Can the Irish handle and enjoy alcohol better than other nations...? (56)
chris27292729: """A bonus""'?????????
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in what way alcohol is a bonus
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in what way alcohol is a bonus
didn't jesus turn the water into wine??? to lighten the mood...
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Aragorn11: You look like I could use a drink
its not the addiction to alcohol , drugs ect, ...it's the addiction to escaping realty
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I might have a pint in New York city one day...God willing
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It's not a racial/ethnic disposition towards alcohol - although such a thing can indeed exist - or anything to do with the weather or the Church. There are complex cultural and historical factors behind Ireland's drink problem.
I would also argue that drinking along with all social problems in Ireland are exacerbated by brain drain. Many of the more aspirational and arguably functional Irish left and more of the idiots and jokesters will have stayed. It is a case where mass emigration leaves a country imbalanced and disturbed.
This happens both within and between nations. Where I was born is a lovable dump like Ireland as the smarter ones past and present moved to London or America. Towns get disembowled with masses torn from their communities as the old world burns in the fires of industry. Doing this to an entire country with the mass moving of peoples at global scale is the pinnacle of a material world that cares about nothing but economics and material self-interest. What happened to my hometown in more recent years is what's happened in Ireland for donkeys years and that's why we have so many stereotypes in common.
I would also argue that drinking along with all social problems in Ireland are exacerbated by brain drain. Many of the more aspirational and arguably functional Irish left and more of the idiots and jokesters will have stayed. It is a case where mass emigration leaves a country imbalanced and disturbed.
This happens both within and between nations. Where I was born is a lovable dump like Ireland as the smarter ones past and present moved to London or America. Towns get disembowled with masses torn from their communities as the old world burns in the fires of industry. Doing this to an entire country with the mass moving of peoples at global scale is the pinnacle of a material world that cares about nothing but economics and material self-interest. What happened to my hometown in more recent years is what's happened in Ireland for donkeys years and that's why we have so many stereotypes in common.
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plus in some cases they can be a God send in others words they have a special meaning
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pedro27: But these things are meant to lighten the mood and escape indirectly to how your feeling and how ones past and life is going IMO
That is a false solution
Drowning one's sorrows does not work.
It just delays it until it rears its head even bigger.
Neither alcohol nor drugs should be taken to escape anything.
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pedro27: its not the addiction to alcohol , drugs ect, ...it's the addiction to escaping realty
Otherwise known as 'Self Medicating'
Alcohol is fine, and I enjoy a few pints myself.
It can and is abused though and that can lead to a whole world of pain for the person involved and in some cases their loved one's & others.
Google Professor Nutt, a guy asked to set up a Drugs task Force in the UK by Tony Blair.
After extensive research their findings were presented to Government and it was disbanded because their claims did not agree with the party line. Some 90 % (cant remember exact figure) of the Drug problems in the UK, the Committee found were caused by...........wait for it..................Alcohol.
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Rumples: It's not a racial/ethnic disposition towards alcohol - although such a thing can indeed exist - or anything to do with the weather or the Church. There are complex cultural and historical factors behind Ireland's drink problem.
I would also argue that drinking along with all social problems in Ireland are exacerbated by brain drain. Many of the more aspirational and arguably functional Irish left and more of the idiots and jokesters will have stayed. It is a case where mass emigration leaves a country imbalanced and disturbed.
This happens both within and between nations. Where I was born is a lovable dump like Ireland as the smarter ones past and present moved to London or America. Towns get disembowled with masses torn from their communities as the old world burns in the fires of industry. Doing this to an entire country with the mass moving of peoples at global scale is the pinnacle of a material world that cares about nothing but economics and material self-interest. What happened to my hometown in more recent years is what's happened in Ireland for donkeys years and that's why we have so many stereotypes in common.
I would also argue that drinking along with all social problems in Ireland are exacerbated by brain drain. Many of the more aspirational and arguably functional Irish left and more of the idiots and jokesters will have stayed. It is a case where mass emigration leaves a country imbalanced and disturbed.
This happens both within and between nations. Where I was born is a lovable dump like Ireland as the smarter ones past and present moved to London or America. Towns get disembowled with masses torn from their communities as the old world burns in the fires of industry. Doing this to an entire country with the mass moving of peoples at global scale is the pinnacle of a material world that cares about nothing but economics and material self-interest. What happened to my hometown in more recent years is what's happened in Ireland for donkeys years and that's why we have so many stereotypes in common.
in your opinion what are the Irish known for worldwide?
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mollybaby: That is a false solution
Drowning one's sorrows does not work.
It just delays it until it rears its head even bigger.
Neither alcohol nor drugs should be taken to escape anything.
Drowning one's sorrows does not work.
It just delays it until it rears its head even bigger.
Neither alcohol nor drugs should be taken to escape anything.
if then what are drugs/alcohol for? do they not change ones outlook momentirly ?
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pedro27: didn't jesus turn the water into wine??? to lighten the mood...
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He made a mistake.,
Wine instead of beer.
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Aragorn11: Otherwise known as 'Self Medicating'
Alcohol is fine, and I enjoy a few pints myself.
It can and is abused though and that can lead to a whole world of pain for the person involved and in some cases their loved one's & others.
Google Professor Nutt, a guy asked to set up a Drugs task Force in the UK by Tony Blair.
After extensive research their findings were presented to Government and it was disbanded because their claims did not agree with the party line. Some 90 % (cant remember exact figure) of the Drug problems in the UK, the Committee found were caused by...........wait for it..................Alcohol.
Alcohol is fine, and I enjoy a few pints myself.
It can and is abused though and that can lead to a whole world of pain for the person involved and in some cases their loved one's & others.
Google Professor Nutt, a guy asked to set up a Drugs task Force in the UK by Tony Blair.
After extensive research their findings were presented to Government and it was disbanded because their claims did not agree with the party line. Some 90 % (cant remember exact figure) of the Drug problems in the UK, the Committee found were caused by...........wait for it..................Alcohol.
pharamisical drugs are not enough further research is needed to be developed to keep one well,,,just soak up the local news and theres a excuse
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pedro27: in your opinion what are the Irish known for worldwide?
A reputation for heavy drinkers.;
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chris27292729: He made a mistake.,
Wine instead of beer.
Wine instead of beer.
was it only 14c on your island today? I seen on tv
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chris27292729: A reputation for heavy drinkers.;
I personally think going through a major defeating famine from our forefathers was at least one element to desire to drink indirectly some what,
what can one benefit from getting high on alcohol be?
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pedro27: imo anyone whoever drank indirectly wanted to escape their own reality , like testing it
There's drinking to forget your problems and there's drinking to be more outgoing. Escaping your own reality is fine, in moderation.
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pedro27: was it only 14c on your island today? I seen on tv
Seldom drops below Zero,during winter time.
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pedro27: Back in the throughout history instead of water the Irish drank homemade brew/beer, because the water was dirty and unfit to drink....so they drank brew and were merry, so I believe its in our genes/bloodline from our fore fathers in this land to handle it better than the rest of the world and enjoy it more too, past down to this current day...
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Always thought of the Irish as being a bunch of beer sipping, superstitious , god fearing chancres, but generally, great fun.
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pedro27: Back in the throughout history instead of water the Irish drank homemade brew/beer, because the water was dirty and unfit to drink....so they drank brew and were merry, so I believe its in our genes/bloodline from our fore fathers in this land to handle it better than the rest of the world and enjoy it more too, past down to this current day...
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Saw a news brief on 2x scottish guys leaping out of a building and then proceeded to punch each other up, naked from the waist down.
As for the Irish my grand daddy, he got so drunk once he went to his shed and chopped his finger off!
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pedro27: But these things are meant to lighten the mood and escape indirectly to how your feeling and how ones past and life is going IMO
No they are not.
Enhance the mood, yes.
But it is the worst form of escape from dark feelings.
They can only be worked on with a clear mind.
There is no cure at the end of a bottle.
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You look like I could use a drink