Is Ireland, to put it frankly, a kip?

Gunner Jay · 29-07-2018 08:53PM #1

Ireland is now a country where house prices soar while salaries go down. The are so many inequalities in Ireland it is unbelievable. With a mess of a health care system and a litany of scandals, when is enough enough? Six counties of Ireland are still owned by the Brits FFS.

Are you happy with the Ireland you live in today?

verycool · 29-07-2018 08:54PM

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.

justshane · 29-07-2018 08:55PM

Is it just me or is there a new one of these threads everyday I log on?

Shenshen · 29-07-2018 08:58PM

Lots of room to improve, but show me any country that doesn't have that.

Overall, it's a good place to live. Limited amount of natural disasters, comparatively safe, generally friendly populace, and you're never too far from a decent cup of tea.

jaxxx · 29-07-2018 08:59PM

The entire planet's a kip not just Ireland.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 29-07-2018 09:01PM

You really need to try harder.

WesternZulu · 29-07-2018 09:01PM

Ireland is ranked as having one of the best quality of living in the world coupled with high average salaries.

If that qualifies as a kip then I'd love to see the alternative.

Wheeliebin30 · 29-07-2018 09:03PM

justshane wrote: »

Is it just me or is there a new one of these threads everyday I log on?

I’m actually thinking there is some political party deliberately targeting forums each day with this stuff.

There is a political party who advocate an aggressive online push through social media etc.

relax carry on · 29-07-2018 09:03PM

For the love of God there's a whole World Wide Web out there. Go find a topic that hasn't been done to death to troll with.

Atoms for Peace · 29-07-2018 09:04PM

Total **** hole, I'm upping sticks and moving to Haiti.

verycool · 29-07-2018 09:04PM

Itzel Whining Knight wrote: »

You really need to try harder.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 29-07-2018 09:05PM

justshane wrote: »

Is it just me or is there a new one of these threads everyday I log on?

And the same OP?

BorneTobyWilde · 29-07-2018 09:06PM

For a tiny little country they sure as hell can't figure out waste and recycling and another simply thing like car tax. It's not complicated for countries 5 times the size, geez.
A car is a car
Every car 300 to tax
Build an incinerator and power the grid
Well that was easy now wasn't it , ffs

29-07-2018 09:11PM

Gunner Jay wrote:

Ireland is now a country where house prices soar while salaries go down. The are so many inequalities in Ireland it is unbelievable. With a mess of a health care system and a litany of scandals, when is enough enough? Six counties of Ireland are still owned by the Brits FFS.

I'll have our mess of a health service any day over Americas. With a little patience we'll most likely be a united Ireland

Gunner Jay wrote:

Are you happy with the Ireland you live in today?

Ireland as said already has plenty of room to improve but I'm happy with my part of Ireland. I can't imagine living anywhere else in the world tbh

touts · 29-07-2018 09:11PM

Yes it is.

But talk to anyone who grew up in one of the socialist paradises that were set up after World War 2 and you'll find it it isn't too bad.

Or talk to anyone who lived in the real facist dictatorships of the 20th century and you'll find things aren't too bad.

We live in a kip where a lot of things could be done better. But remember anyone who sells you a fast solution where someone else is to blame for all that is wrong in your life or someone else will pay for everything you want in life is lying to you for their own personal gain.

SCOOP 64 · 29-07-2018 09:12PM

Shenshen wrote: »

Lots of room to improve, but show me any country that doesn't have that.

Overall, it's a good place to live. Limited amount of natural disasters, comparatively safe, generally friendly populace, and you're never too far from a decent cup of tea.

This persuaded me to the NO vote.

Star Bingo · 29-07-2018 09:12PM

That’s my tank, private. She’s a good tank

HappyAsLarE · 29-07-2018 09:12PM

Maybe you should travel around your country before calling it a kip. Some of the most amazing places I have ever been to: Donegal, Galway, Antrim, Kerry.

Wilberto · 29-07-2018 09:12PM

It's all relative.

Thoughtform · 29-07-2018 09:13PM

Does Ireland, to put it frankly, have quite a vocal group of sheltered people with no perspective who like to pretend it's way worse than it is?

What inequalities are there? Considerable tax is paid and there are plenty of social supports (which I'm glad there are). After that though, unless you are disabled, elderly, sick, laid off, you need to take responsibility for yourself also.

Improvements needed definitely - there's a lack of confidence (but I think that's changing apart from the whiners who will always try to drag everyone else into their mire of misery) - but a kip... yeah it's really not.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 29-07-2018 09:13PM

Gunner Jay wrote: »

Ireland is now a country where house prices soar while salaries go down. The are so many inequalities in Ireland it is unbelievable. With a mess of a health care system and a litany of scandals, when is enough enough? Six counties of Ireland are still owned by the Brits FFS.

Are you happy with the Ireland you live in today?

The problem isnt that people are happy or unhappy about these things, the problem in that people tolerate them.

gozunda · 29-07-2018 09:14PM

It's a kip. But it's our kip ...

2018 style · 29-07-2018 09:14PM

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

I’m actually thinking there is some political party deliberately targeting forums each day with this stuff.

There is a political party who advocate an aggressive online push through social media etc.

Leo's spin unit at it again?

mickoneill31 · 29-07-2018 09:15PM

No, Ireland isn't a kip. We do, however have some world class whingers that try to drag everything down. They might be only about 5% of the population but they're about 50% of the online community.

Thoughtform · 29-07-2018 09:17PM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

The problem isnt that people are happy or unhappy about these things, the problem in that people tolerate them.

The non stop complaining would seem to indicate otherwise.

Although it is just complaining - not much in the line of actual doing. That's for someone else to do.

AfterLife · 29-07-2018 09:17PM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

The problem isnt that people are happy or unhappy about these things, the problem in that people tolerate them.

I agree 100% but if you complain you are a "bin charge whinger", "water charge whinger" and so on. Any opposition and you're labelled some sort of whinger.

29-07-2018 09:17PM

Gunner Jay wrote: »

Ireland is now a country where house prices soar while salaries go down. The are so many inequalities in Ireland it is unbelievable. With a mess of a health care system and a litany of scandals, when is enough enough? Six counties of Ireland are still owned by the Brits FFS.

Are you happy with the Ireland you live in today?

If your salary is going down then have you considered maybe you're the problem? Would take a few brain cells and a bit of self awareness I guess.

Thoughtform · 29-07-2018 09:18PM

AfterLife wrote: »

I agree 100% but if you complain you are a "bin charge whinger", "water charge whinger" and so on. Any opposition and you're labelled some sort of whinger.

Oh anyone who argues against the people who do nothing but complain online about how terrible things are from their smartphone, will usually get a torrent of abuse, so that evens things out.

Fozzydog3 · 29-07-2018 09:19PM

OP is back from his weekend away in Amsterdam

K.Flyer · 29-07-2018 09:20PM

Sleeper12 wrote: »

... With a little patience we'll most likely be a united Ireland

Might be closer than you think!

Prepare for a united Ireland, says ex-DUP leader Peter Robinson

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 29-07-2018 09:20PM

OP going...going....

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