Has this forum changed your views on anything?

[John83]

T*m was in Belfield for the U-21 final last night, exclusively announcing that Pats have signed Jason Byrne for next season (Johnny McDonnell clarified that he'd actually signed Mick Byrne to play up front )

He was also in Richmond for the last game of the season - was a bit worried actually, hadn't seen him since the T*mwatch thread was banned.

Maybe he only exists in our heads.

[Bluebeard]

Maybe he only exists in our heads.

Like any God, he only exists as long as people continue to believe in, and fail to avoid, him.

[superfrank]

My opinions on football have changed a bit from exposure to foot.ie.

My views on supporting football teams have changed:

I never really believed it but since I joined the forum I've developed a fierce dislike for the "support your local side and noone else" view. I'd like the el to be more popular but I don't like the whole snobish attitude that a lot of el fans on here have and I hate the idea that we should all jump on the bandwagon (a la Irish national team fans) when an el side does well in Europe.

Also, I happen to support two other teams (Chelsea and Marseille) and only once have I been asked why I support Marseille yet there's countless times I've been attacked for stating my support of Chelsea. I find this confusing as they are both clubs I have no real attachment to, I just like them yet one always gets more questioning then the other because they're English.

My views on the Irish football fan have changed too:

I have no feelings about the English team but when I see all the crap that's brought up anytime the English national team is mentioned, it disgusts me that these posters are all Irish. A lot of people have a chip on there shoulder (quite often subconsciously) with the English team over political matters past (which have nothing to do with football), others dislike them because of the English media (again it is nothing to do with the players).

My views on the Irish (solely) national fan have changed too:

The majority of them are moaners and will never graduate to any higher level. Plain and simple.

Also, I was never aware of how full of one's team some fans can be, how unrealistic some fans (mainly Bray) expectations can be and how unbelievably biased some fans are about there own club.

The rest of my opinions on the world have remained unaltered.

[jebus]

I'm sure it has but I'm trying to think in what way.....

Well I started having a further look at the Socialist Party after a whooping I recieved in a thread by BohsPartisan about a year or so ago, and I have to say they aren't half as bad as I thought then, and actually got my number two choice in this year's general election down in Cork.

My dislike of Galway United supporters grows with each passing discussion that ends in them claiming that people are just obsessed with their club (try winning a few points lads, it might shut us up quicker)

In my time here I've actually gone off world football a bit, I don't think it has anything to do with a new found LoI til I die attitude, and maybe it just happened that I've been here during a bad patch in the quality of world football as I see it, I don't know.

I've starting reading back over my posts for spelling mistakes or typos in threads where people bemoan the literacy skills of Irish people.

I've come to find that some of the Cobh support isn't actually as bad as I once though, but that a few of them are a lot worse then I once thought

[micls]

it has shown me that far more people than I thought just don't understand sarcasm. And far too many people take things too seriously.

Definitely and not just on here, I've noticed in on a few footie forums(the only type I go on). It seems that if you don't use a smilie you must be 100% serious.

[GavinZac]

Definitely and not just on here, I've noticed in on a few footie forums(the only type I go on). It seems that if you don't use a smilie you must be 100% serious.

Thats what emoticons are for though! Its the only way of implying tone.

[Dodge]

Thats what emoticons are for though! Its the only way of implying tone.

Common sense dicatates tone usually

[micls]

Common sense dicatates tone usually

To me it seems it's too difficult for some people to read the post, put it in context of the thread and previous posts in it so they take the short cut of if it has a smilie it's not serious, if it doesn't it is.

[CollegeTillIDie]

There is a lot of information about totally random things including football posted on here for free. And not all of it is spurious, or hype or idle speculation although all of that can alos be found here. There's a lot of hideous bile, spleen, venom and downright bovine manure posted here too. However it's a mixed bag.

I've learned stuff about music in the Off Topic thread I wouldn't have learned elsewhere.
I am not sure which opinions have been altered by this website. Although I would say perhaps this website may have influenced the way my opinions on some issues have been shaped since I first started posting here. I have noticed that there is a lack of tolerance particularly among younger posters to divergent opinions.
That sort of tunnel view led to the problems we had in Europe in the 1920's and 1930's when a more extreme form of intolerance lead to most of Europe voting Fascist. And thankfully young people cannot be arsed to vote or we could all be in trouble in Ireland in the medium to longer term

As regards spelling problems well spellcheck cannot help you sort out their, they're and there and we are becoming more and more reliant on it.

[paul_oshea]

ya, that people who speak very sensibly and logically on a forum are generally extremely weird and scary looking.

Ubers, also, make me more disinterested in things generally too.

Finally, agree with the "that them there" stuff. Most annoying.

literacy

In the common context, this would generally be taken as the "reading" rather than the writing aspect. In the case of this I think you mean the writing case more than the reading - at the end of the day, you cant see what people read and how they interpret/understand it, but yet we can all see how poor peoples written skills are on this forum particularly in the Junior League and the Eircom league. I think I understand the reason behind this too and yes how this forum generally mirrors everday Irish society, its characteristics and traits.

I've just read a few more posts and thought about so much more, and summing up I would say that most of what I thought of people and my perceptions have been reinforced by what people say on here. I also hate the fact that people on here who are very vocal and loud, are the quietest type people when met in person. Grow a set of liathriodi.

[pineapple stu]

The main thing I've noticed is how differently people seem to act online compared to real life. People who are normally perfectly reasonable get into the most ridiculous, over the top arguments about completely trivial things with people they've never met.

Never noticed that myself, to be honest.

It's interesting to note that most people are utterly incapable of taking any sort of criticism about their club. Really is the most remarkable blind spot*.

But no, hasn't really changed my views on anything. I don't take the internet that seriously (though some may doubt that...)



* - doesn't apply to UCD obviously as we're perfectly run.

[BohsPartisan]

Posting on foot.ie has convinced me of how right I am about everything!

[strangeirish]

Posting on foot.ie has convinced me of how right I am about everything!

Are you from Cork?

[DIFChick]

Can't say my views on anything football related has changed since becoming a member on foot.ie. People here are just as passionate about the game and their respective teams as they are back home in Sweden.

I suppose my view on my own work ethics has changed. Since moving to Dublin, I spend more time on foot.ie than I used to. I also spend more time on my regular Swedish football forum.

Just in case my boss is on here: ...And I do LOADS of work too.

[kingdom hoop]

Running Foot.ie has had a major effect on how I view communities

Could you elaborate a little on that please? I know, I know, if I was a cat I'd be killed.

people who speak very sensibly and logically on a forum are generally extremely weird and scary looking.

Aha yes. You see us logicians must almost necessarily be weird, for to make sense of the ways of the world you need to be able to appreciate the extremities of whatever the topic, putting yourself in all manner of bizarre circumstances takes a certain degree of weirdity alright. You're spot on about the scary looking thing, still though, makes a change from being called horrifying.

I also hate the fact that people on here who are very vocal and loud, are the quietest type people when met in person.

Ah is there an audio section that I'm being restricted access to?

[cheifo]

ya, that people who speak very sensibly and logically on a forum are generally extremely weird and scary looking.

Ubers, also, make me more disinterested in things generally too.



. I also hate the fact that people on here who are very vocal and loud, are the quietest type people when met in person. Grow a set of liathriodi.

Paul I hope in person you are a little bit less judgemental of people.

[paul_oshea]

No Im Jekyll on here.....or would that be hyde

But whatever I am, Im definitely as loud on here as I am everywhere!!!

[OwlsFan]

I can't remember changing my mind on anything but it helped me realise I wasn't the only Wednesday fan in Ireland (hello Jebus), that I wasn't alone in thinking that Dunphy is a self-serving cancer at the heart of Irish soccer and that the knee jerk reaction is the answer of most Irish fans to a set back.

[jebus]

I can't remember changing my mind on anything but it helped me realise I wasn't the only Wednesday fan in Ireland (hello Jebus)

Howya

There's actually quite a few, well four, that drink in a pub called Mickey Martins in Limerick if you're ever down that way

[OwlsFan]

Are there many shootings or stabbings in that area or does that only happen if a red and white striped jersey is worn ?