Current Affairs chat thread.

IMHO, the Irish Mortgage Holders Organisation provide a creditable service.

septictank

The excitement!!!!!

I'm waiting.

jester77

ohhh current affairs... have to be careful my wife doesn't find out about my girlfriend

jester77 wrote: »

ohhh current affairs... have to be careful my wife doesn't find out about my girlfriend

No fun allowed in here. Banned for 3 days

Seth Brundle

ok then.
So who is having an affair currently?

El Weirdo

I hear that Mr Sultan is sleeping with Mrs Raisin.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

How can it be current affairs if it's an off topic chat? Is that not what After Hours is for now?

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Leland Vast Supernova wrote: »

How can it be current affairs if it's an off topic chat? Is that not what After Hours is for now?

this thread is off topic, a lot of forums have that, to be fair

Standman

I am thoroughly enjoying this forum so far.

Leland Vast Supernova wrote: »

How can it be current affairs if it's an off topic chat? Is that not what After Hours is for now?

The difference is afaik that the usual mythical animals found hiding under bridges found in AH aren't allowed in here ...

dudara

El Weirdo wrote: »

I hear that Mr Sultan is sleeping with Mrs Raisin.

Merged into Off-Topic Chat thread

dudara

gozunda wrote: »

The difference is afaik that the usual mythical animals found hiding under bridges found in AH aren't allowed in here ...

who will decide that, then

ive seen that badge pinned on many long-term, non-rereg posters that simply disagreed with others to trust the term tbh

El Weirdo wrote: »

I hear that Mr Sultan is sleeping with Mrs Raisin.

This Mrs Raisin?

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15795185-christmas-crumble

Timberrrrrrrr

12 posts in and no one has blamed the muslims, travellers, leftists, rightists (is that even a word?) Centrists, soros, the brits, the RA or whatsherface o'doherty.

I could get used to this

Deleted User wrote: »

who will decide that, then

ive seen that badge pinned on many long-term, non-rereg posters that simply disagreed with others to trust the term tbh

Dont know to be sure but is it that the pinners themselves which will get their come uppance?

pinnerbots

[Deleted User] wrote: »

pinnerbots

I like that

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

12 posts in and no one has blamed the muslims, travellers, leftists, rightists (is that even a word?) Centrists, soros, the brits, the RA or whatsherface o'doherty.

I could get used to this

Trouble is you get an echo chamber if you try cut out legit opinions that are too controversial for some.

Timberrrrrrrr

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Trouble is you get an echo chamber if you try cut out legit opinions that are too controversial for some.

I can see "lighthearted" is just going to WHOOOOOOOOOOSHHHH over the heads of some :rolleyes:

Tokyo

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Trouble is you get an echo chamber if you try cut out legit opinions that are too controversial for some.

I'm curious. Do you think that describing travellers as "a plausible call for ethnic cleansing" is a legit opinion?

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

I can see "lighthearted" is just going to WHOOOOOOOOOOSHHHH over the heads of some :rolleyes:

Sarcasm? Good chat :rolleyes:

mike_ie wrote: »

I'm curious. Do you think that describing travellers as "a plausible call for ethnic cleansing" is a legit opinion?

Do you think that's a balanced response to a legit comment?
If you can't differentiate between opinions that range from your favourite burger to ethnic cleansing I think you're in the wrong job.

Tokyo

Matt Barrett wrote: »

Sarcasm? Good chat :rolleyes:

Matt Barrett wrote: »

If you can't differentiate between opinions that range from your favourite burger to ethnic cleansing I think you're in the wrong job.

The irony is not lost on me.

Matt Barrett, if you want a discussion of the nuances of hate speech vs. opinion, start one. Don't sit back and force others to state their opinions so you can later pick them apart. Lay out exactly what you think hate speech encompasses vs. what opinions encompass, how the mods should deal with it, and all the other issues that such rules would entail. Then we can respond knowledgeably rather than in the current fog.

mike_ie wrote: »

The irony is not lost on me.

Matt Barrett, if you want a discussion of the nuances of hate speech vs. opinion, start one. Don't sit back and force others to state their opinions so you can later pick them apart. Lay out exactly what you think hate speech encompasses vs. what opinions encompass, how the mods should deal with it, and all the other issues that such rules would entail. Then we can respond knowledgeably rather than in the current fog.

I'm passing comment in a discussion forum and it got your nose out of joint for some reason.

Trouble is you get an echo chamber if you try cut out legit opinions that are too controversial for some.

I think the above is a fair and innocuous comment. You come back with 'ethnic cleansing of travelers' as a sampler.

notobtuse

Interesting that after two oil tankers were attacked and a US drone was shot down by Iran, making the Persian Gulf one scary place, that oil prices only spiked 6%. I’d have thought prices would have gone up over 25%.

Sonny noggs

gozunda wrote: »

The difference is afaik that the usual mythical animals found hiding under bridges found in AH aren't allowed in here ...

Great. No more EOTR, TROL, that militante lad etc.

I see Leo’s partner is in though so assume we will be discussing FG endlessly.