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What was your "I can't believe I have to explain this to an adult" moment? (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (7 children)

That South Africa is a country. And Northern Ireland is not. To be fair, she was always up front about her knowledge of geography being abysmal.

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago (4 children)

...I thought Northern Ireland was a country.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Well, it's a country in the same way Scotland isn't. I think it'd be better referred to as Ulster so as not to confuse it with the Nation of Ireland or the island named Ireland.

On that note:

  1. Fuck the (modern day) IRA. They're terrorists, stop pretending they're freedom fighters. Even though I've met a couple of former IRA members, who were nice people, I do not condone intentionally hurting civilians. Mountbatten, on the other hand, can get fucked with an explosive chainsaw... and he did.
  2. Ulster belongs to Ireland (the nation)
  3. I have no skin in the game as I am not Irish. I'll defer to actual Irish people whether this is the "correct" stance to take.
[–] con_fig@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago

Just a note, there are 9 counties in Ulster. Only 6 are in Northern Ireland, so you can't use Ulster as a stand in for NI.

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