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I’ve concluded that men (and some women) think pedophiles prey on small children and that men grooming and raping teenagers aren’t pedophiles. They think these teenage girls are consenting to this activity or are actually to blame for it. I hate this reasoning, but find no other answer.
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I’ve concluded that men (and some women) think pedophiles prey on small children and that men grooming and raping teenagers aren’t pedophiles. They think these teenage girls are consenting to this activity or are actually to blame for it. I hate this reasoning, but find no other answer.
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I wore a tan coloured shirt when meeting friends on a night out back in 1998. One asked if I'd just come off shift in McDonalds... to this day they still call me Bigmac
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I wore a tan coloured shirt when meeting friends on a night out back in 1998. One asked if I'd just come off shift in McDonalds... to this day they still call me Bigmac
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I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I am calling upon the people of Ireland to immediately begin construction of a thread on this site about how you or someone you know was roasted for a fashion choice. We need it.
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
All roasts must have come from Irish people *only*. Please respect this important rule, it makes a difference.
Tanks
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For non-Irish: The show premise is that Tommy Tiernan (the dad on Derry Girls) doesn’t know who his guest is until they appear.
The chat with Ireland’s outgoing president, Michael D Higgins, is beautiful.
I made the kid watch it to study how Irish people can dance across registers.
#spéirghorm
The chat with Ireland’s outgoing president, Michael D Higgins, is beautiful.
I made the kid watch it to study how Irish people can dance across registers.
#spéirghorm
Michael D. Higgins | The Tommy Tiernan Show
YouTube video by Tommy Tiernan
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
For non-Irish: The show premise is that Tommy Tiernan (the dad on Derry Girls) doesn’t know who his guest is until they appear.
The chat with Ireland’s outgoing president, Michael D Higgins, is beautiful.
I made the kid watch it to study how Irish people can dance across registers.
#spéirghorm
The chat with Ireland’s outgoing president, Michael D Higgins, is beautiful.
I made the kid watch it to study how Irish people can dance across registers.
#spéirghorm
1. Who buys his books?
2. Does anyone believe the 'you can't fire me I already quit line'?
3. Is he good at anything he does?
4. Tbh if he is on, normally, I don't listen, & having heard him today for the first time in years, why does anyone?
5. Gobshite
#speirgorm
2. Does anyone believe the 'you can't fire me I already quit line'?
3. Is he good at anything he does?
4. Tbh if he is on, normally, I don't listen, & having heard him today for the first time in years, why does anyone?
5. Gobshite
#speirgorm
‘Golden rule’ - Ivan Yates cites client confidentiality as reason he didn’t disclose media training of presidential candidate Jim Gavin
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
www.rte.ie/news/politic...
Client confidentiality reason for non-disclosure - Yates
Former broadcaster Ivan Yates has said client confidentiality was the reason he did not disclose the fact that he gave media training to former presidential candidate Jim Gavin.
www.rte.ie
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
1. Who buys his books?
2. Does anyone believe the 'you can't fire me I already quit line'?
3. Is he good at anything he does?
4. Tbh if he is on, normally, I don't listen, & having heard him today for the first time in years, why does anyone?
5. Gobshite
#speirgorm
2. Does anyone believe the 'you can't fire me I already quit line'?
3. Is he good at anything he does?
4. Tbh if he is on, normally, I don't listen, & having heard him today for the first time in years, why does anyone?
5. Gobshite
#speirgorm
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Bringing back this hot take for the upcoming holiday season.
When to start celebrating holidays:
• Halloween 🎃: October 18
• Thanksgiving 🦃: Sunday before Thanksgiving (to start food prep)
• Christmas 🎄: first Sunday of Advent
Signed,
—Curmudgeon
• Halloween 🎃: October 18
• Thanksgiving 🦃: Sunday before Thanksgiving (to start food prep)
• Christmas 🎄: first Sunday of Advent
Signed,
—Curmudgeon
November 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Bringing back this hot take for the upcoming holiday season.
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#speirgorm might be interested to see this, as we await President Connolly’s inauguration this week. A vision of what might have been 😬
November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
#speirgorm might be interested to see this, as we await President Connolly’s inauguration this week. A vision of what might have been 😬
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1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Jayysus @johncreedon.bsky.social what kinda mood were you in tonight? It was lovely but a bit staring into the flames with a whiskey in hand vibe?
November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Jayysus @johncreedon.bsky.social what kinda mood were you in tonight? It was lovely but a bit staring into the flames with a whiskey in hand vibe?
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Loads of plastic poppies zip tied to lamposts round here, probably end up in landfill or choking some dolphin in the ocean next month, makes you proud 🫡
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Loads of plastic poppies zip tied to lamposts round here, probably end up in landfill or choking some dolphin in the ocean next month, makes you proud 🫡
This is brilliant. We need this here too, we need Irish leftie losers #speirgorm
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This is brilliant. We need this here too, we need Irish leftie losers #speirgorm
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Regarding the rightward turn FG & FF are taking on all kinds of immigration, here's a piece I wrote Nov 2019 on far-right rhetoric entering mainstream Irish politics.
"This is a pattern: extreme rhetoric is heard, listened to and begins to seep into mainstream politics until it becomes part of it."
"This is a pattern: extreme rhetoric is heard, listened to and begins to seep into mainstream politics until it becomes part of it."
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Regarding the rightward turn FG & FF are taking on all kinds of immigration, here's a piece I wrote Nov 2019 on far-right rhetoric entering mainstream Irish politics.
"This is a pattern: extreme rhetoric is heard, listened to and begins to seep into mainstream politics until it becomes part of it."
"This is a pattern: extreme rhetoric is heard, listened to and begins to seep into mainstream politics until it becomes part of it."
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Disagree. Showing that it can be done has an exhilarating effect on the whole "it can't be done" mantra in other political conversations around the world.
As we say in Irish: "impossible" is just buttered possible, baby...
As we say in Irish: "impossible" is just buttered possible, baby...
November 5, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Disagree. Showing that it can be done has an exhilarating effect on the whole "it can't be done" mantra in other political conversations around the world.
As we say in Irish: "impossible" is just buttered possible, baby...
As we say in Irish: "impossible" is just buttered possible, baby...
Timely & impactful
GRMA @dublininquirer.com fort this
GRMA @dublininquirer.com fort this
There's been a great deal of debate about how safe Dublin city centre is, but when we @dublininquirer.com looked for data to resolve this, we couldn't find much useful – so we commissioned a survey to try to add some facts/data to the debate. Today we've published five articles about the results. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Timely & impactful
GRMA @dublininquirer.com fort this
GRMA @dublininquirer.com fort this
Love this
I hope this book has this level of political analysis by @jaseomcn.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Love this
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Remember - if it's OK to call @paulmurphy.pbp.ie et al "far left" or "hard left" for saying that people deserve homes and basic services, then it's entirely OK for you to call politicians "far right" and "racist" when they try to blame a housing disaster they created on immigrants.
a man in a colorful sweater says " no more mister nice guy "
ALT: a man in a colorful sweater says " no more mister nice guy "
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Remember - if it's OK to call @paulmurphy.pbp.ie et al "far left" or "hard left" for saying that people deserve homes and basic services, then it's entirely OK for you to call politicians "far right" and "racist" when they try to blame a housing disaster they created on immigrants.
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Simon Harris thinks there's too many immigrants, does that include the kids of the Lisdoonvarna Crew? The kids in direct provision? Cos he was content to use their song without permission. #speirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/cork-kids-ra...
www.thejournal.ie/cork-kids-ra...
Fine Gael apologises for using Cork kids' rap song in campaign video without permission
The party said it will donate to The Kabin Crew or to a charity of the not-for-profit’s choice.
www.thejournal.ie
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Simon Harris thinks there's too many immigrants, does that include the kids of the Lisdoonvarna Crew? The kids in direct provision? Cos he was content to use their song without permission. #speirgorm
www.thejournal.ie/cork-kids-ra...
www.thejournal.ie/cork-kids-ra...
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They say it was because the disposables are littering the place and children are using them. Yet it is cheaper for me now to buy disposables that it would be for me to purchase liquid for my non disposable vape. And charging the tax on non nicotine liquid?
Vaping myths and the facts - Better Health
There are lots of misconceptions about e-cigarettes and vaping. Here are some of the most common myths, and the facts based on scientific evidence and data.
www.nhs.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
They say it was because the disposables are littering the place and children are using them. Yet it is cheaper for me now to buy disposables that it would be for me to purchase liquid for my non disposable vape. And charging the tax on non nicotine liquid?
Banning disposables would be a health measure
AND an environmental measure (hugely polluting, look at Belgian attempts to ban)
AND a fire safety measure (causing regular fires for refuse companies)
But sure let's fuck the responsible users
#finegeal #fiannafail 'logic'
AND an environmental measure (hugely polluting, look at Belgian attempts to ban)
AND a fire safety measure (causing regular fires for refuse companies)
But sure let's fuck the responsible users
#finegeal #fiannafail 'logic'
Not a tax based on health benefits but to replace revenue from tobacco sales.
I went from 20+ cigs/day, to 18mg, 12mg, 6mg and now 3mg liquid. The cost of my 2x10ml liquid/week goes from €10 to €20.
Disposables, stronger & favoured by kids, go up €1-2 each. Banning those would be a health measure.
I went from 20+ cigs/day, to 18mg, 12mg, 6mg and now 3mg liquid. The cost of my 2x10ml liquid/week goes from €10 to €20.
Disposables, stronger & favoured by kids, go up €1-2 each. Banning those would be a health measure.
I support taxing vapes, banning disposables outright, mandatory plain packaging and making their sale dependent on a licence - a much stricter regime than the current one.
I'll try to explain again why the recently introduced vape tax is irrational, counter-productive, and in some cases harmful🧵
I'll try to explain again why the recently introduced vape tax is irrational, counter-productive, and in some cases harmful🧵
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Banning disposables would be a health measure
AND an environmental measure (hugely polluting, look at Belgian attempts to ban)
AND a fire safety measure (causing regular fires for refuse companies)
But sure let's fuck the responsible users
#finegeal #fiannafail 'logic'
AND an environmental measure (hugely polluting, look at Belgian attempts to ban)
AND a fire safety measure (causing regular fires for refuse companies)
But sure let's fuck the responsible users
#finegeal #fiannafail 'logic'
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Vape sales should be licensed as cigs and booze are. Plain packaging should be mandatory. None of these things are being done.
What the government have done will not make much difference to casual vapers, but will push quitters back onto cigarettes. /
What the government have done will not make much difference to casual vapers, but will push quitters back onto cigarettes. /
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Vape sales should be licensed as cigs and booze are. Plain packaging should be mandatory. None of these things are being done.
What the government have done will not make much difference to casual vapers, but will push quitters back onto cigarettes. /
What the government have done will not make much difference to casual vapers, but will push quitters back onto cigarettes. /
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This tax adds €5 onto all of those bottles, regardless of strength. So it removes the incentive to step down, and actually penalises you for doing so. As bottles costed from €2 in a discount shop to €8 for the priciest, bottles are now doubling, or tripling in price.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This tax adds €5 onto all of those bottles, regardless of strength. So it removes the incentive to step down, and actually penalises you for doing so. As bottles costed from €2 in a discount shop to €8 for the priciest, bottles are now doubling, or tripling in price.
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Crying about not being able to talk about migration while being one of the most powerful politicians in a country that has had almost 7 years of non stop talk about migration is top tier useless crybaby behavior
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Crying about not being able to talk about migration while being one of the most powerful politicians in a country that has had almost 7 years of non stop talk about migration is top tier useless crybaby behavior
We lost such a great man last month @manchanmagan.bsky.social will inspire legions to embrace ár tenga, ár talamh, ár cultúr even if it's just cupla focail gach lá
We were lucky to have had him even for such a short time
We were lucky to have had him even for such a short time
November 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We lost such a great man last month @manchanmagan.bsky.social will inspire legions to embrace ár tenga, ár talamh, ár cultúr even if it's just cupla focail gach lá
We were lucky to have had him even for such a short time
We were lucky to have had him even for such a short time