Who is someone you inexplicably can't stand?

BuilderPlumber

The amount of Irish media people mentioned here pretty much says it all. An arrogant, false, insincere, talentless, self-entitled and self serving shower the whole lot of them bar a few. From newspaper columnists to TV and radio presenters to sports pundits, a lot of them are insufferable. This would be none of my business though if I didn't have to pay for them with my TV licence fee and their attitude to the public is to ignore them and treat them with contempt and be in no way open or helpful. Most Irish chatshows are about insufferable Irish media people interviewing more insufferable Irish media people. Sad but true.

branie2

Kevin Myers, because of his views on Michael Collins

RabbleRouser2k

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

BLathnaid Ni Chofaigh- SOOOOO much sh!t has been said about her being a bully/bitch/hard to work with etc and she doesn't acknowledge any of it whilst continuing to smile from the cover of RTE Guide every single year. If she even just said "Yes, I was difficult years ago but I have changed now" that may make her a fraction more likeable but I have always just taken a dislike to her, call it instinct or intuition, she comes across incredibly fake and someone who believes their own hype that they are somehow golden at RTE.

I was lucky, I remember watching her on Echo Island and other shows as a kid-she ALWAYS came across as unlikable.

Even as a kid I could tell she was horrible. Man, my sixth senses were kicking it from day one.

The bullying thing was not a surprise.

branie2 wrote: »

Kevin Myers, because of his views on Michael Collins

I never had a major issue with Myers-he always came across as someone who put out opinions, was actually happy to have them challenged, and then carried on.

But the last few years....oh boy. Disappointed in him, to say the least.

Wanderer2010

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

BLathnaid Ni Chofaigh- SOOOOO much sh!t has been said about her being a bully/bitch/hard to work with etc and she doesn't acknowledge any of it whilst continuing to smile from the cover of RTE Guide every single year. If she even just said "Yes, I was difficult years ago but I have changed now" that may make her a fraction more likeable but I have always just taken a dislike to her, call it instinct or intuition, she comes across incredibly fake and someone who believes their own hype that they are somehow golden at RTE.

RabbleRouser2k wrote: »

I was lucky, I remember watching her on Echo Island and other shows as a kid-she ALWAYS came across as unlikable.

Even as a kid I could tell she was horrible

I don't know much about Blathnaid No Chofaigh, but I have two friends who worked with her behind the cameras, and she has always been spoken of as being great fun and very down to earth, happy to socialise with crew members and even joining their nights out. In other words, just as she comes across on air.

She seems to be a genuinely popular presenter, which perhaps isn't true of all of her colleagues.

IamtheWalrus

Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: »

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

BLathnaid Ni Chofaigh- SOOOOO much sh!t has been said about her being a bully/bitch/hard to work with etc and she doesn't acknowledge any of it whilst continuing to smile from the cover of RTE Guide every single year. If she even just said "Yes, I was difficult years ago but I have changed now" that may make her a fraction more likeable but I have always just taken a dislike to her, call it instinct or intuition, she comes across incredibly fake and someone who believes their own hype that they are somehow golden at RTE.

This is what happens when you give gingers the vote.

Would you say the same about black people?

razorblunt

Vanessa Feltz. Though its not inexplicable, she's a gowl.

£400k a year from the BBC too.

NoviGlitzko

Shane Horgan doing the rugby punditry. He doesn't seem any craic at all.

Iseedeadpixels

Boom_Bap wrote: »

I had an awful distaste for her as well, I watched her TV show Girls and with each episode my dislike for her grew and grew.
Then when I realised that it was what she actually wanted the viewers to feel, it made me appreciate her cleverness as a person and that it was all a ruse for me to dislike a TV character.

I've never seen her show, she's a twit, this link provides enough reason to hate her http://celebchatter.com/celeb/slideshow/lena-dunham-i-wish-i-had-an-abortion-controversial-moments-odell-beckham-jr/

GBX

Ricky Gervais!

TheDavester

Deleted User wrote: »

Johnny Depp.

Paul Costelloe.

Dave Fanning.

Ray Kennedy who reads the news.

Alan Hughes.

I don't know why but rugby player Sean Cronin as well, something annoying about him for me even though my gut tells me he is a good guy. I think it's related to how in Ireland the national teams rugby players enjoy higher status, along with less turnover of players and pressure for places, than their soccer counterparts who had a much steeper pyramid of people to climb through in order to play at such a high level. Cronin to me, when I see him just slamming into an opposing teams player, reminds me of the fact that rugby is not that skillful of a sport and is hyped in this country over and above the level it should be and that our national team doesn't get criticised when it performs badly in the same way the soccer team does. He has national fame and status, along with the other rugby players, despite the fact rugby is not cared about on an everyday level by most people in the country and professional rugby players rely more on their physique than anything else.

Which reminds me (in the interests of fairness to the sports!): Robbie Keane. I know objectively he is our greatest striker ever but I just don't like him. It's weird though, this seems to be a common feeling towards him, even among Ireland football fans who know how good he was. I have a theory that it's due to the way the human mind works in relation to connotations - we all subconsciously compare him with Roy Keane (due to his surname and playing around the same time) who was a much greater player, a more interesting, charasmatic and likeable character and we come to the conclusion that we don't like Robbie Keane who was a lesser player but who seemed more brash and big-headed, something that grates with Irish people.

i cant stand his wife who I feel uses him to get her in the spotlight...

TheDavester

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

I've never seen her show, she's a twit, this link provides enough reason to hate her http://celebchatter.com/celeb/slideshow/lena-dunham-i-wish-i-had-an-abortion-controversial-moments-odell-beckham-jr/

the abortion comments, moving to Canada stuff and the incidents with her sister really put her over the edge with me...attention seeking bint

ohnonotgmail

TheDavester wrote: »

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i cant stand his wife who I feel uses him to get her in the spotlight...

his wife could be a whole thread on her own. Lets just say she doesnt come from good stock.

Iseedeadpixels

TheDavester wrote: »

the abortion comments, moving to Canada stuff and the incidents with her sister really put her over the edge with me...attention seeking bint

The one where the American footballer wouldnt give her attention is just pathetic.

Yamanoto

Deleted User wrote: »

I think it's related to how in Ireland the national teams rugby players enjoy higher status, along with less turnover of players and pressure for places, than their soccer counterparts who had a much steeper pyramid of people to climb through in order to play at such a high level. Cronin to me, when I see him just slamming into an opposing teams player, reminds me of the fact that rugby is not that skillful of a sport and is hyped in this country over and above the level it should be and that our national team doesn't get criticised when it performs badly in the same way the soccer team does. He has national fame and status, along with the other rugby players, despite the fact rugby is not cared about on an everyday level by most people in the country and professional rugby players rely more on their physique than anything else.

Way OT, but you're betraying quite the chip on your shoulder right there.

Firstly, to say Cronin has 'national fame and status' is really stretching credibility. It's highly unlikely folks outside the rugby community would have an arses iota as to who the guy is. Secondly, to claim a rugby players path to achieving top representative honours is somehow easier than their Soccer equivalent is also dubious. Competition for places is fierce & they're invariably up against colleagues and contemporaries who are competing (and succeeding) against top level teams in European & International competition. The depth of talent available to Joe Scmidt in practically every position on the field (where you'll have 3 other guys able to step in & do a job for the team) would be the envy of Martin O'Neill. Indeed, the paucity of talent & viable options available to the Soccer set-up is reflected in the ever-diminishing number of squad members who ply their trade in the top league(s). With the exception of Wes, Seamus Coleman & maybe Robbie Brady too, you could argue that most other players all too often struggle with the very fundamentals of the game - first touch, passing & shooting. Finally, you say that 'our national team doesn't get criticised when it performs badly in the same way the soccer team does' displays an ignorance of the fact that the pragmatic (and frankly boring) game-plan adopted by the rugby team the season before last came in for a raft of criticism from fans and journo's alike. If there's a difference in tone as to how that criticism is communicated & conveyed, that's very much down to the difference in culture between the respective followers of each sport.

js35

Probably mentioned before but Amanda Brunker and the rest of them gob$hites off the Midday/Elaine tv3 programme

Aglomerado

Anyone who goes around with sunglasses on their head.

Gravelly

Aglomerado wrote: »

Anyone who goes around with sunglasses on their head.

Jaysus that's a bit harsh - If I'm out and about and it's sunny, I have to lift them up on my head when I go in anywhere or I'm blind as a bat.

Omackeral

Gravelly wrote: »

Jaysus that's a bit harsh - If I'm out and about and it's sunny, I have to lift them up on my head when I go in anywhere in my Mini Cooper

Fixed that for ya there Clodagh

Gravelly

Omackeral wrote: »

Fixed that for ya there Clodagh

RhubarbCrumble

Aglomerado wrote: »

Anyone who goes around with sunglasses on their head.

I'm doing it at the moment due to a crap haircut. Only thing that makes it sit a bit better.

eisenberg1

Aglomerado wrote: »

Anyone who goes around with sunglasses on their head.

I do it......to stop the top of my head getting burnt 😉

Jim Bob Scratcher

Anyone who criticizes people who go around with sunglasses on their head.

4068ac1elhodqr

Those pair of new Facepuke AI bots seem to be a pair of tw@ts,
developing their own chit-chat style to discuss ownership of virtual items:

Bob: "I can can I I everything else"
Alice: "Balls have zero to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to me to"

Seems out human language isn't good enough for them, so they modified it for the purposes of more efficient interaction...

eisenberg1

This is all very fine and dandy.....but most of the posts are explicable .

RabbleRouser2k

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

I've never seen her show, she's a twit, this link provides enough reason to hate her http://celebchatter.com/celeb/slideshow/lena-dunham-i-wish-i-had-an-abortion-controversial-moments-odell-beckham-jr/

Don't forget Lamby the dog-she nearly killed the poor little guy. A damn monster I'd call her.
Narcissistic to the extreme.

Iseedeadpixels

Brooklyn Beckham, very punchable face.

laylag

Iseedeadpixels wrote:

Brooklyn Beckham, very punchable face.

Yea and you can add Will Smith's son Jayden Smith to that!

BuilderPlumber

I said most Irish media people. Would have to add Steve Bannon, current unelected dictator of America, to the list too. No coincidence this rat was a media guy. An example of a media idiot whose ego was never checked. Now this clown is the most powerful man in the world.

NewbridgeIR

Joe Jackson (the Hot Press journalist).

jojofizzio

js35 wrote: »

Probably mentioned before but Amanda Brunker and the rest of them gob$hites off the Midday/Elaine tv3 programme

Some of those discussions/debates/rants/panellists on the Elaine show make me embarrassed to be a woman