• dellish@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    If it is true, which I doubt, I think the fact OP is Belgian should account for it being a joke. Belgians are the butt of the joke in that region the same way ‘Irish logic’ is a joke in the UK.

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      14 days ago

      It’s the other way around. The Dutch are the joke in Belgium because of them always being cheap.

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        14 days ago

        Same, I am used to being the punch line in various jokes but I’ve never heard it referred to as “Irish Logic”.

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        ‘Irish logic’ is where things are backwards, in a specific way. It’s kind of a single mindedness. Usually it’s a misunderstanding-based joke, not exactly stupidity, but a silly perspective. E.g. it takes more Irishmen to change a light bulb because one holds it and the others swing the ceiling round.
        I’m first generation Irish immigrant, and my family loves these kinds of jokes, we don’t see it as hateful. But I wouldn’t tell them around any old Irish person.

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        13 days ago

        I find this amazing. My school was full of jokes like: What’s the latest Irish invention? An inflatable dart board.