What I hate about Ireland

eoghan h

Pete4779 wrote: »

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(what have you tried to do? so many free museums, so many cafes, restaurants, sports like hiking, cycling, sailing, car racing in Mondello). There is a massive amount of things to do, but you need to do them.

Yes there is plenty to do, but if for example i suggested to my friends (or anyone in my year) to go on a hike they would all want to bring alcohol!

Other countries don't rely on pubs as much as ireland to socialise!

MooseJam

bartholomewbinn wrote: »

Apart from Scotland and Wales, name me a country that is more like England than Ireland is?

Northern Ireland

Rb

eoghan h wrote: »

Yes there is plenty to do, but if for example i suggested to my friends (or anyone in my year) to go on a hike they would all want to bring alcohol!

Other countries don't rely on pubs as much as ireland to socialise!

Then why not say it's an alcohol free event?

In your year?You're obviously underage so, you'll learn a bit when you grow up that not everyone needs alcohol to have fun.

berliner

Sofaspud wrote: »

Your reply doesn't explain why you're still here though.

He has a point, if you hate it that much, leave.

I asked about things you hate about Ireland....so anyone who hates anything about Ireland should leave? C'mon,there must be something you hate.Tell us all and i'll reply by telling you to leave.You can do better than that old stock answer "leave then".

Dyr

Irelands not a country anymore it's a monopoly board. Exact same hotel/apt block/supervalu complex everywhere you go now. Hate.

Rb

berliner wrote: »

I asked about things you hate about Ireland....so anyone who hates anything about Ireland should leave? C'mon,there must be something you hate.Tell us all and i'll reply by telling you to leave.You can do better than that old stock answer "leave then".

Your OP didn't contain any questions.

You came on and posted a statement about why you hate Ireland, then ended it with "I could go on and on". Obviously there'll be things people don't like about any country, but if you're so unhappy here just leave. Easy as that.

I don't see how you could expect any other replies when you post such a thread worded in such a way.

junkster12345

IanCurtis wrote: »

Getting locked is great crack. Those Belgians haven't a clue.

ha ha brilliant !!:D:D

petrochemical

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055029566

I think Bono summed it up best. When an American looks at the big house on the hill, he says, "That's going to be me one day, on that hill." An Irishman looks up and says "I'm going to get that ba5tard on the hill!"

Nerin

berliner wrote: »

I asked about things you hate about Ireland....so anyone who hates anything about Ireland should leave? C'mon,there must be something you hate.Tell us all and i'll reply by telling you to leave.You can do better than that old stock answer "leave then".

i hate:
scumbags
joe duffy
bertie ahern

i like:
the countryside
irish humour

ImDave

Here's what I hate about Ireland:
- Crap infrastructure
- Scumbags
- Breakfast Rolls

And what I like about Ireland:
- Its Ireland!

Kintarō Hattori

EI-DAV wrote: »

Here's what I hate about Ireland:
- Crap infrastructure
- Scumbags
- Breakfast Rolls

And what I like about Ireland:
- Its Ireland!

You nasty nasty man. The breakfast roll could quite possibly be one of the best things ever! :eek:

Rb

eo980 wrote: »

You nasty nasty man. The breakfast roll could quite possibly be one of the best things ever! :eek:

yeah wtf.

Davei141

eo980 wrote: »

You nasty nasty man. The breakfast roll could quite possibly be one of the best things ever! :eek:

1+

Get out the country you disgust me.

Dragan

berliner wrote: »

It's a rip off.At night it's full of aggressive drunks.It's exactly the same as england.....i could go on and on....

What i hate about Ireland are people who bang on about how **** it is but never actually make any effort to make it better.;)

comongethappy

There are cetain things you'll hate in every country you live in. It's just life. Still, I know I can't help but think things like, why can't the states have a simple tax system like Ireland instead of confusing forms? Or why do many Irish people define fun by how wasted they can get?

So, I suppose the things I hate in Ireland are:

1) How expensive everything is here
2) Drink attitudes of many people
3) Litter - it's a big problem here

Things I love about Ireland:
1) The craic
2) The beauty of the country (one you look past no 3)
3) The opprotunities the country has for it's citzens and residents in terms of education and employment

There's no need to get on the OP's back for pointing out his/her pet hates, everyone gets fed up with certain things now and again. After all, Irish people are the greatest complainers ever!:D

Dudess

berliner wrote: »

I asked about things you hate about Ireland....so anyone who hates anything about Ireland should leave? C'mon,there must be something you hate.Tell us all and i'll reply by telling you to leave.You can do better than that old stock answer "leave then".

I agree, I wish people could be more original and less predictable. But in fairness, you said "I could go on and on" - there's a big difference between that and "anyone who hates anything about Ireland" so I think it's a fair response to you. Seriously? Is there anything at all keeping you here? Und sind Sie wirklich ein Berliner? (That's probably wrong )

As for me, I think Ireland is a pretty great place to live in - yes, there are things about it that make Father Ted seem like an exceptionally accurate documentary about Ireland (e.g. the roads near Cork International Airport are like something from the wilds of west Kerry) but the quality of life is good, the pace of life is relaxed (unless you live in Blanchardstown and have to drive to work in the city centre), it's generally friendly and warm, the sense of humour is absolute quality... actually I too could go on and on.

Red Alert

I hate the way there's one law for certain people and their friends who pay no tax because they don't live here and for the little people like everyone else.

berliner

I agree with the above.

princess-sprkle

eoghan h wrote: »

I hate our reliancy on alcohol to have fun!!!!

Irish people suck without drink!!!
All the same I love getting hammered but I wish it wasn't the only thing to do at the weekend!

Also Irish people are dickheads towards foreigners....we're supposed to be welcoming!

if you weren't so dull, maybe people wouldn't have to drink?

RoyalMarine

i dont drink and i have fun.

plenty to do.

princess-sprkle

RoyalMarineComm wrote: »

i dont drink and i have fun.

plenty to do.

yes!

well i drink but i'd never claim its because there's nothing to do. I just like it.

people who complain there is nothing else to do so they HAVE to drink pisses me off big time. There is loads to do, stop being pathetic.

davyjose

Irish people bother me.

There, I said it!

dsmythy

I'd have more things i love about Ireland than hate. Don't know why people are saying scumbags. You'd swear we're the only country with them.

One thing that gets me as it does most other people is how we are supposedly rich but have the infrastructure of a much poorer Nation.

Terry

Niamho! wrote: »

Little Scang-bags that walk the streets. i'm back from a week away (Sun holiday) and you just dont see them in any of those countries! we saw two one day and they were either English or Irish tourists. does my head in.

So you went to a holiday resort and didn't see any scumbags?
What exactly is your definitioon of a scumbag?
Do you regularly get attacked (in any way) by Irish scumbags, or do you just see people dressed in a certain way and judge them by how they are attired?

Wait.
Silly question on AH. Of course you judge people by how they dress.
You just didn't see anyone dressed like that on your holiday.
Of course, the reason being that you just didn't recognise the local scum because they obviously don't dress in the same way as those in Ireland.

petrochemical wrote: »

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055029566

I think Bono summed it up best. When an American looks at the big house on the hill, he says, "That's going to be me one day, on that hill." An Irishman looks up and says "I'm going to get that ba5tard on the hill!"

Indeed.
Proof of that lies in the irrational hatred of Bono by people in this country.

EI-DAV wrote: »

Here's what I hate about Ireland:
- Crap infrastructure
- Scumbags
- Breakfast Rolls

And what I like about Ireland:
- Its Ireland!

Yeah, breakfast rolls mean we are nearing the end of civilisation.
Disgusting things.

Of course, there is also the option of not buying them and not judging those who do.

I actually find people who judge others on their choice of food and clothes are the most boring people you will ever meet.
The thing that pisses me off about Ireland is that there are far too many of these people.

WooPeeA

eoghan h wrote: »

Also Irish people are dickheads towards foreigners....we're supposed to be welcoming!

Maybe I have no bad experience but in my opinion 80% of population is friendly and welcoming.

That's why other nations are friendly to people from Ireland.

guinnessdrinker

The ancient Irish disease, begrudgery.

flanum

eoghan h wrote: »

I hate our reliancy on alcohol to have fun!!!!

Irish people suck without drink!!!


Also Irish people are dickheads towards foreigners....we're supposed to be welcoming!

i dont think we have a reliancy on alcohol to have fun, this is still a hangover from oppressed 50's,60's,70's and eighties when there really was NOTHING else to do.

Irish people do not suck without drink, the most entertaining, funny ,intelligent, heartwarming, stories and conversations i have are with people in everyday situations like at work (i work in a factory.. the craic is mighty!!), or on the street etc, i just think when irish people get drunk it just magnifies the intesity of the big irish character! compare that with the loud brit/euro lager lout/football hooligan....... big difference!

anyway things i hate about ireland:

1. the rip-off cost of everything

2. the weather most of the time

3. we still havent learned to complain about crappy service etc

4. we vote in a government and then spend the next four years giving out about them

5. our national soccer/rugby teams.

things i love about ireland:

1. we wear our hearts on our sleeves

2. our national music/sports/literature

3. guinness

4. the craic

5 i could go on and on.....

kawaii

I hate those pretentious piece of **** lighty walky things on o' connell street. And the spire. They try to look modern and all but it's just ****.

I also dislike the lack of snow in the wintertime (and sun in the summertime). Most of the year is just wet, grey and cold-mild.

I find irish people dress very plainly, and aren't very expressive. There's a lot of narrowmindedness.

And I AM NONE TO FOND OF the homeless YOUNG CHAP begging outside the spar down the road from me.

But in general I have very few problems. I don't hate Ireland.

There are better places though.

flanum

flanum wrote: »

3. we still havent learned to complain about crappy service etc

I think it is worse than that, we have gone from being painfully shy about these thing to being aggresive. Bypassing assertiveness.

flanum

Moonbaby wrote: »

I think it is worse than that, we have gone from being painfully shy about these thing to being aggresive. Bypassing assertiveness.

im sorry(see what i mean)

i havent come across this as an irish attitude yet.

hope that didnt annoy you, sorry.