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White South African People.

  • 12-02-2013 11:05PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 604 ✭✭✭


    Im trying to find a diplomatic way of putting this, but having trouble. Right, people have opinions on Irish people ( bit of fun, drinkers ) French ( good lovers , a bit up themselves ) English ( stiff upper lip etc ) you get the picture . In essence what im trying to say is, I've never met a white south african person that I can warm too. All very loud, in your face, overly opinionated types, who seem to carry around a sense of superiority with them.

    Anyway, thread will probably get locked on the basis of it not being politically correct but will see how it goes.

    What are you experiences of white south africans .


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    tempura wrote: »
    What are you experiences of white south africans .

    Diplomatic Immunity (In Lethal Weapon 2 accent)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭Matt_Trakker


    tempura wrote: »
    What are you experiences of white south africans .
    Not good tbh.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    I think I could warm to Charlize Theron in fairness.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,889 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    A great bunch of lads.


    No.. wait. That's chinese people.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    I've only met one that I can remember. She's quite nice.

    My conclusion from this is...

    At least one white South African is nice.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,327 ✭✭✭Madam_X


    I sense a Spitting Image reference in the pipe-line.

    I've met plenty of sound Saffy people though - educated and aware when it comes to the history of their country etc. They're not exactly ecstatic about the way whites get treated in some part of SA these days, but they don't condemn all blacks for it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,445 ✭✭✭emo72




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 864 ✭✭✭Kxiii


    Here's spitting images take


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,448 ✭✭✭crockholm


    Hard baxtards,strong opinions but not offended when they get it back,nice lads though,


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭Joe10000


    Couldn't agree more and for anybody under 35 have a look at this spitting image classic.

    http://youtu.be/aeDk6ZeGNnU

    Beaten to it I see...


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    I've a lot of 'white' South African relatives and all of them are lovely.

    Bit silly to generalise them all, you're never going to meet every single white south african person in the world.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭lkionm


    Sure nothing like a bitta casual stereotyping.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 937 ✭✭✭swimming in a sea


    well i bought weights in Elvery sports in Galway off one, when i went in again for more weights he remembered me and brought them out to my car and then said he remembered me from the last time and that i could have them for free as they had loads in stock. I'm not sure if he had authority to do this but he saved me 60 punts.

    So they are aces with me:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    PC brigade here.

    I'd say your sample size is too small to make a statement on the likeability of approx 5 million people.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭senorwipesalot




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Rasheed


    Only one I've ever met was a taxi driver in Galway. A pure dote that tried to teach us Afrikaans and we drunk as lords. Hilarity ensued and we told him we loved him by the end of the journey.

    That was my only experience of white South Africans.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,858 ✭✭✭Calibos


    Perhaps the expat White South African community is self selecting. ie. its only the loud brash opinionated ones that do the travelling thing. Kind of like the Aussie's, Irish, Kiwis etc


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 604 ✭✭✭tempura


    Madam_X wrote: »
    I sense a Spitting Image reference in the pipe-line.

    I've met plenty of sound Saffy people though - educated and aware when it comes to the history of their country etc. They're not exactly ecstatic about the way whites get treated in some part of SA these days, but they don't condemn all blacks for it.

    Interesting point, but honestly, the racism thing does not come into it for me at all, im just curious as to peoples experiences of them , nothing based on the history of the country at all, although in fairness, that does shape a persons personality to a point.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    Whatever about their personality, the accent is just the best accent in the world. ever.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,970 ✭✭✭Lenin Skynard


    PC brigade here.

    I'd say your sample size is too small to make a statement on the likeability of approx 5 million people.

    Damn you PC brigade, you take all the fun out of lazy stereotyping and casual racism.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,889 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Damn you PC brigade, you take all the fun out of lazy stereotyping and casual racism.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    Where To wrote: »
    I think I could warm to Charlize Theron in fairness.
    One of the hottest ladies I've ever known (in real life) was a white South African. She was fairly sound too, no sense of superiority, or very loud, in your face. I've also known a couple of fellas, they were a pair of ejits but no worse than most Irish lads their age. One of the best guys I've ever had the pleasure of working with though was a black South African. Absolutely one of the most genuine, hard working and friendly persons I've known.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 754 ✭✭✭repsol


    I met a white South African girl in her early twenties a few years back and she was a lovely friendly ,down to Earth person.She was just like loads of hard working Irish young people working overseas. She was working on a cruise ship which is hard graft and she had us in stitches talking about what goes on aboard the ship.I don't think any nation can be pigeon holed as there are good and bad everywhere.Irish people are getting a bad rep in parts of Oz due to the bad behavior of a minority of drunken toerags yet most Irish over there are decent hardworking people.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,868 ✭✭✭Andersonisgod


    Esoteric_ wrote: »
    I've a lot of 'white' South African relatives and all of them are lovely.

    Bit silly to generalise them all, you're never going to meet every single white south african person in the world.

    John Locke thinks not...

    On a side note if anybody knows how to make gifs appear in your actual comment that would be great.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 604 ✭✭✭tempura


    PC brigade here.

    I'd say your sample size is too small to make a statement on the likeability of approx 5 million people.


    Absolutely , I agree, that is why I am curious as to other peoples experiences, Im not avert to being corrected in my opinion. My own experience is relative as I have know quite a few and spent some time in the country itself.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    I've met loads and worked with a few and never had any problems. All cool people, well the ones I met anyway but at the same time S.A history was never top of our conversation.

    I've met many Germans and it was like they went out of their way to make sure I knew they weren't some sort of nazi. No harm done and still nice people. Women weren't as easy as I hopped though!

    Basically OP good people are where you find them but there will always be things you don't agree with and kants are everywhere regardless of nationality, race, history etc etc


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    I've spent a lot of time in Cape Town and other parts of SA. Some lovely people all over, I've met a couple of old-school asshat Afrikaaners, worked with a very mixed crowd at an IT development company, been the only white guy in a black bar and partied with the predominantly white Cape Town beach crowd.

    So, yes I've met some nice white South Africans. Frankly, I've also met complete dickheads (mainly young men) outside of the country. So best advice. Go there, and pay no attention to the ex-pat bitterness.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    John Locke thinks not...

    On a side note if anybody knows how to make gifs appear in your actual comment that would be great.

    Upload to a site like tinypic or imgur, get the code (the one with [ img ] brackets) and paste.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,868 ✭✭✭Andersonisgod


    Esoteric_ wrote: »
    Upload to a site like tinypic or imgur, get the code (the one with [ img ] brackets) and paste.

    Thanks mate, much appreciated.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    Esoteric_ wrote: »
    Upload to a site like tinypic or imgur, get the code (the one with [ img ] brackets) and paste.
    There's no embedded images allowed in AH.


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