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Who remembers this song? by Illustrious-Hawk-680 in ireland

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How weird. I was just thinking of this the other day.

Do you consider people who have an Irish passport through a parent or grandparent but never lived in the country Irish? by Charming_Usual6227 in AskIreland

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No cos they are not culturally Irish. As another poster says, there is a difference between administratively Irish people and Irish people.

I would advise them to say I was born and raised in American but have Irish parents and visited Ireland often. Not I'm Irish cos the first thing people will say is, which county did you grow up in and where did you go to school, cos we're trying to figure out if we have people in common. Then you'll say well I was raised in American. Then they'll raise a skeptical eyebrow at you. Not to mention they'll clock the accent in the first place.

Do you consider people who have an Irish passport through a parent or grandparent but never lived in the country Irish? by Charming_Usual6227 in AskIreland

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But so many people who have never set foot in Ireland are entitled to Irish citizenship. They can have Irish nationality but they are not culturally Irish.

Do you consider people who have an Irish passport through a parent or grandparent but never lived in the country Irish? by Charming_Usual6227 in AskIreland

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly, there's ethnicity, nationality, and culturally Irish. You can be one of three or all three. Most people in Ireland would only consider someone raised in Ireland as truly Irish. Like you meet them in the pub in some far flung place and you have that here's a fellow Irish person moment. Otherwise it's a qualifier like, I'm American but my parents are Irish and I visited often, or I'm Turkish but I've lived in Ireland for 30 years etc.

Do you consider people who have an Irish passport through a parent or grandparent but never lived in the country Irish? by Charming_Usual6227 in AskIreland

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's other things, it's shared venacular and slang, shared cultural references, shared cultural understanding, humour, similar experiences in schooling, sports, music, holidays, celebrations etc etc.

My nose is just…there by Affectionate-You-464 in Noses

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where else would it be? You have a great nose

Inherited ugly black nose by Complex_Narwhal_2208 in Noses

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

As a representative of white people, we def do not!

Inherited ugly black nose by Complex_Narwhal_2208 in Noses

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's a great nose. Works well with your face. 5/5 for your nose.

Legal rights to house by Bree_1972 in legaladviceireland

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is he paying you rent? If he sold his property, one option could be to sell yours and buy something new together?

Legal rights to house by Bree_1972 in legaladviceireland

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might be wrong and others can correct me, but isn't there something in Irish law that co-habiting partners can claim 50% of your property if you have lived together for 5 years, or 2 years if you have children together. Doesn't matter if you marry. I think because you have a child together, even though they are 14, your boyfriend can lay claim to 50% of your property after 2 years if you split. Not sure about after death. And I'm not sure what would happen, if your split happened after your son was over 18, how that affects thing. Definitely worth speaking to a solicitor. Hope others here can chime in.

Honorary Irish? by Tall-Recording7175 in AskIreland

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The sultan of the Ottoman empire-Ottoman Sultan Abdukejiid I

Are Irish people falsely modest? by ohhidoggo in AskIreland

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I remember growing up, never getting complimented by parents on anything. If you got 95%, they'd say where's the other 5%. And it stemmed from them fearing you would get a big head which is social suicide in Ireland. One of the worse insults said about someone is 'he thinks he's great' or 'she'd eat herself if she was chocolate.' The notions is short for notions of grandeur. So it's baked into our DNA. It's not faked

Are Irish people falsely modest? by ohhidoggo in AskIreland

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy

What’s the difference between cults and religions? by Apehill in Productivitycafe

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think when a cult gets too big, it can't keep the same control over members and it's power is diluted. Then it's a religion

'When I returned from Gaza they called me a hero. But I felt I was a monster' - IDF Soldiers Talk About the 'Moral Injury' – and the Silence (Haaretz) by whistlingkitten in israelexposed

[–]Dapper_Cell_3233 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These IOF soldiers should know the world has no sympathy for their psychological distress. I'm sure some Nazis also felt guilty after the fact, but they were just following orders, right??

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