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    #9962
    Robsweezie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭Robsweezie


    Retail staff should be given more leeway to put horrible customers in their place, and tell them to **** off, though not in as many words.


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    #9963
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    Robsweezie wrote: »
    Retail staff should be given more leeway to put horrible customers in their place, and tell them to **** off, though not in as many words.

    But there's more satisfaction in telling them to f*ck off


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    #9964
    karaokeman
    Registered Users Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭karaokeman


    kupus wrote: »
    And I hate holidays they are over rated,

    Care to explain why?


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    #9965
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    Robsweezie wrote: »
    Retail staff should be given more leeway to put horrible customers in their place, and tell them to **** off, though not in as many words.

    During a 3-4 week election campaign, we have a rule of thumb that you get to tell one person to go f$%^ themselves. The challenge is not to use up that card to early in the campaign, as you're probably going to need it in that tense final week.


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    #9966
    kupus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,151 ✭✭✭kupus


    kupus wrote: »
    Judges are not really lizard people. They don't come from space. And they are not aliens.

    They're just ignorant people

    A South African man given a wholly suspended sentence for possessing cannabis concealed in pieces of timber has been given another wholly suspended sentence despite a finding that his original punishment was “unduly lenient”

    Judges huh?
    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/a-south-african-man-given-a-wholly-suspended-sentence-for-possessing-cannabis-concealed-in-pieces-of-timber-has-been-given-another-wholly-suspended-sentence-despite-a-finding-that-his-original-punishment-was-unduly-lenient-31416126.html


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    #9967
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I don't like toast and it annoys me when I'm ordering a full Irish, ask for no toast, and the wait staff are confused and ask if I'm sure. Yes, I'm sure.


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    #9968
    Cold War Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Cold War Kid


    I don't think judges just pluck a lenient sentence for the craic though - it's based on existing legislation. It is sickening when a sentence is utterly trifling for the crime in question though.


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    #9969
    Cold War Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Cold War Kid


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I don't understand people that say they cannot function without coffee in the morning. Of course you can.
    Yeah it's silly and OTT when people say they can't function and the like, but caffeine is very addictive and when you get into the habit of something that helps keep you awake early in the morning/gives you a bit of a boost, it's a bit of a pain when you can't avail of this habit.

    I just have a coffee in the morning, tea the rest of the day - I hate when I don't have time to get my coffee in the morning. Really miss it. Totally just because it's an ingrained habit though, not because I can't function.


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    #9970
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I drink maybe one cup of tea, one cup of coffee, then the rest is decaf or herbal tea. Used to drink so much tea a day. It's crazy how much difference that small change made to my well-being.


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    #9971
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    People who say sociopathic things online about other races, abortion, gay people, welfare recipients & refugees and so on, usually don't mean any of it.

    Some of them are just trying to get a rise out of you for kicks. Others are angry at the world & this is their way of externalising it, or of seeking-out reassurance that people reject the cruel opinions they're articulating.

    I came to this conclusion as I don't see any why people would optherwise waste so much time baiting people with opinions they know are risible, and expressing them in the most inflammatory way possible. You can't really want people to drown in the Med, or go hungry, or to feel left out of society, I just don't believe it anymore.

    By the way this isn't one of those sly dig posts, I don't particularly have anyone or anything in mind, just inflammatory stuff in general.

    Is it an unpopular opinion? Not sure. Maybe more unaccepted than unpopular.


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    #9972
    BehindTheScenes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭BehindTheScenes


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I don't like toast and it annoys me when I'm ordering a full Irish, ask for no toast, and the wait staff are confused and ask if I'm sure. Yes, I'm sure.

    Are ya sure about that? ;)


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    #9973
    Herb Powell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,097 ✭✭✭Herb Powell


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    People who say sociopathic things online about other races, abortion, gay people, welfare recipients & refugees and so on, usually don't mean any of it.

    Some of them are just trying to get a rise out of you for kicks. Others are angry at the world & this is their way of externalising it, or of seeking-out reassurance that people reject the cruel opinions they're articulating.

    I came to this conclusion as I don't see any why people would optherwise waste so much time baiting people with opinions they know are risible, and expressing them in the most inflammatory way possible. You can't really want people to drown in the Med, or go hungry, or to feel left out of society, I just don't believe it anymore.

    By the way this isn't one of those sly dig posts, I don't particularly have anyone or anything in mind, just inflammatory stuff in general.

    Is it an unpopular opinion? Not sure. Maybe more unaccepted than unpopular.

    I'd be more inclined to go with the "people are thick as shhit" explanation myself


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    #9974
    Samaris
    Registered Users Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    People who say sociopathic things online about other races, abortion, gay people, welfare recipients & refugees and so on, usually don't mean any of it.

    Some of them are just trying to get a rise out of you for kicks. Others are angry at the world & this is their way of externalising it, or of seeking-out reassurance that people reject the cruel opinions they're articulating.

    I came to this conclusion as I don't see any why people would optherwise waste so much time baiting people with opinions they know are risible, and expressing them in the most inflammatory way possible. You can't really want people to drown in the Med, or go hungry, or to feel left out of society, I just don't believe it anymore.

    By the way this isn't one of those sly dig posts, I don't particularly have anyone or anything in mind, just inflammatory stuff in general.

    Is it an unpopular opinion? Not sure. Maybe more unaccepted than unpopular.

    Totally agree. It makes me feel just...depressed seeing those posts. I may be naive, but I have a certain belief in the essential decency of people, and it's hard to believe that so many people could honestly hate others so much. On the other hand, it's also depressing that so many people are willing to express such just to get a rise out of others.

    Whatever happened to the first rule of Don't Be A Dick?


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    #9975
    Robsweezie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,434 ✭✭✭Robsweezie


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    But there's more satisfaction in telling them to f*ck off

    of course, I'm just saying to cover their own arses they shouldnt outright say **** off in case complaints are made and they find themselves in deep **** in head office.


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    #9976
    wp_rathead
    Registered Users Posts: 10,067 ✭✭✭✭wp_rathead


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I don't like toast and it annoys me when I'm ordering a full Irish, ask for no toast, and the wait staff are confused and ask if I'm sure. Yes, I'm sure.

    Shame on them for making sure they get your order right


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    #9977
    newmug
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭newmug


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    People who say sociopathic things online about other races, abortion, gay people, welfare recipients & refugees and so on, usually don't mean any of it.

    Some of them are just trying to get a rise out of you for kicks. Others are angry at the world & this is their way of externalising it, or of seeking-out reassurance that people reject the cruel opinions they're articulating.

    I came to this conclusion as I don't see any why people would optherwise waste so much time baiting people with opinions they know are risible, and expressing them in the most inflammatory way possible. You can't really want people to drown in the Med, or go hungry, or to feel left out of society, I just don't believe it anymore.

    By the way this isn't one of those sly dig posts, I don't particularly have anyone or anything in mind, just inflammatory stuff in general.

    Is it an unpopular opinion? Not sure. Maybe more unaccepted than unpopular.

    You have a good heart Miltiades. But I think you have misjudged people here. Unfortunately, some people DO want others to drown in the med, they DO want to kill their child, they DO want other people to starve. Its not about being inflammatory, its just a sad fact that some people are bad. Not everybody is as nice as me or you.

    MRnotlob606 wrote: »
    This whole Cecil the lion thing is getting blown way out of proportion.
    Deleted User wrote: »
    I'm bloody sick of Cecil the Lion.

    Couldnt agree more. Kill a lion, there's uproar. Kill baby Emmett and sell his bodyparts, doesnt even feature on local radio.


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    #9978
    Corcaigh84
    Registered Users Posts: 540 ✭✭✭Corcaigh84


    wp_rathead wrote: »
    Shame on them for making sure they get your order right

    No, it's just annoying. It's like when the girl at the deli counter asks you multiple times what your three fillings in your chicken roll are.

    Listen, instead of speaking.


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    #9979
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    As much fun as I find her to be, Jennifer Lawrence isn't that great of an actress.


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    #9980
    Kev W
    Registered Users Posts: 2,536 ✭✭✭Kev W


    newmug wrote: »
    You have a good heart Miltiades. But I think you have misjudged people here. Unfortunately, some people DO want others to drown in the med, they DO want to kill their child, they DO want other people to starve. Its not about being inflammatory, its just a sad fact that some people are bad. Not everybody is as nice as me or you.






    Couldnt agree more. Kill a lion, there's uproar. Kill baby Emmett and sell his bodyparts, doesnt even feature on local radio.

    Naming another person's abortion is just about the creepiest thing I've seen on Boards.


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    #9981
    Links234
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,944 ✭✭✭✭Links234


    Kev W wrote: »
    Naming another person's abortion is just about the creepiest thing I've seen on Boards.

    Not to mention regurgitating that idiotic conspiracy theory that Planned Parenthood is selling bodyparts...
    Kill baby Emmett and sell his bodyparts, doesnt even feature on local radio.


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    #9982
    Gbear
    Registered Users Posts: 12,775 ✭✭✭✭Gbear


    newmug wrote: »
    You have a good heart Miltiades. But I think you have misjudged people here. Unfortunately, some people DO want others to drown in the med, they DO want to kill their child, they DO want other people to starve. Its not about being inflammatory, its just a sad fact that some people are bad. Not everybody is as nice as me or you.

    While that's true of some people I think a lot of it is just down to vomiting whatever crap comes into your head onto the internet.

    In real life you've got actual people whose reactions you have to anticipate before you open your gob.
    Some people have no tact and carry on regardless, but not to the degree you see on the internet.

    Some people hide their true beliefs because they know they'll get them in trouble in polite company, but I suspect most of the people spouting hateful ****e online are just being emotional, and if they really had to reflect on what they were saying they'd probably not bother and they'd realise they don't really mean it.

    Words are cheap. If it came to the crunch, I think the overwhelming majority of people would help someone of another colour out, wouldn't attack them, wouldn't actively try to directly ruin their life or whatever.

    Dehumanisation has long been a way to get people to do things they might otherwise be uncomfortable with. By it's nature, online interactions dehumanise both parties and facilitate this.


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    #9983
    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 33,107 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    The fact that a dentist shot a lion dead in Africa has affected my life not one jot.

    Had this happened 20 years ago we wouldn't even know it ever happened. Now millions across the world feel the need to be outraged, lead by numpties like Ricky Gervais. Suit him better to spend time writing more material inside of demonising this guy.


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    #9984
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    newmug wrote: »
    You have a good heart Miltiades. But I think you have misjudged people here. Unfortunately, some people DO want others to drown in the med, they DO want to kill their child, they DO want other people to starve. Its not about being inflammatory, its just a sad fact that some people are bad. Not everybody is as nice as me or you.
    As I disclosed in another thread, I've done awful things like wrangling piglets' teeth from their heads with pliers, I'm not asking for a backslap in that post, that's the last thing I want!

    But I believe I am a good person, and I believe most people are. I think sociopaths are a tiny minority, and many people pretending to be sociopaths online are just very confused people who have their own problems.

    We're all complex. We all carry around anguish like lead balloons but very few of us are really bad, even internet trolls who try to get a rise out of us.


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    #9985
    Antarctica
    Registered Users Posts: 68 ✭✭Antarctica


    NIMAN wrote: »
    The fact that a dentist shot a lion dead in Africa has affected my life not one jot.

    Had this happened 20 years ago we wouldn't even know it ever happened. Now millions across the world feel the need to be outraged, lead by numpties like Ricky Gervais. Suit him better to spend time writing more material inside of demonising this guy.

    Affected you enough to write about it.

    You sound like a heartless so and so.

    Less of people like you required on this planet.


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    #9986
    newmug
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,571 ✭✭✭newmug


    Links234 wrote: »
    Not to mention regurgitating that idiotic conspiracy theory that Planned Parenthood is selling bodyparts...

    Its not a conspiracy theory, they are doing it. Does that not disgust you?


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    #9987
    PopePalpatine
    Registered Users Posts: 11,844 ✭✭✭✭PopePalpatine


    Not as much as forced pregnancy fetishes.

    Oh, and Planned Parenthood did nothing illegal according to an investigation into their clinics instigated by your fellow ultra-conservatives.


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    #9988
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 18,312 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    I didn't think the film "Taxi Driver" was that good or made any sense. How can a guy go a rampage killing then be cleared of the killings?

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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    #9989
    fin12
    Registered Users Posts: 10,934 ✭✭✭✭fin12


    thefloss wrote: »
    No, it's just annoying. It's like when the girl at the deli counter asks you multiple times what your three fillings in your chicken roll are.

    Listen, instead of speaking.

    well then make your own f*****g roll.


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    #9990
    gormdubhgorm
    Registered Users Posts: 18,312 ✭✭✭✭gormdubhgorm


    Oh I have another very unpopular opinion. A family is not a proper family. Unless there is a father and mother and kids. I think single parent units and all other constituent groupings either were full families or are not a family.

    Guff about stuff, and stuff about guff.



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    #9991
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    gormdubhgorm wrote: »
    Oh I have another very unpopular opinion. A family is not a proper family. Unless there is a father and mother and kids. I think single parent units and all other constituent groupings either were full families or are not a family.

    Well only married couples (and offspring if any) are defined as families in our constitution


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