Double standards that annoy you

[jebus]

I was just looking through Daft.ie for a place to live in Dublin and came across a double room available in south Dublin city that sounded pretty good, and had reasonable rent. So I clicked into the link to get a full description of the house and who lives there and immediatly was told that only gay guys and females are allowed to live in this house, as it's a house share with 3 gay guys. This smacks of double standards by both Daft and these guys if you ask me. Can you imagine if I put up an ad saying I only wanted straight males or females? No Gays Allowed! sort of thing, it would probably make the national press (as a recent ad on Daft saying, 'Irish only' did). Christ it annoys me, as do the job adverts that state clearly that you must be a female, again can you imagine a job that actual says they wouldn't hire a woman? Friggin double standards of some people really annoys me, either we're all equal or we aren't, decide which and move the **** on

[paul_oshea]

its called positive discrimination, and over here, the ethnic minorities ( and a particular demographic peoples ) use it to the extreme and get everything out of the system becuase of it. They sue over the smallest thing and make out its racist or what not, when it bloody well isnt......its complete hypocrisy. i hope you wrote to daft and asked them to remove it. I lived with 2 lesbians before and they had gay friends, if they said something like that to me I would have completely thrown a stinker. I lived with two black people before as well ( one was muslim ) and i had to put up with some complete hypocrisy from the muslim. I let it go in the name of harmony but I wouldnt do it again.

it reminds me of the old saying women and men are equal ( which they are and should be ) but if the titanic was sinking i know the old "women..." first on the boats would more than definitely apply!!!

[superfrank]

Imo, that's just disgraceful. If all these minorities want acceptance they should give it too.

[KoemansCC]

Imo, that's just disgraceful. If all these minorities want acceptance they should give it too.

I think that was the original problem, the guys advertising the flat were only interested in 'acceptance'

[Block G Raptor]

The fact that it's acceptable for a black person to use the "N" word but not acceptable for a white to use it

[anto1208]

Hard times to be a white male aged 18 to 35 these days , Only people that you can get away with discriminating against

[holidaysong]

There are plenty of gay Irish websites that allow for classified ads for gay people wishing to live with each other. I would agree though that such ads shouldn't be allowed on daft. However, it probably saves your time in the long run. Even if it isn't stated in the ad though, you are going to get discriminated against when you go to view the house if there are some gays/females looking at it too. I'm not trying to justify placing such an ad though. Landlords do it all the time I find against guys - they always want females in their flats as they see it as less hassle for them.

[Dodge]

The fact that it's acceptable for a black person to use the "N" word but not acceptable for a white to use it

Only idiots use the word, black or white. Just because rappers use it doesn't mean its acceptable...

No problem with people renting a room saying men only/women only/gay only

Big problem with jobs being advertised that way (and in fairness I don't think I've seen any jobs advertised that way, well except for strippers...)

[paul_oshea]

i can understand if they were doing it thinking they were only saving the person time, but i dont beleive this was the case.

I can also understand why some landlords only want women, cos fellas are smelly and dirty unless a bird is there to clean up after them, ah no to give them a kick in the backside to keep a place clea, but there is no excuse for soley advertising for gays only.

[Sligo Hornet]

Imo, that's just disgraceful. If all these minorities want acceptance they should give it too.

...FEMALES.....quality

[BohsPartisan]

The fact that it's acceptable for a black person to use the "N" word but not acceptable for a white to use it

Necrophiliac?

[NY Hoop]

its called positive discrimination, and over here, the ethnic minorities ( and a particular demographic peoples ) use it to the extreme and get everything out of the system becuase of it.

In mayo??!

KOH

[Bluebeard]

I get annoyed by people who find certain double standards annoying, and other ones less so.

[Lionel Ritchie]

The fact that it's acceptable for a black person to use the "N" word but not acceptable for a white to use it

Brilliant letter in Viz once upon a time ran something like ..

"Dear Sir, the American rap star Snoopy the Dog (sic) uses the 'N' word no less than 245 times on his current multi-platinum selling record. However when I recently used it just once at my sons U-12 football game the referee stopped the match and I was escorted from the park. Another example of one law for the rich and another for the rest of us?"

[anto1208]

Another one is when women whip there boobs out at a concert for the band yet when i get my little dinkle out i get asked to leave

[superfrank]

The fact that it's acceptable for a black person to use the "N" word but not acceptable for a white to use it

Let's start using Paddy or Mick in the same context and get upset if anyone else uses it.

[paul_oshea]

In mayo??!

KOH

Ya in mayo, ballyhaunis to be precise

No london. but it could well be in maigh eo too.

Let's start using Paddy or Mick in the same context and get upset if anyone else uses it.

ya id be a very rich fella if i had a pound for everytime that has been used in reference or about me since i came over here.

[jebus]

Big problem with jobs being advertised that way (and in fairness I don't think I've seen any jobs advertised that way, well except for strippers...)

It's usually waitress jobs, or hair salons, stuff I wouldn't be interested in anyway, but if I was I'd be discounted because of my gender

[sligoman]

ya id be a very rich fella if i had a pound for everytime that has been used in reference or about me since i came over here.

In Mayo?

[paul_oshea]

actually this gets me thinking about last week, I went into a hairdressers, which was unisex. I noticed that there were a lot of black people in there, but it didnt bother me, then i noticed that the only person in there waiting was a black guy with a shaved head and i thought he cant possibly be getting his cut. I heard them sorta talking and looking as though, what the hell is this fella doing here. THey then asked "Can i help you?" I was like is this unisex and they said yes, and i said oh right well do i need an appointment or can i just get it cut, and they were like, no barber isnt here. I then said well can one of you not cut it and they said no. Extremely unhelpful and made me feel really uncomfortable, and I they said nothing more, I said ok where can I get my haircut and they go there is a barber up the road....... THe reason they did this was because I was White, and i havent felt so ****ed off in a long time and I was rather embarrassed by the whole thing. CAN YOU IMANGINE IF I HAD DONE THIS to a black person, or a black person had experienced this there would be outrage ( based on hair type ) and s/he would have sued. Yet I just had to go on about my business.

This stuff really ****es me off cos they, the UBER-PC brigade never comment on something like this but they get on their high horses and ride into moral high ground when its the other way round.