Why? What's the attraction?

angeldelight · 03-08-2006 11:54PM #1

Ok this is mostly a rant, partly I'm really curious/baffled about something...

Why do scumbags enjoy throwing rocks at public transport? I've been on the train at Broombridge where they threw a rock at the train (broke the window and covered us in bits of plastic/glass), also been on the train between Drumcondra and Connolly where several of them threw rocks at the carriage in front of me.

Tonight when I was coming home from work a load of them threw rocks at the bus while we were on Parkgate St.

I can (sort of) see the attraction of some of scumbagish things they do, like smoking on the bus or whatever (attraction for them, personally I think it's despicable). But seriously, what good/fun is there to be had from throwing a stone at a bus??? :mad:

qz · 03-08-2006 11:58PM

None, hence the term scumbag.

el rabitos · 04-08-2006 12:01AM

cos its a mad buzz

Ruu_Old · 04-08-2006 12:01AM

They have nothing better to do I suppose than DART spottin' and its bleeeedin' rapid!. Good luck trying to get into the mind of a scumbag. *knocks, hollow sound*

iFight · 04-08-2006 12:04AM

qz wrote:

None, hence the term scumbag.

Cant be put better

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 04-08-2006 12:07AM

pointless destruction + senseless violence = mad-lad points = acceptance with all the other unfortunates who were dragged up so badly that they don't have the self esteem to resist the peer pressure of being a maz0r. :rolleyes:
That's my take on it... does it compute? I don't know.

Terry · 04-08-2006 12:20AM

10 years ago i would have blamed boredom through high unemployment, but in the current climate, i would put in down to pure scumbaggery coming from a bad home environment.

icemanjimbo04 · 04-08-2006 12:46AM

It was me!!

10,000 mad lad points in da bag.. OH YEAH!!

now where are me mates..

Mimikyu · 04-08-2006 12:53AM

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Space Coyote · 04-08-2006 01:14AM

Mob mentality. You'd never see one throwing rocks on his own. He probably wouldn't even think of doing it. When they're with their mates it's a different story, the hardman factor comes into play, something deadly to tell the rest of the lads back home. I was on a 66 bus into town a few years back and a pellet from a gun smashed into the window beside the lad infront of me...nearly woke me up...window cracked into tiny pieces but didn't shatter. It had to be kicked out though. Quite lucky I spose. Didn't see who did it obviously so it could have been some oul lad trying to shoot a scumbag!

crosstownk · 04-08-2006 01:15AM

angeldelight wrote:

Why do scumbags enjoy throwing rocks at public transport?

Because they are scumbags.

Jambo · 04-08-2006 01:28AM

They are same as the scum who do it to emergency services ... piblic transport is nearly in the same catagory as that in my mind esp for the elderly and needy folk out there.

Id love to see a scumbag damaging public transport or an emergency service vehicle and then the same person requiring the service that they curtailed in their area all because of their actions ..

In one word PURE MUPPETS !!!

InFront · 04-08-2006 01:30AM

I kind of love scumbags.
Do you not think they're amazing? They are an institution in this city, like Trinity College or Guinness. They should be included on the Dublin City Tour in my opinion.
Everything about their behaviour, if sometimes irritating, is fascinating. As an element of the national identity, they have been completely overlooked. They are not afforded recognition by the established social order, they do not appear to have a role in economics or a value in society in general. They exist on the fringes like some sort of tragic-comic minority. Always there at the end, bringing simple, colourful, uncomplicated wit to heavy political thinking and complicated social questions. Every scumbag has the answer to everything.

The pointlessness of certain aspects of their behaviour borders on stereotypie - from throwing rocks at public transport to drinking on the Liffey Quays, to a strange propensity of having sex on Dublin buses.
It's oddly charming and uncaring. Surely theres some sort of beauty in it.

And what about those odd little etchings and notes they leave on park benches and public buildings 'Anto loves Denise', 'Deco roided Sharon hear', these things never fail to make me smile, the innocent recordings of time, no less legitimate than a poem.

The accent. It is instantly the most recognisable Dublin accent. Nasal, droning, going off like a siren, its got the rat-tat-tat of a machine gun, only softer. Lyrical, almost.

I don;t think we appreciate scumbags enough in this country at all. They are some of the most interesting characters you could ever come across. Personally I can say Ive had some bad experiences with them, Im not saying that scumbags are pleasant. But I have never spoken to a scumbag, or a skanger for that matter, that I didnt think occupied a life that was ten times more interesting than mine, or most anybody else that I know. Doesnt anyone else think they are amazing?

slipss · 04-08-2006 01:39AM

wow this thread has been up for a whole day and Degsy hasn't posted in it yet, maybe he's dead, or is that just wishfull thinking. As far as the Op's question goes, the reason scumbags throw rocks at public transport is as Homer so elequently put it "it's fun to smash things".

emeraldstar · 04-08-2006 01:44AM

i havent actually witnessed the throwing of stones at public transport, however what really bugs me are the school kids who sit on the top deck of the bus on the way home from school and throw whatever they can find at people out the window...horse chestnuts, paper, etc...especially on the number 17. I refuse to sit upstairs on it around 4 o clock...they take it over entirely!! Even if it wasnt for the throwing, the noise would be enough to deafen you, lol!!

Terry · 04-08-2006 01:48AM

slipss wrote:

wow this thread has been up for a whole day and Degsy hasn't posted in it yet, maybe he's dead, or is that just wishfull thinking. As far as the Op's question goes, the reason scumbags throw rocks at public transport is as Homer so elequently put it "it's fun to smash things".

personally, I preferred Butthead's "I like to break stuff".

empirix · 04-08-2006 09:31AM

"Brikkn the trains" as its called, goes on in a lot of cities in the world, especially Ireland and Uk, its basically down to a bugger all to do lifestyle, there has always been a serious lack of facilities to keep the youth of the nation occupied, needs to be more 5 a side pitches, basketball courts, swimming pools, youth clubs etc etc erected in the major cities anyway, but even that won't cut it out completely, it happens, deal with it and maybe try and get a snap of the little scumbags on your mobile or camera and hand it into the local Gardai.

joejoem · 04-08-2006 10:57AM

Have you ever thrown a rock through a window of an abandoned house or glass that has been thrown out in a skip?

The satisfaction it gives is just euphoric to a child/teenager.

Even in the catcher and the rye Joad talks about "Dang kids and rocks, kids cant resist throwin rocks through windes of a broke down house"

I remember years ago I would go to the dump with my dad and it being the biggest adventure ever. As he would unload whatever it was he had ripped from our house I would find thrown out TV's and throw rocks through the screen. It would make a big SMASH - POOFFF (not puff)

Anyway, a scumbag is a normal person with a malnourished brain, they (big generalisation here) have to take that childish thrill a step further. There is also that part of them that wants to destroy anything they can. If take a drive through a poverish area you will see the results of this. Council estates are run down, graffitied, littered and damaged.

Dave! · 04-08-2006 11:21AM

Dya ever think that maybe they just don't like you?

Pauleeeeeeee · 04-08-2006 11:34AM

Recently Dublin Bus have actually diverted buses through my area after 7:30pm (finglas south) because of little ****in' scumbags hurlin' rocks and the likes at them. Pain in the testies it is.

04-08-2006 11:35AM

About the mob mentality thing, last week i saw the most scumbagish activity of my life.

This guy, probably about 15 was waiting at the pedestrian lights to cross at a busy enough junction, he was on his own in his finest white runners, ben sherman tracksuit and beautifully tippexed white cap pointing to the sky. As the bus i was on pulled around this corner, the guy seemed to cough up half of the disgustingness inside him, and spat a huge gob onto the large window at the side of the bus.

Then he just smiled and crossed the road.

Irrelevantly tough 15 yr old...

el tel · 04-08-2006 11:52AM

When I was about 7 I broke a bus window with a stone. I did this as a free lancer so there was no kudos involved. In Belfast I saw so many burnt out buses I thought that they were fair game of some sort. I did make sure it was out of service and on the way home to the depot as I didn't want to hurt anyone. Like most of this kind of sh1t and deprivation I think it's very young male kids that are responsible on the most part as boys let loose like to do that kind of scullduggery to get a rush/chase. I think the mindset of a imbecile (i.e. one having a mental age of three to seven years) is that public property doesn't belong to anyone so it's ok to wreck. I doubt very much that they intend to hurt the occupants though. I wouldn't have been able to live with myself if I had hurt someone.

zilog_jones · 04-08-2006 12:54PM

InFront wrote:

I kind of love scumbags.
Do you not think they're amazing? They are an institution in this city, like Trinity College or Guinness. They should be included on the Dublin City Tour in my opinion.

Grr, you dubs think you own/invented everything! :mad:
Go to any town in the British Isles and you'll find equally scummy bags, and let's not forget some tinkers who are equally as bad.

I've seen stones (luckily not too many rocks) been thrown at buses from the halting site on the Childers Road in Limerick on numerous occasions - they only smashed a window once when I was on it. I've heard of bus services to Moyross stopping on some nights from similar events. They seem to like throwing eggs too.

John Mason · 04-08-2006 01:55PM

I dont why they do it but if i catch any of the little feckers, i will kill them. we have no bus service after 7pm because of them. they were throwing conkers and rocks at the people in the bus shelters last night. they are just animals, who obviously were dragged up by drunken/junkie parents with no morals:mad: :mad:

joe_chicken · 04-08-2006 02:07PM

There was two little scumbags the other day throwing rocks ON the bus.

Well when I say throwing, I mean catapulting, and at peoples heads...

Most of these kids are young and have no adult supervision...

If anyone's read Lord of the Flies, they'll know where that ends up.

And for those who haven't it doesn't end in monkey butlers and tree slides

#Smokey# · 04-08-2006 02:36PM

DaveMcG wrote:

Dya ever think that maybe they just don't like you?

gud one. and OP its just fun for them(not that im like that.... anymore)

Men like ta blow stuff up.scummers like ta smash stuff up

el tel · 04-08-2006 02:37PM

irishbird wrote:

I dont why they do it but if i catch any of the little feckers, i will kill them.

More than likely, they'll kill you :mad:

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 04-08-2006 02:44PM

el tel wrote:

More than likely, they'll kill you :mad:

Yeah, in fairness they'd bleedin buuuurst yeh.

Lirange · 04-08-2006 08:38PM

Skangwankers.

Although some of you are the same people that were laughing heartily when you watched Intermission.

mloc · 04-08-2006 10:36PM

can't we put them in a bag and through them in a river or something? what use have these people.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 04-08-2006 10:45PM

zilog_jones wrote:

Grr, you dubs think you own/invented everything! :mad:

Dubs invented Limerick and everything in it.
Actually, we invented the culchie inferiority complex aswell.

Why? What's the attraction?

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