Anything that makes you switch off in any media or discussion

gugleguy

For me it's the follwing in no particular order

Ross O'Carrol Kelly
Bord Gais energy theatre.
Apple iPad whatever model, mini or not
iPhones

What makes you zone out?

supersean1999

Would this thread count.

donegal__road

soccer analysis

X Factor

Irish political debate has become very mind numbing in the last 6 months.

Lofty123

X Factor
Britain/America's Got Talent
Anything on the Mooney show
etc...

kfallon

Roy Keane/Saipan
Thierry Henry handball

Time for some people to get over it!

Any mention of mediums, tarot cards, homeopathy, angels, general quackery and mystical new age nonsense.

force eleven

George Hook.

ruthloss

donegal__road wrote: »

soccer analysis

X Factor

(Irish political debate has become very mind numbing in the last 6 months.)

Indeed, especially when they constantly talk over each other and try and score points.:mad:

clint_eastman

I run now, didn't I tell you...ya 10Ks etc etc...

kneemos

Anything involving Northern Ireland.
Anything beginning with an X.
Miriam O Callaghan.

Legs.Eleven

The never-ending, petty one-upmanship between the two biggest parties in Spain who control the media here.

Football-related news. Also never-ending here.

Miley Cyrus

Any talk at all of "Dole scroungers", "Fardners takin' arrr jabs", unjustified attacks on single mothers, Roma, "The PC Brigade", "Paedos" etc. Anything similar to what's printed in The Daily Fail.

Any talk of TV series.

Nigella Lawson.

...

elefant

Not one for myself, but I've heard from others and can imagine why:



Fantasy Premierleague.

Merkin

Usually anything to do with babies or toddlers suffering any kind of abuse. The Baby P case comes to mind, any time I hear something about little bubbas suffering I have to turn over as I just can't stomach it, I get so upset

speedboatchase

If someone says "sheeple", I instantly zone out.

drquirky

Anton Savage.

Why_oh_why

Northern Ireland
Des Cahill

sok2005

I am a parent but I can't stand getting stuck in conversations with other parents about children, schools, toys, what our kids can do etc.

geeky

Great thread

- Rugby, especially of the Leinster variety.
- Partly related, but George Hook. It's like listening to Jabba the Hut without the pizazz.
- Agree on Irish political debate. Truly dismal stuff (the referendum debates last time out may have been the least edifying things I've ever witnessed)
- The word 'Artisan'. I mentally substitute the word 'charlatan' whenever I hear it.
- The never ending 'dole scrounger' red herring. There are lots of people on the dole because of unfortunate circumstances, and plenty of people on it as a lifestyle choice because they've no chance of making a better living with honest work. You won't cut down the latter number unless you cut the dole down to bare survival levels, or deliver better opportunities for low-skilled workers. Does it really take a new threat every day to discuss that?

There's lots of other stuff I'm sure.

mattjack

miley cyrus and anything that starts with Im a celebrity

Potatoeman

The use of these:

We are where we are
Synergy

drunkmonkey

Gay Headlines.

The second biggest headline on BreakingNews.ie is about who a English gay swimmers boyfriend is. Seriously though, dfaq is that headline news?

Myrddin

Reality Television
Irish Political Debate
Political Spin
Politicians evading questions with rhetoric
Anything on MTV
Anything with 'celebs' or 'socialites' giving their opinions on things

Minderbinder

On TV commercial breaks make me switch off. Day time commercials are particularly off-putting.

Discussions about superhero films and night's out when I wasn't there make me switch off.

Agricola

Fianna Fail politicians. Whenever they come on the tv or radio and start talking about the mistakes the government are making or what they should and shouldnt be doing, I just want to tell them to go outside and play because the adults are busy cleaning up after them.

Im not even a FG or Labour voter!

morebarn2

John Lonergan

Joe Duffy..

Michael Mcmullen, Today fm sports presenter.

RikkFlair

Talent shows
Weddings
Jamie Redknapp

silly

Most Sports
Politics
X factor
anything to do with star wars/trek, harry potter, lord of the rings/hobbit/hunger games/iron man/thor etc...

bringupthebook

Soaps
Religion - let's just all have some respect for each other's beliefs
Celebrity anything

stateofflux

john waters
breda o' brien
RTE homegrown reality shows & cookery shows
the word 'simples'
people comparing love/hate to sopranos

oooh and......threads that drag on and on because two people think they can 'win' a debate with ridiculously long pedantic posts with loads external 'proof' links

Femme_Fatale

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Gay Headlines.

The second biggest headline on BreakingNews.ie is about who a English gay swimmers boyfriend is. Seriously though, dfaq is that headline news?

So you didn't switch off, you actually paid attention to it.

I agree though, it's not news if someone is gay.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Everything GAA related.
Strictly come dancing/Dancing on ice etc
Fair City
Farming programmes
Recession/Austerity/Banking fiasco discussion on TV/radio etc

IK09

Nicole Schwashinton from xfactor. Every time she opens her mouth i wanna punch the tv. She is the epitome of everything that is wrong with pop culture and people in general.

KKkitty

sok2005 wrote: »

I am a parent but I can't stand getting stuck in conversations with other parents about children, schools, toys, what our kids can do etc.

This drives me up the wall. Talking to some parents with kids the same age boasting about what their kids are doing. I let it go over my head most of the time.

lufties

Anything sean quinn

Hoop66

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Gay Headlines.

The second biggest headline on BreakingNews.ie is about who a English gay swimmers boyfriend is. Seriously though, dfaq is that headline news?

Yeah, cause nobody's interested are they? That's what news editors do, isn't it? They find somehting that "nobody" cares about and put it on their front page.

I couldn't give a toss, btw, but there are clearly large numbers of people who do.

irish bloke

geeky wrote: »

Great thread

- Rugby, especially of the Leinster variety.
- Partly related, but George Hook. It's like listening to Jabba the Hut without the pizazz.
- Agree on Irish political debate. Truly dismal stuff (the referendum debates last time out may have been the least edifying things I've ever witnessed)
- The word 'Artisan'. I mentally substitute the word 'charlatan' whenever I hear it.
- The never ending 'dole scrounger' red herring. There are lots of people on the dole because of unfortunate circumstances, and plenty of people on it as a lifestyle choice because they've no chance of making a better living with honest work. You won't cut down the latter number unless you cut the dole down to bare survival levels, or deliver better opportunities for low-skilled workers. Does it really take a new threat every day to discuss that?

There's lots of other stuff I'm sure.

Very long posts.
I'm disinterested after 2 lines

My name is URL

Your one Dil Wickremasinghe from Newstalk... can't bear to listen to her drone on about how Ireland is full of great injustices

drunkmonkey

My name is URL wrote: »

Your one Dil Wickremasinghe from Newstalk... can't bear to listen to her drone on about how Ireland is full of great injustices

Is that the thing that sounds African, has to be the most painful person on radio, I listen to newstalk but switch off the minute it comes on.

Mint Aero

Eamon Gilmore.

Vincent Vega

People caught up the annual "new iPhone/Pad" trend.
I don't know if i find the people who openly go on about it worse, throwing in a mention of it whenever they can or those that rather obviously make a veiled attempt to show it off ie: photos taken with the thing in front of a mirror.

tree_tall

any mention of that dreaded word " equality "

sammy37

When sportsmen refer to their fella players with these cute baby words like Dricco ,Rog, Giggsy, Scholesy and so forth it sends the shivers down my spine.Man up ffs.

tree_tall

sammy37 wrote: »

When sportsmen refer to their fella players with these cute baby words like Dricco ,Rog, Giggsy, Scholesy and so forth it sends the shivers down my spine.Man up ffs.

that really only happens in rugby

Pique

Vincent fcuking Browne!

Sleepy

Joan Burton's voice. She could be telling me I'd won the lotto and I still wouldn't notice her.

Any discussion of celebrities or reality television.

JohnMearsheimer

The mention of Northern Ireland makes me zone out.

Anything on TV3 really, especially anything connected to Expose. It has to be the most irritating show ever produced for Irish television screens.

If I read/see the word epic used in an article or tv show. You can almost be guaranteed that what is being referred to as epic is not.

I am pie

Anything like "take to the streets" or moaning about the lack of protesters.

Get a bit of perception, compared to most of the world you are up near the top of the pile!

gobnaitolunacy

Fix my house up/property shows
Cookery shows
Soaps
Any hospital-related shows
'Celebs' seems like a show is unwatchable unless it has a 'celeb' featured.

Lofty123

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Fix my house up/property shows
Cookery shows
Soaps
Any hospital-related shows
'Celebs' seems like a show is unwatchable unless it has a 'celeb' featured.

That doesn't leave you with much left to watch on tv

goose2005

Mary O'Rourke. What's strangest is that I couldn't tell you one of her political views or ideas, yet I've seen her show up on a thousand programmes yammering about nothing and making crap jokes