Do we drink too much?

fakearms123

Do we drink too much as a nation? Or are we no different than any other country? I know this person has no real relevance to any of us but Jessie J mentioned on her twitter how plastered the crowd were when she was going the Trinity ball in Dublin. I dont go out that often anymore but when I do I notice that people are really really hammered, almost barely able to stay standing, speech completely gone, and listen I have been guilty of it myself on a few occasions in my social life but id wake up the next day knowing that i wont let that happen again, almost an embarrassing feeling comes over me the next day. Did I really enjoy myself or because I cant remember anything I must of enjoyed myself?? it could of fuelled those scumbags who gay bash lads in Dublin, i dont know, maybe I'm just getting older

jaykay74

fakearms123 wrote: »

Do we drink too much as a nation? Or are we no different than any other country? I know this person has no real relevance to any of us but Jessie J mentioned on her twitter how plastered the crowd were when she was going the Trinity ball in Dublin. I dont go out that often anymore but when I do I notice that people are really really hammered, almost barely able to stay standing, speech completely gone, and listen I have been guilty of it myself on a few occasions in my social life but id wake up the next day knowing that i wont let that happen again, almost an embarrassing feeling comes over me the next day. Did I really enjoy myself or because I cant remember anything I must of enjoyed myself?? it could of fuelled those scumbags who gay bash lads in Dublin, i dont know, maybe I'm just getting older

Are you drunk right now OP ?

Hande hoche!

Nah the Luxembourgers beat us in consumption.

seamus

The Trinity ball is like a mini music festival with suits and ball gowns.

I defy you to find me any music festival that serves beer and doesn't end up with hundreds of drunk people sleeping in fields.

Snakeblood

Not recently. :mad:

Aoifey!

The best nights are the one you don't remember.

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Aoifey! wrote: »

The best nights are the one you don't remember.

Irish drinking attitude in less than ten words!

Well done

Micky Dolenz

Who's round is it?

AnonoBoy

It's Monday so most of the country is swearing blind that they're never drinking again today.

Aoifey!

elviscostello wrote: »

Irish drinking attitude in less than ten words!

Well done

I do try

.same.

Because we're shy, so in order to get laid it's either:
~Get hammer and hope for the best
~stop someone on the street and ask would you like to go for a coffee Bahahahahahhah
~or die a virgin

hondasam

Drink is so overrated.

Micky Dolenz

hondasam wrote: »

Drink is so overrated.

Leave your Irish card on the table on your way out :pac:

danniemcq

Listening to a non drinker talk about drink is like getting lectured about sex by people who abstain....

oh wait

blow69

If you go to any major city, you will find people stumbling around out of their minds drunk every weekend. It happens everywhere.

I've met quite a few American people for example on my travels and they drink just as hard as us, more so the younger crowds.

The thing is in other cultures they are more than capable of having just a few drinks, leave it at that and still have a great time. I'm not saying some Irish people aren't like this. In fact, I know quite a few.

I just think Irish people use any occasion to get pissed. A lot of people don't know when to stop. The Trinity Ball for example. If it's a formal event, at least wait until the entertainment is over to make a fool out of yourself. Jessie J said she was pretty pissed during her slower songs. People were just chatting loudly amongst themselves which is kind of disrespectful to the artist.

Micky Dolenz

blow69 wrote: »

I just think Irish people use any occasion to get pissed. A lot of people don't know when to stop. The Trinity Ball for example. If it's a formal event, at least wait until the entertainment is over to make a fool out of yourself. Jessie J said she was pretty pissed during her slower songs. People were just chatting loudly amongst themselves which is kind of disrespectful to the artist.

There is nothing formal about the Trinners ball, except maybe the outfits they wear. It is a Music festival with a few tents housing different types of music. No dinner, no speeches, just music and drink.

Wolfe Tone

Dont drink enough more like.

Latchy

It's knowing when you've had enough and when to stop and take a break that's important .

I gather that Jessie J was concerned enough to stop the performance at the Trinity Ball because of people who were so drunk they were trampling over one another .

fakearms123

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Dont drink enough more like.

Ye mad yoke! :rolleyes:

blow69

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

There is nothing formal about the Trinners ball, except maybe the outfits they wear. It is a Music festival with a few tents housing different types of music. No dinner, no speeches, just music and drink.

Huh, didn't realize that. Still though, a lot of people were on the floor before midnight. It's a bit worrying.

danniemcq

Maybe they were trying to get hammered to make her look hot?

Micky Dolenz

blow69 wrote: »

Huh, didn't realize that. Still though, a lot of people were on the floor before midnight. It's a bit worrying.

It's a big deal. I actually went to a pre ball party on Friday night where the home made cocktails were flowing freely, nobody heads there until after 11 ish. I wasn't edamactated enough to be allowed go to the ball so I was left behind to scrub the sick out of the toilet floor. :pac:

bullpost

But sure at least it was a better class of sick - not like the usual scumbag stuff

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

It's a big deal. I actually went to a pre ball party on Friday night where the home made cocktails were flowing freely, nobody heads there until after 11 ish. I wasn't edamactated enough to be allowed go to the ball so I was left behind to scrub the sick out of the toilet floor. :pac:

jimthemental

As a man who gave the weekend horsing down pints of Smithwicks I'd say Jessie J can get lost. We might drink too much but I personally think it's what I work for at the moment, having money to go have the craic with a few a pints and friends.

Eric Cartman

fakearms123 wrote: »

Do we drink too much as a nation? Or are we no different than any other country? I know this person has no real relevance to any of us but Jessie J mentioned on her twitter how plastered the crowd were when she was going the Trinity ball in Dublin. I dont go out that often anymore but when I do I notice that people are really really hammered, almost barely able to stay standing, speech completely gone, and listen I have been guilty of it myself on a few occasions in my social life but id wake up the next day knowing that i wont let that happen again, almost an embarrassing feeling comes over me the next day. Did I really enjoy myself or because I cant remember anything I must of enjoyed myself?? it could of fuelled those scumbags who gay bash lads in Dublin, i dont know, maybe I'm just getting older

the activities of a bunch of cocaine and overpriced drink fuelled kids with daddys money, being commented on by a woman who has no discernible talent aside from trying to appear as butch as possible , told through a website that simply exists to save you going down the pub to talk shíte , is not a reflection on the rest of the country

winston82

We don't drink too much, students just can't handle their drink well.

LOL students

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Eric Cartman wrote: »

the activities of a bunch of cocaine and overpriced drink fuelled kids with daddys money, being commented on by a woman who has no discernible talent aside from trying to appear as butch as possible , told through a website that simply exists to save you going down the pub to talk shíte , is not a reflection on the rest of the country

It is.

Maybe it's not a reflection on you, but it's a view taken by someone in the public eye, visiting Ireland and comparing it to other places on her tour.

The trinity ball is a bit of an exception as it is a complete drink fest.

Although, plenty of people fell out of pubs all over the country over the weekend.

Eric Cartman

elviscostello wrote: »

It is.

Maybe it's not a reflection on you, but it's a view taken by someone in the public eye, visiting Ireland and comparing it to other places on her tour.

The trinity ball is a bit of an exception as it is a complete drink fest.

Although, plenty of people fell out of pubs all over the country over the weekend.

so your saying people on the public eye should be shielded from the irish drinking ? its not really a problem, give it 2 months and everyone will realise she has no talent and nobody will ever listen to her ever again.

Tonyandthewhale

blow69 wrote: »

People were just chatting loudly amongst themselves which is kind of disrespectful to the artist.

Oh come on!

Latchy

elviscostello wrote: »

It is.

Maybe it's not a reflection on you, but it's a view taken by someone in the public eye, visiting Ireland and comparing it to other places on her tour.

The trinity ball is a bit of an exception as it is a complete drink fest.

Indeed it and wouldn't matter weather it was Eirc Clapton , Micheal Buble or Adele on stage saying it , she saw what was hapenning and was concerned .

blow69

I know I know, but that's how singers and bands are listed; artists.

She does sing quite well though and apparently does contribute some writing credits. Probably just two sentences in a song.

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Eric Cartman wrote: »

so your saying people on the public eye should be shielded from the irish drinking ? its not really a problem, give it 2 months and everyone will realise she has no talent and nobody will ever listen to her ever again.

No, I didn't say that at all.

You said it wasn't an accurate reflection of the country, because of the person that said it and the medium they used to communicate it.

But it doesn't matter if it was those aliens in the FBI thread communicating through the stars, they would still have a valid point.

Even though it was a big (binge) drinking event, there were surely similar scenes everywhere.

Cupcake_Crisis

There's worse than us, much worse! For every person that gets sloppy, incoherently drunk, there's 10 that that hit their limit and stop. It's an unfair stereotype in my opinion.

7sr2z3fely84g5

Foreigner workers always asked me why do we drink too much,looking at it now,seem to do,following examples-

All ireland finals,many people don't really give a fck about their county winning it,its the piss up on the night that matters.

Any sporting event that has irish final connection.

Christenings.

Funerals.

The "lightweight" remarks you might hear if someone gets drunk too early.

Oxygen,plenty of piss/drugheads at that.

danniemcq

Grayson Weak Monster wrote: »

Foreigner workers always asked me why do we drink too much,looking at it now,seem to do,following examples-

All ireland finals,many people don't really give a fck about their county winning it,its the piss up on the night that matters.

Any sporting event that has irish final connection.

Christenings.

Funerals.

The "lightweight" remarks you might hear if someone gets drunk too early.

Oxygen,plenty of piss/drugheads at that.

hey all that tax thats being generated by drink sales is whats keeping Anglo going and keeping FF'ers pension filled. after all they done for this country it's the least we could do.

Sarcasm doesn't really work using text does it?

later12

Walk down Camden Street in Dublin any weekend night at 3am - it's like Zombie Town; girls vomiting with their skirts up around their bellybuttons, people walking on the street in a stupefied state, falling over, broken glass, pissing in doorways (girls and boys), and giving aggravation, at times.

On the other hand I've also been in their position many times and I know nights on a crzay tear is often just a harmless laugh, especially in hindsight.

mickydoomsux

This idea that our excessive drinking is limit to the weekend is rubbish. There is far too much acceptance of drunkeness in Ireland, particularly public drunkeness, on pretty much any day of the week at pretty much any time.

I work in public transport in a fairly medium sized city and i am absolutely guaranteed to encounter 4 or 5 fall-down drunk people of various ages on any given day. And this is on top of the 10 or so "regulars" who use the trains every day (with their free-travel passes of course) as a taxi service to and from home and their watering hole of choice. At the weekend it is a free-for-all with literally hordes of drunken assholes arriving on every train from mid-morning onward and the police having to be called to deal with dicey situations all too often as a result.

The fact that this is seen as even remotely acceptable behaviour shows the terrible attitude we have to drink in this country. I have no problem with someone having a bit of a laugh and a few drinks and knowing when to stop but those people are in the tiny minority in this country.

The "craic" is the worst excuse to be a drunken lout but i hear it brought up in 99% of situations when things turn bad because of excessive drinking. Your "craic" isn't being shared with the daily commuters on the train, the families with kids on a day out, the elderly folks going to hospital appointments or pretty much any other passenger.

123balltv

Not as much as the rest of our EU gang there seen as sophisticated
I wish I was French,Italian or Spanish they drink wine like water

I get horrible looks off my family when they find an empty
bottle of wine in the wheelie bin you can ony get 2 + half glasses of wine
in a full bottle big deal

later12

mickydoomsux wrote: »

This idea that our excessive drinking is limit to the weekend is rubbish. There is far too much acceptance of drunkeness in Ireland, particularly public drunkeness, on pretty much any day of the week at pretty much any time.

I think that's a good point. I used to accompany my Grandad to the pub every evening during my Summers from school, where he would go in at lunch time have a few glasses of Paddy's, stagger out at 4pm and take me back to work with him. This went on every Summer of my youth, and in the evenings he would go back in to play cards and finish the day's drinking. I'll never forget on the day that he was buried how I was honestly shocked when someone referred to him as an alcoholic.

We grow up with an ingrained culture of appeasing alcohol, where the term alcoholic is rarely ever used. We often think that getting blind drunk is as acceptable a way to celebrate as it is grieve, or even as it is to pass a weekend night on the town.

questionmark?

Ya we have our problems no doubt but spending so much time in the UK I can tell you it is as bad if not worse.

On another note I would have to be pissed to go to the Trinity Ball like FYI OMG:rolleyes:

cbyrne11

blow69 wrote: »

I know I know, but that's how singers and bands are listed; artists.

She does sing quite well though and apparently does contribute some writing credits. Probably just two sentences in a song.

If by singing well you mean that she had mastered how to use Autotune! Girl voice sounds like a computer in anything that I've heard of her, As for artist think she'd have to be written the songs for me to call her that.

From what I've heard of friday, this girl acted like a diva and was complaining for most of her gig, probably not the crowd that she's use to, but if I paid an "Artist" to perform and she spent her time lecturing and judging the crowd, I'd throw her off stage regardless of her reasons, her job was to perform, she was paid for that and acting like this worstens the situation!

Aoifey!

...am I the only one with no idea who she is?!

cbyrne11

Aoifey! wrote: »

...am I the only one with no idea who she is?!

Your better off Aoife!! One would suspect that this was to raise her profile anyway, from what I heard the crowd were pretty annoyed at her performance so this is probably damage control for her!

hondasam

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Leave your Irish card on the table on your way out :pac:

I left a tab behind the bar for you. enjoy the hangover :pac:

fontanalis

later10 wrote: »

I think that's a good point. I used to accompany my Grandad to the pub every evening during my Summers from school, where he would go in at lunch time have a few glasses of Paddy's, stagger out at 4pm and take me back to work with him. This went on every Summer of my youth, and in the evenings he would go back in to play cards and finish the day's drinking. I'll never forget on the day that he was buried how I was honestly shocked when someone referred to him as an alcoholic.

We grow up with an ingrained culture of appeasing alcohol, where the term alcoholic is rarely ever used. We often think that getting blind drunk is as acceptable a way to celebrate as it is grieve, or even as it is to pass a weekend night on the town.

I think it's the attitude towards alcohol that is the main issue; there is an attitude of drinking as much as possible in as little time as possible to get as drunk as possible. Let's face it, any moron can pour drink down their neck until they puke and can't stand. It's nothing to be proud of.

Latchy

Aoifey! wrote: »

...am I the only one with no idea who she is?!

Somebodys who's on the music channels a lot of late

AnonoBoy

Aoifey! wrote: »

...am I the only one with no idea who she is?!

Nope. I'd never heard of her before today.