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Viktorija Ošikaitė

Irish American Mocks A British Guy, Gets A Reality Check After He Waves Passport In His Face

Almost every country has stereotypes about its people. Americans are dumb, the British like to eat crumpets and drink tea, and the Irish are drunkards who love starting fights. Why did I name these three specifically? Well, because they’re particularly relevant to this story.

One British-Irish bloke took to Reddit to express his frustration about a recent encounter with an American. The guy kept pestering the bloke with British stereotypes, claiming he has the right to do so because he’s of Irish ancestry. Unfortunately, that only lead to an epic Irish-off, after which the bystanders blamed the author for being a jerk. So he went looking for vindication online.

A man kept throwing insults based on stereotypes at a British guy, justifying it by having Irish ancenstry

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