What’s your most controversial opinion? **Read OP** **Mod Note in Post #3372**

I'm not having this. I said: "Turns out net Irish migration was zero last year when you consider the ones leaving and the ones returning. About 30,000 left and about 30,000 returned in 2023".

I'm not sure whether you misunderstand the term net or migration or both. Nobody with half a brain would read that and think I'm suggesting the same people emmigrated and immigrated in the same year.

You called my posting the stat dishonest and its because you though it meant the same 30,000 people went and returned in the same year. Make a balls of understanding it all you want, but don't call it dishonest because you don't understand it.

IVF should be banned. There is no point in an over populated world

A western born child is a huge drain on resources. IVF is absolutely no guarantee the child will be loved as it may be a partner is forced by another. I know people with IVF children who broke up just like couples who planned a child. It is also very upsetting for those when it doesn't work along with the huge cost. Then you have the birth defects as a result too.

I am not saying limit the population just there is absolutely no reason to have IVF given the world is over populated as is. There are orphans and foster children needing parents as is.

Here is a controversial opinion: every year during the time the elections would normally take place, they should scrap the election process entirely and have the candidates fight it out in like a boxing match or mma or something and then the winner gets to be tea shock, or taesearch or whatever its called. Have it arranged like an knock-out style bracket tournament. Simular to how the FA cup in soccer is ran, an elimination based type of thing.

Nickelback are a good band

People who sign off on every single one of their boards posts as if they're writing a letter should be sitebanned. e.g. Regards....

Both sides of the Ukrainian War lie, the Russians are just far worse at it.

Yeah neither side in a war is really obliged to tell the truth. Propaganda is a weapon of war. Some choose to stick close to the truth in the things they choose to talk about, but they would never choose to talk about truths that don't suit them. Both sides will rubbish whatever the other side says.

We (the west) choose not to be too critical of Ukranian propaganda. In contrast we also choose not to be too critical of isreali Propaganda. How many times gave you heard death toll numbers disputed because "you can't believe hamas health ministry numbers". On the other hand we have Isreal propagandists on TV to watch them tell us black is white for entertainment sometimes.

If you choose to uncritically believe either side in a war, you're choose who to be deceived by.

There should be , if not already , a full life option for evil basterds who commit heinous crimes .

I have no sympathy for the hospitality industry when that pub in Dublin is trying to justify charging €10 for a pint.

Spain is a far bigger tourist hot-spot, yet they don't price gouge visitors.

I'm sure you'll hear about overheads and VAT rates. Blah blah blah.

Greed, pure and simple.

Middled aged, cis, whyte men are the biggest snowflakes in the Irish online “sphere”.

Obviously you have never stopped for a beer in las ramblas.

"Food and drinks on the Ramblas

As a general rule, you should avoid the bars and restaurants on La Rambla because they are of poor quality and ridiculously overpriced. Some establishments can charge up to €10 for a beer or a Coca Cola, which sell for around €2.50 elsewhere in Barcelona"

Anywhere in Paris is insane for a beer also. The vast majority of places charge €10 plus for a beer. The cheapest pint I found there was a pint of Kronenbourg in a sports bar near the Moulin Rouge for €6.50 and that was back in early 2017.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder I suppose. I guess if you are from Rome or Barcelona, Temple Bar might appear a great spot.

As for the price of pints, I'd agree that €10 is far too much, no matter whether you are in Dublin, Rome or Barcelona.

Those cities always lead Dublin when it came to prices for drink, especially if you were in the tourist traps.

thank you for posting that about the gouging when euro prices came in. i'm book marking this comment as there was alot of gaslighting going on at one point during this thread or another where there was 5 people ganging up on me and outright lying/denying any price gouging happened, and that no one else believes there ever was any price gouge happening around the time. They almost convinced me it was a mandella effect.