straight out the door.

Every single time. And he looks at everyone else washing their hands at the basins. Not even a hesitation. Straight for the door.

Reason why I open all handles at work with my sleeve

The fcuker will probably live to 100 while the rest of us are dead from viruses!

riclad

Small tattoo,s are ok,if they are discreet . i think large tattoo,s that cover part of the arm
are awful.large tattoo,s =low class chav .males that have large face tattoo,s
,well i think they are low level criminal,s or psychopaths .
if you are in professional rock band or a heavy metal band then maybe theres an excuse, eg having a tattoo is just part of the image.
In general large tattoo =small brain .
i,m not saying there are not nice looking tattoo,s or tattoo,s that can look
good,if its a good design and in a place where its not too obvious.
i understand some in countrys like new zealand tattoo,s are part of the native culture .
theres a presenter on fox news ,he says he never wash,s his hands,
as he does not believe in bacteria .
i have not seen 1 person with large arm tattoo,s and thought that looks
nice or artistic .

PsychoPete

riclad wrote: »

Small tattoo,s are ok,if they are discreet . i think large tattoo,s that cover part of the arm
are awful.large tattoo,s =low class chav .males that have large face tattoo,s
,well i think they are low level criminal,s or psychopaths .
if you are in professional rock band or a heavy metal band then maybe theres an excuse, eg having a tattoo is just part of the image.
In general large tattoo =small brain .
i,m not saying there are not nice looking tattoo,s or tattoo,s that can look
good,if its a good design and in a place where its not too obvious.
i understand some in countrys like new zealand tattoo,s are part of the native culture .
theres a presenter on fox news ,he says he never wash,s his hands,
as he does not believe in bacteria .
i have not seen 1 person with large arm tattoo,s and thought that looks
nice or artistic .

Trying to read this is just painful

Gretas Gonna Get Ya!

I've designed quite a few tattoos for friends and family, as I'm very good at art and drawing...

But I would never get a tattoo myself. I think they look awful.

And I have also read a few very worrying medical articles, suggesting that tattoos might significantly increase your risk for certain types of cancers throughout your life. That's enough for me to give them a miss, even if I did actually like them... not worth it.

Esel

PsychoPete wrote: »

Trying to read this is just painful

Yeah, riclad should lay off the Return key after every sentence and use paragraphs instead.

It's like bad poetry as it is, and not read by me anyway.

Sorry riclad, it had to be said.