Should people over 40 be banned from nightclubs?

Jaysus, the Examiner will print any auld shite.

I think a lot of the laughing is at the OP who is so desperate to be down with and agreeing with the yutes.

Any birdies today?

A great piece you described it as in your op. No need to back down to light hearted now that you see you’re pretty much on your own. Though I’d say you’re well used to that.

I doubt it's getting under anyone's skin.

It's just the dullest sort of commentary imaginable.

No, just another case of generation zzzzz thinking having access to a smart phone makes their opinion worth listening to.

THe young people of today missed all the proper days of nightclubs and underground raves. They have no idea how **** it is today. The pubs were full even on weekdays during the early 2000s celtic tiger era.

There are still good raves to go to but the woman who wrote that stupid article is too boring to go to them. She will have settled down by 30 and be living an even more boring life then with no friends.

Anyone saying " it was better in my day" is just old.

Things start to look different as you age but the experiences are usually the same for the generations.

Unless you had to go to war, then I guess you could legitimately tell the younger generation they have it easier than you did.

who is saying it was better in my day?

I didnt experience the 90s raves but id say they were actually better that what we have today but im just saying there are still good raves these days but you wouldnt let a judgmental bore like the woman who wrote the article into said rave.

I had plenty of great nights in the Temple back in the early 2000s. God's kitchen, cream fields as well.

But I'm sure if I was 16/17/18 Now I'd be going to similar events of this era.

Thinking it was 'better in my day' is just the reality of aging. I couldn't have the same experiences i had back then at this age.

That's the beauty of aging, your experiences tailor to your age.

The problem with these types is they are authoritarians dressed up in the guise of "tolerance".

Woke as a concept is good, in fact it should be the default societal doctrine. But as with many movements the ideal has been hijacked by the extremes on both sides. One side has jumped the ideological shark and the other has turned the word into a slur. The rest left over in the middle (the majority) are left jaded by the lot of them.

Hipster #!^+bag babies don't get to tell me where to go.

I would too, with the way things have gone around here, as demonstrated by some of the over-the-top reactions in this thread to what was merely a tongue-in-cheek piece, that would understandably never have been meant to be taken seriously.

Given she’s a young woman, my moneys on naive 😂

Reams of articles are written every day telling women what they should or shouldn’t be allowed to do, often in all seriousness. They rarely ever receive blowback because nobody really gives a shìt. Same for every article written similarly about any group you’d care to mention. The ‘blowback’ for this article appears to be limited to a few posters on a site that has long since become irrelevant in Irish society, like old farts in a nightclub dancing like they think they’ve still got it.

I rarely ever venture into that forum, but I’d imagine it would most likely be ignored or written off as the musings of an idiot. I’m a middle-aged man though so I don’t expect allowances should be made for that kind of stupidity, whereas a young woman writing about middle-aged men in nightclubs making an embarrassment of themselves? And she doesn’t do it in a mean or spiteful way, hence why I think the reactions here are just OTT.

I got where she was coming from, but then I knew I was past it 20 years ago, still go to the club, but no way I’d ever be seen dancing. I’ve seen men my age at it, and I’ve never been particularly impressed, so I can only imagine what a young woman half my age is thinking. At least now I know for certain what one of them thinks, as does the readership of the Examiner 😏

I wonder would she get away with switching over 40s for single male refugees? seeing as they seem to be the big enemy in Ireland at the moment that its ok to hate on and demonize.

The same "author", who is a 20 year old Trinity student, studying English, would like to remove full stops from sentences, specifically in texts.

I'm sorry, but I'm not sure she's entitled to an opinion on anything.

I only go to nightclubs that play Mr Vain.

I haven't even read the article, I wouldn't be bothered. Just looking at the comments, which are amusing.

But this is the second time on this thread you tried to imply the "old privileged white straight male line". As if boards.ie is some homogenous group and you can look down on them pontificating from on high. As you had done in your previous post about Ian O'Doherty, Kevin Myers etc.

You must read a lot of American stuff and are really influenced by the politics there? Because that is where I believe those trendy buzzwords emerged. That is the strong impression you give. That seems to be your "thing".

But there is a world beyond that bubble. I don't know about you, but I live in Ireland. I am not too pushed about what goes on in America or "woke" this "woke" that. I am not bothered about what people do in nightclubs either. As long as they are enjoying themselves and not doing any harm to anyone let them at it.

I am more interested where you can get a good pint of porter, and maybe a nice place to watch a match too.

I’m not in any way “triggered “ by this article like quite a lot of people on this thread. If anything she and her ilk are more than welcome to nightclubs. They’re noisy, the bouncers are usually arseholes, the drink is overpriced & poor quality and the staff are often surly and grumpy. She’ll grow out of them herself in another 10 years or so.

YeA, I saw you there recently

That's a fairly sophisticated looking feed of dinner Bobson 😁