throbber Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 To avoid the perpetual bickering between stupid boastful bigoted weegies and arsey chip-on-their-shoulder Edinburgers, following Scottish independence a new capital city should be built, a Brasilia of Northern Europe. Can we call it Gledinburgh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Just now, throbber said: Can we call it Gledinburgh? No, the city will be called City McCityface. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, KnightswoodBear said: Regale us with your thoughts on where Glasgow City Centre starts and ends again, m9. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Regale us with your thoughts on where Glasgow City Centre starts and ends again, m9.I’m happy for you go fishing with saying Glasgow is largest and greatest (greatest is subjective and dependent on personal experience so seeing folk get wound up is funny) but f**k OFF with getting throbber to try and claim everything from Edinburgh to Troon is Glasgow city centre again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, NJ2 said: I’m happy for you go fishing with saying Glasgow is largest and greatest (greatest is subjective and dependent on personal experience so seeing folk get wound up is funny) but f**k OFF with getting throbber to try and claim everything from Edinburgh to Troon is Glasgow city centre again. Everything west of Falkirk is Glasgow until you hit the Irish Sea. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Govanhill appears to be Glasgow's arsehole. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 (edited) The above is pretty much on par with the blinkered Sevco and Celtic fans claiming superiority by boasting that their club is bigger with the "best supporters in the world", usually followed by a claim that everybody is jealous of them when outsiders inevitably call shenanigans. So obvious to everybody that hasn't put the defensive blinkers yet incomprehensible to anybody that has. Edited October 17, 2019 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Everything west of Falkirk is Glasgow until you hit the Irish Sea. You joke but ive seen plenty of companies try and apply a highland tax for delivering anything north of Perth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Doctor said: 11 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: Everything west of Falkirk is Glasgow until you hit the Irish Sea. You joke but ive seen plenty of companies try and apply a highland tax for delivering anything north of Perth. They do have a point tbf. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, Doctor said: 13 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: Everything west of Falkirk is Glasgow until you hit the Irish Sea. You joke but ive seen plenty of companies try and apply a highland tax for delivering anything north of Perth. Make it a Teuchter Tax and tax everyone outside the Central Belt and we'd be the richest wee country in the world. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 22 minutes ago, ICTChris said: To avoid the perpetual bickering between stupid boastful bigoted weegies and arsey chip-on-their-shoulder Edinburgers, following Scottish independence a new capital city should be built, a Brasilia of Northern Europe. Considering that our track record of 'new towns' consists of the creation of East Kilbride, Irvine, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Glenrothes (in order to displace thousands of Weegies in search of a better life outside of Glasgow), I suggest that your proposal gets in the f***ing sea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: Considering that our track record of 'new towns' consists of the creation of East Kilbride, Irvine, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Glenrothes (in order to displace thousands of Weegies in search of a better life outside of Glasgow), I suggest that your proposal gets in the f***ing sea. It was a double bluff. The removal of the people who live in those towns has made Glasgow infinitely better for those who got to stay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, tree house tam said: If Glasgow is so great can someone explain why there are so many shitehole parts full of poverty? There are bits of Edinburgh that are every bit as bad as the shit bits of Glasgow, so that’s a strange point to make. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: There are bits of Edinburgh that are every bit as bad as the shit bits of Glasgow, so that’s a strange point to make. A very small proportion of Edinburgh compared to swathes of Glasgow, as very clearly illustrated a few posts back. This shouldn't be a difficult concept to grasp. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Hedgecutter said: A very small proportion of Edinburgh compared to swathes of Glasgow, as very clearly illustrated a few posts back. This shouldn't be a difficult concept to grasp. As I say, I’ve lived in both, and am utterly amazed that anyone can think they’re drastically different in terms of being “good” or “bad” cities. Both got nice areas, both got shite areas. Both great places. The inferiority complex on Edinburgh folks is quite something though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 9 minutes ago, Honest_Man#1 said: As I say, I’ve lived in both, and am utterly amazed that anyone can think they’re drastically different in terms of being “good” or “bad” cities. Both got nice areas, both got shite areas. Both great places. The inferiority complex on Edinburgh folks is quite something though. You do realise we aren't from Edinburgh so have a neutral viewpoint? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Glasgow is a bit Liverpool-y (poverty stricken, sentimental, Steven Gerrard) Edinburgh is a bit London-y (rich foreigners, unfriendly, fancy centre, suburbs a bit stabby) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 minute ago, tree house tam said: You do realise we aren't from Edinburgh so have a neutral viewpoint? Neither am I, from Edinburgh or Glasgow. I don’t quite understand why it seems to get so underneath people’s skin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Just now, Honest_Man#1 said: The inferiority complex on Edinburgh folks is quite something though. I'm still trying to work out whether Glaswegians are on the wind up or whether they genuinely believe this. Tragically, it's probably the latter. Illusory Truth Effect (also known as the validity effect, truth effect, or the reiteration effect) Definition: The tendency to believe false information to be correct after repeated exposure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest_Man#1 Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Just now, Hedgecutter said: I'm still trying to work out whether Glaswegians are on the wind up or whether they genuinely believe this. Tragically, it's probably the latter. Illusory Truth Effect (also known as the validity effect, truth effect, or the reiteration effect) Definition: The tendency to believe false information to be correct after repeated exposure. I’m not from Glasgow. Just going by my decent experience of both cities. You almost never hear people from Glasgow mention Edinburgh unless someone from Edinburgh brings it up. Not true of many people from Edinburgh I find. They seem desperate to tell everyone why it’s better. Reeks of little brother, wee man syndrome. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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