Are Australian stereotypes offensive?

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30 Mar 2021, 5:23 am

ezbzbfcg2 wrote:

In honor of his 91st birthday today, I thought I'd post the ORIGINAL version of what, to me, summarizes Australian outback stereotypes. He wrote this back in the late 1950s.

Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport by Rolf Harris.

have you followed his story since then?!

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30 Mar 2021, 5:55 am

Biscuitman wrote:

In the past in the UK (not so much now though) we were given an image of Australian men which was beer swigging macho types in bars.

I visited as I have family in Oz and was surprised to find they drink from things called schooners, which looked like half pint glasses (they are slightly bigger) and seemed to, in the UK at least, fly in the face of the macho image.

Here in Victoria we have pints and pots. A pot is a small glass and a pint is...well a pint.

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30 Mar 2021, 6:15 am

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So in the UK you judge a man's machoness according to the size of his beer glass?

Well you know what they say, big beer glass...

...probably drunk and not great in bed that night

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30 Mar 2021, 6:35 am

Biscuitman wrote:

ezbzbfcg2 wrote:

have you followed his story since then?!

physically retraining a national icon like a kangaroo with a rope is a disgrace

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30 Mar 2021, 11:02 am

OutsideView wrote:

MaxE wrote:

So in the UK you judge a man's machoness according to the size of his beer glass?

Well you know what they say, big beer glass...

...probably drunk and not great in bed that night

In other word, “laying down” drunk.

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30 Mar 2021, 11:10 am

cyberdad wrote:

After the dreadful parodying of our Australian stereotypes I am here to set the record straight.
Please learn our values before you comment.

That one video taught me everything I needed to know about Australian governance. Thank you.

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30 Mar 2021, 3:25 pm

Fnord wrote:

cyberdad wrote:

After the dreadful parodying of our Australian stereotypes I am here to set the record straight.
Please learn our values before you comment.

That one video taught me everything I needed to know about Australian governance. Thank you.

You get the picture....our politicians are merely a reflection of the values of the wider community :wink:

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30 Mar 2021, 3:35 pm

All sex mad from eating koala balls.
And they are all descended from penal colonies escapees,mostly rapists.

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30 Mar 2021, 4:12 pm

Hey easy there....Misslizard....we eat kangaroo balls :lol:

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30 Mar 2021, 5:56 pm

Offended by an Aussie stereotype?

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30 Mar 2021, 5:57 pm

MaxE wrote:

Offended by an Aussie stereotype?

To be fair mullets aren't popular anywhere :lol:

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30 Mar 2021, 6:37 pm

cyberdad wrote:

MaxE wrote:

Offended by an Aussie stereotype?

To be fair mullets aren't popular anywhere :lol:

Nope.They are back with a vengeance.
My daughter is a stylist in Cali.You would not believe the amount of mullet requests.
https://www.thetrendspotter.net/mullet-hairstyles/

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31 Mar 2021, 2:23 am

Was reading the other day about the lady in Oz who is in prison for murdering her 4 young children and now they think she might not have done it

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31 Mar 2021, 2:33 am

Biscuitman wrote:

Was reading the other day about the lady in Oz who is in prison for murdering her 4 young children and now they think she might not have done it

We've has a few child killers in Oz, the most famous being Lindy Chamberlain.

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