R Chee Manning
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Ouch... copyright infraction... typical Aussies... can't come up with anything original.
Proud to be an Aussie?
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Ouch... copyright infraction... typical Aussies... can't come up with anything original.
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As an aside, I feel like Hunters & Collectors captured a uniquely "Australian sound" better than any band before or since. And no, I'm not talking about "Holy Grail" and "Throw Your Arms Around Me". I mean stuff like "Betty's Worry" and "Say Goodbye". To me, that is Australia on record.
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That's rubbish.
If ever there was an Australian sound it was Powderfinger and Regurgitator...
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Well, I do feel you're totally misreading my post, and misunderstanding me and the point I was making. Nonetheless, I apologise if what I said offended you.
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I think we can agree to disagree on these ones.
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Most countries do have some kind of nationalistic pride. Most first world countries at least. And at least we're not as bad as the Americans, or even the Canadians, who can't go overseas without their maple leaf prominent somewhere.
The things we think we are lucky to have are mostly culturally relative. For example, owning a house isn't even a goal in some countries. I was talking to a Ukrainian today. She was saying that she misses the Ukrainian way of life where there is a real community feel to living in apartment blocks and that she doesn't like the Australian way of living in houses as it isolates people who just keep to their own little plot of land.
The things we think we are lucky to have are mostly culturally relative. For example, owning a house isn't even a goal in some countries. I was talking to a Ukrainian today. She was saying that she misses the Ukrainian way of life where there is a real community feel to living in apartment blocks and that she doesn't like the Australian way of living in houses as it isolates people who just keep to their own little plot of land.
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Oh to live in a land like NZ!
Where a sheep is judged not by the colour of its wool but rather by it's easiness to catch.
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Showing your age there....Neither of those 2 bands captured the unique flavour of Oz to the spiritual geographical degree that the Oils & Icehouse did....I didn't mind some of Poderfingers stuff though.
I’m saying if you are born here and don’t like it,leave.
If you immigrate here and you don’t like it, as above.
No I don’t actually. I think that’s my point.
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I actually agree with this last sentence.
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Plugger troll account confirmed.
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Liberal Government for 17 of the last 23 years has really taken it out of us. Vicious, mendacious people with targets.
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Not 'proud'. It is part of who I am, but a decreasing part, day by day, year by year.
I like to think that I inherited / adopted some of the virtuous / cool traits which used to be more common among Australians, such as open distrust of authority, open dislike of Americanisms, and open mockery of friends as a sign of camaraderie.
But Australia today is not what it was even twenty years ago. Culturally I feel alienated from the place. The middle class is now brainwashed into orthodoxy (PC groupthink) and it is only getting worse. Individualism might never have been an Australian forte but now it is truly frowned upon.
Australia is still a pretty good place to live, all things considered, especially if you have a good work ethic. There is money to be made. I knew a guy who was on six figures working as a fricken 'traffic control manager', all because he was willing to put in the work. Six figures placing plastic cones a road ffs.
Some of the major problems of modern Australia are not isolated to Australia. I've been to countries in south east Asia where locals tell me that they don't speak with their neighbours anymore, 'things have changed', etc. The world is changing, not just Australia.
I'm cheering for the Aussies in the World Cup but if it comes down to NZ vs Aus in the final, I'll be cheering on the Kiwis, because I have money on them. I want to see Warner and Smith stick it up the Poms, even though I disliked them (Warner especially) before the 'scandal'. I still have the instinct to support a fellow 'Aussie' especially when they are the underdog or being mistreated.
Speaking of the scandal, that was one of the things which did it for me. Seeing an entire nation turn on the captain of the cricket team for doing something which his opposite number had already been caught doing. Australians truly are some of the dumbest people in the Western world, easily aggravated, quick to turn on people.
That is one thing I don't miss about the place, the utter stupidity and emotional immaturity of the average man (and woman).
And don't even get me started on the women. Some of the worst in the world. The city girls, anyway. Regional and remote Aussie girls are still pretty good, in fact they are at the opposite end of the spectrum, some of the better girls I've met. But if they were raised in the city then they are almost certainly a disaster waiting to explode in the face of whichever sucker is dumb enough to put a ring on it. Tatts, drugs (prescription and illicit), daddy issues, you name it. They've been ruined.
I like to think that I inherited / adopted some of the virtuous / cool traits which used to be more common among Australians, such as open distrust of authority, open dislike of Americanisms, and open mockery of friends as a sign of camaraderie.
But Australia today is not what it was even twenty years ago. Culturally I feel alienated from the place. The middle class is now brainwashed into orthodoxy (PC groupthink) and it is only getting worse. Individualism might never have been an Australian forte but now it is truly frowned upon.
Australia is still a pretty good place to live, all things considered, especially if you have a good work ethic. There is money to be made. I knew a guy who was on six figures working as a fricken 'traffic control manager', all because he was willing to put in the work. Six figures placing plastic cones a road ffs.
Some of the major problems of modern Australia are not isolated to Australia. I've been to countries in south east Asia where locals tell me that they don't speak with their neighbours anymore, 'things have changed', etc. The world is changing, not just Australia.
I'm cheering for the Aussies in the World Cup but if it comes down to NZ vs Aus in the final, I'll be cheering on the Kiwis, because I have money on them. I want to see Warner and Smith stick it up the Poms, even though I disliked them (Warner especially) before the 'scandal'. I still have the instinct to support a fellow 'Aussie' especially when they are the underdog or being mistreated.
Speaking of the scandal, that was one of the things which did it for me. Seeing an entire nation turn on the captain of the cricket team for doing something which his opposite number had already been caught doing. Australians truly are some of the dumbest people in the Western world, easily aggravated, quick to turn on people.
That is one thing I don't miss about the place, the utter stupidity and emotional immaturity of the average man (and woman).
And don't even get me started on the women. Some of the worst in the world. The city girls, anyway. Regional and remote Aussie girls are still pretty good, in fact they are at the opposite end of the spectrum, some of the better girls I've met. But if they were raised in the city then they are almost certainly a disaster waiting to explode in the face of whichever sucker is dumb enough to put a ring on it. Tatts, drugs (prescription and illicit), daddy issues, you name it. They've been ruined.
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Proud enough. Back to early 90s really pre flag capes and southern cross tatts being a thing.
We aren't perfect and there are plenty of dickheads.
Australians are an embarrassment overseas. More often than not if I come across some I'll think '* here we go' rather than 'cool my fellow countrymen'.
If you want to see Aussies do us proud in sport then watch the NBA. Those guys for the most part know they have succeeded just be getting on a roster and being the 7th or 8th best player in a team is huge. That breeds humility. Our tennis players, Olympians, cricketers etc just seem to become bigger and bigger dickheads over time. Too much consumed bathwater.
Since I've been alive the population has gone up 10m. Ignoring demographic changes via immigration which has had an effect I'd guess at least 9.5m of that is in the cap cities. We've become a nation of a handful of cities when once upon a time people actually lived and worked in the country.
Far too many sooks like Bomberboyokay endlessly whining about the party in govt like their own lives would be any better under the alternative.
Too many people who just don't understand personal responsibility. If migrants who barely speak English can set up good lives for themselves and their families then why the hell can't spoiled middle class white kids?
But hey I live in a city with clean air, clean water and it was 25 degrees on the first weeked of winter and I went to the pub so I'm pretty happy with that. There are still plenty of people out there who want to crack a few cans and talk s**t. Get around those people.
We aren't perfect and there are plenty of dickheads.
Australians are an embarrassment overseas. More often than not if I come across some I'll think '* here we go' rather than 'cool my fellow countrymen'.
If you want to see Aussies do us proud in sport then watch the NBA. Those guys for the most part know they have succeeded just be getting on a roster and being the 7th or 8th best player in a team is huge. That breeds humility. Our tennis players, Olympians, cricketers etc just seem to become bigger and bigger dickheads over time. Too much consumed bathwater.
Since I've been alive the population has gone up 10m. Ignoring demographic changes via immigration which has had an effect I'd guess at least 9.5m of that is in the cap cities. We've become a nation of a handful of cities when once upon a time people actually lived and worked in the country.
Far too many sooks like Bomberboyokay endlessly whining about the party in govt like their own lives would be any better under the alternative.
Too many people who just don't understand personal responsibility. If migrants who barely speak English can set up good lives for themselves and their families then why the hell can't spoiled middle class white kids?
But hey I live in a city with clean air, clean water and it was 25 degrees on the first weeked of winter and I went to the pub so I'm pretty happy with that. There are still plenty of people out there who want to crack a few cans and talk s**t. Get around those people.
Why would I be proud of something I didn't earn or choose?
Australia is cool. I'd rather live here than a lot of other sh*tholes that exist in the world. But being 'proud' of the country where your mother gave birth to you is a little weird.
Australia is cool. I'd rather live here than a lot of other sh*tholes that exist in the world. But being 'proud' of the country where your mother gave birth to you is a little weird.
I just love how New Zealand is constantly held up as a society we should aspire to emulate, meanwhile half the *ers come over here.
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They're less racist.
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"You think you're onto us now, you little fart? Huh?"
She's Germanic by the way, & hubby's bro was head of the Nazi SS….Goes by the adopted name of Windsor, but is actually a Saxxe-Coburg.
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Take that woman murdered in Melbourne last week. She was homeless, she would have drug and behavioral issues. They guy charged was also homeless, the press reported on his issues, but not hers. He was on a pharmaceutical medication known to cause violent behavior. Yet Australians are told that her issue was mens violence against women.
Australians are amongst the dumbest and most brainwashed cultures in the world.
Last week a woman murdered her 4 kids, and nothing said. Drove them into a truck. Police have said it was a murder suicide.
Instead of concentrating on this, we make Homeless woman out to be Saints, so we can label all men.
It's quite pethetic
