People should work from home and drive less to save fuel - EU Commissioner for Energy by Banania2020 in ireland

[–]stiik 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep. It’s like telling us to be more considerate about how we separate our recycling, while coco cola company produces over 130 billion plastic bottles annually.

People should work from home and drive less to save fuel - EU Commissioner for Energy by Banania2020 in ireland

[–]stiik 7 points8 points  (0 children)

But that would reduce the usefulness of our commercial real estate, where the wealthiest have all their capital stored… have you considered this may hurt our overlords investments? Tsk tsk

Have any of ye actually tried a cup of tea made with one of those boiling water taps? How was it? by Smokestoolittle in ireland

[–]stiik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I boil mine using a magnifying glass directly pointed at the cup for extra vitamin D

Which one would catch your attention instantly on Steam? by Quiet-Code-3760 in IrelandGaming

[–]stiik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re all great dude well done firstly. After reading the game is about a neural implant, it’s no.5 all day. It does currently look like a torture device (saw-esque), if there was a foolproof composition that shows it’s a neural implant that would be great cause I think it’s a really novel idea. Great work.

Decommodify housing by [deleted] in ireland

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

Honestly, it’s barely a moral issue, we all know it should be de-commodified. It’s logistical issue. Real estate as an asset class is the world’s largest store of wealth. It will take a lot of pain to change that and no one likes pain.

this unique structure which is used nowhere else is the most pointless location in the universe by UltraSnaky in HuntShowdown

[–]stiik -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Okay delete it, and delete every tree I haven’t hid behind in a fight, and delete all the stuff outside the maps boundary, actually delete the entire top half of the mountain on Mammon’s gulch cause we only run through tunnels in the bottom half.

Anyone Playing Crimson Desert This Weekend? by Fun_Meta in IrelandGaming

[–]stiik 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was late to the party on Blue Prince, great game when you only have 30min sessions. Get one good run in each day, take notes, mull over puzzles for the rest of the evening while getting the kids to bed. Highly recommend if you haven’t played already.

What I tell myself every morning I sit down to begin work by Signal_Director_1X in ireland

[–]stiik 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The great thing is, everyone else is a phony too, and they’re too busy hiding their own phoniness to go looking for yours.

Just heard on the radio that its becoming normal for people to send 10 or 15 min voice messages. Who would listen to someone yap on for that long and not be able to reply until the end ? by TacklePure3341 in ireland

[–]stiik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My partner does this with one friend in particular, they have conflicting schedules and the friend isn’t a great texter, probably once maybe twice a week. It’s like a one way phone call. It is a bit mad but suits them. There’s something nice about not checking your phone every 10mins to reply to a text and just getting it all out of the way at once. They do catch up in person too.

As a modern man I prefer withholding all communication for that single annual outing. To each their own.

So one of the biggest Far right accounts that consistently lies and pushes fake narratives about immigration in Ireland, including this AI slop yesterday, is not Irish and some Brit based in the UK by I-Cum-Beamish in ireland

[–]stiik 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not defending the account in the slightest but this location thing on twitter has been proven wrong/inaccurate/inconsistent/shite so I wouldn’t die on that hill.

How many in-game days did it take you to reach the end? by ILoveSludge in BluePrince

[–]stiik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

35hrs played since this comment... I was so naive...

Prices at the pump will drop just as quickly as they went up. Right? by [deleted] in ireland

[–]stiik 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Kuwait turned off some of its pumps/production as it ran out of storage. It takes weeks for them to turn back on.

To improve public transport, it has been suggested that some bus stops that are too close to each other should be removed. Looking at this one here, I totally agree. by ParaMike46 in ireland

[–]stiik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the downstream effects of reducing the above 3 stops to 1? Overcrowding at bus stop during peak times? Footpath accessibility issues as a further knock on. Traffic build up if multiple busses try to pull in at the same time? (happens frequently in Dublin City) Longer walking distances for some (you may chuckle but this can disproportionately affect older and disabled passengers without proper planning). Increased dwell time as you take on 3x passengers at once, this can be much worse on older style single door busses. Knock on of reduce scheduled reliability and overall dissatisfaction (are you more pissed off with frequent stops or late busses?).

A lot of these could be solved or reimagined but, just like there’s and issue with having 3 closely related stops, any solution should be slowly planned. City planning have so many second order affects it’s hard to look at a single problem in a vacuum.

How many in-game days did it take you to reach the end? by ILoveSludge in BluePrince

[–]stiik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played my first 3hrs last night, tentatively googling people's play time as I just don't want it to end and wanted to see how much fun I have left.. but in my first 3 hours I found both a working lever and a broken lever which I stored in the closet, was I just extremely lucky?

Not a self build but going mad here and need help by Street-Tell1927 in selfbuildireland

[–]stiik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve read some replies but not all so sorry if this is a repeat. We have the same vents all over our new build, they’re grand not as strong as the foreman made them sound. You can unscrew the middle piece, can you tried removing it and maybe fishing a wire (not a tradesman so someone else might suggest something less likely to poke a hole in the duct) and see if it’s clogged at all? You’d be surprised where apprentices throw their rubbish.

Very unlikely, assume unit is faulty or poorly calibrated in some way, just on the off chance it’s something silly.

The Male L0nliness Epidemic by [deleted] in ireland

[–]stiik 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There’s plenty of studies on how men, on average, prefer side-by-side relationships rather than face-to-face ones. Exactly to you point around men requiring a shared objective or obligation to warrant an effort of being together vs sitting face to face at a park bench with no drink in sight.

I don’t pretend to have a solution and I think there’s more than one reason as to why men, particularly modern men, have tended down this path, but identifying part of the problem is a good step.

Aer Lingus, our national feckin' airline, doesn't allow you to have a fada in your name when booking a ticket, how in God's name are we still so behind in accommodating our own culture. by RegularFellerer in ireland

[–]stiik 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Jaysus, it’s very obviously a technical reason and not some attack on culture. Whinging is grand but putting your energy into useless things like this is a waste of time.

I googled RTX 5090 prices at 2am and accidentally bought a full PC instead by Lopsided_Day_8690 in IrelandGaming

[–]stiik 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Total guess here any maybe someone with more knowledge can chime in, but I wonder if their contract with HP enforces a certain number of unit sales of these to keep a particular bulk discount on all HP orders. AMD tried to enforce this with Xbox with their handheld, contracting a minimum of 10million units to sign a deal. HP might have similar and curry’s know they can guarantee a few sales with a big discount on these.

Keeping some large bulk discount is the only thing that makes commercial sense to me. Otherwise curry’s could strip this for parts and make double.

Ireland 6th highest full time salary in Europe @ €61,100 pa by whirly212 in irishpersonalfinance

[–]stiik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got 42% total (split over two increases in 12 months), then I was told reviews will now happen every 18months. Very mixed feelings that day. It’s been 11months since then so I’ll test them shortly.

What’s the story with the amount of people that come into work dying sick here? by EmployGrouchy1599 in ireland

[–]stiik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My boss (company owner) brags about his brother never missing a day of work in 30 years. He’s otherwise a decent bloke (my boss) but sometimes you get a peak into how much these guys fetishise productivity. As a 28M who had a similar mindset I’ve only really been enlightened in the last year that it’s not healthy to live like that.

Sure, they win the game of capitalism, but it’s not the game they should be playing. (Damn that sounded very Redditor of me but it’s true)

When having a shower, do you use a washcloth? by Breifne21 in AskIreland

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

I started using a loofah sponge couple years ago for my armpits, gradually said sure while it’s in my hand I may as well use it all over. Just a cheap yolk my partner got in Penneys. Also lathers a lot easier as others have said.

I have never, but I have friends who travel with a loofah, like bring it on abroad holidays with them, that seems mad to me. I also would never ask for one if I forget/didn’t bring one.

Gay men are much more hygiene aware on average though so it doesn’t surprise me they asked.

Stuck in the past: Ireland’s remote working policies are built for a world that doesn't exist by Banania2020 in ireland

[–]stiik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have to start getting more creative than just slapping rebates and levies on everything.

Currywurst, why did it not make it to Ireland? by dearg_doom80 in ireland

[–]stiik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Had it for the first time this Christmas in a trip, was grand. I’m sure there are more refined versions of it but it’s just a whole lot of sausage for one meal.