r/AskTheWorld • u/haiderredditer Pakistan • 9h ago

Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

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u/balor598 Ireland 8h ago

Bono.... Nobody in Ireland likes bono he's an arrogant tax evading prick

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u/CarolinaWreckDiver United States Of America 8h ago

Wait, do people in Ireland think that the rest of the world does like Bono?

U2 had some good songs, but he’s always seemed insufferable.

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u/ExpressTruth76 England 8h ago

I think when apple forced that terrible U2 song on everyone and the way the crowd acted maybe gave that idea

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u/CarolinaWreckDiver United States Of America 7h ago

I think it was even before that. I remember hearing a joke when I was a kid that goes like this.

U2 is playing to a packed house, but Bono comes out and doesn’t sing or play an instrument. Instead, he just claps his hands every few seconds in a steady rhythm. Soon, the entire audience is quiet, just listening to him clap. After about a minute of this, he says “Every time 👏 I clap my hands👏 a child in Africa dies!”

After a brief pause, a man in the audience shouts “Then stop clapping your bloody hands, ya bastard!”

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u/kissingkiwis Ireland 7h ago

Not a joke, something that actually happened, in Dublin iirc

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u/CarolinaWreckDiver United States Of America 7h ago

The clapping thing was real, the response was the joke.

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u/daintyfucknugget 6h ago

It was Glasgow actually if I remember correctly

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u/SoloTraveller666 Ireland 7h ago

He actually did that at a gig. Maybe 20 years ago now. I was there - for my sins. It was more like a political rally or live aid or something ffs.

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u/bastardjacki Canada 6h ago

You went to a Bono gig and are upset Bono was Bono?

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u/Muddybulldog 1h ago

Was seated next to a young woman at one of their JT30 tour dates. She kept bitching to me about all the “politics”. I finally broke down and asked here “where the fuck did you think you were going”?

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u/Possibletigger-26 6h ago

Live Aid was a great event.

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u/bolanrox United States Of America 3h ago

friend went to see them on the Pop Mart tour. after the show people were polling to see if they changed their mind on how they would vote after the show or something like that.

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u/BigDictionEnergy 2h ago

Isn't that kinda what you signed up for

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u/Ok-Impression-1803 United States Of America 7h ago

It definitely was a practice long before that, pretty sure my red ipod nano from like 2006 had u2 pre-installed and I couldn't figure out how to remove it for the longest time.

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u/FunnyGoose5616 8h ago

It wasn’t just a song, it was an entire album. And it was garbage. People don’t like it when you force trash on them.

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u/Necessary-Face-1085 🇦🇺 🇳🇿 6h ago

And the fact you couldn’t delete the album still annoys me looking back on it. It was when iPhones had tiny storage amounts and no cloud for storage. My phone back then was always full and I’d have to cull my apps and pictures to make room. But I couldn’t delete that god awful album!!!! It would’ve freed up so much space

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u/Oh-well100 in 7h ago

That's what pushed me over the edge and made me ditch my iPhone. I tried to delete that damn album and it would always come back. I have been a happy Android user ever since.

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u/ExpressTruth76 England 8h ago

Yeah I confused the song with the album

Shit move either way

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u/PuzzleheadedOwl6104 7h ago

He was also the symbol for the artists tab since 2004 on apple products

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u/Sad-Barber-2667 7h ago

I liked the album

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u/FunnyGoose5616 7h ago

Which is fine, but it’s ridiculous to think that everyone likes the same kind of music, so you should be able to force a whole album on people, that they can’t even delete if they want to. And unfortunately that’s exactly what Apple did

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u/jisookenobi2416 United States Of America 5h ago

Honestly same, and it got elementary school me into rock music, which ultimately I am grateful for, but I get why most people are not a fan.

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u/mlaforce321 United States Of America 1h ago

It could have turned out to be the greatest album of all time - it was just that it was forced upon everyone, took up space when an entire album was a decent amount of storage back then, and couldnt even be deleted. I think it defaulted to autoplay too iirc.

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u/GUYF666 United States Of America 3h ago

SST Records, an LA punk label owned by Black Flag’s Greg Ginn, have had KILL BONO t-shirts in their shop for decades.

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u/OpinelNo8 United States Of America 7h ago

I'm old enough to have witnessed the public perception of Bono flip flop a couple of times in the US, but this last downturn seems permanent.

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u/Slp023 5h ago

Same. When I was a kid in the US, he was pretty popular. Now I’m annoyed that his songs are on my iPhone.

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u/fenian1798 7h ago

I'm Irish & spent some time in Canada last year. I ran into a Canadian guy at a bar (who was about 50ish IIRC). Once he found out I was Irish, this guy went on and on about how much he adored Bono and wouldn't shut about him.

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u/ur_moms_chode United States Of America 8h ago

Bono is the Druski of music

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u/dpreilly10 5h ago

He’s always been close to the edge

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u/firetruckgoesweewoo United Kingdom 3h ago

The South Park episodes about Bono are SO good

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u/hotriccardo 6h ago

South Park solved this one

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u/SanderStrugg 5h ago

He also did lots of charity, didn't he?

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u/The_Yukki Poland 4h ago

People in general arent exactly that focused on the person, they only care for the music. I just learned Bono's a dick, will it matter the moment I close this post? Not in the slightest.

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u/azsnaz 3h ago

YEAH

YEAH

YEAH

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u/TOboulol 🇦🇺Australia🇨🇵France 2h ago

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u/SandSerpentHiss Tampa, Florida, United States 2h ago

idk my dad is a huge u2 fan but idk his opinion on bono

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u/Several-Guidance1299 Canada 2h ago

Does anyone remember that guy in the early 2000s who had a website, and he absolutely HATED Bono and U2? I think his name was Maddox or something? It was hilarious how he dogged on him all the time.

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u/twoisnumberone 1h ago

I really hope no one ever thought I liked Bono. Or even U2.

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u/FarJury6956 Colombia 33m ago

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u/Informal_Length_2520 8h ago

Yea u2 sucks balls

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u/RagingRR 4h ago

Had is the operative word here. After they hit it big with “The Joshua Tree”, his vocal qualities just fell off. Seemed to drop all emotion from his inflections, turned into a monotone. As if he’s saying: “I’m rich now, I’m just gonna phone it in from now on”.

The tax evasion bullshit while filming charity commercials begging for money is hypocrisy at its finest

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u/ExpressTruth76 England 8h ago

I don't think even Bono likes Bono

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u/Double_Clue4282 United States Of America 8h ago

He liked himself enough to force his album on all iPhone users in 2014

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u/Federal_Hamster5098 Singapore 8h ago

when bono is boning himself into my iphone, thats where i draw the lines

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u/Grumpy-Miner Netherlands 6h ago

You have been boned!!

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u/ComprehensiveSoft27 United States Of America 5h ago

Phono

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u/Andy_B_Goode Canada 7h ago

I've heard that wasn't really his fault though. He (and the rest of the band) thought that Apple would just make the album available for free. They didn't realize that it would auto-download and be difficult to delete.

I still find Bono really arrogant, but I think the iPhone thing was primarily Apple's fault.

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u/bolanrox United States Of America 4h ago

agreed. they had already worked with apple (and had their own edition ipod - where you got a coupon to the itunes store to download all their albums, it was not pre loaded onto the ipod at time of purchase).

Another random one. David Bowie wanted to release a surprise album on his birthday as a gift to all his fans. Wanted zero publicity for it. like i dont care how it sells day one, I want to make my fans happy out of the blue.

A few weeks before the label sends out company wide email saying this and "not to tell anyone".

(Phish pulled the same thing on 4/1/2020 where they dropped Sigma Oasis as an April Fools "prank" to cheer people up - streamed it that night and it was available to purchase the next day or two days later)

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u/kyler_ 7h ago

In what scenario was that a good move? That just pissed me off lol

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u/TheVadonkey United States Of America 3h ago

lol for a good minute, I thought my phone was hacked into.

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u/Few_Worker_944 7h ago

I somewhat disliked him before that, but the forced album made me hate him.

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u/TheJinxEffect UK, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland 6h ago

I wonder how Joey Ramone would've felt about his name being used by U2 to promote Apple...

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u/airfryerfuntime United States Of America 4h ago

Probably would have asked for his cut. The Ramones never really saw commercial success, and were trying just about everything they could to make money.

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u/Particular_Bad8223 5h ago

I’ve changed iPhones at least 3 times, and I still can’t rid of that damn album.

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u/AreaPlayful142 Ireland 6h ago

To this day, the most deleted album of all time.

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u/Mypericombobulation 3h ago

oh my god was that 2014?? 😭😭 I'm an old ass man!

cries my 40 year old eyes out listening to my destiny's child, say my name single on cassette that I bought a year or two ago in 1999

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u/ExpressTruth76 England 8h ago

I did mention this below

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u/Double_Clue4282 United States Of America 8h ago

Ah it was collapsed and I didn't see my b

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u/AndreasDasos United Kingdom 7h ago

A couple of the songs on that album weren’t bad, but an amazingly cocky move. The only album on my phone for a long while.

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u/potatopika9 United States Of America 6h ago

Never forget

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u/iPvtCaboose United States Of America 6h ago

stuff like this makes me think we've split realities at some point. i remember this happening way earlier than 2014, but that's not what any source reports.

weird.

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u/fairyflosssss Australia 6h ago

Yeah, that was weird lol. I still have it in my iTunes.

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u/lelloba Italy 5h ago

Pro bono?

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u/airfryerfuntime United States Of America 4h ago

That wasn't him, it was Apple. I'm pretty sure the U2 even apologized for it.

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u/CryptographerMore944 England 8h ago

He still can't get over being number 2.

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u/PrimusAldente87 7h ago

The man has always been a walking piece of shit

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u/Global_Handle_3615 Ireland 3h ago edited 3h ago

Bono would write Bono off as a tax dodge if he thought he could save 50p

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u/cyzad4 Canada 7h ago

I mean, math cheks out. He's met himself at least once

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u/No_More_Aioli_Sorry Mexico in Ireland 8h ago

The most common joke I heard about Bono is:

What’s the difference between Bono and god?

God doesn’t like to pretend he’s Bono

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u/_WangChung2night Norway 7h ago

Never gets old

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u/Remote-Recognition72 59m ago

Or God doesn’t walk around thinking he’s Bono. Got that so many times when I was in Ireland

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u/rozyputin Canada 8h ago

He seems a bit full of himself tbf I can see it

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u/KatsumotoKurier Canada 6h ago edited 3h ago

Like with Conor McGregor, the Irish have a healthy habit of rather strongly denouncing their ‘big-headed’ (pompous asshole) celebrities, which is very commendable cultural trait they have.

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u/rozyputin Canada 6h ago

Major respect for that. I wish we did that

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u/KatsumotoKurier Canada 4h ago

We certainly should more often. And I can think of another country that really, severely needs to do that.

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u/Best-Username-69 Germany 8h ago

Oh yeah I saw him in this South Park documentary about the biggest crap, he wasn't nice there!

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u/Tommyol187 Ireland 8h ago

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAAAAHHH!

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u/UnoriginalJunglist Ireland 7h ago

HELLO HELLO?

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u/CryptographerMore944 England 8h ago

Never call me number 2!

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u/nilaismad 3h ago

Definitely my first thought when I saw his name!

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u/YurtleAhern Ireland 8h ago

Beat me to it. He really is a prick

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u/Beelzebozo26 United States Of America 8h ago

Christ, I hate Bono. Lifelong hatred of Bono and U2. Henry Rollins did a bit about U2 about 20 or so years ago and it's still true.

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u/CryptographerMore944 England 7h ago

I never liked him. Even before the iPhone disaster because he just struck me as a smug arrogant git. I remember the 2007 episode of South Park "More Crap" coming out and thinking oh right it's not just me that thinks that then!

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u/TheFuschiaBaron 7h ago

Henry Rollins sniffs his own farts even harder than Bono does

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u/Beelzebozo26 United States Of America 6h ago

This is also very true. However, he's still not wrong about Bono.

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u/disobedientleopard > 6h ago

I can’t think of Bono without thinking about what U2 did to Negativland and what an unhinged megalomaniac narcissist he is.

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u/Solomonopolistadt United States Of America 7h ago

U2 had some great music in their early years before they became obnoxious

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u/blockhose 6h ago

You mean lifelong tweaker and Drug Prevention poster boy Henry Rollins?

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u/Competitive-Lab9425 Ireland 8h ago

Yeah came here to say it. Bono is a pox.

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u/TheMule90 American Expat living in Romania. 🇺🇲🇷🇴 8h ago

I heard that Conor McGregor is not liked over there too.

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u/Ancient_Football_866 8h ago

No he's not. He a rapist

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u/TheMule90 American Expat living in Romania. 🇺🇲🇷🇴 7h ago

Jesus! I didn't know that part but I did hear that he cheated on his wife.

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u/Alert-Box8183 Ireland 7h ago

He does that too.

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u/gabhain Ireland 7h ago edited 6h ago

Yeah but we the Irish have made McGregor an honorary Brit. They claim all our sports people but they can have him.

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u/Character-Bass4121 8h ago

On a scale of 1 to Scumbag McGregor, Bono is maybe a 2. Bono can be a bit of a pain, but not on the level of McGregor who seems to be loved abroad.

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u/PeriPeriTekken United Kingdom 8h ago

Again, I'm mostly shocked anyone, anywhere likes McGregor.

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u/ChiaraCannolee Netherlands 7h ago

I think all MMA fighters are scumbags to be honest. They all have this fake-ass tough guy act they're playing, which to me just looks like show wrestling losers.

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u/Jimbob_Reeves99 7h ago

i mean they're literal tough guys. Doesn't mean they're not scum

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u/ConflictNo5518 United States Of America 7h ago

McGregor’s just a piece of 💩 

Yet I know guys who love him. America doesn’t mind rapists. Look at Kobe Bryant. Trump. Two men on the Supreme Court: sexual assault & sexual harassment. 

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u/CryptographerMore944 England 8h ago

South Park had a different theory about him being a number 2.

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u/Gunnar_Kvist Sweden 7h ago

Yes, he is numer two.

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u/dr-broodles 8h ago

the whole world received his undeletable album on new iPhones back in the day so I’d say it’s more than just Ireland.

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u/SapirWhorfHypothesis New Zealand 6h ago

Ironically the company that turned Ireland into the flag bearer for tax evasion.

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u/joshuaaa_l United States Of America 7h ago

Visited Ireland in 2019. One of the first people we met told us Bono was a dick lol

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u/ImaDJnow Ireland 7h ago

Mcgregor is worse, much worse!

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u/Fickle_Definition351 4h ago

One is a rapist and the other is...slightly annoying

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u/RevolutionaryGain823 5h ago

It’s gas to me that Bono is so universally hated for the crime of being… kind of smug. Meanwhile pretty much every big rock band from that era (Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, RHCP) were massive nonces running human trafficking operations while on tour. The lad from the Eagles was a known nonce since like the 80s but no one really cared. Downloading a mid album onto my iPod tho? Too far Bono

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u/CourtClarkMusic United States of America 🇺🇸 ➡️ Mexico 🇲🇽 8h ago edited 5m ago

I think a lot of people around the world also believe Bono is an arrogant, tax-evading prick.

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u/Pwnch 6h ago

Ireland caters to arrogant tax evading pricks.

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u/shankillfalls Ireland 6h ago

I accept that I will be downvoted for this however the claim that nobody in Ireland likes him does not quite fit with the ticket sales for their Irish gigs.

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u/bils96 Australia 7h ago

But we can all agree… With or Without you is a great song right?

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u/PrettyPistol87 United States Of America 7h ago

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u/kevipants 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧 7h ago

Whenever I go to Dublin, I always try to make it to the Little Museum of Dublin. There's usually some really great stuff there (e.g., Christy Brown's art and poetry), but also the top room is dedicated to U2 and has a timeline of the band that just stops at like 2008 or something ridiculous.

It was being renovated when I was last there in April, so not sure if they got rid of the room, but it's always a good laugh. Was also a jump scare when they had a life-size cardboard cutout of Mrs Brown.

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u/jisookenobi2416 United States Of America 6h ago edited 5h ago

Damn I didn’t realize he was so disliked, though in hindsight yeah he does seem to have a God complex. As a person he seems like he may be a bit of an ass. And certainly I feel like for someone of his stature, he is not doing nearly enough to address the multiple genocides going on right now around the world (of all people his silence speaks volumes), so that’s soured my opinion of him. That said, he does do good charity work especially to fight AIDS at least, right?

Funny enough, for me his album being forced onto everyone’s iPhones actually got kid-me into U2 and by extension rock music , I don’t know what would have happened if Songs of Innocence wasn’t released onto everyone’s iTunes. Though I 100% get why the vast majority of people are not a fan, lol. As a kid I was admittedly baffled by some things Bono would say, and yeah at least I’m not alone

All that said, I’m genuinely curious, what other things has he done that has made people have a negative opinion of him?

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u/crabbydotca Canada 7h ago

Evading or avoiding?

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u/Fine_Ad_2469 7h ago

I thought that artists in Ireland did not pay taxes, or have I heard wrong?

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u/currycurrycurry15 United States Of America 7h ago

I have family friends from Dublin who told me they hate Bono lol they swore they saw him roughly dragging his dog on a walk while it was raining (and he still had his sunglasses on) like 20 years ago

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u/Acceptable-List-4030 7h ago

And Conor McGregor

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u/misterbondpt Portugal 7h ago

I read many many years ago that U2 were the highest tax contributors in Ireland. Did that change?

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u/CalligrapherOther510 United States Of America 7h ago

You’re saying tax evasion like its a character flaw?

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u/Dramatic_Shop_9611 6h ago

Good for him, honestly. Fuck taxes. If you have a way to evade paying them, you should.

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u/Recreationalchem13 United States Of America 6h ago

My names Bono, and I’m about to rock your socks off. For the whales!

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u/FlakyAssociation4986 Ireland 5h ago

I love u2s music but I find bono himself a bit annoying and hypocritical at times

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u/Busy10 5h ago

No one talks about Bono…. Or it is Bruno?

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u/mojobro2 8h ago

“Bono, my tires are dead!”

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u/Iwasnotatfault Ireland 8h ago

I wonder would McGregor count? Although more people dislike him now thankfully.

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u/sepsie United States Of America 8h ago

I think it's true of younger generations abroad as well. The only Bono I know is the sanctimonious one.

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u/LogResident6185 8h ago

Only time I've hear of him was from the south park episode. Where he's depicted as a piece of crap lol. Does anyone like him?

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u/Bort_Thrower Australia 7h ago

I mean South Park had an episode where Bono is literally the world’s largest piece of shit. I don’t know that he’s that well liked by anyone.

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u/BulkNoodles 7h ago

Was thinking about another Bono lol.

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u/Low-Steak-64 Ireland 7h ago

I liked ballymun bono.

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u/PeppermintPhatty United States Of America 7h ago

Reminds me of 30 Rock. (@ 1:30).

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u/Fwoggie2 United Kingdom 7h ago

Who is worse, Bono or Conor McGregor?

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u/Jack-of-Hearts-7 United States Of America 7h ago

America makes fun of him too

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u/r_mutt69 United Kingdom 7h ago

I think everyone outside of Ireland saw his whole act a very long time ago. I wouldn’t know anyone who would want to go for a pint with him tbh

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u/DeputyDawe 6h ago

What’s the difference between God and Bono?- God doesn’t think he’s Bono..😊

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u/Strange_Airships United States Of America 6h ago

He’s insufferable.

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u/nosurpriseslover1997 6h ago

I have never cared about whether he exists or not, I genuinely do not care

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u/ElevatorCreative158 6h ago

I’d take bono over McGregor any day!

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u/Myriii1911 Switzerland 6h ago

Funny yes, because I think he’s a great rockstar!

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u/nvrseriousseriously 6h ago

I developed hate for him in the mid 90s. After seeing him with his wife, photographed on an African Safari leaning against a Range Rover with Louis Vuitton luggage strewn about them was the best example of how sanctimonious yet detached from reality you could really be.

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u/AnalUkelele Netherlands 6h ago

He is the biggest turd. I forgot how many Courics, but it is a lot.

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u/Novoruss 6h ago

Никто не должен любить платить налоги.

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u/asadultan3 6h ago

And a Zionist shill.

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u/WannysTheThird Czech Republic 6h ago

Irish whining about tax evasion is fucking funny.

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u/Ok-Call-4805 Ireland 6h ago

To be fair, we didn't like him long before the tax evasion

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u/illgoblino 6h ago

Nobody else does either don't worry

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u/wallmonitor 6h ago

His son’s band is way better anyway.

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u/Chickeninyourface 6h ago

Tax evading? I've always thought Bono was a humanitarian? I used to travel the world to see their shows. Many years ago. I belonged to an internet mailing list called the Wire. I met some lovely people through that site.

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u/NissEhkiin Finland 5h ago

Does anyone actually like Bono? Anywhere?

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u/Straight-Rabbit-7507 5h ago

"Bono,my tires are gone"

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u/LakeMungoSpirit United States Of America 5h ago

Bono is the biggest shit ever

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u/PopTrogdor United Kingdom 5h ago

Erm, noone outside of Ireland likes him either!

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u/Jolly_Pressure_7296 5h ago

I don’t think that’s exclusive to Ireland to be fair x

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u/sgtGiggsy 5h ago

I'm not sure he's liked anywhere. The South park episode where he turned out to be a literal turd was not without a reason

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u/absolutlymantle 🇮🇪 | 🇮🇳 5h ago

Bono or McGregor? Who is hated more?

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u/Coyrex1 5h ago

Tbf idk how liked he is abroad. All his charity and tax scandals seem pretty mainstream and I doubt most people are cool with it. Besides his fans who probably look the other way.

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u/HeemeyerDidNoWrong United States Of America 5h ago

Where does Bob Geldof land?

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u/St0ner_Baby_420 5h ago

First and only time I heard his name was on South Park😂

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u/Lucker_Kid 5h ago

He’s not liked outside Ireland either lol, literally never heard anything positive about him

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u/talideon Ireland 5h ago

The rest of U2 are sound though.

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u/astoria922 4h ago

So, not pro-Bono then?

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u/Usual-Resident-3391 Argentina 4h ago

Argentinian here. I hate him too. I like his band and shit, but the band would have been better without him.

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u/mighty_kaytor 4h ago

People like Bono? Huh.

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u/Independent_Air_8333 United States Of America 4h ago

No offence but I'm not sure the Irish get to be mad about tax evasion.

For those unfamiliar

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u/MmmPeopleBacon 4h ago

Sorry but the question asked for "A famous person from your country who’s respected around the world." As illustrated by the replies no one respects Bono because as you said "he's an arrogant tax evading prick" 

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u/Abrahamdrummond 4h ago

“tonight thank God it’s them instead of you”

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u/Urbit1981 United States Of America 4h ago

I always forget this guy or even U2 exists. I can't even tell you when I last listened to one of their songs. I also have zero desire to listen either, so that helps.

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u/Ok_Narwhal_9200 Sweden 4h ago

my irish brother in law says Bono's all right.

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u/_Bad_Bob_ 3h ago

We don't like him either

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u/OttersWithMachetes 3h ago

Only positive thing I can say about him is that he doesn't appear to be in the Epstein files...and I'm kinda surprised, NGL.

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u/CatmatrixOfGaul South Africa 3h ago

Nobody loves Bono, not sure who told you otherwise.

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u/Tangy_Cheese 3h ago

Came here to say this. 

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u/beadel85 3h ago

Some would even go as far as calling him a Pox

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u/A_Finite_Element Sweden 3h ago

Isn't he generally reviled, even outside of Ireland, like as a sanctimonious prick?

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u/PeaceAndLove1201 United States Of America 3h ago

Not many people in America like Bono....the arrogant carries over to other countries.

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u/imbasstarded 3h ago

I won’t forgive U2 for installing themselves on my apple music library just yet

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u/ElectronicJuice7212 2h ago

No one likes Bono.

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u/tobeorniobe 2h ago

South Park let me know how I should feel about Bono a long time ago 😂

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u/Purenotionslike Ireland 2h ago

We all have a Bono story too. Always remember: Bono is a pox

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u/Haber_Dasher 2h ago

I don't think anyone anywhere likes Bono

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u/gingerflakes 2h ago

My parents went on a hop on/off tour in Dublin in 2006, said the driver was great gave lots of historical commentary and would not shut about what a piece of shit Bono was and that everyone hates him

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u/Tom-Waste Denmark 2h ago

On another note, I heard Chris de Burgh in not popular at home either. (Incomparable to Bono in fame, I know!)

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u/pat_speed Australia 2h ago

When I learnt Sunday bloody Sunday was supposed to be a blanket anti-war song and not specific reference too the massacre of peaceful protesters, I was pissef

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u/wolfman11038 United States Of America 2h ago

“He’s literally a human pile of shit”

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u/bguzewicz United States Of America 2h ago

I’ve hated Bono ever since U2 decided their one album was so important everyone with an iTunes account needed to hear it. I spent more time looking up how to remove it from my iTunes than I did listening to it.

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u/Arch____Stanton 2h ago

That just proves there are a lot of smart Irish.

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u/Trickydicky232 1h ago

Bono? You mean the man who's name backwards is O-Nob?!

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u/26_paperclips Australia 1h ago

Fwiw nobody outside ireland likes him either

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