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My Irish friends tend to regard a lot of self-described nationalists/patriots as gobshites, and I often see them being ridiculed online. But in real life my sample size is limited so I am wondering how representative that is.
Is there genuinely a broader social tendency in Ireland to view nationalism as a bit embarrassing, or am I just seeing a Reddit/internet bubble?

Ok I go first - Genuine question. My Indian colleague sneezed three times before lunch. Is this normal, or is it a cultural thing? Not racist, I have lot of Indian friends, just curious. 😂

Literally every day there are racist, derogatory, degrading, dehumanising, patronising, and stereotyping posts on this sub against Indians, and literally they are allowed to stay without any problems.
This sub is meant to be a safe place for discussing issues affecting Indians in Ireland, yet it is literally filled with racist cunts and is being used as a launchpad for spreading anti-Indian rhetoric.
I understand the moderators are mostly volunteers, but still, this lax approach is not acceptable. If you were to post anything even remotely close to the kind of posts that get posted here on r/Ireland or r/AskIreland, it would lead to an instant removal and a permanent ban. I don’t know what’s going on here.

Mandali kasa kai?

I am an NRI Punekar and I was recently in Pune and needed a pediatrician for my son. I did a quick Google search and, to my surprise, almost every pediatrician had a rating of 4.8 stars or higher.

Then I found an absolute gem , over **1,000 reviews** and a perfect **5.0-star** rating. At that point, it was hard to believe any of it was genuine. In the end, I went with a pediatrician recommended by a friend. They had just under 100 reviews and rated about 4.5, which felt a lot more believable, and that reflected in my experience with them which was genuinely good.

Yesterday, a friend was looking for a CA and had the exact same experience. Apparently, no CA in Pune is rated below 4.7–4.8. He also found a few gems who were rated a perfect 5 star!

Either Pune has somehow achieved the highest concentration of flawless professionals on the planet… or Google reviews have become a complete work of fiction. How is *everyone* this good? /s

Kasa kai shakya aahe rao?

PS: Of course I understand this is not limited to Pune.

If you want to and get the opportunity to live abroad, take it. But do it to learn, explore, and grow not to escape the problems in India.

I genuinely believe everyone should, at least once in their lifetime, live in a different country and build a life from scratch. There is something incredibly humbling about arriving where nobody knows you, figuring things out on your own, and creating a new support system. That experience changes you in ways staying in your comfort zone never can.

The mistake many people make is moving abroad expecting life to become easier. It doesn’t. You don’t eliminate your problems you exchange one set for another. Instead of traffic, bureaucracy, or pollution, you deal with loneliness, homesickness, racism, xenophobia, visa uncertainty, cultural differences, expensive housing, harsh weather, being far from family and limited social circles.

Having lived abroad for nearly a decade and built substantial wealth, I have come to an important realisation the biggest problem isn’t the country you live in , it’s your financial situation. Wherever you live the middle class and the poor get squeezed in different ways.
So yes, earn well. Build wealth. Money doesn’t solve every problem, but it solves about 95% of them. For another 4%, it gives you options and workarounds. And for the remaining 1% you leave them to God/Universe.

Go abroad if you can. Grow as a person. See the world. Daba ke Paise kamao. Just don’t expect geography alone to fix your life. My 2 cents.

Not interested in the published CPI figures, so please don’t give those. Interested to know what inflation % you experience on a personal level each Year on Year as a Middle or lower income Indian. Just give average ballpark and genuine figures. Thank you.

This is concerning because these are the same people we work with every day in our offices. Some may even be our colleagues who don’t express these views openly due to professional consequences, but anonymity here may be revealing their true attitudes.

Hi Folks,

I’ve always just bought the Dunnes own-brand butter and kind of assumed Kerrygold was basically the same thing, just more expensive.

Is there actually a noticeable difference in taste or quality, or is it mostly branding/preference?

Thanks