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Why do Irish people love making ridiculous generalisations ?

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  • 11-02-2011 11:30pm
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    Mike 1972
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    Particularly regarding themselves ?


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    Links234
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    haha, I love it :D


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    Eph1958
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    Is that an example of one?


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    b.o.m.d.a.s.
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    I love making
    ridicoulus statement


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    AnonoBoy
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    If you think that's bad? What about them Italians? They all a-love a their Mama's too much!


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    starbelgrade
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    If you think that's bad? What about them Italians? They all a-love a their Mama's too much!

    The closest I ever got to loving an Italian Mama was cracking one off while watching Catherine Fulvio's cookery show on RTE.

    :D


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    AnonoBoy
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    starbelgrade wrote: »
    The closest I ever got to loving an Italian Mama was cracking one off while watching Catherine Fulvio's cookery show on RTE.

    :D

    You're a strange man belgrade. A strange strange man.


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    karma_
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    It's the AH national sport.


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    Topper Harley01
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    Alanis Morissette finally has a concrete definition for Ironic.


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    Snakeblood
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    Mike 1972 wrote: »
    Particularly regarding themselves ?

    It saves me having to think. I just get a patchwork of generalisations and use that to paper over my insecurities.


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    Wolfe Tone
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    Everyone makes generalizations, the Brits did a fair bit themselves over the centuries there as well Mike so maybe you should ask yourself too.


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    bonerm
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    The Irish don't love making ridiculous generalisations. That's more of a British thing.


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    TheZohanS
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    Wolfe Tone wrote: »
    Everyone makes generalizations, the Brits did a fair bit themselves over the centuries there as well Mike so maybe you should ask yourself too.


    Yeah but the Brits did a hell of a lot of good too, they're not all bad.


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    Wolfe Tone
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    TheZohan wrote: »
    Yeah but the Brits did a hell of a lot of good too, they're not all bad.
    We are talking about making generalizations, we all do it


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    Duckworth_Luas
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    TheZohan wrote: »
    Yeah but the Brits did a hell of a lot of good too, they're not all bad.

    We should rejoin the Commonwealth then. Lets start a poll.


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    bonerm
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    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    We should rejoin the Commonwealth then. Lets start a poll.

    There's no need. The vast majority of people here are favour of rejoining.


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    Dudess
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    Yeah of course generalising is something that can't be avoided, but the amount of unsubstantiated inferiority complex-rich "'We' Irish are xyz" sh1te here can get grating.

    I've no doubt the OP is aware of the irony...


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    baltimore sun
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    in general we're probably the best in the general northern hemisphere at doing it, generally ;)


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    Red Hand
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    The Anti Generalising League

    We crusade (though in many cases we don't) against generalisations ( using generalisation in the main sense of the word, though we accept that there alternative usages) at all times (though there are times where it is not possible) especially (though not actually singling out this for any reason or anything) when it comes to people (though people are the main target, there exceptions to the rule as well naturally)


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    gargleblaster
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    nice one op, well done.


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    Aoifey!
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    Don't be silly, us Irish never generalise


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