Bedsit Blues

Aongus Von Bismarck · 30-01-2015 10:10AM

I might be reverting to stereotype, but my impression of many AH posters is that they live in disgustingly dilapidated bedsits and basement flats in places like Rathmines and the South Circular Road. Where they spend more on their broadband connection than they do on clothes. Eating beans on toast as they furiously tap out their latest post about religion/weed/the joy of a SF government/how the GAA sucks. Then back to playing computer games and watching hardcore pornography.

5rtytry56 · 30-01-2015 10:23AM

^^ Post of all my time as gugleguy and now my new handle on boards from Aengus.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 30-01-2015 10:25AM

Some of them aren't so bad if you manage to keep it tidy and presentable. A real nerd-type friend of mine moved into a bedsit a few years ago and, due to the fact that he refuses to keep it tidy, he is a shell of the man I once knew. The floor is completely covered with empty tins of beans and KOKA noodle wrappers. He keeps the curtains permanently closed and refuses to switch the lights on so the only light in there is from the 24" dual-monitor set up in his "command centre." Terrible waste of a life, if you ask me.

fryup · 30-01-2015 11:01AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI8gSlKFOjk

30-01-2015 11:17AM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I might be reverting to stereotype, but my impression of many AH posters is that they live in disgustingly dilapidated bedsits and basement flats in places like Rathmines and the South Circular Road. Where they spend more on their broadband connection than they do on clothes. Eating beans on toast as they furiously tap out their latest post about religion/weed/the joy of a SF government/how the GAA sucks. Then back to playing computer games and watching hardcore pornography.

That might have been the case five or ten years ago but most of the bedsit dwellers would have moved on by now.

Moved on to love and sexless relationships, mundane boring jobs, and being swamped in debt.

Nothing like a hard dose of reality to drain the humour out of anyone.

What else could account for the vicious levels of bigotry, sexism, racism, misogyny, and all round general nastiness?

RayM · 30-01-2015 11:25AM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I might be reverting to stereotype, but my impression of many AH posters is that they live in disgustingly dilapidated bedsits and basement flats in places like Rathmines and the South Circular Road. Where they spend more on their broadband connection than they do on clothes. Eating beans on toast as they furiously tap out their latest post about religion/weed/the joy of a SF government/how the GAA sucks. Then back to playing computer games and watching hardcore pornography.

My impression from your posts is that you live in an inexpensive hotel, equidistant between London and Norwich.

FTA69 · 30-01-2015 12:00PM

Gary Freezing Shortcake wrote: »

Some of them aren't so bad if you manage to keep it tidy and presentable. A real nerd-type friend of mine moved into a bedsit a few years ago and, due to the fact that he refuses to keep it tidy, he is a shell of the man I once knew. The floor is completely covered with empty tins of beans and KOKA noodle wrappers. He keeps the curtains permanently closed and refuses to switch the lights on so the only light in there is from the 24" dual-monitor set up in his "command centre." Terrible waste of a life, if you ask me.

Sounds like the poor lad is suffering from depression or some other horrific form of inertia in his life. I'd f*cking top myself if that was my life.

Maximus Alexander · 30-01-2015 12:20PM

RayM wrote: »

My impression from your posts is that you live in an inexpensive hotel, equidistant between London and Norwich.

My impression is always of a grey haired, middle aged, moderately rotund man whose nose wheezes when he breathes. Perhaps an avid rugby player in his younger days he has failed to acknowledge his encroaching waist line and still considers himself 'athletic', despite potentially being at risk of heart disease.

Having often felt inadequate in his formative years he has unknowingly decided that the best defense is a good offense. Staunch in his long held beliefs, he his slow to change and aggressively rejects new ideas. He does not enjoy debate, but prefers to quickly and angrily shut down dissenters, in order to protect his fragile self image. A self image, which is heavily reliant on a career, which isn't all he had hoped for and dreamed of, in either insurance or finance.

Living in a modest semi-d in a reasonably affluent middle class neighbourhood, he drives a Mercedes, or perhaps a BMW, to keep up appearances with his peers - despite the fact that upgrading the car every two years is placing serious pressure on his personal finances.

Trapped in a loveless marriage, he avoids spending time at home by playing golf regularly, despite the fact that he has no real talent for it, nor is he especially fond of the game. In the evenings, he retires to his study to do some 'work' on the computer, but instead finds himself browsing boards, night after night, trying desperately to feel some sort of connection with somebody out there, yet unable to drop the veil of pretentiousness which props up his belief that he's doing just fine, and it will all have been worth it in the end.

That's just what comes to mind when I read his posts.

4zn76tysfajdxp · 30-01-2015 12:25PM

FTA69 wrote: »

Sounds like the poor lad is suffering from depression or some other horrific form of inertia in his life. I'd f*cking top myself if that was my life.

Maybe he is, it's not my place to speculate. Seems happy enough, though, he works and he's simply content with spending his evenings exploring the mines of Moria or whatever it is.

valoren · 30-01-2015 12:33PM

It's not simply the fact that people willingly stay in such places, people need shelter after all.

It's the fact that the landlords price them at such an outrageous level that it beggars belief that anyone would actually hand it over a large wad of cash each and every month to line their pockets.

It's a dilemma for sure. It should be illegal to charge such ridiculous rates for accomodation that wouldn't even qualify as 'basic' in most cases.

Because if you were the owner of a variety of hovels, it is quite rightly pretty stupid to turn down 800+ euro from some plonker who is freely willing to hand it over to you. That's just common bloody sense. That is of course unless it was illegal to charge more than a set amount for Bedsh1t accomodation.

RomanKnows · 30-01-2015 12:42PM

Gary Freezing Shortcake wrote: »

Maybe he is, it's not my place to speculate. Seems happy enough, though, he works and he's simply content with spending his evenings exploring the mines of Moria or whatever it is.

Sounds like my brother. Does he also have a thing for smoking weed, listening to death metal and collecting Nintendo consoles? The fcuking idiot.

vangoz · 30-01-2015 01:21PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

The one where the room was so narrow you had to crawl to the end of the (single) bed to get up. The one with a shower in the corner of the bedroom. Just sitting there, on the carpet, shower curtain billowing gently in the draught. The one with the loo in the corner, enclosed by 2 cardboard walls that were 6 foot high with no ceiling to this delightful compartmented space! In a two bed bedroom! The shared phone in the hallway that only the crazy alcoholic ever answered.

No one should live like that.

A shower, carpet and an alcoholic!! What is the queen visiting??? Mine was an upturned skip out a builders scrapyard, 10 of us sharing. We licked the damp off the steal walls for nourishment.

Aongus Von Bismarck · 30-01-2015 01:41PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

My impression is always of a grey haired, middle aged, moderately rotund man whose nose wheezes when he breathes. Perhaps an avid rugby player in his younger days he has failed to acknowledge his encroaching waist line and still considers himself 'athletic', despite potentially being at risk of heart disease.

Having often felt inadequate in his formative years he has unknowingly decided that the best defense is a good offense. Staunch in his long held beliefs, he his slow to change and aggressively rejects new ideas. He does not enjoy debate, but prefers to quickly and angrily shut down dissenters, in order to protect his fragile self image. A self image, which is heavily reliant on a career, which isn't all he had hoped for and dreamed of, in either insurance or finance.

Living in a modest semi-d in a reasonably affluent middle class neighbourhood, he drives a Mercedes, or perhaps a BMW, to keep up appearances with his peers - despite the fact that upgrading the car every two years is placing serious pressure on his personal finances.

Trapped in a loveless marriage, he avoids spending time at home by playing golf regularly, despite the fact that he has no real talent for it, nor is he especially fond of the game. In the evenings, he retires to his study to do some 'work' on the computer, but instead finds himself browsing boards, night after night, trying desperately to feel some sort of connection with somebody out there, yet unable to drop the veil of pretentiousness which props up his belief that he's doing just fine, and it will all have been worth it in the end.

That's just what comes to mind when I read his posts.

My word! That made me laugh heartily. I'm astonished that you could infer all that from reading my posts on a relatively light-hearted message forum.

The vast majority of it is completely incorrect of course. What is true is that I own a BMW. 5 Series. Change it yearly. I enjoy driving a fine car from a premium marque. Doesn't rattle my finances too much.

Thanks for the amateur psychologist profile though. And the genuine 'lol'.

Dr. Lollington · 30-01-2015 02:13PM

Lived in this kip on my own for a while. Tiny bedsit at the back. Holes in the windows etc. It was still an absolute joy though compared to flatsharing and I was very happy. Your own space doesn't need to be huge!

https://www.google.ie/maps/@51.451313,-0.120823,3a,75y,169.2h,103.37t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1shlmilBXa7u3O7lW8MSf2Ww!2e0

The Peanut · 30-01-2015 02:17PM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

My word! That made me laugh heartily. I'm astonished that you could infer all that from reading my posts on a relatively light-hearted message forum.

The vast majority of it is completely incorrect of course. What is true is that I own a BMW. 5 Series. Change it yearly. I enjoy driving a fine car from a premium marque. Doesn't rattle my finances too much.

Thanks for the amateur psychologist profile though. And the genuine 'lol'.

I couldn't care less whether you're a financier from Germany or a housewife from Offaly; people take stuff here far too seriously. If your posts are intended to rile people, then good job. If they are indicative of your actual life, better again.

30-01-2015 02:23PM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I might be reverting to stereotype, but my impression of many AH posters is that they live in disgustingly dilapidated bedsits and basement flats in places like Rathmines and the South Circular Road. Where they spend more on their broadband connection than they do on clothes. Eating beans on toast as they furiously tap out their latest post about religion/weed/the joy of a SF government/how the GAA sucks. Then back to playing computer games and watching hardcore pornography.

Sounds like me, except I live in a decent place, cook good food and drive a 5 series.

chrissb8 · 30-01-2015 02:31PM

There should be price fixing in some form on renting. It's killing young people to get a place for an adequate price.

Maximus Alexander · 30-01-2015 02:33PM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

My word! That made me laugh heartily. I'm astonished that you could infer all that from reading my posts on a relatively light-hearted message forum.

The vast majority of it is completely incorrect of course. What is true is that I own a BMW. 5 Series. Change it yearly. I enjoy driving a fine car from a premium marque. Doesn't rattle my finances too much.

Thanks for the amateur psychologist profile though. And the genuine 'lol'.

There's no amateur psychology involved, as I said, it's just the image your posts put into my mind. Who you actually are is of no consequence to me. Glad I could give you a giggle though.

RayM · 30-01-2015 03:02PM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

The vast majority of it is completely incorrect of course. What is true is that I own a BMW. 5 Series. Change it yearly. I enjoy driving a fine car from a premium marque. Doesn't rattle my finances too much.

Nice car, but it's no Rover 800 Vitesse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuN7kOW7iwo

harry Bailey esq · 30-01-2015 05:10PM

RayM wrote: »

My impression from your posts is that you live in an inexpensive hotel, equidistant between London and Norwich.

And has a scam going with a 12 inch plate

4zn76tysfajdxp · 30-01-2015 05:26PM

RomanKnows wrote: »

Sounds like my brother. Does he also have a thing for smoking weed, listening to death metal and collecting Nintendo consoles? The fcuking idiot.

Not a weed smoker or console player. In fact, he claims to be member of the "PC master race." To each their own, though. You need to be less negative and judgmental.

30-01-2015 07:25PM

Gary Freezing Shortcake wrote: »

Not a weed smoker or console player. In fact, he claims to be member of the "PC master race." To each their own, though. You need to be less negative and judgmental.

Militant athetist too, no doubt.

jamesmcgranex · 30-01-2015 07:28PM

My friend lent me the use of his bedsit in town when I was going out with an old girlfriend years ago. He was a real legend!

AnonoBoy · 30-01-2015 07:38PM

Gary Freezing Shortcake wrote: »

In fact, he claims to be member of the "PC master race."

The PC Brigade have gone so far left they're right around the other side I see!

fryup · 31-01-2015 10:38AM

nokia69 wrote: »

irish landlords, the scum of the earth

we served our apprenticeship under the british

Ghost Buster · 31-01-2015 11:04AM

Oops69 wrote: »

Having to shave and wash in the kitchentte sink, basement flat 108 rathmines road 1988 and various other ****holes around there and it was one of the better flats aswell , landlords were ALWAYS Cavan men for some reason and were never a day late collecting the rent .

Well bugger me sideways, I spent a year in that hole around 92. Fr Sean Fortune the notorious paedophile lived on the ground floor and used to have to call me for the phone!

fryup · 31-01-2015 11:09AM

Ghost Buster wrote: »

Well bugger me sideways, I spent a year in that hole around 92. Fr Sean Fortune the notorious paedophile lived on the ground floor and used to have to call me for the phone!

did he?

Ghost Buster · 31-01-2015 11:11AM

fryup wrote: »

did he?

I was 21. 10 years too old for him.

5rtytry56 · 31-01-2015 02:53PM

fryup wrote: »

we served our apprenticeship under the british

Sure you served with MacAlpines fusiliers didn't ye, fryup

Venus In Furs · 31-01-2015 03:00PM

Never lived in one of them sh1t-holes, crikey - how do some landlords/ladies sleep at night ("on top of a pile of money" - yeh I know :pac:).
Got a house share in Phibsborough in 2005 for €95 a week when doing a year-long postgrad (very cheap for Dublin at Celtic Tiger peak; old house and a bit shabby but spacious, clean, comfortable). When that lease was up in the summer, I stayed in a student apartment block just off campus - those rents absolutely plummet in the summer months (I was paying €90 a week).
Shop around (then again, I had a load of money saved from working over-time for the previous year, but I still got a good deal I think).

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