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Little ideas to help improve society

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  • 09-03-2019 2:53pm
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    Pete Moss
    Registered Users Posts: 605 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone have any ideas to help improve society and our standard of living?

    I don't mean political, economical or major ideas. But little ideas which could benefit everyday life.

    One I had was that all smart phones should come with a preloaded video and instructions, approved by medical experts which shows how to perform basic first aid. Shows how to do CPR, use a defib and other first aid. It should also be accessible beside the emergency call button you can access when a phone is locked.


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    #2
    Still waters
    Registered Users Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭Still waters


    Be good to animals, humans are a lost cause


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    Panthro
    Registered Users Posts: 14,684 ✭✭✭✭Panthro


    Every pub should have a camera so I can see who's down the town before I go in.
    If it looks shyte I'll know I'm not missing anything.


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    steddyeddy
    Registered Users Posts: 27,564 ✭✭✭✭steddyeddy


    Definitely educate kids together in terms of religion, race, gender and class. It's too late in the game for places like Eton to exist alongside schools that can't offer A-levels.


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    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 13,805 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Treat everyone equally


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    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,356 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    Panthro wrote: »
    Every pub should have a camera so I can see who's down the town before I go in.
    If it looks shyte I'll know I'm not missing anything.

    Also an app. that would tell me when to stop drinking. It should be able to know if I'm in work in the morning or am on a weekend binge.


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    [Deleted User]
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    steddyeddy wrote: »
    Definitely educate kids together in terms of religion, race, gender and class.

    +1, a snobbery exists in some Gaelscoils that isn't healthy when those children reach adulthood.


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    BeerWolf
    Registered Users Posts: 4,122 ✭✭✭BeerWolf


    People taking pride of their town/city/countryside -- Stop littering, and picking up rubbish. Instead of letting it accumulate into a dump...


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    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    +1, a snobbery exists in some Gaelscoils that isn't healthy when those children reach adulthood.

    Gaelscoils are hardly as exclusive as the fee paying schools.

    We’ll never educate everybody together. Class and regional differences are too deep.


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    The Bishop Basher
    Registered Users Posts: 4,279 ✭✭✭The Bishop Basher


    I read somewhere that in Nordic countries they put community playgrounds in nursing homes so the old and young can interact and it keeps the old people happy.

    I thought it was genius in its simplicity. Wouldn’t it be great if we could do more simple things like that here.


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    wexandproud
    Registered Users Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭wexandproud


    Go back to phones with capability to make and receive call only .. To much time spent looking at or following totally trivial sh..e on them .


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    ginandtonicsky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 710 ✭✭✭ginandtonicsky


    Ban smartphones from pubs and restaurants in the same way of the smoking ban. Designated areas like beer gardens where people can scroll through their Instagram and ignore their current company or take 435 group selfies.


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    Youdunnit
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭Youdunnit


    wexandproud wrote: »
    Go back to phones with capability to make and receive call only .. To much time spent looking at or following totally trivial sh..e on them .

    Still need text and WhatsApp for group activities and organization

    Agree about all the social media rubbish


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    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    ginandtonicsky wrote: »
    Ban smartphones from pubs and restaurants in the same way of the smoking ban. Designated areas like beer gardens where people can scroll through their Instagram and ignore their current company or take 435 group selfies.

    Can’t see a reason for this.


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    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    Put away your phones and talk to one another.

    Believe me, the art of conversation in real time is dying and you will feel all the better for it.


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    NIMAN
    Registered Users Posts: 32,976 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    The hours in our schools that are dedicated to RE and PE. Switch them around.


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    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Power bomb Ray D'arcy through a table.


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    wexandproud
    Registered Users Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭wexandproud


    Youdunnit wrote: »
    Still need text and WhatsApp for group activities and organization

    Agree about all the social media rubbish
    would sort of agree with that , but I was taking part in lots of group activities long before mobiles were essential


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    amcalester
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    Rennaws wrote: »
    I read somewhere that in Nordic countries they put community playgrounds in nursing homes so the old and young can interact and it keeps the old people happy.

    I thought it was genius in its simplicity. Wouldn’t it be great if we could do more simple things like that here.

    In the Netherlands third level students can live cheaply in nursing homes as well.

    The students get cheap rent and the residents get more company, seems like a good idea too.


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    saintsaltynuts
    Registered Users Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭saintsaltynuts


    Rennaws wrote: »
    I read somewhere that in Nordic countries they put community playgrounds in nursing homes so the old and young can interact and it keeps the old people happy.

    I thought it was genius in its simplicity. Wouldn’t it be great if we could do more simple things like that here.

    It''ll never happen cause it doesn't make money.


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    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,484 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Teach people how to change radio and TV stations. Or show them where the Off button is. This will save them daily suffering which they have to share with us on the internet.


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    kildare lad
    Registered Users Posts: 2,010 ✭✭✭kildare lad


    How about the law starts coming down hard, on people who commit crimes for one, encourage kids to go outside and play instead of letting them play on xbox and phones, maybe show videos in school of how important it is to recycle and pick up your rubbish . Stop rewarding layabouts and the Margaret Cashs of the world with money and houses which are paid for by us .


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    eviltwin
    Registered Users Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    I'd love an initiative when I could connect my kid with an elderly person. My son doesn't have a grandfather and he'd love one, I'm sure there are lots of older people who would love to spend time with a child or teen.


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    Giveaway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 382 ✭✭Giveaway


    eviltwin wrote: »
    I'd love an initiative when I could connect my kid with an elderly person. My son doesn't have a grandfather and he'd love one, I'm sure there are lots of older people who would love to spend time with a child or teen.
    Triple post


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    Giveaway
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    deleted triple post


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    Giveaway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 382 ✭✭Giveaway


    eviltwin wrote: »
    I'd love an initiative when I could connect my kid with an elderly person. My son doesn't have a grandfather and he'd love one, I'm sure there are lots of older people who would love to spend time with a child or teen.
    There's lots of old lads gone to Thailand and the Phillipinnes. Sure they would love a child nearer home


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    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    Giveaway wrote: »
    There's lots of old lads gone to Thailand and the Phillipinnes. Sure they would love a child nearer home

    Lots of young ones have gone too and it ain't for sight seeing.


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    TCM
    Registered Users Posts: 736 ✭✭✭TCM


    Church on Tuesday wrote:
    Lots of young ones have gone too and it ain't for sight seeing.

    They go for golf don't they - don't they.


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    Mrs OBumble
    Registered Users Posts: 25,669 ✭✭✭✭Mrs OBumble


    eviltwin wrote: »
    I'd love an initiative when I could connect my kid with an elderly person. My son doesn't have a grandfather and he'd love one, I'm sure there are lots of older people who would love to spend time with a child or teen.

    There's a nursing home near you.

    Ring up the head nurse and ask if they have anyone suitable.


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    Filmer Paradise
    Registered Users Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭Filmer Paradise


    Issue every single child with an electric toothbrush as soon as they're able to use one.

    I always used to think they were a gimmick till a couple of years ago.

    Discovered them in my late '40s & wondered why I'd never used one before.:confused:

    It would have saved me loads in dental bills.


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    andekwarhola
    Registered Users Posts: 4,638 ✭✭✭andekwarhola


    As much as possible, always think of yourself as being part of a society of many others. A realtively simplistic idea that is evidently beyond the ken of many people.


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