What’s your most controversial opinion? **Read OP** **Mod Note in Post #3372**

yourdeadwright

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119989399#Comment_119989399

Work isn't normal life, People are friendly in work to climb the ladder ,

You'll find a bigger sense of community in towns across Ireland than England & hence why we are seen as friendly because everyone wants to know everyone's business, & generally everyone knows everyone else in there town / neighbourhood unlike that in most parts of England

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yourdeadwright

You can't say your non binary & then actually be non binary,

It literally doesn't make sense,

The meaning of binary is relating to, composed of, or involving two things , so if you say "i'm non binary " it means your breaking yourself down to be a part of one of two category's, (binary & non binary ,)

So if your part of one of two groups by definition you are infact binary

Mad_maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119992156#Comment_119992156

We only want to know people’s business so we have a story to share , that’s nothing to do with friendliness

CrookedJack

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119992180#Comment_119992180

This is silly - you seem to have missed an important word. Gender. They are saying they are not binarily gendered, I.e they are not simply one of the two traditionally recognised genders.

They hardly say that they are in general non-binary. That would be mental. You should learn that words are said in context, and that their meaning is dependent on that context.

MayoAreMagic

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119990764#Comment_119990764

I get what you mean but it isnt always the case. For example, when it comes to dublin football supporters, they can be some of the most cliquey you will meet. I think it comes down to context

Potential-Monke

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119991136#Comment_119991136

I'm one of those. But mainly I'm one of those because Ireland produces around 0.1% (estimated) of the worlds co2 emmissions. Even with all our cows!

4shameee

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119989399#Comment_119989399

Haha organised work nights out. The true barometer of socialness

FintanMcluskey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119994494#Comment_119994494

Your proving my point.

You would likely rather sit on your couch watching Netflix than actually socialise with colleagues.

Its anti social and unfriendly regardless of its work related or not

I consider irish people now one of the least friendly and social in Europe

Stone Deaf 4evr

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119991405#Comment_119991405

I think it was the comedian Bill Burr who said something along the lines of 'when women say they want equality with men, what they mean is they want equality with the top 5% of men, they don't want to have the struggles and sh!t that the other 95% put up with'

4shameee

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119994590#Comment_119994590

I'm not proving your point. You also don't know me and have no idea as to my attendance at work events. Fair enough you can consider anything , does not make it true.

Patrick2010

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119990635#Comment_119990635

Nothing controversial about that, I'd say most people do the same. Theres one poster in particular who seems to have the time to write posts that are just walls of text that take ages to read, not including numerous linked references.

Mad_maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119994443#Comment_119994443

That’s different, on match days, it’s to be expected that people bunch tight with their own tribe

Sleepy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119994592#Comment_119994592

A lot of truth in that. I'm all for equality - all legislation should be gender blind and a woman should have every freedom a man does. My issue with modern western feminism is that they're not seeking equality, they're seeking superiority (and tbh, in Ireland at least, they already have superior social and legal status).

The notion that anyone can get to board level in a large organisation while still having time to have a fulfilling social and family life without having a partner who's happy to take on the bulk of the household duties and role of primary care giver to their kids (or existing - usually family - wealth to enable them to out-source those duties to cleaners, nannies etc.) is farcical. It's an out-dated (and sexist) phrase that "behind every great man is a great woman" but there was a kernel of truth in it... if a woman (or man) wants a great career, they need a great partner at home to free them to pursue it.

Sadly, most straight women still have no interest in men who are less ambitious in terms of career and earning potential than them. They do exist of course and anecdotally I can point to a few couples in my social circles where the woman is the main bread winner but any study I've ever seen shows that the majority of women still want a husband who earns more, or the same, as they do.

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119991405#Comment_119991405

Feminism was to say that women were no longer consigned to roles as wives and mothers. Limited to teaching and nursing for the most part. They were and are independent people entitled to live their lives on their terms and not be restricted from doing so by their gender.

Feminism isn’t about ‘having it all’. ‘Having it all’ is an idea to increase consumerism. Media publishing articles on the great family lives of celebrities etc.

‘Having it all’ is also about control. ‘Don’t pause to think in your 20’s’ is the message- career, mortgage, kids, marraige,SUV/people carrier ‘This is what you need! Look! Everyone is doing it!’

RTE radio 1 should seriously consider a TV program like Eurotrash (with Antoine de Caunes ) but for radio. It would really compensate for the likes of The Ryan tubridy ray darcy show.

Then d'arcys mistakes would be funny.

The TV Licence fee is excellent value, especially when compared to streaming services.

Mad_maxx

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119995618#Comment_119995618

I’d be happy to pay it if they didn’t batter me over the head with liberal progressive dogma on a daily basis

whisky_galore

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119991136#Comment_119991136

They do care; as long as someone else does the work and they don't have to pay for it!

Rather like the Irish language.

I'd hate if it died out, I'd like other people to speak it, but not me. Can't be arsed.

Sleepy

I think that's something a lot of Gaelgoirs miss: no one has any interest in denying their right to speak the language. It's their insistence that everyone else does (through it's mandatory status in education, requirement for state services to be provided in Irish etc.) that annoys a lot of us, particularly when there's so much money wasted on it (paying Gaelgoirs to translate documents that will never be read in that language etc.)

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119989399#Comment_119989399

I would agree with this. I grew up in the Irish countryside and didn't find it friendly at all. I've no idea where the cead mile failte thing comes from outside of marketing Ireland to tourists. Where I'm from, if you were interested in the Racing Post or English soccer then nobody saw any point in talking to you.

I prefer the UK where it's much less judgmental.

I don't think Meghan Markle seems so terrible at all.

ancapailldorcha

If she's making an enemy of racists and the British gutter press, she's probably sound enough.

I think the monarchy should be abolished.

yourdeadwright

The problem the Monarchy have with Megan is not her heritage its just that she's a bit of a c*nt

But how is she a c*nt? The viciousness towards her is unhinged. Cooked up by the gutter press.

The Real President Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119991405#Comment_119991405

Feminism doesn't value women it values men, it seeks to make women valuable by being men

Stolen from Twitter

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120004382#Comment_120004382

Or it's that an institution build on the raping and pillaging of subjugated nations and peoples views non-white people as inferiors and fosters a toxic culture to that effect as we saw recently. That seems more likely to me.

Heck, I spend no time following the Sussexes or anyone else but I'm finding that my idea of taking the opposite side to edgy, professional c*nts like Piers Morgan means I'll just get to the same side of the argument but quicker.

spacetweek

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119994488#Comment_119994488

One more time for those that still need this explained - it's not the amount your country produces, it's the per person amount. Ireland's per person CO2 is really high.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119994590#Comment_119994590

I wouldn't use work Xmas parties or social events as a good gauge of "sociability". The people that go to these are overwhelmingly the young ones. The older employees have their own families and friends which they prefer to stick to and aren't interested in deeply getting to know people in work. So as you get older your peer group in work don't want to go to parties anymore.

I think sociability should be measured more in how open people are to share detail with someone they may only know peripherally. So if you get in a conversation with them how long until they begin to share personal stuff. I would rate the Irish about mid-range on that scale. The most social in my experience are Americans and Australians. Irish are in the middle, English and French are low, Scandinavians and east Asians the most reserved.

pgj2015

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120004423#Comment_120004423

What about the way she treated her Dad, who brought her up on his own? disowned him because he didn't known how to deal with the press. im no Royal family fan by the way.

pgj2015

Overweight Irish men with a beard all look the exact same. There are about 10 of them in my own town, I cant tell which one is which.

Jequ0n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120004514#Comment_120004514

“Or it's that an institution build on the raping and pillaging of subjugated nations and peoples views non-white people as inferiors and fosters a toxic culture to that effect as we saw recently.”

A very healthy and balanced attitude. Bravo