Things you just "don't get"?

Millicently

partyguinness wrote: »

Eastender.

Why in God's name do Irish people watch a soap about east London working class troglodytes?

I love the way in soaps generally the very few educated professionals (doctors, lawyers, accountants, business leaders) that turn up every now and then are invariably always evil psychos.

But you can always rely on good ol Jimmy the mechanic- salt of the earth.

The same reasons people watch any soaps, boredom and the fact that most of the characters in soaps are having a worse time in life than the viewer. Like the Eastenders Christmas day show, no matter how awful Christmas Day might have been, you can guarantee that EE was worse.

partyguinness

Millicently wrote: »

. Like the Eastenders Christmas day show, no matter how awful Christmas Day might have been, you can guarantee that EE was worse.

Yeah but....it's not real.

You would think at this stage they would all fcuk off abroad on holiday for Christmas and stay away from each other...

Millicently

partyguinness wrote: »

Yeah but....it's not real.

You would think at this stage they would all fcuk off abroad on holiday for Christmas and stay away from each other...

True, but then what would viewers do with their Christmas Night? By Christmas night I think the Good Will to All has worn very thin and the soaps are a nice distraction. No matter how bad the food might have turned out or how many petty rows there's been in the house at least the odds are that nobody's going to get shot or go on a killing spree or rampage.

vriesmays

Irish graduates working in Dubai as au pairs and coming back after a few years to buy a house and marry Mr Beta. Either the pay is very high for this work or they're servicing the man of the house while his wives mind the kids.

Millicently

vriesmays wrote: »

Irish graduates working in Dubai as au pairs and coming back after a few years to buy a house and marry Mr Beta. Either the pay is very high for this work or they're servicing the man of the house while his wives mind the kids.

I don't get why any woman would want to live in the Middle East, why go live in a country that considers you a second class citizen because of your gender, where you can be arrested and imprisoned for the slightest little thing? I wouldn't consider taking a holiday in the ME let alone move there.

Jamsiek

Millicently wrote: »

I don't get why any woman would want to live in the Middle East, why go live in a country that considers you a second class citizen because of your gender, where you can be arrested and imprisoned for the slightest little thing? I wouldn't consider taking a holiday in the ME let alone move there.

Dubai is pretty easy going as far as the middle east is concerned
Saudi Arabia would be completely different

Millicently

Millicently wrote: »

I don't get why any woman would want to live in the Middle East, why go live in a country that considers you a second class citizen because of your gender, where you can be arrested and imprisoned for the slightest little thing? I wouldn't consider taking a holiday in the ME let alone move there.

In fairness Dubai is like any western city. I had a female family member living there and they had a ball, you live to a very luxurious standard over there and as a woman you actually get a lot of special treatment like free drink in clubs, free entry etc.

The whole getting arrested for the slightest thing is a bit of a nonsense too, I visited for 4 days and I was barely sober at any point including arriving into the airport after drinking on the plane all the way. It’s a serious place for drinking, it’s basically the pass time over there for westerners.

whisky_galore

Millicently wrote: »

I don't get why any woman would want to live in the Middle East, why go live in a country that considers you a second class citizen because of your gender, where you can be arrested and imprisoned for the slightest little thing? I wouldn't consider taking a holiday in the ME let alone move there.

Don't think you know very much about the M.E.
It's not one country.

Chancer3001

I dont get the 100ml limit on planes.

You can bring like 10 of them.

Maybe it's in case it's flammable liquid? But makes no sense because you can bring litres if alcohol on which is very flammable

freshpopcorn

Millicently wrote: »

I don't get why any woman would want to live in the Middle East, why go live in a country that considers you a second class citizen because of your gender, where you can be arrested and imprisoned for the slightest little thing? I wouldn't consider taking a holiday in the ME let alone move there.

I don't think it's a strict as some make out within reason.
People also love money. You'd be amazed at the things people would give up for it if they could.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Personally, my main aversion to living in somwhere like Dubai is that I don't want to live in a dictatorship built on slave labour.

Pawwed Rig

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Personally, my main aversion to living in somwhere like Dubai is that I don't want to live in a dictatorship built on slave labour.

Fair point

Raconteuse

Companies using the door to door/cold calling sales model - they know it just annoys people.

Not proof-reading at all (because of big mistakes, not tiny typos).

Companies impressing the forced fun thing on staff. It's forced. So it's not fun.

Raconteuse

vriesmays wrote: »

Irish graduates working in Dubai as au pairs and coming back after a few years to buy a house and marry Mr Beta. Either the pay is very high for this work or they're servicing the man of the house while his wives mind the kids.

The money is that good for teaching and nursing. Are you sure you're not thinking of those rather than au pairing? And why is he automatically "beta"?

Raconteuse

Raconteuse wrote: »

The money is that good for teaching and nursing. Are you sure you're not thinking of those rather than au pairing? And why is he automatically "beta"?

The money actually isn’t that great in teaching anyway anymore, not much better than it is here and far higher cost of living (aside from petrol). You have a great lifestyle over there but it’s not cheap.

riclad

The pay is not high for working as an au pair ,i think its more like women like to travel .
i think irish nurse,s can make more money by working in america,
and america is easier to live in than dubai i think.

Dubai seems to me to be a damned safe place. I took a solo holiday there as a female, dropped my wallet on the street when stepping out if a taxi and had it returned to me an hour later. Not too many places that would happen.

Millicently

whisky_galore wrote: »

Don't think you know very much about the M.E.
It's not one country.

I know all I need to know about the M.E. but thanks for jumping in there anyway, I'll avoid the Middle East as I said generally it's a **** hole where women and LGBT people are treated like filth and human rights are pretty much non existent unless you are a Muslim man.

whisky_galore

Millicently wrote: »

I know all I need to know about the M.E. but thanks for jumping in there anyway, I'll avoid the Middle East as I said generally it's a **** hole where women and LGBT people are treated like filth and human rights are pretty much non existent unless you are a Muslim man.

You be you. There's a good lad.

Jamsiek

Millicently wrote: »

I know all I need to know about the M.E. but thanks for jumping in there anyway, I'll avoid the Middle East as I said generally it's a **** hole where women and LGBT people are treated like filth and human rights are pretty much non existent unless you are a Muslim man.

Im guessing you’ve never been there

Millicently

whisky_galore wrote: »

You be you. There's a good lad.

I do love a good laugh at your type, screw the human rights abuses, so long as you are seen to be pro Muslim that's all that really matters. Good lad.

the beer revolu

Millicently wrote: »

I do love a good laugh at your type, screw the human rights abuses, so long as you are seen to be pro Muslim that's all that really matters. Good lad.

Ever been to Beirut?
That's in the Middle East.

It has a big Pride event, loads of gay bars and clubs.

I love the simpleton reasoning that just because someone doesn't agree with your discriminatory sweeping generalisations, they are "pro Muslim", whatever the fcuk that means.

Gretas Gonna Get Ya!

The world cup in Qatar should be fun!

We'll see just how much they believe in their traditional muslim values, once the entire world's eyes are watching them... they don't want the negative PR of enforcing their code of ethics during that tournament.

Nevin Parsnipp

Deleted User wrote: »

Dubai seems to me to be a damned safe place. I took a solo holiday there as a female, dropped my wallet on the street when stepping out if a taxi and had it returned to me an hour later. Not too many places that would happen.

Was your money still in it ?

whisky_galore

Millicently wrote: »

I do love a good laugh at your type, screw the human rights abuses, so long as you are seen to be pro Muslim that's all that really matters. Good lad.

I do love a good laugh at an ignoramus who assumes one huge region of different countries can be lumped into one set of stereotypes worthy of a second rate Hollywood movie.

Yep, its ALL Muslim too... no Jews or Christians...

Nevin Parsnipp

Nevin Parsnipp wrote: »

Was your money still in it ?

Crime is non-existent in Dubai, no way would someone risk taking a wallet as they would be strung up for it and rightly so! Its a very western and easy going place but crime is absolutely not tolerated.

Gretas Gonna Get Ya!

Rex Scary Tendinitis wrote: »

Crime is non-existent in Dubai, no way would someone risk taking a wallet as they would be strung up for it and rightly so! Its a very western and easy going place but crime is absolutely not tolerated.

There's lots of other things they don't tolerate too... but let's not talk about those things!

Yes it's an easy going place. That is until you're unlucky enough to fall foul of one of their more archaic laws. Then the true belly of the beast will reveal itself.

mea_k

Irish refusing to pay for water charges, to keep water safe and promote more water saving. But then pay for TV licence to line RTE gravy train.

vriesmays

There was an article in the paper last weekend about Adamstown. One guy said he rents and most of his neighbours are non-nationals. He said - another bonus is that it’s massively diverse here. I don't understand this. Why is this a bonus compared to all native locals there?

Here's the article:



https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/election-2020-in-commuterville-they-built-the-houses-and-left-the-people-in-a-vacuum-1.4156681

Bracken81

Alcohol and the Irish obsession with it............every week in work.........'Where where you the week end?' 'Wheres your local?" "Where you for this wkd?"

Every Thurs/Fri/Sat.........queues in the local shop with fellas/ladies buying cans, vino, etc

I like to enjoy the wkd and not have complete blur all the time
I'm sure I'm in the minority on this one