what are the average Australians like?

Church on Tuesday · 25-06-2019 07:42PM

Kinda like a mix of Neighbours and Wolf Creek I'd imagine.

BrokenArrows · 25-06-2019 07:48PM

pgj2015 wrote: »

Reason I am asking is every time i watch reality Australians cop tv shows, the people they deal with seem really stupid, clowns driving without insurance in a car that is falling apart, revving the engine to draw attention to themselves in front of the police. then laughing when they get three different tickets which costs them 1200 dollars.

are they generally a bit dim or what?

Imagine what assumption you would get from "fair city" about Irish people.

uck51js9zml2yt · 25-06-2019 07:51PM

They are all immigrants or children of immigrants and convicts.

Ubbquittious · 25-06-2019 07:52PM

Not at all like Mick Dundee unfortunately.

Woke Hogan · 25-06-2019 07:57PM

I have never met an Australian I have liked. The ones I have met have been boorish, loutish oiks with a propensity for alcoholism and racism. They remind me of people from Dublin actually but without the "Dub's" love for sentimentality.

pgj2015 · 25-06-2019 08:05PM

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Imagine what assumption you would get from "fair city" about Irish people.

fair city is fictional, the show im talking about is real life,

ILoveYourVibes · 25-06-2019 08:06PM

Outdoorsy
Irreverent.

Really willing to help out people.
Open to new experiences.

Interestingly i didn't find them blunt. And asking direct questions is not ok..for all their reputation for being forthright.

Commenting on bad manners is seen as pretentious or fake.

A lot more sensitive than they let on.

Informality is a formality and you are expected and required to take part in the informality.

They can be very private.

Irreverence seemed to be the only kind of humor.

Thelonious Monk · 25-06-2019 08:10PM

Woke Hogan wrote: »

I have never met an Australian I have liked. The ones I have met have been boorish, loutish oiks with a propensity for alcoholism and racism. They remind me of people from Dublin actually but without the "Dub's" love for sentimentality.

Oh you're the one who loves giving out about Dublin but won't disclose whatever backwards sh*thole you are from.

Thelonious Monk · 25-06-2019 08:12PM

Also we can hardly call them racist. Ireland is the only place I've heard the N word being used in an angry way and a few times seen people shout it at black people on the streets. For the most part Ozzy is quite multicultural and they all get on fine. I absolutely loved it there and found them very welcoming and easy to get along with. Sure half the whiteys down there are of Irish stock anyway.

gctest50 · 25-06-2019 08:14PM

Owen Easy Penmanship wrote: »

They are all immigrants or children of immigrants and convicts.

The breeding program was a complete sucess :

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 25-06-2019 08:17PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Also we can hardly call them racist. Ireland is the only place I've heard the N word being used in an angry way and a few times seen people shout it at black people on the streets. For the most part Ozzy is quite multicultural and they all get on fine. I absolutely loved it there and found them very welcoming and easy to get along with. Sure half the whiteys down there are of Irish stock anyway.

They are more racist in “polite society”.

The n word in Ireland is generally a scrote phenomenon. Not that it shouldn’t be policed.

Thelonious Monk · 25-06-2019 08:22PM

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

They are more racist in “polite society”.

The n word in Ireland is generally a scrote phenomenon. Not that it shouldn’t be policed.

"scrote" is a very large % of Irish population. I can't say I ever encountered racism in Oz, outside of the odd tasteless joke, and was there for 2 years.

Franz Von Peppercorn II · 25-06-2019 08:23PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

"scrote" is a very large % of Irish population. I can't say I ever encountered racism in Oz, outside of the odd tasteless joke, and was there for 2 years.

Never had a casual conversation about “Abbos”?

(proper scrotes are around 1% or so).

Thelonious Monk · 25-06-2019 08:26PM

Franz Von Peppercorn II wrote: »

Never had a casual conversation about “Abbos”?

(proper scrotes are around 1% or so).

Right but I have friends from where I grew up, for my sins, who drop the N word all the time and hate immigrants etc. I've never experienced that elsewhere. And yes I know I need better friends. It's way way way more than 1%.

Abos yes, the poor old abos had a rough time. You could say the same for USA and Canada thoguh.

ILoveYourVibes · 25-06-2019 08:27PM

gctest50 wrote: »

The breeding program was a complete sucess :

She's gorgeous who is she?

gctest50 · 25-06-2019 08:36PM

Holly Valance ?

Blueshoe · 25-06-2019 08:39PM

Make our ladies look extremely average

rossie1977 · 25-06-2019 08:39PM

ILoveYourVibes wrote: »

She's gorgeous who is she?

Woke Hogan · 25-06-2019 08:45PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Oh you're the one who loves giving out about Dublin but won't disclose whatever backwards sh*thole you are from.

Australia. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Edgware · 25-06-2019 09:26PM

pgj2015 wrote: »

fair city is fictional, the show im talking about is real life,

Ya mean Hughie and Mondo and Decco arent real!!!

Edgware · 25-06-2019 09:27PM

Owen Easy Penmanship wrote: »

They are all immigrants or children of immigrants and convicts.

As Alf Garnett said " Their parents werent all convicts. Some of them were screws"

Mad_maxx · 25-06-2019 09:27PM

Dull but not as dull as new Zealanders

Edgware · 25-06-2019 09:29PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

"scrote" is a very large % of Irish population. I can't say I ever encountered racism in Oz, outside of the odd tasteless joke, and was there for 2 years.

Thats because they didnt talk about you until you went to the jacks

Beechwoodspark · 25-06-2019 09:31PM

I’m amazed at ppl saying they never encountered racism in oz

I was there for a year about 6 years ago

Encountered casual racism on a daily basis.

Usually directed about the aborigines or else the Chinese/Asians. Lebanese also. Daily basis. Men and women.

Worked on building sites and also offices.

Lot of it in pubs too. Heard the stupid paddy remark every so often not that I cared.

Worked in Sydney and also Melbourne and spent time in Perth.

SEPT 23 1989 · 25-06-2019 09:33PM

From my interactions with Antipodeans New Zealanders would seem more Irish in their outlook to life compared to Australians

ChikiChiki · 25-06-2019 09:36PM

Edgware wrote: »

ChikiChiki wrote: »

City ones are fine to get along with however not a great work ethic. They do value a good work life balance more than most western nations. Wouldn't catch them throwing themselves towards overtime not that there is anything inherently wrong with that.

The country ones are fairly obnoxious and can be quite racist.

You spend a lot of time watching Home and Away with a cushion on your lap

I've lived there for quite a while and spend lots of time travelling between the major cities and into the region's for work. Just my experience. Haven't watched home and away since my leaving cert lunch breaks 16 years ago.

Beechwoodspark · 25-06-2019 09:36PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

From my interactions with Antipodeans New Zealanders would seem more Irish in their outlook to life compared to Australians

I’d agree. More laidback and common sense

Sydney ppl in particular seem to me to be acting as if they are go getters from Manhattan types. All go go go. Let them on !

fryup · 25-06-2019 09:42PM

they're basically a cross-breed of the irish and the english....make of that what you will:cool:

odyssey06 · 25-06-2019 09:43PM

fryup wrote: »

they're basically a cross-breed of the irish and the english....make of that what you will:cool:

They got the good parts of the English and the bad parts of the Irish?

fryup · 25-06-2019 09:46PM

and vice versa

what are the average Australians like?

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