People like sheep unable to think, speak or act for thenselves

Westernworld.

Too many people are like sheep and need approval and consensus for their thoughts and actions

Even if everything you say and do is wrong or irrelevant I have more respect for someone with a greater range of thought and action than this middle ground

The worst is the clowns who sneer or mock because they've decided it's safe to do so and that's the majority opinion

Tommy Bin Laden

NPC#1357 agrees with the above post.

Pherekydes

That's the westernworld for ya.

the beer revolu

We are all individuals !!

NSAman

Lack of common sense, not thinking for yourself, believing agendas that are being created by govs/news organisations is an epidemic nowadays.

Obviously there are different sides to every story and the truth is somewhere in the middle.

Listen to everything, make your mind up based on your OWN intuition and experience.

the beer revolu

Liberals are all sheeple and swallow everything fed to them by the feeble, woke media.

Hard men conservatives all come up to the same conclusion as each other as a result of independent thought.

s1ippy

Westernworld. wrote: »

Too many people are like sheep and need approval and consensus for their thoughts and actions

Even if everything you say and do is wrong or irrelevant I have more respect for someone with a greater range of thought and action than this middle ground

The worst is the clowns who sneer or mock because they've decided it's safe to do so and that's the majority opinion

This must be ironic.

the beer revolu

the beer revolu wrote: »

We are all individuals !!

I'm not!!..

endacl

the beer revolu wrote: »

We are all individuals !!

I’m not!

the beer revolu

endacl wrote: »

I’m not!

Well you must be the only one who isn't individual!

Tommy Bin Laden

I like Boards because you get to interact with radical free thinkers and intellectual hard men.

irishguitarlad

Don't go on reddit Ireland so op, tis an echo chamber.

Gregor Samsa

Westernworld. wrote: »

Too many people are like sheep and need approval and consensus for their thoughts and actions

This is a very, very common opinion to have.

dxhound2005

NSAman wrote: »

Lack of common sense, not thinking for yourself, believing agendas that are being created by govs/news organisations is an epidemic nowadays.

Obviously there are different sides to every story and the truth is somewhere in the middle.

Listen to everything, make your mind up based on your OWN intuition and experience.

Common sense tells me that some things are either true or untrue. The new version of sheep are those who see a conspiracy in everything.

24 posts

lol

Padre_Pio

the beer revolu wrote: »

Liberals are all sheeple and swallow everything fed to them by the feeble, woke media.

Hard men conservatives all come up to the same conclusion as each other as a result of independent thought.

So those hard men conservatives that think COVID is a hoax, Donald Trump is president and all media is corrupt except for the ones that fully agree with them (until they stop agreeing and become corrupt also)

Sure..;)

Also, I don't think you understand the term liberal. Maybe "far-left" would be a better term. Ireland is a liberal country.

Deleted User wrote: »

24 posts

lol

Joined yesterday

the beer revolu

Padre_Pio wrote: »

So those hard men conservatives that think COVID is a hoax, Donald Trump is president and all media is corrupt except for the ones that fully agree with them (until they stop agreeing and become corrupt also)

Sure..;)

Also, I don't think you understand the term liberal. Maybe "far-left" would be a better term. Ireland is a liberal country.



Joined yesterday

I don't think you understand sarcasm;)
Or how to finish your sentences !

Edgware

Westernworld. wrote: »

Too many people are like sheep and need approval and consensus for their thoughts and actions

Even if everything you say and do is wrong or irrelevant I have more respect for someone with a greater range of thought and action than this middle ground

The worst is the clowns who sneer or mock because they've decided it's safe to do so and that's the majority opinion

The majority opinion can sometimes be right

Surely we can all agree that Turbridy is useless and non alcoholic Guinness is the worst invention since the ashtrays on motorbikes

NSAman

the beer revolu wrote: »

I don't think you understand sarcasm;)
Or how to finish your sentences !

I think he may play in a defunct pop band with his sisters!

I think as a country Ireland has a small island mentality. We tend to reach common consensus on most issues. In the past we were all good Catholics. Nowadays it seems like we are all good politically correct Europeans. Pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, pro-EU.

There doesn't seem to be an ideological tug-of-war that you find in other countries, outside of the internet. The first decent politician that starts to defend more conservative viewpoints in Ireland will be on to a winner. Think Peter Casey but with a bit more talent.

is_that_so

Two pages in and not an original thought in sight! Maybe the OP is right!

Padre_Pio

is_that_so wrote: »

Two pages in and not an original thought in sight! Maybe the OP is right!

Feel free to contribute one yourself:P

People aren't sheep. They just don't care.
It doesn't matter to most who runs the country. Most of the country are happy so long as they can go to work, get paid, have their family and hobbies.

Probably better off for it too.

Edgware

is_that_so wrote: »

Two pages in and not an original thought in sight! Maybe the OP is right!

Are you Rich Boy Barrett or Paul Murphy?

Oh sorry you were looking for someone with an original thought. That rules out those two clowns

Man with broke phone

There was an ancient greek philosopher who openly lived penniless in the marketplace in a big glass jar. He hid nothing. Doglike.

When asked why he would masterbate in public he said

If only one could banish hunger by rubbing ones stomach.

He was no sheep

Edgware

Man with broke phone wrote: »

There was an ancient greek philosopher who openly lived penniless in the marketplace in a big glass jar. He hid nothing. Doglike.

When asked why he would masterbate in public he said

If only one could banish hunger by rubbing ones stomach.

He was no sheep

That would go down well on the plinth outside the Dail

NSAman

Man with broke phone wrote: »

There was an ancient greek philosopher who openly lived penniless in the marketplace in a big glass jar. He hid nothing. Doglike.

When asked why he would masterbate in public he said

If only one could banish hunger by rubbing ones stomach.

He was no sheep

Somethings haven't changed in Greece in thousands of years obviously..;)

NSAman

Deleted User wrote: »

I think as a country Ireland has a small island mentality. We tend to reach common consensus on most issues. In the past we were all good Catholics. Nowadays it seems like we are all good politically correct Europeans. Pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, pro-EU.

There doesn't seem to be an ideological tug-of-war that you find in other countries, outside of the internet. The first decent politician that starts to defend more conservative viewpoints in Ireland will be on to a winner. Think Peter Casey but with a bit more talent.

Would ya not put yerself out there and BE that conservative politician?

dxhound2005

According to some Australians there are 30 million sheep in New Zealand. And 5 million of them think they are people.

alchemist33

Ironically, those who use the term "sheep" to describe others are the ones most likely to be taken in by bullsh*t

fits

May I be the first to say




BAAA

Eduard Khil

Don't be wearing Adidas then folks it's a conspiracy.

All Day I Dream About Sheep

Edgware

alchemist33 wrote: »

Ironically, those who use the term "sheep" to describe others are the ones most likely to be taken in by bullsh*t

or sheep ****

Mr Meanor

I'm a sheep coated wolf with contrarian filling.

Blondini

I've a few facebook friends who like to call people "sheep", whilst they themselves "follow" thick fcukwits, who think they're radical intellectuals who look down on "normies".

Bunch of waankers.

Your Face

It depends on the situation.

I'm not a 9 to 5 type of person but I dont think that makes me some sort of enlightened philosopher figure.
I also dont feel a need to have a go at what is termed 'regular people' - I'm secure enough to have a different outlook without denigrating a way of life I don't live myself.
However there will always be people who dont like me because I'm not like them. I think they see it as if I'm rebelling against what they hold sacred. When in fact I'm just living my life.

the beer revolu

Your Face wrote: »

It depends on the situation.

I'm not a 9 to 5 type of person but I dont think that makes me some sort of enlightened philosopher figure.
I also dont feel a need to have a go at what is termed 'regular people' - I'm secure enough to have a different outlook without denigrating a way of life I don't live myself.
However there will always be people who dont like me because I'm not like them. I think they see it as if I'm rebelling against what they hold sacred. When in fact I'm just living my life.

Such poise and balance!

I love lamb chops- does that count?

is_that_so

is_that_so wrote: »

Two pages in and not an original thought in sight! Maybe the OP is right!

AH posters have a tradition to treat such threads with the distain they so rightly deserve

The Tetrarch

unable to think, speak or act for thenselves (sic)

a University of Illinois monograph on sheep reported their intelligence to be just below that of pigs and on par with that of cattle.

think ... yes
speak ... baa, baa, baa
act ... nativity play every Christmas

Lockheed

How many of your 26 posts on boards have been completely original thoughts of yours? From the looks of it, absolutely none of them, does that make you a sheep by your own description?

CountNjord

You've also got Shepard's who try to tell everyone what they should be thinking, saying and following...

Check out the Trump derangement syndrome and the followers of a guy with supposed dementia with the possibility of his fingers on the button...

Look at all the idiot's triggered by the original post and possibly mine too...

Count your cognition before it hatches, because today it could just turn on you and gobble gobble gobble...

Anyhow who gives a toss what people post on board's, looking at some posters they're sock puppets and love thanking each other...

Especially the people here years, who've progressed through the ranks and are now holding sway at the 5 points and loving it...
I was here years ago and I'm yes a rereg and this place is peppered with keyboard warriors and people trying to be the moral Mary or Jimmy

Only joking it's a great place, especially the weather forum and maybe Christmas and music and movies etc

Bite me

DeanAustin

Wouldn’t the world be better if everyone just focused on what they believe instead of trying to put other people in a box.

The danger with judging other people is that you end up making assumptions about the motivation for their thoughts and actions and simplifying them into something that fits with your world view which inevitably means you create a caricature of other people who are somehow morally and intellectually inferior to you.

You end up with ****e like “all Trump supporters are racist and sexist”, “everyone who votes Fianna Fáil are gombeen idiots”, “everyone who watches Love Island is someone who couldn’t tie their own shoelaces” etc.

Kaybaykwah

I haven't had an original thought foisted on me for like, ever. My brain can only handle so much originality for a start. Life goes on whether my originality meter is on the low mark or not on any given day. Original folk like Kwame and Kim make me feel like I am part of a bigger hole.

The Tetrarch

Originality?
Originality is the art of concealing your source.

nofools

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Common sense tells me that some things are either true or untrue. The new version of sheep are those who see a conspiracy in everything.

Embarrassingly they call other people sheeple.

Generally thick as **** and open to all sorts of basic manipulation.

Presented with the leading "facts" to run off and derive a stock emotionally laden opinion for themselves, all on their own...just like all the others.

Drumpot

What has the OPs post count got to do with anything they posted?

I’ve noticed this an awful lot on boards and in general to be fair. People have a hard time focusing on what’s being said and instead focus more on who is saying it.

- “Honohan has such a big ego”. Really? How insightful!
- “Brexiteers/Tump fans are stupid” Wow, that explains everything
- “FF/FG are corrupt and ruin our country” silly me for thinking they represented the people who continually vote them into power.

At the heart of most peoples motives is self delusion, self serving ideals and a complete dereliction/acceptance of responsibility for anything negative that happens to them or others. It’s not that all things bad that happen is the fault of every individual but quite often in the big gripes of society , the majority absolve themselves of any responsibility for the role they play.

I wish critical thinking and self reflection was thought in school. I had to learn this skill outside of conventional learning mediums. One of the things I’m far more aware of is my own prejudices and inability for balance on topics at times. I’m aware of it but I suffer like everybody else. It’s no surprise that when you force conformist ideals on children from an early age , that there is a huge absence of critical thinking in the majority of the adult world.

Drumpot

Drumpot wrote: »

People have a hard time focusing on what’s being said and instead focus more on who is saying it.

This is very true..People don't seem to be able to remember what someone said a week ago anymore either..They're all just repeating a narrative that they've been given..

nofools

Drumpot wrote: »

At the heart of most peoples motives is self delusion, self serving ideals and a complete dereliction/acceptance of responsibility for anything negative that happens to them or others. It’s not that all things bad that happen is the fault of every individual but quite often in the big gripes of society , the majority absolve themselves of any responsibility for the role they play.

I wish critical thinking and self reflection was thought in school.

1000%

Jinglejangle69

Anyone who uses the word sheeple needs putting down.

Drumpot

CountNjord wrote: »

You've also got Shepard's who try to tell everyone what they should be thinking, saying and following...

But isn’t this generally the status quo of mass groups of people?

Can’t remember exactly what the percentages were but isn’t it usually something like there is a minor percentage of the population who may feel strongly a certain way on a topic and a minor who may feel the opposite and they are both vying for the in between who are apathetic or less interested on the topic.

Most people aren’t interested in delving deep into philosophical discussions on accepted “truths” of a society at any given period. We also like to think we won’t make the same mistakes as those before us and we are more intelligent but that’s a dangerously sad lie. You need only look at why right wing populism is on the rise and it boils down to complacency and ignoring the voices of the disillusioned. Letting people get so fed up they turn to very destructive people for alternative answers.

Kaybaykwah

^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You would have to beat critical thinking into the teacher who slapped my hand when I did my clever armpit farts.