An Giolla Chainneach

Proud Sligoman with a love for Irish and an interest in politics, current affairs, history, science and nature

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@EO_Halloran @TwixBandit69 Obviously raising three children is more expensive than raising two, but how would it be more expensive per child?

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@z_00pIz This strikes me as very American, where everything is dumbed down to white/non-white. Half of Europe has darker skin that he does, so the white/non-white distinction is a bit silly in this instance.

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@MuayTysun @TweetRashad @dummyfalastini Are Italians, Greeks and Spaniards white? Because he's as light-skinned as a typical European from around the Mediterranean.

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@glossynayeon @dummyfalastini Maybe not Norwegian. But he's lighter skinned than a lot of southern Europeans definitely.

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@abthearabian @CocoChvnell @6ix3O_ @dummyfalastini You mean Ameria-centric, no? Europeans are less likely to sort people by skin colour per se,if anything.

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@CSBlenner Frightening? How so?

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@EO_Halloran @TwixBandit69 Apart from that, there is an issue of the relative generosity of our welfare state acting as a magnet for migrants looking for a nicer deal for them without paying in first.

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@EO_Halloran @TwixBandit69 I don't get why the rate should be higher for the third child though. If anything, parenting costs per child should could down with the more children you have.

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@turbarius @The2ndBull I suppose you could consider it a bit of a rough area. Not a posh part anyway but it's fairly quiet. So maybe it's a townie thing.

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@turbarius @The2ndBull I can confirm there's one built even year beside me in Sligo town, on the north side.

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@Empty_America That's not it at all. People don't have those kind of windows in their private homes. People just aren't used to these temperatures, and usually don't have A/C.

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@LewisJonathanE Do they though?

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@DanFinn95 Estonians shouldn't lecture us but we shouldn't lecture them either.

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@zer0edin_ It's almost like different places have different climates and what people in one place are accustomed to isn't the same as in another.

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@LewisJonathanE How is it obsessed with Israel? I'm talking about the Irish gocernment here, not people on Twitter.

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@samhaselby It's being used by English speakers though. Context matters.

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@RachelMoiselle Any Travellers?

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@RachelMoiselle How? By being good little boys and girls and get in line to defend what we see as indefensible?

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@si_rubinstein Who's "they" exactly? I'm Irish and I've never come across disdain for the English language.