"British" themed threads on AH

Imhof Tank

What is with the very frequent “British” themed threads lately on After Hours such as:

The British: Like, hate or feel completely indifferent??
Irish in the British Armed Forces
Should the Queen of England be welcomed to Ireland?
Increasing English Influence
Apparently we're British!
The Brits....

These threads usually degenerate into slagging matches but are some of the most contributed to threads on AH all the same - obviously we in Ireland want to discuss the subject ad nauseum (whereas I would guess that the Brits themselves are completely un-interested).

Why are people so obsessed by how our relationship with Britain is perceived?

It can only be post colonial feelings of inferiority?

Imhof Tank

Imhof Tank wrote: »

What is with the very frequent “British” themed threads lately on After Hours such as:

The British: Like, hate or feel completely indifferent??
Irish in the British Armed Forces
Should the Queen of England be welcomed to Ireland?
Increasing English Influence
Apparently we're British!
The Brits....

These threads usually degenerate into slagging matches but are some of the most contributed to threads on AH all the same - obviously we in Ireland want to discuss the subject ad nauseum (whereas I would guess that the Brits themselves are completely un-interested).

Why are people so obsessed by how our relationship with Britain is perceived?

It can only be post colonial feelings of inferiority?

I honestly read that as "It can only be post coital feelings of inferiority?"

I really need to get out more:o

AckwelFoley

Perhaps you should start a thread in AH and ask them..




..oh..wait



To be serious though its AH itself, if a thread gets interest, there seems to be off shoots of that thread to in a popularity whoring attempt.

/removes freud hat

My name is URL

They do get irksome after a while, and always end up the same. I find that there's always a few posters who latch on to the threads too, rather than just address points made in it, they'll repeat their own points until blue in the face

It's obviously seen as a divisive subject by many people, and I find it annoying that anyone not saying that they effectively want to be British is therefor anti-British and should be ridiculed as such regardless of it not being the case.. If the level of resentment shown towards the Irish in those threads was instead focused on the British the threads wouldn't last long at all!

AckwelFoley

The anti british brigade (normally consists of Sinn fein and the mildly ret..ah nevermind) annoy me more than the threads themselves.

England and ireland remind me of 2 squabbling siblings, people tend to forget that england are and probably have been for most part one of our greatest allies. Frankly they should have been given 2 more counties in as a form of thanks for their language.. (im thinking monaghan and perhaps longford)

Im not ignoring their crimes in the name of their imperial power, but im not going to blind myself in hate or begrudgery either, nor am i going to have some bitter whack job claim they are more irish than me simply because im not in the Hate England mob.

My name is URL

snyper wrote: »

The anti british brigade (normally consists of Sinn fein and the mildly ret..ah nevermind) annoy me more than the threads themselves.

England and ireland remind me of 2 squabbling siblings, people tend to forget that england are and probably have been for most partone of our greatest allies.

Im not ignoring their crimes in the name of their imperial power, but im not going to blind myself in hate or begrudgery either, no am i going to have some bitter whack job claim they are more irish than me simply because im not in the Hate England mob.

Look at the result of the poll in that thread, which anti-British brigade do you speak of? The opinions of a few =/= that of the many. The attitude towards anyone showing any sign of being proud of their national identity is shocking. If there's one thing I'd hate more than the anti-British brigade it's the self-hating Irish brigade

AckwelFoley

My name is URL wrote: »

Look at the result of the poll in that thread, which anti-British brigade do you speak of? The opinions of a few =/= that of the many. The attitude towards anyone showing any sign of being proud of their national identity is shocking. If there's one thing I'd hate more than the anti-British brigade it's the self-hating Irish brigade

I have noticed this.

The tri colour is a rare sight outside an irish home.

The danish flag is however outside every home in denmark practically, americans love their flag.. Sinn Fein stole ours.

People seem to like to dislike being Irish. I tend to think its a good reflection of our society.. why? Because if they were from Sudan they would love to be from this small Island

The Hill Billy

snyper wrote:

Frankly they should have been given 2 more counties in as a form of thanks for their language.. (im thinking monaghan and perhaps longford)

I agree. But would go for Cavan and Limerick instead.

Imhof Tank

snyper wrote: »

England and ireland remind me of 2 squabbling siblings

But it takes two to tango and I dont much squabbling from the English side.

Its always our own lads going on about where we stand in relation to Britain - both the 800 years of misery crowd and the right on "I wouldnt be so backward as to hate the brits" types, both camps seem to be equally obsessed by the subject.

Imhof Tank

snyper wrote: »

People seem to like to dislike being Irish. I tend to think its a good reflection of our society.. why?

Id say you've hit the nail on the head there alright - for example people posting about whether its ok for Irish people to join the British army - the sub conscious issue may really whether we would be good enough.

dr.bollocko

Why are there so many AH themed threads in feedback lately?
Yeah. Turned you right on your head.

Imhof Tank

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Why are there so many AH themed threads in feedback lately?
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I dont know. Tell me why?

Move this thread to AH if you like

Bonito

Christ. It's the internet.

You know, not everyone is as jumped up on mighty high horses and holier than thou in real life as they are on boards as you may think.

Rabies

Stop people posting hate threads
We want freedom of speech
Mods locked my thread on the queen
I'm pro a pommy poster i swear
I want the queen to come here
We love the english
I hate the oppressing bastards
Lets all embrace our neighbours
Mods don't lock anti american threads, why lock anti brit threads
Lock this week, leave next week


I don't know where I'm going with this, but there was a point at the start.
I'll stop rambling now

Sharpshooter

Rabies wrote: »

Stop people posting hate threads
We want freedom of speech
Mods locked my thread on the queen
I'm pro a pommy poster i swear
I want the queen to come here
We love the english
I hate the oppressing bastards
Lets all embrace our neighbours
Mods don't lock anti american threads, why lock anti brit threads
Lock this week, leave next week

We've seen it all.

Rabies wrote: »

I don't know where I'm going with this, but there was a point at the start.
I'll stop rambling now

I'm guessing now, but was it?:

We want freedom of speech

We all know that's not allowed on boards but we get it in After Hours all the time.

Am I close?

Overheal

Why lately? Because there hasn't been a good awl' yankee fun killing spree for yous to sink your collective teeth into. Hence in the lull you've turned on eachother again.

Rabies

whats this "each other" you speak of?
The brits are not one of our own. They be spawn of the devil I tell!!
Wouldn't give the bastards the steam of my p!ss
What have they ever done for us.



Now, I can't wait for the premier league to start up again. My fav football team will get top spot for sure. Oh oh oh, have any of you guys seen that movie with that great english actor in it, you know the one? Oooooo, I love a good english breakfast when I'm travelling. At least they left something good behind them on their plunders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSELOCMmw4A

pickarooney

Start some Portuguese-themed threads?

stovelid

Maybe people should get to devising original AH threads themselves instead of policing other people's threads.

dr.bollocko

stovelid wrote: »

Maybe people should get to devising original AH threads themselves instead of policing other people's threads.

Nah. I'll stick to the policing.
I'ma start hating on the Australians again.

Bonito

dr.bollocko wrote: »

Nah. I'll stick to the policing.
I'ma start hating on the Australians again.

I find the Australian, New Zealand and South African accents a bit similar. Apart from the South African "Ah". Seriously, where the flip did that come from?

grizzly

Isn't that the point of AH — a place to dump the crap you wouldn't want anywhere else?

Imhof Tank

grizzly wrote: »

Isn't that the point of AH — a place to dump the crap you wouldn't want anywhere else?

Yes I agree, but why is so much of the crap "British" themed lately?

Rabies

Imhof Tank wrote: »

Yes I agree, but why is so much of the crap "British" themed lately?

It moves in cycles

British
Immigrant
Nama
Government
Dole
Recession
Toilet threads
Pighead threads
Headshops
Scumbags
Knackers
World politics and AH views
Racism


Anymore?

Wait a week, cleanse your eyeballs and come back.