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Who is someone you inexplicably can't stand?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,927 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    She’s on the comedy circuit in the uk so she gets gigs on tv . Wokism at its finest



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71,051 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Maybe change the thread title?

    'I just want to rant about somebody'



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,186 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    She is just not funny.

    Comedy is all about delivery and for obvious reasons she just can't do it.

    Maybe she could be a writer or something, but as a performer it really doesn't work and I would bet that people most of the time laugh out of a feeling of obligation.

    It is also obvious that most of the time there is no continuation from her "jokes" whereas with others the theme continues.

    I am not allowed discuss …



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭brokenbad


    Aidan O'Mahony - Former Kerry Footballer. If he was chocolate he would eat himself.



  • Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭Cheddar Bob


    Paul Mescal.


    His American ex, the folk pop musician, is your cookie cutter lefty culture wars bore, so on the basis he would put put up with her I'd assume he can only be a class A bellend on that evidence.



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  • Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭Cheddar Bob


    A while back I saw him post Roscommon's pre famine population with today's figure as proof that Ireland is nowhere near full. Roscommon had more in 1845 so it can take more again.


    The fact that the people of Roscommon in 1845 were accustomed to classrooms of 70 plus children, everyone working within a short walk/ cycle of their own home, having no expectation of a running water/ electric network, a society where people were lucky to see 55 instead of 80 odd today, where 95% of people would never require the use of a hospital because they simply couldn't afford it, where there was probably one GP per 10,000 peasants and he was called in only the most absolute dire straits due to financial contraints, babies born with the help of amateur midwives.....and so on


    The fact he could post his little numbers comparison, and nobody pull him up on it being about more than numbers, says a lot about this country.



  • Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭Kiteview


    Although he may be a total pain, he is actually correct on this.

    Had the famine and the resulting mass emigration that it triggered not happened, then based on what happened in other European countries, the population of Ireland would have at least doubled between the mid-19th century and today.

    To set it in context:

    The average population density of the EU is 109 people / square kilometre.

    The population density of Roscommon is 27 people / square kilometre.

    Hence Roscommon could easily have a population significantly larger than it does today.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,927 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    What famine ? There was never a shortage of food in Ireland . Exports increased . Backed by British army escorts . It was ethnocide



  • Registered Users Posts: 361 ✭✭Cheddar Bob


    And we would over time adapted- twice as many teachers, hospitals, road networks etc etc.


    I would say we would actually have more than doubled. We always had a higher birthrate than the likes of France and England, although mass emigration would have eventually happened regardless- there was no famine in Italy or Poland and they still sent millions slightly later than ourselves.


    Morons like Ming are effectively saying we could double the population over the space of a few years and it would all be grand, to the clapping of the fiscally illiterate seals on his timeline who believe you can run a society on de feelz.


    How anybody like that can be taken seriously is a damning indictment of our media- it's the type of stuff Diane Abbott in the UK comes out with, and she is widely lampooned in their media for the thick gobshyte that she is.


    There can be no arguing that there is a cohort of Irish politicians- Ryan, Harris, McEntee, P Murphy, Coppinger, Brid Smith- for whom it isn't just a question of their policies being bad, it's a fact that they are by any measure of extremely low intellect. Some of them could well fall under a psychological disorder diagnosis.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,084 ✭✭✭BraveDonut


    I used to love Live at the Apollo - now it just seems to be an exercise if filling diversity quotas

    Comedy needs to be funny no matter who is delivering it



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,490 ✭✭✭Suckler


    Ricky Gervais. I don't think he's a decent person. Likes to come across as a serious thinker on topics until he doesn't like the game anymore so hides behind his stupid cackling to try and make it all a joke.

    His latest comedy I didn't find funny at all. That last TV series 'After life' was awful guff laced with bad actors and terrible storyline. Loads of lazy gags dragged in from his old material - The same line about atheism strung through every gig and outlet he's got going. Coasting on the coat tails of his earlier work a while now.

    To freshen things up he's going after "woke" people......edgy stuff alright.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,179 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    That way he played 'Derek' was offensive even though Karl Pilkington and David Earles characters were great



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    Gervais ? Is it overexposure ?

    Since he hit our screens he’s always doing something and or on repeat on Gold.

    the office, awards presenting, talking head on various shows usually with Stephen Merchant laughing his head off about XYZ…

    *im not trying to explain the inexplicable but just discussing the possibilities 💀



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭dominatinMC


    I find his crusade against the "woke" refreshing to be honest. He won't be silenced and hasn't been "cancelled" so clearly is doing something right.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,294 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    His latest show isn't genius but I laughed fairly lively for all of it , and that is the single most important part of comedy , if its a silly lecture like on live at the apollo then its not comedy



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,294 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Out respect to the disabled I have to change the channel every time



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,401 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    I liked the Office but he comes across as a throughly unlikeable individual.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,742 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    Richie Sadlier and his smug turtleneck...

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,579 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    That brian dowling gimp



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,627 ✭✭✭kowloonkev


    I wouldn't argue with much of that because you're entitled to your opinion on his work, but I do think he's a decent person. Listened to hours and hours of his radio show and podcasts and interviews and that's where you see more of the real person. He would probably have a good giggle at anyone thinking that he is the same as the characters in his films or the persona of his stand-up.


    Anyway, someone who annoys me for no apparent reason is the MC guy in the Tommy Tiernan Show. I just feel like his tone and manner is totally out of kilter with the vibe of the show. He seems to think it's a gameshow from the 1980's.



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  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,192 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    The Maître d' from First Dates. Smugness/Condescension Central.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,742 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    Mateo Saina....i had to look it up...

    I thought he was Irish...but seemingly a Croatian...

    Its a funny one, I think he is not as big a sickener now knowing that hes not Irish....interesting....

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭brokenbad


    Al Porter

    Bernard O'Shea

    David Doherty

    Fred Cooke & his missus Julie Jay

    Alison Spittle

    Deirdre O'Kane

    Edwin Sammon



  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,192 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I knew he wasn't Irish, I still find him very irritating. I find on TV he comes across as if he thinks he's God's Gift to Humanity.

    I don't know him in person at all, so this is just based on the odd episode I've seen.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,784 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    Anyway, someone who annoys me for no apparent reason is the MC guy in the Tommy Tiernan Show. I just feel like his tone and manner is totally out of kilter with the vibe of the show. He seems to think it's a gameshow from the 1980's.

    Fred Cooke . About as funny as sh1tting yourself 30 minutes into a 7 hour flight....

    Surely he's doing more for RTÉ to earn a wedge than just announcing guests on a talk show....



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,294 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    The golden globes hosted by Ricky were a real high point in media, that was genius. "You have no right to pontificate to anyone, get up get your award. Thank your God and **** off"

    Calling out all the wienstein fan girls, brilliant stuff



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭brokenbad


    Ivan Yates - bankrupt former politician and radio host



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,401 ✭✭✭Hangdogroad


    Smug bellend who always looks delighted with himself.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    And he aways just drops in remarks on programmes just to get a reaction out of people. Don’t find him in anyway credible as a presenter / journalist and he wasn’t much cop as a politician…..smug and hyper opinionated but you get the impression he doesn’t believe half the shït he’s saying….



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,896 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    This irritating prick from the Temple of Doom.


    Being young is a great advantage, since we see the world from a new perspective and we are not afraid to make radical changes - Greta Thunburg



  • Registered Users Posts: 34 Music Box


    Nicola Tallant. On RTE news just now bullshitting about the recent seizure in Cork port of Crystal Meth. She appears not to know any more about the stuff that the average punter who watched Breaking Bad. She was introduced as a crime journalist so called expert and added precisiouly zero to the story.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭bmc58


    But he always gets himself in the news.Controversial it's called.A cute ho$ure.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,297 ✭✭✭Kaybaykwah


    Should she have tested the stuff right then and there? Gotten an injunction to impound it from the Gardaí?

    Maybe shlep a laboratory in a suitcase for an in-depth analysis? That would be straight A reporting.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,043 ✭✭✭bmc58




  • Registered Users Posts: 739 ✭✭✭blackvalley


    Rob & Romesh . Pair of talentless prycks



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,742 ✭✭✭StevenToast


    Paul Mescal.

    I inexplicably cant stand the prìck....

    Fùck off back to your ham and sausages ad like a good lad...

    "Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." - Fletcher



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,587 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    Most of the young Irish actors (mescal, saoirse ronan, barry keoghan) are self obsessed pretentious arseholes if you ask me, the state of them the way they dress and act, like you pretend to be someone else on camera, you didnt just cure cancer, get over yourselves.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,067 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    There styling is often like they walk into TKMaxx and pick random items with their eyes closed. They could put on a string Vest, trackie top, dress pants and work boots for an awards ceremony and they'd be told they look great and pay no attention to the haters.

    However if any of these people family presented themselves like this they'd be sent home to change.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,759 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Mary Steenbur(something). I don't know her exact name. For some reason, I am not fond of the actress.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,161 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    That goes for most film actors and famous people . I have far more respect for firefighters and nurses and porters and staff in care homes and who work with children with special needs .They are the real heroes in my world . Not someone who just plays a role but those who actually live a role

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 998 ✭✭✭Photobox


    100%, both Mescal and Keoghan see themselves as 'style icons' too to top it all off



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭dominatinMC


    Simon Tierney from Newstalk. Sanctimonious preachy do-gooder.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,896 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    Think a lot of the dudes around here think the likes of Mescal etc choose to wear those admittedly silly clothes. They get paid for wearing them. Then they change into a suit for the award ceremony itself.

    They aren’t exactly going to turn up wearing bootcut jeans, a hoodie, Next anorak and some runners they picked up in Kildare Village.

    They are movie stars, not some dude who has levelled out at EO in the civil service.

    Being young is a great advantage, since we see the world from a new perspective and we are not afraid to make radical changes - Greta Thunburg



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Man Vs ManUre


    You would want to be very well paid to wear some of those colourful suits that Barry Keoghan wears. I haven’t seen the likes since Dumb and Dumber when they went to the rare snow owl gala.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,896 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    Yes, they are very well paid. That's the point of it.

    Being young is a great advantage, since we see the world from a new perspective and we are not afraid to make radical changes - Greta Thunburg



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,007 ✭✭✭griffin100


    The bankrupt bookie you mean? He got overly greedy and destroyed a company that was making €4m profit a year by trying to expand too fast. He then became a bankruptcy tourist for a year in Wales and then came back to Ireland where his Sugar Daddy made sure he was back on Newstalk straight away - the same Sugar Daddy who was awarded a less then clean mobile phone network operator licence by the cabinet that Ivan was in at the time, although I'm sure that was only a coincidence.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    I didn’t mind Keoghan, nice to see a young Irish actor go well, still is but now you see him every second day in the media, pouting ridiculously down a camera lens wearing some kind of mad looking cardigan me granny would have tossed in the bag for the charity shop in 1987……. saw an interview or two and he’s quite self obsessed / pretentious….



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,587 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    Mescal walking around in public with his GAA shorts on 😂🤣



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,587 ✭✭✭pgj2015




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,896 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    I presume he does that as it helps him score hot women. That it annoys middle-aged men is probably just a nice bonus for him.

    Being young is a great advantage, since we see the world from a new perspective and we are not afraid to make radical changes - Greta Thunburg



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