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> it was utterly atrocious in Ireland Speaking as an Irish citizen, this does not match to my experiences at all. But countries are large, and individual exper
by disgruntledphd2 10mo ago
> it was utterly atrocious in Ireland
Speaking as an Irish citizen, this does not match to my experiences at all. But countries are large, and individual experiences are rarely a good sampling of population level traits.
- CalRobert 10mo agoWell, I’m also an Irish citizen (albeit naturalised) and it certainly matched the sentiment of both the circle I hung out with in Dublin (champagne socialists and frustrated artists) and Offaly (a different sort entirely….) Though I did appreciate that the culchies were pretty practical about getting things done. All the same, “maybe I like the misery” didn’t come out of a vacuum…
- disgruntledphd2 10mo agoI dunno man, like Ireland was incredibly poor even in my lifetime and I'm in my 40s. The changes from 1997 to 2007 were absurdly large and the changes from 1987 to 1997 were similarly large (but I was younger so less exposed). That being said, I come from a pretty long line of culchies so maybe that's it ;)
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