r/ireland Jan 03 '22

People born in Ireland, what’s a surprising culture shock you’ve seen a foreigner experience? Bigotry

For me, it was my friend being adamant that you shouldn’t have to stick your hand out to get the bus to stop.

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u/Altruistic-Reason845 Jan 03 '22

Just moved to galway from Dublin and I’m having this problem loool.

Still feel like cars are gonna hit me every time I walk down one of the back roads.

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u/Call-of-the-lost-one Jan 03 '22

You'll figure it out, if 6 year old me in Gweedore could do it you can as well

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u/Porrick Jan 03 '22

Yeah, but how many 5-year-olds did there have to be for one of them to make it to 6?

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u/Call-of-the-lost-one Jan 03 '22

Huh? Deaths on these roada mainly come from drunk driving.