second-fifth worst years

the_pen_turner · 14-06-2020 08:02PM #1

i think its fairly safe to say that this is the worst year in the last 100 or so.

what years should make up the top 5

Pawwed Rig · 14-06-2020 08:03PM

This is the worst year since 1920?? You have lead a privileged life

This year would not even be in the worst 10

Timberrrrrrrr · 14-06-2020 08:04PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

i think its fairly safe to say that this is the worst year in the last 100 or so.

what years should make up the top 5

I think 1939 - 1945 might have something to say about that kiddo.

joe40 · 14-06-2020 08:06PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

i think its fairly safe to say that this is the worst year in the last 100 or so.

what years should make up the top 5

1939 to 1945 were pretty rough. Troubles in NI were no fun.

On balance 2020 is easily in the top 50 % of the best years in the last 100years

joe40 · 14-06-2020 08:06PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

I think 1939 - 1945 might have something to say about that kiddo.

Damn got in before me..

Muahahaha · 14-06-2020 08:07PM

Would have said 1962 when the Cuban missile crisis was in full swing. Two world superpowers teetering on the edge of nuclear warfare. Had cool heads not prevaliled it would have made Hiroshoma and Nagasaki look like a teddy bears picnic.

The Tetrarch · 14-06-2020 08:11PM

1918: World War and Spanish flu

skooterblue2 · 14-06-2020 08:12PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

i think its fairly safe to say that this is the worst year in the last 100 or so.

what years should make up the top 5

Have you ever owned or read a history book?
The depression of the 1930's?
The Second World Wars with the threat of German invasion and chemical weapons.
Constant fear of a Nuclear winter supposing you were lucky enough to the cold war. In the 1980's there were massive biological programs we never knew about? Poisonous medications like Thalidomide? Vaccines and medications being tested on Children in orphanages in Ireland? Unemployment of the 1980's and few opportunities in Ireland?

Yeah Clearly 2020, worst year on record ever!!!

Westernyelp · 14-06-2020 08:13PM

The Tetrarch wrote: »

1918: World War and Spanish flu

102 years ago

Quantum Erasure · 14-06-2020 08:16PM

I remember the year after we did the Junior Cert, near the end of the year we had assembly, and the Principal stood up in front of us all and said we were the second worst fifth-years he ever had the misfortune of meeting....

kneemos · 14-06-2020 08:19PM

Most of the eighties in an Irish context.

Timberrrrrrrr · 14-06-2020 08:19PM

Westernyelp wrote: »

102 years ago

To be fair the op did say

"the worst year in the last 100 or so."

Tony EH · 14-06-2020 08:22PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

i think its fairly safe to say that this is the worst year in the last 100 or so.

what years should make up the top 5

:eek:

Come round my way and I'll give you a trip in my time machine to a few places in 1945.

That'll change your mind sharpish.

skooterblue2 · 14-06-2020 08:23PM

I think you got your answer OP.
Clearly the biggest threats to you this year are Gemma ODoherty banning Unicorns, No being able to attend University on Campus and over grown hair.

You are in for a rough life next year when the stock market crashes and Trump wins the American elections this October and is sworn in afterwards. I would keep my powder dry until then.

the_pen_turner · 14-06-2020 08:29PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

I think 1939 - 1945 might have something to say about that kiddo.

i disagree entirely.
yes they were terrible years for some but they had no effect on most of africa, south america, most of asia etc.

this virus is effecting most of the world medically and economically

the_pen_turner · 14-06-2020 08:30PM

skooterblue2 wrote: »

I think you got your answer OP.
Clearly the biggest threats to you this year are Gemma ODoherty banning Unicorns, No being able to attend University on Campus and over grown hair.

You are in for a rough life next year when the stock market crashes and Trump wins the American elections this October and is sworn in afterwards. I would keep my powder dry until then.

the thing about things being bad is that they can always get worse

Timberrrrrrrr · 14-06-2020 08:33PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

i disagree entirely.
yes they were terrible years for some but they had no effect on most of africa, south america, most of asia etc.

this virus is effecting most of the world medically and economically

You really need to pick up a book and educate yourself.

Do you think WW2 didnt effect the world economically?

Estimated covid deaths worldwide = 500,000

Estimated ww2 deaths worldwide 70 - 85 MILLION

skooterblue2 · 14-06-2020 08:38PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Estimated ww2 deaths worldwide 70 - 85 MILLION

Actually we have little or no idea what went on, on the Eastern Front so that could be a very conservative number. But your point definitely stands!

skooterblue2 · 14-06-2020 08:42PM

Tony EH wrote: »

:eek:

Come round my way and I'll give you a trip in my time machine to a few places in 1945.

That'll change your mind sharpish.

Anywhere there is cannibalism (Eastern Front, Rwanda, Uganda (Idi Amin time), Biafra, Stalingrad) you know you have reached the bottom.

skooterblue2 · 14-06-2020 08:47PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

i disagree entirely.
yes they were terrible years for some but they had no effect on most of africa, south america, most of asia etc.

this virus is effecting most of the world medically and economically

Oh Sweet suffering Jesus!!!!
Libya, North Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Manchuria, Burma, Singapore, Hong Kong, The Philippines ..... JAPAN!?!?!?!

Also Indochina(Vietnam) and Korea?

Ok I am going to donate €5 to buy this poor deprived lad a history book!
No Child left behind!!!

the_pen_turner · 14-06-2020 08:53PM

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Oh Sweet suffering Jesus!!!!
Libya, North Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Manchuria, Burma, Singapore, Hong Kong, The Philippines ..... JAPAN!?!?!?!

Also Indochina(Vietnam) and Korea?

Ok I am going to donate €5 to buy this poor deprived lad a history book!
No Child left behind!!!

my point is that there are huge areas that have very little effect on

the people on the ground had a relatively normal existence

Timberrrrrrrr · 14-06-2020 08:55PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

my point is that there are huge areas that have very little effect on

the people on the ground had a relatively normal existence

Sweet jesus child, dig up!

the_pen_turner · 14-06-2020 08:57PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Sweet jesus child, dig up!

go ahead. tell me what effect ww2 had on those people on the ground in those countries

skooterblue2 · 14-06-2020 08:59PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Sweet jesus child, dig up!

Just give up and go quietly like me. Obvious troll is the OP.

Timberrrrrrrr · 14-06-2020 09:00PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

go ahead. tell me what effect ww2 had on those people on the ground in those countries

Well apart from losing loved ones, rationing, war going on around them etc I suppose they had it easy.

Not like the poor people today who have had to sit on the sofa for a couple of months watching netflix and worrying about where their next packet of pasta will come from :rolleyes:

Yes I know people have been affected by covid but to even compare it to 1 year of WW2 never mind 6 years is absolutely moronic.

Timberrrrrrrr · 14-06-2020 09:02PM

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Just give up and go quietly like me. Obvious troll is the OP.

I thought so too but here 5 years with over 5700 posts? That's playing the long game and then some.

the_pen_turner · 14-06-2020 09:02PM

skooterblue2 wrote: »

Just give up and go quietly like me. Obvious troll is the OP.

in lots of ways this year is the worst for the everyday person on the ground that is in fear of their lives just wlking down the street from an unstopable and invisable enemy.

14-06-2020 09:02PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

my point is that there are huge areas that have very little effect on

the people on the ground had a relatively normal existence

Are you sure? Even in places where there was no fighting there was still often extreme hardship, a topical example at the moment would be the 'Churchill famine' in Bengal, 2-3 million dead and rarely mentioned in war accounts. The drain on resources and requisitioning would have affected most of the world since most of it was under colonial control.

Then there are simply the ones where there was fighting but it mostly gets ignored, e.g. China 14-20 million deaths

the_pen_turner · 14-06-2020 09:05PM

Timberrrrrrrr wrote: »

Well apart from losing loved ones, rationing, war going on around them etc I suppose they had it easy.that doesnt apply to those countries

Not like the poor people today who have had to sit on the sofa for a couple of months watching netflix and worrying about where their next packet of pasta will come from :rolleyes:obviously here it is fairly soft way to sit out a virus but imagine being in india or china or those dirt poor third world coutries

Yes I know people have been affected by covid but to even compare it to 1 year of WW2 never mind 6 years is absolutely moronic.

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Pawwed Rig · 14-06-2020 09:11PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

in lots of ways this year is the worst for the everyday person on the ground that is in fear of their lives just wlking down the street from an unstopable and invisable enemy.

TB had a much bigger impact in Ireland and lasted for years. Every country will have incidents that were infinitely worse than Covid 19

Timberrrrrrrr · 14-06-2020 09:13PM

the_pen_turner wrote: »

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Well it's hard to argue with that rebuttal

second-fifth worst years

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