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Comment author: Ruairi 03 July 2012 01:48:43PM 2 points [-]

Hello!

I'm an 18 year old Irish high school student trying to decide what to do after I leave school. I want to make as much happiness as I can and stop as much suffering as I can but I'm unsure how to do this. I'm mostly here because I think reducing x risk may be a good idea, but to be honest I think there are other things which seem better, but anyway I hope to talk to people here about this!

Some of you may be members of 80000hours I imagine, so heres me on 80k : http://80000hours.org/members/ruairi-donnelly

Comment author: Laoch 03 July 2012 01:52:07PM 1 point [-]

Hey welcome to lesswrong.com fellow Irish person.

Comment author: Ruairi 03 July 2012 10:34:14PM 1 point [-]

Your name means "hero" in Irish! I have actually used the same username as you! on youtube for example! where do you live if you don't mind me asking? :)

Comment author: Laoch 04 July 2012 08:33:16AM 1 point [-]

I live in D4 actually. My Irish has faded drastically but then again it never really was that good, tá brón orm.

Comment author: Ruairi 08 July 2012 12:46:59AM 1 point [-]

Sure thats grand, personally I like speaking it and go to an Irish school but I think its pretty shocking that the government spends half a billion a year trying to keep it alive (and its not working) and apparently it takes up 15% of ones schooling time.

I live in Bray, Wicklow :) Maybe we can make a meet up sometime :)

Comment author: Ruairi 04 July 2012 12:35:31AM 1 point [-]

An bhfuil Gaeilge agat? Ha, I bet we know each other in some way.