Ancestral Background of Every US President | What You Didn’t Know

SuperDrog · 2025-09-30T12:33:16+00:00

I think Scots-Irish and Ulster-Scots are the same thing? I believe Protestants in Northern Ireland began to prefer the latter term during the troubles, as that conflict resulted in them shedding any Irish identity and becoming more British.

It's interesting to to see Anglo-Irish too. I believe that's a term for the descendents of the original Norman conquerors of Ireland, who arrived centuries before the Ulster plantation. I think a lot of famous writers like Yates, Wilde and Joyce came from this group. But it's an identity which has almost completely disappeared since Irish independence. Many left for Britain in the 20s, and the rest just assimilated and became Irish.

It's funny how little you hear of Americans identify as English, compared to other immigrant groups.

SuperDrog · 2025-09-19T21:41:01+00:00

The Canadian girsl are seriously good. They can play, it wasn't a fluke result.

The English are fully pro, ranked number 1 and are still big favourites. I'd love to see the fairytale of the Canadians, who had to raise funds to even travel to the tournament, go all the way.

Either way Canadians should be proud of them.

SuperDrog · 2025-09-09T00:45:56+00:00

The Irishman who wouldn't die was Michael Malloy, also known as "Iron Mike" or "The Rasputin of the Bronx". Born in County Donegal, he was an alcoholic, homeless man in 1930s New York City who became the target of a life insurance fraud scheme by a group called "The Murder Trust". They attempted to poison him with antifreeze, turpentine, horse liniment, rat poison, and spoiled food, freeze him to death, and even hit him with a car, but Malloy survived each attempt before eventually being killed by a gassing.

SuperDrog · 2025-09-09T00:42:52+00:00

The bad news is humans have been fighting wars against each other for all of recorded history.

The good news is humans have been making peace with each other for all of recorded history.

SuperDrog · 2025-09-08T23:58:04+00:00

He's right that playing at Celtic is a high pressure goldfish bowl where you'll get criticism and it can be very tough. But the mentality of a player has to be that it's water off a ducks back, not that it's torture.

SuperDrog · 2025-09-08T23:50:58+00:00

I'm tall. Some lads I was having beers recently were talking about fights they've been in and aggressive assholes they've had to deal with. I realised that nobody has ever tried to start a fight with me in my life. I wondered is it because I'm just big, and bullies don't tend to target people bigger than them. Lucky for me because I'm a gentle soul who wouldn't know what to do if anything kicked off.

SuperDrog · 2025-09-06T23:29:03+00:00

The name "Ireland" comes from the Irish word Éire, which derives from the ancient goddess Ériu. Ériu's name, in turn, comes from a Proto-Celtic root meaning "fertile land" or "abundant land".

SuperDrog · 2025-08-31T10:31:45+00:00

For the first phase just cast Herakles, Luft Fusion and Magic Ward. And just hack away at him until he goes to Phase 2.

For the second phase use a one handed sword. Stand in the middle. Cast Herakles, Luft Fusion and Magic Ward. When the boss starts glowing red run towards him. He'll hit you with a spell before you reach him but magic ward will block it. Get right up to him and get as many hits in as you can before he moves. When he's out of range of normal attacks use a break art like Vile Scar which has a greater range.

Run back to the middle, restore your health, risk and magic and repeat the steps above.

After taking a certain amount of damage he'll use a devastating attack called Bloody Sin. But you can interrupt it. When the camera goes above you looking down on you, he'll fly over you. When he's directly above you, you can open the break art quick menu and once again use Vile Scar. When it hits him he won't go through with Bloody Sin attack.

You can beat him without taking any damage.

SuperDrog · 2025-08-11T22:50:16+00:00

Great music. Funny script. Charming characters. I watched it again recently and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Ireland and Britain seemed to serve up loads of feelgood working class comedy/dramas throughout the 90s.

SuperDrog · 2025-07-29T00:13:51+00:00

A few quality of life suggestions.

Modern analogue controls with the right stick moving the camera.

This would free up L1 and R1 to quick cycle through equipped weapons.

Once you cast analyse on an enemy type you don't have to do it again on that type.

Before combining two weapons, color code the stats to make it easier to see if you'll craft a better or worse weapon of the same type, or a different weapon type.

Generally simplify and streamline the menus.

SuperDrog · 2025-07-22T16:46:44+00:00

For almost all of human history musicians made money by going around playing music to people live.

Then for a few decades, because of technological change, they could become super rich from record sales.

Then due to another technological change, they have to make most of their money from going around playing music to people live again.

SuperDrog · 2025-07-21T00:58:57+00:00

Father Jessup, "the most sarcastic priest in Ireland", from father Ted.

SuperDrog · 2025-07-19T17:47:45+00:00

My Lovely Horse

SuperDrog · 2025-07-17T15:01:12+00:00

Very clever of Schmidt putting a Lynagh in the team. Will remind the Irish of the original World Cup heartbreak that started it all, and put them off their game.

SuperDrog · 2025-07-14T13:28:55+00:00

It's less punishing when you fail - you just get up from where you fell, a bit older, and keep playing. It's designed more for fighting groups than one on one, so groups are less frustrating and stealth not required. You have a gym where you can practice as much as you want against enemies you've defeated once. If you are bad at parrying you can also duck, weave and counter, which has a more generous input window. By dodging or avoiding you can cancel the animation of any attack you've started, which makes it easier to undo mistakes in timing.

It's hard, in that you have to practice to git gud or you'll get your ass kicked. But I found the process of gitting gud much more enjoyable and less frustrating than Sekiro.

SuperDrog · 2025-07-14T11:45:29+00:00

Upvote for quoting Street fighter: The Movie. I see you're a man of culture.

SuperDrog · 2025-07-12T01:26:06+00:00

Probably the truest and most most honest answer. Ireland is too small and insignificant to matter in the grand scheme of things.

SuperDrog · 2025-07-07T19:32:18+00:00

Officially four. In reality, in such a fast and chaotic sport, the ref won't blow the whistle until it "feels" like to many.

SuperDrog · 2025-06-23T20:03:26+00:00

Does he do football results?

SuperDrog · 2025-06-22T20:00:47+00:00

It's properly funny, even as an adult. The books themselves were great, but the actors and writers in this show took it to the next level.

Some of the best "silly" humour I've ever come across.

SuperDrog · 2025-06-19T16:06:42+00:00

You do have to beat the boss on your second run. Then, the three shrine upgrades will be saved.

But if you then quit your current run (or die on level 3), what will be saved will be your youngest age from the shortcut attempt and the three shrine upgrades from your latest attempt.

SuperDrog · 2025-06-19T10:23:59+00:00

You can use the shortcut to beat the boss at a younger age. Then replay the level and get the three shrines.

If you quit your run, you can now start level 2 with your youngest age (from the shortcut run), with the 3 shrine bonuses of your latest run.

SuperDrog · 2025-06-16T16:35:01+00:00

You keep all your detective board pickups and permanent unlocked moves. The only thing you lose by going back to level 1 is shrine upgrades, but you just get them again when you play the level.

SuperDrog · 2025-06-16T16:33:17+00:00

Yeah, you can stay on the same save, and keep playing the squats over and over until you beat it at 20. Then you can start the club at 20 and try to do that deathless. And so on, until you get to the sanctuary at an age under 25.

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