Why are Dublin people from working class areas so confident?

pgj2015 · 05-08-2022 02:54PM #1

I have yet to meet people from these areas who aren't confident and outgoing. shy isn't a word I would ever use to describe them. Nothing against them by the way, I admire them and find most of them good craic and good company.

lawrencesummers · 05-08-2022 02:56PM

fake it till you make it.

05-08-2022 02:59PM

Damn upstarts. Some of these people didn’t even drop their heads and tug the forelock as I was driven through them. Where are the RIC and the DMP when you need them!

Donald Trump · 05-08-2022 03:00PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058257599/why-are-dublin-people-from-working-class-areas-so-confident

It's to lull you into a false sense of security so that they can more easily rob your wallet and/or stab you to bits.

Allegedly

theteal · 05-08-2022 03:00PM

Speaking as I do for my higher post code brethren, we don't see/acknowledge class. . . .

Either way, what has that got to do with a person's confidence?

growleaves · 05-08-2022 03:05PM

That would an anthropological matter.

Apparently Southern culture in the US is in large part derived from British/Irish working-class culture. Look at the verbal style of Conor McGregor compared to characters on The Wire - witty, aggressive, verbose.

05-08-2022 03:24PM

The same sort of thread like the "integrating unionists" thread and "deal breaker" thread.

Another dumpster fire 🔥 thread here on boards.

I've a dozen first connections on LinkedIn who are "working class" Dublin, and one sorted me out in early 2015 when I would have been screwed

I'll tag along for the shitshow.

Allinall · 05-08-2022 03:26PM

What's a working class area?

People in all areas work, therefore all areas are working class.

pgj2015 · 05-08-2022 03:34PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119433469#Comment_119433469

No one said anything about them being bad, apart from someone making a joke maybe. don't be so sensitive.

pgj2015 · 05-08-2022 03:34PM

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Maybe you could google working class?

Allinall · 05-08-2022 03:36PM

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I'm not skilled enough.

Citizen Six · 05-08-2022 03:37PM

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damn straight!

Jim2007 · 05-08-2022 03:39PM

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Why would you think they should not be confident? They live in a very successful country economically, have education opportunities, job opportunities etc. I know there will be a queue of people happy to claim otherwise but they are not the confident ones in any case!

I lived in Dublin with my Swiss wife for nearly three years before we moved to Switzerland over thirty years ago and from our point of view the whole country has become more confident in their own abilities, they very have a can do attitude and a seriousness that was not there before. I would say it is very much a function of economic success - everyone is better dressed, have a stake in consumerism and feel they have a future.

That is not to say that everything is wonderful in Ireland, far from it, but in relation to my starting point in 1980s, it’s dramatically different and that is reflected in peoples attitude.

For me at this stage I’d say people are not overly confident, I’d say they are typical Europeans. I was in Dublin for a few days a while ago with an English business colleague who also knew Dublin in the 80s and the 90s and he was shocked by how it had changed, at one point commenting - it no longer feels British, just a European country, where they happen to speak English.

EmmetSpiceland · 05-08-2022 03:41PM

I, personally, have always found the louder, or more aggressive, types from the inner city, or the more “rougher” areas of Dublin to be incredibly dramatic.

If they are stood up to, or “confronted”, or getting spoken to by the Gardaí, they start screeching and flailing about and putting on a show.

Very strange thing to witness.

pgj2015 · 05-08-2022 03:46PM

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its not that I dont think they should be confident, compared to other Dublin people, I never met a shy Dubliner from a working class area. I assumed its because they grew up in a dog eat dog area and had to be able to stand up for themselves and a place where if you are shy you will be walked over.

Hangdogroad · 05-08-2022 03:46PM

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Are you describing Mcgregor as witty?

Sardonicat · 05-08-2022 03:57PM

I think all Dubs are very upfront, open and straight talking and the people of the commuter towns of the neighbouring counties likewise. Is that what you mean by confident? Why wouldn't working class people from the area have the same attributes? They are very positive character traits to have and coming as I do from a part of the country where the norm is to speak out of both sides of the mouth at once, only say what you think the listener wants to hear and cut you to pieces behind your back, its a breath of fresh air. I much prefer forthrightness, even if I don't like what I'm hearing. If you want to experience blunt honesty, OP, go to Yorkshire. All of the truth but none of the charm and playfulness of their Irish counterparts.

walshb · 05-08-2022 03:58PM

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Aggressive confident I assume you mean?

bladespin · 05-08-2022 04:02PM

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It's one of those 'brit isms' that's found it's way into our dialogue over the years.

05-08-2022 04:09PM

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Sounds like you're describing how you feel about dogs.

Quitelife · 05-08-2022 04:31PM

No problem with people from working class areas been confident- it’s the welfare class areas where people who refuse to work are last going at the working and law abiding people .

05-08-2022 04:33PM

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Well, there are Cat people too ?

walshb · 05-08-2022 04:37PM

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Don't be pretending you don't know what it means

"the social group consisting primarily of people who are employed in unskilled or semi-skilled manual or industrial work."

Larbre34 · 05-08-2022 06:41PM

Simple, nothing to lose.

And I don't mean they actually have nothing, they just know nobody is going to take it off them.

BaywatchHQ · 05-08-2022 07:34PM

It is the same with Belfast people, they have a mono personality. They are all the same, loud mouth insufferable people. In the countryside they are nicknamed "McCooeys" and they have a bad reputation.

corner of hells · 05-08-2022 08:51PM

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Oh Jesus , Dublin and Belfast people.

gmisk · 05-08-2022 08:55PM

When it comes to a lot of lads that I am thinking off they are chancers and wisecrackers (but not in a bad way).

I meet a lot of lads like that out walking my dog, no complaints all sound and friendly especially if you live in the vicinity.

Leg End Reject · 05-08-2022 08:59PM

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The horror!

😂

kowloon · 05-08-2022 09:03PM

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That would an anthropological matter.

Apparently Southern culture in the US is in large part derived from British/Irish working-class culture. Look at the verbal style of Conor McGregor compared to characters on The Wire - witty, aggressive, verbose.

The Wire, set in Baltimore?

bad2thebone · 05-08-2022 09:10PM

I can tell the difference in accents and attitudes from working class people from the likes of Limerick or Cork they're more , well more easily identified

If I hear a Dublin accent I wouldn't know a Dalkey accent from an inner city accent they all sound the same. I couldn't figure out at all at all where they're in Dublin

Like for example a Tougher accent and a Knocknaheeny accent in Cork are totally distinguishable. So is a South Hill accent and a Moyross accent in Limerick. You can tell what part of the city they're from.

Even a Clancy park accent in Ennis, or a Cloughleigh accent are easy to tell apart.

But Dubs all sound the same.

Sardonicat · 05-08-2022 09:15PM

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Witty and verbose.....'sheeeeèeeeeet"

Why are Dublin people from working class areas so confident?

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