Bad beat/Moaning/Venting thread - Lockdown City

[eoghan104]

Hitchhiker's Guide To... what was the bank shares you were banging on about last year? BOI I assume? How did you get some and how did it work out?

I am new to Degiro and when I looked up them it was telling me these are "complex shares" and made me take a test. What is that all about?

tI am on the BTC and ETH bus now but want to invest some more longer term plays in Degiro. Anyone got any tips? Are all ETF's safe enough or any I should target? Any advice would be great. Total newb here.

[Tar.Aldarion]

What's been your favourite?

A lot of the stuff I have had before, I've been around the block so it is mostly to showcase to others. I've tried to put up some healthier food, middle of the road and out and out junk food, and I'd have favourites in each. A few of my favs would be cauliflower wings/pastries from veginity/vish. The burgers from Token (Big mac and vegan chick). Kebab and sushi from sova vegan butcher, bento box from Musashi, the healthy bowls from Nutbutter and Kale+Coco, chikun fillet roll from vegansandwichco. I'll stick up pictures after I'm all done.


I get a lot of emails wanting me to try things, or promote things but one I recently got that got my attention said that if I tried their food they would plant 100 trees for me and send me a certificate haha. I looked at their site and they are planting trees in general from the money they make, in Ireland and the UK. Of course I was just as happy to get 6kg of candy the other day,

[Raoul Duke III]

I mean... by any objective standard its hard to imagine a worse president.

I read an article today which argued that Trump is most certainly the worst character to have been President. And I think that's undeniable.

[Guest]

I read an article today which argued that Trump is most certainly the worst character to have been President. And I think that's undeniable.

Exactly, arguments can be made elsewhere in terms of economy and such but hard to imagine a more deplorable character.

[Raoul Duke III]

Speaking of kitchen-related activity, I spent 20 minutes earlier taking a blunt old chef's knife and used the kit sp recommended to turn it into a very sharp object indeed.

Passed the paper test with flying colours. And cut myself drying it up after.

[Raoul Duke III]

Exactly, arguments can be made elsewhere in terms of economy and such but hard to imagine a more deplorable character.

I doubt he even has what most of us would call 'character'. He is completely guided by his own self-interest alone and will lie, cheat, hurt in order to fulfill it.

[Dice75]

I doubt he even has what most of us would call 'character'. He is completely guided by his own self-interest alone and will lie, cheat, hurt in order to fulfill it.

What one word would you use to best describe him?

[Lazare]

I have these vegetarian quesadillas on the rotation and they're winner winner at the moment. So unbelievably tasty.

I add a bit of heat. Add cayenne to the beans and make a hot salsa with red jalapeños and chillies.

Have used pinto, red and black beans. Not much difference, pinto slightly best.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/...an-quesadillas

Farts are incredible after them.

[Raoul Duke III]

What one word would you use to best describe him?

'Narcissist' doesn't really seem adequate. So take your pick between 'psychopath' and 'sociopath' - hotspur is the man here though. I think the former as the pithiest defintion I can find says that the difference between the two is that a sociopath has a conscience. Trump displays no signs of having one.

A: Psychopath

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Three leaves in Blackrock do ridic good takeaway vegetarian food.

[Raoul Duke III]

Dice, this article from 2016 on the mind of Trump is worth a read.

Some tidbits:

belligerent language may also incite nationalistic anger among Trump’s supporters

Trump’s personality is certainly extreme by any standard, and particularly rare for a presidential candidate; many people who encounter the man—in negotiations or in interviews or on a debate stage or watching that debate on television—seem to find him flummoxing.

the broad social reputation Trump has garnered as a remarkably disagreeable person, based upon a lifetime of widely observed interactions. People low in agreeableness are described as callous, rude, arrogant, and lacking in empathy. If Donald Trump does not score low on this personality dimension, then probably nobody does.

In international affairs, Nixon was tough, pragmatic, and coolly rational. Trump seems capable of a similar toughness and strategic pragmatism, although the cool rationality does not always seem to fit, probably because Trump’s disagreeableness appears so strongly motivated by anger.

It is generally believed today that all politicians lie, or at least dissemble, but Trump appears extreme in this regard.

He could be a daring and ruthlessly aggressive decision maker who desperately desires to create the strongest, tallest, shiniest, and most awesome result—and who never thinks twice about the collateral damage he will leave behind. Tough. Bellicose. Threatening. Explosive.

Self-references pervade Trump’s speeches and conversations, too. When, in the summer of 1999, he stood up to offer remarks at his father’s funeral, Trump spoke mainly about himself. It was the toughest day of his own life, Trump began. He went on to talk about Fred Trump’s greatest achievement: raising a brilliant and renowned son.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

Hitchhiker's Guide To... what was the bank shares you were banging on about last year? BOI I assume? How did you get some and how did it work out?

I am new to Degiro and when I looked up them it was telling me these are "complex shares" and made me take a test. What is that all about?

tI am on the BTC and ETH bus now but want to invest some more longer term plays in Degiro. Anyone got any tips? Are all ETF's safe enough or any I should target? Any advice would be great. Total newb here.

I went with AIB for no particular reason. Both the banks are grand. Are you sure you have the right BoI stock? It should have this complete code for the stock: IE00BD1RP616 ? Might just be counted as 'complex' because it has high risk. I'm up about two grand, but would have been up way more if I'd stuck with ETH.

[Tar.Aldarion]

Three leaves in Blackrock do ridic good takeaway vegetarian food.

They're great, would feel bad for the poor deliveroo cyclist though.

[Guest]

Dice, this article from 2016 on the mind of Trump is worth a read.

Some tidbits:

FA did an Anthology of his term, I’ve only read a handful but you’d probably read them all

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/antho...7/trumps-world

[Keane]

I'm 99% sure that in the three and a half years I worked with Strewelpeter he never ate any meat.

[Dice75]

'Narcissist' doesn't really seem adequate. So take your pick between 'psychopath' and 'sociopath' - hotspur is the man here though. I think the former as the pithiest defintion I can find says that the difference between the two is that a sociopath has a conscience. Trump displays no signs of having one.

A: Psychopath

Yeah, its a struggle to find a word that fits to him. Charlatan in terms of him as President Trump but as a person, no. Even the reliable Dublinese fails him like Gobshite, dickhead and Geebag. Just not strong enough...

[Tar.Aldarion]

'Narcissist' doesn't really seem adequate. So take your pick between 'psychopath' and 'sociopath' - hotspur is the man here though. I think the former as the pithiest defintion I can find says that the difference between the two is that a sociopath has a conscience. Trump displays no signs of having one.

A: Psychopath

Big difference in how people say narcissist and things like actual narcissistic personality disorder.

[dobby]

I'm 99% certain the article I'm looking for was posted here at some stage if anyone can help.

It's a long read on Liverpools method of scouting players and tracking their projected gains. Hugely interesting but I cant for the life of me remember the source.

[Theresa]

I'm 99% certain the article I'm looking for was posted here at some stage if anyone can help.

It's a long read on Liverpools method of scouting players and tracking their projected gains. Hugely interesting but I cant for the life of me remember the source.

Who are you arguing with?

[Solksjaer!]

What one word would you use to best describe him?

Sociocunt

[Elshambles]

I'm 99% certain the article I'm looking for was posted here at some stage if anyone can help.

It's a long read on Liverpools method of scouting players and tracking their projected gains. Hugely interesting but I cant for the life of me remember the source.

If it's a long read it's probably the athletic or maybe the guardian

[Lazare]

Anyone else scour through hotspur's recent likes to see who he thinks is a plonker?

[Trippie]

I'm 99% certain the article I'm looking for was posted here at some stage if anyone can help.

It's a long read on Liverpools method of scouting players and tracking their projected gains. Hugely interesting but I cant for the life of me remember the source.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/m...liverpool.html

https://medium.com/the-spekboom/how-...net-a72d50b325

[PSV58]

[Lao Lao]

Colleague in work got positive test results back yesterday as expected.

No symptoms from anybody else in the office but I was still a bit (probably unnecessarily) paranoid about being around my Dad so I booked myself in for a private test. Booked it online last night around 9PM, appointment for 1PM today in the green long term car park at the airport, in/out in about 25 minutes, and negative test result back in just under 6 hours - Very efficient process altogether and at 149 quid, a fairly cheap way at easing any fear I had.

Will still be extra vigilant than before but good to not be worried about it.

[Lao Lao]

In other news, I'm very late to this but my top 20 tunes of 2020 are below along with a link to the Spotify playlist

20) Yard Act – Fixer Upper
19) Pillow Queens – Holy Show
18) Janelle Monae – Turntables
17) Doves – Prisoners
16) Caribou – You & I
15) Waxahatchee – Fire
14) Christine & The Queens – People, I’ve Been Sad
13) Matt Berninger – Distant Axis
12) The Flaming Lips – Will You Return / When You Come Down
11) Ailbhe Reddy - Looking Happy
10) Sault – Wildfires
9) Perfume Genius – Without You
8) Jonsi – Swill
7) Working Men’s Club – Valleys
6) Arab Strap – Compersion Pt 1
5) This is the Kit – Coming to Get You Nowhere
4) Ghostpoet - I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
3) Michael Kiwanuka – You Ain’t the Problem
2) Fontaines DC – You Said
1) This is the Kit – This Is What You did

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4j...R92XZJRiyCQdjQ

[dobby]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/22/m...liverpool.html

https://medium.com/the-spekboom/how-...net-a72d50b325

Mighty stuff.

Thanks very much. It was the NYT one posted here originally I think but I've sent both of them on. Appreciated.

[dobby]

Who are you arguing with?

Sorry m8. That one has gone over my head.

[dobby]

Colleague in work got positive test results back yesterday as expected.

No symptoms from anybody else in the office but I was still a bit (probably unnecessarily) paranoid about being around my Dad so I booked myself in for a private test. Booked it online last night around 9PM, appointment for 1PM today in the green long term car park at the airport, in/out in about 25 minutes, and negative test result back in just under 6 hours - Very efficient process altogether and at 149 quid, a fairly cheap way at easing any fear I had.

Will still be extra vigilant than before but good to not be worried about it.

Really is a great service. Work paid for us to get tested before going back after Christmas. My tester was jolly Josh who sang the whole way through the process. Asked him how he remained so chipper doing the job. He said it makes the day go quicker and cheers people up. Great attitude by him tbf. And results back that evening to keep work happy.

[Raoul Duke III]

In other news, I'm very late to this but my top 20 tunes of 2020 are below along with a link to the Spotify playlist

20) Yard Act – Fixer Upper
19) Pillow Queens – Holy Show
18) Janelle Monae – Turntables
17) Doves – Prisoners
16) Caribou – You & I
15) Waxahatchee – Fire
14) Christine & The Queens – People, I’ve Been Sad
13) Matt Berninger – Distant Axis
12) The Flaming Lips – Will You Return / When You Come Down
11) Ailbhe Reddy - Looking Happy
10) Sault – Wildfires
9) Perfume Genius – Without You
8) Jonsi – Swill
7) Working Men’s Club – Valleys
6) Arab Strap – Compersion Pt 1
5) This is the Kit – Coming to Get You Nowhere
4) Ghostpoet - I Grow Tired But Dare Not Fall Asleep
3) Michael Kiwanuka – You Ain’t the Problem
2) Fontaines DC – You Said
1) This is the Kit – This Is What You did

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4j...R92XZJRiyCQdjQ

2/20. Getting better.

[hotspur]

2/20. Getting better.

Likewise (bands that is, not songs).

[BennyHiFi]

In other news, I'm very late to this but my top 20 tunes of 2020 are below along with a link to the Spotify playlist


2) Fontaines DC – You Said


https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4j...R92XZJRiyCQdjQ

<sigh> always with the Fontaines DC

Michael Kiwanuka on the other hand

[Lao Lao]

<sigh> always with the Fontaines DC

Michael Kiwanuka on the other hand

It was just to see how long it would take you to react

[hotspur]

[shrapnel]

Leave. eu relocating to Waterford. Looks like you're next boys!

[Keane]

Waiting all day for someone to explain how that's fake - it's incredible. I presume that's not exactly a view you could get with your naked eye?

[Lazare]

<sigh> always with the Fontaines DC

Michael Kiwanuka on the other hand

Cold little heart is an epic track.

[Lazare]

Waiting all day for someone to explain how that's fake - it's incredible. I presume that's not exactly a view you could get with your naked eye?

There's argument in the comments about it.

Aparently cold weather can refract light around a horizon.

Would love to see that. There's a spot in the Wicklow mountains where Wales is visible.

[Strewelpeter]

2/20. Getting better.

5/20 I also know one of the Pillow Queens, looks like they are going to be huge.

[Lazare]

I know 11/20 artists but none of the tracks. Really need to get out of my stagnant listening pool.

I'm gonna set each one of those tracks to radio on Google play and start favouriting a load of stuff.

[Guest]

Leave. eu relocating to Waterford. Looks like you're next boys!

Leaflet in the door tonight from the Nationalist Party too. It’s all kicking off now

[CHDad]

There's argument in the comments about it.

Aparently cold weather can refract light around a horizon.

Would love to see that. There's a spot in the Wicklow mountains where Wales is visible.

Its pretty rare but can be seen from the coast here too.

Its never more than a slight bit of mountain on the horizon.

[Lazare]

[Mellor]

Waiting all day for someone to explain how that's fake - it's incredible. I presume that's not exactly a view you could get with your naked eye?

Should be able to see it, or similar with the naked eye. The light hitting the lens is the same as your eyes.
There's a bit of a zoom lens, but foreground is still on land side. Probable UV filter to clear some haze.

There's argument in the comments about it.

Aparently cold weather can refract light around a horizon.

Would love to see that. There's a spot in the Wicklow mountains where Wales is visible.

Yup. Temperature, water vapour etc.
We should only be able to see 5km at sea level, and more as you go higher. But over 140km, the entire mountain should be below the horizon (-1km).

This kind of stuff, people being able to see further than the claimed curve of the earth the Flat Earth Society "prove" the earth wasn't round.
Wonder if this picture will turn in on Flat Earth forums soon.

Advocates of a flat Earth, however, were not deterred: on 11 May 1904 Lady Elizabeth Anne Blount, who would go on to be influential in the formation of the Flat Earth Society, hired a commercial photographer to use a telephoto-lens camera to take a picture from Welney of a large white sheet she had placed, the bottom edge near the surface of the river, at Rowbotham's original position 6 miles (9.7 km) away. The photographer, Edgar Clifton from Dallmeyer's studio, mounted his camera 2 feet (0.61 m) above the water at Welney and was surprised to be able to obtain a picture of the target, which he believed should have been invisible to him, given the low mounting point of the camera. Lady Blount published the pictures far and wide.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedford_Level_experiment

[DeeBrown]

What one word would you use to best describe him?

"Trump".

Can't think of any greater insult you could hurl
at somebody than calling them a "Trump".

[Guest]

Josepha Madigan with quite the faux pas yesterday: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/poli...58779?mode=amp

[RichieM]

Josepha Madigan with quite the faux pas yesterday: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/poli...58779?mode=amp

What is the correct way to refer to the group of children without the children with special needs?

Genuine question, it’s not something I can imagine needing to use very often but my oldest will be going to pre school once this corona virus fucks off so it could come up.

[Solksjaer!]

"Trump".

Can't think of any greater insult you could hurl
at somebody than calling them a "Trump".

Unless you are a snooker player .
Donald will be history pretty soon . Its surprising how quickly we move on and forget. However the learnings are usually forgotten.......whilst my guitar gently weeps .

[Solksjaer!]

What is the correct way to refer to the group of children without the children with special needs?

Genuine question, it’s not something I can imagine needing to use very often but my oldest will be going to pre school once this corona virus fucks off so it could come up.

A TROOP .

[dinekes]

Had quite a Donald this morning.
Hardly any straining, must be all that fibre in my diet.

[ComradeCollie]

What is the correct way to refer to the group of children without the children with special needs?

Uberkinder

[RichieM]

I wonder how they are going to manage the optics of Bidden getting sworn in with a small heavily vetted crowd of true followers while national guard patrol in Humvees and full battle gear.

It ironically will be the look of someone who stole the election.

[Kayroo]

What is the correct way to refer to the group of children without the children with special needs?

Genuine question, it’s not something I can imagine needing to use very often but my oldest will be going to pre school once this corona virus fucks off so it could come up.

"Those without special educational requirements"

[Guest]

As Kayroo says.

This is a comment which has upset quite a lot of people especially coming from the Minister with responsibility over special needs education.

It comes on the back of issues surrounding return to school next Thursday and how some children will be impacted by that while others will not.

Generally I’d be willing to give public figures a pass on most gaffes that often incite people but I think this one is particularly poor.

[RichieM]

As Kayroo says.

This is a comment which has upset quite a lot of people especially coming from the Minister with responsibility over special needs education.

It comes on the back of issues surrounding return to school next Thursday and how some children will be impacted by that while others will not.

Generally I’d be willing to give public figures a pass on most gaffes that often incite people but I think this one is particularly poor.

Was just wondering if there was an agreed term that I didn't know. I could see myself using normal in conversation without thinking and upsetting parents that I could end up running into at schools for the guts of 2 decades.

It wasn't a what else would you call them comment and I understand why it upset so many.

[Guest]

Was just wondering if there was an agreed term that I didn't know. I could see myself using normal in conversation without thinking and upsetting parents that I could end up running into at schools for the guts of 2 decades.

It wasn't a what else would you call them comment and I understand why it upset so many.

Not even remotely suggesting your question was anything other than sincere. I had to ask recently too.

Like you I'd easily have a slip of the tongue, I just think she really should know better.

[RichieM]

Not even remotely suggesting your question was anything other than sincere. I had to ask recently too.

Like you I'd easily have a slip of the tongue, I just think she really should know better.

It’s worse in a tweet where you have the option to proof read and much worse coming from her alright

[DeadParrot]

This guy?

all part of the plan...

SPOILER

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[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

As Kayroo says.

This is a comment which has upset quite a lot of people especially coming from the Minister with responsibility over special needs education.

It comes on the back of issues surrounding return to school next Thursday and how some children will be impacted by that while others will not.

Generally I’d be willing to give public figures a pass on most gaffes that often incite people but I think this one is particularly poor.

ah now.

First of all - there's context. She has managed to overcome teacher aversion to get schools open for special needs kids. Thats the actual story. So focusing on a wrong word choice despite her clear success on behalf of these kids is just so far out of whack. And its quite clear that what she meant was 'ordinary' rather than normal. This clinging on to word faux pax is the weakest form of political games.

Like if she had been saying 'man, all these fucking special needs kids, why can't they be normal?' - you could justifiably criticise. But when the whole story is about a big success on the part of these kids its just a case of noting the mistake and moving on.

[Hitchhiker's Guide To...]

"Those without special educational requirements"

come on now.