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Things you don't understand

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  • #122
    Paddy Cow
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    D wrote: »
    What the importance of a 21st birthday is. Is it just another American event that been absorbed into our culture?
    I thought I read somewhere that 21 used to be the age that you became an adult. I googled it and this answer came up on reddit:
    In the Middle Ages 21 was considered the age of adulthood because that’s when young men were capable of wearing a full suit of armor. 21 stuck until the 20th century. The need for soldiers for WWII, Korea, and Vietnam wars saw 18 years olds drafted and an outcry that they could serve their country but not vote. This led to passage of the 26th amendment lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 in 1971.

    So they probably used to celebrate turning 21 and when the age was lowered to 18 the tradition was kept which is why we now have big parties for 18 and 21.


  • #123
    Sam Kade
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    I don't understand why people start silly threads asking silly questions about things they don't understand.


  • #124
    Paddy Cow
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    Sheepdish1 wrote: »
    1) people think that children in schools with no uniforms cost parents more. It's less washing anyway and clothes don't fall apart. Also my kid is in a school with no uniform and it is less hassle and expense than using uniforms. Never any issues with bullying over clothes etc and I don't really know why people assumes this happens. Bullies will find something to bully about no matter what so uniforms / non uniforms don't make a difference. Out dated, expensive and ridiculous rule IMO....as long as there's a dress code there is no need for them
    Uniforms can be ridiculously expensive. Some of the jumpers can be €50. You could get two whole outfits for that in Penneys. Plus they can be uncomfortable, not warm in winter and too hot in summer. They're not always good quality and schools waste a stupid amount of time making sure the kids are wearing the right ones. It also doesn't stop kids from knowing who the rich/poor kids are. Should we make the parents drive the same cars, take the same holidays, throw the same birthday parties in case the poorer kids are picked on?

    It amazes me how we expect kids to grow into free thinking individuals, capable of being assertive and taking risks (I mean starting business's etc, not Jackass style risks :pac:) while at the same time forcing them to act like lemmings.


  • #125
    dbagman
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    Paddy Cow wrote:
    It amazes me how we expect kids to grow into free thinking individuals, capable of being assertive and taking risks (I mean starting business's etc, not Jackass style risks ) while at the same time forcing them to act like lemmings.


    I work on a construction site. I have to wear a hard hat boots and a hi his vest. That's my uniform. Office workers have to wear suits. Tesco have uniforms. It's not just school kids that have to do it. I guess it's in preparation for the professional life they hope their students go on to. Or a form of discipline. You could argue we all act like lemmings. Having said that you wouldn't be sat behind a desk in a solicitors office in a pair of shorts and sandals. Or be too keen on hiring a solicitor dressed as such for that matter.


  • #126
    ThisRegard
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    I think everyone making an argument against school uniforms are either childless, or stinking hippies.

    And they aren't expensive, quite cheap actually, unless the school is one of those dumb ones to insist you buy it from a selected boutique with the school crest already embroidered on it.


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  • #127
    Paddy Cow
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    I think everyone making an argument against school uniforms are either childless, or stinking hippies.

    And they aren't expensive, quite cheap actually, unless the school is one of those dumb ones to insist you buy it from a selected boutique with the school crest already embroidered on it.
    I went to schools that had uniforms and ones that didn't. It was much easier not having a uniform.


  • #128
    NIMAN
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    I'm glad my kids have a school uniform.

    Makes them easier to dress in the mornings.

    Imagine them having the choice in the morning? "Daddy, I don't want to wear my green top, I want my purple one".

    I'm all for uniforms.


  • #129
    heldel00
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    Faze11 wrote: »
    Really don't understand why they removed the word gullible from the English dictionary. I used it regularly.

    No one has taken the bait yet no? :D


  • #130
    ThisRegard
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    Paddy Cow wrote: »
    I went to schools that had uniforms and ones that didn't. It was much easier not having a uniform.

    Not for most parents, hippy.


  • #131
    FightingIrish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 99 ✭✭FightingIrish


    Chinese writing


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  • #132
    Lorelli!
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    , or stinking hippies.

    :pac:



  • #133
    Quazzie
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    AllForIt wrote: »
    British Premiership football, supporting 'teams' when you don't even live or have any connection with the city the football team represents.

    Strictly Come Dancing. Most ppl are not into ballroom dancing so I don't see the popularity of that TV show, unlike XFactor where most ppl are actually into music/singing.

    I'm from the midlands. Am I not allowed follow a soccer team since there are none local to me?


  • #134
    dbagman
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    You should join the Athlone Town ultras . Top firm


  • #135
    Capt'n Midnight
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    ThisRegard wrote: »
    I think everyone making an argument against school uniforms are either childless, or stinking hippies.

    And they aren't expensive, quite cheap actually, unless the school is one of those dumb ones to insist you buy it from a selected boutique with the school crest already embroidered on it.
    Some schools just sell the crest.

    In the past some schools used to sell wool so you could knit the jumpers yourself.


  • #136
    begbysback
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    Sam Kade wrote: »
    I don't understand why people start silly threads asking silly questions about things they don't understand.

    To help them understand


  • #137
    major bill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,421 ✭✭✭major bill


    Loyalism (British Loyalists)

    I just don't get it!! Unionism, Republicanism, Nationalism I get but don't see why anyone, mostly working class uneducated idiots would devout themselves to a family that couldn't give two ****s about them!!


  • #138
    ToddyDoody
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    con___manx1 wrote: »
    Also saves money for parents as it prevents ware and tare of the kids own clothes .

    where and t'air.


  • #139
    pickarooney
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    dbagman wrote: »
    I work on a construction site. I have to wear a hard hat boots and a hi his vest. That's my uniform. Office workers have to wear suits. Tesco have uniforms. It's not just school kids that have to do it. I guess it's in preparation for the professional life they hope their students go on to. Or a form of discipline. You could argue we all act like lemmings. Having said that you wouldn't be sat behind a desk in a solicitors office in a pair of shorts and sandals. Or be too keen on hiring a solicitor dressed as such for that matter.

    Yes, it's vital they get this stuff into their heads as early as possible. I saw this 7 year old on his way into school the other day here in France, t-shirt and runners on! I told him to give me a quick explanation of haebeus corpus and he hadn't a ****ing clue.


  • #140
    [Deleted User]
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    Tsipras wrote: »
    So do you only like Irish music?

    Not any of them foreign UK/USA bands you have no geographical connection to

    I love this argument. You don't very well support bands in the way you do a football team. Answer this for me, when Coldplay are doing a gig, do people over here say ''We're playing in Croke Park/Wembley''. It's a totally different concept. You wouldn't get rival fans in attendance for example.


    Another thing is you hear, the standard is much better in England. If that's the case, why not support Barcelona? Or maybe Germany in World football. ''Eh I'm Irish... not German or Spanish''. Yeah, well you're not English either. ''But lots of Irish went to Manchester and Liverpool''. Lots went there but where are all the Everton and Oldham fans? Another cracker on standard is if you ask a United or pool fan if they'd follow them even if they got relegated to the 3rd or 4th tier. ''Eh yeah, obviously.'' Well there goes your standard argument.


    Final piece on this, if standard is the be all and end all, how come you don't get fellas from County Louth following Kerry in the GAA. ''Ah it's different, it's tribal.'' So is football everywhere else. People at a Dundee match are generally from Dundee, people from Bolton are generally at the Bolton match etc etc.


    I get why people enjoy English football, I do too. It's when they delude themselves into this 'us' and 'we' stuff that I can't fathom it. Like a chap from Inchicore calling his neighbour a Scouse scumbag even though they grew up three doors down, that's odd as fcuk to me.


    Ps- I know not everyone has a local team to support.


  • #141
    dr.fuzzenstein
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    dbagman wrote: »
    I work on a construction site. I have to wear a hard hat boots and a hi his vest. That's my uniform. Office workers have to wear suits. Tesco have uniforms. It's not just school kids that have to do it. I guess it's in preparation for the professional life they hope their students go on to. Or a form of discipline. You could argue we all act like lemmings. Having said that you wouldn't be sat behind a desk in a solicitors office in a pair of shorts and sandals. Or be too keen on hiring a solicitor dressed as such for that matter.

    There is a difference between safety gear and a uniform. The former keeps you safe, the latter is to make you an indistinguishable worker ant amongst all the others. It says to you that your personality and individualism are irrelevant and that you are merely a tiny wheel in a machine.
    Faceless, of no special importance and easily replaceable.
    It says that your input is neither required nor desired. You simply should follow orders and not question.
    ;):p

    Tl;dr:
    Still glad I work in IT. :D


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  • #142
    eeguy
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    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    There is a difference between safety gear and a uniform. The former keeps you safe, the latter is to make you an indistinguishable worker ant amongst all the others. It says to you that your personality and individualism are irrelevant and that you are merely a tiny wheel in a machine.
    Faceless, of no special importance and easily replaceable.
    It says that your input is neither required nor desired. You simply should follow orders and not question.
    ;):p

    Tl;dr:
    Still glad I work in IT. :D

    Bit extreme there.

    Uniforms are used for identification, and to promote the company brand, no more no less.


  • #143
    dr.fuzzenstein
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    eeguy wrote: »
    Bit extreme there.

    Uniforms are used for identification, and to promote the company brand, no more no less.

    Well, it was a bit of an exaggeration.


  • #144
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,116 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    Really long sums.


  • #145
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,384 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Junkyard Tom wrote: »
    Really long sums.

    X + y = 2 both X and y are the same number or are they...


  • #146
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,691 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    X + y = 2 both X and y are the same number or are they...

    x =4 and y = -2 or any number combination with a difference of 2


  • #147
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,116 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    X + y = 2 both X and y are the same number or are they...

    X + Y = XY


  • #148
    stop animal cruelty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,012 ✭✭✭stop animal cruelty


    Guys that lead girls on. What tf.

    Why tell me you could do with someone like me. Why tell me you really want to get to know me. Why tell me we have an amazing sezzzual connection. Why keep texting me and saying you were thinking about me. And then nothing. Just gone like that. Ugh.
    Why tf do guys have to wreck my fuking head.


  • #149
    dbagman
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    Women


  • #150
    Mrs OBumble
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    Paddy Cow wrote: »
    Uniforms can be ridiculously expensive. Some of the jumpers can be €50. You could get two whole outfits for that in Penneys.

    Why anybody buys the crap which Pennys sell.

    You might get two outfits for €50, bit at least one item from them will fall apart the 2nd time it goes thru the washing machine.


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  • #151
    yourdeadwright
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,948 ✭✭✭✭yourdeadwright


    reality TV, Big brother ,Love island and the likes there awful and can't understand why people waste there life's watching that crap 
    The property tax, spend your life paying off your house only to have to keep handing out more money on something that's yours, surely its a human write to have a home,


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