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Is Boards representative of society in Ireland?

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    #32
    sfcdub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 30 ✭sfcdub


    newmug wrote: »
    80,000 pro-lifers turned out to protest that it went too far. The govt didn't hold a referendum because they knew the bill to legalise abortion would be spectacularly annihilated.

    That's absolutely crap, and you know it is. The myth of these huge pro life crowds have been well and truly debunked.

    Indo says up to 50k, Examiner said up to 40k, but keep making up figures if you want.

    Some more bollo*ology here. YD claim 8k turned up to a venue that has a maximum capacity of 5k. I'm sure there's a forum for lies.

    (oops cant post links - search Rabble and Humiliating Turnout for YD in Belfast, or just search the venue's specs and YD's claims)


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    #33
    weemcd
    Registered Users Posts: 6,420 ✭✭✭weemcd


    We are a varied bunch.

    However the majority of boards is still made up of male nerds ~15-40 years old.

    Myself included


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    #34
    thegreatgonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭thegreatgonzo


    c_man wrote: »
    No. I mean first off, there's only like two women around here. And they're most likely men.

    Why do people keep thinking I'm a man?:mad:


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    #35
    The Rabbit
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 140 ✭✭The Rabbit


    newmug wrote: »
    Homosexualitytattoos, piercings etc. seem to be commonplace on Boards. In real life, these things are still well-and-truly in the "weirdo" category.

    Wow...


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    #36
    newmug
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭newmug


    sfcdub wrote: »
    That's absolutely crap, and you know it is. The myth of these huge pro life crowds have been well and truly debunked.

    Indo says up to 50k, Examiner said up to 40k, but keep making up figures if you want.



    No its not. I was there myself. 2 sides of Merrion Sq were absolutely packed on May 3rd last. And I'm getting those figures from the Guards. Of course, do you think RTE showed this? Of course not. But they showed the (probably inflated figure) of the 5000 pro-choicers crowd outside the Dail. Anyway, why are you getting so upset?


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    #37
    MS.ing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭MS.ing


    pmsl :D

    *roflmao*


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    #38
    MS.ing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 680 ✭✭✭MS.ing


    thegreatgonzo wrote: »
    Why do people keep thinking I'm a man?:mad:

    that moustache. youre not kidding anyone


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    #39
    _Redzer_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,056 ✭✭✭_Redzer_


    newmug wrote: »
    Shinners - rarely get above 15% at electoral events. On boards you'd think they were about to sieze power in a coup!
    Athiests - 84% of Irish people identify as Catholic. This is a FACT, bourne out in the last census. On Boards, you'd think 84% of people were atheist.
    LGBT - Homosexuality, tattoos, piercings etc. seem to be commonplace on Boards. In real life, these things are still well-and-truly in the "weirdo" category. (Maybe not so much the tattoos nowadays, they're seen as more "waster" than "weird" [not MY view, just my observation])
    Computer Nerds - Nerds in general, are a rarity in society. They are obviously going to congregate more on the internet than they would in real life, so maybe that is the truest bit of representation on Boards. Still though, they are on the margain of the margains of society offline.


    I'll add another stat to that. Views on abortion. On Boards (and in the Irish media in general), you'd think people were about to bring down the government with the overwhelming demand to legalise abortion up to full term. The reality is, when the govt. were enacting the recent legislation, 5,000 pre-choicers turned out to protest that it didn't go far enough. 80,000 pro-lifers turned out to protest that it went too far. The govt didn't hold a referendum because they knew the bill to legalise abortion would be spectacularly annihilated.


    Typical Boardsie v a normal person. Skip to 1:50

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY54fnWQ-48

    Weirdo category, eh?

    Tell me more about Irish culture again. Sounds like a depiction of a 1950s post card tbh.


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    #40
    thegreatgonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭thegreatgonzo


    MS.ing wrote: »
    that moustache. youre not kidding anyone

    :eek:

    It's the curse of the dark haired woman:(


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    #41
    newmug
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭newmug


    _Redzer_ wrote: »
    Weirdo category, eh?

    Tell me more about Irish culture again. Sounds like a depiction of a 1950s post card tbh.



    Chill FFS! The question asked was "Is boards rep. of Irish Society"? OBVIOUSLY its not! Just because you are not getting the answer you want to hear doesn't mean you have to get upset!


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    #42
    _Redzer_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,056 ✭✭✭_Redzer_


    newmug wrote: »
    Chill FFS! The question asked was "Is boards rep. of Irish Society"? OBVIOUSLY its not! Just because you are not getting the answer you want to hear doesn't mean you have to get upset!

    3 exclamation marks from you says otherwise.

    Anyhow, you're wrong in your 'facts'. The majority of people do not fit your description. It's kinda laughable how desperately you'd love that to be face, though.


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    #43
    newmug
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭newmug


    _Redzer_ wrote: »
    3 exclamation marks from you says otherwise.

    Anyhow, you're wrong in your 'facts'. The majority of people do not fit your description. It's kinda laughable how desperately you'd love that to be face, though.



    Cool it man, will ya! Laugh, then, instead of getting upset!


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    #44
    gladrags
    Registered Users Posts: 6,028 ✭✭✭gladrags


    steddyeddy wrote: »
    Well is it? Personally I wonder is it at all. The large number of dole threads and threads aimed at poorer section of society can't be Representative of the population. I don't hear conversations like this in real life from people from any section of society. Then again I may be wrong and people might keep their thoughts to themselves on the issue. So I'm wondering are the threads on Boards representative of the feelings of society on all issues or do we make up a small part of society?


    If you consider all the Irish boards available,sports,politics,art,message boards,local community,etc

    And possibly e-mail groups,meet up groups,you are talking about an ever imcreasing web.

    The list is endless,I assume the guy who reffered to the Sunday Indo is joking or s stirring.


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    #45
    _Redzer_
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    newmug wrote: »
    Cool it man, will ya! Laugh, then, instead of getting upset!

    :confused:

    I'm getting upset?

    Right. Well you're honestly a baffling man altogether.


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    #46
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,112 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    I'm actually a right wing Nazi in many ways, so that balances out some of the pinko Bolsheviks about the place.

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #47
    Rough Sleeper
    Registered Users Posts: 803 ✭✭✭Rough Sleeper


    newmug wrote: »
    Cool it man, will ya! Laugh, then, instead of getting upset!
    Nice passive aggression m8 8.5/10.


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    #48
    myshirt
    Registered Users Posts: 5,245 ✭✭✭myshirt


    A lot of dangerous pro abortion liberals seem to populate boards also.

    Frightening if that represents Ireland!


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    #49
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,284 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    newmug wrote: »
    LGBT - Homosexuality, tattoos, piercings etc. seem to be commonplace on Boards. In real life, these things are still well-and-truly in the "weirdo" category. (Maybe not so much the tattoos nowadays, they're seen as more "waster" than "weird" [not MY view, just my observation])

    Even ignoring the totally bizarre assertion that any of the above are in the weirdo category, how is homosexuality in any way similar to tattoos or piercings that it could be lumped in with them in the same sweeping statement? :confused:


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    #50
    Molester Stallone II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭Molester Stallone II


    Lapin wrote: »
    Common mistake of confusing After Hours with the rest of Boards.ie going on here.

    Yeah, the soccer & airsoft forums are full of normals :)


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    #51
    mariaalice
    Registered Users Posts: 12,412 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    Why would it be representative of Irish society no more than anything is reprehensive of Irish society, Irish society is diverse like any society is.

    Afterhours does seem to attract a lot of people with an axe to grind about a diverse range of subject, but I would not totally dismiss it as reprehensive of broad general opinions on important topics in Irish society.


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    #52
    alwald
    Registered Users Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭alwald


    myshirt wrote: »
    A lot of dangerous pro abortion liberals seem to populate boards also.

    Frightening if that represents Ireland!

    can you elaborate more on that please?


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    #53
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 47,284 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    myshirt wrote: »
    A lot of dangerous pro abortion liberals seem to populate boards also.

    Frightening if that represents Ireland!

    Are they dangerous because they're pro-abortion? Or because they're liberal? Or do they specifically have to be both to be dangerous? And in what way are they dangerous? Do they go around in mobs with flaming torches or something?


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    #54
    takamichinoku
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,110 ✭✭✭takamichinoku


    newmug wrote: »
    No its not. I was there myself. 2 sides of Merrion Sq were absolutely packed on May 3rd last. And I'm getting those figures from the Guards. Of course, do you think RTE showed this? Of course not. But they showed the (probably inflated figure) of the 5000 pro-choicers crowd outside the Dail. Anyway, why are you getting so upset?
    I could be totally wrong here, but I seem to recall the pro-life groups get the money from somewhere to provide an absolute ton of free buses to ship people up to Dublin for those. A huge amount of fierce professional looking posters and whatnot too.


    That being said, I've no doubt that if it went to a referendum right now that I'd be a bit embarrassed by the amount of people opposed to it. Unsure which way it'd swing, mind.


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    #55
    The Rabbit
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 140 ✭✭The Rabbit


    An admin has posed a question to newmug.


    Don't hurt yourself diving back under that bridge.

    A blow to head can be quite a serio...actually...should be fine.


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    #56
    Faux Socialist
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 49 ✭Faux Socialist


    Everyone's forgetting the pro-Brit faction who congregate here. I can honestly say I've never met anyone in Ireland who is pro-British or ever boasted about been ex-British soldiers. They even moderate here...bizarre


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    #57
    losthorizon
    Registered Users Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭losthorizon


    Its definitely not. Its mainly right wing, under 30s as far as I can see.

    Ironically the football forum is populated by by people who dont go to Football games. I reckon AH is populated by students who have never paid taxes or worked (nothing wrong with that of course - its just not representative).

    But all forums on here are mainly male.


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    #58
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,419 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    If this thread is representative I'm emmigrating.


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    #59
    Davarus Walrus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,280 ✭✭✭Davarus Walrus


    gladrags wrote: »
    steddyeddy wrote: »
    Well is it? Personally I wonder is it at all. The large number of dole threads and threads aimed at poorer section of society can't be Representative of the population. I don't hear conversations like this in real life from people from any section of society. Then again I may be wrong and people might keep their thoughts to themselves on the issue. So I'm wondering are the threads on Boards representative of the feelings of society on all issues or do we make up a small part of society?


    If you consider all the Irish boards available,sports,politics,art,message boards,local community,etc

    And possibly e-mail groups,meet up groups,you are talking about an ever imcreasing web.

    The list is endless,I assume the guy who reffered to the Sunday Indo is joking or s stirring.

    I referred to the Sindo. I'm not shít stirring. The Sunday Independent is the largest selling paper in the country because it represents the viewpoints of a whole swathe of the population who really don't bother getting into endless debates with some dweeb on a message board. Mark and Mary Middleclass have better things to be doing than dancing on the head of a pin about complex social and politicial issues with some student who recently discovered the works of Marx, and who now thinks he has all the answers to all the questions.


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    #60
    bb1234567
    Registered Users Posts: 5,496 ✭✭✭bb1234567


    A lot lot lot lot more liberal than society in general


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    #61
    alwald
    Registered Users Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭alwald


    bb1234567 wrote: »
    A lot lot lot lot more liberal than society in general

    Can you elaborate more on this please? I tend to disagree with you, it all comes to your family, surroundings, friends and the way you were raised I believe.....


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