Are the majority of Irish stupid and greedy?

randomspud · 24-11-2019 12:58PM

barneygumble99 wrote: »

I work with the public every day and I genuinely have to ask myself how the **** some people manage to dress themselves in the morning. The dumbest questions you’re asked.
Don’t know how some people manage to do tasks like booking flights and having the wherewithall to get to an airport and through security. Things that require a bit of organisation and thought. In general a lot of people want others to do everything for them and don’t want to think for themselves. No plan B whatsoever.

I was going to post something very similar.

Working in a job dealing with the public will reveal to you how stupid and helpless most people are. People go on about the "nanny state" but in reality we live in a "mammy/daddy state" where most people need their hand held by a responsible grown-up to complete even the most basic of tasks.

I've had it with people. I love to get home from work and just shut myself away from the world and i do my best to only have to interact with people on my own terms outside of work.

I'll probably become a virtual recluse once i retire and i'll be 100% delighted with it.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 24-11-2019 12:59PM

Chocolate Orange1001 wrote: »

Don't worry, IQ isn't everything.

Tammy! · 24-11-2019 01:08PM

Raconteuse wrote: »

I don't know if it's the majority but it's a sizeable number. No personal responsibility, no knowledge of anything - just brainless soundbites, and me me me.

Probably seems amplified because of social media though.

It's just social media. Social media can come across as me me me because it's an unnatural form of communication. I mean, we actually pose and take pictures of ourselfs now!! That was unheard of years ago. It would have been thought of as vain. People are just trying to communicate in an unnatural environment where announcements about what you ate today or what your opinion is on the latest news topic seem a little bit more important because they're in writing.

Social media is not social. It's like people thinking out loud. Stuff they would filter in real life.

Edgware · 24-11-2019 01:10PM

stefanovich wrote: »

People are stupid. The trick is the exploit that to your advantage.

Correct. The " I see the good in everyone" brigade make it so easy they have taken the fun out of it

ChikiChiki · 24-11-2019 01:10PM

Greedy since the Celtic Tiger days yes.

emeo · 24-11-2019 01:11PM

Raconteuse wrote: »

I don't know if it's the majority but it's a sizeable number. No personal responsibility, no knowledge of anything - just brainless soundbites, and me me me.

Probably seems amplified because of social media though.

Agreed, with the culture of "Influncers" in this country its highlighted,
giving every dope with a smartphone a platform.

Look at that drink driving fool from Fermoy, shes not even sorry.

Consequently, look at that drink driving championing Healy Rae fool- the odds are really stacked against us.

Ash.J.Williams · 24-11-2019 01:12PM

Just reading about singer Ronan tynans fall from grace. He’s acting like it was harmless slip of the tongue stateside but to me it read as a typical ignorant middle class Ireland situation.
https://m.independent.ie/entertainment/music/someone-tried-to-run-me-over-with-an-suv-says-tenor-ronan-tynan-38720653.html

IAMAMORON · 24-11-2019 01:17PM

No they are not.

However all culchies are inherently stupid and greedy. They also consider themselves more Irish than the rest of the country, so the argument will continue.

cnocbui · 24-11-2019 01:17PM

Salary Negotiator wrote: »

No, but stupid people make more noise.

In my experience, the squeaky wheel, gets the oil, so perhaps not so stupid.

extra gravy · 24-11-2019 01:18PM

Deal with the public as part of my job, there are a lot of stupid people out there and it's one of the reasons I'm cynical about democracy in general. Idiots getting to vote other idiots into power. But as a wise man once said, its the worst form of government apart from all the rest.

Lewis_Benson · 24-11-2019 01:18PM

Yes.

cnocbui · 24-11-2019 01:18PM

IAMAMORON wrote: »

No they are not.

However all culchies are inherently stupid and greedy. They also consider themselves more Irish than the rest of the country, so the argument will continue.

Can't disagree with the username...

NIMAN · 24-11-2019 01:24PM

General threads like this could be applied to any nation or people, a lot of folk on Boards seem to think only the Irish are afflicted by greed, pettiness, ugliness, stubbornness, stupidity ..........

Of course there are stupid and greedy Irish people. Irish people are humans and many humans are stupid and greedy.

Rufeo · 24-11-2019 01:29PM

I think what Irish are, are the most begrudging people on the planet. See that thread on Andrea Corr the other day.

Raconteuse · 24-11-2019 01:33PM

NIMAN wrote: »

General threads like this could be applied to any nation or people, a lot of folk on Boards seem to think only the Irish are afflicted by greed, pettiness, ugliness, stubbornness, stupidity ..........

Of course there are stupid and greedy Irish people. Irish people are humans and many humans are stupid and greedy.

I'm the first to complain about self loathing bollox but it is more prevalent in this country - and other Anglophone countries too though. It's not just an Irish thing.

I mean Germanic societies seem far more about everyone recognising that they live in a society and have to pull together.

El_Duderino 09 · 24-11-2019 01:36PM

IAMAMORON wrote: »

No they are not.

However all culchies are inherently stupid and greedy. They also consider themselves more Irish than the rest of the country, so the argument will continue.

Good trolling requires a degree of subtlety.

1/10

Raconteuse · 24-11-2019 01:39PM

barneygumble99 wrote: »

I work with the public every day and I genuinely have to ask myself how the **** some people manage to dress themselves in the morning. The dumbest questions you’re asked.
Don’t know how some people manage to do tasks like booking flights and having the wherewithall to get to an airport and through security. Things that require a bit of organisation and thought. In general a lot of people want others to do everything for them and don’t want to think for themselves. No plan B whatsoever.

Aye, the laziness is astounding. I genuinely saw a post to Buy And Sell written on a Saturday night: "wat tym duz d dentist open at". ****ing hell.

blade1 · 24-11-2019 01:40PM

Rufeo wrote: »

I think what Irish are, are the most begrudging people on the planet. See that thread on Andrea Corr the other day.

I find selective memory in people from all over a bigger problem.

3or 4 people out of 7 pages put her down.

24-11-2019 01:41PM

Rufeo wrote: »

I think what Irish are, are the most begrudging people on the planet. See that thread on Andrea Corr the other day.

Oh for God's sake..

EmmetSpiceland · 24-11-2019 01:46PM

Very sensitive too, OP.

Pac1Man · 24-11-2019 02:48PM

There are levels to this game we call life.

Not everyone is made the same. The majority of the population are just a bit dim but are probably more happier because of it, i.e. their ceiling of expectation is lower.

Have a walk through a shopping centre to see the complete lack of self awareness most people have in it's most basic form. People stopping suddenly to use their phone, sauntering out of shops without a cursory glance to check for incoming walkers, labouring along 3 abreast stopping people behind from getting by etc...

The same can be seen on the roads however it's much easier to deal with since the repercussions are much greater.

KWAG2019 · 24-11-2019 02:54PM

Brexit.

blade1 · 24-11-2019 02:57PM

Raconteuse wrote: »

Aye, the laziness is astounding. I genuinely saw a post to Buy And Sell written on a Saturday night: "wat tym duz d dentist open at". ****ing hell.

Tooth hurty!

Rothko · 24-11-2019 03:36PM

No but a lot of them seem to have a huge problem with self-loathing and running down their own country.

cnocbui · 24-11-2019 03:38PM

Rothko wrote: »

No but a lot of them seem to have a huge problem with self-loathing and running down their own country.

Don't worry, I'm a foreigner and have no problem running down your country.

For Forks Sake · 24-11-2019 03:42PM

IAMAMORON wrote: »

No they are not.

However all culchies are inherently stupid and greedy. They also consider themselves more Irish than the rest of the country, so the argument will continue.

Swing and a miss there.

I Am The Law · 24-11-2019 03:51PM

IAMAMORON wrote: »

No they are not.

However all culchies are inherently stupid and greedy. They also consider themselves more Irish than the rest of the country, so the argument will continue.

This is a lesson in reading the username before reading the post.

24-11-2019 05:10PM

cnocbui wrote: »

Don't worry, I'm a foreigner and have no problem running down your country.

Bloody foreigners..

decky1 · 24-11-2019 05:25PM

people can be very negative, i know people who run down the government and say 'IF i was in charge i'd put up the dole and this would be free and that would be free, it's a pity they would'nt run for election when the time comes, we'de all be in clover, shobgites most of them.

blade1 · 24-11-2019 05:28PM

decky1 wrote: »

people can be very negative, i know people who run down the government and say 'IF i was in charge i'd put up the dole and this would be free and that would be free,

That's not negative,that'd would be more like chancing their arm!

Are the majority of Irish stupid and greedy?

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