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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by deathtoreddit@lemmygrad.ml to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

Idk if this is a joke or not. I don't seriously think they're gonna do this YET, are they?

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[-] Euergetes@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago

plastic paddies about to get their 1 (one) chance at remdemption

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago

plastic paddies

This has to be a slur right???

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 34 points 2 months ago

The term refers to American people of negligible Irish descent feigning to be Irish in all their personhood.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 months ago

Ohhhhhh, didn't know that. I thought the plastic part referenced plastic explosives

[-] purpleworm@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I thought it was Irish-American people who have no connection cultural or otherwise to Ireland but make a big deal out of being "Irish" anyway, basically appropriating the culture of their ancestry.

[-] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Mac from always sunny

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Putting it succinctly that way, yes, I agree with you.

[-] mickey@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

The Leftist Cooks has a video up on this, I haven't watched it yet but it promises to delve into this. She's a trans woman living in Ireland and talks about hearing the term first at 16 working hospitality, thinking it was a slur against the Irish entertainers accommodating American tourists, but the person explained that it was about the Americans with their fake sense of heritage.
Are Americans Irish?

[-] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

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