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Things you have learned from Boards.ie

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  • 08-04-2013 3:58am
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    SparkySpitfire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭


    For me I've learned:
    • Witty people are the best people
    • Reading an argument on a topic that you have no experience of can sometimes be the best way to learn about it
    • Opinion =/= fact, despite some people not being able to cop that
    • Straw man arguments are really annoying
    • Shrews are venomous
    • It's socially unacceptable to remove earphones from a crying girl's ear on public transport

    Any pearls of wisdom among ye? Or just some random fact that you only know because of boards? :)


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    Pushtrak
    Registered Users Posts: 4,640 ✭✭✭Pushtrak


    I have learned to have a deeper appreciation and hatred of humanity.


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    The Scientician
    Registered Users Posts: 1,724 ✭✭✭The Scientician


    That a Father Ted or Simpsons quote, even completely out of context will usually garner some Thanks.


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    HJL
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭HJL


    That I'm not the only one awake in the middle of the night.


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    Merkin
    Registered Users Posts: 8,230 ✭✭✭Merkin


    HJL wrote: »
    That I'm not the only one awake in the middle of the night.

    Yup, and that there are a lot of other insomniacs out there! :)


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    Fromthetrees
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,846 ✭✭✭Fromthetrees


    That being from Dublin doesn't make you bad or wrong automatically.

    That being from Dublin doesn't make you scum.

    That being from Kerry doesn't make you a sheep shagger.

    That being from Dublin doesn't make you scum.

    That posting after a feed of drink is bad and wrong but doesn't make you scum.


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    #7
    Swampy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,104 ✭✭✭Swampy


    Not to bother reading a newspaper as AH these days is just full of current news stories that everyone already knows about. Zzzzz.


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    tdv123
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭tdv123


    Everybody is extremely racist.


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    There's a vocal minority with a stranglehold on issues, and anyone opposing them will never get their point across without the thread descending into bullsh*t


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    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,049 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    The Scientician wrote: »
    That a Father Ted or Simpsons quote, even completely out of context will usually garner some Thanks.

    These ones are small, but those are far away.


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


    Deleted User wrote: »
    There's a vocal minority with a stranglehold on issues, and anyone opposing them will never get their point across without the thread descending into bullsh*t

    THAT'S NONSENSE.


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    KKkitty
    Registered Users Posts: 7,534 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    tdv123 wrote: »
    Everybody is extremely racist.
    I'm not racist, I'm from Kilkenny.


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,410 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    It's a complete waste of time.


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    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    That it's impossible to correct someone's grammar without misusing an apostrophe.


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    Sergeant
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,362 ✭✭✭Sergeant


    There's an awful lot of jealousy and self-loathing masquerading as social justice. Lots of me-feiners.


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    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Most dresses are too sexy for your sister.


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    DrumSteve
    Registered Users Posts: 10,799 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Sergeant wrote: »
    There's an awful lot of jealousy and self-loathing masquerading as social justice. Lots of me-feiners.

    And Sinn Feiners


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    RoryMurphyJnr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,065 ✭✭✭RoryMurphyJnr


    "Yor Ma" answers about 99% of all questions posted


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    aSligoDub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 95 ✭✭aSligoDub


    When trying to sound articulate, idiots use "your straw-man argument".


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    .red.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,338 ✭✭✭.red.


    That cork people are the nicest and most genuine people in ireland.


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    johnayo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭johnayo


    That its possible to get a head gasket for a blue van:eek:


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    #22
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Apparently men aren't good at giving women oral sex. Damn women!


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    the_barfly1
    Registered Users Posts: 578 ✭✭✭the_barfly1


    no matter what the subject is, there are always at least two people willing to argue and bitch about it until the death.

    Internet polls/opinions have absolutely no bearing on real life

    If you have a low post count or are not part of the boards.ie regular poster clique, your opinion is invalid and should be disregarded immediately.


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    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    the_barfly1 wrote: »
    If you have a low post count or are not part of the boards.ie regular poster clique, your opinion is invalid and should be disregarded immediately.

    Works both ways. Apparently if you have a high post count you haven't got a life.


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    Standard Toaster
    Registered Users Posts: 10,251 ✭✭✭✭Standard Toaster


    Buried safes will always contain empty curry jars.


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    #26
    Gee_G
    Registered Users Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭Gee_G


    All people in receipt of the dole are lazy, scrounging layabouts. They are also big fans of watching Jeremy Kyle WHILE drinking cans.
    (This has only been mentioned once or twice mind you )


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    Duggy747
    Registered Users Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Thread:

    Why I Love Puppies!!


    *5 pages later*


    "You can't prove the exact number of Jews Hitler killed......rabble, rabble......Jew-controlled media!!"


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    Annasopra
    Registered Users Posts: 40,816 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    All Nigerians get dole and free cars and prams and phones when they land in the country

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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    #29
    Ilik Urgee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,430 ✭✭✭Ilik Urgee


    It's ok to talk about yourself in the third person.

    No matter how much I think I know, no-one knows as much as me.

    To log in means exactly that, fill the bowl with plenty of it before logging off again.


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    #30
    stoneill
    Registered Users Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭stoneill


    Cutting off car clamps is a legitimate past time.


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    #31
    hollster2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭hollster2


    Someone will always destroy your thread just to get thanks!

    you know who you are :D


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