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    #62
    fritzelly
    Registered Users Posts: 17,245 ✭✭✭✭fritzelly


    If you want someone from up north who is really funny then check out

    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcEnSe6MTOpGIy96ZVi2WHA/videos

    NSFW!!!

    Some of her vids have me crying


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    #63
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,016 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    luckypat wrote: »
    I just do not understand how people don't find it amusing.

    Can someone please explain?

    Yes, I can: no-one cares enough to watch it, and up until five posts ago you didn;t care enough to watch the thread!

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #64
    luckypat
    Site Banned Posts: 23 ✭luckypat


    The video IS hilarious, especially the parts I’ve listed.


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    #65
    luckypat
    Site Banned Posts: 23 ✭luckypat


    If people just watched it they’d agree.


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    #66
    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,126 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    luckypat wrote: »
    Also from 0:50 to 1:20, where he says the poll is fake and destroys the front page in anger had me in stitches.

    I know it seems weird that I posted this, it's not to promote it its just to share that I found this video to be an absolute hoot. I think his accent contributes to that.

    I am confused about the mask though.

    He wears the mask in every video. There's some where he's "patrolling" his property which are particularly scary. The guy is some kind of prepper who believes in some absolutely nuts conspiracy theories.

    btw, I posted it already but you do realise he was completely wrong about that poll.


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    #67
    ohnonotgmail
    Registered Users Posts: 40,144 ✭✭✭✭ohnonotgmail


    Did the OP really create an account just to promote their awful video?


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    #68
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users Posts: 4,973 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    I watched some of the video, not really my kind of humour and could only watch 2 minutes of it, in saying that the Guardian is pure trash, Owen Jones is basically far left and uses his position at the paper spread propaganda instead of truth.


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    #69
    luckypat
    Site Banned Posts: 23 ✭luckypat


    But people understand WHY I find those parts of the video funny?


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    #70
    luckypat
    Site Banned Posts: 23 ✭luckypat


    It's funny.


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    #71
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    This thread is funny.


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    #72
    Franz Von Peppercorn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭Franz Von Peppercorn


    luckypat wrote: »
    It's funny.

    You are far too invested in this lads video. Go for a walk. Clear the head.


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    #73
    luckypat
    Site Banned Posts: 23 ✭luckypat


    If you watched the parts I highlighted you'd agree.


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    #74
    WinnyThePoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,417 ✭✭✭WinnyThePoo


    Im sorry, not gonna watch it. You just haven't sold it hard enough.


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    #75
    AllForIt
    Registered Users Posts: 8,269 ✭✭✭AllForIt


    He says "I'm pround of being fooking white" - whilst wearing a black mask.


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    #76
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,341 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    The Guardian is one of the best newspapers/media organisations in the world, but it's also full of complete nonsense at times too.

    People who call it a Marxist newspaper are talking complete bollocks and have genuinely no idea what "Marxism" actually means.

    It's a left-leaning paper whose opinions and coverage of news tends to reflect the views of its readership - which is mainly made up of liberal minded middle class folks. These people aren't Marxists, you idiots.

    In recent years - particularly since Brexit and Trump it has got a bit shriller in tone and slightly more dogmatic, which is a reflection, I guess, of the polarisation of nearly every major media organisation. I still read what its writers have to say on the big issues, but you have to be aware how it is coming at things, generally, from a particular point of view. I don't think it could be claimed to be un-biased, but it's up to the reader to critically assess the reportage, rather than to just dismiss it as bunk or accept it blindly as gospel. It's how you should assess everything these days. I respect The Guardian, but there's no way I think it should be your only source of news.

    It is painfully "right-on" at times and it can be a trip to read what's on its front-page compared to some of its media rivals, but I still think it's a worthwhile paper. They still engage in worthwhile reporting in news, sport, culture, you name it.There's plenty of good writers and it's such a huge media organisation that you will find dissenting opinions in there too.


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    #77
    biko
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    #78
    Mad_maxx
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    Arghus wrote: »
    The Guardian is one of the best newspapers/media organisations in the world, but it's also full of complete nonsense at times too.

    People who call it a Marxist newspaper are talking complete bollocks and have genuinely no idea what "Marxism" actually means.

    It's a left-leaning paper whose opinions and coverage of news tends to reflect the views of its readership - which is mainly made up of liberal minded middle class folks. These people aren't Marxists, you idiots.

    In recent years - particularly since Brexit and Trump it has got a bit shriller in tone and slightly more dogmatic, which is a reflection, I guess, of the polarisation of nearly every major media organisation. I still read what its writers have to say on the big issues, but you have to be aware how it is coming at things, generally, from a particular point of view. I don't think it could be claimed to be un-biased, but it's up to the reader to critically assess the reportage, rather than to just dismiss it as bunk or accept it blindly as gospel. It's how you should assess everything these days. I respect The Guardian, but there's no way I think it should be your only source of news.

    It is painfully "right-on" at times and it can be a trip to read what's on its front-page compared to some of its media rivals, but I still think it's a worthwhile paper. They still engage in worthwhile reporting in news, sport, culture, you name it.There's plenty of good writers and it's such a huge media organisation that you will find dissenting opinions in there too.

    Lots of papers are "left leaning"

    The guardian is different in that it's so explicitly middle class, intellectually, culturally and even in terms of the writer profile.

    It's a paper for people who grew up in impeccably bourgeois surroundings but who have a life long desire for revolution, does not matter if its a sneaking regard for socialist uprisings they can salivate over from an office in West London or a radical feminist movement who wants women to be renamed womyn.

    It's a publication for people with time on their hands


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    #79
    Atoms for Peace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,888 ✭✭✭Atoms for Peace


    :pac:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLXsOO6qXHc


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    #80
    p1akuw47h5r3it
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭p1akuw47h5r3it


    Arghus wrote: »
    The Guardian is one of the best newspapers/media organisations in the world, but it's also full of complete nonsense at times too.

    People who call it a Marxist newspaper are talking complete bollocks and have genuinely no idea what "Marxism" actually means.

    It's a left-leaning paper whose opinions and coverage of news tends to reflect the views of its readership - which is mainly made up of liberal minded middle class folks. These people aren't Marxists, you idiots.

    In recent years - particularly since Brexit and Trump it has got a bit shriller in tone and slightly more dogmatic, which is a reflection, I guess, of the polarisation of nearly every major media organisation. I still read what its writers have to say on the big issues, but you have to be aware how it is coming at things, generally, from a particular point of view. I don't think it could be claimed to be un-biased, but it's up to the reader to critically assess the reportage, rather than to just dismiss it as bunk or accept it blindly as gospel. It's how you should assess everything these days. I respect The Guardian, but there's no way I think it should be your only source of news.

    It is painfully "right-on" at times and it can be a trip to read what's on its front-page compared to some of its media rivals, but I still think it's a worthwhile paper. They still engage in worthwhile reporting in news, sport, culture, you name it.There's plenty of good writers and it's such a huge media organisation that you will find dissenting opinions in there too.

    The only good writer the Guardian has with respect to politics and social commentary is John Harris. The rest are pompous arseholes who are more intersted in "sticking it" to conservatives then giving any real proper analysis.

    It's sports writing is quite good however.


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    #81
    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,126 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    Lots of papers are "left leaning"

    The guardian is different in that it's so explicitly middle class, intellectually, culturally and even in terms of the writer profile.

    It's a paper for people who grew up in impeccably bourgeois surroundings but who have a life long desire for revolution, does not matter if its a sneaking regard for socialist uprisings they can salivate over from an office in West London or a radical feminist movement who wants women to be renamed womyn.

    It's a publication for people with time on their hands

    I read it and I grew up in a small cottage in the countryside of Westmeath.

    They've really lowered the bar for the bourgeois


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    #82
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    Grayson wrote: »
    I read it and I grew up in a small cottage in the countryside of Westmeath.

    They've really lowered the bar for the bourgeois

    Well some people go full native


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    #83
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Arghus wrote: »
    The Guardian is one of the best newspapers/media organisations in the world, but it's also full of complete nonsense at times too.

    People who call it a Marxist newspaper are talking complete bollocks and have genuinely no idea what "Marxism" actually means.

    It's a left-leaning paper whose opinions and coverage of news tends to reflect the views of its readership - which is mainly made up of liberal minded middle class folks. These people aren't Marxists, you idiots.

    In recent years - particularly since Brexit and Trump it has got a bit shriller in tone and slightly more dogmatic, which is a reflection, I guess, of the polarisation of nearly every major media organisation. I still read what its writers have to say on the big issues, but you have to be aware how it is coming at things, generally, from a particular point of view. I don't think it could be claimed to be un-biased, but it's up to the reader to critically assess the reportage, rather than to just dismiss it as bunk or accept it blindly as gospel. It's how you should assess everything these days. I respect The Guardian, but there's no way I think it should be your only source of news.

    It is painfully "right-on" at times and it can be a trip to read what's on its front-page compared to some of its media rivals, but I still think it's a worthwhile paper. They still engage in worthwhile reporting in news, sport, culture, you name it.There's plenty of good writers and it's such a huge media organisation that you will find dissenting opinions in there too.

    Completely agree with this. I alternate between laughing at and ignoring its lunatic feminist fringe and right-on articles.

    But I still think it’s a great publication. There are so many well-written articles that have nothing to do with the prevailing political landscape. The Long Read especially is quality. I honestly think that people who refuse to read any Guardian article are missing out.


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    #84
    Arghus
    Registered Users Posts: 14,341 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    Lots of papers are "left leaning"

    The guardian is different in that it's so explicitly middle class, intellectually, culturally and even in terms of the writer profile.

    It's a paper for people who grew up in impeccably bourgeois surroundings but who have a life long desire for revolution, does not matter if its a sneaking regard for socialist uprisings they can salivate over from an office in West London or a radical feminist movement who wants women to be renamed womyn.

    It's a publication for people with time on their hands

    That's like only your opinion man.


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    #85
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users Posts: 33,016 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    Mad_maxx wrote: »
    Lots of papers are "left leaning"

    The guardian is different in that it's so explicitly middle class, intellectually, culturally and even in terms of the writer profile.

    It's a paper for people who grew up in impeccably bourgeois surroundings but who have a life long desire for revolution, does not matter if its a sneaking regard for socialist uprisings they can salivate over from an office in West London or a radical feminist movement who wants women to be renamed womyn.

    It's a publication for people with time on their hands

    It's a paper for people who want to take a bit more time and have a bit too much self respect to read tabloids you mean...?

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #86
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    DanDan6592 wrote: »
    The only good writer the Guardian has with respect to politics and social commentary is John Harris. The rest are pompous arseholes who are more intersted in "sticking it" to conservatives then giving any real proper analysis.

    It's sports writing is quite good however.

    Gary Younge is good as well.


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    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    June 2018 UK newspaper circulation, any guess who's bottom of the pile?

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    #88
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    I presume that’s physical paper circulation? I’d be interested to see online figures. I’d expect the Daily Mail to be top but I doubt The Guardian would be bottom of that list. It’s one of the few papers that doesn’t put a limit on how many free articles you can read so naturally people aren’t going to part with cash to buy it. It’s not at all surprising that it’s bottom of the paper circulation heap.

    I know you can argue that the Daily Mail is also completely free online and still has a decent paper circulation but the Daily Mail is a tabloid and will have tabloidy headlines that grab attention in newsagents queues. Newspapers of its ilk are designed to hook the lowest common denominator. That’s straight from the mouth of an acquaintance of mine who used to be a sub-editor for one of the red tops.


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    OneEightSeven
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    Here you go: https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/the-sun-overtakes-mail-online-to-become-uks-biggest-online-newspaper-brand-latest-comscore-data-shows/

    Title Total monthly unique visitors % change month-on-month
    Sun 30.2 2.7
    Mail 29.6 -0.7
    Guardian 23.9 0.8
    ESI 23.9 2.6
    Telegraph 21.3 -4.9
    Mirror 15.9 -12.2
    Express 12.7 2.4
    Star 6.6 1.5
    Times 4.2 -4.5


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    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    I presume that’s physical paper circulation? I’d be interested to see online figures. I’d expect the Daily Mail to be top but I doubt The Guardian would be bottom of that list. It’s one of the few papers that doesn’t put a limit on how many free articles you can read so naturally people aren’t going to part with cash to buy it. It’s not at all surprising that it’s bottom of the paper circulation heap.

    I know you can argue that the Daily Mail is also completely free online and still has a decent paper circulation but the Daily Mail is a tabloid and will have tabloidy headlines that grab attention in newsagents queues. Newspapers of its ilk are designed to hook the lowest common denominator. That’s straight from the mouth of an acquaintance of mine who used to be a sub-editor for one of the red tops.

    It's still three times less than it's comparabales such as the Telegraph or Times.

    Both online and print figures are in decline, think the mail is the most read (english lang) newspaper in the world, popular even in the US/Aus.

    The top 4 group for online 2018 is:

    Mail Online 11,459,894
    Metro 2,175,005
    Reach (Mirror/Express/Star) 8,478,838
    The Sun 4,846,527

    No mention of the Guardian, it's well designed, but has too far too many ads pleading for donations.

    Perhaps the most sensational red top is the Express, you can be g'teed any or all of the following: WW3, Ufos, economic collapse, supervolcanoes, mega-quakes and disease-x all due shortly.


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    #91
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Chance Odd Acid wrote: »
    It's still three times less than it's comparabales such as the Telegraph or Times.

    Both online and print figures are in decline, think the mail is the most read (english lang) newspaper in the world, popular even in the US/Aus.

    The top 4 group for online 2018 is:

    Mail Online 11,459,894
    Metro 2,175,005
    Reach (Mirror/Express/Star) 8,478,838
    The Sun 4,846,527

    No mention of the Guardian, it's well designed, but has too far too many ads pleading for donations.

    Perhaps the most sensational red top is the Express, you can be g'teed any or all of the following: WW3, Ufos, economic collapse, supervolcanoes, mega-quakes and disease-x all due shortly.

    Apparently that donations model works very well for Guardian. If it stops them from adopting a paywall, I’m all for it.

    The comparables you mention both operate a paywall system. Less than ten free articles for each per month for the Times. The Telegraph is more generous than that, I think. So it’s not surprising that their paper circulation is larger. I’d imagine that the Guardian has more online traffic than either the Times and the Telegraph.
    OneEightSeven wrote: »
    Here you go: https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/the-sun-overtakes-mail-online-to-become-uks-biggest-online-newspaper-brand-latest-comscore-data-shows/

    Title Total monthly unique visitors % change month-on-month
    Sun 30.2 2.7
    Mail 29.6 -0.7
    Guardian 23.9 0.8
    ESI 23.9 2.6
    Telegraph 21.3 -4.9
    Mirror 15.9 -12.2
    Express 12.7 2.4
    Star 6.6 1.5
    Times 4.2 -4.5

    Just saw this. Yeah, it confirms what I suspected!


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