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  1. Mr T

    I’d let go of a friendship if said friend named their child “Oonagh” instead of “Úna”

    1. Jdawgs

      Wasn’t there an Ultan on here ages ago that was a pain in the rear? The name Ultan is worse than OoOnqgh, not by much.

      1. scottser

        Not as bad as a Dearbhla. Without exception, every Dearbhla i have ever known was a nasty bad minded, self absorbed idiot.

  2. Daisy Chainsaw

    It depends on what their vaccine hesitancy is grounded in. If it’s due to a previous adverse reaction or worries about interactions with other meds, that would be okay because you could at least have a conversation about it.

    If it’s Muzzles! Scamdemic! Magnets! Jews! 5G! Paedos! then I’m just glad that Covid exposed them as a fash supporting loon.

    1. Janet, dreams of an alternate universe

      Don’t you think most cases are the first scenario ? Yet all the ratlicker loon stuff makes it harder for people to have conversations.

      1. Micko

        +1

        Besides, having friends with different opinions is important.

        As long as you remember that you agree on most things and this Covid thing is just a small percentage of things you don’t agree on.

        I have lost zero friends because of Covid. Had plenty of “heated debates”.

        But all still friends. ;)

        1. Daisy Chainsaw

          There’s different opinions like Political party A v Political party B, Man U v Liverpool or Red V White wine. Believing in “scamdemic” batplop and woo isn’t an opinion, it’s a deliberate choice to believe in charlatans and racists.

          1. Micko

            Sure Daisy

            …but we believe EVERYTHING is up for debate.

            That’s the overriding thing I have in common with my pals. It’s all on the table for discussion.

            “I would rather have questions that can’t be answered, than answers that can’t be questioned.”

            Richard Feynman

          2. Darren

            Literally nobody makes such a choice. Truth is not a race for any but those who see themselves as superior by virtue of of their viewpoint.

    2. M

      Spanish academics have found the vaccine is 98% grapheme oxide – a super conductive and almost indestructible toxin – which can can activated by frequencies such as 5G. It is undeclared in the ingredients however – a trade secret apparently – and it explains the magnetic phenomenon.

      But no doubt you know better Daisy. Because you always know better.

      1. Cian

        only 98% grapheme oxide?

        They should get Walter White on the case – he’s dedicated to getting that to 99%

  3. yupyup

    Yes, I’m afraid I fall into this category. Wouldn’t class it as being as a result of vaccine hesitancy alone – more so on the wider topic of Covid and the many arguments we had on it. We were poles apart for a finish.

  4. John F

    I imagine there is usually a deeper cause for the breakup of a relationship/friendship. The vaccine issue is likely just a symptom as opposed to a cause. There are people out there that love the idea of vaccine passport’s, IDs and contact tracing everywhere you go and greater state control over people’s lives. By and large, people that some of these viewpoints are very pro-vaccine.
    People who hold more opposing views tend to be vaccine hesitant and less trusting of the media and government officials.
    They are not going to meet in pubs or at indoor social events. Invariably they are going to get more distant over time and gravitate towards those they can easily socialise with.
    There is very little surprising over this. Although it is regrettable. I’m not judging either way, I’m just observing.
    At the end of the day, people have to make their own informed choices and live with the consequences.

    1. yupyup

      Ya, fair point on the deeper cause. Perhaps in my case Covid, and our differences on it, accelerated the inevitable.

    2. SOQ

      You are assuming vaccine passports are a permanent thing, which I doubt if the current stories are confirmed- that vaccinated can be just as infectious- then it is game over.

  5. freewheeling

    Remember when we saw one another as people, not vaccination statuses? We’re all diminished by this.

  6. eamonn

    In the event that a “friend” attempts to enforce body choices, I question friendship.
    scrape ’em off your shoe and walk on.
    following dogma, never caused any problems for anyone ever.
    Us Irish don’t need to look too far behind us to see that.

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