It's PanDENmonium! [Off Topic Chat]

as an aviation enthusiast day trips are amazing /thread

in other news, My ex has rang me on several occasions and i drop everything just to talk to them. just trying to keep in touch that is all. well looking for my new significant other.

Oh, how did it come to this? Am I still breathing? Blind faith and a silent kiss and I’m still reeling Hope echoing through my heart and I know this feeling We’ll take it back to the start and be done dealing

while writing this in my head i realised some people who study English and correct everyone like the Nazi's they are should not be allowed to study English if they cant get their god dam directions north south Correct. i mean geography and English go hand in hand. you have to explain in English(or your chosen language) where cork is based relative to Dublin. Last time i checked cork was not up or up north near the feckin Arctic when you leave Dublin. it is down, down south using the m7 and m8 south bound. Although i will contradict myself for the shere craic of it. that sign and ancient history points that north is actually south or so and so. and that in reality there is actually neither north south east or west because the planet in floating and we dont actually have a blues clue where north is unless the center of the universe is north? but for day to day shiz. Cork city is south of clare, galway, limerck, tipperary, mayo, dublin and the other 26 counties . I cant tell if its on the same lines as youghal. but well say 26.

tl;dr. delighted to be talking to the ex. and grammer nazi's need their arse kicked when it comes to geography

It was in the tldr the lazy section. No checks were done. Actually Google didn't correct me...... Something fishy about that.

My new house is amazing and I'm petrified that this means the housemates (who I haven't met) will be awful

I want my new housemates to arrive so that I can meet them, I've no clue who they are or what they look like, but I need to know. Also the mirrored wardrobe doors in my room are weird.

I've downloaded ~200GB of games on Steam since yesterday. That's 14 months worth of bandwidth on our plan at home. I love UL's internet when it works. :P

How much are those resealable bags you get at the airport? I remember once in Stanstead they gave me one for free but this is Dublin so I dunno. The sandwich bags I have are way too small anyway for the mound of liquids I need and if I venture to the shop I'll probably get blown away.

EDIT: Feck it the cost of living in Budapest is apparently half if not less that of Ireland, I'll just buy shampoo, conditioner etc. there

Yo, Engine, Third year (and ex third year) trip to somewhere involving cheap alcohol and fun times? Yes? Yes.

iamanengine wrote: »

Can't see our class reps organising anything tbh :P

But the second years are! (Also I live with a guy in third year and I MISS YOU GUYS. Well, mostly Anne)

Got me thinking the post in AH about the referendum coming up, whats yer opinions on the yes and no vote

Im yes for simple reasons, stupidest vote ever like should we be going out voting for straight marriage(which does not have a successful rate) I know a lot in the gay community, can finally try to put this whole thing to bed bit ridiculous imo. and if its no now its only going to affect my children's lives should any of them be gay or they too are tired of listening to it.

I reckon it'll be incredibly tight tbh. The 75% Yes figure in polls is all well and good, but as was proven in the Seanad referendum (lol, f*ck you FG) polls are not always reflective of how people will vote. I think there's still a lot of prejudice out there among older generations. I mean, I wouldn't even bank on my own parents voting Yes, despite their oft discussed liberalism towards homosexuality.

Plus, if the No campaign can successfully create the link between the referendum and child safety (because y'know, homosexuals are all pedophiles, FACT!) then it could easily sway those middle grounders over.


That said, it's a yes from me. Because, well, there's no real convincing argument against it.

Jhcx wrote: »

My grandparents are a no for it. But feel like saying if it's not a yes don't vote at all.

Parents are going voting yes.

I don't think you understand how voting works.... :P

I feel The yes vote will breeze through, simply because; as it's a civil rights issue that so so so many people feel so strongly about it and because, it would be a travesty if it didn't. People might actually go out and vote for once. 100 % of those who said yes in the polls might actually get up off their butts and vote. So the 75% yes will actually be 75% and not 75% of 40% of the population. Voter turnout in this country is terrible normally. I feel this is one of the reasons little in this country ever actually changes. When the card carrying FF members or FG or Labour are the only ones who go out while the unnafiliated stay home then things stay the same. However I think this is an issue that people are truly passionate about, one that doesn't belong to any party, one that literally only has one right answer. Im pretty confident people will go out and do the right thing. And it'll be fabulous.
I only hope that it might wake the vast majority of the younger people up and possibly make them realise that they need to take an actual interest in politics and take a hand in their own future rather than letting it continue the way it is and only getting involved for the token causes.

My dad's voting no because, in his words, Marriage is a Catholic tradition...he says to his Methodist, bisexual daughter. Oh Dad. My nana's voting yes because she doesn't think there's a difference between gay people and straight people. Go my nana.

It's a pity I have to say this but not everyone in the 18-34 age group is going to vote yes. Not everyone has entered the 21st century.

And as usual, there will probably be a poor turnout.

TBH, I think you guys are underestimating children's ability to adapt. Saying "They'd be bullied, so let's never allow gays adopt." is counter-productive, as it continues the cycle of portraying a family unit of two same sex partners as parents as unnatural. I think ye're underestimating how quickly children would adapt if same sex couples with kids became a more common thing. In 10-15 years any potential bullying would practically be eradicated because all the kids would have grown up in a society that didn't consider this to be such a huge thing.

Also, it's a non-argument because gay couples can still raise a child together, except only one of them can be classed as a parent, which can cause huge issues in terms of guardianship. So basically, if you're against gay adoption because "the kids need both parents", then you must surely be in favour of taking children away from these families, throwing them into foster care and then letting them be adopted by a "normal" family, because then they'd have both parents and would have a perfectly normal life... (deliberately extreme example).


And on the Bible thing, in the immortal words of one Reverend Lovejoy: "Marge, have you ever sat down and actually read this thing? Technically we're not even allowed use the bathroom."

Wasn't the deadline in like November to be on register for 2015?

wnolan1992 wrote: »

Wasn't the deadline in like November to be on register for 2015?

Nah not really. You have to register 15 days before a vote to be included in the Supplement Register of Electors. What the difference is I don't know.

Full marriage, family and adoption legislation has been here in the Netherlands for years and the Almighty hasn't sent the country under water yet. Which my gf is delighted and proud of, as her sister is gay. She can marry and have a child here and hardly anybody would bat an eye at the idea.

My parents have been wearing Yes to Equality badges for a few weeks now, so that answers that one.

CTYIgirl wrote: »

I told dad that Nana (My mam's mam, for reference) was voting yes, and his face was kinda comical. I've been bringing it up with all my family lately. If I end up with a woman, I want to know that I'll be allowed to marry her. It's not like people are going to be forced into marrying someone they don't want to (and if they are, we all know that it's wrong). I just don't understand it.

For the record, if there's anyone who reads the forum who doesn't agree with it, can you explain why? I'm not going to jump down your throat, I honestly want to know people's reasons why.

It's nice to actually see another openly bi sexual. They are very well hidden from whom I've met on nights out With friends. It's one of the things that annoys me about gay people is they all say bi today gay tomorrow Which is unfair for those who are actually interested in both sexes

Sometimes i feel like the only lad who reads manuals. Since updating to Windows 10 Tech preview. i lost a lot of functions that came with my windows 7 version. But finally after 2 months i finally went on the hunt to get my drivers working reading installing uninstalling booting logging in logging out. everyone saying Your module is not supported in windows 8 (dated 2012) jump forward to 2015 windows 10 is really a shell over 8.1(or 8.2) which is a shell over windows 7 and all drives for windows 7 seem to have been built on windows xp service pack 3. But ya a couple of pages into reading articles finally one brainy person from dell finally told people to run it in compatibility mode and walla it worked.

TL;DR. Reading pays off. I feel like a King for fixing my laptop. Why am i not getting paid for this. Why is this not part of my career.