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Great contradiction of modern life.

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  • #52
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,049 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    Deedsie wrote: »

    Rent a car/van when actually required.

    And have people saying "renting is dead money" to you.
    No thanks.


  • #53
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,308 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    I always answer my phone


  • #54
    Samaris
    Registered Users Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    The more information we have ready exposure to, the more stupid and intransigent we appear to become.


  • #55
    NewbridgeIR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,049 ✭✭✭NewbridgeIR


    The ITV colour strike of 1970/1971.

    Didn't affect that many people at the time as most didn't have colour televisions.

    However when programmes from that era were released in DVD (loads by Network in recent years) the B&W episodes in the midst of a colour run were obviously very noticeable.


  • #56
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,228 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    Slavery is wrong and immoral, I need some work done in my house but don't wanna pay for it to be done.:D :D:D


  • #57
    _Whimsical_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,959 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    We have a deluge of information but most people now have a very scant overview of a lot of things rather than an in-depth knowledge of anything.


  • #58
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    It's the caller ID that stops me answering the phone.


  • #59
    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭368100


    Deedsie wrote: »
    How far between your home and your bus/train? I cycle and leave my bike locked at the bus stop when required.

    I'm trying to highlight how people could save money and improve their health.

    Far enough to make it impractical carrying laptop, files etc...not to mention dangerous outside the summer on unlit country roads at 6am in the morning and 7pm in the evening.

    By all means highlight how people can save money and improve their health but to distinctly call out a correlation of all with reliance on a car to being a "big fat pos" is both ignorant and ludicrous.

    I see you're a dublin cyclist so I could apply your method and say that "you all" believe that the universe revolves around you and your two wheels, but I know this is not the case as the majority live in the real world......unfortunately you seem to fall in the extreme minority.


  • #60
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Deedsie wrote: »
    That cars give you freedom... stupidly expensive, rapidly depreciating assets that people put themselves in debt to pay for. And the cost of running and maintaining them is extortionate. Get yourself a tax saver public transport ticket and save yourself a fortune. The correlation of car reliance and being a big fat pos is another reason.

    Rent a car/van when actually required.
    I live in Dublin City centre so this is true for me but for the rest if the country it aint


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  • #61
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    I only answer the phone to pose.


  • #62
    GhostyMcGhost
    Registered Users Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭GhostyMcGhost


    MRnotlob606 wrote: »
    It seems as phones have gottten more advanced people are less likely to answer their phones it seems.

    Also I can use my phone to tell the time and use my watch to answer a call


  • #63
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,776 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    368100 wrote: »
    Far enough to make it impractical carrying laptop, files etc...not to mention dangerous outside the summer on unlit country roads at 6am in the morning and 7pm in the evening.
    Backpacks and bike lights are your friend.


  • #64
    goose2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,798 ✭✭✭goose2005


    Rumpy Pumpy wrote: »
    You've so much extra time, but spend so much of it staring into a small screen.

    Best Onion article: http://www.theonion.com/article/report-90-of-waking-hours-spent-staring-at-glowing-2747


  • #65
    368100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,067 ✭✭✭368100


    Deedsie wrote: »
    368100 wrote: »
    Far enough to make it impractical carrying laptop, files etc...not to mention dangerous outside the summer on unlit country roads at 6am in the morning and 7pm in the evening.

    By all means highlight how people can save money and improve their health but to distinctly call out a correlation of all with reliance on a car to being a "big fat pos" is both ignorant and ludicrous.

    I see you're a dublin cyclist so I could apply your method and say that "you all" believe that the universe revolves around you and your two wheels, but I know this is not the case as the majority live in the real world......unfortunately you seem to fall in the extreme minority.

    A Dublin pedestrian & cyclist, originally from the Midwest (rural) and a frequent bus and train user. And a motorist and when required.

    It might sound harsh, as I clearly intended it to sound harsh. You have to concede that sitting in a car 120 minutes a day is desperately bad for ones physical and mental health. Average car journey in Ireland is 2km...

    I was just making the point that not everyone "needs a car" You and many others clearly do, but I think it's fair enough to highlight to people alternatives that will benefit their lives depending on their circumstance.

    Well when you have the intelligence to phrase it as you have above, consider doing that in the first place without straight out insulting a wide range of people.


  • #66
    Mr. teddywinkles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,327 ✭✭✭Mr. teddywinkles


    Noveight wrote: »
    Dublin can't get enough houses for people, rural Ireland can't get enough people for houses.

    By Rural ireland you mean the rest of the country right. Not some backwater in the west. And guess what the problem is there. If there was a bit of investment in the rest of the country. There'd be no housing issue in Dublin. Instead of cramming everyone into one part of the country.


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  • #67
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  • #68
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    arayess wrote: »
    that is true.

    I think biggest contradiction is that medical science is so advanced but so many people are shockingly unhealthy

    Life expectancy has increased but shockingly unhealthy folk are so largely due to poor diet and low levels of exercise.


  • #69
    BailMeOut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭BailMeOut


    you drive 30 mins to a place where you then cycle a bike that goes nowhere.


  • #70
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,776 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    BailMeOut wrote: »
    you drive 30 mins to a place where you then cycle a bike that goes nowhere.

    You forgot one bit - you drive 30 mins to a place where you fight to get the parking spot that leaves you with the shortest walk to the door then cycle a bike that goes nowhere.


  • #71
    wakka12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    I think the greatest contradiction and one that will one of the most prominent memories of our generations will be the emphasis we put on social media and connections yet how our friendships and family connections are getting less personal and strong if anything


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