Garron has outlined the difference between being insulted and complimented in Ireland in a new video, which already has hundreds of thousands of views.
"How to know if an Irish person likes you. Number one: compliments. If an Irish person truly enjoys your company, you won't be getting any of these," he says in the clip.
"Irish people are extremly emotionally repressed and compliments are for people we don't trust. Here's an example: 'Garron, your t-shirt is absolutely splendid and very slimming might I add.'
"An Irish person would never say that to somebody they took seriously. If an Irish person respects you, they'll greet you with devastating insults."
Such insults, he added, might include being called useless or fat. The more insulting a person is, the more they like you, according to Garron.
Thousands of people have flooded the comment section under the video to share their stories of being insulted, including many people from the US.
"I loved my Irish family insults. My grandparents were off the boat to Boston . They brought the insult tradition to Boston. Grandma loved me the most of 28 grandchildren, she insulted me with her best," one person said.
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"I guess this where the New England kind, but not nice originates," said another Boston native. A further New Englander added: "This is also how people tend to show affection in New England in the US."
A lot of Australians and Canadians said their countries have similar traditions.
"Same here in Newfoundland! Insults are the language of love here," said one woman. Another user wrote: "Aussies and Irish are basically the same like that."
An Irish Canadian added: "I am a Canadian my mother is also Canadian. My dad however, is from Galway and Mom always said that Dad never once complimented her. I should show her this video."
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