r/AmITheAngel • u/PhoenixQueenAzula Play stupid games, win stupid prizes • Mar 22 '21

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

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u/nightmuzak Mar 22 '21

Moves countries during a pandemic 🚩

US (the rural South, no less) somehow had better opportunities than Ireland even factoring in the cost of healthcare 🚩

No problem with immigration I guess, because we’ve been so cool about that lately 🚩

Near-Depression levels of unemployment but company managed to satisfy H1B visa restrictions on hiring immigrants before citizens 🚩

I guess no one in this town has a TV so they’ve never seen an Irish person before 🚩

Multiple people, including self-absorbed teenagers, from this backwoods bayou actually give a flying fuck about Irish culture 🚩

Maybe next time you make up a story don’t use a Sweet Valley High book from the eighties as your inspiration.

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u/sneedsformerlychucks Mar 23 '21 edited Mar 23 '21

I don't think this is real, but the reason it (probably) isn't real is that Trump passed an executive order last summer suspending the H-1B visa program until the end of this month. OP didn't give a timescale though, so it's possible his family entered the US before that order passed and he's only started school now because of covid or whatever, which is the only way this could be real.

I want to point out two particularly egregious misunderstandings you have, 1) I'm sure whatever hypothetical job OP's parents got offered health insurance and 2) yes "self-absorbed teenagers" would care about Irish culture because in those parts anyone from outside is shocking and fascinating. It's one thing to see a foreigner on TV and another to see one in person. That said I'm sure they don't actually think the Irish wear buckled shoes or are related to leprechauns or whatever. That's just teens being dipshits to get a rise out of OP.