Ask an American who wants to live in Ireland anything

mayhem# · 08-07-2006 10:31PM

Where'r you from Pvt. Joker?
Texas?

E.

L31mr0d · 08-07-2006 10:58PM

Saruman wrote:

Because their country only has a couple of hundred years of it!! we have thousands of years of it.. we were building megalithic passage tooms before the egyptians built the pyramids.

In fairness, which would you prefer. A few thousand years of history being trounced and walked all over by the rest of the world and pretty much failing and sucking at everything except at writing about being miserable/failing/sucking because we have so much experience at it. Or a few hundred years of ripping the planet a new A.Hole and becomming the most powerfull nation this world has ever seen.

I mean america gave us cigarettes (which, also gave the world slave labour, somebodies got to pick those tobacco cash crops?), also mcdonalds and the H-Bomb, they are so confident about their control over the world they waived the Kyoto protocol in FAVOUR of the greenhouse affect, they also gave us the nobel laureate Kissinger and who better to run florida than the Governator. Why wouldn't you want to live there, I mean the Illuminati and "Skull & Bones" have made sure that as long as big business keeps the country in a perpetual state of war everybody profits *cough*1984*cough*, and the bottom line stays stable, whats a few dead jarheads, keeps the genepool clean right? God bless America

Pink Bunny · 08-07-2006 11:01PM

YeatsCounty wrote:

Question: What is the general perception that the average American would have of Ireland? On average, would we be thought of as a good county to live in due to our economic strength or are we still viewed as a poor country by some Americans?

Most Americans I know when they think of Ireland they think of the way it is in the countryside and the smaller towns.

Pink Bunny · 08-07-2006 11:05PM

L31mrOd- Waa??? The Governator? Are you talking about California maybe? And what's with the "Illuminati and "Skull & Bones"?

Sangre · 09-07-2006 12:20AM

Was in California for 3 months, I couldn't believe the amount of them who had either never heard of Ireland or didn't know it was in Europe.
How could you not have heard of Ireland. Seriously...St. Patrick's Day parade, U2, Notre Dame....*boggle*

L31mr0d · 09-07-2006 12:39AM

Pink Bunny wrote:

L31mrOd- Waa??? The Governator? Are you talking about California maybe? And what's with the "Illuminati and "Skull & Bones"?

Sorry that was another me back there, kinda ran away in a little rant. I meant cali, the whole jeb bush + Arnold fiasco has me confused.

Karl Hungus · 09-07-2006 12:49AM

pvt. joker wrote:

George Washington is more than likely spinning in his grave right now.

Spinning you say? We'll strap magnets to him and use him to generate electricity! It's clean energy.

Ruu_Old · 09-07-2006 12:53AM

Sangre wrote:

Was in California for 3 months, I couldn't believe the amount of them who had either never heard of Ireland or didn't know it was in Europe.
How could you not have heard of Ireland. Seriously...St. Patrick's Day parade, U2, Notre Dame....*boggle*

You think thats bad, when I got here last year in a couple of job interviews with what I thought were well educated people didnt know where Ireland was and one chap thought he had Irish blood because he supported the Boston Celtics.

thebaz · 09-07-2006 01:07AM

is the war on cigarettes still raging across the U.S. ?
are americans still as clean living as when i was there 10 years ago, no booze, no cigarettes, gym daily --- come to think about it, apart from the booze you might not find much difference over here from the U.S.

embee · 09-07-2006 01:10AM

Okay, a question for an American.

Why do Americans know nothing about the geography of the planet they live on?

I ask this because I used to chat to an American online. She was frightfully unaware of the world outside the US. I had a conversation with her one night about how I wanted to go to Scotland for a long weekend. She said :

"But you're in Europe, right? Its all one landmass! Get a train, why is it a big deal?"

I said :

"Are you for real? Ireland is an island."

She said :

"Since when?"

Ruu_Old · 09-07-2006 01:12AM

embee wrote:

Okay, a question for an American.

Why do Americans know nothing about the geography of the planet they live on?

I ask this because I used to chat to an American online. She was frightfully unaware of the world outside the US. I had a conversation with her one night about how I wanted to go to Scotland for a long weekend. She said :

"But you're in Europe, right? Its all one landmass! Get a train, why is it a big deal?"

I said :

"Are you for real? Ireland is an island."

She said :

"Since when?"

I hope you gave her a good belt across the back of the head.

Aard · 09-07-2006 01:14AM

embee wrote:

"But you're in Europe, right? Its all one landmass! Get a train, why is it a big deal?"
I said :
"Are you for real? Ireland is an island."
She said :
"Since when?"

Roffle. I second the question.

embee · 09-07-2006 01:16AM

Ruu wrote:

I hope you gave her a good belt across the back of the head.

I was chatting to her on the internet.

So yes, I did.

djmarkus · 09-07-2006 01:16AM

Thats pretty damn funny.

Time for a cull of stupid people

JaysusMacfeck · 09-07-2006 01:17AM

Ireland has a lot to offer than the other English speaking nations. Yeah, we're feckin useless at infrastructure and basically anything that doesn't involve drink, music and craic cocaine, but there's a certain texture to the Irish people that is hard to pin.

It seems to me that most Irish people are on the same level. Invariably, when I meet an Irish head abroad, I feel as if I've known them already. It's like we're all fitted with banter chips at birth. "Howerye head".

Irish language, music, literature, the Celts.. it all goes way, way back. These are things which other English-speaking countries do not have. Why? Because they were mostly British colonies dumped on top of the native peoples of those lands.

This might explain (and no offence to any Americans) why so many of them are like "My Irish granddaddy this, I'm one twentieth Irish that". Most of them are trying to dig into their past, deeper than American history can offer, and you can't get any deeper in history and culture than in Ireland.

Anyway, to the OP, get your ass over the fairyland. Despite all the negative comments here about Ireland (and the weather), Ireland is an amazing country to live in!

Ruu_Old · 09-07-2006 01:17AM

embee wrote:

I was chatting to her on the internet.

So yes, I did.

Good.

Their geography is fairly horrendous. Remember USA '94 when most Americans didn't even know it was happening in their own back yard?

embee · 09-07-2006 01:20AM

Ruu wrote:

Good. Their geography is fairly horrendous. Remember USA '94 when most Americans didn't even know it was happening in their own back yard?

lol

Yes, I recall they were highly bemused.

"SAWKER?! SAWKER?! WHAT A FUNNY ASS GAME."

neoB · 09-07-2006 02:02AM

Hahaha embee, sadly that is true. I live in Florida, (yes i'm an american) and when i'm over for a visit in Ireland I have work mates asking where is that? Why don't I take a bus or train and such and such.:rolleyes: And they wonder why people make fun of us

. And or think people live in little villages in huts or whatever. Pretty much the geography lessons I ever got was to memorize where all the states were. Never did too much on other countries as well as world events just whats going on in the states.

Pink Bunny · 09-07-2006 02:08AM

embee wrote:

Okay, a question for an American.

Why do Americans know nothing about the geography of the planet they live on?

I ask this because I used to chat to an American online. She was frightfully unaware of the world outside the US. I had a conversation with her one night about how I wanted to go to Scotland for a long weekend. She said :

"But you're in Europe, right? Its all one landmass! Get a train, why is it a big deal?"

I said :

"Are you for real? Ireland is an island."

She said :

"Since when?"

Ouch!! That's pretty embarrassing

I guess if you want an honest answer the only thing I can say is that the US is a huge place and while it's easy enough to take the experiences with the dumb Americans that you have had and assume they speak for us all there's another way to look at it. Take a look around some of the threads ppl have written about problems with their fellow countrymen or think about some idiots you yourself know. Now consider the percentage of scumbags/idiots in Ireland (or anywhere for that matter) and then match that to a population the size of the US and allow us the same basic percentage and I'd guess it's about the same, only considering that we have so many more ppl here we therefore would have more idiots to go around giving everyone a bad impression.
Wait, does that make sense?

the Shades · 09-07-2006 02:11AM

solas wrote:

thats not really true though is it. The pyramids in south America are as old as newgrange and as for culture the Native americans were around for just as long our own indigineous people. Most americans would have some native blood in them, even if it is diluted by the quart.
They would do well to connect to the heritage of their own land, they might find they have something to be proud of.

The Mayan and Inca pyramids were actually built in the 15thC AD, so eh... they're a long time after Newgrange. About 1900 years to be precise.

Aard · 09-07-2006 02:21AM

Ruu wrote:

embee wrote:

I was chatting to her on the internet.

So yes, I did.

Good. Their geography is fairly horrendous.

And let's not forget this.

embee · 09-07-2006 02:22AM

Pink Bunny wrote:

Ouch!! That's pretty embarrassing

I guess if you want an honest answer the only thing I can say is that the US is a huge place and while it's easy enough to take the experiences with the dumb Americans that you have had and assume they speak for us all there's another way to look at it. Take a look around some of the threads ppl have written about problems with their fellow countrymen or think about some idiots you yourself know. Now consider the percentage of scumbags/idiots in Ireland (or anywhere for that matter) and then match that to a population the size of the US and allow us the same basic percentage and I'd guess it's about the same, only considering that we have so many more ppl here we therefore would have more idiots to go around giving everyone a bad impression.
Wait, does that make sense?

Yeah, it does make sense.

The only difficulty I have with that is that, if I'm shown a map of America, with the state borders on it, I can have a pretty good stab at naming a state and where they are etc. Most Americans, I would guess, couldn't point out Germany on a map of Europe to save their lives.

09-07-2006 02:25AM

pvt. joker wrote:

Most americans are dumber than dogsh!t. I like to think of myself as faily intelligent, that's why i'm trying to flee

Curious. Which Americans are you talking about? South Americans, Central Americans, North Americans, or all Americans?:rolleyes:

Pink Bunny · 09-07-2006 02:29AM

solas wrote:

Most americans would have some native blood in them, even if it is diluted by the quart.
They would do well to connect to the heritage of their own land, they might find they have something to be proud of.

I don't think most americans have native american blood in them TBH. Unfortunately our history was more along the terms of killing the native peoples not intermarrying. In fact the actual numbers of Native American Indians with even 1/8 blood is very low.
Also, I think because our country is still so relatively young most ppl can go back enough generations and find a general idea of when their ancestors first came here and like most ppl there's a mix of countries and backgrounds so some ppl feel the need to connect with something, even if it's a ways back.

Aard · 09-07-2006 02:30AM

Blue_Lagoon wrote:

pvt. joker wrote:

Most americans are dumber than dogsh!t. I like to think of myself as faily intelligent, that's why i'm trying to flee

Curious. Which Americans are you talking about? South Americans, Central Americans, North Americans, or all Americans?:rolleyes:

How else do you refer to somebody from the US? US-ians?

embee · 09-07-2006 02:34AM

Blue_Lagoon wrote:

Curious. Which Americans are you talking about? South Americans, Central Americans, North Americans, or all Americans?:rolleyes:

Don't be so pedantic.

Its "North Americans" that are being discussed here, as in "America", the country. Most people refer to their nationality in terms of what country they're from, not which continent. If that was the case, we'd all put "European" down as our nationality on forms etc.

Pink Bunny · 09-07-2006 02:35AM

Blue_Lagoon wrote:

Curious. Which Americans are you talking about? South Americans, Central Americans, North Americans, or all Americans?:rolleyes:

Good point! That is a sore spot for many of our southern neighbors.
Also, I am trying very hard to resist the urge to not point out the irony of pvt.joker's quote.

Ruu_Old · 09-07-2006 02:39AM

Aard wrote:

And let's not forget this.

Iran...*puts pin in Australia* THERE IT IS!

Pink Bunny · 09-07-2006 02:41AM

embee wrote:

Yeah, it does make sense.

The only difficulty I have with that is that, if I'm shown a map of America, with the state borders on it, I can have a pretty good stab at naming a state and where they are etc. Most Americans, I would guess, couldn't point out Germany on a map of Europe to save their lives.

I think as a country we are very self involved. It's a weird paradox but as much as our government sticks it's nose where it doesn't belong in other country's affairs, as a population I think we are isolationists to a certain extent (socially that is).

Sangre · 09-07-2006 02:45AM

Whats with all the homeless people? They're everywhere! Even rich places like Santa Barbara was covered in them!

Although the bush guy on the waterfront in San Francisco is hilarious!

Ask an American who wants to live in Ireland anything

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