Unpopular Opinions - OP Updated with Threadban List 4/5/21

stefanovich

paw patrol wrote: »

I keep hearing this ...

But ask yourself , do the spanish call them "expats" or "foreigners"?
I don't know but I'll bet its not "ex pats"

likewise do people in Nigeria call Nigerians here "foreigners"
again I'll bet they don't

the use of all the terms is correct as they are subjective based on the position of the person using them.

I think's it's more to do with the amount of cash they have. British people living in France and Spain usually arrive with lots of sterling and spend it.

FileNotFound

stefanovich wrote: »

I think's it's more to do with the amount of cash they have. British people living in France and Spain usually arrive with lots of sterling and spend it.

This does help reduce the issues that locals will have alright.

They are a drain only on the health service and I assume the NHS foot some of that bill. Ex pats (Brits in spain etc) don't get jobs but often do up houses and eat out loads, thus creating jobs.

I'm sure plenty of locals still have gripes.

whisky_galore

A hotline should be set up to deal with covid violations and cash prizes to callers on a successful prosecution.

partyguinness

whisky_galore wrote: »

A hotline should be set up to deal with covid violations and cash prizes to callers on a successful prosecution.

Why stop there...let us set up a snitchers helpline for every breach of any law across the board.

stefanovich

partyguinness wrote: »

Why stop there...let us set up a snitchers helpline for every breach of any law across the board.

Already exists:
1800 666 111

whisky_galore

stefanovich wrote: »

Already exists:
1800 666 111

If greed is what motivates people to break rules then let greed work to keep people in line.

nolivesmatter

whisky_galore wrote: »

If greed is what motivates people to break rules then let greed work to keep people in line.

I used to think sort of similarly. But the people have done more than their part at this point. We had a lot more businesses open just a couple months ago and with that a limited amount of what you could call normality. But the government f***ed it up when they changed the rules at xmas. It wasn't worth it.

Now apart from Dublin the rates are well down again and you want to go harder on people? F**k that. First thing to do is remove that stupid 5k limit. And then we need to ease restrictions on those counties with nearly zero daily cases.

cnocbui

whisky_galore wrote: »

A hotline should be set up to deal with covid violations and cash prizes to callers on a successful prosecution.

We should hand out medals to lockdown violaters and put them on an honour roll.

vriesmays

Irish Film Board has wasted millions of € on little-seen rubbish.

Omackeral

paw patrol wrote: »

I keep hearing this ...

But ask yourself , do the spanish call them "expats" or "foreigners"?
I don't know but I'll bet its not "ex pats"

Yeah tongue was placed firmly in cheek there. Same way Irish people in the US aren't illegal immigrants, they're ''undocumented''.

suicide_circus

People who don't use indicators when changing lanes and on roundabouts should be killed.

osarusan

suicide_circus wrote: »

People who don't use indicators when changing lanes and on roundabouts should be killed.

Nothing unpopular about that!

LarryGraham

osarusan wrote: »

Nothing unpopular about that!

Being killed is too good for them.

partyguinness

Came a stop at a red light this morning and without a care in the world a cyclist on the inside just went straight through and turned left and up on to the footpath and of course proceeds to continue on the footpath. Not a helmet in sight for good measure.

I am there secretly hoping he falls off.

Thelonious Monk

partyguinness wrote: »

Came a stop at a red light this morning and without a care in the world a cyclist on the inside just went straight through and turned left and up on to the footpath and of course proceeds to continue on the footpath. Not a helmet in sight for good measure.

I am there secretly hoping he falls off.

Great thing about bikes is you can do stuff like this all the time and it's harmless. Best way to get around, you should try it!

Eric Cartman

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Great thing about bikes is you can do stuff like this all the time and it's harmless. Best way to get around, you should try it!

Cyclists make cycling in Dublin so dangerous , when you have cycling supporters championing moronic behaviour like that as 'harmless' its easy to see why its so dangerous and cyclists are reviled by motorists and pedestrians alike.

Thelonious Monk

Eric Cartman wrote: »

Cyclists make cycling in Dublin so dangerous , when you have cycling supporters championing moronic behaviour like that as 'harmless' its easy to see why its so dangerous and cyclists are reviled by motorists and pedestrians alike.

I don't think it's dangerous at all, it can be unpleasant though when dealing with impatient motorists.
No one likes us we don't care, just like Millwall.

partyguinness

I think it's the 'amateur' cyclists are the biggest concern. The lad weaving on the footpaths one handed and sometimes even texting at the same time unsually on an old mountain bike.

Not the Mr Lycra Lance Armstrong wannabe who cycles to work everyday and take himself awfully seriously.

nolivesmatter

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I don't think it's dangerous at all, it can be unpleasant though when dealing with impatient motorists.
No one likes us we don't care, just like Millwall.

Since you seem to represent all cyclists I want to make a request that you guys please don't cycle in the centre of the road. It makes it impossible to pass.

FileNotFound

partyguinness wrote: »

I think it's the 'amateur' cyclists are the biggest concern. The lad weaving on the footpaths one handed and sometimes even texting at the same time unsually on an old mountain bike.

Not the Mr Lycra Lance Armstrong wannabe who cycles to work everyday and take himself awfully seriously.

In fairness most of the every day going to work chaps/lasses are grand - but every journey you meet the douchebag cyclist that makes you hate all of them.

Personally I stopped cycling due to the insane number of dimwits behind the wheel of a car, far more fools driving steel rams than there are bad cyclists.

I am irked as much as anyone when a cyclists cuts in front at lights only to break them etc. Especially since i gave it up haha.

Thelonious Monk

nolivesmatter wrote: »

Since you seem to represent all cyclists I want to make a request that you guys please don't cycle in the centre of the road. It makes it impossible to pass.

I definitely will now! No but sometimes it's the safest thing to do.

nolivesmatter

FileNotFound wrote: »

In fairness most of the every day going to work chaps/lasses are grand - but every journey you meet the douchebag cyclist that makes you hate all of them.

Personally I stopped cycling due to the insane number of dimwits behind the wheel of a car, far more fools driving steel rams than there are bad cyclists.

I am irked as much as anyone when a cyclists cuts in front at lights only to break them etc. Especially since i gave it up haha.

Fair point. It's funny how people can feel like it's all down to one type of transport. Gob****es come in all forms.

Antares35

nolivesmatter wrote: »

Fair point. It's funny how people can feel like it's all down to one type of transport. Gob****es come in all forms.

And someone acting the àsshole in a car has the potential to do far more damage than someone acting the àsshole on a bike.

cnocbui

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Great thing about bikes is you can do stuff like this all the time and it's harmless. Best way to get around, you should try it!

6 food delivery cyclists have died in Oz in the last few months. i wonder if they rode and thought the same as you?

kowloon

suicide_circus wrote: »

People who don't use indicators when changing lanes and on roundabouts should be killed.

And the bodies put on display in the middle of the roundabout they defiled with their careless driving. The Walkinstown roundabout will need sprinklers to deal with the constant flow of unclean blood.

Thelonious Monk

cnocbui wrote: »

6 food delivery cyclists have died in Oz in the last few months. i wonder if they rode and thought the same as you?

I've cycled in Oz and NZ, motorists hate cyclists there even more than here so I'm not surprised more people are killed. A bike turning left at a red light isn't dangerous though.

ShyMets

In general I've no issues with cyclists. However it does bug me a little when they cycle on the footpath. Particularly when there is a cycle lane on the road

Thelonious Monk

Here's an unpopular opinion. Fine cars illegally parked on footpaths.

Esho

If i question a scrote who self identifies as a woman to go to a women's prison, I shouldn't be hounded out my job.

statto25

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Here's an unpopular opinion. Fine cars illegally parked on footpaths.

Include cycle lanes in that