The best thing about the coming recession is..

anthony4335 · 10-07-2008 01:36PM

I don't think there is anything to look forward to if we experience anything like that of the 80's. I left school at the start of the 90's ,still in recession, so the only thing to do was collage, lucky for me by the time I had finished things were looking up. but I don't want to think of anyone trying to decide, on what to do ,England or America ,as there was nothing to look forward to here. While I do agree with some that the boom times might have some negative affects such as more and more rich people with little or no education, and worse no manners, to the idot employee ,with the attitude ,well I can always get another job. Ireland is feeling the full brunt of this global downturn (better description) as this time we do not have the building industry to prop up the rest of the country and instead is adding to the effects, as if people remember in the last 10 years or so the world has experienced at least 2 downturns and maybe 3. the one I remember the most was in 2001.

SimpleSam06 · 10-07-2008 01:38PM

anthony4335 wrote: »

but I don't want to think of anyone trying to decide, on what to do ,England or America

You think those are options any more?

anthony4335 · 10-07-2008 02:03PM

England maybe, don't know what the jobs front is like there at the moment. but I would think that the US is no longer an option. They are feeling the effects as much as we are, and with all the security now I would imagine that it would not be comfortable working there waiting to get busted by INS and placed in a homeland detention facility waiting for them to decide if you are a terrorist or not. Maybe China is an option now.

panda100 · 10-07-2008 02:56PM

The best thing about the coming recession is........the socialist revoloution.
Finally an end to our empty consumerist society,people will begin to realise whats really important in life:family,friends and really living, not struggling to survive in a hollow world where the euro is worshipped above all else.

gracehopper · 10-07-2008 02:59PM

dotsman wrote: »

Ultimately, those that ride the wave will be fine (safe jobs such as civil service and some private sector companies, own their own houses and don't intend selling for a few years), older people with a large asset base and little to no debt and young kids who couldn't give a ****!

Those that are ****ed are those without jobs now (if you haven't already got a job, how the **** do you expect to get one now that there's people competing for them?), those who don't own a house and will spend the next few years getting further and further away from the property ladder, those that are returning from a gap year "discovering themselves" only to "discover" that maybe they shouldn't have given up that cushy job/offer, those that were making far too much money for what they were worth (ie lack of real education/skills, such as those in the building trade/sales etc who were lured in by the easy money instead of completing their studies/training etc)

Those that are truly ****ed are those mortgage/borrowed to the hilt, having just bought a home in a middle-of-nowhere development, and are now looking at a P45. They did everything right. Did everything that was asked of them. And now, one final time, they are being asked to bend over, take a deep breath and prepare for the big one!

Oh, and there won't be much of a recession (unless we keep having threads like this!). One or two shakey years definitely, but we have the ability to recover fairly easily (if we take it). I for one am doing my bit by blowing my hard earned cash nd keep the economy flowing! Spent 200 yo yos on a pair of shades last week. Still can't believe what a tool I am:o

Back on topic, there is nothing good about a recession.

Good post!

I've been on 4 holidays/weekends away in 2008. I moved into an apartment in January and bought a car. I have no debts. I have savings. I'm going to a certain other festival tomorrow morning, EP in august and loads of other events and gigs all through the year. If people just got on with things and stopped worrying about the price of their properties going down by 8% or 9% things would be fine.
Certain newspapers and the statistics office just seem to pour more f*ckin dread and misery on us every day. Stop reading this crap! Start living. Cycle to work if oil is too dear for f*ck sake.

And by the way, there are loads of jobs in this country and despite all these ridiculous media branded landmarks such as "black Friday" our percentage of unemployed is still lower than most of europe.

Live within your means and try to save a bit every month if possible.

I mean as good as the commitments was and all. Great film but no thanks!!

sebastianlieken · 10-07-2008 03:16PM

WE SHOULD ALL HAVE A MASS EMIGRATION!

whenever a country gets in the ****s, many of the badly affected inhabitants emigrate. Take the turkish, they've invaded Germany in droves, the mexicans go to the states, the Polish come to Ireland (dumbasses)....

SO...where shall the Irish go? Wouldn't mind giving the polish a good auld invasion, it's already been what?...60 years since the last?...I think they're due another.

(and no, I have absolutly nothing against the polish...if you find the above offensive; look up the word "humour", alternativly, look at my signature)

Miguel_Sanchez · 10-07-2008 03:19PM

I'm doing grand.

And that's all that matters.

SimpleSam06 · 10-07-2008 03:22PM

panda100 wrote: »

The best thing about the coming recession is........the socialist revoloution.

Whats that, communism finally working somewhere or something? See, the problem with communism is it works like this:
Step 1: Gather all the wealth of the people
Step 2: Redistribute it equally

Naturally it never gets past step one, not because of wicked human nature or what have you, but because its a really stupid idea.

Ross_Mahon · 10-07-2008 03:25PM

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

Whats that, communism finally working somewhere or something? See, the problem with communism is it works like this:
Step 1: Gather all the wealth of the people
Step 2: Redistribute it equally

Naturally it never gets past step one, not because of wicked human nature or what have you, but because its a really stupid idea.

Rob from the rich, give to the poor?

SimpleSam06 · 10-07-2008 03:50PM

Ross_Mahon wrote: »

Rob from the rich, give to the poor?

Rob from everybody, then forget about step 2.

gixerfixer · 10-07-2008 03:52PM

Recession.Pah.Try standing in the dole Q for 3 hours solid every Thursday knowing that when the door opens finally at 2pm you WILL be trampled all over by a bunch of Alcos and no hopers just to get up to the desk quickly.Lets see that happen in 2008 and come back to me with your recession then.Pah

SheroN · 10-07-2008 04:04PM

Take the building trade out of it and there seems to be plenty of work out there. I keep getting calls from job agents I spoke to years ago looking to interst me in new jobs.

milmo · 10-07-2008 07:31PM

No more boy racer motherfcukers!

Enjoy the knowledge that the Zimbabwean dollar is holding its value better than your wnkermobiles.

The reality that Xzibit took your money and ran will soon hit home when all the white van men/tanning salons can't afford to pay somebody to get the jumbo breakfast rolls/copies of Heat in the morning, and you can't shift your 95 reg pink playboy Opel Corsa:eek:

Loopy · 10-07-2008 07:51PM

The best thing for me will be that people will STFU about what they have, what they want....what they need.....

POSSESSIONS:rolleyes:

Maybe we can become a little more grounded now, and focus on what's important...

earlyevening · 10-07-2008 08:11PM

The recession will separate the men from the boys. All the useless f#cks who've been living on credit for the last few years will be found out. How embarrassing having to retract all the big talk of the last few years now that they have'nt a bean.
The boy racers that were mentionned will have to go back to owning horses like all the scangers did in the eighties.

Flamed Diving · 10-07-2008 09:21PM

Having a valid excuse to do ****-all, if ya want to!

constitutionus · 10-07-2008 09:37PM

two things stick out for me

1. hopefully the end of thick ****es paying for shopping worth less than a fiver with their credit card. WTF is up with that !

and

2. EVERY bank manager in the country ****ing himself over his job security as his bank shares have collapsed and head office is talking about "consolidation"

earlyevening · 11-07-2008 12:15AM

The very worst thing is that girls will all be ugly again when they can't spend 200 quid a month on their hair.

roughan · 11-07-2008 01:54AM

good football team

darkman2 · 11-07-2008 01:59AM

Begrudgery?

pred racer · 11-07-2008 02:07AM

Prosperous Dave wrote: »

Did any of you peeps leave school like I did in the mid 80's (yeah I'm old) when the best you could hope for was a job stacking shelves in Dunnes?

This isn't a bloody recession, its just a climb down from the airy fairy heights that people have been living in for years. So the celtic tiger cubs have gotten a dose of reality, perhaps they'll stop with their mid Atlantic accents (e.g. like, oh my god, loser, etc), stop blowing all their cash on sh!te and start growing up. There's still jobs out there, unemployment is 5% when in the 80's it was 17%. Interest rates are 6%, they were 10 - 14% in the late 80's/early 90's.

And maybe, just maybe, the Irish will rediscover their natural friendly, unpretencious character and we'll finally get our selfish heads out of our collective a$$es.

And yes, the music was better in the 80's, bands like westlife would have been tarred and feathered. Its not too late you know;):D:D

+1

Jigsaw · 11-07-2008 02:09AM

I have today suffered my first affect of credit crunch/recession today. I live in NI so Gordon Brown making changes to road tax for cars. However, all in all, I am doing ok and can afford to act the bollox and drink a pile, pay my bills, buy luxuries and go on hoildays etc. So I don't care. I have a nice car, live in a lovely apartment, pursue several hobbies etc. My life is not affected. F**k it.

partyatmygaff · 11-07-2008 02:14AM

I couldnt give a f*ck whether theres a recession or not, im richer now than before this "recession"

The only ones f*cked here are the builders and other unskilled workers

flanum · 11-07-2008 02:34AM

Pubs being full on a dole/kids allowance day.

Wimmins with hairy gowls (not being able to afford the weekly trip to the beauty salon).

Donkey jackets.

Everybody dancing to "the Cure" while looking at their feet.

Cureheads.

Will they start selling the bootleg tapes on Oconnell Bridge again?

Strikes.

Ruaidhri · 11-07-2008 08:05AM

Cheap(er) houses.

IvaBigWun · 13-07-2008 08:41PM

flanum wrote: »

Wimmins with hairy gowls (not being able to afford the weekly trip to the beauty salon).

No.

Just no.

IvaBigWun · 13-07-2008 08:42PM

Ruaidhri wrote: »

Cheap(er) houses.

Maybe. But "when will they be at their lowest?" is the 350 thousand euro question.

IvaBigWun · 13-07-2008 08:43PM

flanum wrote: »

Everybody dancing to "the Cure" while looking at their feet.

14-07-2008 03:40PM

SimpleSam06 wrote: »

Whats that, communism finally working somewhere or something? See, the problem with communism is it works like this:
Step 1: Gather all the wealth of the people
Step 2: Redistribute it equally

Naturally it never gets past step one, not because of wicked human nature or what have you, but because its a really stupid idea.

How you got Communism from a post mentioning a Socialist Revolution is beyond me.

keith16 · 27-08-2008 08:59PM

Relevant wrote: »

Emigration, repossession of peoples homes, people unable to provide a good standard of living for their kids...

People in Ireland seem to be talking the country into a recession!

Its a fact of economics that people do talk the country into a recession! Its a self fulfilling prophecy! People hear this talk, believe it...spend less next thing we know its recession time!!

Would love to see the death of D4 mentality but Im afraid its these people who will be least exposed to the worst of it!

The best thing about the coming recession is..

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