Regarding the Omar Fateh discourse: > be me, 14 years ago > running a small but growing startup > have an Irish employee > coincidentally hire a second Irish employee > figure they’ll be great friends > “Cillian meet James you’re both Irish” > ofc one is a hardcore unionist and the other a republican > they fucking hate each other > company’s first major hr issue involves the size of the gaeltacht

Nov 8, 2025 · 5:07 PM UTC

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Just wait until you put the Turkish and Armenian employees at adjacent desks. That was fun.
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“I didn’t eat his packed lunch out of the fridge. And if I had, he would’ve deserved it”
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So you’re saying the consequences of immigration (Anglos and Scots into Ireland) can be centuries of conflict that follows people across oceans? Interesting.
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I don’t think the Irish see that as immigration but potato potahto in guess
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this is the plot to "Master and Commander" (book 1)
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If you’re trying to renegotiate how many Irish we’re bringing in, I’m listening
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actually a huge white pill for living in a multi-ethnic country. People save their most intense hatred for those only slightly different than themselves.
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One of them was Irish and one of them was an Ulster Scot
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Yes, any society has its divisions.
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>hiring irish there's your problem
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and yet, this morning the people of Northern Ireland will happily go to work together
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Cillian was the Republican and James was the Unionist.