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

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  • #62
    NSAman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,497 ✭✭✭NSAman


    This was hilarious. If my father had spent as much money on me as I went across to america for the first time, and I had spent 12 days there and returned home, he would have whipped the hell out of me.

    She sounds like a loon and if she took her head out of her over spoilt ass for more than a minute she would realise that: wifi is not available in the states outside most cities, free wifi is not available in apartments and the coffee is basically CRAP in the USA...

    For someone who spent 12 days in Ireland she spent time in Killarney and they cliffs of Moher without a car? Sounds like someone who needs a kick in the ar-se rather than complain about a course she didn't understand (how did she get a post grad course anyway?) ]


  • #63
    better call saul
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 412 ✭✭better call saul


    I dont think she should be a writer for any site as she is obviously a nutjob of the pedo priest variety


  • #64
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,679 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    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.

    Eh, no. It's quite clear from the vast majority of comments here that people think she's a tool because she blames everyone and everything but herself. I moved to canada and had an awful time. That was entirely my own fault, nothing to do with Canada or Canadians.


  • #65
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 3,598 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    "Like the Type A personality I am."

    I disliked this girl from the first sentence

    What does that even mean? Is that blood type or what?


  • #66
    better call saul
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 412 ✭✭better call saul


    YEAH YEAH DOOD LOOKS LIKEA LADY


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  • #67
    better call saul
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 412 ✭✭better call saul


    Deleted User wrote: »
    What does that even mean? Is that blood type or what?

    Think its a different type of USB connector she uses


  • #68
    ireland.man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭ireland.man


    I'm amazed Liam Neeson didn't try to rescue her.


  • #69
    better call saul
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 412 ✭✭better call saul


    The look of "fcuk this im done" in the old mans face is priceless


  • #70
    Crooked Jack
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    Grayson wrote: »
    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.

    Eugh, fu(king coffee snobs. It's hot water and beans, that's all it is wherever you go. you can add all the cream and pumpkin and organic goat jizz that you like to it but it doesnt make a blind bit of difference.


  • #71
    Molester Stallone II
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,459 ✭✭✭Molester Stallone II


    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    Eugh, fu(king coffee snobs. It's hot water and beans, that's all it is wherever you go. you can add the cream and pumpkin and organic goat jizz that you like to it but t doesnt make a blind bit of difference.

    Then you sir, have never tasted organic goat jizz from the wild goats of Kerry that roam the Macgillicuddy reeks, manna from heaven!


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  • #72
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,679 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    Deleted User wrote: »
    What does that even mean? Is that blood type or what?

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/emma-brockes-column/2014/nov/18/type-a-personalities-overachieving-monsters


  • #73
    ElleEm
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    The picture of her da sitting in that tree is gas!


  • #74
    Tzardine
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    better call saul wrote: »
    I dont think she should be a writer for any site as she is obviously a nutjob of the pedo priest variety
    better call saul wrote: »
    YEAH YEAH DOOD LOOKS LIKEA LADY
    better call saul wrote: »
    Why does she look like a dude

    She turned you down for a ride didn't she.


  • #75
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    She comes across as very immature and with the expectation that the whole world should be like Minnesota. But her family really should have intervened before she went to Ireland.
    Coming out of clinical depression and going to live abroad to do a PHD she is not sure about to a city she has not researched...madness.


  • #76
    better call saul
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 412 ✭✭better call saul


    Tzardine wrote: »
    She turned you down for a ride didn't she.

    Sorry there, was on the tail end of a hash session all by myself, disregard


  • #77
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 6,005 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Bad news for her, if she drinks mocha, she doesn't like the taste of coffee.


  • #78
    Crooked Jack
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    I would question her "depression" as well. I've seen the effects of depression up close. people cant get out of bed let alone get on a plane and move country


  • #79
    mickstupp
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    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    I would question her "depression" as well. I've seen the effects of depression up close. people cant get out of bed let alone get on a plane and move country
    Depression is different for everyone. What lands one person in bed with it, another can still be functional in the world.


  • #80
    leahyl
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    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.

    There's also Starbucks coffee served in UCC along with free wifi - so she actually didn't even need to go outside the grounds of the university to get it.


  • #81
    Grayson
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    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    Eugh, fu(king coffee snobs. It's hot water and beans, that's all it is wherever you go. you can add all the cream and pumpkin and organic goat jizz that you like to it but it doesnt make a blind bit of difference.

    Well, it doesn't taste like coffee after all that.

    And yes I'm a coffee snob. Coffee snobs get a bad name in this country. To be fair, you could find three Irish people and the chances of all three agreeing on which brand if tea is best is minimal. They'll be 2:1 Lyons or Barry's. And God help any bloke who catches a barman pouring a pint of Guinness the wrong way.
    Coffee snobs aren't half as bad as tee and Guinness drinkers :)


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  • #82
    keithclancy
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    Cork is a great spot, I could see how it could go wrong for a someone when they go someplace with the notion in the head that they will hate the place.

    Also, much of the Student accomodation in Cork is foookin manky.

    If you rented it without seeing it and price was your main factor then you may end up sleeping in a room that looks like it was used for a donkey show the night before.


  • #83
    Overheal
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    I enjoyed reading that she basically ignored her intuition that something was wrong about the move and her start dates and passed it off as depression etc.

    Sucks for her, but she'll live.


  • #84
    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 9,660 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    Last American girl that come to UCC from the States that I know ended up staying for about 5 years (instead of 3 months) and getting a husband out of the deal. I'd say the bint in the article has had an atypical experience.


  • #85
    Bog Standard User
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    how the hell did she expect to complete a masters when she couldnt even research where the coffee shops were? what a twat.


  • #86
    Grayson
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    Bog Standard User wrote: »
    how the hell did she expect to complete a masters when she couldnt even research where the coffee shops were? what a twat.

    How the hell do you register for a higher diploma and think it's a masters?


  • #87
    Duckjob
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    Bog Standard User wrote: »
    how the hell did she expect to complete a masters when she couldnt even research where the coffee shops were? what a twat.

    Her research on Ireland was definitely lacking - looking for Wifi and the like. Didn't she know we walk all around doffing our caps saying "Tap of the mornin to ya".


  • #88
    BoJack Horseman
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    Its remarkable how people get sucked into the advertisers impression of Ireland.
    Reality is, much of the country (especially urban) is a little bleak.

    Naive girl.
    But so what, strange lands can be tricky to deal with.


  • #89
    seventeen sheep
    Closed Accounts Posts: 776 ✭✭✭seventeen sheep


    Crooked Jack wrote: »
    I would question her "depression" as well. I've seen the effects of depression up close. people cant get out of bed let alone get on a plane and move country

    My dad has "cancer" and I'd question the diagnosis myself. You should see him, going around and living his life and doing things healthy people do. I know other people with cancer who do things like lie in bed all day and die and stuff. My dad may have been diagnosed with terminal cancer by several medical professionals, but come on, if he doesn't act like the stereotypical cancer patient I'm familiar with, it can't be a legitimate diagnosis, can it?

    /Sarcasm

    Seriously. Think about what you're saying there.


  • #90
    Crooked Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,679 ✭✭✭Crooked Jack


    Grayson wrote: »
    Well, it doesn't taste like coffee after all that.

    And yes I'm a coffee snob. Coffee snobs get a bad name in this country. To be fair, you could find three Irish people and the chances of all three agreeing on which brand if tea is best is minimal. They'll be 2:1 Lyons or Barry's. And God help any bloke who catches a barman pouring a pint of Guinness the wrong way.
    Coffee snobs aren't half as bad as tee and Guinness drinkers :)

    I've got a pretty similar attitude to tea drinkers to be fair but you have me on the Guinness. Still, I mean there's a right and wrong way to pour Guinness. Hardly snobby to expect a professional to pour it the right way


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  • #91
    Bog Standard User
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    seventeen sheep wrote: »
    My dad has "cancer" and I'd question the diagnosis myself. You should see him, going around and living his life and doing things healthy people do. I know other people with cancer who do things like lie in bed all day and die and stuff. My dad may have been diagnosed with terminal cancer by several medical professionals, but come on, if he doesn't act like the stereotypical cancer patient I'm familiar with, it can't be a legitimate diagnosis, can it?

    /Sarcasm

    Seriously. Think about what you're saying there.

    you posted this in the wrong thread me thinks

    this thread is the one you need to post it in

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057353727


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