American girl comes to study in Ireland, leaves after 12 days and blames the country

Magico Gonzalez · 03-01-2015 04:45AM

Spent a year in minneapolis, joyless turdbucket of a place. Would take Cork before any where in minnesota all day long. Cold, boring people.

The other fella · 03-01-2015 04:47AM

Magico Gonzalez wrote: »

Spent a year in minneapolis, joyless turdbucket of a place. Would take Cork before any where in minnesota all day long. Cold, boring people.

Dont they have a shopping center there with a roller coaster going through it?

Tarzana2 · 03-01-2015 04:58AM

My name is URL wrote: »

Fcuking rage inducing!

No it's not.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 03-01-2015 05:12AM

So, 19-year old goes abroad in badly reserched trip and doesn;t enjoy herself. I did the same thing myself at that age (although not halfway roudn the world).

Is she unprepared for life in a foreign country? Absolutely.

Is she a "friutcake"? ****, no. Stop being silly.

Are people overreating because someone didn't **** glitter about their time in Ireland? Yes, Kent, yes they are.

Karl Stein · 03-01-2015 05:15AM

"This isn't 'Disney-Ireland', I don't like what's happening, and it's everyone else's fault".

I feel sorry for her that her blog is now immortalised on the internet.

My name is URL · 03-01-2015 05:26AM

Karl Stein wrote: »

"This isn't 'Disney-Ireland', I don't like what's happening, and it's everyone else's fault".

I feel sorry for her that her blog is now immortalised on the internet.

It's not her blog. It's one of the most popular female lifestyle and feminist websites online

Good to see they have such strong and independent contributors

d.pop · 03-01-2015 05:27AM

Ahh, hold on now.
Last week there was a thread on here about how crap a whole country was, Australia, based on people's accents, the beer and lack of culture and nobody bats an eyelid.
Today somebody from overseas with some issues comments that a part of Ireland was crap and people are out for a lynching.
I can't keep up....

Tombi! · 03-01-2015 05:27AM

I got to something like "in quaint Irish fashion there was no Wi-Fi".

Hi, from someone that lives in Ireland: Please, f**k off.

Sincerely, f**k you

It's a blog site, I hope... or at least akin to a tumblr ranting about the latest next generation of oppresion

Rhys Essien · 03-01-2015 05:29AM

RDM_83 again wrote: »

Its hard to feel that annoyed about a young women that has depression not handling moving to cork well, that articles just a bit depressing to me really, yeah she is really arty in the worst kind of way and seemingly overpriviliged but its hard being on your own and in a new place.
Hell I found living a youth hostel for two months in cork a tough lonely stretch and I was a 30 year old (fairly) mentaly stable Irish guy that knew a few people there

You could be the loneliest man in the middle of Manhattan.Its all down to what way your head is.She later admitted her mental health wasnt great.Its just a pity she had to go bashing the place.

Karl Stein · 03-01-2015 05:40AM

My name is URL wrote: »

It's one of the most popular female lifestyle and feminist websites online

How the fuck do you know that?

Boskowski · 03-01-2015 05:41AM

Jesus guys calm down. I read stuff here all the time where boards people rip the pi$$ out of other (non-Irish) places. I actually read that and I get some of her points.

Someone didn't like a place in Ireland. Big deal. Get over it.

My name is URL · 03-01-2015 05:45AM

Karl Stein wrote: »

How the fuck do you know that?

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmj45fmhi/xojane/

Bipolar Joe · 03-01-2015 05:47AM

I don't buy her disorders for a second. She's just another spoiled little child born into the Tumblr age.

Karl Stein · 03-01-2015 05:51AM

My name is URL wrote: »

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmj45fmhi/xojane/

Huh?

For the second consecutive year, ForbesWoman today releases its list of the Top 100 Websites For Women in 2011 to spotlight the best the Web has to offer.

ForbesWoman?

2011?

How do you know all this?

Tony EH · 03-01-2015 05:56AM

After perusing swiftly through that link, she just comes across as yet another self entitled, spoiled, American cunt, that's going to, lamely, use "depression" as an excuse for her own inability to manage her inflated expectations from life. Just another precious soldier in the increasingly vast "me, me, me army" that stinks up the world.

A Veruca, feckin, Salt who's "I want it now" attitude is destined to fail her every single time, unless someone or something wakes her up to the realities of the planet she's living on.

ardle1 · 03-01-2015 06:23AM

I read her blog and I dont find it to insulting, she could have said a lot worse especially about the mix up at the university,
But I don't get why she put a photo of Harry Potter at the end of her post!?

RayM · 03-01-2015 06:40AM

If a person is alone, mentally ill and facing the prospect of a long stay in a strange city (and Cork is a very strange city), thousands of miles from their comfort zone, I think it's understandable that they might be incapable of viewing the place in a positive light. You don't have to be 'spoilt', 'a retard' or 'a self-entitled cunt' (just some of the unpleasant phrases posted on this thread) to feel that way. When you're depressed, everything seems shit. It's not a 'reasonable' illness.

I know some people get a bit hysterical when their precious country is unfairly criticised, but some of the comments on this thread are a bit fucking grim, to be honest.

Irish Guitarist · 03-01-2015 06:49AM

I find the confusion between 'trolled' and 'trawled' and her idea that travel takes on a new meaning when the T is capitalised the most annoying parts of that article.

DoYouEvenLift · 03-01-2015 06:54AM

It's hilarious seeing all these people who want to be and claim they're independent but as soon as something even slightly negative and inconvenient happens to them which they could've prevented they still point the finger at whoever they can.

What kind of fuking kunt travels to an entirely different continent and complains that it is different to whatever they're used to back home?

salamanca22 · 03-01-2015 06:54AM

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

So, 19-year old goes abroad in badly reserched trip and doesn;t enjoy herself. I did the same thing myself at that age (although not halfway roudn the world).

Is she unprepared for life in a foreign country? Absolutely.

Is she a "friutcake"? ****, no. Stop being silly.

Are people overreating because someone didn't **** glitter about their time in Ireland? Yes, Kent, yes they are.

24 year old*

The Strawman Argument · 03-01-2015 07:25AM

I don't really see anything wrong with her article at all. It's all from her perspective at the time so why should anyone be offended of her description of things? After several years of depression, it's pretty easy for me to imagine someone basically forcing themselves to do something big like move abroad by themselves, refusing to acknowledge the reality of what that entails until it hits them; I've certainly done similar things. If the options are 1] don't complain and waste a few years of your life continuing on at something which clearly feels wrong for you or 2] acknowledge you've made an error, swallow your pride and take a pretty big step back to regroup, option #2 can sometimes be the right one. The really negative response she's received just highlights the kind of pressure there is on a person to stick to their plan in situations like that, learning when to cut your losses is a pretty important thing in regards to living a happy life imo.

RobYourBuilder · 03-01-2015 08:33AM

As you walk out the gate of UCC, the first thing you will see is a big f*ckoff coffee shop, with outdoor seating and wifi. Coffee Station, I think it's called. I dunno how she missed it.

Grayson · 03-01-2015 08:59AM

RobYourBuilder wrote: »

As you walk out the gate of UCC, the first thing you will see is a big f*ckoff coffee shop, with outdoor seating and wifi. Coffee Station, I think it's called. I dunno how she missed it.

In the comments section they're talking about it. Apparently they all say it's the worst coffee in the country and there's far better pretty much everywhere else in Cork.

Crumbs868 · 03-01-2015 09:16AM

So she planned to spend a year of her life in a far away city, knowing nobody and probably costing €20k+, But rather than spend €1k and go check it out before committing she goes head first and when its its not the fairy tail irish town as portrayed in a lot of US television rather than learn from her mistake she writes a blog blaming the people of Cork for not living up to her fairy tail expectations

old_aussie · 03-01-2015 09:25AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I wouldn't be too hard on her. She's not the first person to have an idea of a place in their head that was completely different from reality

Obviously she soon found out that Ireland is not a reality, and has voiced her opinion and moved on.

Ireland's screen saver appears to be down or broken.:D

Molester Stallone II · 03-01-2015 09:28AM

I think no matter where she went, she was going to have the same reaction. The woman was looking to go to Cork when she was at a low point in her life, she thought that moving would change her life, it didn't, it couldn't.

She moved to a new country when she was mentally fragile, she had no friends or support network, she had made some poor choices with her accommodation and course choices. It was a situation that on her own, she was never going to survive. She should have gone home with her father to her safe environment where her life had actually started to turn around.

Hopefully she has gotten her mental health right and is now living the life she wants

Crooked Jack · 03-01-2015 09:35AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I wouldn't be too hard on her. She's not the first person to have an idea of a place in their head that was completely different from reality

Canada really wasnt what I expected but I gave the place a year to really experience it before deciding it wasnt for me. You cant judge a place in 12 days, especially when your biggest bitch is that the place on the other side of the world isnt the exact same as home.

better call saul · 03-01-2015 09:36AM

Why does she look like a dude

Crooked Jack · 03-01-2015 09:37AM

"Like the Type A personality I am."

I disliked this girl from the first sentence

Tzardine · 03-01-2015 09:38AM

Crooked Jack wrote: »

"Like the Type A personality I am."

I disliked this girl from the first sentence

You need to give her a chance and get to know her.

Maybe spend 12 days with her.

American girl comes to study in Ireland, leaves after 12 days and blames the country

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