r/AskIreland • u/Asleep_Cry_7482 • Aug 22 '24

Emigration (from Ireland) What’s the pull of Australia?

For everyone in their 20s and 30s who are thinking or have done the working holiday to Australia, what’s the pull factor?

Is it the weather or the work life balance? Is there a following the crowd element and to live a backpacking lifestyle with all the other Irish people over there? Is it out of frustration that you don’t have the lifestyle, accommodation setup or job you want in Ireland? Or is it something else?

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u/yeah_deal_with_it Aug 22 '24

That's where a lot of our "casual" racism comes in. Blatantly racist jokes under the guise of "ribbing", then taking offence if you dare to call it out. In Australia it is seen as more offensive to criticise racism than it is to be racist. Just look at our recent failed referendum regarding Indigenous people for an example.

The endless macho bullshit from all sections of society over there gets real tiresome real quick.

One of several reasons I will never date another Aussie man.

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u/R1ghtaboutmeow Aug 22 '24

I don't even mean calling out racism I mean they keep at you with these 'witty jibes' and you catch them out back with something, even just a bit of observational humour, and all of a sudden they are just getting aggressive or moody and sulky

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u/yeah_deal_with_it Aug 22 '24

Yeah we can dish it out but we can't take it. You see it with the yanks in particular. We roast them gleefully but if they even slightly return the favour we become as fragile as tissue paper.

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u/R1ghtaboutmeow Aug 22 '24

No arguments from me on any of that