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'Americans think the Irish are crazy and drink a lot'

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    #32
    seawolf145
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    St._Andalou wrote: »


    T Don't forget that Americans have very different views on alcohol comsumption to us.
    .

    Dont forget the americans have a total different view of the world than we have.They think everything evolves around america and that america is the best thing on the planet.

    Good luck


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    #33
    St._Andalou
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    seawolf145 wrote: »
    Dont forget the americans have a total different view of the world than we have.They think everything evolves around america and that america is the best thing on the planet.

    Good luck

    Bit strong, don't you think?

    But see what I mean? (Mis)conceptions work both ways.


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    #34
    seawolf145
    Closed Accounts Posts: 123 ✭✭seawolf145


    St._Andalou wrote: »
    Bit strong, don't you think?

    But see what I mean? (Mis)conceptions work both ways.

    Maybe on your planet not mine!!!


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    #35
    sock puppet
    Registered Users Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭sock puppet


    seawolf145 wrote: »
    Dont forget the americans have a total different view of the world than we have.They think everything evolves around america and that america is the best thing on the planet.

    Good luck

    Quite the obsessed little critter aren't you?


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    #36
    MagicMarker
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    Breaking News

    Water is wet.


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    #37
    seensensee
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    Excessive alcohol consumption is well renowned to cause mental health problems hence the "crazy" lable. Irish drinkers are known to consume more alcohol than many other nations, this has its consequences...
    http://alcoholireland.ie/?p=1425
    http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/country-has-almost-250000-alcoholics-95167.html

    “Young people are inundated with sophisticated alcohol marketing whether on television, cinema, the internet, or social networking sites such as Facebook - it’s hard to imagine a sports, music or other cultural event in Ireland that isn’t sponsored by the alcohol industry. It’s time we recognise the cost of binge drinking and the price we all pay.”


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    #38
    Killer Pigeon
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    SeaFields wrote: »
    "Irish think the american are fat, stupid and trigger happy!"

    Yes American are fat, stupid and trigger happy but at least us Irish don't have a superiority complex and fearful of identifying our weaknesses, such as alcoholism, etc.,

    (... and c'mon people, Ireland drinks more alcohol per capita than nearly any other country in the world.)


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    #39
    K-9
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    Killer Pigeon wrote: »
    but at least us Irish don't have a superiority complex

    Yeah, everybody loves us. How could we be superior?

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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    #40
    PeterIanStaker
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    its funny cos its true


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    #41
    mufcboy1999
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    imagine a few of us real irish dole heads in america on spring break by god we would show them a real session


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    #42
    [Deleted User]
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    BASHIR wrote: »
    Was in Hyannis last year too ,All of my friends had jobs and they knew our "reputation" for drinking. Our employer actually gave us the day off every Thursday because Wednesday night was Irish night after been pretty hungover one morning, honestly imo OP I think it was got to do with location and the availability of jobs rather than our reputation

    Bashir lived on sea street. Sea street boys were sound. I lived in 269B Bashir.


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    #43
    Lloyd Xmas
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭Lloyd Xmas


    Following on from this article, here's another incident from Australia that happened last night.
    http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/passenger-assaults-cab-driver-steals-and-torches-taxi/comments-e6frf7kx-1225902323981

    Its a shame really; but a lot of Irish youngsters are geared towards drinking as much as possible when abroad and have little respect for those around them.

    Our ratio of backpackers etc wouldn't be as high as other countries yet time and again Irish kids feature in the headlines.

    I think we really need to cop on otherwise we won't be welcome anywhere.
    I've experienced nasty comments and seen initial enthusiasm from potential employers vanish, purely because i'm Irish. Its the reliability factor.
    Is this lad gonna be reliable or will out on the pi$$ every night and hanging the next day. (I drink very rarely by the way)

    Whether we like it or not, people think this is the way we all carry on.
    I don't hold it against anyone who views me in this way, because being honest, people will mostly look to categorize, therefore its down to us to present ourselves in a better light.

    Honestly, what was the chap thinking when he thought the above would be a good idea :confused:


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    #44
    [Deleted User]
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    Well, I was working at landscaping in Hyannis. I never missed a day of work despite partying to 5AM most nights. Most of our friends were appreciative of the jobs we had. We wouldn't have let our employers down no matter how hung over we were.


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    #45
    Lloyd Xmas
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    Good man; but a lot of employers want people to be ready and fresh for a days work... That's not to say you weren't, but there are plenty who'll head into work in sh!t shape.

    If i'm an employer and I hire someone in a customer facing role, what kind of impression does my business give off if the eyeballs are hanging out of the lad on the front desk.

    A lot of employers just won't take the chance with the Irish because of the reputation that's been built up; they'd rather shoot with a German etc... because they're reliable and never in the headlines.


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    #46
    Celly Smunt
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    Lloyd Xmas wrote: »
    they'd rather shoot with a German etc... because they're reliable and never in the headlines.

    WWII begs to differ


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    #47
    [Deleted User]
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    Lloyd Xmas wrote: »
    Good man; but a lot of employers want people to be ready and fresh for a days work... That's not to say you weren't, but there are plenty who'll head into work in sh!t shape.

    If i'm an employer and I hire someone in a customer facing role, what kind of impression does my business give off if the eyeballs are hanging out of the lad on the front desk.

    A lot of employers just won't take the chance with the Irish because of the reputation that's been built up; they'd rather shoot with a German etc... because they're reliable and never in the headlines.

    I was doing landscaping. Been Irish was a major advantage with clients no matter hungover I was. They always thought I was the mexican's boss.


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    #48
    minidazzler
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    They're students, they tend to think they're immune to everything, alot of students are pretty damn scummy TBH, but when students do scummy sh1t it's put down to youthful indiscretion, when scumbags do the same stuff, it's scummy!


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    #49
    spaceman67
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    After spendind some time in dublin I think OMG, Irish are not really europeans, ,you are drinking like there is no tomorrow , you are disrespectfull to your neighbours, your puke is everywhere,street of dublin are filthy ,you are noisy at night. You think this behaviour is fun and something to be proud of ? , wow impressive you got drunk in CA and people should admire you for that? go to ibiza and do that there, but you can't trash place,and if you came to work you work and have fun, but behave. Europeans know you as bunch of trashy drunks so do americans,sorry but you dont deserve no respect, and your accent SUCKS


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    #50
    DingChavez
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    spaceman67 wrote: »
    After spendind some time in dublin I think OMG, Irish are not really europeans, ,you are drinking like there is no tomorrow , you are disrespectfull to your neighbours, your puke is everywhere,street of dublin are filthy ,you are noisy at night. You think this behaviour is fun and something to be proud of ? , wow impressive you got drunk in CA and people should admire you for that? go to ibiza and do that there, but you can't trash place,and if you came to work you work and have fun, but behave. Europeans know you as bunch of trashy drunks so do americans,sorry but you dont deserve no respect, and your accent SUCKS

    Baby's first troll.


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    #51
    seawolf145
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    sock puppet wrote: »
    Quite the obsessed little critter aren't you?

    Really and what are you then?And i am not little,6`3" and 230 pounds.


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    #52
    deman
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    Like a South African once asked me:

    Why did God invent whiskey?

    So the Irish would take over the world.


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    #53
    seawolf145
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    spaceman67 wrote: »
    After spendind some time in dublin I think OMG, Irish are not really europeans, ,you are drinking like there is no tomorrow , you are disrespectfull to your neighbours, your puke is everywhere,street of dublin are filthy ,you are noisy at night. You think this behaviour is fun and something to be proud of ? , wow impressive you got drunk in CA and people should admire you for that? go to ibiza and do that there, but you can't trash place,and if you came to work you work and have fun, but behave. Europeans know you as bunch of trashy drunks so do americans,sorry but you dont deserve no respect, and your accent SUCKS

    And this doesnt happen anywhere else in Europe?My god Dublin must be unique then.The last time i was in Copenhagen,they seem to be doing the same there?


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    #54
    seawolf145
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    deman wrote: »
    Like a South African once asked me:

    Why did God invent whiskey?

    So the Irish would take over the world.

    Theres more Irish in America then in Ireland.A pretty good start though


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    #55
    Wagon
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    But Americans are hated the world over for being fat, stupid, hypocritical, arrogant, racist (in the south at least), ignorant to the rest of the world and thinking everything they do is a god given right.

    We're a shower of pissheads who get drunk and cause a little trouble...

    And many Americans still say "Oh my gawd you're irish?! Me too! My grandfather once knew a guy who fell over a dog who was being walked by an Irish guy! So like, I'm an eight Irish"

    **** off America.


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    #56
    Solair
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    It's exactly the same as our near neighbours in England do! Their reputation in Spain and their rep in Australia is exactly the same if not worse than ours for drinking. They also get accused of much more drunken violence too.

    Aussi backpackers have a terrible reputation in parts of London too! So do the south Africans and the Kiwis.

    18-21 year olds tend to be idiots when let loose abroad and when a bottle of alcohol suddenly doesn't cost 50quid!


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    #57
    Sound Bite
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    Nothing new with that headline, pretty much the same as "Irish people think Americans are crazy & EAT too much".


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    #58
    ejmaztec
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    I think the Irish government is to blame for this, as well as everything else. People see cheap drink in most other countries, and buy it by the bucket-load, to make up for having to restrain themselves here because it costs so feckin much.


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    #59
    El Siglo
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    Fuck the lot of them, shower of cunts going over there anyway. Spoilt rich bastards spending their summer on a piss up with copious amounts of weed. While the rest of us work our holes off on whatever God forsaken job is available to pay for the next year in college.


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    #60
    scorpioishere
    Registered Users Posts: 271 ✭✭scorpioishere


    spaceman67 wrote: »
    After spendind some time in dublin I think OMG, Irish are not really europeans, ,you are drinking like there is no tomorrow , you are disrespectfull to your neighbours, your puke is everywhere,street of dublin are filthy ,you are noisy at night. You think this behaviour is fun and something to be proud of ? , wow impressive you got drunk in CA and people should admire you for that? go to ibiza and do that there, but you can't trash place,and if you came to work you work and have fun, but behave. Europeans know you as bunch of trashy drunks so do americans,sorry but you dont deserve no respect, and your accent SUCKS
    All mentioned above are absolutely true. Puke and piss everywhere on the road. Thats so disgusting. The people think they are great. And when its about complaining they can won a gold medal. They complain about every little thing.


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    #61
    scorpioishere
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    seawolf145 wrote: »
    Theres more Irish in America then in Ireland.A pretty good start though
    Don't forget most of them all illegal. They should be deported.


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