Current Affairs chat thread.

ancapailldorcha

Thought it might be nice to have an off topic chat thread.

How is everyone? Hope ye enjoy the forum.

IMHO, the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation provide a creditable service.

septictank

The excitement!!!!!

I'm waiting.

jester77

ohhh current affairs... have to be careful my wife doesn't find out about my girlfriend

Omackeral

jester77 wrote: »

ohhh current affairs... have to be careful my wife doesn't find out about my girlfriend

No fun allowed in here. Banned for 3 days

Seth Brundle

ok then.
So who is having an affair currently?

El Weirdo

I hear that Mr Sultan is sleeping with Mrs Raisin.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

How can it be current affairs if it's an off topic chat? Is that not what After Hours is for now?

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

Leland Vast Supernova wrote: »

How can it be current affairs if it's an off topic chat? Is that not what After Hours is for now?

this thread is off topic, a lot of forums have that, to be fair

Standman

I am thoroughly enjoying this forum so far.

gozunda

Leland Vast Supernova wrote: »

How can it be current affairs if it's an off topic chat? Is that not what After Hours is for now?

The difference is afaik that the usual mythical animals found hiding under bridges found in AH aren't allowed in here ...

dudara

El Weirdo wrote: »

I hear that Mr Sultan is sleeping with Mrs Raisin.

Merged into Off-Topic Chat thread

dudara

gozunda

gozunda wrote: »

The difference is afaik that the usual mythical animals found hiding under bridges found in AH aren't allowed in here ...

who will decide that, then

ive seen that badge pinned on many long-term, non-rereg posters that simply disagreed with others to trust the term tbh

gozunda

El Weirdo wrote: »

I hear that Mr Sultan is sleeping with Mrs Raisin.

This Mrs Raisin?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15795185-christmas-crumble

Timberrrrrrrr

12 posts in and no one has blamed the muslims, travellers, leftists, rightists (is that even a word?) Centrists, soros, the brits, the RA or whatsherface o'doherty.

I could get used to this

gozunda

Deleted User wrote: »

who will decide that, then

ive seen that badge pinned on many long-term, non-rereg posters that simply disagreed with others to trust the term tbh

Dont know to be sure but is it that the pinners themselves which will get their come uppance?

pinnerbots

gozunda

[Deleted User] wrote: »

pinnerbots

I like that

James Brown

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

12 posts in and no one has blamed the muslims, travellers, leftists, rightists (is that even a word?) Centrists, soros, the brits, the RA or whatsherface o'doherty.

I could get used to this

Trouble is you get an echo chamber if you try cut out legit opinions that are too controversial for some.

Timberrrrrrrr

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Trouble is you get an echo chamber if you try cut out legit opinions that are too controversial for some.

I can see "lighthearted" is just going to WHOOOOOOOOOOSHHHH over the heads of some :rolleyes:

Tokyo

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Trouble is you get an echo chamber if you try cut out legit opinions that are too controversial for some.

I'm curious. Do you think that describing travellers as "a plausible call for ethnic cleansing" is a legit opinion?

James Brown

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

I can see "lighthearted" is just going to WHOOOOOOOOOOSHHHH over the heads of some :rolleyes:

Sarcasm? Good chat :rolleyes:

James Brown

mike_ie wrote: »

I'm curious. Do you think that describing travellers as "a plausible call for ethnic cleansing" is a legit opinion?

Do you think that's a balanced response to a legit comment?
If you can't differentiate between opinions that range from your favourite burger to ethnic cleansing I think you're in the wrong job.

Tokyo

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Sarcasm? Good chat :rolleyes:

Matt Barrett wrote: »

If you can't differentiate between opinions that range from your favourite burger to ethnic cleansing I think you're in the wrong job.

The irony is not lost on me.

Matt Barrett, if you want a discussion of the nuances of hate speech vs. opinion, start one. Don't sit back and force others to state their opinions so you can later pick them apart. Lay out exactly what you think hate speech encompasses vs. what opinions encompass, how the mods should deal with it, and all the other issues that such rules would entail. Then we can respond knowledgeably rather than in the current fog.

James Brown

mike_ie wrote: »

The irony is not lost on me.

Matt Barrett, if you want a discussion of the nuances of hate speech vs. opinion, start one. Don't sit back and force others to state their opinions so you can later pick them apart. Lay out exactly what you think hate speech encompasses vs. what opinions encompass, how the mods should deal with it, and all the other issues that such rules would entail. Then we can respond knowledgeably rather than in the current fog.

I'm passing comment in a discussion forum and it got your nose out of joint for some reason.

Trouble is you get an echo chamber if you try cut out legit opinions that are too controversial for some.

I think the above is a fair and innocuous comment. You come back with 'ethnic cleansing of travelers' as a sampler.

notobtuse

Interesting that after two oil tankers were attacked and a US drone was shot down by Iran, making the Persian Gulf one scary place, that oil prices only spiked 6%. I’d have thought prices would have gone up over 25%.

Sonny noggs

gozunda wrote: »

The difference is afaik that the usual mythical animals found hiding under bridges found in AH aren't allowed in here ...

Great. No more EOTR, TROL, that militante lad etc.

I see Leo’s partner is in though so assume we will be discussing FG endlessly.

James Brown

Sonny noggs wrote: »

Great. No more EOTR, TROL, that militante lad etc.

I see Leo’s partner is in though so assume we will be discussing FG endlessly.

I trust the irony of your comment isn't lost on you

Sonny noggs

Matt Barrett wrote: »

I trust the irony of your comment isn't lost on you

It was until you pointed it out. Only kidding.

Kivaro

Some of us asked for this forum. And it was delivered.
Thanks to all of you who worked on it.

I genuinely hope that it will be a success.
It should allow AH return back to the happy/silly place it once was.

Scuid Mhór

Kivaro wrote: »

Some of us asked for this forum. And it was delivered.
Thanks to all of you who worked on it.

I genuinely hope that it will be a success.
It should allow AH return back to the happy/silly place it once was.

I often wondered if anyone even remembered what AH used to be before it became so politicised. Its current carnation is a hollow shell of its former self; I would be optimistic that the creation of this forum will help to alleviate that somewhat.

hatrickpatrick

I would like to personally claim responsibility for the ingenious suggestion to add this forum as an AH subforum, given that this only happened after I invisibly replied to Mark's thread in announcements. Ye should all reward me with virtual pints.

hatrickpatrick

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

I often wondered if anyone even remembered what AH used to be before it became so politicised. Its current carnation is a hollow shell of its former self; I would be optimistic that the creation of this forum will help to alleviate that somewhat.

AH died with Flutt left. To this day I will never forget his phrasing of "A butcher's pocketful of gas erupted from my chicken coop" to describe farting in a taxi with the windows closed, back in '08 or '09

jaxxx

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

12 posts in and no one has blamed the muslims, travellers, leftists, rightists (is that even a word?) Centrists, soros, the brits, the RA or whatsherface o'doherty.

I could get used to this

Cos it was a wizard's fault!

Timberrrrrrrr

jaxxx wrote: »

Cos it was a wizard's fault!

AVADA KEDAVRA!!!!

riffmongous

Can we have the gemma o Doherty thread back now?

Larbre34

notobtuse wrote: »

Interesting that after two oil tankers were attacked and a US drone was shot down by Iran, making the Persian Gulf one scary place, that oil prices only spiked 6%. I’d have thought prices would have gone up over 25%.

Markets were bracing for an oversupply worldwide anyway last week, and the entire Gulf is now only producing 13% world consumption so even if it all kicked off, it wouldn't be anything likes the choke on supply of the 1970's.

bloodless_coup

Great forum to circumvent an After Hours ban.

Well. This is cosy.

Dravokivich

notobtuse wrote: »

Interesting that after two oil tankers were attacked and a US drone was shot down by Iran, making the Persian Gulf one scary place, that oil prices only spiked 6%. I’d have thought prices would have gone up over 25%.

If theres any increase in cost to the barrell, it'll only increase at the pumps when oil bought at that price is refined and distributed. The current price for the consumer generally isnt based in the current price for the supplier.

jmayo

notobtuse wrote: »

Interesting that after two oil tankers were attacked and a US drone was shot down by Iran, making the Persian Gulf one scary place, that oil prices only spiked 6%. I’d have thought prices would have gone up over 25%.

Stop worrying about price of oil.
It won't matter in 11 years time as Leo the Great will have us all weened off the stuff.

Of course the olive oil lubricated wooden wind generators will need replacing every few years, but that shouldn't cause too much of an issue.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

This forum is working for me. AH might die.

Franz Von Peppercorn II

Dravokivich wrote: »

If theres any increase in cost to the barrell, it'll only increase at the pumps when oil bought at that price is refined and distributed. The current price for the consumer generally isnt based in the current price for the supplier.

That logic works in one direction only.

Where am I and how did I get here?

You don't stop in for a few days, and everything changes while you're gone.

freshpopcorn

Candie wrote: »

Where am I and how did I get here?

You don't stop in for a few days, and everything changes while you're gone.

You got lost on the way to the Cheistmas forum!

Timberrrrrrrr

Candie wrote: »

Where am I and how did I get here?

You don't stop in for a few days, and everything changes for the better while you're gone.

Fixed that for ya, we need more positive vibes Candie....positive vibes!

Timberrrrrrr, are you implying that things are improved by my absence? How very dare you!

Three sharp smacks to the posterior for you, sir/madam.

Odhinn

Holy BDSM batman.

Odhinn

Odhinn wrote: »

Holy BDSM batman.

No, they aren't allowed enjoy it.

In all seriousness, I think the forum is a great idea and hopefully people will use it as intended. May ye gods bless her and all who sail in her.

Timberrrrrrrr

Candie wrote: »

Timberrrrrrr, are you implying that things are improved by my absence? How very dare you!

Three sharp smacks to the posterior for you, sir/madam.

Is it wrong that i may be slightly turned on right now?

0lddog

Candie wrote: »

Where am I and how did I get here?

You don't stop in for a few days, and everything changes while you're gone.

So its not just me then


Would some kind person please put up a TL DR version of whats been going on ?