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Off Topic Thread 4.0

Zzippy

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The usual rules apply. Non-rugby talk here. Consider this a social place, but like a pub, things like religion and politics can be divisive, so don't say things here you wouldn't say to someone's face in the pub. Sober

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Podge_irl

I'll have nothing said against box wine!

Neil3030

Buer wrote: »

I find Aussies tend to drink regularly at home, a bottle or two of beer most days.

Whoosh

Yeah_Right

stephen_n wrote: »

Do you have a drink problem?

No I have no problem drinking. I'm trying to assimilate into Irish culture. Drinking heavily, blaming the ref for any defeats (and also when we win), having potatoes with every meal, talking over the top of everyone, pretty soon I'll ready to sit my Irish citizen test

Then I get a free house. Right?

And Buer, Aussies don't drink from bottles. The drink beer from tinnies and wine from cardboard boxes.

Zzippy

thomond2006 wrote: »

Well the ruling party aren't worried about being voted out....

I didn't think that needed to be said!

thomond2006

Zzippy wrote: »

It's not unbelievable at all. China has long had a tradition of planning far ahead. They think strategically and plan for decades into the future. The US, and most western democracies, plan in timespans no longer than an election cycle. The US, in particular, has a political system more prone to corruption, er, lobbying from big business. The money is in fossil fuels, which is dominated by large companies with long experience of lobbying, not in renewables which is more distributed, smaller startup companies etc.
Ireland is not much better. Our record on climate change is appalling, and we are completely failing to meet our targets under carbon reduction agreements.

Well the ruling party aren't worried about being voted out....

stephen_n

Buer wrote: »

I find Aussies tend to drink regularly at home, a bottle or two of beer most days.

:pac: I nearly missed that

Buer

stephen_n wrote: »

Do you have a drink problem?

I find Aussies tend to drink regularly at home, a bottle or two of beer most days.

stephen_n

Yeah_Right wrote: »

I used to think you were a good guy but it turns out you are some sort of vegan, bike-wanker hippy. I'm disappointed.

One thing I do hate is food waste. I'm constantly having to smack have words with the missus for buying food that we already have and opening fresh stuff rather than using what is already open. Drives me nuts.

I always make an effort to recycle but how come we can't put glass in the green bins? It's a pain the arse having to go to the bottle bank every week.

Do you have a drink problem?

Yeah_Right

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't eat meat every day, I cycle to work and we have virtually no food waste at home and recycle everything recyclable. It's not hard at all and saves money and yet so many people are averse to it.

I used to think you were a good guy but it turns out you are some sort of vegan, bike-wanker hippy. I'm disappointed.

One thing I do hate is food waste. I'm constantly having to smack have words with the missus for buying food that we already have and opening fresh stuff rather than using what is already open. Drives me nuts.

I always make an effort to recycle but how come we can't put glass in the green bins? It's a pain the arse having to go to the bottle bank every week.

[Deleted User]

swiwi_ wrote: »

Venjur is closet Swiss, people.

Ha - all credit goes to my wife, she is the most incredibly practical person I've ever met and I think it's to do with growing up on a farm as opposed to being Swiss but I'll ask if she is aware of her ancestry!

swiwi_

Deleted User wrote: »

We have virtually no food waste at home and recycle everything recyclable.

Venjur is closet Swiss, people.

Zzippy

prawnsambo wrote: »

The funniest (in the sense of mind-bogglingly off-kilter) thing is that China are putting massive solar farms in place and leading the world in developing their renewable power potential.

It's unbelievable that the US (a supposedly more developed economy) are still denying that renewables are necessary and doing the exact opposite.

It's not unbelievable at all. China has long had a tradition of planning far ahead. They think strategically and plan for decades into the future. The US, and most western democracies, plan in timespans no longer than an election cycle. The US, in particular, has a political system more prone to corruption, er, lobbying from big business. The money is in fossil fuels, which is dominated by large companies with long experience of lobbying, not in renewables which is more distributed, smaller startup companies etc.
Ireland is not much better. Our record on climate change is appalling, and we are completely failing to meet our targets under carbon reduction agreements.

kuang1

It's controversial but a lot to be said for having no more than 1 child.

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/children-carbon-footprint-climate-change-damage-having-kids-research-a7837961.html

[Deleted User]

We need another plague especially in the developed world

stephen_n

Deleted User wrote: »

Hard not to worry what kind of world the kids are going to be left with. You've a chemical weapons attack a few hundred miles away by a foreign hostile power and yet UK politics is so absolutely crippled that they are incapable of responding.

The stark warning on climate yesterday has rattled my cage quite a bit. When the largest polluter in the world elects a man child who thinks climate change is a Chinese hoax you begin to realise that we aren't going to fix this.

I don't eat meat every day, I cycle to work and we have virtually no food waste at home and recycle everything recyclable. It's not hard at all and saves money and yet so many people are averse to it.

Self destructive greed will be the end of us. If there is anyone left to look back I wonder what they will think of us here and now that did nothing.

Until the dialogue changes to human population control, then everything else is just window dressing. Yes eat less meat, we’ll need less cattle and that will help. Then in 5 years time, we have ramped up horticulture to fill the void left by meat. In doing so we have rapidly increased the levels of deforestation and now there are no bee’s left because we removed their natural habit. It’s very simple, there are too many people on the planet and that is only ever going to get worse.

prawnsambo

Deleted User wrote: »

Hard not to worry what kind of world the kids are going to be left with. You've a chemical weapons attack a few hundred miles away by a foreign hostile power and yet UK politics is so absolutely crippled that they are incapable of responding.

The stark warning on climate yesterday has rattled my cage quite a bit. When the largest polluter in the world elects a man child who thinks climate change is a Chinese hoax you begin to realise that we aren't going to fix this.

I don't eat meat every day, I cycle to work and we have virtually no food waste at home and recycle everything recyclable. It's not hard at all and saves money and yet so many people are averse to it.

Self destructive greed will be the end of us. If there is anyone left to look back I wonder what they will think of us here and now that did nothing.

The funniest (in the sense of mind-bogglingly off-kilter) thing is that China are putting massive solar farms in place and leading the world in developing their renewable power potential.

It's unbelievable that the US (a supposedly more developed economy) are still denying that renewables are necessary and doing the exact opposite.

[Deleted User]

Hard not to worry what kind of world the kids are going to be left with. You've a chemical weapons attack a few hundred miles away by a foreign hostile power and yet UK politics is so absolutely crippled that they are incapable of responding.

The stark warning on climate yesterday has rattled my cage quite a bit. When the largest polluter in the world elects a man child who thinks climate change is a Chinese hoax you begin to realise that we aren't going to fix this.

I don't eat meat every day, I cycle to work and we have virtually no food waste at home and recycle everything recyclable. It's not hard at all and saves money and yet so many people are averse to it.

Self destructive greed will be the end of us. If there is anyone left to look back I wonder what they will think of us here and now that did nothing.

prawnsambo

awec wrote: »

So the second Russian guy identified, id imagine those two will disappear at some point in the near future.

Plenty of work to keep them busy inside Russia. Would be interesting to see what coincided with their movements in the Ukraine and other places of note that they visited.

awec

So the second Russian guy identified, id imagine those two will disappear at some point in the near future.

stephen_n

Buer wrote: »

Even in the recent past, crime has reduced with the notable and worrying exception of sexual crimes. You can see the crime statistics over the past decade here

Not last year, though time will tell if this is a blip or a trend.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/crime-rate-increases-significantly-over-past-year-1.3443096%3fmode=amp

Podge_irl

Buer wrote: »

Even in the recent past, crime has reduced with the notable and worrying exception of sexual crimes. You can see the crime statistics over the past decade here

Hopefully again that is just a case of a higher rate of reporting. It is ultimately very hard to know one way or the other though.

Buer

Squidgy Black wrote: »

Is it just a case that because we've more access to media like this, and possibly that stuff is being reported more frequently, or is shít like this happening more often?

Every time you open the news something completely fcuked up has happened.

I generally assume it's because of the media scrutiny and social media making these things far more accessible. Ireland is a far safer place today than it ever was in the past.

I'm sure we all know just how many f*cked up things used happen in this country in past decades and not only were they not prosecuted, people in communities were aware they were taking place and said nothing because it wasn't the done thing. I'm not necessarily referencing anything to do with the church either. People turned a blind eye to all sorts of messed up stuff in Ireland as recently as the 80s and 90s. Domestic violence, sexual abuse, negligence etc.

Even in the recent past, crime has reduced with the notable and worrying exception of sexual crimes. You can see the crime statistics over the past decade here

Podge_irl

Dave_The_Sheep wrote: »

I suspect (and hope) the former.

It is the former by an absolutely enormous amount.

prawnsambo

In better news, Bellingcat (who identified the first Skripal suspect), have now identified the second one.

Dave_The_Sheep

I suspect (and hope) the former.

Squidgy Black

awec wrote: »

Some guy on the news in court for trying to strangle 4 children. What the actual fcuk is wrong with these people?!

Is it just a case that because we've more access to media like this, and possibly that stuff is being reported more frequently, or is shít like this happening more often?

Every time you open the news something completely fcuked up has happened.

awec

Some guy on the news in court for trying to strangle 4 children. What the actual fcuk is wrong with these people?!

CatFromHue

Squidgy Black wrote: »

I've honestly lost track of all the stuff he's said but there was murder a while back between the two when Kavanagh made comments because Khabib wouldn't fight during the summer because of Ramadan.

JK isn't McGregor.

McGregor has insulted his country all right, I'm just not sure if he's insulted Islam. Other than not knowing why Khabib doesn't drink, which isn't really an insult.

JK is anti religion and isn't too keen on identity politics, I dunno if there's other stuff, but there not really enough to say he's alt right.

Zzippy

Best synopsis of the "fight" I've seen...

https://twitter.com/MallowNews/status/1048848503101906944

Squidgy Black

Personally I hope his whiskey sales absolutely tank after the loss.