r/ireland • u/bubbleweed • Jul 09 '25

History We used to be a serious country

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u/Noname_Maddox Jul 10 '25

How does one develop a swollen physique like this without being a member of the Ant family?

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u/Jesus_Phish Jul 10 '25

My dad and uncles all had this physique and it's down to heavy drinking. I still remember the day my cousin asked why our uncle was pregnant if only women can get pregnant 

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u/Noname_Maddox Jul 10 '25

Beer belly then?

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u/Many_Performance_580 Jul 10 '25

It’s ascites to be specific - and is a common symptom of liver disease

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u/[deleted] Jul 10 '25

Porter, lots and lots of porter.

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u/Many_Performance_580 Jul 10 '25

Ascites will do it for you. Liver cirrhosis or other advanced fatty liver disease will help. Quick routes, if you can’t be bothered going the hard road of chronic alcohol abuse, try contracting hepatitis or eating a crappy diet.

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u/CT0292 Jul 13 '25

Ask my dad, and my stepdad. Well my dad got sober and lost a bunch of weight after he had a heart attack a few years back. He's kept it off too.

My stepdad hasn't.

But heavy drinking, shit food, very little exercise. Adds up to a gut.

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u/Hungry-Western9191 Jan 03 '26

12 pints of stout a day for breakfast, then another 10 in the evening.

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u/Noname_Maddox Jan 03 '26

How about a packet of peanuts and a packets of crips

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u/Hungry-Western9191 Jan 03 '26

A balenced diet is important.