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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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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 ?

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"

Mr. CooL ICE

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

Thanks P

Sam Kade

XR3i wrote: »

did anyone see the football last night

Where did you lose it?

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

XR3i

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

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

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?

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:

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?

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:

XR3i

i would walk 500 miles

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.

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.

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.

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

JustShon

XR3i wrote: »

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

Just to be that man who walks a thousand miles to get cash from the dole?

XR3i

if you were football you would be my favourite game

XR3i

10 pints of lager

Boom_Bap

XR3i wrote: »

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

that's a bold proclimation, you must be a Proclaimer

XR3i

Boom_Bap wrote: »

that's a bold proclimation, you must be a Proclaimer

god sent me on a honda 50

maudgonner

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

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.

Might take a good while...

JustShon

maudgonner wrote: »

Might take a good while...

Nah, he's talking about the new poop allowance. You can now claim turds of sufficient size as dependents as long as you can demonstrate emotional attachment to them.

KomradeBishop

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?

The level of 'Full Employment' for economies is actually >0% (due to a lot of considerations, such as job-churn), and the exact rate depends on different countries and the structure of their economy - for Ireland it appears to be considered as being between 4-5% (not shown in link):

...
The 20th century British economist William Beveridge stated that an unemployment rate of 3% was full employment. Other economists have provided estimates between 2% and 13%, depending on the country, time period, and their political biases.
...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_employment

I have disagreements with this measure of Full Employment, I think it should be far lower (through no fault of the unemployed though) - but with the way economies are currently run, that's the standard measure of 'full employment'.

JustShon

I'd feel bad for the couple of people trying to have a serious discussion if it wasn't for the fact that I don't.

XR3i

currency flexibility could be replaced by, eh, currency stability

darkpagandeath

KomradeBishop wrote: »

The level of 'Full Employment' for economies is actually >0% (due to a lot of considerations, such as job-churn), and the exact rate depends on different countries and the structure of their economy - for Ireland it appears to be considered as being between 4-5%.

I have disagreements with this measure of Full Employment, I think it should be far lower (through no fault of the unemployed though) - but with the way economies are currently run, that's the standard measure of 'full employment'.

I reckon the quoted poster would love North Korea. Sure why are they wasting time in this kip and not on the plane already.

:):pac::D

KomradeBishop

darkpagandeath wrote: »

I reckon the quoted poster would love North Korea. Sure why are they wasting time in this kip and not on the plane already. :):pac::D

Maybe my next username will be KoreanBishop

XR3i

i used to know a few a words of korean, wait, wa tashi wa xr3i des

Gatling

What dole bashing thread is the op on about