The Stereotype - Trinners - West Brits

claires friend

As students how many of you see these kind of people every day , are you an east brit trinner or a minger trinner?

Crash

I'm ****ing gorgeous i'll have you know, rules out the second.

and last time i checked rathfarnham wasnt exactly a west brit enclave.

so neither.

Nietzschean

you could look at the several several previous threads on trinity stereo types......


But to answer you, personally i see none....though i don't be near the arts block

claires friend

crash_000 wrote:

and last time i checked rathfarnham wasnt exactly a west brit enclave.

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Itss not about where you live its about either Catholics thinking they are better then everyone else 'cause they go to trinity,
Or protestants being there full stop

Stargal

Crash

....or the fact that thats complete bull****

Eoghan-psych

What's this east/west brit thing? I hope it's not alluding to Trinner stereotypes being like east Britain, because they aren't. Trust me, I live here.

Nietzschean

Eoghan-psych wrote:

What's this east/west brit thing? I hope it's not alluding to Trinner stereotypes being like east Britain, because they aren't. Trust me, I live here.

you live in east britian? soe? does that give u an opinion on what were like?


Its ment to suggest trinity is an extension of the crown or some such crap

claires friend

Eoghan-psych wrote:

What's this east/west brit thing? I hope it's not alluding to Trinner stereotypes being like east Britain, because they aren't. Trust me, I live here.

No its about Irish Prods trying to act like posh english people 'cause they go to TRINITY

Nietzschean

well we are great n all, but why would we wanna act like posh english people?

claires friend

Darth Bobo wrote:

well we are great n all, but why would we wanna act like posh english people?

I have no idea i just want to know is the stereotype true

Eoghan-psych

Darth Bobo wrote:

you live in east britian? soe? does that give u an opinion on what were like?

Its ment to suggest trinity is an extension of the crown or some such crap

It gives me a valid opinion on what east brits are like, and trinity students aren't like east brits. Apart, obviously, from the trinity students who are *from* east Britain.

Crash

Well the fact that we're all sitting here bemused off our asses shows that no, no it really isnt.

Nietzschean

claire's friend wrote:

I have no idea i just want to know is the stereotype true

that would be no

Nietzschean

Eoghan-psych wrote:

It gives me a valid opinion on what east brits are like, and trinity students aren't like east brits. Apart, obviously, from the trinity students who are *from* east Britain.

well i dunno, maybe part of first year is a field trip to east britian to gather in how we should act?

mike65

If this thread were a sketch would it feature in Little Ireland or Little Britian?:p

Mike.

Crash

It would feature in Little "crash shoots himself in the face in angst over world stupidity"

ApeXaviour

Claire's friend. I've heard the stereo-type that trinity students are posh, that they're gay, cocky etc. But your one is just convoluted. In any event to be wondering "if a stereotype is true", any stereotye, is just plain silly.

ster·e·o·type
- A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.

Trinity is a university in Ireland, it has a population about 15,000 students who are just that: students. 87% of these are Irish and applied through the CAO, like every-other Irish student. These Irish students are no different than students in DCU, UCD, DIT etc etc. With a similar spattering of protestants among the majoritive catholics. I don't know about you but any Irish protestants I've grown up with are just plain integrated (and often very nationalistic) Irish. I should know, Lucan (where I come from) has three protestant churches.

Do we think we're great? Not in any special way, we mostly just think we're students.

Do you need to grow up? I think so..

DrIndy

I hate these thread. No, no, no and no.

Ignorance breeds contempt and stereotypes. You are unfortunately more 20 years out of date with your information. Trinity never really was the university of the protestant ascendancy and since the Arch-Bishop of Dublin repealed his ban on catholics walking through and enrolling in Trinity, the balance has shifted to a similar distribution as any other university in ireland.

Crash

Meh, in fairness now, claires friend was just another version of hugo reyes was another version of chillipop,d.fitz, basquillech etc.

ApeXaviour

crash_000 wrote:

Meh, in fairness now, claires friend was just another version of hugo reyes was another version of chillipop,d.fitz, basquillech etc.

I'd suspected the same crash but I think this person has been given misguided/naive perception and is (not very well) trying to find out if it is true. One of those people you mentioned above wouldn't have had the brains to post inquiries into 1st year accomodation and follow it up while attempting muppetry..

DrIndy

I garnered that.

Crash

No no, i mean literally dec. they're the same person

ApeXaviour

hugo reyes? ok maybe

d.fitz? Basquellech? Hmm.. don't think so. Could be wrong tho, I'm hungover..

Crash

d.fitz = basquillech = chillipop. check feedback. claires friend admits it there

Kevin_rc_ie

i'm guessing she's ctyi er and deserves a banning.

Crash

? your attempts at humour are getting odder and odder kev.

Kevin_rc_ie

ok

crash_000

crash_000 wrote:

d.fitz = basquillech = chillipop. check feedback. claires friend admits it there

Indeed. Claire's friend is also now banned.

strawberry

It was when I arrived in Trinity as a fresh-faced seventeen year old that I met my first hard-core right wing conservatives. I think my scars are only just healing.

There are many lovely people in Trinity. Some of them however want to believe the sterotype and so they recreate it themselves. It's a strange world.

ApeXaviour

crash_000 wrote:

d.fitz = basquillech = chillipop. check feedback. claires friend admits it there

Indeed it does

I concede, but not before strapping this dynamite around my waist and taking me with you

Kevin_rc_ie

so what about hugo?

baby*cham*bell

Darth Bobo wrote:

you could look at the several several previous threads on trinity stereo types......


But to answer you, personally i see none....though i don't be near the arts block

what................. are arts people snobby (oh no)

Nietzschean

baby*cham*bell wrote:

what................. are arts people snobby (oh no)

i never said that, they make up a sizeable portion of the student population and i don't know many of them so i can't make any statements about them in general.

baby*cham*bell

Darth Bobo wrote:

i never said that, they make up a sizeable portion of the student population and i don't know many of them so i can't make any statements about them in general.

oh thats ok then!!! sorry (phew)

Time Magazine

There are snobby rugby-playing (etc) Arts people. But, sigh, I increasingly I find that the snobbery is really by Science-end students towards Arts students.

Nietzschean

lol just cause we don't like u AB , don't take it as a generalisation.

John

Darth Bobo wrote:

lol just cause we don't like u AB , don't take it as a generalisation.

Yeah, there's loads of arts people that I think are the bees knees. Anyway it's not that we're snobby it's just that we're better.

Time Magazine

Darth Bobo wrote:

lol just cause we don't like u AB , don't take it as a generalisation.

That was funny, but you have had some "generic" Arts/BESS comments.

Nietzschean

Angry Banana wrote:

That was funny, but you have had some "generic" Arts/BESS comments.

I've also had some generic maths/science/cs/medicine/engineering comments too

Darth Bobo

Darth Bobo wrote:

I've also had some generic maths/science/cs/medicine/engineering comments too

Not to mention the Greeks

Darth Bobo: Feckin' Greeks.

COLM: It isn't the Greeks, it's the Chinese he's after.

TED: (panicing) I'm not after the Chinese.

Darth Bobo: I don't care who he gets so long as I can have a go at the Greeks. They invented gayness!

TED: Look, we are not having a go at anybody. I am not a racist, alright. God!

Darth Bobo: Feckin' Greeks!

Crash

Jesus Bobo, channel four really ripped your life off in that father ted yoke, from the sound of things.

Nietzschean

crash_000 wrote:

Jesus Bobo, channel four really ripped your life off in that father ted yoke, from the sound of things.

meh the law suit went well, bought me a new light sabre

John

plastic or real?

Nietzschean

John2 wrote:

plastic or real?

I wouldn't be much of a sith lord if it was plastic now would i?(unfortunally i don't actually have one......though in fairness the replica mock up's are sad more than much else...)

Kevin_rc_ie

morning bobo.

i threatened to hit some girls in my class with my light sabre (a plastic bag scrunched up) and then i did him them. so, it wasn't a metaphor.

ApeXaviour

Darth Bobo wrote:

I wouldn't be much of a sith lord if it was plastic now would i?(unfortunally i don't actually have one......though in fairness the replica mock up's are sad more than much else...)

Go to bed ya big early bird freak. Jesus this is an ungodly hour.

Nietzschean

Q 1. WTF are u 2 doing up?

and... I'm not sure dragging my ass out of bed at this horrible hour is being an early bird freak...maybe if i'd some sleep and didn't nearly have to punch myself in the face to wake up...

Kevin_rc_ie

A1

It's post BHM and we've no exams.

enjoy the study/cram concoction you're probably serving yourself for breakfast.

Nietzschean

Fig Rolls and Coke is a healthy meal......(yes i can feel my insides cringing...)

Kevin_rc_ie

haven't had a fig roll in ages. not a good breakfast. have a bowl of lucky charms. sugar in cereal form makes much better logical sense.