Dublin rant thread!..

arybvtcw0eolkf · 28-02-2009 1:50am #1

Get it off your chest!.

What do you hate about Dublin?. What do you love even or what would you change.

Where's the worse neighbourhood you've lived in, where would you not live (me, I'd pick Ballyfermot & Finglas).

The thread will be closed Sunday night/Monday morning.

Rules - personal abuse will get you banned from the forum for 3 days - no if's, but's or maybe's - YOUR GONE. Same applies to racial slur's (use a little cop-on with this one ok!).

Try to keep it more on the light hearted side, taking into account that come Monday were all friends again

(I'm gonna regret this one I think, but there's an under current of tension here me finks

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Degsy · 28-02-2009 12:43pm

I fcuckin hate the empty-headed female morons that seem to infest the southside at the moment.
They usually have orange faces,are always on the phone,carry coffee everywhere and cannot string two words together witthout saying the word "like".
"So it was like,i was like..hello,like?"
Idiots the lot of them.

sunnyjim · 28-02-2009 12:45pm

I hate that I hardly know any of my new neighbours who've moved in over the past 4 years. Maybe it was just easier when I was small, 'cause I'd have been hanging out with their kids or something!

Another rant - cycle lanes. They are full of stones, ****, oil, branches. I'm going through an inner tube a week!

RoyMcC · 28-02-2009 2:34pm

Dog ****! How is it that approximately 0% of dog owners clean up after them and think that this is acceptable?

Degsy · 28-02-2009 4:26pm

Stupid bastards playing crappy chipmunk music on thier poxy phones on the bleeding bus.

sillysasauge · 28-02-2009 4:52pm

i hate all the foreigners tbh

shrapnel222 · 28-02-2009 6:05pm

i hate the drummies an D4 clones.

i hate finglas around cappagh.

i hate the litterbugs. how hard is it to put stuff in a bin?

CianRyan · 28-02-2009 6:49pm

I hate the luas, it always smells like sweat and has people drinking/smoking(some time hash) on it. The Tallaght line anyway.

I hate that the bus prices have gone up, i know its only by 20c, but when you have to use the bus as much as me it really starts to get annoying.

I hate that i can't walk through town with out some scumbag giving me greif.

I hate the attitude of the security gaurds in the Stevens Green shopping center, and i hate one of them in particular, i have my reasons.

I that its one of the only big European cities where you can get aressted for skating.

There's a lot i hate about Dublin, but tbh, none of this matters because the pros VASTLY out weight the cons.

jaffa20 · 28-02-2009 6:57pm

Moved out of the kip this week. I hate Dublin

Yuck, the crowds, the traffic, public transport.

I moved to Greystones. I love Wicklow

Ah, the country side, sea, beach, friendly athmosphere.

Still have to travel to the hell hole for work though :mad:

craiginireland · 28-02-2009 8:29pm

I hate that the first sign of rain/wind/snow is an instant excuse to close the city down, clog up the roads, no ones going anywhere.

I also hate the mindset of a lot of Dubs to moan about stuff yet if they have the ability to change whatever they moan about - they just couldn't be bothered. Apathy grrrrrr:eek:

moaning is a passtime round these parts.

spurious · 28-02-2009 8:40pm

I hate that Dublin has been pwned by JC Decaux.

acontadino · 28-02-2009 10:19pm

sillysasauge wrote: »

i hate all the foreigners tbh

get a life you clown

arybvtcw0eolkf · 28-02-2009 10:32pm

sillysasauge wrote: »

i hate all the foreigners tbh

See ya Monday.

acontadino wrote: »

get a life you clown

See ya Monday.

.

gurramok · 28-02-2009 11:58pm

Where's the love?

I object the OP reference to Ballyc and Finglas as places not to live. Labelling 60 odd thousand people or whatever it is as undesirable beings ain't just on

What I do hate about Dublin is..

Ponces who have lived in ivory towers and when they move to the Docklands for example, they have not a clue what the peasants endure daily.
Junkies and skangers who act like scum, get rid of them, it destroys Dublin's friendly image. You never see skangers on the continent!

What i love about Dublin is..

The overwhelming friendliness of meeting a stranger where one could strike up a conversation about anything and they could be your best friend, now that does not happen anywhere else that often outside this island?

pcardin · 01-03-2009 12:13am

sillysasauge wrote: »

i hate all the foreigners tbh

[SNIPPED]

shezzie · 01-03-2009 12:18am

hey all..i hate that we have lost our personnal touch with people,,,i am born raised and work in Dublin,,,its mostly a great part of Ireland ,,,but most people have lost that friendliness,,,great lack of patience with people,,chill out everyone its nice to be nice,,,yeah there is good craic at times but its getting less and less...i work as a clerk for a financial institution (not a bank thankfully) and there is alot of unfriendliness,,attitudes and abuse,,,over nothing major heart attacks over nothin...

cyclists need to learn road manners,,stop at the red lights please and for the love of bejasus look out for you know the cars lorries motorbikes that ye just pull out in front of...and of course us pedestrians ye particalary love to nearly knock over...

gurramok · 01-03-2009 12:50am

Yeh, its free to be nice shezzie. Mairt, you've opened a can of worms here

CianRyan · 01-03-2009 1:18am

gurramok wrote: »

You never see skangers on the continent!

Jesus, you are soooo wrong about that!!
Don't know where you got that idea from?

I hate the moterists in Dublin, that have no respect for cyclist and that think, just because i don't have an engine i shouldn't be on the road!!!!

Even on a short commute from Tallaght to Terenure for rugby training... I swear, i'd stay on the cycle path the whole way down, AND SO DO HALF THE BLOODY MOTORISTS!!:mad:

Something should be done about them.

gurramok · 01-03-2009 1:30am

CianRyan wrote: »

Jesus, you are soooo wrong about that!!
Don't know where you got that idea from?

They are hard to identify, they don't wear tracksuits with their usual chains and earrings!:P

Something should be done about them.

Maybe the cycle path was part of the road with just a painted line rather than Dutch style off the road?

Bravo for cycling in Dublin, its a suicide mission.

copacetic · 01-03-2009 1:35am

mikemac wrote: »

Hate the way many Dubs make zero effort to learn more about other areas.
From what I've seen people who move to Dublin know far, far more about the city and the areas. Simply because they make a effort to learn as they move around to rent places.

The questions I get asked in office by some Dubs, what county is Tullamore in? Just an example, where's Longford do ya know?
Newcastle, where's that? Hey, this is your county so you should be the one telling me where Newcastle is.
Hey I don't expect you know the county town of county in Ireland but there's something arrogant about not looking outside your own city

Well thats hardly fair, you are saying people from outside Dublin know it well because of their years spent renting there. That's hardly making an effort.

Most people from Dublin know anywhere they have been and have a decent idea of county towns too. eg I know where Longford is, if I didn't I might end up there by mistake.

humberklog · 01-03-2009 1:42am

gurramok wrote: »

They are hard to identify, they don't wear tracksuits with their usual chains and earrings!:P

Oh they do, they do. Skangers were the first truely globalized sub-culture. There's a German, Dutch and Belgian version of the Springer show and there they are. Very Rosey glasses on there with that synopsis. Skangers are EVERYWHERE.

Why in Fukc haven't we had a directly elected mayor other than this scum of sh!t that rises through the greasy ranks of sleeveen coucellors!!? A bi-annually publicly elected mayor to enforce positive actions in the city is now and always has been needed. Shower of wasters running the show, jaunting merrily like drunk fcukwits!

gurramok · 01-03-2009 2:01am

Hmm, i haven't seen them yet on my travels to France/Germany though they stick out a mile in other attire!

Now, that directly elected stuff is love rather than hate, we need a powerful directly elected leader like Livingstone for London to stick up for Dubs as the city has no real voice.

humberklog · 01-03-2009 2:18am

gurramok wrote: »

Hmm, i haven't seen them yet on my travels to France/Germany though they stick out a mile in other attire!

Now, that directly elected stuff is love rather than hate, we need a powerful directly elected leader like Livingstone for London to stick up for Dubs as the city has no real voice.

No it's hate. I hate the present system and all that sail in its rancid bowels. I would love an openly elected and accountable system.

anladmór · 01-03-2009 2:58am

gurramok wrote: »

Hmm, i haven't seen them yet on my travels to France/Germany though they stick out a mile in other attire!

Now, that directly elected stuff is love rather than hate, we need a powerful directly elected leader like Livingstone for London to stick up for Dubs as the city has no real voice.

Ummm, tbh in fairness, in Berlin I seen minimal amount of skangers but France, a whole different ball game. In Paris for example, the 'skangers' live miles away from the centre. You won't see them visiting the eiffel tower or what have you as they hardly ever venture into the city proper. They actually do wear tracksuits and are pretty alike the ones here, only with much more of a grudge.

jaffa20 · 01-03-2009 10:59am

anladmór wrote: »

Ummm, tbh in fairness, in Berlin I seen minimal amount of skangers but France, a whole different ball game. In Paris for example, the 'skangers' live miles away from the centre. You won't see them visiting the eiffel tower or what have you as they hardly ever venture into the city proper. They actually do wear tracksuits and are pretty alike the ones here, only with much more of a grudge.

Yep, i agree. There are skangers everywhere. Wish the dublin ones would learn from the parisiens though and stay in the suburbs, i.e Tallaght, Finglas

01-03-2009 11:17am

Oh they do, they do. Skangers were the first truely globalized sub-culture. There's a German, Dutch and Belgian version of the Springer show and there they are. Very Rosey glasses on there with that synopsis. Skangers are EVERYWHERE.

I disagree. There might be some but not nearly as many, they're not everywhere and don't make as much of a nuisance of themselves. It's one reason I'm so glad I left Ireland.

humberklog · 01-03-2009 12:21pm

What happened to this being a rant thread!!! Where's the FURY...Le Haine!! I expended myself on the original proposal...IMMA just gives me to dull a headache when I think about it.

But, but , but...skangers exist EVERYWHERE. Especially continent and particularly the low countries. But the lay-out of cities, urban sprawls and access to and distribution of social amenities means that there is less mixing and less in your face sub-culture knacks.

What the fascination with putting walls around front gardens!!? How fcuking nuts are we...Place looks like Connemara!! FFS Conemara!!

MagicMarker · 01-03-2009 12:30pm

I fúcking hate the M50, and the fact I have to queue just to get on the fúcking thing.

Why will the thread be closed tonight?

anladmór · 01-03-2009 12:38pm

[quote=[Deleted User];59231532]I disagree. There might be some but not nearly as many, they're not everywhere and don't make as much of a nuisance of themselves. It's one reason I'm so glad I left Ireland.[/quote]

:rolleyes:

what city do you live in? how many cities in europe have you been to?

Thoie · 01-03-2009 12:47pm

I hate:

-The fact that it's easier to find an open chain store than somewhere of cultural significance (like museums/libraries)
-That public transport is pathetic
-That the city centre smells
-That when I park my car out of hours someone will ask me for protection money
-That I have to drive around with the doors locked constantly
-That people think it's mean of you not to spend €3 on a ****ty, badly made capuccino
-That despite being on the coast it's nearly impossible to buy fresh fish
-That people are too busy to stop and pick up a little old lady when she falls over
-That visiting a friend requires written advance notice

mikemac · 01-03-2009 1:01pm

Thoie wrote: »

-That when I park my car out of hours someone will ask me for protection money

That still goes on?
I thought those days were long past

irlirishkev · 01-03-2009 2:20pm

There's not much I hate about Dublin, but

1) Litter. So much of it, and nobody seems to be enforcing litter laws.
2) Skangers. I won't generalise by naming areas, or types of clothes etc. We all know a skanger when we see/hear one.
3) Blatant drug use on the streets. People shooting up, or clearly off their tits on heroin, shouting up and down the street to their druggy mates.
4) The overkill of Centras/Spars/Londises. FFS every second shop you pass on the street in the City Centre is one of the above.

Dublin's great though, I love it.

Thoie · 01-03-2009 6:35pm

mikemac wrote: »

That still goes on?
I thought those days were long past

Well, it hasn't happened to me since January, but that's not really that long ago...

I had a drunk guy before Christmas offer to help me park in a space. Oddly enough, I trusted my own judgement more than his, because I could see that there was only one car - he seemed unsure as to how many of me there were

Goodshape · 01-03-2009 6:58pm

- The skangers on the street (there really is a lot of them!).
- Public transport.
- Price of a pint / night out.

Degsy · 01-03-2009 7:26pm

[quote=[Deleted User];59231532]I disagree. There might be some but not nearly as many, they're not everywhere and don't make as much of a nuisance of themselves. It's one reason I'm so glad I left Ireland.[/quote]

What a load of crap.
Scangers are EVERYWHERE on earth,they might look slightly different but anybody with an ounce of street smarts will be able to spot them.
If you think there arent many elsewher go to the suburbs of any large french city and you wont see skangers you will see ANIMALS...you'd be begging for the nice friendly Dublin version.
And the of course there's the english version called Chavs..some of these creatures actually never learned how to speak properly from years of inbreeding and parental abuse,they're common in scotland and wales too.You should check it out.
Back on topic there's a scuttery little dog yipping away three or four gardens up and it never shuts up.I'm going to lob a grenade over the wall when the owner is out feeding it(assuming they do).

01-03-2009 8:23pm

What a load of crap.
Scangers are EVERYWHERE on earth,they might look slightly different but anybody with an ounce of street smarts will be able to spot them.

Well how strange that any city I've ever lived in (and they include NYC, Manchester, Seville, Valencia, Paris and Brussels) has not has as bad of a skanger problem as Dublin has. Yes of course they are everywhere, but the hassle to the GENERAL PUBLIC is far, far less than it is in Dublin. The worst place for skangers I've lived in was probably Paris, and as you said yourself, you have to go out to the suburbs. They aren't generally hanging around the city centre and tourist spots, as they do in Dublin. They are very, very visible and make the place an absolute kip. I rarely met a tourist (worked in the tourist board) or a foreign student who didn't comment on them.

And the of course there's the english version called Chavs..some of these creatures actually never learned how to speak properly from years of inbreeding and parental abuse,they're common in scotland and wales too.You should check it out.

Check it out? I'd say I know more about the UK than you do, having been born there, grew up there and have half my family still living there. Your condescending attitude makes me laugh. Do you really think you're the only person to have lived outside Dublin?

Look, I've lived in plenty of places and I've never had as much hassle from these inbred morons as I get in Dublin. I have never witnessed smoking and drug taking on public transport, never seen anyone stoning a tram, never had eggs thrown at me. These are common occurances in Dublin. Yeah sure there's crime in other cities, but I think you'll find it's a lot more along the lines of pickpocketing and robberies than attacking and harrassing people 'just for the laugh'. That's the thing I find really sick about Dublin skangers, the disgusting stuff they do 'because they're bored.' Of course there's an element of this almost everywhere, but I've never lived anywhere where it's as normal and in your face as Dublin.

in2dblue · 01-03-2009 10:26pm

I hate the way my neighbours take up three parking spaces outside my home where I struggle to find one!!
I hate the way 'skangers' shoot up right in front of me walking around town
Even wandering into my place of work and doing it!!!
I hate the way cyclists NEVER stop at a red light and nearly mow me down when I'm crossing at the green man!!
I hate the way there isn't lots to do that doesn't involve drink..
Rant over

Apart from that I love living in Dublin

RoyMcC · 01-03-2009 10:26pm

[quote=[Deleted User];59236304]

Look, I've lived in plenty of places and I've never had as much hassle from these inbred morons as I get in Dublin. I have never witnessed smoking and drug taking on public transport, never seen anyone stoning a tram, never had eggs thrown at me. These are common occurances in Dublin. Yeah sure there's crime in other cities, but I think you'll find it's a lot more along the lines of pickpocketing and robberies than attacking and harrassing people 'just for the laugh'. That's the thing I find really sick about Dublin skangers, the disgusting stuff they do 'because they're bored.' Of course there's an element of this almost everywhere, but I've never lived anywhere where it's as normal and in your face as Dublin.[/quote]

I must just be lucky. I've lived, worked and played in the city centre for 14 months now. I've never once experienced anything more unpleasant than reasonably good-natured unfortunates crossing my path, certainly never any confrontations such as you describe. To be fair I'm not out and about late at night when this might be more prevalent. As I say, I might just be lucky...

02-03-2009 12:10am

I hate that I've been living here for five years now and still never think of it as "home".

trout · 02-03-2009 12:48am

I have the same gripes as other people in this thread; public transport, junkies and what we refer to as 'scumbags'

At the risk of sounding pious and arsey - what bothers me most is how so many people in Dublin think the 'scumbags' just emerge from the womb, and are destined for nothing but a life of scumbaggery.

Think about this; the scumbags you see every day are sons & daughters, brothers & sisters, cousins and/or neighbours of someone in this city. In a very real way, they are a part of the community. The community should mean something to them ... for the most part it doesn't ... but ignoring them doesn't make them go-away.

I have kids - I'll do my best to ensure they don't become scumbags. I do this by knowing the kids friends, by getting involved in the sports clubs and local facilities like cubs/beavers etc. I know the kids in their schools, and I know their parents. None of these kids are inherently scumbags ... they develop over time ... and we all have a responsibility to them.

I suppose what I'm trying to say is the 'scumbags' don't exist in a vacuum, and if enough people show enough interest in enough of these kids when they are young ... we would all be better off.

As a child, if I ever felt tempted to act the bollix, the sure and certain knowledge of what my parents would do was enough to stop me. I'm not advocating corporal punishment for wayward kids ... but they should have some fear of their parents. Parents should know where their kids are. Friends and neighbours should be looking out for each other.

20 years after raising her own kids, my mother now runs an 'after-school' club in the local adult education centre; she is giving some of these kids a better chance. People who give their time to youth centres, outreach projects, cubs/beavers/scouts, boxing, football or GAA clubs all at the local level, these people deserve our support, our time and our money.

So, think on. The thieving scumbag junkies that blight our city today, used to be kids, and they used to have a chance at life ... what happened ?

Now that we're all equally broke, maybe we'll start caring about our communities and our place in society ... and stop thinking about big-screen TV's, blu-ray recorders, flashey mobile phones and fuppin' pesto on our pizzas.

I'm fulla beer ... night night

arybvtcw0eolkf · 02-03-2009 1:06am

00:01am and the thread is closed!.

If anyone would like the rule re. talking of neighbourhoods/area's etc be over turned now PM me please.

Truthfully, I think there's a need for open discussion. But its a hell of a job for a Moderator and so the rules would have to be observed to the fullest.

PM, any opinions either way.

-Martin.

(drunk as a lord - Thanks Mr.Campion!).

**edit, two people were banned for the duration of this thread, their both welcomed back with open arms now"".

Dublin rant thread!..

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