Messages

[manosphere]

New Louis Theroux documentary is mental. It's a whole world I am oblivious to and I'm happy about that.

We've been having chats with jnr (15) re the influx of these ultimate males. Himself and his friends think the likes of Tate etc are arseholes. Hopefully this is the case, but thinking back as a young teen and the guff we'd tell our folks

I have a 4 year old and was thinking christ this is all ahead of me.
But I think most of them can see through it. There's just a minority who fall for it. There's 2 saps about halfway through the documentary who are completely sold by it. It was so cringe to watch.

Googled what the doc was about as I hadn't heard of it and my main question is: WTF is the manosphere

Real men, Alpha male types, or toxic masculinity to others.

The manosphere is real men? What exactly is a real man?

I was being sarcastic.

Evidently these lads are real men by telling their partners to go clean a room.

[manosphere]

New Louis Theroux documentary is mental. It's a whole world I am oblivious to and I'm happy about that.

We've been having chats with jnr (15) re the influx of these ultimate males. Himself and his friends think the likes of Tate etc are arseholes. Hopefully this is the case, but thinking back as a young teen and the guff we'd tell our folks

I have a 4 year old and was thinking christ this is all ahead of me.
But I think most of them can see through it. There's just a minority who fall for it. There's 2 saps about halfway through the documentary who are completely sold by it. It was so cringe to watch.

Googled what the doc was about as I hadn't heard of it and my main question is: WTF is the manosphere

Real men, Alpha male types, or toxic masculinity to others.

Only the rearranged Waterford V Tipp game hurling wise this weekend.

A game that will have more bearing on who gets relegated with Offaly, but Kilkenny still have to visit Thurles in the last week next week.

Tipp probably want to get the job done this weekend and may have a lot more first teamers out to secure the points.

This is Waterfords last game in the league and they too need the points to avoid getting pulled into relegation, so they'll also not be holding back.

Could be feisty enough this one.

whats the views on the down game?

i think its a game we should win, physically we should not be dominated. not to take away from some of the individuals on the Down team but you have to expect Antrim to win this battle physically and tactically?

You'd have to go back to early 90's to when Down matched Antrim physically and tactically, we'd need a lot to go wrong to lose this game

Gotta love you guys, where have Antrim pulled all these men mountains from in recent weeks?

Down aren't big, but they're not small either and showed glimpses of what they can do in the second half against Kildare.

Antrim will be favourites but if the bookies are offering a spread of 7 points, get your money on Down.

I'd say 7 points is a good shout, depends how Fitzy approaches the game with the team line outs

Both teams will be well up for it so there's that, being in Newry is better than Ballycran from an Antrim's perspective

Newry pitch isn't a whole pile bigger than Ballycran, if at all, so there will be a lack of space.

I'd be concerned for Down if they do allow Antrim to pull their half backs too far out the field and leave a huge space behind them. They didn't do that against Kildare and will need to show the same discipline again.

They were decent in the second half at taking long range points, they'll need to even better against Antrim at it especially if wee Davy parks the bus which for me would be a poor statement of intent or indeed level of confidence in his team to do that against Down.

I read this morning someone saying if they feel so strongly the pay rise is excessive why don't they pass a motion to rescind it ?

Ex f**king Actly.

All talk and bullshit about this "independent" review and a 10 year realignment.

[Trump promised no more forever wars in 2024]

There's two oil tankers burning in the Gulf today after Iranian attacks. Crude oil is up again today.

I know 30% of the US population are Trump boot lickers, but surely even they won't buy him "declaring" victory?

Support for the war was 27% at the start. It's lower now. A lot of MAGAs are anti war. Trump promised no more forever wars in 2024 before the election. MTG says war is not America First.

And then he realised why AIPAC gave him all that money and they owned him like a bítch.

whats the views on the down game?

i think its a game we should win, physically we should not be dominated. not to take away from some of the individuals on the Down team but you have to expect Antrim to win this battle physically and tactically?

You'd have to go back to early 90's to when Down matched Antrim physically and tactically, we'd need a lot to go wrong to lose this game

Gotta love you guys, where have Antrim pulled all these men mountains from in recent weeks?

Down aren't big, but they're not small either and showed glimpses of what they can do in the second half against Kildare.

Antrim will be favourites but if the bookies are offering a spread of 7 points, get your money on Down.

We've three levels of governance for such a small place.

Get rid of local councils and if the MLA's want to earn their crust then take over the bins etc.

There are councils in England looking after more people than there are people in NI.

Not a good two nights for Premier League clubs in Champions league action

Real Madrid 3 Man City 0
Bayer Leverkusen 1 Arsenal 1
PSG 5 Chelsea 2
Galatasaray 1 Liverpool 0
Atlético Madrid 5 Tottenham 2

Liverpool and Arsenal should progress but after that it's anyone's guess.

Liverpool and Arsenal will go through.

Spurs no chance. I can't see Real and PSG not scoring so City and Chelsea will need at least 4. So yeah unlikely.

Newcastle have more of a chance of going through than City, Chelsea and Spurs.

Warnings of a drone attack in California. Would be willing to bet an awful lot of money that it isn't Iran behind that...

Eh?

Trump is looking to declare "Victory" any day now, but the Israelis want it to continue for a while yet, so guess what might change the Donalds mind?

[I'm not sure the forwards are that bad, been pitting up good enough scores I think the other end may be needing more attention]

Great to see our hurling manager was really happy that Celtic won yesterday. Hope he never manages them after Saturdays result           

I'm not sure the forwards are that bad, been pitting up good enough scores I think the other end may be needing more attention

Ridiculous statement! The man is allowed to have a life outside of managing the hurlers- and he dedicates some amount of time to Down GAA (will often do Stewart for the football games) and doesn't take a penny.

Yes hurlers got beat out the gate on Saturday against one of the top teams in the country. Unfortunately the gap between 1B and 2A has just been too big for this Down team. But hopefully the experience of playing against these sides will stand to them and we can come back up stronger. Antrim have struggled too so hopefully we can give them a good rattle in Newry and set us up for the championship.

I wouldn't be overly critical of the management after that defeat, it's just the stark reality of where Down hurling is at in terms of resource, playing numbers etc compared to the likes of Dublin, Clare etc.

It has to be said that in the program for the game it had a report from the last time Down and Dublin played in the league in 2005 in Ballycran and Down actually won the game to relegate Dublin to Div2.

Back then Down had forwards the calibre of Big Magic, Dule Braniff and Brendan McGourty. With the best will in the world we don't have forwards of that calibre now.

Maybe the defence was better then as well 

[Has Tudor not a work responsibility to the other 10 players and the broader club too?]

Feel terrible for the keeper.

I don't.

He's the worst goalkeeper I've ever seen at Spurs (some accolade). Has not one single attribute that marks him out as a top flight keeper. And to top that his concentration is abysmal.

He'll be able to retire when his contract is up. And then maybe find something he's good at to do with the rest of his life.

FFS he's a 22 year old young lad. Human. With pride and feelings. Just fucked up on a massive stage, probably the biggest game of his life so far. I don't care how much money he's making, he's surely someone hoping to succeed at the highest level ans he's just blown a huge opportunity in an extremely public manner.

He has a guaranteed contract of about £7m.

Personally I find it impossible to have empathy / sympathy for anyone in this situation.

The life they're so lucky to lead isn't "human".

Yet his peers are all in the exact same boat. He has to go into work today. He's probably the pride of his extended family and his community of origin.

Just because you're lucky enough and gifted enough to excel in a field that brings fame and money doesn't mean that human feelings and needs and social pressures and work responsibilities just disappear.

Yes, to a point. But the reality is he is a highly paid elite sportsman. At every level of every sport there is an expectation of a basic performance level. Have an off day, especially in the CL knockouts, and you wil be hauled ashore.

Has Tudor not a work responsibility to the other 10 players and the broader club too?

Seems like he's an Arsenal plant so far anyway

Arsenal are the least of Spurs worries at the minute.

They should be worrying about West Ham, Forest and Leeds.

Evidently European referees aren't big into the maul situations Premier league teams favour at corners.

Liverpool had a goal disallowed due to Konate handling a ball he knew nothing about (hit is upper arm) in a melee from a corner and it didn't go directly in either, bounced off the keeper onto Van Dykes heel or something and spun in.

Newcastle were pinged a few times for pushing and shoving at corners as well.

Not a good night for the Premier League teams in general.

[If only they'd have been more ruthless during World War Two]

Israel will not stop until Iran and whoever else in that area they feel is not on their side.

The West Bank, followed by Lebanon Jordan Syria and eventually Iran

This thing is never going to stop

If only they'd have been more ruthless during World War Two

Ireland has become a wild antisemitic country within a few years. Wild.
I really hope this isn't our generations 1930s. We all know where it ends.

Palestinians are semites, is this what you mean by being antisemitic?

Palestinians are linguisticaly semetic, but more recently the term has been used to describe the discrimination of Jewish people.

Of course you already know this and are splitting hairs for some reason.

The Ashzenazi Jews who emigrated from Europe and the US into Palestine aren't Semites, but for some reason they've taken on that mantra.

Sadly being called an Antisemite carries no weight now as it's been so badly misused by those trying to justify the actions of Israel.

[If only they'd have been more ruthless during World War Two]

Israel will not stop until Iran and whoever else in that area they feel is not on their side.

The West Bank, followed by Lebanon Jordan Syria and eventually Iran

This thing is never going to stop

If only they'd have been more ruthless during World War Two

Ireland has become a wild antisemitic country within a few years. Wild.
I really hope this isn't our generations 1930s. We all know where it ends.

Palestinians are semites, is this what you mean by being antisemitic?