My dad and I started watching Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland today, on his request.
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My dad and I started watching Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland today, on his request. We've only seen the first episode, but it's good.
It's very good, actually.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0ff7cg0/once-upon-a-time-in-northern-ireland
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My dad and I started watching Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland today, on his request. We've only seen the first episode, but it's good.
It's very good, actually.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0ff7cg0/once-upon-a-time-in-northern-ireland
@astronomerritt Access to the iPlayer should have been in the brexit agreement. Can't watch here in Mexico without a VPN
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@astronomerritt Access to the iPlayer should have been in the brexit agreement. Can't watch here in Mexico without a VPN
@astronomerritt also Ireland is unique in the world for not being able to see Dr Who legally
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@astronomerritt Access to the iPlayer should have been in the brexit agreement. Can't watch here in Mexico without a VPN
@humanhorseshoes I'm mostly posting that link for information, I trust that those folk without normal iPlayer access can watch it in whichever way is easiest for them
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@astronomerritt also Ireland is unique in the world for not being able to see Dr Who legally
@humanhorseshoes genuinely can't stand Doctor Who, but otoh I've the best of both worlds as I get BBC and RTÉ up here
though RTÉ gets geolocked when they're showing the football, which is an arse
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My dad and I started watching Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland today, on his request. We've only seen the first episode, but it's good.
It's very good, actually.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0ff7cg0/once-upon-a-time-in-northern-ireland
@astronomerritt We really enjoyed (not quite the right word?) this and found it really moving. I'm from the very south-west tip of Ireland though, a child of the 80s, so my previous knowledge of the troubles only goes so far. I'd love to know what people who've spent more time in NI, residents during the troubles, think of the series.
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@astronomerritt We really enjoyed (not quite the right word?) this and found it really moving. I'm from the very south-west tip of Ireland though, a child of the 80s, so my previous knowledge of the troubles only goes so far. I'd love to know what people who've spent more time in NI, residents during the troubles, think of the series.
@AoifeGreenhamIllustrations My dad left in '74, as a direct result of the Troubles, but he enjoyed the first episode a lot, as it covered the NI he knew and grew up with. He found it to be pretty even-handed, too. He's a Protestant by background, but he's not a loyalist by any means.
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@AoifeGreenhamIllustrations My dad left in '74, as a direct result of the Troubles, but he enjoyed the first episode a lot, as it covered the NI he knew and grew up with. He found it to be pretty even-handed, too. He's a Protestant by background, but he's not a loyalist by any means.
@astronomerritt Yes, we found it to be even handed and clear eyed, as far as we could tell. We watched House of Paisley afterwards, because we were so 'in' the era, really fascinating look at how Ian Paisley came to be who he was. Used to be on the Iplayer too but not sure if it's still available.
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@astronomerritt Yes, we found it to be even handed and clear eyed, as far as we could tell. We watched House of Paisley afterwards, because we were so 'in' the era, really fascinating look at how Ian Paisley came to be who he was. Used to be on the Iplayer too but not sure if it's still available.
@AoifeGreenhamIllustrations I'm not sure I could stick that much Paisley, to be honest, the man turns my stomach and his son is basically a carbon copy of him without the charisma 😅
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My dad and I started watching Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland today, on his request. We've only seen the first episode, but it's good.
It's very good, actually.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0ff7cg0/once-upon-a-time-in-northern-ireland
I appreciate that the BBC left the swearing in. If you can't swear about the Troubles, what the fuck can you swear about?
Besides, telling someone from here not to swear when they talk is like telling them not to blink. You'll only make them uncomfortable and they'll end up doing it anyway.
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I appreciate that the BBC left the swearing in. If you can't swear about the Troubles, what the fuck can you swear about?
Besides, telling someone from here not to swear when they talk is like telling them not to blink. You'll only make them uncomfortable and they'll end up doing it anyway.
It's always a bit jarring to me when I see folk complain about bad language online, using phrases like "nobody has to use those words" and "it's always vulgar" and "it sounds uneducated".
Please understand: that is cultural bias.
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It's always a bit jarring to me when I see folk complain about bad language online, using phrases like "nobody has to use those words" and "it's always vulgar" and "it sounds uneducated".
Please understand: that is cultural bias.
it's also classist as fuck, imo, but I am told I need to stop turning everything into a class issue
(everything IS a class issue, you can fight me AND the chip on my shoulder)
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it's also classist as fuck, imo, but I am told I need to stop turning everything into a class issue
(everything IS a class issue, you can fight me AND the chip on my shoulder)
@astronomerritt It fucking is the bunch of berks.
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it's also classist as fuck, imo, but I am told I need to stop turning everything into a class issue
(everything IS a class issue, you can fight me AND the chip on my shoulder)
@astronomerritt
It's also extremely rude. If I say fuck when I'm talking about something, and I'm not talking directly to anyone in particular, and certainly not directing robust language AT anyone, that's just word choice.If someone makes it into a direct conversation with me for the purpose of criticising my word choice, that's interpersonal rudeness that is directed at someone, discourteous in multiple ways that merely saying fuck is not.
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My dad and I started watching Once Upon A Time In Northern Ireland today, on his request. We've only seen the first episode, but it's good.
It's very good, actually.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0ff7cg0/once-upon-a-time-in-northern-ireland
@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io
Ooh. I'll add it to my Watchlist. Couple more worth looking at too from there.
Thanks for posting.
Must have missed it on broadcast, shame. DVR's easier than streaming. -
@astronomerritt
It's also extremely rude. If I say fuck when I'm talking about something, and I'm not talking directly to anyone in particular, and certainly not directing robust language AT anyone, that's just word choice.If someone makes it into a direct conversation with me for the purpose of criticising my word choice, that's interpersonal rudeness that is directed at someone, discourteous in multiple ways that merely saying fuck is not.
@petealexharris That's an excellent way of putting it.
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@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io
Ooh. I'll add it to my Watchlist. Couple more worth looking at too from there.
Thanks for posting.
Must have missed it on broadcast, shame. DVR's easier than streaming.@AnguaDelphine I'd tell you I hope you enjoy it, but "enjoy" is perhaps not the right word 😅
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@AnguaDelphine I'd tell you I hope you enjoy it, but "enjoy" is perhaps not the right word 😅
@astronomerritt@hachyderm.io
I'll settle for having more of an understanding, hopefully knowing more than I did.
Oral Tradition is both the best & worst record of history, invaluable either way.
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It's always a bit jarring to me when I see folk complain about bad language online, using phrases like "nobody has to use those words" and "it's always vulgar" and "it sounds uneducated".
Please understand: that is cultural bias.
@astronomerritt people that don't like swearing are usually awful people
they prefer politely spoken lies to hearing rough truths
(I'm pretty sure there is also research to back this up)
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@astronomerritt people that don't like swearing are usually awful people
they prefer politely spoken lies to hearing rough truths
(I'm pretty sure there is also research to back this up)
@junklight My partner works with Americans and thus has to keep their language "professional", and they have actually said that they feel like it's much harder to be candid and genuine when they can't swear.
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