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[–] manmachine@lemmy.world 34 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

You gotta fight

For your right

To vegemite

[–] RaoulDuke85@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Living in a cell is such a drag.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Your cellmate threw away your best porno mag

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The last U.S. president to visit Australia, Barack Obama, once said: “It’s horrible.”

This is a lot funnier if you read it out of context.

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 weeks ago

How dare he say that!

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

What is wrong with this person? Who willingly chooses to eat Vegemite?

[–] Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Just because you don't like something doesn't mean others don't.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I like just about any food, but I can't see how people can stand Vegemite.

[–] Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You don't need to understand. Vegemite is mass produced, and has been mass produced for decades upon decades. If people weren't buying it, they wouldn't be selling it. Therefore there are plenty of people who like it

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

My theory is that it is a form of torture

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

Thats wild. Its salty and savoury, whats not clicking?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip -2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Vegemite is one of the few exceptions to this

[–] Tenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I am a person who willingly eats Vegemite, so is my family, most of my friends, co-workers, acquaintances, the literal hundreds of children I've cared for in my line of work for the most part all eat vegemite.

More than 22 million jars of the stuff is produced annually, which points to the fact that a whole lot of people must be willingly eating it.

You're not the main character. Your opinions are not the most important or the most correct.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago

Y'all crazy

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago

Take a multivitamin, blend with yeast (stale beer works here), enjoy Vegemite! 🤮

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Disregarding the case where you are a Marmite supremacist I'll say why.

Vegemite and marmite can be thought of as a bitter spice to put on top of butter toast. Just like with salt you can put nothing, way too much and the just right amount. The just right amount is way more subjective than tomatoes or cheese on breat since it can vary by a factor of 20-50x.

I have converted some people to eating marmite and I do it by putting 2-3mm of a knifes tip on the toast and spreading it as thin as possible.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Had a coworker come back from Australia and had Kraft Vegemite samples for us all.

"Fuck is wrong with you? Why did you do this to me?!"

[–] moistclump@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For others wondering, stated reason is “cultural”.

claiming in a lawsuit that withholding the polarizing yeast-based spread breaches his human right to “enjoy his culture as an Australian.”

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

So if this case is successful, does it mean I can have chilaquiles and sopaipillas if I'm thrown into the slammer?

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 5 points 3 weeks ago

He's been incarcerated for decades and hasn't forgotten the taste. Clearly this is a matter of national importance. Get on it Albo

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[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 46 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

McKechnie was handed a life sentence for stabbing a property developer to death in Queensland in the 1990s.

He can have a little Vegemite as a treat.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

I don't even understand what he did wrong to be in jail.

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I completely changed my mind, he can have whatever he wants I ain't judging

[–] rain_worl@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

i mean, murder can be an accident,,,,,