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Did you have more or less respect for the Irish people before discovering Boards.ie?

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  • 08-12-2011 7:35pm
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    ThinkAboutIt
    Registered Users Posts: 329 ✭✭


    Just reading some threads here, about the Government, Europe, ranting about anything and everything without even knowing or understand the full stories.

    I had way more respect for the Irish race before discovering Boards, I thought we were smarter tbh. What about you?


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    W.Shakes-Beer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭W.Shakes-Beer


    I don't respect threads that don't respect boards.


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    Seachmall
    Registered Users Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    Respect THIS!!

    *grabs crotch*


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    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    ThinkAboutIt wrote: »
    Just reading some threads here, about the Government, Europe, ranting about anything and everything without even knowing or understand the full stories.

    I had way more respect for the Irish race before discovering Boards, I thought we were smarter tbh. What about you?

    I wouldn't use this place as a snapshot for Irish society.


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    Saila
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,751 ✭✭✭Saila


    *remembers what happened over the last 5 plus years*

    no seems about right

    in answer to your question...

    14.


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    pconn062
    Registered Users Posts: 5,370 ✭✭✭pconn062


    ThinkAboutIt wrote: »
    Just reading some threads here, about the Government, Europe, ranting about anything and everything without even knowing or understand the full stories.

    I had way more respect for the Irish race before discovering Boards, I thought we were smarter tbh. What about you?

    Generalised comment is generalised.


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    EKClarke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 220 ✭✭EKClarke


    Less

    I mean now I have Less


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    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    ThinkAboutIt wrote: »
    ranting about anything and everything without even knowing or understand the full stories.

    +
    I had way more respect for the Irish race before discovering Boards, I thought we were smarter tbh.

    =

    .............


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    bluto63
    Registered Users Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭bluto63


    I don't think we're as happy go lucky as I used to think


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    cosmicfart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭cosmicfart


    ThinkAboutIt wrote: »
    Just reading some threads here, about the Government, Europe, ranting about anything and everything without even knowing or understand the full stories.

    I had way more respect for the Irish race before discovering Boards, I thought we were smarter tbh. What about you?


    I think u should get out more.


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    #11
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,102 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    Considering it should boards.dub and not boards.ie I think by reading boards you get a good insight into the typical Dublin mindset considering about 80% of people here are Dublin based and as such do not represent Ireland or what true Irish country people think.


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    hondasam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,418 ✭✭✭✭hondasam


    ThinkAboutIt wrote: »
    Just reading some threads here, about the Government, Europe, ranting about anything and everything without even knowing or understand the full stories.

    I had way more respect for the Irish race before discovering Boards, I thought we were smarter tbh. What about you?

    Reading threads in AH's has made me way smarter than I was, or smart ass:pac:


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


    i didnt know there were so many funny people in ireland until i came to boards!


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    CuriousOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭CuriousOne


    Seachmall wrote: »
    Respect THIS!!

    *grabs crotch*

    You can grab mine and I'll squirt in his face - that should give him something to think about.


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    #15
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    Yes, I more or less had respect for the Irish people.

    Next question please.


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    KeithAFC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,239 ✭✭✭✭KeithAFC


    Don't know. Probably a bit of both.


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    #17
    Ellis Dee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,512 ✭✭✭Ellis Dee


    Don't judge the whole of Ireland by the cranks (except me) who waste their time posting rubbish here.:):):)


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    later12
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭✭later12


    I don't believe that boardsies are representative of the Irish popukation at large. This is regularly demonstrated by disparities between boards.ie polls and polls carried out by researching the opinions and intentions of people in real life.

    It may be that boards.ie has a very narrow user base, or that users adapt a different opinion on the net to the opinion they tend to adapt when out in the real world.

    For these reasons, I don't allow my perception of boards users to colour my perception of Irish people generally.


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    ahmed89
    Registered Users Posts: 92 ✭✭ahmed89


    you are reading threads in After Hours, you are hardly going to have more respect for people while reading their After Hour threads, you need to go somewhere else..


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    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    I think we're a bit a head of the curve here on boards. We have some great discussions and my only gripe is that I like to see us given a bit more power, particularly here in AH.
    Reforming of AH and boards is what I'd like to see.


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    #21
    sandmanporto
    Registered Users Posts: 622 ✭✭✭sandmanporto


    a lot of these forums are just full of nerds with chips on their soldiers or opinionated people. its no reflection on a general population so no need to really think any less or more of an entire nation. it says more about the demographic of boards users and their mentality.


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    #22
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,067 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    I have less respect for a certain coterie of Irish society since I discovered boards, but then I wouldn't have had much respect for them to begin with.


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    #23
    starlit
    Registered Users Posts: 12,342 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    Not sure. Only really went on boards 'cause I were bored but seemed to have stayed on longer than I imagined! I knew about it but never went on it or looked at it till I actually joined out of boredom.


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    #24
    mattjack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    I met my wife in boards , so as far as respect goes ......no, sex however..no as well..


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    mattjack
    Registered Users Posts: 5,389 ✭✭✭mattjack


    mattjack wrote: »
    I met my wife in boards , so as far as respect goes ......no, sex however..no as well..

    another lie Mattjack ?


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    moco
    Registered Users Posts: 972 ✭✭✭moco


    sandmanporto wrote: »
    a lot of these forums are just full of nerds with chips on their soldiers or opinionated people. its no reflection on a general population so no need to really think any less or more of an entire nation. it says more about the demographic of boards users and their mentality.

    Yea, I was just about to say people seem to like to disagree for the sake of it, or jump down your throat for no reason, but it's likely to only be opinionated and/or contrary types that would do that anyway. It's probably not representative or Irish people in general.


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    #27
    CuriousOne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭CuriousOne


    There's a fundamental difference between cyber life and real life.

    I agree, some threads are woeful - today is particularly bad.

    Hope you were able to get that stuff out of your eye-lids!


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    guitarzero
    Registered Users Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭guitarzero


    I've found boards to be a fair reflection of folks I meet, a mix of jesting, begrudging, smart arses, smugness, but in any crowd of people there are always some good folk.


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    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    later10 wrote: »

    I don't allow my perception of boards users to colour my perception of Irish people generally.
    This would be my take on it to .The perception of how Irish people come across on boards may be quite different to what's going on in their real lifes and at the ' end of the day ' ( excuse the cliche ) it's a bunch of people posting on a site of whom over a period , we will interact with and respect opinions of , some more than others which is pretty much how it is IRL anyway . You can make some good friends on here to of course .


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    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    To quote you guys

    'Ah sure your a great bunch of lads'


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    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    ThinkAboutIt wrote: »
    Just reading some threads here, about the Government, Europe, ranting about anything and everything without even knowing or understand the full stories.

    I had way more respect for the Irish race before discovering Boards, I thought we were smarter tbh. What about you?

    I lose respect for others who rant about more others before bothering to accept that just sometimes they do know what the hell they are talking about and/or what their situation is!


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