Pet Peeves

[The Heretic]

Bishop Kevin Doran of Elphin is of the opinion that the reason mass attendance is down is because we have all become too proud and lack the humility to genuflect or kneel before the creator. So its entirely the fault of the parishioners.
Good man Kevin, ya hit the nail square on the head there. The Romans weren't as accurate with their hammers when they were nailing our lord and saviour Jesus Christ to the infamous gibbet, ya fucking mook.
Those fuckers are beyond redemption at this stage.

No Kevin, its the kneeling that was done giving forced blow jobs to priests is yer problem there.

[Eoin McLove]

I reckon all that stuff will have had some impact alright, but I think the main factor in why people moved away from the church is that Irish people became more educated and more progressive in their world view. That seems to be the path that cultures take. Ireland has become a modern country over the past forty years or less, and traditional views get ditched in favour of more worldly and 'sophisticated' ideas. Religion becomes a parochial old tie to the black and white past and gets left behind. Ireland is now too clever for religion, but maybe something of value has been lost along the way. A sense of meaning and a sense of community? Not to say that those things can't be found elsewhere of course, but it's easy to be endlessly cynical.

[Pagan Saviour]

Reviews that contain the phrase "Their Best Since" usually written by a complete fucking idiot vaguely qualified to be a journalist.

[The Heretic]

I reckon all that stuff will have had some impact alright, but I think the main factor in why people moved away from the church is that Irish people became more educated and more progressive in their world view. That seems to be the path that cultures take. Ireland has become a modern country over the past forty years or less, and traditional views get ditched in favour of more worldly and 'sophisticated' ideas. Religion becomes a parochial old tie to the black and white past and gets left behind. Ireland is now too clever for religion, but maybe something of value has been lost along the way. A sense of meaning and a sense of community? Not to say that those things can't be found elsewhere of course, but it's easy to be endlessly cynical.

and that also 

[Ducky]

Absolutely nothing of value was lost when backs were collectively turned on those child raping/murdering cunts.

Sure me mother (and no doubt any number of your own relatives) had the left-handedness literally bet out of her by the nuns. And that is absolutely timid compared that some of the "holy people" committed against this country.

As someone living in the Diocese of Elphin, let the Catholic church fucking and all it ever stood for in this country burn and return to the dirt, where it belongs.

[Eoin McLove]

Using either the word "fire" or the flame emoji to say that you like something. You should be burnt to death for that crime. Burnt. To. Death.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Agree with you on that. But will also have to add:

Do. Ing. This. 

[tonictitan]

Using either the word "fire" or the flame emoji to say that you like something. You should be burnt to death for that crime. Burnt. To. Death.

This post slaps 👋

[Eoin McLove]

Using either the word "fire" or the flame emoji to say that you like something. You should be burnt to death for that crime. Burnt. To. Death.

This post slaps 👋

Oh yes. That's another death sentence.

[OpenSores]

Absolutely nothing of value was lost when backs were collectively turned on those child raping/murdering cunts.

Sure me mother (and no doubt any number of your own relatives) had the left-handedness literally bet out of her by the nuns. And that is absolutely timid compared that some of the "holy people" committed against this country.

As someone living in the Diocese of Elphin, let the Catholic church fucking and all it ever stood for in this country burn and return to the dirt, where it belongs.

Yip, my mother had her left arm broken by a cunt of a nun in primary school. Her older sister landed into school the next day a punched the cunt in the face. I went to the same primary school and even then it was pretty evil and twisted the way we all were treated.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

There was a Neo-Nazi march in Melbourne at the weekend (actual Neo Nazis, not people who want to go to metal gigs) and they were doing themselves and their mummies very proud indeed.

Just saw this, seems like the best place to put it. I've no idea who yer man is, just a very funny front page 

[Mooncat]

Using either the word "fire" or the flame emoji to say that you like something. You should be burnt to death for that crime. Burnt. To. Death.

This post slaps 👋

Oh yes. That's another death sentence.

Whereas I don't necessarily disagree, mainly this is just a sign that you're all old men who hate youth lingo, same as literally every generation thinks about new generations 

[Bürggermeister]

The influence of Friends runs a deep as that of Sabbath, for the lads.

[Mooncat]

Bands who name their fanbases. Or rather, ones who name their fanbases where it's not really appropriate. I can understand when a pop star does it, Beyonce with The Beyhive, Lady Gaga with her Little Monsters, Taylor Swift with Swifties etc. Most of their fanbases are tween girls, so fair enough.

But when a band like Venom does it (The Legion), or even Slipknot with Maggots, it is totally cringe inducing. Can you imagine the 90 or so crusty older guys at your average Venom show all fist-pumping like, 'Yeah! We're The Legion!'. Fuck me...

Even worse is when you get a local act trying it because monkey see, monkey do, that must be how to be successful.

Bonus related pet peeve: local bands who refer to their home town (and only town they ever play) by its name. "Thank you, Edmonton!"

[StoutAndAle]

Bonus related pet peeve: local bands who refer to their home town (and only town they ever play) by its name. "Thank you, Edmonton!"

There was quite a spate of punk and post-rock bands that did something similar in the 90s/00s when I was first starting out.

All driven by Ian MacKaye saying "We are Fugazi from Washington DC" on bootlegs from around the world.

"We are {Insert Name} from Cork City."

We know, yeh eejits - it's your first ever gig, it's in Cork and we are all on first name terms.