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Quoted By: >>12971634 >>12975070 >>12975403
>' "Barbie" is Australian slang for barbecue and the phrase "slip a shrimp on the barbie" often evokes images of a fun social gathering under the sun. Australians, however, invariably use the word prawn rather than shrimp. Because the commercial was commissioned for broadcast in the United States, the change was made to limit audience confusion. The commercial was so influential that three decades later, USC Trojans football player Chris Tilbey, an Australian, reported that he was quoted the "shrimp on the barbie" line "Every day. Every day". '
>Everyone else just considers the "shrimp on a barbie" thing to be a mildly annoying stereotype or bad joke that only the smoothest of smoothbrains would even quote, yet Australians just placidly accept it.
>Has all the tools, trained personal and equipment to terraform they're shitty little desert hole to create more trees and shit, but chooses not to because "muh desert animals" even though said desert animals have 0 impact on anything in the end and even creating some sort of specially maintained "sanctuary zone" that they have to upkeep would still be worth it to become a giant breadbasket at the expense of their dumb lizards. Americans, brits, Asians, Russians, and euros don't whine muh delicate weather balance muh environmental risk when they take over half or more over the world.
>Everyone says they have these 'cool' 'dangerous' animals, but the reality is the animals are just so shit, they are either immune to or produce toxins.
>"Cuisine" consists of putting any single item on white bread and calling it a meal.
>So addicted to shitposting, they do it IRL too.
>NZ is Australia, but with fancy accents, smaller, and seems to basically call itself Australia because that's how little it matters..
>Everyone else just considers the "shrimp on a barbie" thing to be a mildly annoying stereotype or bad joke that only the smoothest of smoothbrains would even quote, yet Australians just placidly accept it.
>Has all the tools, trained personal and equipment to terraform they're shitty little desert hole to create more trees and shit, but chooses not to because "muh desert animals" even though said desert animals have 0 impact on anything in the end and even creating some sort of specially maintained "sanctuary zone" that they have to upkeep would still be worth it to become a giant breadbasket at the expense of their dumb lizards. Americans, brits, Asians, Russians, and euros don't whine muh delicate weather balance muh environmental risk when they take over half or more over the world.
>Everyone says they have these 'cool' 'dangerous' animals, but the reality is the animals are just so shit, they are either immune to or produce toxins.
>"Cuisine" consists of putting any single item on white bread and calling it a meal.
>So addicted to shitposting, they do it IRL too.
>NZ is Australia, but with fancy accents, smaller, and seems to basically call itself Australia because that's how little it matters..
