Where else am I supposed to get my takes on longue durée Australian history off

I’m sure theres some weirdos in Politics sxn that will argue with you about it

I’ll poke around for a good thread

Hope I don’t have to make one

ive been in lockdown for 9 months even though the "vaccinated" transmit covid just as easily as i do

The idea is that policies are tested out in Australia (chosen due to its many cultural and social similarities) to see how they would go/be received - see also gun buyback, points system immigration, putting every illegal immigrant on some island in the middle of the Pacific (along with harsh lockdowns/restrictions)

I don't think Australia is culturally similar to the US at all outside of being a western liberal democracy.

Americans pls leave us alone 🙏😭

Anglo settler colony with heavy immigration, quite young country, unique sports, at least an image of rugged individualism, large and relatively sparsely populated, no immediate threats on their borders, I’m sure there’s more as well

They seem quite similar to me as far as countries go

It would be Canada if not for Quebec, there’s an argument that Brazil is the most similar to the US in some extremely fundamental way as well, but that falls apart once you move to more complex phenomena

I don't think most of your list is particularly relevant to culture i.e. the nature and behaviour of the people.

despite shifting politically Australia's "day to day" culture is much more influenced by and similar to the English

you should have to point out gully, midwicket and third man on an oval to post in this thread

“testing ground for authoritarian/interventionist policies for the US”

even if we were you guys clearly didn’t pay attention

all the australia experts popping up in the last fortnight

damn it's a shame the universal healthcare in the 80s didn't take off in the US smh

goddamn

bruh out of all the restaurants in the sydney cbd

this guy was having dinner with his mistress when his gf, who insisted on having a drink in our upstairs restaurant, came in for a drink and promptly ran out

when i brought their desserts upstairs and saw them having a quiet argument, it was such an intense atmosphere
the couple didn’t stay for their dessert

lmaoooooooo

another big weekend coming up

sidebar seems like place to be

mf tiptop

yeah... its gonna be a hot ass summer

Our bread do be soft tho

love me some bread 😩😩

if am feelin a bit fancy i’ll put butter on too

please god no