What's getting worse in society that the media isn't reporting on?

nigel_wilson

The media seems to portray the world badly that even some religious and non-religious people believe that we're at the end of times however we always hear and tend to forget that "For the majority of people on this planet, our age is the safest and most peaceful throughout history".

Watching London constantly get attacked by jihadists, North Korea and Russia trolling the US with threats of war, great political discontent in the West with Brexit/US elections, financial crises, Islamic immigration into Europe etc. on the news, makes it difficult to believe that but of course it's understandable if you consider that the media moguls are simply businesses who want to make the most profit which is easily done through exploiting fear and paranoia.

There are of people no undoubtedly living in some parts of the world today who are in worse conditions compared to their ancestors hundreds of years whereas for others people like Europeans and Americans, the opposite has happened to a great extent, life has improved.

But I've been thinking, even if life has generally gotten better, I assume that people over 50-60 can think of things in Ireland, Europe or the world that seem to be getting worse but are paid no attention to by the media. What are some of these things.

Subzero3

nigel_wilson wrote: »

The media seems to portray the world badly that even some religious and non-religious people believe that we're at the end of times however we always hear and tend to forget that "For the majority of people on this planet, our age is the safest and most peaceful throughout history".

Watching London constantly get attacked by jihadists, North Korea and Russia trolling the US with threats of war, great political discontent in the West with Brexit/US elections, financial crises, Islamic immigration into Europe etc. on the news, makes it difficult to believe that but of course it's understandable if you consider that the media moguls are simply businesses who want to make the most profit which is easily done through exploiting fear and paranoia.

There are of people no undoubtedly living in some parts of the world today who are in worse conditions compared to their ancestors hundreds of years whereas for others people like Europeans and Americans, the opposite has happened to a great extent, life has improved.

But I've been thinking, even if life has generally gotten better, I assume that people over 50-60 can think of things in Ireland, Europe or the world that seem to be getting worse but are paid no attention to by the media. What are some of these things.

I think the US rather then Russia is doing all the trolling. The west has improved because it hasn't been bombed to pieces or suffered from voilent government over throws (largely sponsored by the West).

mikeecho

The quality of a lot of new threads on boards.ie

Not one single article on that.

Paleblood

nigel_wilson wrote: »

media moguls are simply businesses who want to make the most profit which is easily done through exploiting fear and paranoia.

I think we have to take a look at ourselves as well. Do you really want to tune into the news each day to hear that a young family in Carlow have just landed their dream jobs and have cleared their mortgage before they're 40, or that the quality of life in Toronto is tremendous and just look at all of these lucky Canadians enjoying their spare time. Maybe top it all off with a package about new trade agreements that have improved the lives or every single fisherman, ever.

Maybe you would. Or maybe you'd think it was just sticking your head in the sand. I remember the Ray Darcy show used to have a 'good news day' where the Today FM newsreader would announce positive news stories from all over the country. The day it started I thought it was a great idea. The next day I turned it off.

Slydice

A bunch of this speech from the UN earlier this month:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=22041&LangID=E

SonicWind

Male suicides being much higher than road deaths, yet its never touched.... Surely there are lives to be saved here...but, theres no money in it so why bother?

super_furry

Chippers seemed to have stopped doing Whirly Burgers.

Paleblood

gold_hand wrote: »

1. traveller crime in rural ireland

I worked in my local District Court for six months. There might be 50 defendants on any given day, but if there was one Traveller he was guaranteed to be one of the 5 or 6 case reports in the regional newspaper the following Wednesday. The same applied to Eastern Europeans, albeit to a lesser extent. If you were a Traveller or a foreigner you were getting named, even if there were many more cases that were more 'interesting' or newsworthy.

MarinersBlues

Gambling is a problem that is eating away at society.
The media constantly push and advertise the big operators rather than highlight the huge issues they are causing.

The industry is becoming more cynical as the number of operators are being reduced.
The way the big operators actively target the vulnerable while barring anyone with half a clue of how to bet is despicable.

BillyBobBS

The fact that the vast majority of "refugees" from the middle east and Africa that have come to Europe are 18-35 year old males.

Paleblood

BillyBobBS wrote: »

The fact that the vast majority of "refugees" from the middle east and Africa that have come to Europe are 18-35 year old males.

And the vast majority of Irish people that emigrated to the states in times of desperation were 18-35 year old males.

Wheeliebin30

The squeezed middle.

sbsquarepants

super_furry wrote: »

Chippers seemed to have stopped doing Whirly Burgers.

I never got one, because I have no idea what they are and was always too ashamed of my ignorance to ask.

I hope I didn't miss out on something great:mad:

They don't tend to have the full slice onion rings anymore either, I loved them.

Chippers are on the decline OP - it's clearly the definitive issue of our generation. Something must be done.

Spider Web

SonicWind wrote: »

Male suicides being much higher than road deaths, yet its never touched.... Surely there are lives to be saved here...but, theres no money in it so why bother?

Is there money to be made from road deaths? Not being smart, genuine question.

Is there not a lot of mental health awareness created?

Drumpot

Hyperbolic political correctness.

Beechwoodspark

Sjw types trying to censor and shut down debates

fleet_admiral

SonicWind wrote: »

Male suicides being much higher than road deaths, yet its never touched.... Surely there are lives to be saved here...but, theres no money in it so why bother?

That and male homelessness and male victims of domestic violence

Rumpy Pumpy

The bottle of wine a day crew.

The Bishop Basher

Addiction Issues - Mainly all the legal stuff from what I can see

Alcohol, codeine and valium..

jacksie66

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suicide_circus

You know what I blame this on the breakdown of? Society.

circadian

Debate of opposing views has broken down almost entirely at this point thanks to US politics.

ligerdub

Paleblood wrote:

And the vast majority of Irish people that emigrated to the states in times of desperation were 18-35 year old males.

The Irish refugees? No....they were families.

Wesser

Family break down . Man and woman had 2 children then marruage breaks down the. He finds a new partner and she already has children from a prev relationship and the have another child. And she ( wife no 1) finds a new man and he already has children from a prev relationship and then they also have children . So 5 sets of kids, alot of emotional baggage, alot of upheavel for the children, 5 sets of grandparents, very complicated child minding arrangements ....... assosciated with a lack of resilience in longerm relationships, multiple housing arrangements and lingering debt due to mortgages, squeezed house hold budgets due to maintainence payments going every which way.

3rd wave feminism/ists (like LON/Mullally) been allowed to continue unchallenged to sprout their misandry and childish nonsense

Chuchote

SonicWind wrote: »

Male suicides being much higher than road deaths, yet its never touched.... Surely there are lives to be saved here...but, theres no money in it so why bother?

A proportion of road deaths, especially with single male drivers, are suicide.

ligerdub wrote: »

The Irish refugees? No....they were families.

Not really. What I remember from the "American wakes" of my youth was young lads (the majority) going off to America and Britain, and to a smaller extent young girls. Whole families emigrating: less so.

darkdubh

Subzero3 wrote: »

I think the US rather then Russia is doing all the trolling. The west has improved because it hasn't been bombed to pieces or suffered from voilent government over throws (largely sponsored by the West).

Russia under Putin has been doing it's fair share of invading, propping up despots and bombing the tar out Syria. Not denying Western powers haven't been doing the same but there's a consensus among certain people that any criticism of Russia and Putin is down to western propaganda.

super_furry

The number of alt-right re-regs and sock puppet accounts on boards.

nigel_wilson

Swanner wrote: »

Addiction Issues - Mainly all the legal stuff from what I can see

Alcohol, codeine and valium..

I've taken all of these and can confirm they are pretty..meh, especially the second one.

If you ever go to the US and get a legal prescription of hydrocodone a.k.a Vicodin (what Dr. House stuffed his face with all those seasons), then you'll realize how **** codeine is.

The comparison I would make would be imagine you've been hiking up the mountains for 3 days and only have had water but no food. You're given the choice between filtered sugarcane juice or a Coca Cola drink (all fizzy drinks are essentially sugar water). The latter would be more desirable physically even though they are essentially the same thing

Plus codeine has a ceiling dose due to the liver which I believe is 400mg. Taking more than 30 tablets might not make a difference.

SonicWind

SonicWind wrote: »

Male suicides being much higher than road deaths, yet its never touched.... Surely there are lives to be saved here...but, theres no money in it so why bother?

Absolutely this. It isn't talked about whatsoever.

Spider Web wrote: »

Is there money to be made from road deaths? Not being smart, genuine question.

Is there not a lot of mental health awareness created?

There really isn't. Nowhere near as much as there should be. Can you imagine if mental health awareness (especially that geared towards men specifically) had as much money and awareness as breast cancer?

I specifically pick this, because I feel breast cancer awareness shows how such a campaign can work. If I'm right (someone can correct me), this was just something that wasn't discussed until there was a massive push a few years back. And now it seems the norm.

Matias Blue Alternator wrote: »

3rd wave feminism/ists (like LON/Mullally) been allowed to continue unchallenged to sprout their misandry and childish nonsense

TBH, with these people, it would only matter/bother you if you go out of your way to let them. I've no idea who they are (and please don't link/tell me, because I really don't care), so they don't have any real impact on the world.

Caliden

Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »

The bottle of wine a day crew.

Have noticed this majorly when shopping in lidl during the week.
It's normally a few bits for dinner and then a bottle or 2 of wine. It wouldn't be on a Friday either.

Boom_Bap

Wobbly wheels on shopping trollies.

Stan27

Civil service spending. Money that is being wasted is ridiculous

SafeSurfer

Paleblood wrote: »

BillyBobBS wrote: »

The fact that the vast majority of "refugees" from the middle east and Africa that have come to Europe are 18-35 year old males.

And the vast majority of Irish people that emigrated to the states in times of desperation were 18-35 year old males.

What is your definition of vast?

The dictionary defines it as of very great extent or quantity, vast.

Do you know the difference in numbers of male and female Irish emigrants during the recession?

youtube!

The Islamification of Europe.

tomwaterford

Domestic violence


Know a suprisingly high number of people my age caught up/have been victims to it

fleet_admiral

tomwaterford wrote: »

Domestic violence


Know a suprisingly high number of people my age caught up/have been victims to it

Especially male victims. The elephant in the room

Galwayguy35

Paleblood wrote: »

And the vast majority of Irish people that emigrated to the states in times of desperation were 18-35 year old males.

Yeah but it wasn't costing the US 275 k per Irish person that went there, also I don't think any of them were jumping on the back of trucks or were responsible for a drivers death by blocking the road resulting in him crashing.

ligerdub

Chuchote wrote: »

A proportion of road deaths, especially with single male drivers, are suicide.



Not really. What I remember from the "American wakes" of my youth was young lads (the majority) going off to America and Britain, and to a smaller extent young girls. Whole families emigrating: less so.

They weren't refugees leaving when you were younger.

Galwayguy35

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

The squeezed middle.

Exactly.

Pay for everything and pay for everyone else as well.

Varadkar mentions tax cuts for working people and that little midget Brendan Howlin and SF say it shouldn't happen, the "vulnerable" need services paid for.

Galwayguy35

super_furry wrote: »

The number of alt-right re-regs and sock puppet accounts on boards.

So you want the media to report on a suspected re reg on a discussion forum?

ohnonotgmail

SafeSurfer wrote: »

What is your definition of vast?

The dictionary defines it as of very great extent or quantity, vast.

Do you know the difference in numbers of male and female Irish emigrants during the recession?

which recession? we've had so many in this country. we have always had more male than female emigrants.

ohnonotgmail

ligerdub wrote: »

They weren't refugees leaving when you were younger.

funny how the people coming from the middle east switch between refugees and economic migrants when it suits

Galwayguy35

The state of the roads in this country, primary and most secondary roads are ok but the rest of the road network that nearly everyone needs to use at some point are a disgrace in some places.

Potholes and dangerous turns in rural areas are causing accidents and very little is being done to fix these roads.

Benildus

Gambling and Traveller (the ethnic minority lads) crimes

BillyBobBS

Paleblood wrote: »

And the vast majority of Irish people that emigrated to the states in times of desperation were 18-35 year old males.

And the media never attempted to hide that fact, unlike now.

ligerdub

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

funny how the people coming from the middle east switch between refugees and economic migrants when it suits

I'm not sure I understand your point. The original point specifically said refugees, admittedly in quotes, which is what I was referring to. I also don't recall ever denying the fact that the Syrians/Lybians are indeed refugees.

Using an unemployed person in Dublin in 1985 is not comparing apples with apples, either to a Syrian in 2017 or an Irish person in 1850.

Boom_Bap

Why shops don't generally stock half sizes in footwear.
It's an epidemic.

Stonedpilot

3 things that are on the rise in Ireland the media wont touch are

Female paedophiles and female paedophilia(some who have worked in childcare/religious institutions)

Dog fighting. Goes on lot more than people think and real big money on it.Dogs are rarely fought to the death but the injuries are treated crudely by someone with no vetinary skills usually in a shed. Think gluegun instead of stitches. Dogs that go missing sometimes end up being blood or bait dogs which is beyond horrific.

Sperm counts are dropping significantly due to our environment.

Media only reports what they want and even then have no obligation to tell us the truth.

ohnonotgmail

ligerdub wrote: »

I'm not sure I understand your point. The original point specifically said refugees, admittedly in quotes, which is what I was referring to. I also don't recall ever denying the fact that the Syrians/Lybians are indeed refugees.

Using an unemployed person in Dublin in 1985 is not comparing apples with apples, either to a Syrian in 2017 or an Irish person in 1850.

what is the major difference? they were all trying to leave a situation that had no future and go somewhere they might have a chance of a decent life.

The_Kew_Tour

Agree Traveller and Gambling.

Especially Gambling. You can only drink so much per day but you can throw the keys of your House on 1 card/bet.

I would make it 21 the legal age for Gambling.