Pet Peeves

[son of the Morrigan]

As long as there's boose, loud rocking music and the chance to get your knob dipped in some clunge, who gives a fuck about the Nazi lizard people in the New World Order?

I'm with ya on that one man, great in the short term, but in the long term we all end up with hangovers, whiplash and STDs.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

And dead, most assuredly of all.

[son of the Morrigan]

Oh dead, certainly, and no fear of it.
A lot of ye lads have children though, I would have hoped ye had some interest in creating a free society for them in the future, not participating in the creation of a system for the enslaved.
Is our generation so selfish and apathetic, so spineless and pathetic, that we would sacrifice the freedom of future generations for the convenience of buying fucking fast food with a bank card.

[Mower Liberation Front]

Rain delays during a night race.

[astfgyl]

Yeah, I'm there with you Kunt, I've  more years behind me than I have ahead and I look around and see the way the next generation are locked into their gadgets and are so detached from real life that every little slight in the real world has to be turned into an issue...  Nah, I've followed all your arguments astyfgl  and I'm very open to them.....but ,c'mon, we're out of here in 30/40/50 years, .. , like as much as I respect Nemtheanga I can't get with this long term world view. .. Just get some Raven on, get the brews in and let's get the fuck out of here.

That's what I was getting at with the jealousy comment. Like I'd be happy enough to just enjoy my own buzz once all of the stupid things didn't affect me personally. Wouldn't mind the rest of the world going insane if I could choose not to join in without it becoming impractical. Sure I'm always banging on about the covid response stuff, but if there were no restrictions affecting me I wouldn't give a fuck and I'd be happy to leave everyone else be fried about it. Same with the cashless society thing, if i couldn't see my life was going to end up like that black mirror episode with the exercise bike, with my income tied to some weird health fascism shit, I'd be happy to leave everyone else go demented and just drink my cans and listen to tunes. Like a lot of us here, I have over half my life lived and I don't think I'm the one who will change anything so I do agree with you.

Here's a peeve, I'm sick of looking at women in sports clothes, leggings and shit. They are grand and all but it's all the women all the time now and I no longer care how good their arse looks in the shaper leggings. Badly missing seeing a few skirts and high heels and the like. Lipstick as well, only see ould ones with that on lately. Yknow, Saturday night going out style stuff, I miss it.

[Eoin McLove]

There are so many forces at work far beyond our control. Do you (Son of the Morrigan) actually think that there is anything to be done by the average man or woman in the street that will influence the direction of commerce or technology? I don't think there is. I believe there are worrying aspects to the online-ification of every aspect of our lives and it's important to get away from the online world whenever you can, but avoiding online banking or tap and go payments or PayPal will probably get you nowhere. The tides are turning and some battles are already lost.

[astfgyl]

Without getting too mugz about it, I think it all peaked about 15 years ago when there was the option to do most things online and also in the physical world. It was convenient then, and not something we are all simply herded into. The Illusion of choice is important and smartphones fucked us all. The internet was a great idea and still is in many ways, but it has turned out mostly awful.  Like nuclear technology it could have been used to better the world but instead ended up being used for weapons and a general sense of threat for most of its time

[Eoin McLove]

I think that's a typically and predictably pessimistic view. History isn't over, much less the history of technology and the Internet. There are aspects of the Internet that are awful, but it's a wide world out there and it depends on how you choose to use it. It's an option and you can opt to use it less, or use it more selectively and fruitfully. I'm like a broken record, I know, but the best way to start having a healthier relationship with the Web is to avoid social media. There's no getting rid of those platforms,  but ignorance is bliss. It's easy to forget that the real world still exists outside of online drama. For example,  has anyone else noticed how America has ceased to exist since Trump was voted out? We were being bombarded with his guff for four years or more and being convinced that the world was on the brink of collapse- and maybe it is- but since Biden has come into office there's nothing at all to report. Everything is A- OK again! Weird. That's maybe slightly different as the bombardment was so all pervasive and being multiplied by every news source as well, but exposing yourself to endless bad news is physically and psychologically damaging so maybe navigating your way more cleverly around the Internet will make your life better.

[astfgyl]

I don't disagree with any of that. I mostly use here to scratch the itch and the use of social media definitely brings down the level of happiness. Like using it all the time would give the impression that life is all like that but very little translates into the real world. I'm imagining Biotech is Godzilla but Biotech replaced with internet and it's a shit song now but the slightly ham fisted point still holds up. Going back to the cashless economy thing it's not a bad thing in itself but the application of stuff is more often bad than good. It's like a hammer, it can be used to build or smash things and the easier option is to destroy. Or something. You're right though if I use the internet to buy books and CDs and use those to keep myself away from the darker side of the internet, it can be considered a good thing by my own actions and the responsibility lies with the end user.

[Ollkiller]

Here's a peeve, I'm sick of looking at women in sports clothes, leggings and shit. They are grand and all but it's all the women all the time now and I no longer care how good their arse looks in the shaper leggings.

It is the greatest fashion trend in history. Long may it reign.

[Caomhaoin]

It does some of them no favours at all.

Sunday middle aged male cyclists dressed up in the most laughable spandex and gear as if they are doing the Tour de France wrecks my head, and I've mentioned it before.

I wear compression socks running and I know it looks gimpy, but these lads, bellies bursting out of the spray on rig outs, it's amazing. Can fellas not just go and do a bit of exercise without plastering expensive  'LOOK AT ME' accessories all the time?

[Blackout]

It does some of them no favours at all.

Sunday middle aged male cyclists dressed up in the most laughable spandex and gear as if they are doing the Tour de France wrecks my head, and I've mentioned it before.

I wear compression socks running and I know it looks gimpy, but these lads, bellies bursting out of the spray on rig outs, it's amazing. Can fellas not just go and do a bit of exercise without plastering expensive  'LOOK AT ME' accessories all the time?

Top, shorts football socks and good running trainers is all ya need.

[Blackout]

Football bending the knee for racism and the minute silence for prince Phillip - The Royal Racist -  is seriously ironic.

[Trev]

This new trend of joggers running on the road, stuck behind one prick today having to drive about 5km because I couldn't overtake him and the prick wouldn't just go on the big giant footpath right beside him. Cunt.

[Carnage]

Football bending the knee for racism and the minute silence for prince Phillip - The Royal Racist -  is seriously ironic.

That made me laugh. Same thing with the rugby yesterday. Sky Sports News, for all their anti-racism rhetoric, was off air for most of Friday, with Sky News it its place. The straight-faced hypocrisy is hilarious.