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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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Ally Dick

I couldn't give two fiddler's f@cks about dole bashers. I collect my dole money once a week, and have a good laugh signing on once a month. I worked for over 30 years before my employer decided to seek cheaper alternatives. I paid a lot of tax. I'm in the process of looking for a job and I intend to enjoy myself until I do

Gatling

osarusan wrote: »

Dole threads, feminism threads and Northern Ireland threads make you lose the will to live.

Try reading vladi Putin for sainthood threads

hatrickpatrick

Overheal wrote: »

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

Being a part of a certain religion is more of a choice than being unemployed. Being born into the travelling community is about the same. There's absolutely no justification for the double standard beyond "these people fall outside the scope of political correctness while these do not".

XR3i

what color is the wind, paddy

Junkyard Tom

I was granted a wish once but there was a condition. The condition was that whatever I wished for my neighbour would get twice. So I thought about this for a while... and said, 'take my eye'.

Permabear

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osarusan

Dole threads, feminism threads and Northern Ireland threads make you lose the will to live.

XR3i

welcome sunset people

take the late night flight

Ronin247

XR3i wrote: »

coulld u be quite for one minute

Quite what?

XR3i

coulld u be quite for one minute

XR3i

1234 1234 1234

Specialun

I heard that enda kenny is putting all dole scrougers on an island off mizen head

XR3i

i would move everything i can

to

steer

you

away from where i am :pac:

XR3i

you can find

what your searching for

in my eyes

if you'd only look

Gatling

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

The sense of entitlement in Ireland thread.

Ahhh must have a read .

Thanks

DEFTLEFTHAND

Gatling wrote: »

What dole bashing thread is the op on about

The sense of entitlement in Ireland thread.

Gatling

What dole bashing thread is the op on about

XR3i

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

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

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

XR3i

currency flexibility could be replaced by, eh, currency stability

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.

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

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.

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...

XR3i

Boom_Bap wrote: »

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

god sent me on a honda 50

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

10 pints of lager

XR3i

if you were football you would be my favourite game

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?