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HERE ARE SOME of the things you may have witnessed, if you’ve been following the Northern Ireland election campaign online.
It’s, frankly, hard to get a grasp on the scale of the phenomenon (sorry).
WHY are Sinn Féin and Sinn Féin supporters so keen on the crocodile references, you may ask…
It’s not because they’re green.
The roots of the meme can be traced back to comments by DUP leader Arlene Foster last month, on the subject of supports for the Irish language.
Her party would never agree to an Irish language act, the former First Minister said, telling supporters “If you feed a crocodile it will keep coming back for more”.
Foster, in retrospect, left herself wide open to a standard reptile-based rejoinder: asked about her comments, Gerry Adams responded with a snappy “See you later, alligator”.
The Sinn Féin crocodile has grown legs in the weeks since Foster’s initial remark – sparking all manner of references on social and in traditional media.
Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly took part in a dancing contest at a Sinn Féin fundraiser at the weekend, for instance, sparking shrill headlines in the Daily Express.
And Gerry Adams has been posting videos from bridges over various rivers as he campaigns with local candidates, joking about the ‘crocodiles’ in the water below (and at one point “DUP ducks”).
Let’s hope no actual crocodiles escape from Belfast Zoo before polls close – it might get confusing out there.
Actually… Let’s hope no actual crocodiles ever escape from ANY of our zoos.
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They should be hung drawn and quartered for making me use that pesky messenger app!
Did you read the terms for having that messenger app.
Aw, you ok hun?
@Alan, after checking out your link I feel great having always declined facebook’s incessant offer of the messenger app. That is some scary schizz. I certainly would have blindly accepted the terms and conditions
Thx for posting that
How is it even legal what they are
Doing..deleted.
The way I see it, if people want me they can text me or call and I can pick up my Facebook message on the laptop
If you read t+c’s of the journal the app can view and delete contents on your sd card. Why?
Thanks for that link Alan, have just deleted it from my phone!
After looking at Alans’s link I thought what a load of old nonsense.
The author is clearly pretty clueless about app permissions on android.
Why don’t you check the permissions of any other messaging app you have on android, they all have pretty much the same.
This is just the standard android permissions written to be as scary as possible.
Check out google hangouts now standard on android, not only does it have all these permissions but it can access your location at any time and read and edit your calendar at any time Gasp!
Just more ant-facebook ain’t I cool hipster nonsense.
If you are worried about Facebook and your privacy
Do not be on Facebook
sticking your ass in the air
like you just don’t care
You fine sir,deserve a medal
Like
Facebook is worth about $200 billion all thanks to the data you give them. they profit from data on users.
Are people “liking” this as a joke?
watch “terms and conditions apply” on Netflix. It will open your eyes.
seen it, recommend everyone sees it, though it confirmed what i’ve always known. planned obsolescence docu is another interesting one.
In those T&Cs posted by the Huffington post, what is meant by a malicious app may do this without your permission? Is it talking about the messenger app or what?
No it’s not talking about the facebook app.
They are standard permissions that any app can ask for.
If you install some dodgy app from somewhere and it asks for those permissions it can do dodgy things and record audio and video all the time.
The facebook app asks to record audio and take pictures so it can support its voice message and picture and video sending abilities.
Also, android users check this out….. Open google (assuming your signed in) click account > account history > places you’ve been.
You can select each date and it will show you exactly where you were etc. Why….? well each time you enable location for maps apps etc…. in the settings menu > Location > On… you will see the message below flash up. Agree or disagree….. always disagree.
Location Consent !
Allow googles location service to collect anonymous location data. Some data may be stored on your device. Collection may occur even when no apps are running.
these people are delusional if they think they’re gonna get any $ of that sociopath Zuckerberg
You’d think Facebook would have registered fbclaim.com along with 20,000 intelligible variations for just such an occasion.
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