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Slashman X
Bit awkward though given that I've only been in my current job for a year
Franck
Fry's argument is essentially how I feel about the subject, and the shocked facial expressions of the interviewer are just priceless.
Franck
Break a leg mate!
Slashman X
That's Gay Byrne mate, absolute national treasure and amazing interviewer
K3V0
Fuck it lad a year is plenty of time to have stayed in a job and sure you've got to put yourself first tbf.
Job keep you in Dublin? Good luck
Slashman X
Aye, can't see the boss man being too happy about it, but it's purely a "career" decision in that I'd be doing what I've always wanted to do (something I was promised in my interview for current place, but never happened), not like I'm just moving for money.
Aye, Out by UCD. Bus straight from Drumcondra to it so it's a lot handier than I thought given that UCD is a nightmare to get to. Hopefully all goes well, they want interviews done and people chosen by the end of the week so I shouldn't be waiting around for long for an answer
K3V0
Well the boss man should have done what was promised and you wouldn't be at this crossroad right now. Ah you'll be grand sure UCD is next to your gaff according to the Cork bird I met in D2. Hopefully you'll get it pal
Telegram Sam
Franck
Newspapers
Telegram Sam
My local one is shite, always just advertising for teachers and builders.
I feel like there are so many jobs out there I just don't know where to find them!
Slashman X
King Luis
Depending what sort of thing your looking for it might be worth giving LinkedIN a try? Just started using it properly myself and i'm actually amazed it still gets used
Slashman X
\o/
K3V0
You're fucked now once they see that mug of yours
Slashman X
K3V0
Jesus christ
Sounds like your perfect job there tbh lad
King Luis
Just driving into work...OH MY FUCKING GOD.
Slashman X
Franck
Been listening to the series about the first world war over the past two weeks and it's just incredible.
ianbaker
About how you lot were spineless nancies?
Franck
Better to be a "spineless nancy" than send an entire generation of young men to slaughter in some muddy Belgian field for nothing.
King Luis
Yeah cause everything would have been fine if we'd just let it happen.
Franck
Considering how history unfolded after the war, Britain is arguably the biggest loser of the major powers involved. I'm not sure guaranteeing Belgian neutrality is a cause worth losing an empire and 2% of your total population for, if the British leadership at the time had the wisdom of hindsight available to them, I'm not sure that they would make the decision they made.
Imperial Germany were naughty boys, invading neutral Belgium, being the first to use chemical weapons and carrying out indiscriminate submarine warfare, but the First World War was hardly some great battle between good and evil, only a giant clusterfuck triggered by the web of pacts, alliances, agreements and guarantees the great powers of Europe had made in the preceding century. Calling countries not bound by such agreements "spineless nancies" for not entering the war reeks of ignorance and stupidity, especially when you know what an unspeakable tragedy the war was for anyone who was involved in it.
The ignorance of ianbakers comment is is further heightened by the fact that he's chastising a neutral power for remaining neutral, when the United Kingdom entered the war to defend the right of neutral powers to do exactly that. On top of that, had Sweden entered the war it would almost certainly have been on the German's side, the Swedish elites at the time were germanophiles and our greatest historical antagonist was a member of the Entente, recapturing or liberating Finland would have been the only conceivable reason for Sweden to enter the war.
ianbaker
King Luis
Telegram Sam
They're amazing. So informative. I've been meaning to listen to the Mongols series for some time now.
Franck
Listened to the one about the nuclear bomb and "logical insanity"?
Ninja
Whilst we entered the war over the excuse of Belgian neutrality it wasn't really the reason.
Basically, the entire British approach to the continent in the period going back to at least the 16th Century was a balance of power. A state of perfect equilibrium where no power in Europe was significantly stronger than the other whilst Britain itself benefited from its status as a world power through Empire.
A unified Germany challenged that, the naval arms race had already been won by Britain in 1913 and isn't a factor, but its an example of how close German industry was coming to British. Joining a war against Germany was about joining a war against Germany more so than the protestations about Belgian neutrality. Britain would have joined the war anyway, the only thing Belgian neutrality dictated was the timing.
I'm also not sure WW1 is the real cause for the end of Empire either. After the war the territorial expanse of the Empire increased, and Britain was actually becoming more insular preferring to do business more exclusively with territories within its Empire. Yes it had huge debts owed to the United States and yes the casualties were high but what actually killed of Britain as a true world power were the forces of nationalism, the rise of the United States, and the Second World War. The first being by far the most important.
Telegram Sam
I did, and it was my favourite, but that was about a year ago. I think I got through it all in one sitting. I can't remember the details though so I might give it a re-listen soon.
Franck
That's the one that got me hooked about a month ago. Really mind-opening, changed how I look at the nuclear bombings entirely.