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Things you just "don't get"?

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  • #632
    SeaFields
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,551 ✭✭✭SeaFields


    Why the fcuk is Heineken zero the same price as normal Heineken. Was designated driver last night...cost me the same as a normal night out.


  • #633
    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    SeaFields wrote: »
    Why the fcuk is Heineken zero the same price as normal Heineken. Was designated driver last night...cost me the same as a normal night out.

    Yeah paying €5 for a bottle if Heineken is a bit rich alright, it's better value if you can get it on draught, still overpriced though.
    On the plus side I bet you had a clear head this morning.


  • #634
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    With all the nanny stating, you think they’d subsidise the alcohol free drinks and cap the price of them. You know, seeing as all the minimum pricing stuff is all purely for our health.


  • #635
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    When people believe long range panic weather forecasts to a level where they are actually making changes in their lives to accommodate like installing new windows and buying realy heavy clothing when some clown/clowness predicted that this January would be the coldest for 30 years. Meanwhile it's started out as one of the mildest ever.


  • #636
    shesty
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,918 Mod ✭✭✭✭shesty


    SeaFields wrote: »
    Why the fcuk is Heineken zero the same price as normal Heineken. Was designated driver last night...cost me the same as a normal night out.

    For the same reason a flat white coffee is the same price as a normal cappucino/latte, and it often turns out to be a smaller sized drink?I don't get them often but I feel a bit ripped off paying 3eur+ for them when I do.


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  • #637
    B0jangles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,950 ✭✭✭B0jangles


    Why do all the supermarkets try to give us dietary whiplash on the 1st of january?

    Up until december 31st, we live on quality street, on the last unpopular bars in the selection boxes and guinness, with a side of christmas leftovers as the 'healthy option', then as soon as the clock ticks over midnight that night it's BAM - Yoga pants, quinoa, protein shakes and heart rate monitors as far as the eye can see.

    I mean, I know why they do it but it's just so cruel :(


  • #638
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    B0jangles wrote: »
    Why do all the supermarkets try to give us dietary whiplash on the 1st of january?

    Up until december 31st, we live on quality street, on the last unpopular bars in the selection boxes and guinness, with a side of christmas leftovers as the 'healthy option', then as soon as the clock ticks over midnight that night it's BAM - Yoga pants, quinoa, protein shakes and heart rate monitors as far as the eye can see.

    I mean, I know why they do it but it's just so cruel :(

    Gyms will be rammed for the next fortnight too.


  • #639
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,271 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Gyms will be rammed for the next fortnight too.

    ... and treadmills on sale in Argos etc.

    3 months later they will be expensive clothes horses.


  • #640
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    NIMAN wrote: »
    ... and treadmills on sale in Argos etc.

    3 months later they will be expensive clothes horses.

    I have one of my very own in the house. Great for airing tea towels.


  • #641
    CrankyHaus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭CrankyHaus


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Gyms will be rammed for the next fortnight too.


    And your favourite running routes will be jammed up with groups of red-faced people in tight fitting "activewear" being bellowed at to feel the burn in between posting #fitfam #bootcamp Insta posts


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  • #642
    razorblunt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    SeaFields wrote: »
    Why the fcuk is Heineken zero the same price as normal Heineken. Was designated driver last night...cost me the same as a normal night out.

    Would it not cost almost similar, if not more to make than the alcohol versions?


  • #643
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    razorblunt wrote: »
    Would it not cost almost similar, if not more to make than the alcohol versions?
    Sure, but don't forget excise.

    Now, if you were to believe the VFI, then nearly all of the cost of your pints is tax, but really it's about 50c.

    So in theory a 0.0 should be about 50c cheaper. But when you consider economies of scale and the fact that a zero-alcohol version requires more post-processing than your normal pint, then there's your 50c disappeared.


  • #644
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,274 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    When people go to spend a night in a hotel a few minutes away from there house!


  • #645
    mikemac2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭mikemac2


    Barry Keoghan, that cat killer from Love/Hate gets acting roles from expensive productions and top directors. Dunkirk, Chernobyl and that Black 47 are just some examples

    How??

    He has one mode, a sour puss look. I’ve seen better actors in the Gaeity Theatre yet young Barry is living in Los Angelas and getting all this work other more talented actors would kill for.


  • #646
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,274 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    mikemac2 wrote: »
    Barry Keoghan, that cat killer from Love/Hate gets acting roles from expensive productions and top directors. Dunkirk, Chernobyl and that Black 47 are just some examples

    How??

    He has one mode, a sour puss look. I’ve seen better actors in the Gaeity Theatre yet young Barry is living in Los Angelas and getting all this work other more talented actors would kill for.

    I think he has a sob story up bringing which may help. He sort of ticks all the boxes.
    He was on Living with Lucy in 2019 and he came across as a little dozy but he was loved for being so down to Earth.


  • #647
    CrankyHaus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,280 ✭✭✭CrankyHaus


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    I think he has a sob story up bringing which may help. He sort of ticks all the boxes.
    He was on Living with Lucy in 2019 and he came across as a little dozy but he was loved for being so down to Earth.


    I'd say he's a talented actor. I can't think of any performance where he was phoning it in. While a slightly pedestrian film, American Animals showed him expanding his range somewhat.


  • #648
    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    CrankyHaus wrote: »
    And your favourite running routes will be jammed up with groups of red-faced people in tight fitting "activewear" being bellowed at to feel the burn in between posting #fitfam #bootcamp Insta posts

    I noticed every second clothes shop had this sort of gear in their windows on the way top work this morning, I'm sure it fools people into thinking they're doing something about their fitness levels. Saw this one yesterday in a supermarket in a sports bra type top and "sporty" leggings with a big flabby white spare tyre and ar ar*e the size of a small country, not a good look but I'm sure she thought she was the bee's knees.


  • #649
    TheRiverman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,421 ✭✭✭TheRiverman


    Seamai wrote: »
    I noticed every second clothes shop had this sort of gear in their windows on the way top work this morning, I'm sure it fools people into thinking they're doing something about their fitness levels. Saw this one yesterday in a supermarket in a sports bra type top and "sporty" leggings with a big flabby white spare tyre and ar ar*e the size of a small country, not a good look but I'm sure she thought she was the bee's knees.

    Your post just reminded me to play National Express,by Divine Comedy.Great song.


  • #650
    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    TheRiverman wrote: »
    Your post just reminded me to play National Express,by Divine Comedy.Great song.

    It's one of my favourites, love that line :D


  • #651
    Antares35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    B0jangles wrote: »
    Those pod coffee machines

    what the hell are they about? - like, why would you spend a fortune on a machine so's you can spend a fortune on little pots of crap coffee? Little pots that are apparently a pain in the ass to recycle.

    Buy decent beans, a grinder and an aeropress.

    There, now you have good coffee and you're not knee-deep in stupid little pots!
    This one baffles me too. I think pod coffee is an elitist thing or something. People think it gives them status. In all my years the best coffee I've ever had has been from dads percolator which takes ground beans and usually lasts about ten years before needing replacing. My bitch of an aunt was over at Christmas... think Hyacinth from keeping up appearances. Blabbing on and on about carbon footprints and recycling etc. Then five minutes later sh#teing on about her coffee pod machine. I felt like asking her if those pods are recyclable. Preaching to us about carbon footprints while she guzzles red meat and drives an SUV. Grr!


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  • #652
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    The incandescent rage some have over veganism/vegetarianism, and talk of an agenda and brainwashing and the like. Wtf? It's a dietary choice by other people - not compulsory.


  • #653
    auspicious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,547 ✭✭✭auspicious


    Raconteuse wrote: »
    The incandescent rage some have over veganism/vegetarianism, and talk of an agenda and brainwashing and the like. Wtf? It's a dietary choice by other people - not compulsory.

    You know those kids in shops when told they can't have those sweets and they throw themselves to the ground bubbling tears...


  • #654
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    freshpopcorn wrote: »
    When people go to spend a night in a hotel a few minutes away from there house!

    Do many do that?


  • #655
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,304 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    B0jangles wrote: »
    Those pod coffee machines

    what the hell are they about? - like, why would you spend a fortune on a machine so's you can spend a fortune on little pots of crap coffee? Little pots that are apparently a pain in the ass to recycle.

    Buy decent beans, a grinder and an aeropress.

    There, now you have good coffee and you're not knee-deep in stupid little pots!
    I bought mine for €40. You can get 16 pods for a fiver which works out a lot cheaper than buying coffee in cafes. They taste a lot better than instant coffee. Grinders are too noisy. I'd wake everyone up in the house with one of those.


  • #656
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,852 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    B0jangles wrote: »
    Those pod coffee machines

    what the hell are they about? - like, why would you spend a fortune on a machine so's you can spend a fortune on little pots of crap coffee? Little pots that are apparently a pain in the ass to recycle.

    Buy decent beans, a grinder and an aeropress.

    There, now you have good coffee and you're not knee-deep in stupid little pots!

    Clean and handy.


  • #657
    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    ReginaldSmythV wrote: »
    Do many do that?

    Two of my work colleagues did for NYE, in both cases taxis to and from would have costed them quarter the cost of the hotel. One of the couples had to be home to the kids early the next morning so were up at 8.00. I don't get it.


  • #658
    Pawwed Rig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,465 ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Mister Vain wrote: »
    I bought mine for €40. You can get 16 pods for a fiver which works out a lot cheaper than buying coffee in cafes. They taste a lot better than instant coffee. Grinders are too noisy. I'd wake everyone up in the house with one of those.

    If you're making me coffee I don't mind if you wake me


  • #659
    Nevin Parsnipp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭Nevin Parsnipp


    Antares35 wrote: »
    This one baffles me too. I think pod coffee is an elitist thing or something. People think it gives them status. In all my years the best coffee I've ever had has been from dads percolator which takes ground beans and usually lasts about ten years before needing replacing. My bitch of an aunt was over at Christmas... think Hyacinth from keeping up appearances. Blabbing on and on about carbon footprints and recycling etc. Then five minutes later sh#teing on about her coffee pod machine. I felt like asking her if those pods are recyclable. Preaching to us about carbon footprints while she guzzles red meat and drives an SUV. Grr!

    I feel your pain Bro...so I do...next time you meet her ...give her a shoe in the snatch ....from me !

    Uppity fcukin mare....GRRR...!


  • #660
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,304 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Seamai wrote: »
    Two of my work colleagues did for NYE, in both cases taxis to and from would have costed them quarter the cost of the hotel. One of the couples had to be home to the kids early the next morning so were up at 8.00. I don't get it.
    Maybe they wanted to have a good shag in peace? I've heard of couples living in busy households who would occasionally go to a hotel so they can go at it hammer and tongs without the fear of the kids hearing.


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  • #661
    Antares35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,845 ✭✭✭Antares35


    Raconteuse wrote: »
    The incandescent rage some have over veganism/vegetarianism, and talk of an agenda and brainwashing and the like. Wtf? It's a dietary choice by other people - not compulsory.

    I think vegan bashing is a national pastime in Ireland. I was vegan for a while and it was insane the number of people who assumed I was judging them for not being vegan or who suddenly developed a grave concern for my protein levels.
    That and the "oh but bacon" comments. Salty fat arse meat that leaves an inch of solid fat on the pan, no thanks. I'll take the fillet steak and mash though :) and the ones declaring "oh I couldn't" er... nobody asked you to! :)


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