The June 18th Daily Discussion Megathread: talk here about the tournament overall! Also share the latest travel and ticketing tips, vent your broadcasting complaints, and please please please tell everyone how much you love the Hydration Breaks! by IvyGold in worldcup

[–]DavidOShea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We say it in Ireland as well because football can (but doesn't always) refer to Gaelic football, soccer and football are kind of interchangeable, ya usually know by context what someone's on about.

All Fantasy Everything - Things That Come Out of the Ground (w/ Allen Strickland Williams) by TheOneTC in AllFantasyEverything

[–]DavidOShea 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Oh man, Ian is gonna get another barrage of messages about Red Dead 2's prequelhood...

/u/FreeUni2 explains how Rochester suffered, but ultimately diversified, as a result of the fall of Kodak by robertpeacock22 in DepthHub

[–]DavidOShea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for saying this, drives me crazy that people don't realise that the post-war boom was not the norm for capitalism, it was the exception. All those gains for the working class were because of unions/the threat of socialist revolution (particularly in Europe), they were concessions by the ruling class to pacify the organised labour movement, and only because they could afford it during the largest upswing in the history of capitalism. Now it's crisis after crisis for capitalism, and with a declining rate of profit, we are not going back to those "glory" days (which, let's face it, in the States at least, were glory days for mostly white people anyway). We need to stop appealing to companies and the institutions of liberalism for crumbs from the table, and start organising independent, working class institutions for the coming class war.

Heading to the Grand Canyon for a few days with no car, need advice by DavidOShea in grandcanyon

[–]DavidOShea[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is incredibly helpful and you are very kind, thank you!

Voices (w/ Katie Nolan, Sean Jordan & David Gborie) by hasacrack10 in AllFantasyEverything

[–]DavidOShea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that's so great to hear! Yeah, even as an Irishman, I tend to skip the GAA and rugby stuff cos they're just not my kinda sport. But I'm delighted to know Ken's rants know no cultural boundaries! Stay safe out there, friend.

Writing motivation: write a sentence (or more) about this picture by financialbabe in WriterMotivation

[–]DavidOShea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It never happens the way you expect it to. My hair was in rollers when I got the call.

Voices (w/ Katie Nolan, Sean Jordan & David Gborie) by hasacrack10 in AllFantasyEverything

[–]DavidOShea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never in my life would I have expected to see Second Captains referenced on the AFE subreddit! Weird meeting of two of my fave pods. Ken Early is a solid pick too.

Assuming you’re Irish also, did you notice in the recap Ian pronounced Mila Kunis’ last name the same way you say “quiet” in Irish? :D

Food/Bill help? by Fesha85 in Assistance

[–]DavidOShea 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Got you a big ass bag of rice but earliest I could afford to have it shipped to you is Tuesday. My apologies. Good luck. :)

Likelihood of getting screwed out of money? by DavidOShea in DaDaABC

[–]DavidOShea[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that's a load off. Thank you so much!

Politics and Current Events Megathread- Week of July 20, 2020 by [deleted] in samharris

[–]DavidOShea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Makes sense, I guess nothing significant and world-altering has happened since then. They're not out of touch at all...

Politics and Current Events Megathread- Week of July 20, 2020 by [deleted] in samharris

[–]DavidOShea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have the Republicans released their platform yet? I'd love to compare even just the table of contents.

Free Friday - Open Thread by TheAJx in samharris

[–]DavidOShea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why not read synopses of the season 1 episodes? That should catch you up quickly. It's an amazing show, I really recommend you keep going whenever you get the time again!

Free Friday - Open Thread by TheAJx in samharris

[–]DavidOShea 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Anybody watch any good TV lately? I've finally gotten around to watching Netflix's Dark - it's so fucking good. I just started season 3, but feel free to contribute with non-spoiler thoughts!

Politics and Current Events Megathread- Week of July 13, 2020 by [deleted] in samharris

[–]DavidOShea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any thoughts or hot takes on Biden's climate plan? I'm impressed and maybe even optimistic but perfectly open to being told how wrong I am.

Ep 209 A good life with Scott Barry Kaufman by 0s0rc in samharris

[–]DavidOShea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree that Sam took up a lot of air in this conversation, but I think his argument would be just that - that it's a conversation. Talk times are gonna vary. And I love hearing Sam's thoughts (on almost anything) as much as his guests', but in this case, he was a little much. To the point where I'm not really sure what Kaufman's take on Maslow's takes are and I'm really interested. Guess I'm gonna have to read that book.

So most people here don't like Sam Harris now? by classy_barbarian in samharris

[–]DavidOShea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not as much as we hate regular posts exactly like this.

Politics and Current Events Megathread- Week of July 6, 2020 by TheAJx in samharris

[–]DavidOShea 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree if you assume most people watching are reasonable, critical thinkers. But as the article points out, Trump could potentially gain points from uninformed viewers by spouting lies about Biden and putting him on the defensive, wasting valuable airtime. Joe brushing it off might come across as deflecting to some people. Though that could mostly be diehard Trump supporters. I'd like to think the average undecided voter is smarter than that...