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Begrudgery

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  • #52
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,827 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    I find lots of people like winding people up about their success. They know a comment will really get under their skin. The same people wouldn't make the same comment to others. The main reason I find tough people make these comments is. Somebody lands home for Christmas/weddings from their brilliant/job and lifestyle and how they've it so much better than the people at home. They almost expect to be treated like royalty. When in fact if they were a bit more modest nobody would bother trying to annoy them!


  • #53
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    meeeeh wrote: »
    The trouble we had to get our son to say water instead of waher. :D

    You should hear me say 'Utterly Butterly' The very definition of a terrible beauty.


  • #54
    Pure tashte
    Registered Users Posts: 103 ✭✭Pure tashte


    Permabear wrote: »
    This post had been deleted.

    What ever about the other two, the criticism thrown at DOB does not in any way highlight Ireland's begrudgery, as the scope for criticism is extraordinary.


  • #55
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,400 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Whenever the "begrudgery of the Irish" comes up Bono is always mentioned.

    But if begrudgery is the reason people dislike him surely the other three members of U2 would also get it.

    Don't often hear people slagging off The Edge.


  • #56
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,400 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Not even sure where the begrudgery in the opening post is. The drone story just sounds like some IT gimp who thinks anyone else without his tech skills is an idiot.

    And the second story...seriously?! What are they begrudging? Beards?


  • #57
    freshpopcorn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,827 ✭✭✭✭freshpopcorn


    Collie D wrote: »
    Not even sure where the begrudgery in the opening post is. The drone story just sounds like some IT gimp who thinks anyone else without his tech skills is an idiot.

    And the second story...seriously?! What are they begrudging? Beards?

    To me it sounds like the people the OP met were generalising certain groups of people more than begrudging!


  • #58
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    Collie D wrote: »
    Don't often hear people slagging off The Edge.

    A man pushing 60 who calls himself the Edge. Nothing needs to be said really.


  • #59
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    Permabear wrote: »
    This post had been deleted.

    People in the USA go too far the other way.They totally overdo worshipping of the rich.


  • #60
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,693 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    Plenty of people in Ireland are keen to pretend that legitimate criticism is merely begrudgery, and plenty of other people are keen to pretend that what is merely begrudgery is actually legitimate criticism.


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  • #61
    valoren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭valoren


    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    A man pushing 60 who calls himself the Edge. Nothing needs to be said really.

    In fairness, now that he's made some sound investments with an enviable portfolio, he prefers to be referred to as The Hedge.


  • #62
    valoren
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭valoren


    The classic example of Irish begrudgery is two GAA fans where the county makes it to the All Ireland final.
    Tickets are scarce but one of the two manages to wrangle themselves a ticket.
    After learning this the other fan exclaims "Bastard, hope they feckin' lose (the match) now!"

    That's happened.


  • #63
    hank scorpio89
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭hank scorpio89


    We definitly a begrudging country.I actually seen a fella driving a open top car in the sun a few weeks back blaring music and I literally thought t o 's 's e r


  • #64
    Diemos
    Registered Users Posts: 1,417 ✭✭✭Diemos


    Bluefoam wrote: »
    there's an awful lot of begrudgery in Ireland and the place is very tribal. I don't really want to have to come home to that, it kind of upsets me that we're still so small minded...

    This is not new, and won't change.
    Bluefoam wrote: »
    all hipsters were dickheads....

    He had a point in fairness.


  • #65
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    A man pushing 60 who calls himself the Edge. Nothing needs to be said really.

    Given how he can play the guitar, he can call himself whatever he wants at any age.


  • #66
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,909 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    Ipso wrote: »
    Given how he can play the guitar, he can call himself whatever he wants at any age.

    hes not that great really, i know plenty of far better guitarists than him that will probably never make it at all, sadly


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  • #67
    Ann_Landers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Ann_Landers


    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    This post had been deleted.

    +1

    And people mentioning begrudgery in general often gets the side-eye from me. I find the people that utter it the most tend to have a bit of an attitude problem.
    Permabear wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    What does acting like you are somebody entail?

    And there are good reasons why Bono, M O'L and Denis O'Brien have attracted criticism. To put any criticism of them down to begrudgery is to not really think things out too well.


  • #68
    realdanbreen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,218 ✭✭✭realdanbreen


    kunst nugget wrote: »
    I'm not. I'm from the part of the midlands where they surgically remove the ability to say the letter 'T' when you're born.


    Gotya, that's as good as giving me your post code. You are from that 15mile triangle that covers 3 counties and 3 provinces. Birr, Borrisokane & Portumna right?


  • #69
    donegaLroad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,379 ✭✭✭donegaLroad


    OP..... Small minds talk about people, good minds talk about events, great minds talk about ideas.

    Keep that in mind when you hear people giving out about each other.


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