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Taboos in Ireland

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    #122
    DeanAustin
    Registered Users Posts: 3,784 ✭✭✭DeanAustin


    KungPao wrote: »
    Saying that Jack Charlton wasted a golden generation of players who could have done a lot more if they didn't just hoof the ball up into the air and keep passing it back to the keeper, and ultimately 88, 90, and 94 were failures.

    That's coz it's a f**king stupid thing to say. Up there with "we could have won in 2002 if Roy Keane had played".


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    #123
    Sue Pa Key Pa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,060 ✭✭✭Sue Pa Key Pa


    Saying that The Mammy is a lousy cook


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    #124
    Tilikum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭Tilikum


    Veganism.


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    #125
    jmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,091 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    eviltwin wrote: »
    Being a heterosexual man with no interest in sport.

    All sports ???

    Are you into cars, bikes, etc ?

    I would say that is not just a taboo in Ireland, try Spain or Italy and see the reaction to not being into the likes of soccer.


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    #126
    ratmouse
    Registered Users Posts: 2,856 ✭✭✭ratmouse


    Mentioning social media influencers/beauty bloggers in any way other than praising them to the moon and back.


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    #127
    mrsdewinter
    Registered Users Posts: 2,116 ✭✭✭mrsdewinter


    Admitting to voluntarily watching the Late Late Show for one's own unironic entertainment.

    It's a few years since a friend of mine noticed that when people mention they caught some Z-lister sleb or other on the Late Late, it's usually followed by the explanation 'it was just on on the telly there...'


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    #128
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    ratmouse wrote: »
    Mentioning social media influencers/beauty bloggers in any way other than praising them to the moon and back.

    Me boll*x! They're one group you can easily have a pop off!


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    #129
    Vote 4 Pedro
    Registered Users Posts: 1,015 ✭✭✭Vote 4 Pedro


    Reading this thread I'm Fecked,

    I don't drink tea, Coffee or Alcohol,
    I don't like Gaa or Football,
    I don't have any interest in the so called celebrities,
    I drive an "automatic" car - which really means that I'm not a "proper driver"
    I have plenty of other interests but not the standard GAA, football etc.
    The looks I get when I don't want the cuppa tea are priceless,

    No thanks, No really I don't, No thanks you're alright, No I just don't drink tea, yes I know it's odd,
    what never, why? well what will I give you ?
    Will you have a glass of water then, I can't believe it - no tea.


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    #130
    team_actimel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 785 ✭✭✭team_actimel


    Speaking out against hunting while living in a rural area.

    You're made feel like an oddball if you're against hunting and hate GAA.


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    #131
    jamesbere
    Registered Users Posts: 5,022 ✭✭✭jamesbere


    Vote 4 Pedro wrote: »
    Reading this thread I'm Fecked,

    I don't drink tea, Coffee or Alcohol,
    I don't like Gaa or Football,
    I don't have any interest in the so called celebrities,
    I drive an "automatic" car - which really means that I'm not a "proper driver"
    I have plenty of other interests but not the standard GAA, football etc.
    The looks I get when I don't want the cuppa tea are priceless,

    No thanks, No really I don't, No thanks you're alright, No I just don't drink tea, yes I know it's odd,
    what never, why? well what will I give you ?
    Will you have a glass of water then, I can't believe it - no tea.

    I'm delighted when someone says they don't drink either, means I don't have to make them a cup


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    #132
    farmchoice
    Registered Users Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭farmchoice


    team_actimel wrote: »
    Speaking out against hunting while living in a rural area.

    You're made feel like an oddball if you're against hunting and hate GAA.

    whatever about hating the gaa (hate seems a strong word, why would you hate a sport, no interest perhaps but hate?) but i i live in rural ireland and id say a sizeable minority if not a majority oppose hunting, farmers included.

    lots of farmers and land owners around our way have no hunting signs up and hunting is fairly rare, it would be very much a minority interest, in mayo anyway.


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    #133
    robbiezero
    Registered Users Posts: 4,331 ✭✭✭robbiezero


    LirW wrote: »
    Not having the classic Irish hotel wedding with 250 guests.

    Having a non-traditional wedding and NOT telling everyone that your guests said it was the best wedding they had ever been to and so chilled.


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    #134
    6541
    Registered Users Posts: 1,936 ✭✭✭6541


    The biggest taboo in Ireland is not buying your round !


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    #135
    sbsquarepants
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    eviltwin wrote: »
    Being a heterosexual man with no interest in sport.

    Heterosexual you say?:rolleyes:

    Bet you're mad for the auld cock fighting!:D

    I'm 43 and up until somewhere around the age of 30 or so I had zero interest in football, then my tastes just changed - I love it now. But back when I wasn't bothered and didn't have a clue what was going on, people would genuinely look at you like you'd 2 heads.
    "so who do you think will win tomorrow?"
    "win what?"
    "the match of course!"
    "what match?"
    ":confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:"

    May as well have been speaking Greek!


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    #136
    team_actimel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 785 ✭✭✭team_actimel


    Speaking out about obesity. In particular, child obesity.

    It's a taboo to voice concern to someone about their obese child.


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    #137
    jmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,091 ✭✭✭✭jmayo


    6541 wrote: »
    The biggest taboo in Ireland is not buying your round !

    And rightly so.

    Even if you don't want a drink yourself you should buy a drink for the people that bought you a drink previously.
    It's a thing called decency.

    Otherwise do not get into rounds in the first place. :mad:

    I have come across this with some foreigners, who of course have the excuse of ignorance, and mean native fookers who wouldn't give you the steam off their pee.


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    #138
    Spider Web
    Closed Accounts Posts: 386 ✭✭Spider Web


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Me boll*x! They're one group you can easily have a pop off!
    Aye, it might be taboo among their fans (imagine viewing someone who writes a blog as a celebrity...!) but anyone else just sees it for how bizarre and ludicrous it is.

    Not saying, by the way, that there is anything wrong with blogging (it's actually a positive thing overall) - moreso the borderline worship some bloggers enjoy... because of the clothing they wear or make-up they buy. It's nuts!


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    #139
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Had the leaders of the 1916 Rising not been executed, they would have introduced communism.


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    #140
    Duffy the Vampire Slayer
    Registered Users Posts: 5,378 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    Not liking GAA is a poor example. The GAA has little presence in many areas of the country and in many areas where it's strong, there are lots of people who have no interest in the sports. Perhaps it's a taboo in certain places but not in Ireland as a whole.


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    #141
    nihicib2
    Registered Users Posts: 370 ✭✭nihicib2


    Being from a rural area...

    Not going to Mass and being vocal about not believing in a Sky fairy
    Being female and not wanting marriage or children
    Leading on from this, going out drinking with the lads (scarlet woman alert, lock up your husbands)
    And the most terrible of all taboos, not drinking coffee, tea, or MILK!!, sure what can we give you????

    Vodka is usually what I answer, they think Im joking!


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    #142
    _Roz_
    Registered Users Posts: 530 ✭✭✭_Roz_


    I'm sure its been said, but mental health in a day-to-day context. You do get famous people speaking out more about their experiences, but by virtue of who they are people feel an attachment and sympathy. If I turned around in my workplace, or any previous workplace I've had (and I'm only 30, so we're talking the last 12 years here) and said, 'I suffer from social anxiety, generalized anxiety, have depressive tendencies etc', people wouldn't know how to react. There's definitely progress in this area - great progress, and particularly in urban areas with large younger populations. But rural areas, and in all older populations, there's still an inability or reluctance to recognise or acknowledge mental health issues, in my humble opinion.


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    #143
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    I'm gonna go against the grain and say it's never been more acceptable to speak about mental health in this country. It's ok not to be ok. Anyone who gives abuse to people over mental health is seen as a good for nothing bully and rightly so. Maybe that's just in my own circles though.


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    #144
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users Posts: 4,421 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    Porn is taboo, possibly not just in Ireland but the Europeans seem more liberal about it.


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    #145
    Anesthetize
    Registered Users Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭Anesthetize


    ToddyDoody wrote: »
    Porn is taboo, possibly not just in Ireland but the Europeans seem more liberal about it.
    I remember going into a gift shop in some small tourist town in Spain when I was about 14, and seeing sex toys and porn videos openly displayed on shelves. At least I'm sure it was a gift shop.


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