degsie wrote: » Conor says he's retired, 'tinternet explodes! Connor says he's not retired and fight back on, 'tinternet explodes! 'Tinternet can be funny like that sometimes....
martyos121 wrote: » Five tweets in a row with huge, huge numbers. He's a promoting genius.
nehe milner skudder wrote: » He is not really a genius. He is just the poster boy that the Irish social media youth always wanted. *angry rant rabble rabble* Unfortunately( not necessarily by his own design)he has become the pied piper of Irish douchebaggery , a Paddy Kardashian.
nehe milner skudder wrote: » He is not really a genius. He is just the poster boy that the Irish social media youth always wanted. Man bun , sleeve tatts, beard. A hipster good with his fists. The #fitfam/#cleaneating/#bulking/#gymlife set are his disciples. He is a brilliant athlete and I have no issue with him in that regard. He is exactly the hero that the people who sing ole ole at concerts , clap when a plane lands, sing shoes off for the boys in green, say Netflix and chill or go for a cheeky nandos to have the bants aspire to be like. A generation who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing , they lap up the mayweatheresque displays such as singing snoop dogg on a retro bike, posing for pics beside flash cars and talking about money spent frivolously . A generation who's attention span is summed up by the length of a vine or 140 characters. Most annoying of all is the unwavering demographic who revere him irrespective of calling a guy a nazi, talking about favellas or slagging Diaz for working with underprivileged kids. A generation of " new money", all fur coat and no knickers. Again I will say he is a fabulous athlete and we could all learn a thing or two about self discipline and nutrition from him . It's admirable. If he could cut out the over the top behaviour I'd throw him the tri colour myself after a fight. Unfortunately( not necessarily by his own design)he has become the pied piper of Irish douchebaggery , a Paddy Kardashian.
nehe milner skudder wrote: » He is exactly the hero that the people who sing ole ole at concerts , clap when a plane lands, sing shoes off for the boys in green, say Netflix and chill or go for a cheeky nandos to have the bants aspire to be like. A generation who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing
martyos121 wrote: » You don't half talk some shîte, you know that? Did McGregor bang your wife or something? You've posted absolutely nothing of value to add to the conversation in this thread, you think you sound smart with your views of society and how CMG is everything wrong with the world, but you don't, quite the opposite in fact.
Myrddin wrote: » In accordance with attacking the post and not the poster, the above is a whole load of absolute bollocks. From where I'm standing, he represents many positive things, self belief, hard work ethics, determination, not being afraid to push for great things, among many others. To belittle him and his fans because of a certain demographic of fan base, is beyond ridiculous.
nehe milner skudder wrote: » I said complimentary things about him. His is phenomenal at his profession. What I am saying is he has been latched onto by clowns who post "dad" after every Twitter utterance
Myrddin wrote: » That may be true, but you're stating absolutes in your above post (which isn't the case). Not all of his fans are bell ends Those are just the loud unfortunates, & can be attached to any and every major sports star/team too.
Mellor wrote: » People that you complain about are a tiny fraction of his fanbase.
JustShon wrote: » Even if they were provably 100% of his fanbase it's still not Conor's fault. Stars don't choose their fans.
BOHtox wrote: » He put us on the map and carried the tricolour with him the whole way.
degsie wrote: » This is your typical CMG fan, no?
nehe milner skudder wrote: » Macgregor aside , I never understand statements like this. We are one of the most loved nations in the world prior to his appearing. Multi national corporations like apple and Google have offices here. We have always had close ties with America - the unofficial capital of the world. it's not like we were wiping our arses with dock leaves before he came along .
BOHtox wrote: » He's inspired a generation, including myself, to pick up some form of martial art or another. There will be a new wave of athletes in 5 or 10 years who will have been inspired what by this one guy from Dublin did. When times were tough for our country he rose to the top. A small guy from Dublin, one of 7 billion people in the world and he's setting records. Giving everyone something to cheer and be proud of. He put us on the map and carried the tricolour with him the whole way.
Mellor wrote: » You seem to have an issue with "lad" behaviour. To be honest I'm not even sure what half the cliches you said mean (cheeky nandos?). But I'm not sure what Conor has to do with your pet peeve? I don't think he often posts about cheeky nandos. People that you complain about are a tiny fraction of his fanbase.
Mellor wrote: » Lol. Multi nationals have offices here because of tax breaks. Not because we are loved.
mel123 wrote: » I think the whole thing is just disrespectful to fans, the very first tweet 'I have decided to retire young. Thanks for the cheese. Catch ya's later', i thought wow, what a way to make an announcement.
this whole thing was a big set up to get Conor out of doing all the promo work because he needs to stay in camp to train.
nehe milner skudder wrote: » The genesis of my post was that another poster called him a genius based on retweets. Admittedly my rant is probably better placed in another forum because as I said almost by mistake he became the poster boy for these guys. Like zyzz in Australia or the jersey shore boys in the states . " we are stronger then you, better looking, obnoxious and don't give a **** " and guess what - they are in the majority. Im the one who is out of touch. I'm the one who is jaded and cynical . Maybe I should lighten up.
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