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Perceptions about Ireland that people just assume but aren't true

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    #32
    ILoveYourVibes
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    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    That we had a famine.


    We did Alex Jones.


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    #33
    punisher5112
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    That we are in Britain


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    #34
    ILoveYourVibes
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    That its a socialist utopia where we all work 5 hr a day can afford housing and get free healthcare.

    Matt Damon literally believes Dalkey is Ireland.


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    #35
    Arghus
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    That we're still all mighty mass going Christians.


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    #36
    talla10
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    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    We did Alex Jones.

    I think he is making the point it was a holocaust instead of a famine when only one crop failed and there was still plenty of food in the country for export


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    #37
    completedit
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    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    It kind of is.

    People think the landscape is great. But honestly you can see more amazing landscapes in North America.

    Better buildings etc.

    Hmmm, kind of, I think there's this idea that Ireland's scenery and beauty is like no other. I think it's because of Irish people moving to ****e industrialised UK cities and then coming home and seeing a coastline and green. Basically everything we do is compared to the UK. It is our national reference point.

    The funny thing I think about Ireland is that we never really appreciate just how insane it was that our similarly sized small island neighbour became one of the most dominant empire's in the world. It's pretty cool when you think that it could have been Ireland. I suppose we all existed in a time of European power and influence but really on a historic scale, we are literally from the back arse of nowhere.


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    #38
    Atlantic Dawn
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    talla10 wrote: »
    I think he is making the point it was a holocaust instead of a famine when only one crop failed and there was still plenty of food in the country for export


    Exactly, massive quantities of food shipped out of the country at a time when people starved, never a famine.


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    #39
    whisky_galore
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    The IrishCentral view of Ireland.

    We are still chuffed about the Pope's visit. (Not the current one, the other one)
    Only one movie was ever made in Ireland, The Quiet Man.
    The Irish built everything in America.
    Guinness is the only available beer.


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    #40
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
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    Blaze420 wrote: »
    Staring at paintings or reading books don’t pay the bills or rent - much like doing a college course in the “orts” is code word for being a useless sponging bastard who can’t face the real world of holding down a job or paying bills without government subsidised welfare payments. The “artistes” tend to have a very romanticised and deluded view of their place in the world.

    You coudln't have illustrated the point he made better if you'd tried.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #41
    completedit
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    That Irish people think Irish people of American descent in America who identify as 'Irish' actually think they're Irish. Yet we will claim someone else of Irish descent as 'really Irish' if it suits us


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    #42
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
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    That we hate the Brits.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #43
    Blaze420
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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    You coudln't have illustrated the point he made better if you'd tried.

    Paint me like one of your French girls because I haven’t a ****in clue what you are on about


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    #44
    completedit
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    The IrishCentral view of Ireland.

    We are still chuffed about the Pope's visit. (Not the current one, the other one)
    Only one movie was ever made in Ireland, The Quiet Man.
    The Irish built everything in America.
    Guinness is the only available beer.

    That everyone in America thinks they're Irish.

    We are really successful for a small country(normally said to illustrate Ireland's prominence in the cultural space) Reality is Ireland is an English speaking nation which dominates the cultural global landscape and famous people and musicians will have to come from somewhere.


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    #45
    ILoveYourVibes
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    talla10 wrote: »
    I think he is making the point it was a holocaust instead of a famine when only one crop failed and there was still plenty of food in the country for export
    AH sorry. Its a bit of both to be honest.


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    #46
    whisky_galore
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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    That we hate the Brits.

    Start a "Brit" related thread and watch the bile flow.
    Still not over it.


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    #47
    ILoveYourVibes
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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    That we hate the Brits.
    Many people do.

    We have a complex relationship with our neighbors.

    I've to apologize to a few british friends for how they were treated by idiots.


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    #48
    talla10
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    Blaze420 wrote: »
    This - the fact they think we drink drink drink and they still have the neck to think they’d take any of us Irish pint for pint. American bravado is a big player but put any yank in front of me and they’ll be passed out with a pants full of **** and piss before I even contemplate calling it a night....

    The first part of your post is seems to be annoyed that everyone think all we do is drink.....then finish off by saying you'd drink any American under the table.


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    #49
    Ipso
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    completedit wrote: »
    That Irish people think Irish people of American descent in America who identify as 'Irish' actually think they're Irish. Yet we will claim someone else of Irish descent as 'really Irish' if it suits us

    Of course those people who say their Irish do so because their Irish parents drilled it into them. In the past, when Irish people emigrated they ended up living in enclaves that were almost like a miniature Ireland.


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    #50
    ILoveYourVibes
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    Ipso wrote: »
    Of course those people who say their Irish do so because their Irish parents drilled it into them. In the past, when Irish people emigrated they ended up living in enclaves that were almost like a miniature Ireland.
    That's not actually true.

    It was really only the JFK thing and when it became cool to be Irish in the 90s.

    Before that not so much.

    It wasn't anything like a mini Ireland. They like to believe that.


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    #51
    completedit
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    Ipso wrote: »
    Of course those people who say their Irish do so because their Irish parents drilled it into them. In the past, when Irish people emigrated they ended up living in enclaves that were almost like a miniature Ireland.

    I find our obsession with this so weird. We lament about the British and famine and our poverty and show no comradeship towards the descendants of those who were the poorest and most destitute and had to get out of Ireland. We were the fortunate ones who could stay(kinda)


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    #52
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
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    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Start a "Brit" related thread and watch the bile flow.
    Still not over it.
    ILoveYourVibes wrote: »
    Many people do.

    We have a complex relationship with our neighbors.

    I've to apologize to a few british friends for how they were treated by idiots.

    Honestly, unless it's someone over the age of 50 or with a massive chip on their shoulder, they tend to be pretty indifferent towards Britain. Apart from Boris Johnson or Brexit, but then again, that's everyone outside the UK (and sometimes inside it).

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #53
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
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    Blaze420 wrote: »
    Paint me like one of your French girls because I haven’t a ****in clue what you are on about

    Ah, I see Friday night, the pubs are closed and you're logged into boards. Say no more!

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #54
    ILoveYourVibes
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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    Honestly, unless it's someone over the age of 50 or with a massive chip on their shoulder, they tend to be pretty indifferent towards Britain. Apart from Boris Johnson or Brexit, but then again, that's everyone outside the UK (and sometimes inside it).

    Nope. My ex was British. The amount of daily crap he got.

    From ALL ages all backgrounds.


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    #55
    whisky_galore
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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    Honestly, unless it's someone over the age of 50 or with a massive chip on their shoulder, they tend to be pretty indifferent towards Britain. Apart from Boris Johnson or Brexit, but then again, that's everyone outside the UK (and sometimes inside it).

    Oh no, not by a long shot. People in their 20s and 30s who were sh1tting their nappies during the Troubles talking like they fought the Tans.


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    #56
    YFlyer
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    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Langers

    Only Cark people.


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    #57
    Blaze420
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    talla10 wrote: »
    The first part of your post is seems to be annoyed that everyone think all we do is drink.....then finish off by saying you'd drink any American under the table.

    My point is that the perception is overruled by a false sense of bravado on the antagonists behalf and belief that they can somehow top the perception which is reality and untoppable - therefore I step forward with the ultimatum that anyone challenging the perception with such perceived notions of being above or beyond it is for an awakening of sorts.


    See I can do orts too


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    #58
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
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    Blaze420 wrote: »
    My point is that the perception is overruled by a false sense of bravado on the antagonists behalf and belief that they can somehow top the perception which is reality and untoppable - therefore I step forward with the ultimatum that anyone challenging the perception with such perceived notions of being above or beyond it is for an awakening of sorts.


    See I can do orts too

    No, your point was an attack on how you perceive artists because, for some reason, you can't tell the difference between an artist (a lot of whom never went to college) and a college graduate.

    The previous poster's a point about said ignorance.

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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    #59
    Blaze420
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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    No, your point was an attack on how you perceive artists because you can't tell the difference between an artist (a lot of whom never went to college) and a college graduate.

    The previous poster was a point about art. Not the creators.

    I know you are but what am I


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    #60
    1 sheep2
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    completedit wrote: »
    Hmmm, kind of, I think there's this idea that Ireland's scenery and beauty is like no other. I think it's because of Irish people moving to ****e industrialised UK cities and then coming home and seeing a coastline and green. Basically everything we do is compared to the UK. It is our national reference point.

    The funny thing is that Britain has some wonderful scenery, too, some of it very similar to Ireland.
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    Honestly, unless it's someone over the age of 50 or with a massive chip on their shoulder, they tend to be pretty indifferent towards Britain.

    You've obviously missed the upswing in anti-British sentiment among the younger generation.


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    #61
    Leg End Reject
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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    No, your point was an attack on how you perceive artists because, for some reason, you can't tell the difference between an artist (a lot of whom never went to college) and a college graduate.

    The previous poster's a point about said ignorance.

    He really does seem to think that a BA is literally an artistic course.

    He should stick to drinking yanks under the table.
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