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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are trying to ruin Bluey? Australia's second greatest cultural export? Is nothing sacred any more?

It's pathetic how they are not making shows out of love, but out of spite.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What's the greatest cultural export in your opinion?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Esteemed Academy Award nominated character actor Hugh Jackman, of course!

That man can sing.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd say it's a tie between Steve Irwin and the bloomin' onion.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

... the bloomin' onion isn't Australian. Americans made it up.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Next you’re gonna tell me fortune cookies aren’t Chinese.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Um, no. It was brought over by poor Australian immigrant outback steak chefs in the 1980s. You can tell it's legit because all thier menu items have authentic Australian words in them.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I swear one of the most American things ever is to think a lot of the foods we associate with certain countries that we invented came from other countries.

Makes it seem more exotic. That fortune cookie? Super exotic because you can only get them when you eat Chinese, so they must have originated from China!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Theyre from San Francisco for anyone curious.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

All these people forgetting about the Wiggles.

The Wiggles at one point were the highest-grossing Australian band of all time, beating out AC/DC. (I don't think that's true anymore though.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The wiggles could never all be on a plane together. I think they said they always sent 2+2 on commercial flights so if one crashed half the band would still be around

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

knifey spoony was the greatest cultural export