Do you watch/listen to Rte?

lufties · 06-12-2014 02:22AM #1

If you do..you shouldn't :pac:

Ahhh, rte the national broadcaster..how much of the irish public watch tv..the late late, joe duffy etc..boycott I'd say, utter rubbish.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 06-12-2014 02:24AM

TG4 is pretty nifty. Documentaries about fluffy-cheeked fishermen in dirty old jumpers. What more do you need?

Lapin · 06-12-2014 02:26AM

You'll have different issues on your mind when you get to Fifth Class OP.

lufties · 06-12-2014 02:33AM

Lapin wrote: »

You'll have different issues on your mind when you get to Fifth Class OP.

I like the snide remark, but I'll take it you just haven't woken up yet.

NIMAN · 06-12-2014 02:34AM

I actually find a lot of stuff on RTE good. So there!

fussyonion · 06-12-2014 02:35AM

I rarely watch RTE.
I think we have dire TV; Nationwide, news, documentaries about countryside and zoos, Rose of Tralee and Winning Streak.
It's parochial and embarrassing.

Bif · 06-12-2014 02:37AM

NIMAN wrote: »

I actually find a lot of stuff on RTE good. So there!

Possibly a follower of Denis?

06-12-2014 02:43AM

I spend more time on the internet than watching TV, regardless of broadcaster.
But I do watch Rté programmes as well.

shruikan2553 · 06-12-2014 02:45AM

No, don't have a TV but when I do I still avoid it.

AndonHandon · 06-12-2014 02:45AM

I watch RTE, both their own stuff and the stuff they buy the rights to.

Deranged96 · 06-12-2014 02:50AM

Oh come on it's not that bad!

The fall, love/hate, revenge, Big Bang theory, new girl, ear to the ground (that's amazing it can't be denied), the late late show has it's moments as does the similar program on a Saturday. TG4 has a hot weather woman. The news is reliable.

Oh Shur they have home and away and neighbours too.

RTE2 always used to have quality wildlife documentaries- I owe a lot to that.

What about republic of telly? Primetime?

Can you tell I grew up with just the humble four channels?

I'll make no case for countrywide or that gay Hotel man. Awful stuff. Oh and winning strike... That's ****e too.

Dan_Solo · 06-12-2014 02:50AM

RTE are ****, and worse is it's **** I'm forced to pay for. Just close already.

The Backwards Man · 06-12-2014 02:51AM

I watch the six one news religiously.

On my knees muttering to myself.

AndonHandon · 06-12-2014 02:52AM

Deranged96 wrote: »

Oh come on it's not that bad!

The fall, love/hate, revenge, Big Bang theory, new girl, ear to the ground (that's amazing it can't be denied), the late late show has it's moments as does the similar program on a Saturday. TG4 has a hot weather woman. The news is reliable.

Oh Shur they have home and away and neighbours too.

RTE2 always used to have quality wildlife documentaries- I owe a lot to that.

What about republic of telly? Primetime?

Can you tell I grew up with just the humble four channels?

I'll make no case for countrywide or that gay Hotel man. Awful stuff. Oh and winning strike... That's ****e too.

I will not have you talk bad of Francis Brennan! At Your Service is a great show.

06-12-2014 02:55AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I watch the six one news religiously.

On my knees muttering to myself.

Are you sure that you don't just mean the six ó clock punishment angulus and then switch off!

Karl Stein · 06-12-2014 02:57AM

fussyonion wrote: »

It's parochial and embarrassing.

Cultural cringe

Cultural cringe, in cultural studies and social anthropology, is an internalized inferiority complex that causes people in a country to dismiss their own culture as inferior to the cultures of other countries.

wikipedia.org

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The Backwards Man · 06-12-2014 02:58AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Are you sure that you don't just mean the six ó clock punishment angulus and then switch off!

Na, I get the headlines on the beeb first, them switch over.

shruikan2553 · 06-12-2014 02:59AM

Karl Stein wrote: »

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Because winning streak is a major part of Irish culture.

Please let's not start the whole if you don't love everything Irish there's something wrong with you.

Venus In Furs · 06-12-2014 02:59AM

Yeh I do if there's a programme on it that I'd enjoy - so what.

uch · 06-12-2014 03:08AM

Yep every wednesday and then with my,,,,ah never mind. sure who'll notice

Lapin · 06-12-2014 03:26AM

lufties wrote: »

I like the snide remark, but I'll take it you just haven't woken up yet.

Oh I'm wide awake.

Do you really want to take me on?

Because lets face it. Your OP is up there amongst the most childish efforts of thanks whoring stupidity that has graced this forum in a long time.

lufties wrote: »

If you do..you shouldn't :pac:

Ahhh, rte the national broadcaster..how much of the irish public watch tv..the late late, joe duffy etc..boycott I'd say, utter rubbish.

Wow !

Go on - Defend it.

uch · 06-12-2014 03:33AM

My Ma always said "Imagine" I still don't know why

Deranged96 · 06-12-2014 03:37AM

Lapin wrote: »

Oh I'm wide awake.

Do you really want to take me on?

Because lets face it. Your OP is up there amongst the most childish efforts of thanks whoring stupidity that has graced this forum in a long time.

Wow !

Go on - Defend it.

In fairness if one were "thanks whoring"' it would would be odd to post the material at 1:30am.... No?

steveone · 06-12-2014 03:39AM

Not often . I used to listen to seascapes, sunday miscellany and mary wilson on 5/7 live but not now. I might venture the odd nationwide on tv. Rte are as bad as every other channel on tv imo. Primetime is poor, republic of telly is wodious,even the lovely jennifer maguire cant make it watchable. they should try and resurrect programmes like hands, as the crow flies etc.

AnonoBoy · 06-12-2014 03:41AM

lufties wrote: »

If you do..you shouldn't :pac:

Ahhh, rte the national broadcaster..how much of the irish public watch tv..the late late, joe duffy etc..boycott I'd say, utter rubbish.

Well after your thoroughly convincing points I must say I'm won over. I will never again watch any RTE channel.

Captain of the debating team were we?

Lapin · 06-12-2014 03:43AM

Deranged96 wrote: »

In fairness if one were "thanks whoring"' it would would be odd to post the material at 1:30am.... No?

Its the time most of the pisshead comments come in on a Friday.

Although it must be said, the calibre of drunken opening posts has gone downhill of late.

Most of them are shite now. A perfect example has been given tonight.

HamsterFace · 06-12-2014 03:44AM

fussyonion wrote: »

I rarely watch RTE.
I think we have dire TV; Nationwide, news, documentaries about countryside and zoos, Rose of Tralee and Winning Streak.
It's parochial and embarrassing.

Might not be to your tastes but there's a whole demographic of people 50 years older than you who love all that. And are more likely to pay their tv licence

NIMAN · 06-12-2014 03:56AM

Everyone who is slating RTE in this thread watches/listens to it at times. Liars the lot of them.

Karl Stein · 06-12-2014 04:10AM

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Because winning streak is a major part of Irish culture.

RTE is certainly a significant factor when it comes to contemporary Irish culture.

if you don't love everything Irish there's something wrong with you.

Worzel Gummidge.

AlanS181824 · 06-12-2014 05:35AM

I rarely watch RTÉ however I find the new colours used by RTÉ 2 in their titles and at breaks to be nice and purrdy!

KERSPLAT! · 06-12-2014 05:48AM

If there's something decent on I'll watch it, makes no odds what channel its on. You get a decent amount of sport on RTE, CL and the rugby, with some good shows like Love/Hate and The Fall, some good movies at the weekend and some decent documentaries of a Sunday evening.

I'd be as happy with RTE as I am with Sky or any other broadcaster.

Do you watch/listen to Rte?

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