[navaati]

In Ireland there is an implicit rule that at the pub you don’t talk politics or work, looks similar…

[jessaustin]

I can understand excluding politics, but why are we drinking if it's not to lubricate our complaining about work? In what context is it acceptable for the Irish to complain about work?

[yowlingcat]

One could be drinking to lubricate complaining about one's home life! Perhaps the state of society! Ah, I'm only mildly joking...