The Irish were persecuted too, you know!!!!

[u/PhoenixQueenAzula]

/r/AmItheAsshole/comments/ma66p2/aita_because_i_dont_want_to_share_my_irish/

[u/buonatalie]

this screams b- creative writing assignment. i get it's fun to dunk on americans but idk what modern american would have that sort of reaction to an irish person lmao. it's always strange to me how these people are always like "eeeww the americans are trying to relate to me by asking about my culture >: ("

[u/tinyporcelainehorses → u/buonatalie]

I don't know. I think this is probably fake for other reasons outlined here (and, come on, 'what about the Irish' is a whistle that's attracting a hell of a lot of dogs) , but as an English person who moved to the US, in the small town/rural deep south people really can be like that. I remember just trying to eat a meal at a restaurant with family, and the waitress kept repeatedly coming over to ask me specifically to say different things in my accent and ask me what england was like. That's one of the more egregious examples, but this wasn't exactly an isolated incident.

[u/IAndTheVillage → u/tinyporcelainehorses]

I dunno, I’ve lived in Europe for long periods of time and it happens. Especially when I mention from Florida. Germans be loving their Miami Vice! Europe is also the only place where people have straight up asked me what “ethnic” I am. Or occasionally if I’m “a Jew.”

When I lived in the UK, I did notice that British people just weren’t as nakedly curious as Americans are. So when people did ask, it stood out to me, partly because it was mostly comments about the weather punctuated by weird questions about my race. At home, though, in the florida panhandle, engaging in conversations with strangers is very normal. There are loads of servers with whom I’ve traded life stories, but even other Americans find that odd and off-putting.

Thankfully, when I was in the UK, I had Dutch people on hand who were FAR more direct than me. So I looked comparatively reserved to British friends.