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[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 35 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (4 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.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 3 points 4 hours ago

I'm not gonna listen to a PSA about a country that offers thongs and bottled water out of the same vending machine!

note for my fellow americans: thongs = flip flops.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago

Prawns? But those are the bald guys in chest. Why are you eating them?

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 5 points 10 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 10 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 3 points 10 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 6 hours ago (1 children)

So, you call every gun a rifle then?

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours 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

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 20 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

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

I hope to see it happen in my lifetime

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Kid loves Bluey and my wife and I have started calling money dollarbucks. It's fun!

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago

I normally like living in the land of euros but Bluey makes me wish I could use the term dollarbucks instead.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 1 points 4 hours ago

NOINE HUNDRED DOLLARYDOOS?

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 9 points 13 hours ago
[–] svc@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz 19 points 15 hours ago (3 children)
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 1 points 58 minutes ago

light mode

Heckin strang

[–] CobraCommander@quokk.au 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Those are prawn not shrimp

[–] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 1 points 9 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 7 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

And yet any Aussie can tell you they are prawns.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] CobraCommander@quokk.au 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)
[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 hours ago

Does Starlight enjoy eating plastic children?

[–] smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 6 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

You're PM of Australia now. No takebacks.

[–] lividweasel@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

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

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, fuck off

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

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours 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

[–] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 3 points 14 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 10 hours ago

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

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 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 10 hours ago

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?

[–] Mitchie151@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Throw another one on!

[–] X@piefed.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Just wait. You’ll know when.

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 1 points 12 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 12 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 10 hours ago (1 children)

The stupid idea that our wildlife is dangerous

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

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 hours ago

No Texans, but you've got a guy waiting for a mate. He's almost as dangerous.

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