Thank u!! x

@@paulmcgrath6118 yeah NYC, what about some normal town ?

Was there the other day and got a pint can (because they don’t do regular plastic pints) at an NFL game. Yer wan spun around the iPad that you have to pay on and stared at me while the screen said “select a tip amount” and I had to choose one before I could pay. Got pressured into leaving a 10% tip for a girl handing me a can of Miller.

In America tips are expected because the servers aren’t even given minimum wage. They’re employers pay maybe $5 an hour because they expect people will tip.

i live in the middle of nowhere- i forgot to tip my hairdresser months ago and i still feel like a piece of shit. so yeah tipping is a massive deal 😭😭

I asked for my 50cent back off a Chinese delivery chap not gonna lie was the tightest moment of my life 😂😂

Hahaha man this story made me miss New York. So funny

@@stephanieblaaa So typical though. I went out with a male New Yorker in Newfoundland and Labrador for most of the 70s. The day a St John's cashier short changed him 25 cents was a day to remember. He slapped the coins she had given him down on the counter and demanded his quarter in no uncertain terms. The poor cashier who had made a little mistake would have thrown him her whole cash drawer she was so shocked. I was red with embarrassment.

Aw I am so glad you enjoyed Ireland Deborah! Fun how some of my points rang true for you too!

Irish seem fixated with the N. East/New England. People head there on a J1 and return to Ireland after the summer convinced they now know about 'America'. Possibly on account of historical emigration ties and possibly because of proximity. Other places are an extra flight hop to be fair. I often here Irish speak pejoratively of the South. They have a stereotype view of constant racial tension from watching too many Hollywood movies. Thing is - that is where most Irish would feel at home amongst the U.S. regions. They have a MUCH closer everyday culture to our one.

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Interesting!

New York, LA, Chicago, Detroit.............. Not representative of America.

Shoulda went to florida nc sc or ga you missed the experience

@@christophersallette4202 I know people who really like North Carolina. I'm not a big fan of the Bible Belt generally, though - nor is the Bible Belt, if what the preachers and politicians say is evidence, fond of people like me LOL.

@@timward3116 Okay, if thats what you want to believe. Best of wishes.

@@christophersallette4202 Hi Christopher. I know that you are right at some level about "if that's what you want to believe." The rhetoric of the Southern preachers and politicians, though, is a hump that is hard for me to get over. I happen to be gay (NOT your stereotypical rainbow-flag waving feminine gay, though) and the VAST majority of my friends (male and female) are straight, but I'm just not feeling much tolerance or kindness from Southern politicians and preachers. I do have family in Tennessee, and my visits there have been very pleasant (with the exception of an odd little town that seemed adverse to my non-Southern/Arizona accent). Basically, I like anyone who likes me and I don't rub my surprisingly boring lifestyle in anyone's face LOL - so that always helps. Well, have a great Friday and weekend.

hahah ur so lovely. thank u for watching!

Same. Just made my boyfriend have a listen to your accent.

@@lifeofcarlyh is it Irish accent?

@@vimalcurio yes..from Galway 💚

@@Foxsuper1 how different is the English accent spoken in Dublin to the English accents spoken in other cities/towns in Ireland?! The English accent spoken in New York (often called "Brooklynese"), for example, is quite distinctive of the English accents spoken in other (large) cities in the United States (and, unlike in many other large American cities, where the local English accent has largely been replaced by the standard American English accent, in New York, "Brooklynese" is still widely spoken, especially in Queens, Bronx, and the extended New York Metro Area of New Jersey).

Midwest in Ireland? I'm in mayo

There are only two things (that I can think of) that Ireland, and States like Georgia, or Texas have in common: one, in all three of them, English is the main language of communication; and two, they, all, have similar laws on abortion.

@@mariusmatei2946 haha true

Thanks Steph! Will have to travel more into the middle states next time I am in the US. The most central I have gone so far is Illinois 🤣🤣🤣

our cultures are SO similar. but i should probably go over to NZ asap just to double check 🤠😇

Kiwi accents are annoying, and I can never tell the difference between English and kiwi.

@@thenextshenanigantownandth4393 Ah, but the English accent they speak in New Zealand, is unmistakable, so much so that, virtually, every word where the letter "e" is pronounced "eh" (as in "bed"), they pronounce it "e" all the way.

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Yes I agree - although I have travelled a lot of the US, this was coming more from a New York perspective

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@DS : So when was the last time you were in Ireland or for that matter anywhere at all over here in Europe? And just for the record, I don’t have a problem in the slightest, with anybody who wants to put the national flag outside of their private house. Knock yourself out. It’s just that over here we find that such an unusual thing to do. And as for the Irish drinking themselves into a stupor, well come on, that really doesn’t happen. But stereotypes, whether they are well founded or not, are really difficult to dispense with. Which causes me to think that you’ve never been to Ireland so you really wouldn’t know the reality…

That is so funny - glad you agree with me!! East and West Coast are so different! Thank you for subscribing 💛

Irish Women: Top 10 Reasons Not To Even Date Them Irish Women Have Gained A Bit Of A Reputation But Do You Agree They Are So Bad? Straight into it I suppose. I know a lot of lads from other countries who would tell you that they would never date or marry an Irish woman. But are they really so bad? I asked a lot of these guys to give me their top reasons for avoiding the emerald lassies and their responses were, well… quite forthcoming. They’re Mentally, Emotionally And Physically Abusive To Their Partners “Go on! Do it! Go on big man! I dare you!” Some of the usual things any man might here if he’s in an argument with his partner especially if she’s drunk and rowdy. Some, but not all Irish women are notorious for assaulting their partners in vicious assaults because they believe that (a.) their partner won’t hit a woman and (b.) they can play the system later and portray themselves as a “poor innocent victim” and their partner as a monster. They also know in 99% of cases the law will side with them. This tactic has been employed for decades by a lot of nasty women who wanted to get rid of a partner they were bored with while taking his house, his kids and his pay cheque along with it. I have witnessed men stand there like idiots while the partners took stilettos to their heads in a drunken rage outside a nightclub. If any man assaulted a woman like that all the other women would be calling for his head! They’re Stuck Up But They’ve Nothing To Be Stuck Up About This one comes up a lot sadly. There is a sense that Irish women are incredibly stuck up and full of themselves and most of these men say that this is unjustified. “It just seems these Irish women think they are the most beautiful, intelligent and sought after creatures on earth when in fact the opposite is true, they are not the best looking and certainly not the smartest either” Andrei Their Fake Tan Stinks Of Oranges Apparently Irish girls are awful for this. Spraying themselves from head to toe with spray tan just to try to look like “exotic goddesses” and as one of my interviewees told me: “The stuff just smells of rotten oranges and bad feet”. “They look more like um-pa-lumpa’s than exotic goddesses to be frank, especially when you can see the tan is either too dark or too orange for their appearance and a lot of the time they look ridiculous”. Making out with these girls is apparently a nightmare especially if you’re wearing anything white; because by the time you’re done everything you’re wearing will be covered in cheap fake tan. Gold Digging A lot of lads also claim that when you’re talking to an Irish lass they will immediately ask about what you work at. It seems to that Irish girls tend to put too much focus into the size of a mans wallet rather than in their potential as a life partner. I spoke to fifteen men about this; some Irish and some not, who told me they feel that Irish women they dated were more interested in getting what they could out of them; and that they had no shame demanding to be financially spoiled regularly at their man’s expense. You’re Not Just Dating Them You’re Dating Their Mother This is one I fully agree with (sorry girls). Irish women; especially country women; have an awful tendency to have their mother constantly latched onto their arm everywhere they go. With an Irish lass; you’re not just dating them you’re dating their mother too. There is a huge majority of women out there who allow their mothers to interfere in depth in their relationships. In some cases, entire marriages and relationships have ended because these women have allowed their mammy interfere in every aspect of their relationship and this has even spilled over into a stage of some mothers running and ruining their daughters marriages. Dublin girls are not so bad for this though. Manipulative Who Cause More Trouble Than They’re Worth Girls you have a reputation for this and it’s your own fault. Getting drunk, flirting with other men when you think your own man isn’t looking, then causing fights and then playing the victim. I have experienced this myself and it’s the very reason I would never again look at an Irish woman. Our wonderful Irish lassies have a very unfortunate tendency to drink until they can’t keep it in. Many years ago I worked on the doors of several well known nightclubs and I can tell you the amount of times I witnessed this was unreal. Drinking And Gossiping About Friends, Partner And Family Another issue around Irish women and drink it their tendency to back-bite their own friends and family. They spend a lot of time when they’re drunk whinging about their partners because of their own unrealistic expectation that he should be following her around like a puppy dog licking her feet for her. Irish women are very bitchy and when they’re drunk (and sometimes sober). They will talk nasty behind your back to whoever will listen and of course when it gets out? They will deny it to your face and make every attempt to turn it on the person they gossiped to. They Will Cheat Given The First Opportunity Usually With Your Friends I must admit I find this one surprising. But apparently Irish women are the most notorious for cheating especially when drink is involved. Research carried out by a website known for ‘extramarital fun’ revealed that Irish women are quickest to play away from home. When on holiday, or out for a “girls night” it would certainly seem that Irish women are the quickest when it comes to cheating behind a partners back. Married Irish women tend to have affairs within three years of marriage. They’re Secretive, Do Things Behind Your Back And Are Never Accountable Sexting other men, discussing their version of your relationship with their friends and family turning people on you. Just some of the things Irish women are allegedly known for. In some cases women who feel so insecure and fearful that you will cheat on them will isolate you from your own friends; while bitching about you to theirs. These are usually the ones who do the cheating. I have had 3 relationships with 3 Irish women and all of them eventually cheated on me. Literally, made plans to meet with other guys once I was distracted. Then of course had the cheek to try to justify it and turn the blame for it onto me with all manner of excuses. This is one of the biggest issues I think I have with Irish women. They’re never accountable for their behavior. They cheat on you but it’s somehow your fault. They start an argument over something stupid but that is also somehow your fault. Irish women are never accountable for their behaviour.

Ah, but how does, say, Dublin compare to New York?! I think a "Dublin vs New York" (as opposed to an "Ireland vs New York") comparison would be more appropriate, don't you think?!

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND IT

Yeah, in Europe, only the administrative/government buildings would have national (and European) flags hoisted on a permanent basis.

@DS and your problem is...?!?

@DS Pfff, you're Waaay over your head (gotta tell you)!! I wasn't "criticizing", But Merely Comparing (you know, like when you've Got The Awareness/Commonsense That The World Out There, Is Way Bigger Than your own country; Not that I need to explain myself to you); you might wanna Consult A Thesaurus On The Difference Between "criticizing", And "comparing"!!! For as far as I'm "concerned", you can Stitch your flag to your butthole, And fly it proudly; it Won't Bother Me A Bit, I Promise, i.e. I Don't Give A Damn (Also, for someone that takes pride in living in "the home of the brave", you Sure Are A Snowflake: ❄️)!!! Toodles 😀

lol not a bad complaint !!!

Personally, I kinda make it a point not to fit in with the American mentality!

It's the same with me, that's why i definitely plan on moving there and getting my citizenship

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@DS hahaha nice one, I already moved so :) boo hoo

How is it

Hahaha exactly

times have certainly changed

wow i still have half days in 3rd year

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I remember we had the first Wednesday of the month off we called it the fair day

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The flag propaganda is intense. As someone educated in the USA, I can say from experience that we've memorized the "pledge of allegiance" by the time we're 10 yrs old because it's said daily in most public schools. In my state, they passed legislation (when I was in my last year of school before university education) which REQUIRED public schools to provide an opportunity to say the pledge of allegiance at LEAST once daily. & y'all can already guess that many teachers/instructors did NOT treat it like it was optional. I switched out of my 1st hour (with an instructor I had known since I was 10 yrs old) because he harassed students who "refused" to stand for the pledge. That's right, grown adults bullying children for something that (ideally in a "free country") is optional. This is how our educators indoctrinate us--not by: letting us know that LGBTQ people exist (which is what many conservative Americans call "indoctrination" at this moment in history)

​@@iriswontbequiet I am very conservative, I'm also a double STEM graduate (I like numbers and science). I'm assuming you don't believe LGBTQ is indoctrination as it would be your opinion that it's natural and common to humanity. Well actually the LGTBQ thing correlates very highly with excess wealth more than anything else (e.g. Elon Musk and his family, multiple marriages, kids divorcing him, changing gender, etc) LGBTQ preach and indoctrinate that children have a sexual identity. Oh really. So LGTBQ children go through puberty and become sexually active before the rest of the human race? Wow how progressive, an 8 year old is aware of their sexual preferences. Others would call that paedophilia for an adult to talk to a child about these issues. It's not just morally bankrupt but scientifically ludicrous. "Born gay" is the biggest nonsense. You weren't born with sexual desires of ANY KIND yet in order to promote their agenda, the wealthy satanists of California and Hollywood falsely indoctrinate that this is the case. It's pretty easy to prove LGBTQ is not a phenomenon common to humanity as in many countries it basically doesn't exist. If you ask someone in Kenya or China about it and you tell them you were born a woman but changed gender to a man, they simply wouldn't understand the concept. It's as ludicrous as saying you are now a dog or a pixie-kin or an alien race which is encompassed by LGBTQ and is derided by many prominent lesbians, for example. If this LGBTQ stuff was "real and endemic to humanity", then why does the majority of the human race not recognise it as a concept? I know you're going to say, "that's Africa, that's China, they are different". That would be racist but also demonstrably false. Where do you believe the world capital of transgenderism is? I know you want to say San Francisco or the United States but you'd be very wrong. The transgender capital of the world is IRAN. I encourage you to fact-check that because it tends to be ignored by LGTBQ advocates as it doesn't fit with the narrative. LGBTQ is progressive and Iran is the opposite of that, you wouldn't dare align yourself with Iran and the Ayatollahs, would you? According to the LGBTQ radicals and even the so-called scientists in the USA, UK, United Nations and so forth, there is a difference between sex and gender. OK, let's assume that's true. Even according to the LGTBQ radicals (and more pertinently the medical doctors and scientists) the concept of "sex" is BIOLOGICALLY FIXED. You are made out of 30-40 trillion cells and every single one of them is immutably MALE or FEMALE and can NEVER CHANGE (that's what immutable means). "Gender" on the other hand is fluid and can change moment by moment from alien races to made up humanist words The science proves that even if you change gender you do NOT change your sex, it's biologically thus scientifically impossible. How would you describe the notion that changing sex or gender reassignment actually physically changes your sex if not INDOCTRINATION and objectively false? So you have a "sex-change" (scientifically impossible) and yet the scientific community are supposed to take you seriously? We are supposed to accept a change on your driving license, allow you to use the restroom of the opposite sex and compete in sports with the opposite sex? These doctrines are not "liberal", they are radical and extreme leftism (there is a difference between liberalism and leftism). Do you know what the defining feature of a leftist is? They REFUSE to engage in scientific debate and they CENSOR and PERSECUTE anyone who disagrees with their opinion I am more educated (BSc Physics, MSc Finance) than the average Democrat, perhaps more educated than ANY Democrat, yet if I stood up in a Californian university or any woke university, I would be censored, the police may be called and my life and health would be in real danger. For what? For speaking the truth? Even if I'm wrong I don't have a right to voice my opinion? Science is hate-speech now? I have no freedom of religion either? It's incredibly dangerous and divisive to censor science and religion. The opinion of the LEFTISTS (not liberals) is that I don't have the right to voice my opinion even if I am scientifically correct. Do you know who else was a LEFTIST? The neo-Marxists of Lenin and the Soviet Union, the extreme authoritarians of the CCP in China in 2022, the radical extremists in Islam, etc. Those are the groups that LGTBQ indoctrinators align themselves with philosophically. I bet you don't believe I even have a right to say these things but my GOD-given right to freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of petition are enshrined in the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, which I'll just point out was given to America by MY people (the Ulster-Scots/Scots-Irish) The LGBTQ advocates need educated, it will never be acceptable to "teach" this false doctrine in schools and if the woke illiterati keep pushing this agenda on children it will accelerate the collapse of the United States and every country (probably mine) that is stupid enough and corrupt enough to follow their lead. So YES the LGBTQ agenda is INDOCTRINATION as it's anti-scientific and anti-American, anti-democratic, anti-religious and objectively FALSE. You can try to indoctrinate people that the earth is flat but those with scientific knowledge (STEM graduates not "gender studies" graduates) will refuse to accept your message as we know it's detrimental to science and the human race. Then the religious aspect is now LGTBQ is a religion and the LGBTQ religion takes precedent over every other religion. I'm not even allowed to say LGTBQ is sinful and immoral as even though my religion clearly says it is, apparently it's now hate speech to say it! Religion and science are now hate-speech and why? Because the RICHEST top 0.1% of freaks living in California and elsewhere want the entire world to acquiesce to their sexual immorality. That's the bottom line. The rich deviants don't want to be called out for their sins, so they used the media to indoctrinate people that their sins were righteous. It's frankly unbelievable but good is now evil and evil is now good. I cannot have any part of it from either a scientific or religious POV Sorry for the long comment I'm sure you won't even read it but just as declarations of allegiance are indoctrination, so too is the LGBTQ agenda

Thanks Pax - I had never considered that reason. My Alabama friend reckons it'll all tumble apart in his lifetime! Certain irony though in a northern Irish person commenting on a flag matter. :-) The phenomenon is not that unusual in parts of Europe either - the Scandinavian lands have a surprising amount of front garden flaggery. You wonder at times if you have landed in a country or a marketing campaign.

Absolutely agree :)

@@stephanieblaaaI like both cultures but irish it’s special

Ah, we're grand enough I suppose.

im not surprised!

Yeah it must just be the younger generation! So funny

While I agree that "shots" of alcohol (and binge-drinking, in general) is bad for you/your health, these (kinds of) drinking habits are by no means unique to the United States!

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So true!

Im from Spain, I have to admit that I’ve not been to America at all, but I lived in Ireland (mostly Cork) for two years. It would have NEVER gone across my mind that Ireland is anything like America 😂🤔😆

@@edgar7021 there are many (general) similarities, from the people's demeanor, to (their) political choices, and from economic policies/structure, to the impact that these (economic) policies have on the society; but then, there are many differences, too!!

Yea politics daft and it's gotten worse abd worse over time

Where in Ireland? Travel around the country as if your planning on just staying in Dublin it won't be fun.. Galway,cork ballymun mayo and other places are amazing

how was it?

@@glossypopsx ballymun??????

@@jacktravers5049 lol wont have a jacket left by the time they get through

Haha I hope you enjoy your time here! Definitely come to the West of Ireland - it is beautiful here!

any advice on Irish men and dating would be appreciated lmfaoo *this guy was born/ raised in Dublin, but has expressed wanting to stay in NY* also + me and majority of women I know, take hoursss to get ready. It's a big deal when going out to look our best, smell our best, etc. So idk about that person telling you to go straight from the gym... a bit odd. Me and other friends will have our outfits picked out hours or even days before.

@UCN1U84pawZ30r52Bvi1nScA Irish people love in depth chats but when some random person comes along dont even know that long wants a full life story then no your not getting it and dont have your hopes up your fogetting these are people too that would prefer to keep things in the dark until they know they found someone to bring it into light if you get my meaning. And theres alot of bias with american women hes not making hes move because hes afraid youll cry sexual harrasment before anyone picks that up wrong im not saying calling out bad behavouir is wrong but most american women tend to use all forms to bring down a man looking at a women in america is the same as putting your hand on her she will feel "harrassed" her personal space "invaded" so my asnwer to you is make it so obvious to him you have interest when i say make it obvious i mean it that he can act on it if he likes you he will if not you know what will happen. And if it doesnt work out then theres plenty of other irish like galway cork ireland doesnt equal dublin maybe the fella actually was from dublin but just letting you know. Never insult hes family only an irish person is allowed to insult there own joking is different your allowed to joke just dont walk in saying stuff like fuck your an ugly crowed if you do be well prepared to be slaughtered by words and trust me we dont hold back after weve been insulted. Dont imitate the accent especially in the early stages its a turn off itll leave him with no response and itll just bring up unwanted tension.

@@eirelullaby6374 and yet, both, the Irish, and the Americans (seem to) have a very bizarre way of showing interest (which is, practically, identical to disinterest) in someone, i.e. (verbal) harassment/hazing, a.k.a. slagging; rings any bells!?!

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Oh interesting?? I never knew that thank u!

Yeah, I tend to agree with you; however, these days, it seems to be taking the turn towards a darker direction (beyond patriotism, and into the realm of nationalism)!!

Not true, they were there before 9/12.There are just far more of them now. They say more than 'patriotism' to other people.

@@catherinedelaney147 They was very few. There’s more than “a lot” more. It’s gone from a few houses on a block to street after street of flags in some areas. And it changed almost overnight after 9/11.

@@mariusmatei2946 The Make America Great Again movement which really means, "Don't celebrate multi-culturalism"?

True!!

Where are you from

Never knew that! So interesting

Seems to be loads outside houses etc too. I think it's just a cultural thing

@@stephanieblaaa Here, the Canadian government when it wanted to promote national unity in the face of a separatist threat in Quebec in about the mid-1990s literally gave away free Canadian flags. LOLOL! My husband literally ordered flags for every relative he knew and had the government send them out to these families--he didn't even pay for postage.. We got a couple of them. My husband used to display a Canadian flag on our cottage clothes line which was surrounded by Americans. Of course, some of them also displayed American and Canadian flags when our national holidays arrived. The Americans didn't think it unusual to be that patriotic, but I did. He gave a large Canadian flag to 2 boys from Florida for helping him bring in a large granite slab from the shoreline. They were embarrassed at his generosity and offered to pay him for the flag. I guess they don't realize in Canada sends you a free flag to promote national unity. The slogan back then was, "My Canada includes Quebec."

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yessss. we irish girls wear heels but cannot walk in heels. so by the end of the night they are swinging over our shoulders. very classy. make it make sense

@@stephanieblaaa The British Royal Family's females can show how to walk in high heels. They are wild. Those chicks are always so well dressed. Crazy.

I’m late to this thread but I was going to say the exact same thing.

It's so lovely here!

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cool! did some of this ring true for you too?? 😁

Yes it was so true

Hahaa isn't it crazy! Definitely just a Manhattan thing!

@@stephanieblaaa Compared to Canadians, Americans don't drink at all. I thought the Irish were famous for boozing? Although my experience is possibly influenced by my stay in St John's, Newfoundland. I remember a night school teacher saying to our class once that a salesman new to Newfoundland and Labrador reported by phone to his boss, "The whole island is drunk."

same lol

Hahaha yes but sober Irish people are very different to drunk Irish people

@@stephanieblaaa yes.....lol Spanish are always loud, sober or not, hahahaha

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Hahahha. It is our culture

those pants are engrained in our culture

love that for you

you think its weird that you make videos? 😂

@@stephanieblaaa yeah it's bit odd seen yourself talking to a camera

@@cilliandomican lol

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gemini hahaha