Bluefoam wrote: » I was home for two weeks and really enjoyed my stay, the atmosphere in Ireland is great, the streets were busy and there was a great vibe... But then I went to an event and came down to earth with a bump... Silly Irish begrudgery is still alive and well... First I had to hear about D4's and what arseholes they are... The comments were pointed directly at me, because even though I'm not a D4 & would never be accepted in their social circles, I do have a southside accent... The guy in question was telling us how he had ridiculed a couple on their honeymoon on the Aran Islands, because they were using a drone to take photos of the occasion, but didn't have an advanced knowledge of video editing software... Somehow he managed to make them sound like the arseholes, but it was clear who was actually being a dick... With the same group, I also had to hear how anyone with a beard was a hipster & all hipsters were dickheads... later in the same day I had to listen to the same people describe how they enjoy their craft beers and make firepits from recycled car wheels (but they are obviously not hipsters)... To be honest, I'm not really concerned with the individual arguments, but it just highlighted to me that there's an awful lot of begrudgery in Ireland and the place is very tribal. I don't really want to have to come home to that, it kind of upsets me that we're still so small minded...
realdanbreen wrote: » It's laughable the way that dubs make such a big deal about the difference between northside and southside. Dublin is a pretty insignifican place as cities go and would just about be a borough or district in a real meaningful city. Apart from the zoo and maybe Guinnnesses there is nothing of any significance to see and 2 days max would cover everything there is to see.
OSI wrote: » That's the kind of small minded bull**** begrudgery still prevalent in Ireland.
jester77 wrote: » It's a pretty brutal trait of the Irish. I haven't lived in Ireland in over 15 years and I still find it strange that people are genuinely happy for me when I am successful. It shouldn't be like that.
JupiterKid wrote: » Sure, Dublin is not a big city by global standards but it's a behemoth in Ireland. As for things to see, only the zoo and Guinness? really? What about Dublin Castle, National Museum, National Gallery, Chester Beatty Library, Botanic Gardens, Marino Casino, Malahide Castle, etc?
Bluefoam wrote: » Wow... to say that Dublin is insignificant comes across to me as a bitter statement. By any measure, Dublin is a significant city on the world stage!
realdanbreen wrote: » National Gallery?, Chester Beatty library? You're kidding right. 90% of people who visit the national Gallery do so to punch in time or out of boredom because theres nothing much to see in Dublin. Like I say 2 days max in Dublin and you end up bumping into someone you know.
meeeeh wrote: » Oh great, lets start another Dublin vs Country debate. Who cares if it has nothing to do with the thread. .
realdanbreen wrote: » Dublin v Country? where are you getting that from? Just because dubs ( whether north or south side) need to get over themselves has nothing to do with the rest of the country.
kunst nugget wrote: » I think you need to get over yourself, tbh… and I'm saying that as a culchie.
realdanbreen wrote: » What part of Clare are you from?
kunst nugget wrote: » I'm not. I'm from the part of the midlands where they surgically remove the ability to say the letter 'T' when you're born.
meeeeh wrote: » The trouble we had to get our son to say water instead of waher.
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Collie D wrote: » Not even sure where the begrudgery in the opening post is. The drone story just sounds like some IT gimp who thinks anyone else without his tech skills is an idiot. And the second story...seriously?! What are they begrudging? Beards?
Collie D wrote: » Don't often hear people slagging off The Edge.
Dr Crayfish wrote: » A man pushing 60 who calls himself the Edge. Nothing needs to be said really.
