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  • mrmaplebar@fedia.iotoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Ireland is a Catholic majority country. Yet all the Americans I know who identify as Irish are Protestant. Why is that?
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    8 days ago

    While the Irish were certainly looked down upon by other Europeans, they were still European Christians and therefore white.

    That’s a strange definition of “white”, to be honest. People put way too much emphasis on skin color, and “white” vs “non-white” is a ridiculously simplistic and narrow way to view anthropology.

    The Irish and Scottish are ethnically and culturally Gaels, a Celtic people, and (as far back as history is recorded) the native people of their respective lands. Viking and Roman Catholic influences were imposed on Ireland through conquest and religious missions. Christianity was made to emulate and adapt elements of Gaelic mythology (for example: Brigid -> Saint Bridget) which made it easier for the Irish people to adopt. The Roman expansion wiped out and assimilated many of Northwestern Europe’s Celtic peoples, other than those in Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

    That is to say, ethnically Irish people are not Anglo-Saxons, Scandinavians, Romantic, Germanic, Russians, or anything else.

    Discrimination against Irish people in Europe and North America was a documented fact of life going well into the 20th century.

    Today’s Ireland is a somewhat diverse place, with a mix of racial and religious backgrounds and is, thankfully, much more secular than it was just a few decades ago.

    As for why Irish-Americans around you might identify as protestant, it’s probably either because they come from a Northern Irish (Anglican) background or because they they are really just Americans evangelicals searching for a distant familial cultural heritage to attach to. They best way to find out is to ask them.

  • mrmaplebar@fedia.iotoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What is the difference between a joint, a pipe, a bong, a blunt, or edible ? Besides the way it is smoked or eaten. Is there actually a different type of buzz you get or some can you ten list them?
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    11 days ago

    1. First big difference is between smoking and consuming. Smoking cannabis has the THC and various other cannabinoids enter your blood through the lungs. It’s fast and direct, you’ll feel it in a matter of minutes and you start to feel normal again in an hour or two. Edibles go through a complex digestive process that not only takes longer, but also metabolizes the cannabinoids into slightly different forms. It’s a much longer and slower high, it takes about 30 minutes to really kick in and can last 8 hours.

    2. Blunts are traditionally made from a tobacco wrap or hollowed out cigar, creating a blend of cannabis and tobacco, much like a spliff (cannabis and tobacco mixed in a rolling paper). Today you can buy hemp wraps for tobacco-free blunts, which ends up being basically just a extra large joint.

    3. Pipes can be good for smoking a smaller amount quickly without needing to roll (or even knowing how to). It’s also a little less harsh on your throat, since a longer pipe isn’t going to be as hot at a joint as the burns shorter and shorter. I don’t think it’s too different from smoking a joint, but it may be more convenient. I’m not a big glass person in general.

    4. Bongs are efficient and smooth! They let you build up a large column of smoke and hit it in one big puff, filling your lungs with (ideally) cool and dense smoke. A joint is going to burn off a lot into the air as you pass it around or take breaks. A bong will arguably get you more out of the same amount of cannabis flower. It’s a powerful blast.

    5. Smoke and edibles are the biggest difference, in my opinion. It’s a totally different experience! I like them both… So I would warn against comparing doses 1:1… For example don’t think that 1g joint is the same as a 100 10mg THC edibles!!! That would not only be comparing the weight of the flower itself vs the active compound, it’s also comparing what are effectively 2 different processes and arguable 2 different “drugs.”