http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Very off-topic: EEN commenters en Fri, 22 May 2026 09:50:18 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-157564 Sat, 21 Jun 2014 10:05:45 +0000 PS 157564@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good article <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/media/2014/06/social-media-important-journos-let-s-keep-things-proportion">here</a> by Ed Smith on the subject of journalism, social media and comments. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-143920 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:23:33 +0000 PS 143920@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I always thought comments about communal baths were very revealing of repressed feelings... ;) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-143909 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:11:11 +0000 Stickman 143909@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Crowriver</p> <p>Very good! I love to see a mention of Teenage Fanclub (even if affectionately mocking) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-143906 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 23:01:21 +0000 crowriver 143906@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>New Scotland kit reflects country's tradition of twee indie music</p> <p><a href="http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/new-scotland-kit-reflects-countrys-tradition-of-twee-indie-music-2014022784082" rel="nofollow">http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/new-scotland-kit-reflects-countrys-tradition-of-twee-indie-music-2014022784082</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-143886 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 20:16:59 +0000 wee folding bike 143886@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A rugby playing friend says that they haven't used communal baths for a long time. It's health and safety gone mad.</p> <p>I don't watch football or wear strips but even I thought it was hideous. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-143883 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:51:24 +0000 chdot 143883@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ deckard112</p> <p>So you're a footballer then...(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-143881 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:17:23 +0000 deckard112 143881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot</p> <p>That was my point. Sad that a post decrying homophobic comments descends into the very same. I have tattoos and use hair product, not sure what that reveals about me! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-143872 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:42:41 +0000 chdot 143872@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Careful with your stereotypes... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-143871 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:39:16 +0000 minus six 143871@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This new away strip looks commercially aimed at the summer majorca / blackpool beach hordes</p> <p>The EEN commentariat, i would like to throttle til their eyes bulge and then i would bite and chew the eyeballs.</p> <p>I suppose that makes me pathological..</p> <p>Theoretically, at least </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-143869 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:27:27 +0000 EddieD 143869@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Bald patches and which tattooists have chorea.</p> <p>I always thought the communal baths were more revealing.</p> <p>Especially when they left their towels in the changing rooms. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-143858 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 16:20:29 +0000 deckard112 143858@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I always thought the 'tattoos and hair styling' culture of soccer was very revealing"</p> <p>Revealing of what? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-143848 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:35:30 +0000 I were right about that saddle 143848@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Surely I'm not alone in enjoying just how camp some of the (very vaguely) homophobic comments are?</p> <p>For a sport without a single out professional player, I always thought the 'tattoos and hair styling' culture of soccer was very revealing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12302#post-143841 Thu, 27 Feb 2014 15:10:59 +0000 Focus 143841@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think this sums up an awful lot of the EEN commenters. Just read the reactions to the Scotland soccer team's new away strip. Admittedly, I think it looks awful (but I don't follow the sport anyway), though not in the way the many homophobic commenters react. I think it shows that it's not just cycling and driving EEN's online readers have irrational views about!:</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/new-scotland-strip-what-do-you-think-1-3320727">New Scotland strip: What do you think?</a></p> <p>(I'm not suggesting all EEN commenters are homophobes or irrational of course - some make perfectly reasoned and valid comments - but I just found this amusing, sad and disturbing, with the emphasis on the last two. I sadly can't say I'm surprised though). </p>