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Our young men are immiserated, very high suicide rate among them

We need to make that a wider meme on the internet, it's the biggest JUST I have ever seen for an actual published author.

The biggest JUST?

I personally think it's one of the most hilariously stupid things I've ever heard. I fucking lol'd my ass off when I read it.

Might post it around, just the quote and see if I can get some keks and what have you, not this evening though. Let's just reflect on it first.

It's just one very prolific Irish user. He is a our future Joyce.

>Comparing blind boy to Joyce.
It's over for Irish literature isn't it.....

Every interview with him is a goldmine is inane shit.

Look at this one.

We view ourselves 100% as artists. Our artistic movement is called gas c*ntism. We use gas c*ntist inquiry as a means of using comedy and entertainment as an artistic medium – so our grounding is very academic and very solid. Gas c*ntism is a type of socially engaged art.

dailyedge.ie/blindboy-the-rubberbandits-late-late-3090284-Nov2016/

He can't formed full sentences to save his life.

>user is blindboy
I hadn't seen that twist, I meant why there were so many Irish anons. ;_; Time to secrete my poetry and die.

He wouldn't have the humility to make fun of himself, it can't be him.

Maybe its the trout of no craic?

sorry user i can't help with your blisters i'm busy deconstructing myself tonight

ew no

Take a photograph of the trout of no craic with a time stamp(piece of paper with date and time) if it is really you Blindboy. Don't be shy.

I posted that, and Im not Blindboy, so it can't be him.

If he is among us he will answer.

English speaking nation= Presence on Veeky Forums

YURT

Does anyone know if he runs the rubber bandits facebook account, or if they have an intern?

I've owned him before and would like the satisfaction of knowing it wasn't just a teenager.

to the best of my knowledge he does, he definitely runs the twitter account so it's a safe bet he does.

How did you own him?

He posted one of those heat maps of the US where the south has more HIV and murders etc. and then a map of where people are most christian.

I don't think I need to explain the rest.

I heard him once being asked on radio about the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland (why they thought he would have the slightest clue I don't know) and one minute into his response he starts talking about how much a feminist and socialist he is and how groundbreaking just coming around to listening to his mammy was, it was embarrassing

He's a culchie from Limerick.

Also, there is literally no reason not to hate Dubs.

He gropes at any opportunity to remain relevant, nobody cared about rubberbandits 1 year after horse outside was released

He's a bougie suburbanite, if he was culchie he probably would have learnt the value of hard labour growing up

I get the distinct impression that he and Viper don't like each other

I'd hate to hate dubs while getting DUBS, check em.

His heart's in the right place but he's not intelligent enough to tackle the issues he's trying to.

The last thing Ireland needs is another fuckwit telling us about mental health awareness. Yeah we're all fucked but that's always been the way and unless you've got a cure then you're no good to anyone. "just having a conversation" doesn't do anything except help non-suicidal people feel in control.

And our suicide rate is pretty low in fairness. Not convinced it's even a problem even though I'm pretty suicidal myself.

When is the viper writing a book, he's far better. He can do the bit of videoing on the side.

He was the ghostwriter behind Kill all Normies

Living on this rock is fucking awful. It's either heroin or Veeky Forums.

t. Cork

Where'd you get that idea?

It wouldn't surprise because I've heard the rubberbandits have a reputation for burning bridges with people. He may have been a personal victim of that.

Absolutey. It's the 1st sign of a struggling gobshite to keep grasping at straws like that and he's always exhausting every oppourtunity he can to be in the spotlight.

Are you calling Bressie a fuckwit?
In fairness, I like Bressie, his mental health talks are interesting and down to earth but I can't imagine the guy making a significant difference at all when everything is said and done.

That guy is remarkabley talented. Hardy Bucks movie was a nice surprise...

He revealed on twitter his reason for hating the catholic church so much his because his grandad was killed in some IRA-related religious conflict

ARE YE DOIN A BIT OF VIDEOIN?

YOU FORGET I HAVE THE SENSES OF A SHHNAKE

>bell bottoms
>black dress shoes
>barfly
>slightly bemused fixed expression

What do you call this aesthetic?

Tommy

I disagree, Tomo maybe. Some extremely common name abbreviated with -o at the end like Anto or Damo

He's some man for one man is Tomo. Some man for one man.

aye sure enough so, you should see you going in Letterkenny

Fun fact, I've never been to LetterKenny, and if you asked me where it was I probably couldn't tell you. I've been to Cork & LImerick a fair bit, and I know my way around the Dingle Peninsula alright. AND IM NOT JUsT SAYIN THAT BECAUSE IM ADDICTED TO PENINSILuN THE WHOLE TIME AHAHAHAHA.

This retard thinks that feminism is going to cure depression in Irish men.

What a fucking tosser.

>tfw feminist and not depressed

You sound like a virgin lol

who /limerickcitykid/ here?

Ha, who said I wasn't depressed?

In all seriousness though, I can understand defending them. They do have some real talent, and have come out with some pretty fun stuff in the past, but the thing is is that the two of them are far too clueless to do anything really worthwhile by themselves.

Blindboy is clearly an awful eejit going by the stuff he comes out in interviews and all that, and if the other fella is following his lead, well, let's just say 'the blind leading the blind' has never been more apt as an expression.

Fourth highest in the EU among teenagers?

Wtf are you talking about?
thejournal.ie/unicef-suicide-report-3450547-Jun2017/

Funny thing is he's doing a PHD in psychiatry, which means he has some semblance of intelligence right?
We're not Americans, college isn't yet as big of a meme. Even though it's getting there.

No one said that he didn't have some intelligence (in fact they said the opposite, that he DID).

But if anything doing the PHD makes him look even worse/more desperate. Think about it this for a second. Picture all of your favourite artists; directors, writers, comedians, whatever. How many of them do you think got where they are because they hold PHDs? Very few of them.

Do you think South Park or The Simpsons or Rick & Morty or any of those shows exist because one man went out and got a PHD and then that somehow made him magically smart enough to create great comedy? No. Those are all collobarative works.

Trey Parker and Matt Stone (the south park guys) didn't even finish college. They just met there and started making each other laugh and eventually south park came out of that.

Blindboy and Mr Chrome have been doing bits by themselves for what (it says 17 years in the article above) and where has that gotten them? A bunch of songs, a book of short stories and a few sketches on republic of telly (which is now cancelled because it wasn't making enough money for RTE).

He's obviously not a complete idiot if he's already accomplished all that, but what is a PHD in psychiatry going to do for his career as a comedian? Nothing. If anything it's going to eat up more of his time that could have been spent writing comedy of some sort, but even then, what does a guy who wants to be a comedian bother with studying a PHD in psychology in the first place? The two are not really compatible in anyway...

I live in Cork and I am literally one missed bus away from necking myself lad. I spent the entire weekend lying in my sleeping bag drinking Volvic water and occasionally feeling intense, overwhelming, panic-inducing embarrassment and regret at the state of my life. I just turned 26 and I have never had a girlfriend, I have no friends and my job is the kind of thing a teenager does during the summer holidays while trying to figure out which lucrative career to pursue. I am so pathetic at times I feel like rushing into wilderness and starving to death or leaping from some peak. Honestly my idealism and ambition have plummeted and my will to life is hanging by a fucking thread.

If you ask me, the two of them should just focus on making songs and sketches and don't be afraid to try new things, and forget about College and all the political shit. I'd even say forget about the mental health stuff and just fucking focus on making people laugh. Let someone who's dream job isn't to make people laugh worry about the serious issues.

rec me some good contemporary irish lit please?

any new joyces on the horizon?

Eimear McBride "A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing"

Who /Dublin/ here?

Sally Rooney
Paul Murray
Colm Toibin
Colin Barrett
Tom Morris
Kevin Barry
Donal Ryan

Just off the top of my head.

Whereabouts in Cork are you from? I have friends there. Don't do it, lad. You have so much to live for!

Foster by Claire Keenan is alright. Try Maeve Binchy if you haven't before, some of her stuff is decent. As for more Joyce like figures, can't really speak of any.
Move to west Cork or something, find some equivalent job to your city work in one of the towns. Farm work or other country lifestyles might pick you up, outdoorsmanship and a hearty dinner and conversation at one 0'clock might be a nice change for a while. Rent has to be cheaper too, although you'll need at least a shit vehicle or a bus passing close by to get around. No point giving up yet.

Is your name Thomas by any chance? Don't do it, Thomas, you're a nice lad, you're parents were always very nice to me whenever I was around for a bitta steak n' kidney pie on a Sunday afternoon.

where does he study?
In UL is it?

I have friends up there..

Dublin I'd say, the UL psychology course is big points altogether.

I'd doubt he. According to their twitter it looks they're glued to Limerick the whole time, and I doubt the Dublin course would be any different. Dub colleges and Uni's are surely among the most pricey and awkward to commute if you're from outside the city.

All my friends who went there only did so because they had to.

The thing I love about this guy is that he has no boundaries around him whatsoever. Like, he's clearly a product of a generation rasied on things like South Park and Family Guy and all those kinda shows that making a living ripping the piss outta people, but what he (or they) don't seem to realize is that all those shows are in part made by a comitee of people, including a legal team.

In other words, even those shows have some level of censorship imposed on them that stops them from saying or doing certain things. The bandits just say whatever the fuck they want though, because they're not enough of an act to have such a comitee surrounding them. So you just know eventually he's going to say or do something so utterly distasteful, that it's going to end up back-firing horribly and making himself look like a complete shit in front of the general Irish audience.

Also, if there facebook page and twitter is anything to go back, it look like he's chronically addicted to hash and cans of booze.

Foster was fucking awful

Lads he lectures "Art and Society" for the Art students in LIT.

I've no idea about his own personal education but anyways, that's the shite he's at day-to-day

same LOL except I'm 25.
>sleeping bag
what? are you homeless?

Are you fucking serious? Are you telling me this gobshite is a paid prof. in an actual college?

Who the fuck is this poser wannabe

Yup, at least in 2015 when my mate was studying there.

He said he was actually a decent lecturer, just teaching a meme-tier module.

I can't find any information about this online, but if you're telling the truth this country (and that IT in particular) is really hitting the fucking dirt hard). Look at the fucking interviews above, is that really someone you'd want lecturing your kids in a college? He can barely speak coherently!

Defo not a prof. Just doing lecturing work while he gets his PhD I imagine

Jesus, even at that, that still doesn't sound appropriate. He's a complete fool for fuck sake!

Move to Vietnam and teach English. It's easy as piss and the money's class, and it's a respectable job.

He lectures mask off, accent off, and going by his real name.

Just to clarify.

can you find out for me if he's still working there please? Can you ask your friend?

It's a little sad to think there are people out there willing to pay to see these guys live.

I mean they're music is okay and all, but paying to see them? Fuck no.

The viper is my hero

I saw them live five years ago.and they were great. I got in for free tho.

Where'd you see them, in Dolans is it? They've made a nest in laid their eggs in that scpot. They're like OStrichs..

For all the talented lads on here who've decided they know who Blindboy REALLY is and how smart or not he is. Just to let you know that Kevin Barry has pre read Blindboy s book and gave it rave reviews and hearlds him as a serious new voice in Irish lierature. Just thought Id bring a bit of balance to the thread,

easons.com/p-7618307-the-gospel-according-to-blindboy.aspx

The bigger they are...

here s the book cover with pre order reviews...I guess it looks like the guy can actually write. Interesting development.

In fairness, it is a nice achievement, but thing about doing something like this, is that it's not going to make you any money. You'd have to make the Newyork Time's bestseller list to make real cash off a book of short stories, and since this is made to appeal to Irish readers (and in particular, fans for the Rubberbandits) it's going to have a very niche audience.

I can gaurantee you he doesn't have the talent to write a screenplay or something more substantial, and that nothing in that book there is filmable. That's all it'll be, like their first album, a little novelty that's good for a few laughs and then it spends the rest of it's days gathering dust on someone's shelf.

Jesus man have you any idea how begrudging you are sounding. You have absolutely no idea what s in the book...no idea if it's aimed at a niche audience. What you do know is that Kevin Barry caaled it a 'brilliant debut' and Danny Boyle called it 'essential' yet you ve homed in on shit that you are guessing. Then you proceed to garauntee me a heap of shit that hasn t happened yet. Seriously.

How am I being begrudging? I'm just being practical. Do you think the stories in that book there are going to be converted into a series of popular Hollywood films or something?

It's obviously only going to enjoy a niche audience because it's written by Blindboy, and his fanbase is relatively small. Danny Boyle is obviously already a fan, sure he had their song in Trainspotting 2 didn't he?

Practical? WTF if you were being practical you d read the reviews and perhaps reevaluate your assumption around what you thought the book might contain. Do I think the stories are going to be converted into Hollywood films ? How do I know I haven t read them yet? Ask me after I have read them......but I have read the reviews and I'm a massive Kevin Barry fan and I also like Danny Boyle's work.. And if you want a bit of practical how about the fact that a Hollywood director namely Danny Boyle finds the book to be 'essential' ...Now that s a pretty good start if you want your work to be converted to the big screen...Practical you say?

Wow.

I'm obviously after hitting a bit of nerve here, because you're getting very cross over this. First of all, I like the rubberbandits. (Horse outside, Willie O Dea, Dad's best Friend? Good stuff. Good songs, good laugh.) I'm not against their success or anything.

What am I saying is this, it's extremely rare that someone would write a book of short stories and then immediately get catapulted into big mainstream success. If you're writing a book of short stories in the first place, it's usually because you love literature and want to contribute to it, not because you're eager to get to the big screen (that might come much later if you have mass appeal, and are capable of turning out the big bucks for the publisher).

Now, when was the last time you went to cinema to see a movie that was basically a collection of 15 different short stories from a beginning writer, that was then all turned into a feature film? Never.

The closest you'd get to that would be something like one of those horror anthologies you see sometimes, (like the movie trick or treat). It's kinda like The Simpsons treehouse of horror, if you want a better example, where you have 3 or 4 shorts lumped together to make up on one film.

But you'd never see a collection of short stories like this one here converted into a film.

Now, it's possible that someday, years from now, if he keeps writing, BLindboy will turn out a novel or a screenplay that gets turned into a film, I have no doubt about that. But that would take time and hard work.

As it stands, the best you could hope for with a book like this, is that it would enjoy relatively good sales (especially in the run up to christmas where it would probably make a nice stocking filler for a lot of people). The success then would encourage Blindboy to keep writing, and then eventually, years from now, he might get a film done.

That's all I'm saying. If you listen to some of the stuff he comes out with though, like the things he says in the interviews above, he doesn't talk a lot of sense, so I don't know if he'd have the sense to work that hard and eventually get the job done if you get what i'm saying?

Personally, I hope he does cop himself on and do something cool soemday, because I love good Irish comedy, and I've no doubt he could do something amazing for the big screen someday, and it's be a treat to see that happen.

You ve hit a nerve or I hit a nerve? I just posted the reviews which suggested the guy can clearly write it's you that started talking about him not making money, hollywood blockbusters etc u need to go back over the thread. Again I repeat I don t have any idea whether he will or will not make a hollywood block buster... and no i dont get what you are saying about 'not having the sence to get the job done' He s finished countless projects over the years including this book which according to the publisher is 200 odd pages and 80 000 words. Again from a practical point of view evidence-based if you like I think he would be well capable but like I said I don t know. Id prefer to discuss what we do know about and thats why I posted the pre sale book reviews.

I did.

Yes, I'd imagine he wouldn't make great money off this because book sales don't usually generate a ton of cash unless they're very, very popular (I've looked into this), and I can't imagine this book would have enormous appeal outside of Ireland.

You said his work could be converted to the big screen, and I'm saying the only way that could happen if he kept writing for a number of years at least. It's very hard to make it to the big screen man, some people get lucky like, but you get tons of folks who whittle away they're lives trying to get their screenplays sold to the big studious and it never happens.

I personally would love to make a film someday, but I recognize it's hard and requires luck too.
Look at The Hardy Bucks. Not a bad movie, and got made very quickly, but hardly was a box office smash hit. In fact, they didn't seem to make very much off it at all.

Also, I personally would nearly buy this book myself. Maybe over Christmas, depends if I have cash. It's probably good for a few laughs.

I didn t say it cold be converted to the big screen I said I didn t know if it could be cos I haven t read the stories. But I did say that Danny Boyle a hollywood director calling the collection 'essential ' is a good start. You need to re read my parts of the thread.