When did Ireland get so pretentious?

v638sg7k1a92bx · 28-12-2019 02:12AM #1

Meeting up with friends and acquaintances over the Christmas and some of the meet ups were torturous. It seems that when people hit their mid thirties they posh up their accents and pretend that all the things they did in their previous life never happened. These are people who I’ve known for 15 years some of whom I’ve been in Australia with talking to me as if I had only met them and didn’t know who they are. I’ve been away for a few years, not that long, but maybe I’ve missed out on a few things but it seems a lot of people have this “new money” idea of themselves that Irish people never seemed to have before, a certain latent snobbery around the place.

Ubbquittious · 28-12-2019 02:14AM

Things have been tigering up since 2015 or there about. Don't worry they'll all change their tune once the recesh comes along again.

Damien360 · 28-12-2019 02:16AM

You went away for a few years and were horrified the locals were no longer on donkeys looking at the big man back from his travels to shower the yokels with his talk of riches in far off places. Were you back to buy a field by any chance ? ‘Tis mine.

paleoperson · 28-12-2019 02:19AM

Well you know people grow up. They become parents. They get responsible jobs and positions in society. Not everyone wants to spend their life playing grabass.

Rothko · 28-12-2019 02:27AM

3/10

FixdePitchmark · 28-12-2019 02:28AM

They are in their mid thirties, that is what happens in life.

Perhaps people in Australia pause their normal maturity because they are still partying, taking drugs and boring you to death with their tattoos.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 28-12-2019 02:29AM

2.14pm on August 29, 1997

28-12-2019 02:35AM

You’ve been away.

They’ve moved on, finished growing up, probably have done well for themselves.

You expect them to be the same as they were when you knew them. They’re not. And you don’t really know each other so well now if you’ve been away for a few years.

Shrug it off. Live your own life rather than judging them for theirs.

uch · 28-12-2019 02:53AM

June, lots of **** happens in june

sk8erboii · 28-12-2019 03:36AM

Braelynn Wrong Iron wrote: »

Meeting up with friends and acquaintances over the Christmas and some of the meet ups were torturous. It seems that when people hit their mid thirties they posh up their accents and pretend that all the things they did in their previous life never happened. These are people who I’ve known for 15 years some of whom I’ve been in Australia with talking to me as if I had only met them and didn’t know who they are. I’ve been away for a few years, not that long, but maybe I’ve missed out on a few things but it seems a lot of people have this “new money” idea of themselves that Irish people never seemed to have before, a certain latent snobbery around the place.

Youre projecting lol. Sounds like everyone experienced growth and change while you remained the same. Thats what this thread is really about, delayed development. The sooner youre realize that youre the obnoxious and off putting loser the sooner you can grow too

con___manx1 · 28-12-2019 03:56AM

sk8erboii wrote: »

Youre projecting lol. Sounds like everyone experienced growth and change while you remained the same. Thats what this thread is really about, delayed development. The sooner youre realize that youre the obnoxious and off putting loser the sooner you can grow too

I disagree. I have a really good friend who is mid 30ths that has changed his accent over the last few years and has become more pretencious.
It only happened when this friend got an uppty job so he is probly trying to fit in with the other pretencious people that work in this place.

Oh look at me I can programme stuff. I'm so much better than everyone : )

I get what the op is saying.
I have lost respect for this friend to be honest because I really can't stand pretencious people.

28-12-2019 04:08AM

I think it happened around 2000. OP might be too young to remember when we switched from coffee to lattes.

12gauge dave · 28-12-2019 04:11AM

I've noticed this of late with some people myself,

The money is flowing again for some people and money is the most addictive drug of them all for alot of people.

KungPao · 28-12-2019 04:19AM

Sure some of the lads I know don’t wear bootcut jeans or even drink cans of harp anymore. The country’s gone, I say.

cj maxx · 28-12-2019 04:44AM

The OP has a point.
I was in America during the boom and when I came back everyone was on about about investments and maximizing this and that.
They were all away with the fairies

sk8erboii · 28-12-2019 07:19AM

cjmc wrote: »

The OP has a point.
I was in America during the boom and when I came back everyone was on about about investments and maximizing this and that.
They were all away with the fairies

Its not pretentious if they legitimately made money from it. My family sure did.

blade1 · 28-12-2019 08:28AM

Moi?
Pretentious? :rolleyes:

28-12-2019 08:32AM

People will use any subject, absolutely any, to tell you they’ve been in America or Asia within 30 seconds.

Jonybgud · 28-12-2019 08:47AM

Braelynn Wrong Iron wrote: »

Meeting up with friends and acquaintances over the Christmas and some of the meet ups were torturous. It seems that when people hit their mid thirties they posh up their accents and pretend that all the things they did in their previous life never happened. These are people who I’ve known for 15 years some of whom I’ve been in Australia with talking to me as if I had only met them and didn’t know who they are. I’ve been away for a few years, not that long, but maybe I’ve missed out on a few things but it seems a lot of people have this “new money” idea of themselves that Irish people never seemed to have before, a certain latent snobbery around the place.

Your yardstick shouldn't have static coordinates, ease off on the expectations and enjoy the company dear friend.

28-12-2019 09:16AM

A lot of pretension apparent from the range of "conferences" with expensive tickets on sale with negligible "early bird discounts" .
"Executive" "Professional" and "Basic" tickets on offer.
A talk by an "International Personality".

Not to be missed.

joe_99 · 28-12-2019 09:31AM

I know a guy that drinks down my local who doesn't have a job. When did Ireland get so full of lazy dropouts.

blade1 · 28-12-2019 09:34AM

joe_99 wrote: »

I know a guy that drinks down my local who doesn't have a job. When did Ireland get so full of lazy dropouts.

Ask the guy you know

Sharp MZ700 · 28-12-2019 09:36AM

sk8erboii wrote: »

Its not pretentious if they legitimately made money from it. My family sure did.

It's pretentious when they spout on and on about it though.

Wibbs · 28-12-2019 10:05AM

Ireland. Yesterday.

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lawred2 · 28-12-2019 11:19AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

A lot of pretension apparent from the range of "conferences" with expensive tickets on sale with negligible "early bird discounts" .
"Executive" "Professional" and "Basic" tickets on offer.
A talk by an "International Personality".

Not to be missed.

Seen a few billboards for those things spring up alright..

You'd want to be some gormless dope to fall for that Americanized nonsense.

28-12-2019 11:37AM

Mine are home at the moment, people change grpw up get married( the horror ) have children and tedious conversations about how they got drunk on the beach or down a field aged 15 or mad things they did in a hostal in Australia are boring and an indication that the person has not moved on. Its not pretensions to grow up its life. I can see why they don't want to meet up with some of the people they knew when they were young.

Raconteuse · 28-12-2019 11:45AM

paleoperson wrote: »

Well you know people grow up. They become parents. They get responsible jobs and positions in society. Not everyone wants to spend their life playing grabass.

mariaalice wrote: »

Mine are home at the moment, people change grpw up get married( the horror ) have children and tedious conversations about how they got drunk on the beach or down a field aged 15 or mad things they did in a hostal in Australia are boring and an indication that the person has not moved on. Its not pretensions to grow up its life.

Why should this cause people to "posh up their accents and pretend that all the things they did in their previous life never happened"?

Raconteuse · 28-12-2019 11:48AM

Deleted User wrote: »

A lot of pretension apparent from the range of "conferences" with expensive tickets on sale with negligible "early bird discounts" .
"Executive" "Professional" and "Basic" tickets on offer.
A talk by an "International Personality".

Not to be missed.

"Oh I just love the insights they discussed" - insights like "value your customers" and "engage with your customers".

joe_99 wrote: »

I know a guy that drinks down my local who doesn't have a job. When did Ireland get so full of lazy dropouts.

One guy = "full"?

ChikiChiki · 28-12-2019 11:51AM

A lot of credit fuelled pretentiousness. Something happened during the Celtic tiger that has changed the Irish psyche. A lot of people would walk over each other at the smell of a banknote.

Dodge · 28-12-2019 11:53AM

Nothing worse than someone going away for a couple of years and coming back thinking they know better than everyone else

joe_99 · 28-12-2019 11:53AM

joe_99 wrote: »

I know a guy that drinks down my local who doesn't have a job. When did Ireland get so full of lazy dropouts.

Raconteuse wrote: »

One guy = "full"?

The OP was out with a couple of people over Christmas and Ireland is now pretentious based on that minuscule sample size. Just thought I'd follow that logic further see where I ended up.

When did Ireland get so pretentious?

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