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Why are dole bashing threads allowed?

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Seriously fcuk these threads why are they not just locked straight away. Most of us on the dole are having a hard enough time and can be very down and isolated from being stuck in the house, struggling with bills, being looked down on, etc. I am not on the dole because I'm lazy, I'm on the dole because there is so little jobs in the Northwest where I live and I can't afford to get the money together to move to Dublin or out of Ireland where there is more work.

Any other condition that people couldn't control would not be deemed fair game for online abuse, why do boards allow constant dole bashing threads when many of us are not on the dole by choice?

And in fairness, it's not as if we are going to cover any new ground with these threads, they all go the same way. Even if I thought all dolies were lazy scum (and sure some are, but so are some people who have jobs!), I'd be bored of these threads. Though when I had work I never begrudged anyone their dole, even the lifers, because I know how crap of a life it is.

Does anyone else think maybe it's time we just stopped having these threads? It makes me not want to use boards any more at all when I see them all the time. Or if you still want to have them around so you can stick the cyber-boot into the Dutch Gold drinking bums, would you be okay with just having a separate forum all about dole bashing and leave it out of the other parts of the site?

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XR3i

JustShon wrote: »

No need to walk man, go down the welfare office and they'll give you a new car.

but i would walk 500 miles and i would walk 500 more

darkpagandeath

thattequilagirl wrote: »

Even at the height of the boom, there was an unemployment rate of about 5%, and there were loads of jobs. What was their excuse?

I know a Section of society that has 90% unemployment ask them.

Jim Bob Scratcher

JustShon wrote: »

Ah good, I thought people were going to start taking this seriously after the last couple of posts.

How many cans / packs of cigarettes / holidays / huge tvs are you gonna get with your dole this week?

Will head down now before it closes then off to PP to place a few 2 euro accum bets,then down to the pub for a few jars after i'll get a nice takeaway before I head back to my gaff to bum the misses for a while until something pops out so I can put more of a strain on the taxpayer.

JustShon

XR3i wrote: »

i would walk 500 miles

No need to walk man, go down the welfare office and they'll give you a new car.

XR3i

i would walk 500 miles

Boom_Bap

thattequilagirl wrote: »

Even at the height of the boom, there was an unemployment rate of about 5%, and there were loads of jobs. What was their excuse?

What is the correlation between my height and unemployment?

:pac:

JustShon

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

I expect to see this thread locked when i get back from the post office after collecting my hard earned dole money :pac:

Ah good, I thought people were going to start taking this seriously after the last couple of posts.

How many cans / packs of cigarettes / holidays / huge tvs are you gonna get with your dole this week?

Jim Bob Scratcher

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Dole bashing threads are allowed. In fact, they are never closed down.

Thanks P

I expect to see this thread locked when i get back from the post office after collecting my hard earned dole money :pac:

thattequilagirl

KomradeBishop wrote: »

They're both things people legitimately have no choice/control over mind* - and judging people for things they have no choice/control over is one the hallmarks of bigotry.

* and no, when there are not enough jobs to go around, the vast majority of the unemployed really do have no choice in the matter

Even at the height of the boom, there was an unemployment rate of about 5%, and there were loads of jobs. What was their excuse?

KomradeBishop

Overheal wrote: »

You are born into being brown, you aren't born into being unemployed.

They're both things people legitimately have no choice/control over mind* - and judging people for things they have no choice/control over is one the hallmarks of bigotry.

* and no, when there are not enough jobs to go around, the vast majority of the unemployed really do have no choice in the matter

XR3i

all the boring **** don't listen to goa

lawlolawl

darkpagandeath wrote: »

I have privilege where can I spend it ?

Is it White Male privilege?

Allegedly you can do anything you want with that, up to and including murder

Sam Kade

XR3i wrote: »

did anyone see the football last night

Where did you lose it?

Mr. CooL ICE

Dole bashing threads are allowed. In fact, they are never closed down.

Thanks P

lawlolawl

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I definitely didn't have a job when I was born. At least I'm pretty sure I didn't.

Did I?

You were the World's Cutest Baby.

/audience goes "Awwwww"

darkpagandeath

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I definitely didn't have a job when I was born. At least I'm pretty sure I didn't.

Did I?

I have privilege where can I spend it ?

Maximus Alexander

Overheal wrote: »

You are born into being brown, you aren't born into being unemployed.

I definitely didn't have a job when I was born. At least I'm pretty sure I didn't.

Did I?

XR3i

did anyone see the football last night

darkpagandeath

Dario Greasy Gymnasium wrote: »

Do tell us about all the "free stuff"

It's the dole office, Don't you know that ? You just go in and ask for whatever you want and they give it to you. I'm thinking of going on the dole, So I can enter the Free house section and pick-up my keys on Tuesday sick of paying rent.

jimgoose

jobbridge4life

As a PC Fundamentalist, Social Justice Warrior, Gay Mafiosa, Intolerant liberal, Disabled mixed race transgendered 3rd wave feminist extremist with a black belt in abortion and 3 little babeez who are better off not knowing their daddies, from St. Stereotypa's Gardens, Dublin 8 I do just wanna say. I bleedin' luv me dolies sure how else would I pay for me rolies? G'way from me with your 'jobs'. You work if you want its a muggs game.

Ad infinitum.

Sam Kade

daveyeh wrote: »

Self employed people pay whatever tax they want. They're as bad as the dolorous deadbeats ©.

It's called tax planning and guess what you have to spend money in the business to reduce your tax bill contrary to the baloney in your post.

aaronjumper

XR3i wrote: »

why do birds suddenly appear

Everytime collection day is here.

JustShon

XR3i wrote: »

why do birds suddenly appear

every time, you are near

XR3i

why do birds suddenly appear

aaronjumper

I'm only posting in here because it's free. Thread scrounger.

Ruu

It isn't the Greeks, it's the Chinese he's after!

Whosthis

Overheal wrote: »

Well and then you get posts like this which are the equivalent of asking why fatties are allowed: they offer no constructive discussion.

Fat dole scroungers? They should definitely be banned.

Iang87

Dario Greasy Gymnasium wrote: »

Do tell us about all the "free stuff"

Rent, electric work, plumbing work, windows, doors, fireplaces. You name it they'll expect their local regen office to supply it.

Lets not forget medical care on top of that

JustShon

Overheal wrote: »

Well and then you get posts like this which are the equivalent of asking why fatties are allowed: they offer no constructive discussion.

What about fat dole scroungers? Can we have a discussion about them?

Most people aren't taking this thread seriously at all and I'm happy to be part of that.