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

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    #572
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,742 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    The Highwayman wrote: »
    The NRA advocates for gun training and safety. There are ZERO members of the NRA or gun nuts as you call the guilty of school shootings or similar mass attacks.

    But you watch John Oliver so I'm guessing you're a Trump hating, MSM watching drone.

    How did that Russian conspiracy theory work out for you?

    Unhealthy obsession. Don't think there's another country unless some AK-47 welding tinpot banana republic or failed state so taken up with guns and gun ownership.


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    #573
    Fourier
    Registered Users Posts: 10,558 ✭✭✭✭Fourier


    partyguinness wrote: »
    She found that strange that I would ask as opposed to "Get me a Guinness please" or "I will have a Guinness" which is what they would say in Spain.
    English is very "polite" in this regard. In most languages you just say "Get me that". Even in Irish you say basically just say "Give X to me"


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    #574
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    partyguinness wrote: »
    I agree with you 100% but funnily enough I have heard foreigners commenting on how the Irish will thank the bus driver when alighting and how strange that is.

    I used to go out with a Spanish girl and in bars I would say out of habit: "Can I have a Guinness please".

    Her initial response would be: "Well yes you certainly can. Would you like a Guinness?"

    She found that strange that I would ask as opposed to "Get me a Guinness please" or "I will have a Guinness" which is what they would say in Spain.

    All southern Europeans are like this. They lack class.


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    #575
    partyguinness
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    Fourier wrote: »
    English is very "polite" in this regard. In most languages you just say "Get me that". Even in Irish you say basically just say "Give X to me"


    Even now with my English wife. At a restaurant she will say: "I will have a glass of plonk please." Whereas on occasion I will say: "Can I have a glass of plonk please?"

    It will be taken as a question rather than an order.

    On occasion the waiter has paused and said "You would like a glass of plonk?"


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    #576
    Fourier
    Registered Users Posts: 10,558 ✭✭✭✭Fourier


    partyguinness wrote: »
    Even now with my English wife. At a restaurant she will say: "I will have a glass of plonk please." Whereas on occasion I will say: "Can I have a glass of plonk please?"

    It will be taken as a question rather than an order.

    On occasion the waiter has paused and said "You would like a glass of plonk?"
    That's funny. I wonder since Irish is so "rude" when directly translated where we got being very polite from?


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    #577
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Fourier wrote: »
    That's funny. I wonder since Irish is so "rude" when directly translated where we got being very polite from?

    The British.


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    #578
    Tell me how
    Registered Users Posts: 21,517 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    partyguinness wrote: »
    Even now with my English wife. At a restaurant she will say: "I will have a glass of plonk please." Whereas on occasion I will say: "Can I have a glass of plonk please?"

    It will be taken as a question rather than an order.

    On occasion the waiter has paused and said "You would like a glass of plonk?"

    Anybody who uses the word plonk when speaking to me in real life is going on some sort of a list.


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    #579
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Tell me how wrote: »
    Anybody who uses the word plonk when speaking to me in real life is going on some sort of a list.

    I'm currently plonked on a sofa. List me!


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    #580
    Tell me how
    Registered Users Posts: 21,517 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    Candie wrote: »
    I'm currently plonked on a sofa. List me!

    As a verb is acceptable. As a noun, not so much.


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    #581
    TAFKAlawhec
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭TAFKAlawhec


    Anyone who unironically uses the word "sheeple".

    Anyone who self describes themselves as a "free speech advocate" (Translation - I want to speak clearly as a bigot and a c*nt with no one calling me up on it).

    Conspiracy theorists, hard left socialists, hard right conservatives or libertarians, and "Freeman" gob****es. All four routinely guilty of hijacking general causes, concerns and protests less to give actual support to the matter at hand and more to prosthelytise and draw attention to themselves in general.


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    #582
    Paddy Cow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    xckjoo wrote: »
    Might say more about me than them, but if I see someone checking social media, news, etc. on their phone while driving, I assume they've no attention span and are probably a bit thick. :o
    Using a phone for any reason while driving is a big no no for me.


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    #583
    Paddy Cow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭Paddy Cow


    partyguinness wrote: »
    Yeah- pity their not as passionate or supportive of the League of Ireland.

    Pissed me right off 25 years ago when our local soccer team started. The local GAA Taliban did all they could to stop it ("foreign game bull****"). These same fcukers were glued to Sky Sports every weekend and lifelong ManU/Liverpool etc supporters. They even went to games in England several times a season.

    You couldnt make it up.
    I grew up in rural Ireland and there was fcuk all to do as a teenager. A bunch of us used to play football on the GAA pitch. The local Karen who lived across the road would come over and tell us that we couldn't play foreign games on the pitch and would have to leave if we persisted :rolleyes: FFS it was a bunch of kids having a bit of fun. Would she rather we killed the boredom by vandalising her shop? Muppet of the highest order.


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    #584
    cj maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,357 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    Hate bullies and manipulaters , often the same people . They ‘climb’ by putting you down


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    #585
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 31,831 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    The Highwayman wrote: »
    The NRA advocates for gun training and safety. There are ZERO members of the NRA or gun nuts as you call the guilty of school shootings or similar mass attacks.

    But you watch John Oliver so I'm guessing you're a Trump hating, MSM watching drone.

    How did that Russian conspiracy theory work out for you?
    I didn't once call members of the NRA gun nuts? Why are you making things up?

    It's a comedy show so not exactly MSM, I watch and read a lot of different news sources.

    I also didn't mention Trump or anything to do with Russians...what are you on about?

    As another poster mentioned the NRA push for no restrictions at all on gun ownership, including for people who are mentally ill....do you agree with things like that? Or are you for totally unrestricted gun ownership?
    They also seem to hold a huge amount of sway with lawmakers in the US, that seems like a pretty dangerous combination to me.


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    #586
    YFlyer
    Registered Users Posts: 9,717 ✭✭✭YFlyer


    partyguinness wrote: »
    I agree with you 100% but funnily enough I have heard foreigners commenting on how the Irish will thank the bus driver when alighting and how strange that is.

    I used to go out with a Spanish girl and in bars I would say out of habit: "Can I have a Guinness please".

    Her initial response would be: "Well yes you certainly can. Would you like a Guinness?"

    She found that strange that I would ask as opposed to "Get me a Guinness please" or "I will have a Guinness" which is what they would say in Spain.

    Al Murray joked that the reason the Germans lost the war was the way they gave orders.


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    #587
    BBFAN
    Registered Users Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭BBFAN


    I actually try not to get annoyed by trivial things but as a Dub who lives in a rural community I absolutely HATE when someone asks me "what's their surname?" "ah yeh, I know them, their grand uncle from 60 years ago was a pervert".

    I DON'T CARE what someone's family history is. I take them as I find them.


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    #588
    cj maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,357 ✭✭✭✭cj maxx


    BBFAN wrote: »
    I actually try not to get annoyed by trivial things but as a Dub who lives in a rural community I absolutely HATE when someone asks me "what's their surname?" "ah yeh, I know them, their grand uncle from 60 years ago was a pervert".

    I DON'T CARE what someone's family history is. I take them as I find them.
    Only a Murphy would say that :)


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    #589
    c.p.w.g.w
    Registered Users Posts: 4,994 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    partyguinness wrote: »
    Actually I find the whole love in Irish football supporters have for English football teams just downright embarrassing. I really do.

    .

    Yeah I was talking to 2 English lads a few weeks back in NY. And they couldn't understand that Irish people support English teams. I'm LOI but still have an English team I follow, also have a Belgium and Norwegian Team (football manager is to blame)


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    #590
    partyguinness
    Registered Users Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭partyguinness


    BBFAN wrote: »
    I actually try not to get annoyed by trivial things but as a Dub who lives in a rural community I absolutely HATE when someone asks me "what's their surname?" "ah yeh, I know them, their grand uncle from 60 years ago was a pervert".

    I DON'T CARE what someone's family history is. I take them as I find them.


    A Dub living out in a rural community is a definite red flag. What are you running/hiding from sunshine...:D


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    #591
    BBFAN
    Registered Users Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭BBFAN


    partyguinness wrote: »
    A Dub living out in a rural community is a definite red flag. What are you running/hiding from sunshine...:D

    I love keeping them guessing. Tell them nothing, I know I'm the talk of the village as a result.

    I recently changed my car and a couple of them mentioned it and my answer was "yes". I'd say they're going mental trying to figure it out. :D:D:D:D:D


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    #592
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,878 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Cnuts who think their version of Irishness defines Irishness for everyone else.

    Usually religious fcukwits who couldn't think their way out of a wet paper bag.

    Life ain't always empty.



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    #593
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,878 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Bitter LOI fans who think the whole country should revolve around their hobby.

    Non-bitter LOI fans are among the soundest people you could ever meet.

    Bitter Irish language activists who think the whole country should revolve around their hobby.

    Non-bitter Irish language activists are among the soundest people you could ever meet.

    Just don't ask me to pay for either :)

    Life ain't always empty.



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    #594
    Marengo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭Marengo


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Cnuts who think their version of Irishness defines Irishness for everyone else.

    Usually religious fcukwits who couldn't think their way out of a wet paper bag.

    What about non bitter religious people?


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    #595
    Marengo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭Marengo


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Cnuts who think their version of Irishness defines Irishness for everyone else.

    Usually religious fcukwits who couldn't think their way out of a wet paper bag.

    I'd also add aethestic fcukwits who think they know it all. Dry, boring obsessed with one topic.


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    #596
    ShyMets
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭ShyMets


    People who believe they can see other people's auras. No you can't


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    #597
    Nikki Sixx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭Nikki Sixx


    cjmc wrote: »
    Hate bullies and manipulaters , often the same people . They ‘climb’ by putting you down

    Yeah I got a new boss in recent years, another employee at work made it his business to charm the new boss. He then proceeded to bad mouth me to the boss, before the boss got a chance to know me. I can’t prove any of it of course.


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    #598
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users Posts: 20,929 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Nikki Sixx wrote: »
    Yeah I got a new boss in recent years, another employee at work made it his business to charm the new boss. He then proceeded to bad mouth me to the boss, before the boss got a chance to know me. I can’t prove any of it of course.

    I worked for an insufferable manager that is only interested in looking good to the directors and didn't care about anything else. He had a reason to attend their meetings for a period and to their amusement never stopped attending... It's pathetic


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    #599
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 33,878 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Marengo wrote: »
    I'd also add aethestic fcukwits who think they know it all. Dry, boring obsessed with one topic.

    Yes, let me drag you into my non-church to say some non-prayers

    Fcuckin bastards control 0.0% of our schools too

    :rolleyes:

    Life ain't always empty.



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    #600
    Nikki Sixx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭Nikki Sixx


    Preachy “I hate plastic and I have a wooden toothbrush” types. Yeah you are superhuman because you recycle. You are on the same level as Oscar Schindler because you take your bananas out of the soft plastic packaging in Lidl and leave Lidl workers pick up the soft plastic packaging.


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    #601
    Marengo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭Marengo


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Yes, let me drag you into my non-church to say some non-prayers

    Fcuckin bastards control 0.0% of our schools too

    :rolleyes:

    You're obsessed with the whole thing. Just notice even your avatar:D Get out more and enjoy life, it'll be your only one, it's not as if your expecting fun in an afterlife. These extremeties when you can't see ANY good in anything religious or vice versa ANY good in anything aethesitic are for those with a very narrow world view. Leads to bitterness, hatred, poor helath etc. Weeks and months wasted on online hot air.

    Send the kids to Educate Together :)


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