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[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 37 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

As an Aussie I will say this, an ad played on American TV 30-40 years ago does not reflect Australian culture.

We don't eat shrimp, we eat prawns (it was changed to shrimp in the ad to avoid confusing Americans, which is a bit ironic).

Barbie is the shortened word for barbeque in Australia, but we don't even cook prawns on the barbie, we either boil them or fry them on a pan.

This has been a PSA from an Aussie who has heard Americans making this dumb boomer-esque joke for their whole life; please come up with fresh ways to dunk on us, that way we can both laugh.

That said the picture is pretty funny.

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago

Yeah we love to heart logical definitional explanations and such. Thanks

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Now now. No need to be rude. We don't actually think you do that.

We DO however think you lost a national war against a flock of emus, when you had guns.

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 11 points 4 hours ago

Love the emu wars, but calling it a "national war" is a bit of a stretch. It was 3 blokes with 2 guns between them, an "incompetent war" is a better descriptor lol.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

We call a rifle a rifle here,

Because we actually understand them and we don't think they make our dicks magically bigger

[–] Tiral@lemmy.world 1 points 59 minutes ago (1 children)

So, you call every gun a rifle then?

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 1 points 55 minutes ago

No, a rifle is a rifle

A sidearm is a sidearm, or a pistol

A shotgun is a shotgun

Etc.

If you don't know what a rifle actually is, then you shouldn't be using them, because you don't know how they actually work and how they behave

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

lemmy is getting stranger by the day, but it's working.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 24 points 7 hours ago

We had a very real effort to officially change the currency to the "dollarydoo"

I hope to see it happen in my lifetime

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago

Does Starlight enjoy eating plastic children?

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 8 points 7 hours ago
[–] svc@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 24 points 9 hours ago (3 children)
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

And now I've got Adam Buxton's sushi song in my head, cheers

[–] CobraCommander@quokk.au 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Those are prawn not shrimp

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

They're the same thing. There's no real distinction.

Writing in 1980, L. B. Holthuis noted that the terms prawn and shrimp were used inconsistently "even within a single region", generalising that larger species fished commercially were generally called shrimp in the United States, and prawns in other English-speaking countries, although not without exceptions.[7]

Source

[–] CobraCommander@quokk.au 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

And yet any Aussie can tell you they are shrimp.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 1 points 45 minutes ago

Prawns, cunt

[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 8 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

You're PM of Australia now. No takebacks.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 0 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 1 points 44 minutes ago (1 children)

Oh, fuck off

He's way better than the many years under Lib incompetence and corruption

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 1 points 42 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago)

He’s better than the libs, yes. But he’s got a long way to go. He’s centrist. We need left, not centrist

While everyone else was struggling to eat, he and his partner bought a luxury property

[–] lividweasel@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago

Strange plastic women laying around distributing shrimp is no basis for a system of government.

[–] Mitchie151@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Throw another one on!

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Well, don’t leave us hanging here. Are you gonna put another one on or what?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

How do you know the 4th one wasn't it?

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Is Barbie the source of Mar-a-lago Face or Is it the other way around?

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

I think it's more an expression of being wealthy enough for plastic surgery as the world is in decay rather than anything else.

It's a show of financial (and hence social) status, their version of claiming they have fuck you money.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Which is funny, because I have no money, and have no problem saying "fuck you" to anyone.

Kinda makes their most prized possesion meaningless, no?

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Funny you say that. I've grown up poor, life without money didn't stop me from living great. Just by devaluing it, it's slowly come to me faster than others that live by it. Now I'm sort of at the point where enough is enough, it's a hassle at a point and I can't succeed in life if I'm not living, just bound by it.

So I kinda see it as a failure. Like something that gets in the way and holds a person back in life if they lack the capacity to think much for themselves. I've met very few rich people of substance or value in anything beyond their accounts. Not saying they're worthless; just not of much consideration for value.

[–] X@piefed.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Just wait. You’ll know when.

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It never ceases to amaze me that of all the fucked up bullshit to come out of Australia… this is what we make fun of?

[–] jimmux@programming.dev 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Especially because it's not even Aussie.

Curious to know what other fucked up bullshit you're thinking of though.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

The stupid idea that our wildlife is dangerous

We don't have bear, mountain lions, coyotes, or Texans

[–] GimmeUrBelt@lemmy.today -3 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

This is pretty racist, I think.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

As an Australian citizen, I decree this not to be racist, and that you would find life far better if you removed the stick

[–] GimmeUrBelt@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

As an Aussie, you might need to get checked, mate. This was a joke.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Gotta make it clear then

The written word doesn't translate that kinda humour well

For what it's worth, I'm not one of the downvoters

[–] GimmeUrBelt@lemmy.today 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I appreciate that. To me, a downvote is just like an upvote. I just like the attention, if I'm being honest.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

If it helps, I'm a dual citizen, so Australia is great when I choose, and full of idiots when Pauline Hanson, Clive Palmer or someone gets popular

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Against who? Barbies? Shrimp?

[–] GimmeUrBelt@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago

Prolly the shrimp, idk