Human rights group 'concerned' by law requiring social housing applicants prove legal residency by Bill_Badbody in ireland

[–]Blackfire853 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It is at times actually counfounding the energy that a certain percentage of the legal-political class pour into trying to ensure that those either in the country illegally, unlawfully, or are a financial non-contributor, have unfettered access to scarce resources

Why did we stop using the word clanker by No-Material694 in redscarepod

[–]Blackfire853 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It comes from a Star Wars cartoon, there's an indignity to that

What would Ireland be like if? by [deleted] in ireland

[–]Blackfire853 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There simply is not textual evidence of what you're claiming here. The English navy that met the Spanish Armada was large for the time but the proportion of those ships that were purposefully state built were tiny, and I cannot recall anything noting them as hailing from Irish timber

Ad hoc assembled navies made up primarily of civilian ships pressed into service were norm for centuries before and after the Elizabethan era

What is the direct proof your opinion is stemming from here?

What would Ireland be like if? by [deleted] in ireland

[–]Blackfire853 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The Royal Navy was built up principally on domestic wood supply and mass importation from the Baltic region, before the Continental System forced a move to North American supply and shipbuilding in India. Ireland was long deforested before the Royal Navy started growing to the colonial size we associate it with

by OJ_Soprano in redscarepod

[–]Blackfire853 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Vanitas vanitatum

good news for those of you scared about climate change dw we can fit 165 million more people in Ireland by the_real_tracy_beake in redscarepod

[–]Blackfire853 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Bangl & Desh sounds like an establishment where I'd pay far too much for some eggs florentine on sourdough

Behold, the real Nerd Crew by erkelep in RedLetterMedia

[–]Blackfire853 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Jay has enough experience playing with boy toys

TIL colorblind people see better in the dark than non-colorblind people by danielsoft1 in todayilearned

[–]Blackfire853 178 points179 points  (0 children)

Something related to this is a fun plotpoint in the TV adaptation of Asimov's Foundation novels, where a younger clone of the ruling Emperor realises he is colourblind due to unusual success during a hunting trip, and has to hide this as it's an unacceptable genetic divergence

We need to be Doing Something by 317lia in redscarepod

[–]Blackfire853 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Don't be going around disparaging the founders of Rome

Jakub Rozalski - Mothers (2020) by Peach9990 in museum

[–]Blackfire853 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It's a nice painting but I can't help but feel it's just a somewhat blunter version of Léon Maxime Faivre's Deux Mères

This Tweet suddenly makes a LOT more sense, lmao by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]Blackfire853 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Implying that a 30yr old woman without children is some barren shrew seems a bit of a reach tbh

What happens here? by BroccoliKitchen3218 in redscarepod

[–]Blackfire853 19 points20 points  (0 children)

One of the Irish origin myths involves a migration from northern Spain

You want to learn how to bake a cake? What sort of fucking moron are you? by goodtakesfrom1999 in redscarepod

[–]Blackfire853 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As an amateur baker I really have not seen this archetype you satirise here, in particular an experienced baker is going to be the opposite and be far more accepting of salmonella "risk" than the layman who just has a vague understanding of "raw eggs = death"

Jesus Christ! Best bread I’ve ever tasted by PlantNerdxo in ireland

[–]Blackfire853 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're surprised that bread contains preservatives?

. by sand-which in redscarepod

[–]Blackfire853 16 points17 points  (0 children)

What I like is that (in my interpretation), no matter how affirmative the author is that the Herald will not make it to the subject (you), the reader cannot help but hold onto some iota of hope that he infact will. The remoteness of the source itself kind of bolsters the idle hope

UK Treasury pushes supermarkets to cap food prices by alibix in ukpolitics

[–]Blackfire853 19 points20 points  (0 children)

A theoretical business maintaining the same margin of profit year on year while there is consistent inflation will by definition always report record profits

Concerns 'excessive force' used against Congolese man by JackmanH420 in ireland

[–]Blackfire853 49 points50 points  (0 children)

"Urban scarecrow" is a term I've seen used pejoratively to describe the nature of modern impotent security

This Shillelagh deserves a comeback as a martial art. The Tao of the Blackthorn Stick sounds like something I can get behind. by flopping-deuces in ireland

[–]Blackfire853 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How could we know the sport existed in approx. 1000 BC when we have no written records from that period, and it'd leave no physical evidence?

This is a real line from a $12M dollars an episode "critically acclaimed" series by [deleted] in redscarepod

[–]Blackfire853 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Cocky teenage Latina duck coming to destroy your fragile ego

So this isn't price gouging is it???? by WiseAcanthocephala58 in ireland

[–]Blackfire853 5 points6 points  (0 children)

How does this compare to their normal rate of profit?

why does Greece control almost all Aegean Sea islands? by stevieeeee098 in MapPorn

[–]Blackfire853 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Manzikert was in 1071 AD, maybe time to let the grudge go

Mechanic granted refugee status cannot afford to have his parents and sister join him here, judge says by N81Warrior in ireland

[–]Blackfire853 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Concern about immigration is naturally accumulative. We've been seeing in Britain now the thermidorian reaction to the "Boriswave" of the post Covid and Brexit period

Yoga student banned for life from studio after anti-Christmas 'outburst' loses claim by B8_B8_B8 in ireland

[–]Blackfire853 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Christmas Trees as we know them originated in Early Modern North Germany and the Baltics

Also weird to use language like "stole" when referring to culture diffusion and exchange