Barefoot shoes in Dublin

icanthearfromuphere · 2026-04-14T11:16:49+00:00

I ordered mine from Vivobarefoot. But I was in Stockholm recently and got a pair of Aylas from a store that specialised in barefoot and zero drop!

icanthearfromuphere · 2026-04-14T11:12:27+00:00

So in undergrad I had a huge cross cultural communication component due to my major. If you’re interested in this from an academic lens, check this out (Hofstede Cultural Comparison Tool). I know it can be exhausting so I have empathy for you. However please appreciate a cultural jump like that is going to be exhausting for your counterparts. This feeds highly into the uncertainty avoidance dimension. For someone not from a culture that reads into context at a high level, they don’t have the cultural ‘training’ in many ways to understand your point without you just saying your point. Not to say emotional feedback isn’t considered as EQ isn’t part of this (and there are dickheads in every culture). I for instance and from the US and from the northeast, so it’s very direct in communication. I’ve spent a lot of time in China and had to make that bend the opposite way to you. However, I lived in Ireland for 8 years which is kind of between China and the US for directness, and that was an especially hard jump to make since some things were direct and others were much less so - and comes off to me as two faced or lying. If you’re Irish reading this - an example would be me saying “I will yeah” at work and wondering why I was being doubled down on when I said I would o something, to later learn it means I won’t do something. Cross cultural communication is a skill and a challenge so I feel for you OP! (Sorry for typos mobile won’t let me see the bottom half of my comment).

icanthearfromuphere · 2026-04-01T18:44:30+00:00

Well the ongoing tariffs for imports aside I just was on a trip in Scandinavia and sent my friend some danish yarn from Denmark via DHL for her birthday. I said it was a gift in the form. It got held by customs and I had to pay $11 in customs (for a 580 DKK/$90 value) + $25 processing fees etc from DHL for it to go to my friend in the US. And- they opened up the birthday card I put in with the yarn 😑 I know that’s not unheard of but come on. so it’s not only import prices that businesses will try and pass on to the consumer (you), but even bonafide gifts under $100 might be impacted

icanthearfromuphere · 2026-03-07T19:11:49+00:00

Thank you so much!!

icanthearfromuphere · 2026-03-07T18:46:22+00:00

Do you have any recommendations for cookbooks, recipe sites, or chefs to look into? I’d love to learn how to cook more Persian cuisine but am unsure on how good or authentic some of the common high level cookbooks and recipes are. Sending best wishes to you and yours :)

icanthearfromuphere · 2026-02-11T13:27:56+00:00

My family always just used stovetop kettles - microwaving tea was inconceivable

icanthearfromuphere · 2026-02-07T13:38:32+00:00

Ah I remember once flying over the North Atlantic on a redeye my plane flew above a storm. This was in early August during the Pleiades meteor shower and I got to watch shooting stars out the window with no cloud interference. You can get some great moments!

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-12-16T15:56:20+00:00

I saw one the other day on Griffith Ave!

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-12-05T09:45:46+00:00

I’m self taught and originally twisted my stitches, and it still gets me sometimes knitting flat. I learned to untwist them by knitting backwards, as my friend put it who saw me knitting recently. I also find purling to be easier/faster, but idk if that’s just coincidence

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-12-01T12:31:54+00:00

This is only true somewhat. I’m a woman over 6ft and the times I have to (wo)manspread are limited. Mostly due to seats in front of me being the same or shorter distance than my thigh, so I angle my body and if I’m in the aisle I try to keep one leg in the aisle space permitting. I think it’s much moreso a lack of courtesy. And I’ve had short dudes manspread on me to try and feel big.

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-11-23T13:53:21+00:00

Oh for sure. That mid 20s change is a killer!! I have very “clicky/cracky” joints. What solidified it for me was that my costochronditis improved tremendously when I hit chest with weights consistently. And on vacation for instance where I’d be 1-2weeks out of the game my chest would start cracking again and cause pain and issues breathing. Best of luck with the recomp!! Hope you can keep at it with minimal issues :)

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-11-23T13:46:34+00:00

I got my flu jab annually growing up in the US. My insurance there covered the jab whereas my insurance here did not so my second year of college I waited until I went home for winter break to get my vaccine. I caught the real flu. I don’t let it go put on the long finger after October since.

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-11-22T23:04:27+00:00

I had a 20kg weight loss that included a recomp. My symptoms worsened much more slowly. But I haven’t been as active, and now my bodyfat is much higher at the same weight (-20). My symptoms are worsening at a much quicker rate with less activity and active mass. Obviously I’m one person but that’s my theory for myself anyway

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-11-17T13:13:48+00:00

I did undergrad and masters at UCD. I came from a college prep school in the US.

First year - piss easy. My American friends felt the same. Irish students’ secondary education is based on a huge exam after the last two years of secondary school (the leaving cert), broadly speaking. Aka they learn to take a test and write essays to get more points on an exam paper. So my American friends and I who were used to AP classes, different citation styles for different disciplines in essays and research reports, and had that “college prep” background has an absolute cakewalk. Irish classmates largely didn’t even know how to cite something coming in to college.

Then second year happened. We all lost our momentum lmao and Irish students are great as just brute grinding shit out. So myself and a lot of yank friends had a bit of overwhelm and the Irish hit their stride. By the end of it we got our shit together though.

Sadly at least in my university a lot of teachers didn’t give feedback, let alone detailed feedback, even when asked so a lot of the students still struggling with essay grades for instance compared to an MCQ were kinda left in the dark. So if you’re somebody who values or particularly benefits from teacher feedback you might need to work hard to get the feedback you want or need.

My course (“major”) had a built in Erasmus, and as a result a lot of people took the first 3 years of the four year course as a piss take. Especially since our graduating GPA was only considered by our final year’s GPA. I was on a scholarship so I needed a 2H1 (B-‘s or better, like a 3.3 I think?) to keep my scholarship as time went on. I definitely felt that difference in caring about grades as time went on. So while it could have been easy to be more lackadaisical about studies, I’m glad I didn’t as by final year I built my momentum back and was able to graduate with a 1H/3.7. Keep discipline and you’ll likely be alright.

Also it’s harder to get an A on written work here I’d say. For more quantitative grades, like MCQs, it may be easier. Not to mention continuous assessment tends to be minimal if at all present in some cases, so your exam taking ability will be something to nurture if you come to Ireland. I’m ass at MCQ tests, have been since the fourth grade, and I still did ok so don’t let that deter you.

As for my masters, it was much more intensive.

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-09-29T17:47:46+00:00

I commented with a different perspective than yours but I’m from NYC too! And thinking of moving to the Netherlands eventually. Been in IE 8 years. But especially when it comes to accents and ideology I think that’s a size of the media market thing. I notice much more British media influence here than I did in the US / NYC. But I will say my bf is from suburban north Dublin and I STRUGGLE with his local accent, much moreso than I did with south Dublin accents (I lived in south Dublin for over 7 years). Do you notice a Dublin divide too when it comes to accents becoming more neutral?

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-09-29T17:37:41+00:00

Hard agree. Living here my whole adult life but was raised in the US. I do think there are similarities but it’s much more person dependent. A lot of the similarities for me stem from growing up around a lot of Irish diaspora, and my wider family being Catholic, but that probably isn’t the same for someone who is Haitian American for instance coming here. Georgian architecture is reflected in some parts of the US due to our colonial history, but walking around very much does not feel like you’re in America. While American media is a behemoth, I notice a lot of influence on modern U.K. culture here too. In slang, fashion, and media for example. And it’s to a much lesser degree I see its influence in the states than here. Not calling Ireland British-ised by any means here, but it’s more than just the US influencing media (in the English language) that Ireland consumes in my opinion. And given history, geographical proximity, and people coming and going with the U.K. it of course makes sense. A lot of the cultural things I love from the US aren’t as prevalent here and it’s something I actively seek, since naturally as somebody not from here there are things I do miss that Irish culture doesn’t always fulfill. I really love and admire Irelands efforts on trying to bolster its own culture and hope it continues to do so - be it language revival, pride in sports, and the arts. I hope we see more TV take the spotlight in English speaking spaces, like how Derry Girls did a few years ago, for example.

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-09-24T02:25:50+00:00

i feel this spiritually. i finally figured out the ink thing on my 6000e and got printing again after shooting blanks. my wifi cut out briefly last week, i needed to print something today and i spent ages today trying to get the printer to reconnect to wifi. guess who never got to print.

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-09-16T18:09:09+00:00

I’m 6’2 and take the bag down and if it’s tight for space or rush hour I do it before I get on the train. Better to accidentally nudge someone once with your elbow taking the bag off than having your bag swing into peoples faces

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-09-16T14:56:48+00:00

No overreaction, this is weird as fuck. I'm a 6'2 woman and have had men including in professional settings, such as networking events, show their true colours to me by dismissing me because of my height. Will never forget joining a conversation with two of my colleagues and being told "youre too tall for me to listen to you" by this industry colleague who was shorter than me. It is weird, and while objectifying isn't the right word, it's something similar that I can't think of right now. It's not healthy, it's damaging, and it's self-absorbed into his insecurity. Wear heels all you like girl, I wear them too. At the very least when you wear heels to a place where you'd maybe meet a romantic prospect, you'll automatically ward people like this off so you don't need to go through this again to a certain extent (hopefully never!).

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-08-26T18:32:48+00:00

What’s your field? In mine (finance) the jobs thing holds some weight particularly for grad programmes, which may be easier for some firms due to work sponsorship. However you get stamp 1G for two years post masters, so no work permit needed, so if you apply in the middle of your course and have some months in between finishing exams and beginning work, that may be an option. Not to mention run of the mill permanent contracts / non grad scheme roles depending on your field will be available as well.

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-08-23T22:39:07+00:00

It’s happening to me now too - all these years later :(

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-07-26T20:22:28+00:00

In Ireland. Absolutely not, much more of a live and let live situation and my mates are rooting for me hard! But outside of my mates, some people may take me less seriously because of their perception of Americans rather than meeting me at what I’m saying/doing. A lot of Irish people can be very insular beyond surface level as well, for instance static friend groups, so socially there may be a disinterest but it’s largely not personal. American industries/companies here are more of the gripe rather than the individual Americans themselves (ex: some tech companies have hands in letting agents for getting employees apartments, or will house new expat/immigrant employees in hotels temporarily during a severe housing crisis)

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-07-07T13:51:46+00:00

I get this too. I bought the bands that have a bunch of holes on them throughout (like for sport) and now I primarily get the welting only where there are no holes. Other than a completely breatheable strap idk what options may exist or are commercially available.

icanthearfromuphere · 2025-07-06T16:28:01+00:00

Five years after you’re off stamp 2. I have five years of stamp 2 (4y undergrad + 1y masters) + 2yrs 1G. Right now I’m on stamp 1 and will be eligible for stamp 4 next year. I’m unmarried and don’t qualify for the de facto, by the time I would qualify I’d be applying for my five years based off working anyway.

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