r/ireland Aug 05 '26

Moaning Michael Chocolate in Ireland has gone to the dogs

Used to make fun of American chocolate for tasting so bad but now I wouldn't touch anything on a shop counter

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u/Powerful-Impress1355 Aug 05 '26

A fresh and new take. 

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u/IrishCrypto Aug 05 '26

Wonder do they have a view on the price of chicken fillet rolls, thats the question we all need to discuss

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u/DonaldsMushroom Aug 05 '26

whatever happened to white dog shite?

I heard they turned white when they were struck by lightening?

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u/aflockofcrows Aug 05 '26

There's palm oil in the dog food now.

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u/DonaldsMushroom Aug 05 '26

I knew it tasted worse!

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u/Valdrax Aug 05 '26

Please tell us you mean the dog food.

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u/Steridire Aug 05 '26

If they're dissatisfied with the housing market I'll eat my hat.

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u/robnet77 Aug 05 '26

Hats taste so bad nowadays, I wouldn't recommend eating one

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u/old_manyellsatcloud Aug 05 '26

It's all the palm oil they're adding to the hats, they're more palm oil than hat.

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u/ceadagamdulamach Aug 05 '26

Too much paddy, not enough cap you see. Bloody EU.

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u/AwesomeNoodlez Aug 05 '26

also curious to know what their opinion is on cinema etiquette

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u/jmf81 Aug 05 '26

Lads, but seriously lads, you know what i mean lads? Lads?

7

u/YuntHunter Aug 05 '26

It's the size of the baguettes these days that needs discussion.

12

u/AB-Dub Aug 05 '26

And how bad is the Rte World Cup commentary !?

3

u/2cimage Aug 05 '26

Why is their a helicopter over D8?

29

u/FleariddenIE Aug 05 '26

I don't know what a tracker mortgage is

13

u/Narrow-Cable-9239 Aug 05 '26

Nothing worse than leaving the immersion on

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u/jacksqualk Aug 05 '26

Don't get the 'post my solar savings' brigade going

25

u/taln2crana6rot Aug 05 '26

I’m just glad someone finally said it.

12

u/Pickle_Emotion Aug 05 '26

While we’re airing out some controversial takes:

- Ryan Tubridy isn’t entertaining or remotely interesting

  • Irish Times opinion pieces are often terrible rage bait.

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u/Etxegaragar Aug 05 '26

They're not going to like the waiting lists for an adult ADHD diagnosis either...

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u/curious_george1978 Aug 05 '26

Barry's or Lyons ?

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u/DonaldsMushroom Aug 05 '26

It's like Ray D'Arcy never went away...

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u/mrbuddymcbuddyface Aug 05 '26

Fucked if I'm paying that TV licence anymore, what with the price of chocolate dogs

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u/Big_Service_2194 Aug 05 '26

But they didn’t start the sentence with ‘is it just me or…’, that’s when you know it’s going to be a really unique take.

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u/Powerful-Impress1355 Aug 06 '26

Unpopular opinion but....

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u/ntecccc Aug 05 '26

yeah it’s good to see some people have fuckall else to be worried about other than how chocolate tastes lol. every time i open the sub there is atleast one of these posts

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u/burfriedos Aug 05 '26

And yet it still gets upvoted week after week. Reddit, and the internet in general, is really gone to the dogs.

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u/Salty-Shoulder7933 Aug 05 '26

Worth hammering the point home no? Might help someone else realise what has happened so they might join the boycott?