Most Irish People Are No Better than Talking Monkeys

Chuck Stone · 13-01-2012 03:29PM

Shure aren't we all talking monkeys primates?

I feel quite lucky to be an Irish person myself and don't buy into the whole self-hatred thing.

Immaculate Pasta · 13-01-2012 03:32PM

I just wish the OP wouldn't hold back so much and actually tell us how he really feels

Brendog · 13-01-2012 03:32PM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I have spent the two last decade travelling the world and working everywhere for Hong Kong to Argentina. I have returned to Ireland on/off and .....

Heres a fiver, go buy a starbucks and join a drum circle....:rolleyes:

Yugioh · 13-01-2012 03:33PM

I think the OP is completely with all of his/her points. But while Ireland has its downsides, there's still many great unique things about the country that no other country has. I don't live in Ireland anymore myself (Berlin now) but everytime I'm back there's always a case of 'oh yeah I miss that about Ireland/Irish people'.

Ironic that the OP is moaning which is a very 'Irish' thing to do. :pac:

tunedout · 13-01-2012 03:34PM

Hi if you don't like it so much maybe just stay in Hong Kong or Argentina or Australia or wherever you proclaim to come from.

we could do without another 'hysterical whinger ' anyway. maybe when you go back to the beautiful Argentina or whatever tell them you're there to stay.

i'd doubt you'll be any loss

Tordelback · 13-01-2012 03:34PM

Poor OP, looks like mammy cleared out the oul' room while you were away on your holiers. Some of those **** mags were barely used too, the cow.

Anyway, the 'no votes for emigrants' lobby thanks you for your contribution to their campaign. Come back again real soon.

Galtee · 13-01-2012 03:35PM

Yah Yah Yah, we're all talking monkeys, that's great. On a more serious note though, are you going to finish that banana?

Logical Fallacy · 13-01-2012 03:35PM

DrumSteve wrote: »

Have you ever thought that maybe you don't find adults attractive...?

Indeed. Distinct waft of pedophilia from the OP tbh.

Dudess · 13-01-2012 03:36PM

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Shure aren't we all talking monkeys primates?

I feel quite lucky to be an Irish person myself and don't buy into the whole self-hatred thing.

I don't think it's always self hatred to be critical of aspects of the society of which you're part, but it's arrogant to view yourself as completely removed from it and not in need of working on yourself.

folan · 13-01-2012 03:37PM

its drivvel

put 1million of us at at typewriter for 1 million years adn we wont come up with any literature

i no do good typing

ciarang85 · 13-01-2012 03:42PM

ClovenHoof - then fúck off and leave the country, we would be better off without ppl like you

Chuck Stone · 13-01-2012 03:43PM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

POP CULTURE/CELEB TRASH OBSESSIONS
The Irish are so completely controlled by mass media and TV they are even worse than the Yanks.

So this group of 4.5 million people with in a geographic region are even worse than that group of 300 people million within their region for buying into pop culture/celeb trash culture?

Generalise much?

Apanachi · 13-01-2012 03:44PM

Yugioh wrote: »

I don't live in Ireland anymore myself (Berlin now) but everytime I'm back there's always a case of 'oh yeah I miss that about Ireland/Irish people'.

Yeah, just back in Berlin myself after spending a great Christmas at home in Ireland and had a lot of cases of "oh yeah I miss that about Ireland/Irish people" even simple things like when visiting friends (without a prior appointment - a big no-go here

) the first thing you hear is, "do you want a cup of tea?"

Brendog · 13-01-2012 03:46PM

DRINK
We are like animals really.

That is a stereotype. I've been to Bulgaria, Paris, London and Poland. They all drink heavier than us....

PUBS
We have the worst pubs in the world.

The majority of our tourist trade is in pubs. People the world over love the atmosphere in irish pubs. You don't see "Argentinian Bar" in holiday destinations....

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
We have none!

Dublin Bus and the Luas

POP CULTURE/CELEB TRASH OBSESSIONS
Most of us can't think for ourselves. Regardless of education level.

Its just you.

Sam Kade · 13-01-2012 03:47PM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I have spent the two last decade travelling the world and working everywhere for Hong Kong to Argentina. I have returned to Ireland on/off and watched the country change. Now while many of the changes are great such as the place becoming more liberal - I have made a list why Irish people really are not doing the best compared to just about everyhwere else on earth I have been.

HYSTERICAL/CRY BABIES/WHINGERS
Irish people get upset over nothing and wring their arms like it is the end of the world

LOOKS
Irish women are not very attractive and all Irish men for the most part are dogs - this is an interesting one as Irish children are some of the most beautiful in the world. No doubt - but something happens to them during their teens which destroys them. Which brings me to:

POP CULTURE/CELEB TRASH OBSESSIONS
The Irish are so completely controlled by mass media and TV they are even worse than the Yanks. Most of us can't think for ourselves. Regardless of education level. There is a complete disconnect from relaity. The Irish soccer fan is the only one in the world who thinks that a team in another country is their "hometown club". Many people in other countries have raised point with me. They can't understand why the Irish sit in houses across from Dalymount, Tallaght Staduim, and and Turners Cross and get all emotional for Exeter United, MK Dons and Arbroth. This is truly an Irish idiosyncracity. Yes people in other countries follow Premiership clubs, but they put their own local team first and many of them are from countries with a lower standard of League of Ireland.

Irish women on the other hand are TASTELESS!!! From Ballymun to D4 to Foxrock they seem to have no sense of personal style and try to look like the transsexuals from Sex and the City or the Chavs from Easternders. Golden Rule - BE LIKE ALL THE OTHER WAGONS. This is shocking. I was in Slovakia recently and the women there are much more poor stylish and classy than Irish ones and dress so beautful compared to our own Lorainne Keane wannabes. Very bad.

DRINK
Irish drink far too much. We are like animals really.

PUBS
We have the worst pubs in the world. Noisy and they all sell the same piss on tap which you can still taste the cleaning agent left over from when the Guinesss Rep visited last week. Our beers are beyond horrific.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
We have none! When any attempt is made to build a metro or a DART underground which are all over cities smaller than Dublin we get all kinds of "experts" who haven't a clue objecting to it. Yet these same Irish go to other european cities and get on an underground metro or suburban train at the airport they say things like "be great if we had something like this in Dublin" and only the week before they would be calling the Indo or Joe Duffy to stop this "white elephant metro!"

NEWSPAPERS
The standard of Irish journalism is shocking. I do not care about Brian McFadder Marrying Buy n' Sell

JOBS
Far too many Irish people work for the Government in some form or another. By work I mean they are paid.

It took you twenty years to figure all that out :rolleyes:

Iphonehelp · 13-01-2012 03:47PM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I have spent the two last decade travelling the world and working everywhere for Hong Kong to Argentina. I have returned to Ireland on/off and watched the country change. Now while many of the changes are great such as the place becoming more liberal - I have made a list why Irish people really are not doing the best compared to just about everyhwere else on earth I have been.

HYSTERICAL/CRY BABIES/WHINGERS
Irish people get upset over nothing and wring their arms like it is the end of the world

LOOKS
Irish women are not very attractive and all Irish men for the most part are dogs - this is an interesting one as Irish children are some of the most beautiful in the world. No doubt - but something happens to them during their teens which destroys them. Which brings me to:

POP CULTURE/CELEB TRASH OBSESSIONS
The Irish are so completely controlled by mass media and TV they are even worse than the Yanks. Most of us can't think for ourselves. Regardless of education level. There is a complete disconnect from relaity. The Irish soccer fan is the only one in the world who thinks that a team in another country is their "hometown club". Many people in other countries have raised point with me. They can't understand why the Irish sit in houses across from Dalymount, Tallaght Staduim, and and Turners Cross and get all emotional for Exeter United, MK Dons and Arbroth. This is truly an Irish idiosyncracity. Yes people in other countries follow Premiership clubs, but they put their own local team first and many of them are from countries with a lower standard of League of Ireland.

Irish women on the other hand are TASTELESS!!! From Ballymun to D4 to Foxrock they seem to have no sense of personal style and try to look like the transsexuals from Sex and the City or the Chavs from Easternders. Golden Rule - BE LIKE ALL THE OTHER WAGONS. This is shocking. I was in Slovakia recently and the women there are much more poor stylish and classy than Irish ones and dress so beautful compared to our own Lorainne Keane wannabes. Very bad.

DRINK
Irish drink far too much. We are like animals really.

PUBS
We have the worst pubs in the world. Noisy and they all sell the same piss on tap which you can still taste the cleaning agent left over from when the Guinesss Rep visited last week. Our beers are beyond horrific.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
We have none! When any attempt is made to build a metro or a DART underground which are all over cities smaller than Dublin we get all kinds of "experts" who haven't a clue objecting to it. Yet these same Irish go to other european cities and get on an underground metro or suburban train at the airport they say things like "be great if we had something like this in Dublin" and only the week before they would be calling the Indo or Joe Duffy to stop this "white elephant metro!"

NEWSPAPERS
The standard of Irish journalism is shocking. I do not care about Brian McFadder Marrying Buy n' Sell

JOBS
Far too many Irish people work for the Government in some form or another. By work I mean they are paid.

I feel you're missing two huge ones.

Delusions
You know the way Irish think they're the best at everything and oh so important? Phrases like "sure everyone loves the Irish', 'Fightin Irish' and then people harping on about how all the American companies set up here because were soooooo educated (nothing to do with corp tax!) and about how Irish are the best drinkers and have the most craic. Its all complete ****. We're the biggest delusional spoofers in Europe. I cringe when I see Irish people getting angry at people from China or Brazil thinking Ireland is apart of the UK. I mean were a tiny little dot on the map, you cant expect people who live in genuinely important and huge countries to know about our history. And yet, the amount of times i've been travelling and seen an Irish person actually get thick with that honest mistake is far too many. Sigh.

IQ
We have one of the lowest average IQs in Europe with a measly 97. Poland have the highest IQ with 106 (no wonder so many Poles are completely outperforming Irish in a lot of jobs)

Agree with the rest.

saywhatyousee · 13-01-2012 03:48PM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I have spent the two last decade travelling the world and working everywhere for Hong Kong to Argentina. I have returned to Ireland on/off and watched the country change. Now while many of the changes are great such as the place becoming more liberal - I have made a list why Irish people really are not doing the best compared to just about everyhwere else on earth I have been.

HYSTERICAL/CRY BABIES/WHINGERS
Irish people get upset over nothing and wring their arms like it is the end of the world

LOOKS
Irish women are not very attractive and all Irish men for the most part are dogs - this is an interesting one as Irish children are some of the most beautiful in the world. No doubt - but something happens to them during their teens which destroys them. Which brings me to:

POP CULTURE/CELEB TRASH OBSESSIONS
The Irish are so completely controlled by mass media and TV they are even worse than the Yanks. Most of us can't think for ourselves. Regardless of education level. There is a complete disconnect from relaity. The Irish soccer fan is the only one in the world who thinks that a team in another country is their "hometown club". Many people in other countries have raised point with me. They can't understand why the Irish sit in houses across from Dalymount, Tallaght Staduim, and and Turners Cross and get all emotional for Exeter United, MK Dons and Arbroth. This is truly an Irish idiosyncracity. Yes people in other countries follow Premiership clubs, but they put their own local team first and many of them are from countries with a lower standard of League of Ireland.

Irish women on the other hand are TASTELESS!!! From Ballymun to D4 to Foxrock they seem to have no sense of personal style and try to look like the transsexuals from Sex and the City or the Chavs from Easternders. Golden Rule - BE LIKE ALL THE OTHER WAGONS. This is shocking. I was in Slovakia recently and the women there are much more poor stylish and classy than Irish ones and dress so beautful compared to our own Lorainne Keane wannabes. Very bad.

DRINK
Irish drink far too much. We are like animals really.

PUBS
We have the worst pubs in the world. Noisy and they all sell the same piss on tap which you can still taste the cleaning agent left over from when the Guinesss Rep visited last week. Our beers are beyond horrific.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
We have none! When any attempt is made to build a metro or a DART underground which are all over cities smaller than Dublin we get all kinds of "experts" who haven't a clue objecting to it. Yet these same Irish go to other european cities and get on an underground metro or suburban train at the airport they say things like "be great if we had something like this in Dublin" and only the week before they would be calling the Indo or Joe Duffy to stop this "white elephant metro!"

NEWSPAPERS
The standard of Irish journalism is shocking. I do not care about Brian McFadder Marrying Buy n' Sell

JOBS
Far too many Irish people work for the Government in some form or another. By work I mean they are paid.

How do you get away with throwing such insults without getting banned if you substitute Irish with any other nationality this would of been locked by post number 7

staker · 13-01-2012 03:49PM

What did the OP say?

Hank_Jones · 13-01-2012 03:49PM

I actually think the OP makes some good points, albeit in a questionable manner.

The public transport in this country is shocking, you only have to go to London to see how it should be done.

Kidchameleon · 13-01-2012 03:50PM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

Irish women are not very attractive and all Irish men for the most part are dogs - this is an interesting one as Irish children are some of the most beautiful in the world.

Peado

Wattle · 13-01-2012 03:52PM

The OP is obviously working for Lonely Planet.

TeddyTedson · 13-01-2012 03:54PM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

I have spent the two last decade travelling the world and working everywhere for Hong Kong to Argentina. I have returned to Ireland on/off and watched the country change. Now while many of the changes are great such as the place becoming more liberal - I have made a list why Irish people really are not doing the best compared to just about everyhwere else on earth I have been.

HYSTERICAL/CRY BABIES/WHINGERS
Irish people get upset over nothing and wring their arms like it is the end of the world

:rolleyes:

LOOKS
Irish women are not very attractive and all Irish men for the most part are dogs - this is an interesting one as Irish children are some of the most beautiful in the world. No doubt - but something happens to them during their teens which destroys them. Which brings me to:

are you talking about puberty:eek:

POP CULTURE/CELEB TRASH OBSESSIONS
The Irish are so completely controlled by mass media and TV they are even worse than the Yanks. Most of us can't think for ourselves. Regardless of education level. There is a complete disconnect from relaity. The Irish soccer fan is the only one in the world who thinks that a team in another country is their "hometown club". Many people in other countries have raised point with me. They can't understand why the Irish sit in houses across from Dalymount, Tallaght Staduim, and and Turners Cross and get all emotional for Exeter United, MK Dons and Arbroth. This is truly an Irish idiosyncracity. Yes people in other countries follow Premiership clubs, but they put their own local team first and many of them are from countries with a lower standard of League of Ireland.

Irish women on the other hand are TASTELESS!!! From Ballymun to D4 to Foxrock they seem to have no sense of personal style and try to look like the transsexuals from Sex and the City or the Chavs from Easternders. Golden Rule - BE LIKE ALL THE OTHER WAGONS. This is shocking. I was in Slovakia recently and the women there are much more poor stylish and classy than Irish ones and dress so beautful compared to our own Lorainne Keane wannabes. Very bad.

They had to add extra seats for Rover Vs Spurs:P
Have a walk down grafton street and you'll see plenty of stunners!!
[/QUOTE]

DRINK
Irish drink far too much. We are like animals really.

24% of the population don't drink at all!
Of course some do. But animals don't booze, I often try and get the dogs to lick up any booze I spill when I'm **** faced on my own at home....I've said too much:cool:

PUBS
We have the worst pubs in the world. Noisy and they all sell the same piss on tap which you can still taste the cleaning agent left over from when the Guinesss Rep visited last week. Our beers are beyond horrific.

People love Irish pubs. You find them all over the world for a reason.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
We have none! When any attempt is made to build a metro or a DART underground which are all over cities smaller than Dublin we get all kinds of "experts" who haven't a clue objecting to it. Yet these same Irish go to other european cities and get on an underground metro or suburban train at the airport they say things like "be great if we had something like this in Dublin" and only the week before they would be calling the Indo or Joe Duffy to stop this "white elephant metro!"

We don't have enough you're right.

NEWSPAPERS
The standard of Irish journalism is shocking. I do not care about Brian McFadder Marrying Buy n' Sell

Don't read about it then. Simples.

JOBS
Far too many Irish people work for the Government in some form or another. By work I mean they are paid.

[/QUOTE]
You have a point. But you look stupid suggesting any public sector employees don't work. Ever seen A&E on a Saturday night? Most of the staff are probably not paid enough!

Sam Kade · 13-01-2012 03:56PM

Iphonehelp wrote: »

IQ
We have one of the lowest average IQs in Europe with a measly 97. Poland have the highest IQ with 106 (no wonder so many Poles are completely outperforming Irish in a lot of jobs)

The reason the Poles outperformed Irish in jobs was because they weren't afraid of hard work and worked for peanuts, it has nothing to do with iq

mikom · 13-01-2012 03:59PM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

The Irish soccer fan is the only one in the world who thinks that a team in another country is their "hometown club". Many people in other countries have raised point with me. This is truly an Irish idiosyncracity. Yes people in other countries follow Premiership clubs, but they put their own local team first and many of them are from countries with a lower standard of League of Ireland.

I call shenanigans.
The OP has never been to Asia as he claims to have been.
Either that or he is blind so as to not notice the sea of red premiership fanatics over there.
Irish idiosyncracity (idiosyncrasy)...... me arse.

tin79 · 13-01-2012 04:00PM

ClovenHoof wrote: »

WHINGERS

The irony :rolleyes:

Iphonehelp · 13-01-2012 04:00PM

saywhatyousee wrote: »

How do you get away with throwing such insults without getting banned if you substitute Irish with any other nationality this would of been locked by post number 7

What do you disagree with?

Irish are renowned for their whinging, its a regular joke amongst ourselves.

Irish women are hideous for the most part and have appaling fashion sense. Go to Paris or Krakow and see for yourself. Irish men were voted joint ugliest men with Polish men in a recent poll.

Its a valid point about Irish people supporting UK teams and about Irish being completely obsessed with celebrity culture. We rank alongside the UK and America for being the worst offending culprits in regards to celebrity obsession. Its pathetic.

We also drink too much. Its true, people in Poland,Luxembourg,Bulgaria etc. drink far, far more than us (though only the men) but I've been to Poland and Luxembourg countless times and ive yet to see men pissing in the streets and women falling around the place shouting. They may drink more, but they dont get anywhere near as disgraceful as we do.

I think Irish pubs are cosy but I agree with him that we have the most bland selection of beers of anywhere in Europe (bar amsterdam) and that genuine Irish bars play awful, cringeworth music.

Our public transport is a DISGRACE. Really dont know how anyone can contend that.

Journalism is very poor here compared to other countries. Even the Irish Times regularly has typos and has articles poorly written.

Jobs - well I cant really comment on that.

Seomra Mushie · 13-01-2012 04:01PM

Ireland is nowhere near as bad as the UK for interest in celebrity culture. And one thing I realised whilst living there, is that many of us Irish care a great deal about world events and have a great interest in it. Many Britons, I found, barely cared about massive events happening in their own country. I was in the UK during the Cumbria spree shooting. No-one in work cared about it the next day!

Logical Fallacy · 13-01-2012 04:01PM

Iphonehelp wrote: »

Irish are renowned for their whinging, its a regular joke amongst ourselves.

Indeed, just look at the rest of your post.

Dudess · 13-01-2012 04:02PM

How does poor transport therefore mean most Irish people are no better than talking monkeys?

Sam Kade · 13-01-2012 04:03PM

Op check out the examiner, independent, Irish times etc. You will see that they don't give a hoot about the latest celebrity gossip

Most Irish People Are No Better than Talking Monkeys

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