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.
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.
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.
Had enough ammo to build a house out of it
We call a rifle a rifle here,
Because we actually understand them and we don’t think they make our dicks magically bigger
So, you call every gun a rifle then?
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
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.
Yeah we love to heart logical definitional explanations and such. Thanks
Prawns? But those are the bald guys in chest. Why are you eating them?
We had a very real effort to officially change the currency to the “dollarydoo”
I hope to see it happen in my lifetime
Kid loves Bluey and my wife and I have started calling money dollarbucks. It’s fun!
I normally like living in the land of euros but Bluey makes me wish I could use the term dollarbucks instead.
NOINE HUNDRED DOLLARYDOOS?
We joke, but we’re actually jealous that Aussies have elected representatives that listen to them.
I’m not even Australian and I support this.
Funnier names for all funny money!
Another.
Those are prawn not shrimp
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]
And yet any Aussie can tell you they are shrimp.
Prawns, cunt
Yeah, nah.
You’re PM of Australia now. No takebacks.
Strange plastic women laying around distributing shrimp is no basis for a system of government.
Is Barbie the source of Mar-a-lago Face or Is it the other way around?
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.
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?
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.
i love austrians
Well, don’t leave us hanging here. Are you gonna put another one on or what?
How do you know the 4th one wasn’t it?
Throw another one on!
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?
Especially because it’s not even Aussie.
Curious to know what other fucked up bullshit you’re thinking of though.
The stupid idea that our wildlife is dangerous
We don’t have bear, mountain lions, coyotes, or Texans
No Texans, but you’ve got a guy waiting for a mate. He’s almost as dangerous.
This is pretty racist, I think.
As an Australian citizen, I decree this not to be racist, and that you would find life far better if you removed the stick
As an Aussie, you might need to get checked, mate. This was a joke.
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
I appreciate that. To me, a downvote is just like an upvote. I just like the attention, if I’m being honest.
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
Against who? Barbies? Shrimp?
Prolly the shrimp, idk
lemmy is getting stranger by the day, but it’s working.
light mode
Heckin strang
Edit : another shrimp mention right under this post for me…
Edit : another shrimp mention right under this post for me…
what does it mean? so many shrimp…
Just wait. You’ll know when.
Does Starlight enjoy eating plastic children?
