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RAINier — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 10:15:00 +0000

post count thing is a good ideal but its to easy to just start a thread and make random post to get ur count up just like on other forums ..

Huh? You might have the wrong thread, brother!

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gamma — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:48:37 +0000

post count thing is a good ideal but its to easy to just start a thread and make random post to get ur count up just like on other forums ..

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RAINier — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:29:23 +0000

Potatoes and shamrocks for the win!

Seriously: Ireland is nothing like people imagine it. Generalizations are general. Lol.

I know, I've been there once before for work (twice if you're one of those guys who says NI is really part of the ROI) and it's not extremely different from the UK and other parts of Europe as a nation (not culture-wise of course)! You don't all eat potatoes, drink guinness, and have red hair :P. You do have a great country with friendly people and gorgeous women.

The Irish stereotype about drinking is the only stereotype I found to be actually true.

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goatfishtwo — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:26:04 +0000

“The Most Recently Discovered Wild Beast” (1881)

I like to think that the anti-hispanic, anti-muslim, anti-whatever sentiment today is the same that people had towards the Italians and Irish back in the 1800s-1940s. For the "Greatest Generation", WWII came along, and people realized that their squadmates, who had names like Rossi and Lombardi (or Murphy and O'Brien for you Irish) were just like them, guys trying to make it in America with families and lives and loves, etc..

Or you could buy into the whole cultural assimilation over decades kind of thing.

Here's another for your time:

The Mortar of Assimilation (1889)

Only the Irish immigrant is causing trouble and refusing to "mix"/assimilate with the rest of America

Potatoes and shamrocks for the win!

Seriously: Ireland is nothing like people imagine it. Generalizations are general. Lol.

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RAINier — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 20:03:03 +0000

Oh man! I forgot about the intense anti-Irish sentiment that used to permeate the country.

That picture is circa.....?

“The Most Recently Discovered Wild Beast” (1881)

Or you could buy into the whole cultural assimilation over decades kind of thing.

Here's another for your time:

The Mortar of Assimilation (1889)

Only the Irish immigrant is causing trouble and refusing to "mix"/assimilate with the rest of America :P

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GSRacer — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:39:39 +0000

Oh man! I forgot about the intense anti-Irish sentiment that used to permeate the country.

That picture is circa.....?

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RAINier — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:18:04 +0000

https://sumnonrabidus.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/kenny_fig05b.jpg

Hold ctrl on your keyboard while scrolling in with your mouse if you can't read it :P

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GSRacer — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:50:05 +0000

Don't forget the corned beef! Ya need the proteins!

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RAINier — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 18:22:07 +0000

I'd like to think that every awesome thing about me is because I'm Irish. Haha. Ahh that's awesome. I'm from Wicklow which is basically just east of Westmeath, on the coast.

...Next thing you know, the place is going to smell like Guinness and cabbage...

Just pulling 'yer legs of course.

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goatfishtwo — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:55:39 +0000

Sounds like a good call. I'd prefer it be members with more than 20 posts who can post in this section. That's heavy and Aristotle's call to make though, and we are still in the stage where we want to attract new members. There's a delicate balance to be struck.

Yeah I definitely agree about wanting to attract as many people as possible. I just feel that for us to really confirm the validity of what anyone is saying or at least be as sure as we can be about it, that would be a good start.

Goatfish, you are smart. Is it because you are Irish? I bet that's the case. My family is from Westmeath originally btw.

I'd like to think that every awesome thing about me is because I'm Irish. Haha. Ahh that's awesome. I'm from Wicklow which is basically just east of Westmeath, on the coast.