What practice/beliefs make you instantly lose respect for someone?

p1akuw47h5r3it · 22-04-2019 11:58pm

jochenstacker wrote: »

Racists, Trumpers (same thing), flat earthers, alien conspiracists, selfish people, people who can't drive for sh*t, but what REALLY gets me is people who are fanatics about ANY kind of religion.
Very nice women at work who I really like* and she's a Jehovah's.
No matter how much I like her, I feel like saying "alright, I've had it with this crap, we're gonna have a discussion and if it takes me YEARS, I'll convince you otherwise!", but what's the point, some people choose to believe childish, made-up nonsense and I have to "respect" that.
That would be the next point. We're supposed to respect stupid people, "because all opinions are valid".
No they're not!
Because of this mindset we have Trump, Brexit and right-wing politics on the rise.

*as an esteemed colleague, kind of a platonic crush.

People who believe that just because someone supports Trump they are a racist.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 23-04-2019 12:59am

DanDan6592 wrote: »

People who believe that just because someone supports Trump they are a racist.

It's not automatic but it's often a good hint. I certainly have no interest in spending much time with any of his fans.

whisky_galore · 23-04-2019 5:27am

micar wrote: »

Wonder if you've the same reaction to motorists parked on double yellow lines, on footpaths, in bus Lanes, on cyclepaths, in disabled parking spaces without a blue badge, in bus stop, double parked.

Yes, why wouldn't I?
You assume too much.

Get off the footpath, there's enough wobbling nuisances on it as it is. Had a tiff with some asshat who insisted on cycling on a narrow footpath when the industrial estate roadway (and a very wide one at that) was almost traffic free, and expected me to sidestep him. The entitlement was mind boggling.

23-04-2019 5:35am

washing machine/shower between midnight-7am in an apartment building

Danonino. · 23-04-2019 6:13am

There’s a few. A lot now that I think about it. I’ll try distill it down to three:

- Fanaticism: Religious fanatics especially. I avoid like the plague. I find anyone who is excessively obsessed and preachy about anything very off putting, sometimes worrying, sometimes scary. From Gambling to diet choice to sexual orientation.

- Dishonesty: Sneaky ratfaced reptillian actions. Everyone exaggerates, white lies etc there’s huge grey area. But... if the goal is undermining someone, harming someone or I guess an attempt to deflect from their own being a **** I have zero time for it.

- Thieving: The act of it and the attempts to justify it. Work for what you have/want. If you cannot/will not do that then be content with what you have.

TaurenDruid · 23-04-2019 9:58am

micar wrote: »

You honestly think I'm going to plough into someone walking up Mobhi road....which is uphill. Also it's a pretty wide footpath.

My safety is paramount....so yeah "me me me".

It's uphill both ways? Amazing!

At least you acknowledge your selfishness...

pgj2015 · 23-04-2019 1:47pm

I sat in on a lecture once in college because i had a couple of hours free between classes. The lecturer was a barrister, a big loud mouth who had a very high opinion of himself, roaring at students over nothing, making fun of first years, a big bully really.

I mentioned him to several people who had to take that class, most said oh yeah hes an a$$hole etc but one guy said "oh yeah, i think hes hilarious" There is always people who say things like that about bullies like that lecturer. These are the people i lose respect for, how can anyone think people like that are hilarious or say they like them?

micar · 23-04-2019 9:54pm

TaurenDruid wrote: »

It's uphill both ways? Amazing!

At least you acknowledge your selfishness...

Let me break it down for you,

Downhill in the morning at 6.30 in the bus lane, uphill in the afternoon at 4.30 with much heavier traffic.

I'll explain Mobhi Road to you......3 lanes.....2 inbound one of which is a bus lane.....1 out bound lane.

It was never designed for 3 lanes.

The out bound lane is barely wide enough for a bus.

It's not wide enough to accommodate a cyclist and car side by side or even for a motorist to overtake a cyclists.

Add to that the design of the road on the left hand side at the edge of the road makes it a dangerous road for a cyclists .

How about you get a bike and go up a few times between 4.30 and 6pm and experience the road. You'll quickly move off the road and become as selfish and me.

37 R108
https://maps.app.goo.gl/8NsA6K8mQFYEMe199

pgj2015 · 23-04-2019 10:04pm

people who look up to sports stars, comedians, actors like they are Gods.

jochenstacker · 23-04-2019 10:28pm

DanDan6592 wrote: »

People who believe that just because someone supports Trump they are a racist.

Oh I know. There are so many other reasons.
Stupidity, malice, "sticking it to them libtards" (spite), showing women who's boss around here (only physical violence now counts as assault), hatred of Muslims, a desire to dismantle education, social welfare, environmentalism, foreign relations, hatred of the LGBT scene, the list goes on.
No one who voted for that cnut did so because it was something positive to do, but always the above.
I don't care who it is, if they support Trump, they deserve no respect.
He is everything that is wrong with the world.
But he is not the disease, he is the symptom. He is a caricature of what we all have become.
It is a world of Me! Me! Me! and fcuk everyone and everything else. Your personal gain is more important than anything else and if you can get yourself some 2% extra by trampling onto someone less fortunate than you, you jump on them with both feet.
Fcuk poor people, minorities, women (in more ways than one then discard them), friends, allies, just make sure you come out on top.
Funny thing is, 100% of people who voted for Trump will get trampled on if they are in his way to more glory and money for himself.
That was my rant for today and I hope you all enjoyed it.

OldMrBrennan83 · 23-04-2019 10:33pm

micar wrote: »

Let me break it down for you,

Downhill in the morning at 6.30 in the bus lane, uphill in the afternoon at 4.30 with much heavier traffic.

I'll explain Mobhi Road to you......3 lanes.....2 inbound one of which is a bus lane.....1 out bound lane.

It was never designed for 3 lanes.

The out bound lane is barely wide enough for a bus.

It's not wide enough to accommodate a cyclist and car side by side or even for a motorist to overtake a cyclists.

Add to that the design of the road on the left hand side at the edge of the road makes it a dangerous road for a cyclists .

How about you get a bike and go up a few times between 4.30 and 6pm and experience the road. You'll quickly move off the road and become as selfish and me.

37 R108
https://maps.app.goo.gl/8NsA6K8mQFYEMe199

That's all great and all but you're still cycling on a footpath and you shouldn't be.

Loads of roads are designed badly or obsolete but that's not a free pass for everyone to do whatever they feel like.

micar · 23-04-2019 10:45pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

That's all great and all but you're still cycling on a footpath and you shouldn't be.

Loads of roads are designed badly or obsolete but that's not a free pass for everyone to do whatever they feel like.

Of course I know that but I had number of unpleasant experiences cycling up that hill due to the impatience of motorists and being overtaken with very little space

I decided i was not going to put myself in that position again.

Ursus Horribilis · 23-04-2019 11:14pm

People who support Sinn Féin and the IRA

Hotblack Desiato · 24-04-2019 12:10am

jochenstacker wrote: »

Very nice women at work who I really like* and she's a Jehovah's.

Attractive, intelligent, sane - pick any two.

Censored11 · 24-04-2019 12:15am

People who can't wait to pay more carbon tax.

Hotblack Desiato · 24-04-2019 12:19am

micar wrote: »

Of course I know that but I had number of unpleasant experiences cycling up that hill due to the impatience of motorists and being overtaken with very little space

I decided i was not going to put myself in that position again.

Like I already said, but you ignored, if you want to use the FOOTpath then dismount, push the bike and use your feet. Anything else is being a selfish asshole who is bullying the only form of road user life-form weaker than you, the pedestrian.

storker · 24-04-2019 12:27am

TaurenDruid wrote: »

It's uphill both ways? Amazing!

"Would that be the Mad Road, Ted?"

Ha Long Bay · 24-04-2019 12:33am

People who use the acronym FFG instead of FF\FG

Badly Drunk Boy · 24-04-2019 5:34am

micar wrote: »

How about you get a bike and go up a few times between 4.30 and 6pm and experience the road. You'll quickly move off the road and become as selfish and me.

I think all motorists should have to cycle even a little bit on public roads as part of getting their licence, just so they can understand why a cyclist may not be able to cycle within an inch or two from the kerb (debris, drainage shores with a 2 inch drop, streams of water when raining, etc).

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Like I already said, but you ignored, if you want to use the FOOTpath then dismount, push the bike and use your feet. Anything else is being a selfish asshole who is bullying the only form of road user life-form weaker than you, the pedestrian.

You keep emphasising FOOTpaths. When cycling, I use each FOOT to propel my bike. If people called them walkways or even WALKpaths, I'd never consider cycling on them!

I sometimes cycle on the path but only in areas where there are few or no pedestrians, and that have bad road surfaces and impatient/bad drivers. :pac:

24-04-2019 6:43am

People who like (Irish) country music

Nikki Sixx · 24-04-2019 6:50am

Rubberlegs wrote: »

People who gossip.
Those who get a kick out of knowing something about others especially if it is a situation where the person themself is unaware of something going on.
People who take pleasure seeing things go wrong for someone else.

Great insight. I hate those narrow minded fcuks myself. I’m beginning to wonder does that sh1t come back on them though. I’m thinking of one such woman I know, whose family have had horrendous luck. She actually looks down on people who have a very similar checkered past to her daughter.

Nikki Sixx · 24-04-2019 6:52am

john4321 wrote: »

People who use the acronym FFG instead of FF\FG

Aren’t they basically the same anyway?

Nikki Sixx · 24-04-2019 6:55am

G.A.A. fanaticism. People who only talk G.A.A. and nothing else. Also people who play G.A.A. for Ballygobackwards and strut around like they are a striker for Barcelona.

the_syco · 24-04-2019 7:46am

When they have a hatred of the english, support the actions of the IRA and/or other "republican" terrorist groups actions against the english, but also fanatically supports an english football team without seeing the irony.

Nikki Sixx · 24-04-2019 8:50am

the_syco wrote: »

When they have a hatred of the english, support the actions of the IRA and/or other "republican" terrorist groups actions against the english, but also fanatically supports an english football team without seeing the irony.

In secondary school in the south,you always got these d1ckheads who would go on about the “ra,” as if they knew something about any of the troubles. Their republicanism basically boiled down to professing hatred for the English, writing Eire-32 on a desk and talking about the “ra” as if their whole family were gun runners for the I.R.A.

Lollipops23 · 24-04-2019 10:00am

Nikki Sixx wrote: »

In secondary school in the south,you always got these d1ckheads who would go on about the “ra,” as if they knew something about any of the troubles. Their republicanism basically boiled down to professing hatred for the English, writing Eire-32 on a desk and talking about the “ra” as if their whole family were gun runners for the I.R.A.

I remember a northern teacher of ours giving out SH*TE at some little scrotes for graffitiing 26+6=1 on a desk. Told them they were unqualified to talk about the subject and to come back to her when they'd gotten some education about it.

Fair fúcks to her tbh, doubt those lads had ever even been over the border.

storker · 24-04-2019 10:24am

john4321 wrote: »

People who use the acronym FFG instead of FF\FG

The Trivial Annoyances thread is that way

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pgj2015 · 24-04-2019 10:42am

Nikki Sixx wrote: »

Great insight. I hate those narrow minded fcuks myself. I’m beginning to wonder does that sh1t come back on them though. I’m thinking of one such woman I know, whose family have had horrendous luck. She actually looks down on people who have a very similar checkered past to her daughter.

A woman in my local area was the worst for gossip, oh she loved it when someone got in trouble, got pregnant young etc then her own daughter got pregnant at 18 to some old creep who washed his hands of the daughter. the gossip has kept to herself ever since.:)

micar · 24-04-2019 5:44pm

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

a selfish asshole who is bullying the only form of road user life-form weaker than you, the pedestrian.

Disagree with me but please do not to insult me.

I'd rather get home safely than end up in a hospital bed or on a morgue table. You seem not to get that.

I always give pedestrians plenty of space.

I've had quite few of close calls with motorists. In that instant I'm the weaker life form. Had a particular nasty one last Sunday morning.

OldMrBrennan83 · 24-04-2019 5:49pm

micar wrote: »

Disagree with me but please do not to insult me.

I'd rather get home safely than end up in a hospital bed or on a morgue table. You seem not to get that.

I always give pedestrians plenty of space.

I've had quite few of close calls with motorists. In that instant I'm the weaker life form. Had a particular nasty one last Sunday morning.

Still doesn't mean you can't push the bike on the paths you're not meant to cycle on.

branie2 · 24-04-2019 7:34pm

The republican dissidents who marched in Dublin not long after Lyra Mckee was murdered

jochenstacker · 24-04-2019 9:48pm

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Still doesn't mean you can't push the bike on the paths you're not meant to cycle on.

That's /discussion right there.
Anyone who keeps arguing against that (I'm using my FOOT to cycle) is just being an arsehole.

BBFAN · 24-04-2019 10:01pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

A woman in my local area was the worst for gossip, oh she loved it when someone got in trouble, got pregnant young etc then her own daughter got pregnant at 18 to some old creep who washed his hands of the daughter. the gossip has kept to herself ever since.:)

People who take pleasure in the misfortune of others just because they don't like them.

BBFAN · 24-04-2019 10:02pm

Brain Whinge wrote: »

Lgbt 'culture'.

Yeah, that really backfired on you didn't it?

pgj2015 · 24-04-2019 10:04pm

BBFAN wrote: »

People who take pleasure in the misfortune of others just because they don't like them.

what goes around comes around.;)

BBFAN · 24-04-2019 10:07pm

pgj2015 wrote: »

what goes around comes around.;)

Yeah, still doesn't mean taking pleasure in it is any better than the original crime.

pgj2015 · 24-04-2019 10:09pm

BBFAN wrote: »

Yeah, still doesn't mean taking pleasure in it is any better than the original crime.

of course it is. she was gossiping about others, i wasn't, then it came back to haunt her. it is karma.

pgj2015 · 25-04-2019 12:18am

people who put on an act and aren't comfortable being who they really are. just be yourself for gods sake.

25-04-2019 12:20am

Mean-spirited, spiteful, negative people. They suck the energy out of everyone they interact with and leave them as miserable and joyless as they are themselves. Their very presence is toxic.

Hotblack Desiato · 25-04-2019 11:25pm

micar wrote: »

Disagree with me but please do not to insult me.

I'd rather get home safely than end up in a hospital bed or on a morgue table. You seem not to get that.

I always give pedestrians plenty of space.

I've had quite few of close calls with motorists. In that instant I'm the weaker life form. Had a particular nasty one last Sunday morning.

:rolleyes:

I nearly got knocked off my motorbike by an idiot car driver the week before last, maybe I should take to the footpath too?

Use the footpath all you like, just dismount first.

What you think is safe, or plenty of space, is your opinion and may not be shared by the pedestrian who may find it threatening, they may be elderly, have mobility and sensory issues etc. and the last thing they want is to have to share what should be a safe space for them with inconsiderate lawbreaking cyclists.

micar · 26-04-2019 8:08pm

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

:rolleyes:

I nearly got knocked off my motorbike by an idiot car driver the week before last, maybe I should take to the footpath too?

Use the footpath all you like, just dismount first.

What you think is safe, or plenty of space, is your opinion and may not be shared by the pedestrian who may find it threatening, they may be elderly, have mobility and sensory issues etc. and the last thing they want is to have to share what should be a safe space for them with inconsiderate lawbreaking cyclists.

I've explained why I use the footpath for the 63 the seconds I use the footpath over the road. I use the road for the other 24 mins of my journey home.

You talk about 'safe space' that's what this section of road isn't for a cyclist....which you quickly learn.

As I have also explained, I'm very careful when I encounter a pedestrian and go past them with a lot of space.

As a biker, you travel at similar speed as motorist around you.....cyclists don't....so you can't compare.

Ok I'll dismount and use walk up ...... ;-) ;-)

Time to move on.

Widdershins · 26-04-2019 8:16pm

Cowardice . Using people when it suits. Those two things make you worse than nothing .

Hotblack Desiato · 27-04-2019 1:20am

micar wrote: »

As a biker, you travel at similar speed as motorist around you.....cyclists don't....so you can't compare.

I've been overtaken by cyclists in heavy traffic many a time, as it happens. Their funeral if they want to go speeding into a hazard I've seen, but they haven't. *shrug*

Ok I'll dismount and use walk up

Good lad. *pat* There's a handy book called "Rules Of The Road" to help you.

764dak · 27-04-2019 9:26am

john4321 wrote: »

People who use the acronym FFG instead of FF\FG

Those aren't acronyms.

Doctors room ghost · 27-04-2019 9:31am

People who throw rubbish out the window of their car. The ditches around here are destroyed with rubbish.its not until you walk the road that you notice how bad it is.
It’s lazy,sneaky,selfish and disgusting

Ursus Horribilis · 27-04-2019 9:41am

People who needlessly quote lengthy posts on boards when they write a reply.

micar · 27-04-2019 8:06pm

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

I've been overtaken by cyclists in heavy traffic many a time, as it happens. Their funeral if they want to go speeding into a hazard I've seen, but they haven't. *shrug*

Good lad. *pat* There's a handy book called "Rules Of The Road" to help you.

I wasn't talking about heavy traffic in which cyclists are allowed to go up the left. I was referring to free flowing traffic.

Speeding.....most cyclists travel under 25km per hour....Speeding isn't an issue

While you at it, give your biker pals a copy of the Rules of the Roads. All motorists could also do reading it considering that bikers and motorist are responsible for all deaths on our roads.

If your interested, there was a very interesting discussion about cycling in Ireland on Off The Ball on Newstalk earlier today. It's about an hour long.

https://www.facebook.com/offtheball/videos/2293828970637488/

SaltSweatSugar · 28-04-2019 11:59pm

Being rude to waiters/bar staff and retail workers.

Deja Boo · 29-04-2019 12:20am

People who advise you "you should (or shouldn't) do this" ...........like they are experts on every bloody thing. :rolleyes:

Widdershins · 05-05-2019 1:18am

The ex has a habit of being sadistically rude to people who call to the door. canvassers , charity collectors etc.He'd be charming to waiters and full of manners to retail staff, maybe it's the door to door ones who get it because nobody else can witness him being ignorant .

What practice/beliefs make you instantly lose respect for someone?

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