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Let's all take Blindboy seriously now...

Sky King

People do know this is a character right? And not an actual person?

Does it strike anyone else as strange that a made-up persona with a fake voice, parody accent and a fking plastic bag on his head is treated like a normal, regular person in debates and current affairs TV shows? And given the same credibility and respect as an actual real person?

Imagine Fr. Dougal Mcguire, Dustin the Turkey and Fortycoats appearing our incisive current affairs shows discussing mental health with Alan Partridge adjudicating.

Or discussing the 8th amendment and feminism with Mrs Brown, The Bottler and Podge and Rodge? It would be treated like a joke (obviously), but when the prank phone call making, glue-huffing, spastic hawk-toting Blindboy talks serious we all suddenly have to sit up take it seriously.

If I was asked to debate on the same show as a parody character I'd be more than a little pissed off.

By all means share your story on mental health or offer an opinion on our education system. But for fk sake would you give us and the other people on the show the respect of doing it yourself, in a real voice? Without a fking bag on your head?

Alternatively if you prefer holding on to the bag, you could try going back to... you know... being funny. And less preachy.

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Sal Butamol

White women in the West have probably never been more privileged. In many areas more so than men.

Silentcorner

Sal Butamol wrote: »

White women in the West have probably never been more privileged. In many areas more so than men.

Thats racist...

I think! I'll check and come back to you...

Dannyriver

Sal Butamol wrote: »

Bit slow on the uptake there Dannyboy, I've been busting my hole at your posts for several pages now.

Which proves my point Einstein

Sal Butamol

Dannyriver wrote: »

Which proves my point Einstein

Lol you really are triggered as fcuk.

Dannyriver

Sal Butamol wrote: »

Lol you really are triggered as fcuk.

Projection is a psychological defense mechanism in which individuals attribute characteristics they find unacceptable in themselves to another person. ...

Brian?

Sal Butamol wrote: »

Lol you really are triggered as fcuk.

Are you going to use “cuck”? I need it for a full house.

Sal Butamol

Dannyriver wrote: »

Projection is a psychological defense mechanism in which individuals attribute characteristics they find unacceptable in themselves to another person. ...

Learn that in the MA did ya?

Sal Butamol

Brian? wrote: »

Are you going to use “cuck”? I need it for a full house.

Ask your missus

SnazzyPig

The Moldy Gowl wrote: »

Not neccassarily

Watching television would be mindlessly switching through channels watching ads.
Plenty of shows to watch with no ads.

I don't watch television.

So watching BBC TV is not watching tv...?

Outlaw Pete

Dannyriver wrote: »

Projection is a psychological defense mechanism in which individuals attribute characteristics they find unacceptable in themselves to another person. ...

You could have a point there.

https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/649304762719055872
https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/4685431852
https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/294628977358823424
https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/232099613975400448

Sal Butamol

Remember when they started off they were asking women to write rubberbandits across their breasts and send them a photo. Loads did too

Maybe Blindboy should ask Louise O'Neill to do the same. After all he is a "woke bae" so I'm sure she'd be only glad to oblige

[Deleted User]

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

You could have a point there.

https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/649304762719055872
https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/4685431852
https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/294628977358823424
https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/232099613975400448

Oh what is this??? Rampant hypocrisy from a leftist??? Well imagine my shock!!

Richard Hillman

As those tweets show, they were regular Joe's back then but one of them said something that went down well with the Media Class. Suddenly a crapload of dopamine was released into their brains. Now they just say things to feed their praise addiction.

Lash Into The Pints

Blindboy needn't worry about those tweets. Tupac was a convicted rapist and the feminists seem to celebrate him as a woke hero.

Woke Hogan

SecretsOfEarth wrote: »

https://twitter.com/Rubberbandits/status/1025073664981647365

His reply to someone who questioned his apathy was equally bizarre. He seems to wear his lack of interest and disconnect from the event as a badge of honour. Bit embarrassing to not know of your county's biggest sporting event in over a decade, possibly verging on history and winning a national title after 45 years.

Maybe he deems himself above something as common and rudimentary as hurling :rolleyes:

He's just humblebragging about being invited onto Up for the Match.

He really is some piece of work.

Boom_Bap

Lash Into The Pints wrote: »

Blindboy needn't worry about those tweets. Tupac was a convicted rapist and the feminists seem to celebrate him as a woke hero.

...and later released from prison where the charges of rape were dropped due to new evidence.
He did still carry 2 counts of sexual assault for groping a buttocks.

Brian?

Woke Hogan wrote: »

He's just humblebragging about being invited onto Up for the Match.

He really is some piece of work.

Humblebragging? What manner of nonsense is that?

The Crowman

Brian? wrote: »

Humblebragging? What manner of nonsense is that?

humblebragging
make an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement with the actual intention of drawing attention to something of which one is proud.
"she humblebragged about how ‘awful’ she looks without any make-up"

Louise O Neill is always doing it in her tweets and columns.

Woke Hogan

Brian? wrote: »

Humblebragging? What manner of nonsense is that?

The Crowman wrote: »

humblebragging
make an ostensibly modest or self-deprecating statement with the actual intention of drawing attention to something of which one is proud.
"she humblebragged about how ‘awful’ she looks without any make-up"

Fair play, I couldn't have said it better myself. Blindboy doing the "who, lil ol' me?" act is grotesque.

briany

This week on the Blindboy podcast, Blindboy says that, in his opinion, those who give him the most constant and vehement criticism are probably those who tried to create something, and failed, or those who never tried at all. His approach, he says, is to treat them like a lion with a thorn in its paw, and recognise this psychological wound they are carrying.

Woke Hogan

briany wrote: »

This week on the Blindboy podcast, Blindboy says that, in his opinion, those who give him the most constant and vehement criticism are probably those who tried to create something, and failed, or those who never tried at all. His approach, he says, is to treat them like a lion with a thorn in its paw, and recognise this psychological wound they are carrying.

Do you have any thoughts on these observations? I hope you're not another one of his acolytes who just parrots everything he says.

SnazzyPig

briany wrote: »

This week on the Blindboy podcast, Blindboy says that, in his opinion, those who give him the most constant and vehement criticism are probably those who tried to create something, and failed, or those who never tried at all. His approach, he says, is to treat them like a lion with a thorn in its paw, and recognise this psychological wound they are carrying.

And of course, Blindboy is the heroic little mouse of this fable-

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Sal Butamol

briany wrote: »

This week on the Blindboy podcast, Blindboy says that, in his opinion, those who give him the most constant and vehement criticism are probably those who tried to create something, and failed, or those who never tried at all. His approach, he says, is to treat them like a lion with a thorn in its paw, and recognise this psychological wound they are carrying.

More bull****e in other words.

[Deleted User]

**waves**

Hi Blindboy..

DEFTLEFTHAND

Richard Hillman wrote: »

As those tweets show, they were regular Joe's back then but one of them said something that went down well with the Media Class. Suddenly a crapload of dopamine was released into their brains. Now they just say things to feed their praise addiction.

and fill their pockets.

It's a money thing more than anything. If you want to get your books, music or whatever promoted in the media then you better tow the line.

You can't blame them (RB's) for that really.

It would be interesting to chat with Boatclub in private and out of character. I'm sure he doesn't believe half of what he sprouts.

Lash Into The Pints

Richard Hillman wrote: »

As those tweets show, they were regular Joe's back then but one of them said something that went down well with the Media Class. Suddenly a crapload of dopamine was released into their brains. Now they just say things to feed their praise addiction.

It worked in fairness. If they hadn't gone down the sjw route they'd have been a long forgotten novelty act by now.

Call Me Jimmy

briany wrote: »

This week on the Blindboy podcast, Blindboy says that, in his opinion, those who give him the most constant and vehement criticism are probably those who tried to create something, and failed, or those who never tried at all. His approach, he says, is to treat them like a lion with a thorn in its paw, and recognise this psychological wound they are carrying.

He sounds like he has spent his life making sure he's the smartest person in the room before deciding to sit down.

[Deleted User]

Woke Hogan wrote: »

He's just humblebragging about being invited onto Up for the Match.

He really is some piece of work.

He can't go on Up for the Match because he went to the same school as a fair number of the hurling panel and any decent question about him going to one of the best schools in Munster undermines his persona.

Tbf, I lost all time for him when he claimed he didn't pick the name or the cover for his book. ****s sake, are we really meant to believe he is so pliable he went with whatever the marketing guys said, and if he is so pliable, why should anyone take him or his marketing approved art seriously?

As Willie O'Dea said before, there are people in this world who want to wear the crown of thorns and take the 30 pieces of silver, unfortunately, Blindboy as he currently is, is one of those.

I'd love for him to take a real stand and stop going for the easy money, he's a talented guy, talented enough to do so.

DickSwiveller Returns

Deleted User wrote: »

He can't go on Up for the Match because he went to the same school as a fair number of the hurling panel and any decent question about him going to one of the best schools in Munster undermines his persona.

Tbf, I lost all time for him when he claimed he didn't pick the name or the cover for his book. ****s sake, are we really meant to believe he is so pliable he went with whatever the marketing guys said, and if he is so pliable, why should anyone take him or his marketing approved art seriously?

As Willie O'Dea said before, there are people in this world who want to wear the crown of thorns and take the 30 pieces of silver, unfortunately, Blindboy as he currently is, is one of those.

I'd love for him to take a real stand and stop going for the easy money, he's a talented guy, talented enough to do so.

Tbf, I think authors often don't pick the book title themselves.

Brian?

Judging a book by it's cover is bad enough. Now people are judging an author by their books cover. Is that meta judgement?