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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2018 8:49:26 GMT
I. Bloody. Hate. Football.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2018 12:34:53 GMT
I. Bloody. Hate. Football. Me too!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2018 12:43:05 GMT
I've gotta say, I don't know how unpopular "I hate football" is going to be as an opinion on a theatre board.
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Post by duncan on Jul 15, 2018 17:42:02 GMT
Tennis is a pile of old wank, the most tedious "sport" ever invented, its so dull it makes golf look interesting. I've also never met anyone who plays or watches rugby who isn't a braying boorish twit that I'd gladly feed to the pigs.
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Post by The Matthew on Jul 15, 2018 20:13:36 GMT
Tennis is a pile of old wank, the most tedious "sport" ever invented Not cricket?
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jul 15, 2018 20:23:07 GMT
Tennis is a pile of old wank, the most tedious "sport" ever invented, its so dull it makes golf look interesting. I've also never met anyone who plays or watches rugby who isn't a braying boorish twit that I'd gladly feed to the pigs. I agree 95% of tennis is tedium but when it gets it right, like Nadal/Djokovic, it is sport at it's best
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2018 21:12:26 GMT
I also hate the ignorant England fans who thought it was appropriate to damage NHS ambulances and run into Ikea, a Swedish furniture shop, and destroy the place.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Jul 15, 2018 22:50:13 GMT
I also hate the ignorant England fans who thought it was appropriate to damage NHS ambulances and run into Ikea, a Swedish furniture shop, and destroy the place. Not all theatre fans are ignorant just because a small minority get drunk, sing, abuse other audience members and so on. It’s the minority of people in any group that are the problem.
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Post by ellie1981 on Jul 15, 2018 23:06:20 GMT
I also hate the ignorant England fans who thought it was appropriate to damage NHS ambulances and run into Ikea, a Swedish furniture shop, and destroy the place. Not all theatre fans are ignorant just because a small minority get drunk, sing, abuse other audience members and so on. It’s the minority of people in any group that are the problem. Though strangely I know of no other sport in this country has a minority of fans that turn to criminal acts as a result of their team’s performance in a tournament.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Jul 16, 2018 1:19:57 GMT
Not all theatre fans are ignorant just because a small minority get drunk, sing, abuse other audience members and so on. It’s the minority of people in any group that are the problem. Though strangely I know of no other sport in this country has a minority of fans that turn to criminal acts as a result of their team’s performance in a tournament. Depends where you are and what attracts this minority. On the subcontinent it is cricket that attracts violence, for example.
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Post by Jan on Jul 16, 2018 7:02:35 GMT
Though strangely I know of no other sport in this country has a minority of fans that turn to criminal acts as a result of their team’s performance in a tournament. Depends where you are and what attracts this minority. On the subcontinent it is cricket that attracts violence, for example. Note also the recent violence at several horse race meetings.
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Post by kathryn on Jul 16, 2018 11:11:25 GMT
Though strangely I know of no other sport in this country has a minority of fans that turn to criminal acts as a result of their team’s performance in a tournament. Depends where you are and what attracts this minority. On the subcontinent it is cricket that attracts violence, for example. I believe it's ice hockey in North America.
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Post by Jon on Jul 16, 2018 11:22:32 GMT
I’m sure NFL and AFL fans probably get as drunk and lairy as football fans.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jul 16, 2018 12:26:10 GMT
I was on the phone to my BFF who lives in Paris yesterday as the World Cup final finished. The noise coming from the various apartments in his block was off the scale, then the woman opposite took her France football shirt off and danced around on her balcony with her boobs out.
It’s not just us.
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Post by ellie1981 on Jul 16, 2018 14:54:10 GMT
I’m sure NFL and AFL fans probably get as drunk and lairy as football fans Speaking about NFL in the UK, the answer is no. It's a wonderful family atmosphere. In the US, I am told that they have magistrates courts under the stadium for instant justice. Very busy first couple of weeks, not so much now. I only sum up English Football Fan behaviour by an experience on a Metropolitan line train to Wembley, where I watched a terrified 7 year old girl cling to her mother, and the mother sensibly pacifying her with "don't worry, they are only being noisy because they are excited to be going to the game." Now, she was right... BUT... would those "singing fans" have been half so magnanimous if someone was bothering THEIR children? I’ll never forget a time I was on my way to Fulham on the District Line to meet some friends. Chelsea had just beaten Tottenham earlier that day. Although we were nowhere in the vicinity of either area, still there were Chelsea fans on the tube harassing various members of the public as if they were potential Tottenham fans that apparently deserved to be berated. The fans in question looked at least 50 years old and some were even women. There really is just no need.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2018 15:09:12 GMT
While I also have zero time for football fans en masse (and am thankful to live in a rugby obsessed city for that reason) I did chuckle once when my ex, while visiting me in London manged to get on a train going to wrong way ...and ended up trapped in a carriage full of football fans on the way to Wembley.
Clearly my amusement at that moment was also a fairly 'unpopular opinion' when she finally made it home as well...
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Post by duncan on Jul 16, 2018 15:11:58 GMT
See all those people who like a march, as over the weekend with protests about Trump and then a couple of weeks ago about Brexit - What I never understand about these protests is why they think walking down a street somewhere holding a piss poor quality sign with a supposedly witty slogan will make any difference at all. Trump still came, we are still leaving the EU - nothing changed, you walked down a street and made no material difference in the slightest.
Think what those 200,000 or so people in London last week could actually do by working together in support of a campaign against racism and sexism. Think what could be achieved in terms of door knocking with a message, running an appropriate social media campaign, getting the electorate out to vote etc.
Actions speak louder than words and I always think they'll show up for a demonstration in the hope of getting on the telly or being a meme but if there is actual hard work to do in support of whatever the cause is then they'll disappear like snow off a dyke and leave it to someone else. 200,000 people actually working in a positive way on the remain campaign could have made the difference.
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 16, 2018 15:37:48 GMT
I’m sure NFL and AFL fans probably get as drunk and lairy as football fans Speaking about NFL in the UK, the answer is no. It's a wonderful family atmosphere. In the US, I am told that they have magistrates courts under the stadium for instant justice. Very busy first couple of weeks, not so much now. Yes, that was in Philadelphia. Eagles fans are just a horrible bunch.
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Post by kathryn on Jul 16, 2018 15:59:26 GMT
See all those people who like a march, as over the weekend with protests about Trump and then a couple of weeks ago about Brexit - What I never understand about these protests is why they think walking down a street somewhere holding a piss poor quality sign with a supposedly witty slogan will make any difference at all. Trump still came, we are still leaving the EU - nothing changed, you walked down a street and made no material difference in the slightest. Think what those 200,000 or so people in London last week could actually do by working together in support of a campaign against racism and sexism. Think what could be achieved in terms of door knocking with a message, running an appropriate social media campaign, getting the electorate out to vote etc. Actions speak louder than words and I always think they'll show up for a demonstration in the hope of getting on the telly or being a meme but if there is actual hard work to do in support of whatever the cause is then they'll disappear like snow off a dyke and leave it to someone else. 200,000 people actually working in a positive way on the remain campaign could have made the difference. Marches need to be repeat events to have an impact. The idea is to generate headlines and convince MPs of the strength of public opinion - partly by grabbing hold of the news agenda and making it difficult for politicians to talk about anything else. It needs to be *every week* to do that - one-off events will simply blow over. The Trump baby blimp was a stroke of genius as it made for good pictures and grabbed front pages, but it was a one-off. I am not sure how effective marches can be in the modern media age - it's too hard to dominate the news agenda in a pluralistic media age when everyone gets to tailor their feed to their taste, with the news cycle moving so fast, with very partisan press ownership dictating the agenda, and a frankly cowed BBC worried about upsetting the government and losing their funding. The problem is that the social media tactics that have been shown to work are, frankly, unethical.
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Post by The Matthew on Jul 16, 2018 18:46:02 GMT
What I never understand about these protests is why they think walking down a street somewhere holding a piss poor quality sign with a supposedly witty slogan will make any difference at all. It sends a message that they care enough to give up their day to stand there with a placard. What I don't get is the people who think they're achieving the same by posting on social media. They spend twenty seconds typing and don't even have to get out of their chair to do it, and then they pat themselves on the back as if they've solved all the world's problems.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2018 20:00:41 GMT
I remember I saw a video of some Chelsea fans push a black commuter off the Paris Metro and chant “we’re racist, we’re racist and that’s the way we like it”
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Jul 17, 2018 5:19:15 GMT
A real bugbear this one and bound to annoy some
Paying a fair amount of money for a membership, and then buying up the cheap seats deals.
To me, membership shouldn’t be a way of taking away seats that others less well off and ‘in the know’ might otherwise be able to buy. The National have an issue but the most egregious culprit is the Royal Court as they set aside a day per week to enable it. On the odd occasion when I have attended on a Monday I didn’t much like the audience that resulted either; very insidery, less responsive. They should at least strip these seats out across the week but I’d prefer a system where, for them and other theatres, the cheap seat deals could only be accessed via the general booking period.
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Post by wiggymess on Jul 17, 2018 7:58:50 GMT
Yes, that was in Philadelphia. Eagles fans are just a horrible bunch. Ah, knew it was one or other. Which are worse, though, Eagles or Raiders? (Obviously, as a Packer, I'm saying Bears, but I'm biased). Oh no, a Packers fan?! I'm Vikings through and through! Raiders are pretty bad but Eagles are next level. Any team whose fanbase have a reputation for regularly recording themselves punching police horses in the face are an utter disgrace. And that's only one small part, and certainly not the worst of it. I'd never travel there for a game as an away fan that's for sure.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 10:50:55 GMT
People who are on benefits, but can afford to go on holiday to places like Ibiza and Croatia on a regular basis.
It happens a lot in my town and seems questionable.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 12:48:30 GMT
If you're on such good terms with them that you know their financial incomings and their holiday outgoings, why don't you just ask them?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 14:28:42 GMT
If you're on such good terms with them that you know their financial incomings and their holiday outgoings, why don't you just ask them? I wouldn't exactly say "good terms"; my town is small and gossip and news spreads easily.
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Post by Cardinal Pirelli on Jul 17, 2018 15:53:34 GMT
If you're on such good terms with them that you know their financial incomings and their holiday outgoings, why don't you just ask them? I wouldn't exactly say "good terms"; my town is small and gossip and news spreads easily. Have you got a local pond? Apparently if you tie them to a stool and dunk them in it and they float then they’re guilty. If they sink and drown, though, then you can rest assured that the gossip was incorrect.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2018 16:20:45 GMT
I wouldn't exactly say "good terms"; my town is small and gossip and news spreads easily. Have you got a local pond? Apparently if you tie them to a stool and dunk them in it and they float then they’re guilty. If they sink and drown, though, then you can rest assured that the gossip was incorrect. Fair.
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Post by foxa on Jul 19, 2018 15:36:24 GMT
I quite enjoy when someone passionately hates a piece of theatre - even if I liked it. Especially if they can describe in vivid detail what they hated, come up with amusing similes, make me feel the pain of the experience.
Why is that? It probably says something bad about me - and my enjoyment of others' misfortunes.
I also like detailed raves, of course. But I hate a bland positive review. Give me 'it was two hours of hell and I almost gnawed my left arm off in agony' anytime.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2018 15:39:27 GMT
I quite enjoy when someone passionately hates a piece of theatre - even if I liked it. Especially if they can describe in vivid detail what they hated, come up with amusing similes, make me feel the pain of the experience. Why is that? It probably says something bad about me - and my enjoyment of others' misfortunes. I also like detailed raves, of course. But I hate a bland positive review. Give me 'it was two hours of hell and I almost gnawed my left arm off in agony' anytime. I agree. In that I love hearing a passionate disagreement. Also I would like to invite you to my next theatre project 'Why I hated the Ferryman, a real time blow by blow rant.' which is actually the real time of how long it FELT so 6 hours of my anguished screaming and moaning. Possibly in a bad Irish accent. With a goose.
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