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[–] 71 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (9 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.

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (5 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.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    We call a rifle a rifle here,

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

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