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Nodin · 28-05-2013 09:41PM

jugger0 wrote: »

Im a bit racist and i cant help it

Whats unpopular - the bit racist bit or the can't help it bit?

Nodin · 28-05-2013 09:42PM

PopePalpatine wrote: »

I find girls wearing their hair in a "bun" unattractive. There's something "Mammy"-ish about it.

I find it hilarious, for some reason. I've been known to try and hide pens in them.

Cody Pomeray · 28-05-2013 09:51PM

Most taxi drivers are pretty sound blokes and no often don't resemble their caricatures. I rarely use taxis but had to get about 10 taxis last week for work (billed, so there wasn't even a tip incentive) and I was genuinely surprised how decent and hardworking most taxi drivers are. They just want to get on with life with the minimum of hassle like anyone else.

Clandestine · 28-05-2013 10:00PM

I believe there is some truth in racial realism

PopePalpatine · 28-05-2013 10:41PM

This racial realism? It's the 21st century attempt at reviving that old pseudoscience of phrenology.

Clandestine · 28-05-2013 10:49PM

PopePalpatine wrote: »

This racial realism? It's the 21st century attempt at reviving that old pseudoscience of phrenology.

Rationalwiki is essentially an opinion piece, no objectivity at all. Just saying.

PopePalpatine · 29-05-2013 12:23PM

Clandestine wrote: »

Rationalwiki is essentially an opinion piece, no objectivity at all. Just saying.

I'd say the same about "racial realism".

jimgoose · 29-05-2013 12:26PM

Clandestine wrote: »

Rationalwiki is essentially an opinion piece, no objectivity at all. Just saying.

Usually when people/sites go out of their way to point out that they are "Rational", it's a signpost to Whackjob City. Bit like "People's Democratic Republic of ... "

newmug · 31-05-2013 06:12PM

There's very few genuine Irish people left in Ireland. Some second generation Irish-Americans and Irish-English are more Irish than the natives.

kunst nugget · 31-05-2013 06:18PM

newmug wrote: »

There's very few genuine Irish people left in Ireland. Some second generation Irish-Americans and Irish-English are more Irish than the natives.

Are genuine Irish people the ones that wear Aran sweaters, get misty-eyed at 'A Nation Once Again' and bless themselves to ward off the banshee?

PopePalpatine · 31-05-2013 06:43PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

Are genuine Irish people the ones that wear Aran sweaters, get misty-eyed at 'A Nation Once Again' and bless themselves to ward off the banshee?

Don't forget that they wear rosary beads, and they've never used the Internet to stare at tits. :pac:

newmug · 31-05-2013 06:43PM

kunst nugget wrote: »

Are genuine Irish people the ones that wear Aran sweaters, get misty-eyed at 'A Nation Once Again' and bless themselves to ward off the banshee?

Pretty much. Eventhough you're being snide, that's the culture I'm referring to, yes.

krudler · 31-05-2013 06:44PM

newmug wrote: »

Pretty much. Eventhough you're being snide, that's the culture I'm referring to, yes.

I've never been so glad to be "not Irish" then if it involves all that twee nonsense.

Zillah · 31-05-2013 06:45PM

newmug wrote: »

Pretty much. Eventhough you're being snide, that's the culture I'm referring to, yes.

Follow on from your logic, there haven't been any real Irish people on this island in centuries (that is to say; if the next generation changes from their parents then they have failed to be Irish, instead of Irishness just changing).

Femme_Fatale · 31-05-2013 06:46PM

newmug wrote: »

Pretty much. Eventhough you're being snide, that's the culture I'm referring to, yes.

Well whether you like it or not, Irish people who don't subscribe to all that.. are still genuine Irish.

Pace2008 · 31-05-2013 06:49PM

newmug wrote: »

Pretty much. Eventhough you're being snide, that's the culture I'm referring to, yes.

Could you please list off a few more characteristics associated with the "genuine Irish" so we can all get a good laugh?

newmug · 31-05-2013 06:53PM

Zillah wrote: »

Follow on from your logic, there haven't been any real Irish people on this island in centuries.

Well no, we were plenty in numbers up till the Celtic Tiger. Now there are very few of us left, but we're not gone entirely. There are very few on Boards, but in real life we still make up about 20% of the population. (Actually, on Boards, you often see some downright anti-Irishness.) It should be 100% though.

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Well whether you like it or not, Irish people who don't subscribe to all that.. are still genuine Irish.

Whether YOU like it or not, no, they are not. (See, I can do it too!)

keelanj69 · 31-05-2013 06:53PM

Pace2008 wrote: »

Could you please list off a few more characteristics associated with the "genuine Irish" so we can all get a good laugh?

Well only 17% of the population use the terms top of the morning to ya and diddilly aye diddiliy oh in everyday conversation. A crying shame.

BeerSteakBirds · 31-05-2013 06:54PM

I don't get the whole ''Pride Watch'' thing from Dragons' Den. It was a drama queen hype about nothing with zero content or meaning. Even after yer man and his backer got even more free publicity on the late late show I couldnt even see what they were selling. The watch was invented centuries ago so nothing to see there.

LizT · 31-05-2013 06:54PM

newmug wrote: »

Whether YOU like it or not, no, they are not. (See, I can do it too!)

Why not?

krudler · 31-05-2013 06:55PM

newmug wrote: »

Well no, we were plenty in numbers up till the Celtic Tiger. Now there are very few of us left, but we're not gone entirely. There are very few on Boards, but in real life we still make up about 20% of the population. (Actually, on Boards, you often see some downright anti-Irishness.) It should be 100% though.

Whether YOU like it or not, no, they are not. (See, I can do it too!)

Who are "us"? what makes you more Irish than anyone else born here?

Pace2008 · 31-05-2013 06:58PM

newmug wrote: »

Well no, we were plenty in numbers up till the Celtic Tiger. Now there are very few of us left, but we're not gone entirely. There are very few on Boards, but in real life we still make up about 20% of the population. (Actually, on Boards, you often see some downright anti-Irishness.) It should be 100% though.

It's pretty scary that someone would think that we should have a wholly homogenous population consisting of people with traits from bygone era that are arbitrarily considered more "Irish" than others.

And by scary I mean absolutely hilarious.

krudler · 31-05-2013 07:00PM

Pace2008 wrote: »

It's pretty scary that someone would think that we should have a wholly homogenous population consisting of people with traits from bygone era that are arbitrarily considered more "Irish" than others.

And by scary I mean absolutely hilarious.

I know I shpend my Fridays atin' apple tart and drinkin' red limminade while watching old Italia 90 vidjeos, how about you?

Da Shins Kelly · 31-05-2013 07:29PM

I was born in Ireland, my parents are Irish, my grandparents are Irish and so on and so forth back as far as I am aware in my family tree. Members of my family fought and died for Irish independence and Irish culture and way of life is something I'm extremely interested in and feel privileged to be a part of. However, I enjoy many aspects of other cultures as much as I enjoy Irish culture. I love the English language and Shakespeare, I think Curb Your Enthusiasm is facking hilarious, I love hip hop music, I think Italian food is delicious, I think Haruki Murakami is an incredible author. I don't go around in an Aran jumper, I'm not superstitious and I don't reminisce about the rare aul times at every opportunity. Do all these things make me less Irish than someone who romanticizes a time when Ireland was "simple" and, dare I say it, a little bit backward? Fulfilling a stereotype doesn't make you more Irish than anyone else. In fact, it's that whole image that is responsible for the idea that Ireland is still this quaint little place that hasn't even discovered electricity yet.

Czarcasm · 31-05-2013 07:29PM

krudler wrote: »

I know I shpend my Fridays atin' apple tart and drinkin' red limminade while watching old Italia 90 vidjeos, how about you?

This green jersey won't go on over my tweed cap, should I just dye my non-removable aran shweater green inshtead?

Prodigious · 31-05-2013 07:32PM

Stephen Fry is a knob.

krudler · 31-05-2013 07:33PM

Czarcasm wrote: »

This green jersey won't go on over my tweed cap, should I just dye my non-removable aran shweater green inshtead?

Aye that'll do, gimme a hang samwich dere and hold my shillelagh I have to let the parish priesht in the front door.

Czarcasm · 31-05-2013 07:44PM

krudler wrote: »

Aye that'll do, gimme a hang samwich dere and hold my shillelagh I have to let the parish priesht in the front door.

The parish priest will be only too glad to hold your, ahem, "shillelagh" :pac:

I'm off coortin' da cailini that be danshin' at the crosshroads-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SH4OFXlvzKA

OisinS94 · 31-05-2013 08:32PM

Over the top patriotism is annoying and downright pathetic at times. St.Patrick's day is also one big cringefest for me.

MickFleetwood · 01-06-2013 12:48AM

newmug wrote: »

Pretty much. Eventhough you're being snide, that's the culture I'm referring to, yes.

Surely you must be trolling, even if it's an "Unpopular Opinions" thread. If not, I advise you castrate yourself.

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