I love boards.ie

smartyfarts

Show your appreciation for the boards.ie & after hours. What do you like most about this section and the website as a whole?

I'll start by saying it's where I can freely release my inner thoughts and feelings about travellers and dole scroungers and isis returnees.

To think people still defend some of the above is mind boggling and they are not living in the real world.

Omackeral

demanufactured

Na na Na na Na na Na na Leaderrrr

smartyfarts

Omackeral wrote: »

lol I burst out laughing

spodoinkle

and the award for least impressive troll of the day goes to...............

smartyfarts

i'm not trolling. I genuinely just made a board for people to say why they like the website. that's all

TheValeyard

any mod who buys me a pint is okay with me

smartyfarts

smartyfarts wrote: »

i'm not trolling. I genuinely just made a board for people to say why they like the website. that's all

Chairman of the bored.

Scotty #

Boards.ie was a hundred times better 10 years ago. It's been declining since.

smartyfarts

I did make an account in 2011. was interesting how with Brexit and the Trump era how Boards has changed

jimgoose

I declare to God if I hear that name Joyce one more time I will surely froth at the gob.

RMAOK

demanufactured wrote: »

Na na Na na Na na Na na Leaderrrr

The leader is good,
The leader is great,
We surrender our will,
As of this date! :mad:

Grayson

Scotty # wrote: »

Boards.ie was a hundred times better 10 years ago. It's been declining since.

It was a thousand times better 20 years ago. :P

o1s1n

Grayson wrote: »

It was a thousand times better 20 years ago. :P

Have you gone grey and actually had a son since 1999?

Deebles McBeebles

Grayson wrote: »

It was a thousand times better 20 years ago. :P

Back in my day.....

gozunda

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Back in my day.....

Back in your day Debbles - they were still using semaphores!

Deebles McBeebles

gozunda wrote: »

Back in your day Debbles - they were still using semaphores!

There was no boards.ie, we all just wrote our feelings on boards the councils had hung all through the town centre

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

jimgoose

decky1

sure it's a great crack altogether although some can be a bit touchy on certain subjects when you don't see it their way. some can say what they want others get pulled up by Admin for lesser things, but other than that great place to air your views and to get the touchy one's going.Keep it going.

branie2

We're not worthy! We're not worthy!

Sciprio

It's alright but nothing special. I feel sometimes i must withhold an opinion and if a thread gets kinda interesting it seems to get shut down. I actually prefer and spend more time on Reddit.

Feisar

AH is like being down the pub talking sh!te.

Bob Harris

Some starts a thread about a news topic.
Rabble, rabble, rabble.....unfollow thread.
I can't remember what it used to be like but it wasn't like this.

Bob Harris

Feisar wrote: »

AH is like being down the pub talking sh!te.

At least in the pub you'd have a pint in front of you.

branie2

Bob Harris wrote: »

At least in the pub you'd have a pint in front of you.

And a bag of crisps or peanuts

Church on Tuesday

smartyfarts wrote: »

Show your appreciation for the boards.ie & after hours. What do you like most about this section and the website as a whole?

I'll start by saying it's where I can freely release my inner thoughts and feelings about travellers and dole scroungers and isis returnees.

To think people still defend some of the above is mind boggling and they are not living in the real world.

So a really **** version of Fight Club then.

ToddyDoody

I was actually a bit bored yesterday but in my determination for a free activity to pass the time, boards it was.

Rubbish, absolute rubbish most of the time.

Esel

Do ya like dags, OP?

RobbingBandit

It beats staring out the window unless you can see into the neighbours house.

sligojoek

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Back in my day.....

........I had to get on my bike and cycle 20 miles to call somebody a c**t. Thanks to Boards I can now do it from the comfort of my armchair.

Infonovice

There are some people that are here a long time, and they say 'not this kinda thread again'.

They keep coming up because that's what a lot of people actually want to talk about.
I'm not saying I agree with some of those thread's, but if you don't like it, you can simply just scroll on by.
The site would probably be a ghost town if most of those repeat thread's didn't come up.
There are only so many topic's that can be discussed

dxhound2005

branie2 wrote: »

And a bag of crisps or peanuts

A pub I used to go to sold peanuts but not crisps. I always thought that was strange.

GMSA

Heeeee's baaaaaack

pleas advice

Bob Harris wrote: »

I can't remember what it used to be like but it wasn't like this.

amen to that

Paddy Cow

The first forum I ever joined was Digital Spy (basically the UK version of boards). It was an Irish person on there who told me about here. I much prefer it here, probably because I have more in common with Irish people.

I've been to a few beers, which I really enjoyed. It's a shame they don't happen anymore.

My favourite thing about boards is that you get to talk to such a diverse range of people. In real life people tend to judge how they react to people based on age/gender etc but here is a level playing field because we're just a user name. For example, in real life you might not argue with someone who is a lot older than you in case it comes across as disrespectful but here you see a post you disagree with and just go for it.

Another thing I like is that as a long time poster I've grown attached to some people on here. I'm not friends with them in real life but I enjoy reading their posts and seeing their life progress. That might sound a bit stalkerish but I mean no harm. There's one poster who's had a few reincarnations and the first time she disappeared I missed her after a few weeks because I was so used to seeing her post in certain threads but another poster pointed me in the right direction. There's another, older poster who drives me insane but I haven't noticed her lately and I hope she's alright (I'm not on boards as much lately so maybe I've just missed her).

I remember when I was on DS I used to play a lot of games and got to know a lot of the posters. One guy was sick and one day his partner logged on to inform us that he had died. It was surreal that I felt sad for someone who died who I had never met. There was a poster on here a while back who used to be quite regular and she was open about the fact she has terminal cancer. I haven't seen anything from her in ages and it does cross my mind if she's ok.

I also build up a picture in my mind of posters I see regularly. Some I imagine I could be friends with in real life and enjoy going for a pint with them and others I want to smack with a dead fish It's mad how words on a computer screen can evoke such emotions.

The best thing about boards is that it's not real life, so when people are getting on my nerves I can simply unfollow a thread and not have to deal with them anymore. If only real life was so simple!

hgfj

Absolutely nothing to do with the topic of this thread - but - how do I start a thread topic? When I go into the boards FAQ it simply says press the new thread button. I'm logged in but cant find a "new thread" button anywhere.

Fr_Dougal

hgfj wrote: »

Absolutely nothing to do with the topic of this thread - but - how do I start a thread topic? When I go into the boards FAQ it simply says press the new thread button. I'm logged in but cant find a "new thread" button anywhere.

Here you go: https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/newthread.php?do=newthread&f=7

Pero_Bueno

The thread about sh*ting is just gold!

hgfj

Thanks Fr D, appreciate the link but how do I get to that page without the link?

Fr_Dougal

hgfj wrote: »

Thanks Fr D, appreciate the link but how do I get to that page without the link?

Over on the left hand side of the page, before the list of current threads, you should see the New Thread button. It might vary slightly depending on which version of boards you’re using.

hgfj

Yeah, I'm using a desktop version (i think), at least I'm on my desktop computer now but no sign of a new thread button anywhere. I've bookmarked that link into my favourites list on my browser so I can use that in the meantime. New thread coming soon!!!!

RMAOK

Pero_Bueno wrote: »

The thread about sh*ting is just gold!

Best thread on boards for ages.