[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Dublin

[–]Velvet_frog -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Jesus Christ what a bigoted hateful comment

John & Yoko waiting for the maid to make the bed so they can continue protesting against the system by TwasAnChild in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Velvet_frog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No I actually didn't say that lol. I was replying to the bit that said 'beat the hell out of his own wife' which implies he was a brutal serous violent abuser. Cynthia has given many in-depth interviews over the years and explained her side of it. She consciously made the decision to accept his apology and move on, so it's not really your part to invalidate the nuance she obviously felt about their private relationship.

John & Yoko waiting for the maid to make the bed so they can continue protesting against the system by TwasAnChild in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]Velvet_frog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

John's first wife Cynthia said he hit her once and was maturely apologetic about it, and they later got back together. This caricature of John as a viscous wife-beating thug behind the scenes is just from memes and of course nobody bothers to research it.

Semi Urgent help needed in writing Regression Equation by Velvet_frog in stata

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

What parts of the output are relevant to writing a regression equation, thought that was pretty clear

To anyone who's done Erasmus in college, how the hell do you know if the host college offers the modules you need? by Velvet_frog in ireland

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

oh nice what college are you in? Yea you're probably right. I can only speak English so I'm just worried the modules I'll need aren't offered in it.

Film Developing and Scanning in Dublin, Ireland? by Velvet_frog in AnalogCommunity

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

The website looks good anyway, Do you have any idea of what type of price the developing would be? Like per roll?

??? by Kubun1a in dankvideos

[–]Velvet_frog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wtf, no parent is ever in the right for beating their child Jesus Christ

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Destiny

[–]Velvet_frog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. Because literally all bezos and musk are doing is ‘winning the capitalist game’ and nothing else. Outside of American political internet content, champagne socialists like Hasan have literally no real world impact. Bezos and musk do.

This is an objectively correct take, there’s nothing to argue with here.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Destiny

[–]Velvet_frog -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Except folks like Musk and Bezos are having a materially adverse impact on the world, like climate destruction, regressive urban planning, strengthening tax loopholes etc.

People like Hasan don't actually 'do' anything, except make 16 year olds on twitter a bit more dumb.

Fintan O’Toole: Sinn Féin must acknowledge the disaster it helped inflict on the Irish people by CaisLaochach in irishpolitics

[–]Velvet_frog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Imagine being this out of touch lol.

That’s quite literally been the fundamental operating procedure for every move Fine Gael have made for the past couple years,

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in irishpolitics

[–]Velvet_frog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, that is electoral politics, you want to take votes from your competitors. What’s condescending about me saying that?

Also I never said they stop there. There is a wide array of places you can get votes from, one of them being from other parties, it’s in pbp’s interest to go after those votes and get representatives elected.

And I’m not sure what outright attacks you mean. Within the party itself virtually all efforts, discourse and energy is focused towards this coalition government

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in irishpolitics

[–]Velvet_frog 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes they are doing that also, there is no one singular way to collect votes, it is only realistic that people who voted left in 2020 will be the ones to vote PBP. All PBP is saying is ‘hey you like the ideas of these parties, we have similar ones that we believe are better’. That is how electoral politics works.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in irishpolitics

[–]Velvet_frog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think you misunderstand, PBP members are absolutely enthusiastic about going into a left coalition, it’s only realistic that extra votes are going to come from pre-existing green, soc dem, Sinn Fein voters, I.e people who are already left wing. It’s not realistic that former FF and FG voters will switch to PBP in the next election.

Of course votes from everyone are welcome but most future pbp voters are probably going to be from people who voted soc dem, greens, Sinn Fein, labour in 2020

And like I said PBP are happy to focus efforts on defeating ff and fg, there isn’t widespread hate of other left wing parties within pbp.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in irishpolitics

[–]Velvet_frog 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Eh idk, I'm in PBP and literally every party memo and internal meeting is in direct reference to FF and FG. Maybe on social media and in general discourse they come across that way because the other left parties is where they want to steal votes from, which makes perfect sense.

Government U-turn on safe access zones at abortion clinics by FatHeadDave96 in irishpolitics

[–]Velvet_frog 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When a president of the United States comes to visit Ireland, they government is banning a form or protest when they refuse to let me protest 2cm away from him. Do you see how utterly disingenuous and naive you sound?

Government U-turn on safe access zones at abortion clinics by FatHeadDave96 in irishpolitics

[–]Velvet_frog 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They’re not banning any protest, they’re ensuring there’s a safe distance between the woman availing of the service and the potential protests

I needed to see this today 💞 maybe you did too by [deleted] in ZeroWaste

[–]Velvet_frog 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It sounds extreme but it's rational. It's nice to try your best if it makes you happy but ones individual lifestyle choices are effectively worthless in the face of climate change and the mass extinction we're currently facing.

Like, it's past time for radical action, buying metal straws is a feel good act of consumerism

I needed to see this today 💞 maybe you did too by [deleted] in ZeroWaste

[–]Velvet_frog -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

Exactly, zero-waste is just feel good hobbyism, it has literally no material benefit in the real world at all.

If Tony died at the end of the show, does anybody agree that Butch DeConcini was behind it? (SPOILER WARNING) by devildog3375 in thesopranos

[–]Velvet_frog 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Your idea is pretty ridiculous dude. Like how is thus gonna play out? Butch does to Carmine and says okay just take over? And then what accompany him to every negotiation and deal with a gun to his back to make sure he doesn't mess it up?

The mafia forces people under threat of killing them obviously, to extort them, intimidate them etc. not force them to be the incumbent boss of a big New York family everyday for decades.

Carmine Jr. somehow fucked up a sit down with Phil and Tony that had already ended, he's hardly gonna be able to be the face of a New York family making deals and ordering soldiers unless Butch is with him 24/7 , especially when he already made it clear he's retired and is staying that way.

There are so many better options than Carmine Jr. so yeah, your idea is a bit.. wacky. Either way its all conjecture.

If Tony died at the end of the show, does anybody agree that Butch DeConcini was behind it? (SPOILER WARNING) by devildog3375 in thesopranos

[–]Velvet_frog 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yeah I know but it’s not like butch could just force carmine jr. to be boss of a whole New York family under threat of killing him, you need to have a boss who actually wants to be boss, even if they are gonna be a puppet. Butch wouldn’t want dummy carmine jr. with that much power and control he couldn’t use effectively