Little ideas to help improve society

Pete Moss · 09-03-2019 2:53pm #1

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.

Still waters · 09-03-2019 2:54pm

Be good to animals, humans are a lost cause

Panthro · 09-03-2019 2:56pm

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.

steddyeddy · 09-03-2019 3:03pm

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.

Potential-Monke · 09-03-2019 3:04pm

Treat everyone equally

corner of hells · 09-03-2019 3:04pm

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.

09-03-2019 3:06pm

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.

BeerWolf · 09-03-2019 3:19pm

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

Franz Von Peppercorn · 09-03-2019 3:19pm

[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.

The Bishop Basher · 09-03-2019 3:24pm

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.

wexandproud · 09-03-2019 3:44pm

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 .

ginandtonicsky · 09-03-2019 3:54pm

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.

Youdunnit · 09-03-2019 3:55pm

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

Franz Von Peppercorn · 09-03-2019 3:57pm

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.

Church on Tuesday · 09-03-2019 3:58pm

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.

NIMAN · 09-03-2019 4:11pm

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

Your Face · 09-03-2019 4:12pm

Power bomb Ray D'arcy through a table.

wexandproud · 09-03-2019 4:12pm

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

amcalester · 09-03-2019 4:13pm

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.

saintsaltynuts · 09-03-2019 4:14pm

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.

dxhound2005 · 09-03-2019 4:17pm

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.

kildare lad · 09-03-2019 5:00pm

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 .

eviltwin · 09-03-2019 5:04pm

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.

Giveaway · 09-03-2019 5:06pm

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.

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Giveaway · 09-03-2019 5:06pm

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Giveaway · 09-03-2019 5:06pm

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

Church on Tuesday · 09-03-2019 5:13pm

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.

TCM · 09-03-2019 5:16pm

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.

Mrs OBumble · 09-03-2019 5:32pm

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.

Filmer Paradise · 10-03-2019 1:07am

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.

It would have saved me loads in dental bills.

andekwarhola · 10-03-2019 1:11am

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.

andekwarhola · 10-03-2019 1:22am

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.

It's a brilliant idea.

When me and my sister were kids in England, like between 9 and 11, an eldery woman lived next door. Can't remember how it happened but we started visting her maybe twice a week just for an hour or two - obviously our parents knew and agreed. She'd get in treats for us and we'd just watch TV, play board games or chat. She hadn't ever married and if she had any family alive, we certainly never saw them.

She used to tell us loads of cool stories about everything from the war to life for her as kid back then. It was never boring, she was just like our nana. She'd also come into our house for stuff like Chrsitmas dinner or get togethers wth our family and I'd always go the shops for her if she needed anything.

When we loved to Ireland, we would write and she would send us cards until we found out she'd died - I think a letter came back marked Deceased - and we were heartbroken. I often think of her even though it was over 30 years ago.

dxhound2005 · 10-03-2019 1:35am

andekwarhola wrote: »

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.

Society would not be able to operate if a significant number of people were totally selfish. But it is a complex idea, not a simple one. Often what is good for one circle of society has adverse effects on others. Which is why for instance not all planning applications go through without objections.

ArchXStanton · 10-03-2019 1:44am

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 .

I'm seriously considering going back to an ol skool phone... And start living in the now again

Atlantic Dawn · 10-03-2019 1:47am

Anyone allowing their dog to sh!t on the street should be dragged through a full septic tank of pure sh!te from the busiest pub in Ireland using a septic tank.

Atlantic Dawn · 10-03-2019 1:50am

All people in Ireland walking on footpaths should stick to the left, would save billions in lost productivity.
Anyone stopped on a travelator should be shot in the knee so the next time they use an elevator because they are lazy fookwits.
People parked at bottle banks should have their car crushed and turned in to a cube.
Anyone without their money/card ready to pay at a checkout should be sold to Morocco.

Birneybau · 10-03-2019 1:56am

KILL ALL HUMANS

10-03-2019 2:03am

Spend more time doing something productive and less time reading pure ****e here.

Poor Uncle Tom · 10-03-2019 2:07am

1. Sterilise anyone on long term benefits,

2. Total ban on cigarettes, there goes the need for benefits in the first instance.

3. Get global population under 4b, anyone unwilling to or unable to fire a gun should be shot, exemption for under 3's or over 90's only.

4. Anyone gets to 85 should be shot.

5. Without exception all billionaires wealth should be confiscated and distributed.

6. Politicians should be unpaid and have a maximum career length of 10 years before being forced back to teaching.

7. Ownership of houses should be limited to one per person, you can only live in one at a time anyway.

8. Anyone consuming alcohol should be kept a mandatory 50m from any technological interface.

9. Anyone dabbling in any unprescribed drugs should be shot.

10. there's more but rule 8 kicks in now..........

Hobosan · 10-03-2019 2:08am

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Treat everyone equally

I try to do this, but if I have a bunch of sweets left near the end of Halloween, then the last visitors are going to get a disproportionate amount.

10-03-2019 2:08am

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

All people in Ireland walking on footpaths should stick to the left, would save billions in lost productivity.
Anyone stopped on a travelator should be shot in the knee so the next time they use an elevator because they are lazy fookwits.
People parked at bottle banks should have their car crushed and turned in to a cube.
Anyone without their money/card ready to pay at a checkout should be sold to Morocco.

I love how creative these solutions are!

Ubbquittious · 10-03-2019 2:21am

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

All people in Ireland walking on footpaths should stick to the left, would save billions in lost productivity.
Anyone stopped on a travelator should be shot in the knee so the next time they use an elevator because they are lazy fookwits.
People parked at bottle banks should have their car crushed and turned in to a cube.
Anyone without their money/card ready to pay at a checkout should be sold to Morocco.

A travelator?

A travelator if you don't mind?

Lord save us. Whatever next

Snotty · 10-03-2019 2:26am

Anyone driving slower than the conditions would safely allow and with a que of cars behind them should be stopped by the guards and then murdered, strung up on the side of the road as a deterrent to other idiots.

tastyt · 10-03-2019 2:31am

Phones should give you the option to lock certain numbers for a 12/24 hour period that would not allow you to text or call them.

Would have saved me a lot of drunken phone calls and texts to exes when i was pissed in my youth and saved a lot of embarrassment.

Just choose what numbers u dont wanna call before u go and get sloshed, problem solved

Kevin Finnerty · 10-03-2019 2:52am

andekwarhola wrote: »

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.

Go to China or most eastern countries.

Infonovice · 10-03-2019 3:00am

Clean your table after you have eaten in a restaurant or a fast food place.

Show your kids that it is not acceptable to just leave your mess there for someone else to sort:mad:.

Have a little bit of respect for the waiters who are on their feet all day.

Think about the next person who will sit at your table, who then needs to clean YOUR mess.

Have some respect for yourself and don't be such a pig.

Basically

BeerWolf · 10-03-2019 3:00am

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 .

But I read this comment on my phone!

Purple Mountain · 10-03-2019 3:03am

Wipe the public toilet seat after yourself please.
Piddle droplets are just gross.

Curly Judge · 10-03-2019 3:14am

Issue everyone attending a funeral with an electric cattle prodder to be used on the little old dear in front of you who holds up the trueflow of mourners by hugging and kissing one of the bereaved while at the same time bewailing the fact that they haven't had a good chinwag since two Thursdays back.

Little ideas to help improve society

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