Things you hate about Irish culture

Cultural Cringe.

Being incredibly sensitive to general criticism.

Is that aimed at me?

Negative threads on boards.

Slagging

The 'famous celebrity is on holiday in Ireland' shite. We are a very accessible and well off country in Western Europe.

It'd be far more random if they were visiting Central African Republic or Micronesia, but even their media wouldn't over-hype it.

GAA cultists

Scumbags who litter and break things just because. A serious lack of civic pride.

We are no different from North Korea.

For some reason, Irish people completely worship the president. I can't even remember his name, but it's Miggledy Higgins or something. I couldn't give a fecking shyte about him. But it seems everybody just absolutely loves everything he does. "Here's a photo of Miggledy HIggins drinking a cup of tea". 5,000 comments with people saying "he's the best president ever I love him!!!!" He doesn't give the slightest shyte about you, why do you love him? It's literally like the North Koreans worshipping Kim Jong Un.

More North Korean stuff:

Everything only happens in Ireland. Here's a photo of a tractor in the countryside causing a bit of a traffic jam. "Only in Ireland bai hahah sum laf 😂" Literally no awareness of the world outside of your village.

More North Korean stuff:

"Irish food and produce is the best in the word. We have unbelievable quality produce". Somehow this mind virus has infected everybody on this island. I've heard we're a well travelled bunch, but I'm beginning to seriously doubt that. Maybe Irish people do travel a lot, but they stay in the Irish pub and hang out with Irish people, and just eat Taytos and McDonalds when they're abroad.

Any time I hear somebody saying we have the best produce in the world, I ask them what food exactly they're on about. They get flustered and go into a state of shock. Nobody has ever questioned this propaganda. They say "Uhhh…. well…. uhhh……… we have good butter like. And good beef?" So in the space of 5 seconds the propaganda goes from "best produce in the world" to two products. And we don't even appear on a google search of "best beef in the world". I know this is anecdotal but I've had tastier beef in Africa and South America. And they only use a bit of salt. No need to hide the flavour with garlic and rosemary and thyme like we do here. Yes our butter is delicious. No argument with that. But get your head out of your arse.

Trawling through the genealogy of every American president trying to find some "Irish" in them somewhere.

The way people in responsible/high positions brazen it out rather than resigning. When scandals happen, everyone complains etc., but after a while it dies down and nothing changes.

As an Irish citizen, the phrase ' Its not WHAT you know that counts, its WHO you know ' remains very pertinent.

I was at a Tom Petty gig where the crowd started to sing this, in the middle of his concert!

He just stopped and stood in silence till they stopped.

Absolute cringe

…oh will can be a powerful thing, the will to maintain the status quo, is very very strong!

Our inability to govern ourselves.

Criticising out heritage. Talking crap about our language. Having Stockholm syndrome with Britain.