Garda Dance Video *Mod Warning in OP*

COVID

irishproduce wrote: »

Irish Coast Guard have ordered members not to do any such dances for social media. Citing, among other reasons, that any unnecessary gathering of any kind, increases risks associated with this deathly pandemic everyone is supposed to be taking so seriously.

Seems fair to me. When you look at the Rugby teams at the weekend, all separated in stands, masked in their rugby gear it really highlights that gathering is a privileged thing to be able to do and so should not be undertaken for unnecessary craic. No matter how bored you are.

Funnily enough, the majority of the Irish rugby team voted to 'do the dance' themselves as they lined-up before the game against Wales last Sunday.
But the IRFU wasn't having it.
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Effects

buried wrote: »

Main problem for me is the actual track. It's f**king terrible. If they were trying to dance to some real good forward pushing dance music actually being created today from the continent of Africa like from artists such as '1127' or 'Duama' I might be able to get with this sort of shtick

Do you really expect police forces, doing a cringey dance challenge, to care about making sure the music is "forward pushing dance music" from Africa? Get out of here you 'hipster'.

Dyr

murpho999 wrote: »

Agree.

The initial Garda was fun but leave it at that.

There's even a brutal one going around now from An Post workers in Clonmel.

Also, Coast Guard have instructed members not to make any more.

Link

If there's two things that motivate the common or gardener Irish gob****e its these:

The chance to jump a bandwagon
The fear of being left out

Expect many more. Expect a Rorys Stories video. Expect some TDs to finally kill it off by doing it.

ednwireland

just in case you want to see how its done properly - heres some african kids doing it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH4V-yHbJXk

buried

Effects wrote: »

Do you really expect police forces, doing a cringey dance challenge, to care about making sure the music is "forward pushing dance music" from Africa? Get out of here you 'hipster'.

lol Jayzus chrisht I was only giving an opinion, if this is a video designed to lift peoples moods it sure as $hite hasn't done it for you

murpho999

Bambi wrote: »

If there's two things that motivate the common or gardener Irish gob****e its these:

The chance to jump a bandwagon
The fear of being left out

Expect many more. Expect a Rorys Stories video. Expect some TDs to finally kill it off by doing it.

There's no need to bash Ireland over this.

All countries do it and it's just that we're in Ireland and see it.

I agree it needs to stop though. An Garda was enough.

Also, you need to look up Rory's Stories he did a good skit about not being in the original video.

Mister Vain

buried wrote: »

lol Jayzus chrisht I was only giving an opinion, if this is a video designed to lift peoples moods it sure as $hite hasn't done it for you

This comment lifted my mood more than the video.

golfball37

My only problem with it is the level of national press particularly from RTÉ it’s getting. It’s a bit cringe tbh. No issue with the Gardai doing it etc fair play to them. Keep it off the radio and late late show however, do we have to be spoonfed how proud we are meant to be of a few lads doing a dance because they are Gardai

McGinniesta

Effects wrote: »

Do you really expect police forces, doing a cringey dance challenge, to care about making sure the music is "forward pushing dance music" from Africa? Get out of here you 'hipster'.

I'm surprised it wasnt Joe Dolan or big tom and the mainliners

McGinniesta

I'll start to respect them when they start doing their jobs more effectively. Thats what they are paid for

murpho999

ednwireland wrote: »

just in case you want to see how its done properly - heres some african kids doing it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH4V-yHbJXk

Cheek of those kids.
Do they not realise there's kids starving in Africa due to famines and wars and they go and show disrespect by dancing and rub their noses in by moving their clearly well fed bodies.
Disgraceful. I'm outraged.

Great dancing though!

Effects

buried wrote: »

lol Jayzus chrisht I was only giving an opinion, if this is a video designed to lift peoples moods it sure as $hite hasn't done it for you

I'm confused, you're the one who started off moaning about it.

buried wrote: »

Main problem for me is the actual track. It's f**king terrible.

buried

Effects wrote: »

I'm confused, you're the one who started off moaning about it.

But sure it never did nothing for me from the get go, I never said it did.

Effects

buried wrote: »

But sure it never did nothing for me from the get go, I never said it did.

Ah ok, so you are moaning about it. Glad to clear that up, even if just for me.

buried

Effects wrote: »

Ah ok, so you are moaning about it. Glad to clear that up, even if just for me.

So what? I just made a remark on a video. You were the one making disparaging and downright rude remarks towards me, swinging in and labeling me a 'hipster' for some reason, just for stating a basic opinion, remember?
I can moan without resorting to disparaging anyone up in here.

Effects

buried wrote: »

I can moan without resorting to disparaging anyone up in here.

Jasus, relax and move on mate.

buried

lol

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Just fun

Beechwoodspark

Happy to hear the dingle coast guard have prompted management to tell them to cop the Fcuk on and stop these videos

If only some of these would put a quarter of the effort into their daily tasks as they do these stupid unnecessary videos

Beechwoodspark

Bambi wrote: »

If there's two things that motivate the common or gardener Irish gob****e its these:

The chance to jump a bandwagon
The fear of being left out

Expect many more. Expect a Rorys Stories video. Expect some TDs to finally kill it off by doing it.

Good call. Rory’s stories will def get on this

And of course “the 2 johnnies”

Have at it lads.

Allinall

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Happy to hear the dingle coast guard have prompted management to tell them to cop the Fcuk on and stop these videos

If only some of these would put a quarter of the effort into their daily tasks as they do these stupid unnecessary videos

What more do you think the Dingle coastguard could do in their daily tasks?

The Inbetween is mine

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Happy to hear the dingle coast guard have prompted management to tell them to cop the Fcuk on and stop these videos

If only some of these would put a quarter of the effort into their daily tasks as they do these stupid unnecessary videos

Management have said videos can still be made

Beechwoodspark

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Management have said videos can still be made

Yeah once they film their section on their own. So...actually taking heed of the restrictions and not going off doing their own reckless unnecessary thing like other clowns have done.

The Inbetween is mine

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Yeah once they film their section on their own. So...actually taking heed of the restrictions and not going off doing their own reckless unnecessary thing like other clowns have done.

Good position to hold.... calling coastguards clowns..

Beechwoodspark

The Inbetween is mine wrote: »

Good position to hold.... calling coastguards clowns..

“In between is mine” - it’s quite simple. Anyone who disregards the restrictions for NO good reason are clowns in my book.

I say this with vulnerable family and friends who’ve been taking the restrictions SERIOUSLY since March last year.

Stupid viral dance videos are not good reason to abandon restrictions

The Inbetween is mine

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

“In between is mine” - it’s quite simple. Anyone who disregards the restrictions for NO good reason are clowns in my book.

I say this with vulnerable family and friends who’ve been taking the restrictions SERIOUSLY since March last year.

Stupid viral dance videos are not good reason to abandon restrictions

You're being deliberately facetious here, you know full well that the Gardai and other front line workers take the pandemic very seriously indeed, ...the woe is me handwringing post is poor...2/10

murpho999

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Good call. Rory’s stories will def get on this

And of course “the 2 johnnies”

Have at it lads.

I said already that he already did it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtRt1B0x12w

Here it is for you to enjoy.

You seem like such great craic. I'd love to hear your podcasts or see your You Tube channel.

Necro

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

“In between is mine” - it’s quite simple. Anyone who disregards the restrictions for NO good reason are clowns in my book.

I say this with vulnerable family and friends who’ve been taking the restrictions SERIOUSLY since March last year.

Stupid viral dance videos are not good reason to abandon restrictions

Mod:

Obviously the yellow didn't get your attention - do not post in this thread again

amber2

Do some of these coastguard volunteers not go out training or working together anyways, they are all from Dingle. They don’t look to be any closer to any other volunteer out on a road doing the video as they would be inside in a supermarket doing an essential shop.

I wouldn’t refer to any one of these people, volunteers, that go out and risk their lives to save lives as clowns. A tad disrespectful to even put the word in the same sentence.

murpho999

Newstalk discussing this matter right now

People ringing in complaining about the video being made whilst crimes are being committed.