Poll: Australia is BORING

[smudgey]

its boring. nothing happens and the best we're good for is a counterweight and a 'safe haven' for bums-refugees-idiots.
We have no wars. We dont part take in wars or battles other then military 'advisors' or 'supervisors' or, best one- 'observers'. Quote. Wikipedia.

We do have special forces fighting overseas. If you watched the news you would have heard about the ones that died.

We have no financial explosions or crisis'.

So people should die or lose money for your entertainment?

We dont really have that good Tv either. I mean seriously-Neighbours? Home and Away? COME ON PEOPLE

There are plenty of good shows on Aussie TV, such as Good News Week, Gruen Transfer, Spicks and Specks, etc. Try changing the channel sometime.

No interesting geography or flora/fauna. Where flat, hot and dusty with a rock that looks like a giant mole. Otherwise we have a breathing teddy bear and a kangaroo which will THROW ITS YOUNG at predators to escape because its not worried about creating another.

Gee, i forgot how boring tropical rainforests, snow and beautiful beaches were. In fact, we are one of the very few countries in the world that have such a diverse environment.

We cant defend ourselves either. We have no particular firearms-we just take em of Europe. No serious ground corps. Nothing above average in aircraft or ground vehicles or navy -we get most of that off the US and Austria. We specialise in Recon.

SAS aren't serious enough for you? And you obviously haven't heard of the Australian built Bushmaster, which withstands IED attacks better than Humvees. And what's wrong with recon?

Our dollar isnt worth much in the 1st world either.

Today it's around 0.92 US cents.

Any other opinions from the public?

Get the fuck out if you don't like it here.

 

[seule]

This thread just goes to prove, it doesn't matter where in the world you go, there will always be morons.

I'm Australian, proud of it, and married to a fantastic american girl Life is what you make of it, if you don't like the country you're in, get a job, make some money, and leave

 

[manaman]

...a kangaroo which will THROW ITS YOUNG at predators to escape...

That's...awesome.

OPid you seriously complain about not having enough wars/financial meltdowns?

Other things you forgot to mention:

Micheal Atkinson
Box Jellyfish
Great White Sharks

The only mammal that is poisonous. Trees that are poisonous, spiders that not only are poisonous but stand a good chance of killing a person. Really I think it is a wonder that people still live there, I am surprised the ground itself is not poisonous.

 

[NeckStabber]

yes i live in australia. im culturally an Australian. Racially im from all over the world. ive been almost everywhere and i gotta say, after living in Australia for about 8 years, Australia sucks. its boring. nothing happens and the best we're good for is a counterweight and a 'safe haven' for bums-refugees-idiots.
We have no wars. We dont part take in wars or battles other then military 'advisors' or 'supervisors' or, best one- 'observers'. Quote. Wikipedia.

We have no financial explosions or crisis'. We get the splash damage off America.

We dont really have that good Tv either. I mean seriously-Neighbours? Home and Away? COME ON PEOPLE

We have no history. It started 200 years ago with a poof landing some people who stole bread because they couldnt pay for it and then...nothing till WW1 where we got screwed over by the British. Then WW2 where we got screwed over by Japan. Then Vietnam where we got screwed over by OURSELVES.

No interesting geography or flora/fauna. Where flat, hot and dusty with a rock that looks like a giant mole. Otherwise we have a breathing teddy bear and a kangaroo which will THROW ITS YOUNG at predators to escape because its not worried about creating another.

And we dont do much outside our walls either. I have to do an essay on Australias involvement in the UN-our major achievements and our importance. We dont do shit 'siding from being a giant refugee camp or a bank.

We cant defend ourselves either. We have no particular firearms-we just take em of Europe. No serious ground corps. Nothing above average in aircraft or ground vehicles or navy -we get most of that off the US and Austria. We specialise in Recon.

Our dollar isnt worth much in the 1st world either. Dont point out we're like 3rd/4th in the world. Thats because asiding from the US and the UK-everywhere else is a future slave camp waiting to happen or-dirt.

Any other opinions from the public?

You say your country is boring...as if interesting countries are a good thing,or good places to live in.
I'll trade you my country anytime.Coz trust me,it's so interesting I try to not ever mention living in it.
Don't even get me started....

 

[Superior Mind]

I was always of the impression New Zealanders were the laughing stock of the asia-pacific. Regardless of this matter of opinion I think we can all accept that New Zealand is even more boring than Australia.

I didn't reaise we were so funny. Funny how? Funny like a clown? Do we amuse you?

(Seriously I'm actually curious.)

But yeah, if there was a competiton for most boring NZ would trump Australia. Unless you're interested in ambiguously fucked-up treaties and Maori land wars - and after living through the subject in school, high school and at University in Law, Politics and of course History I can say there are few things more completely fucking dull than New Zealand history. It's a reject from the empire, a place reluctantly colonised just so an ex-con could make a quick buck.

The rivalry between Australia and New Zealand is overplayed. NZ's got a bit of small man syndrome when it comes to Aus, (and the world in general,) and Aus has a bit of a big brother syndrome when it comes to NZ. I was talking to a bloke from Dublin a while ago who mistook me for Austraian. I corrected him.
"Oh shit, sorry mate sorry. I know there's a thing between you lot and Austrlaia, you hate them like we hate the British."
I had to answer, "Holy shit no, I mean they didn't come over and take all our land and fuck with us for hundreds of years... they just cheated at a game of Cricket, that's all."

 

[riskroWe]

I agree, australian history is boring as hell. And we aren't going to do anything interesting in the future because we're all too drunk and stupid. We have some decent music though.

Let's all move to one city and start the Australian IRA.

 

[megapenguinx]

Okay, if you've ever been to Ohio, you will know what boring REALLY is...

This man is close, the most boring place in the world is Maine. Seriously, there is nothing there and it's freezing, and full of rejected Canadians.

 

[Rheden_Sol]

I'd rather not have any wars or -real- financial crisis' here, thanks.

And I like our retarded native animals. They're goofy looking.

I heartily agree with this statement.
Even though this country has many venomous, things...
It's a sanctuary of safety. I've been here 16 years and yeah, not a lot happens. But we're lucky because of that. If you want action, move somewhere else? It sounds like you're ranking us on a scale of 1 to America.

 

[coldshadow]

FYI, no matter were you grow up, your gana think your homeland is boring.

 

[LongAndShort]

Get out of my country. You don't deserve to live here.

We fucked over the Turks and Germans (don't wave Galipoli in my face cause we had a kill death ration of 3:1 there) in WW1, we fucked over the Italians, Germans and Japanese in WW2, we stopped the Chinese in Korea for long enough for the US to get there shit together (with the help of some British centurion tanks), we fucked over the North Vietnamese in Vietnam. For just a hundred years that's a pretty impressive military history.

We have some of the most incredible landscape in the world, and some of the most unique and incredible wildlife.

Our music is awesome, we export incredible actors, we have one of the strongest economies in the world, thanks to our F-111s we have better conventional power projection abilities than China for the moment.

As I said, get the fuck out of my country if you hate it so much.

 

[Allstar309]

We dont really have that good Tv either. I mean seriously-Neighbours? Home and Away? COME ON PEOPLE

OMG i hate Neighbours. Someones either getting pregnant, dieing, cheating or just being a loser.

I F*&%ing hate it!!

 

[Snowalker]

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Right. Except everything you just said there was either wrong or a matter of opinion.

Damn, stole everything I was going to say.. I guess I cna leave then *tears to my eye*

 

[Sven und EIN HUND]

Hooray for being blatantly provocative... I've lived here in Australia all my life, 16 years baby, and I've loved it for the most part. That's probably just because the place where I live is cool and I have a mellow and great life here; if I traveled around the world then of course I'd find Australia dull when I got back.

 

[Nerdfury]

...a kangaroo which will THROW ITS YOUNG at predators to escape...

That's...awesome.

OPid you seriously complain about not having enough wars/financial meltdowns?

Other things you forgot to mention:

Micheal Atkinson
Box Jellyfish
Great White Sharks

I hate Michael Atkinson.

The Victorian bushfires were nothing? The far North queensland floods were nothing? I'm sure there is more than a few people who are gonna disagree with you on that.

How far apart, how often has something of that magnitude or interest come about in the 200 years of almost nothing stuff.

Uh.. have you forgotten the Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983? Oh, wait, you're too young to know that Australia has had an amazing history outside of your insignificant little life. What about the wars we threw ourselves into for the freedom of most of the free world? What about the countless other events that happened on our history?

Our flora, fauna and landscapes are matched by nowhere else in the world. Our people are matched by no other race.

You know what, kid? If you don't like the country that has borne you for your petty little scrape of a life, and seen to it that you can live a blessed, fruitful, horror-free life of safety then you are more than welcome to get the fuck out of my land and stay out. Let those that would love to live in such a great country come in your place.

 

[WolfThomas]

yes i live in australia. im culturally an Australian. Racially im from all over the world. ive been almost everywhere and i gotta say, after living in Australia for about 8 years, Australia sucks. its boring. nothing happens and the best we're good for is a counterweight and a 'safe haven' for bums-refugees-idiots.
We have no wars. We dont part take in wars or battles other then military 'advisors' or 'supervisors' or, best one- 'observers'. Quote. Wikipedia.

We have no financial explosions or crisis'. We get the splash damage off America.

We dont really have that good Tv either. I mean seriously-Neighbours? Home and Away? COME ON PEOPLE

We have no history. It started 200 years ago with a poof landing some people who stole bread because they couldnt pay for it and then...nothing till WW1 where we got screwed over by the British. Then WW2 where we got screwed over by Japan. Then Vietnam where we got screwed over by OURSELVES.

No interesting geography or flora/fauna. Where flat, hot and dusty with a rock that looks like a giant mole. Otherwise we have a breathing teddy bear and a kangaroo which will THROW ITS YOUNG at predators to escape because its not worried about creating another.

And we dont do much outside our walls either. I have to do an essay on Australias involvement in the UN-our major achievements and our importance. We dont do shit 'siding from being a giant refugee camp or a bank.

We cant defend ourselves either. We have no particular firearms-we just take em of Europe. No serious ground corps. Nothing above average in aircraft or ground vehicles or navy -we get most of that off the US and Austria. We specialise in Recon.

Our dollar isnt worth much in the 1st world either. Dont point out we're like 3rd/4th in the world. Thats because asiding from the US and the UK-everywhere else is a future slave camp waiting to happen or-dirt.

Any other opinions from the public?

No Wars? We've participated in every big one in the 20th Century, Boer, World War 1 + 2, Korea, Vietnam and more recently Iraq, Afghanistan.

Everyone's getting the splash damage from America not us.

Neighbours does suck I'll give you that. But the first season of underbelly was pretty good and yeah I can't really maintain any argument on this front.

We have less history, but it's still important. There's colonization, the Gold rush and federation. WW1 was the birth of Australia as a real nation (unfortunately through a lot of blood). World War we were some of the most feared and respected troops in the war. Vietnam was about defending our interests and creating important bonds with the biggest superpower of the time.

We have no interesting Flora/Fauna? We have the most koalas, echnidas, platypi, kangaroos, wombats and emus. Plus most poisonous snakes in the world, most poisonous spider and jelly fish. Have you ever seen Uluru? It is more than just a rock. We also have the great barrior reef. Our geography ranges from desert to jungle to rolling meadows to snow capped mountains.

We have been doing plenty of stuff outside our nation, we do peace keeping in Timor, the Solomons and other islands. We gave a billion dollars in aid to Indonesia post tsunami. We have a lot troops on the ground in Afghanistan when you compare our population to the USA and European countries.

Sure our armies firearms are of European origin both the Steyr and before that the SLR, but we've made them our own with modification. Plus they work.

Can't go on losing strength, apathy rising.

Honestly no idea who has been misleading you about our military, we have a lot of ships and jets. Once again for a nation of population. We have all the infantry we want and need. We also have some of the most professional grunts in the world. I live with an ex rifleman and he said they were appalled by the standards of American soldiers when they trained with them.

Our money is pretty damn strong and you have only stated that we suck because we are
"3rd or 4th best in the world, because everyone else are future slaves?". Man I'd be happy with 3rd or 4th which I know we are probably not.

I think you are stupid and wrong about everything...except neighbours and home and away.

 

[Some Fella1]

It's unlikely that I could say something here that has not already been said, but I will say my opinion, since you asked.

I think the only downside to this FUCKING AWESOME COUNTRY is that we have a shit prices on just about everything. Seriously, go somewhere else and it will be cheaper.

Other than that, you need to get your head out of the gutter, drink some beer and go to the zoo/wildlife santuary while drinking beer... in that order.

 

[hebdomad]

Go outside for once.

Amen. For god sake, Australia has ALLOT of outside.

Uh.. have you forgotten the Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983? Oh, wait, you're too young to know that Australia has had an amazing history outside of your insignificant little life. What about the wars we threw ourselves into for the freedom of most of the free world? What about the countless other events that happened on our history?

I'll second that. Adding the recent fires in Victoria that killed more than 100 people, a criminal gang in the 1800s that wore bullet proof armour and shouted free (stolen?) beer to hostages, a prime minister who held the world record for drinking a pint of beer and who gave the entire nation a day off for winning the Americas cup (guess who), our current federal environment minister is rock star who has performed at concerts while still in office, our parliament house is underground in a giant round-about, we have our own code of football, a flying doctors service (doctors who fly out to people), the current mining boom... what global recession?, free live sports (don't have to pay for cable to get it), Higher education is accessible to all.. not to those who can afford it, the best beaches, the best cars (Holden commodore? ford falcon?).

But hey, anyone thinking of a holiday down under, skip Sydney, and check out Melbourne...

 

[aruseusx]

Australia is awesome! I can't stand idly by while the country I live in/love is paid out! What's wrong with it? You've got such a huge diveristy in landscape, we have everything from perfect sunny weather with beaches that stretch for kilometers in Queensland, rugged desert in the NT, huge expanses of surf coast along Victoria, ski resorts in NSW, some of the worlds most famous wine regions in SA. We're still a relatively small country population wise and have room to move, we're well liked amongst the international community, for our size we're awesome at sport and we're isolated! No rabies or silly diseases like that!

Australia is a very laid back place, where we're still not afraid to laugh at ourselves and appreciate a good joke. It's a country where we love all of the finer things in life, hence why alcohol is such a cultural icon and horse racing is the countries third largest industry. There's nothing wrong with us! I'm offended by anyone who suggests otherwise!

The Hey Hey It's Saturday Renunion would beg to differ about us being able to laugh at ourselves.

 

[WhiteTiger225]

...a kangaroo which will THROW ITS YOUNG at predators to escape...

That's...awesome.

OPid you seriously complain about not having enough wars/financial meltdowns?

Other things you forgot to mention:

Micheal Atkinson
Box Jellyfish
Great White Sharks

I hate Michael Atkinson.

The Victorian bushfires were nothing? The far North queensland floods were nothing? I'm sure there is more than a few people who are gonna disagree with you on that.

How far apart, how often has something of that magnitude or interest come about in the 200 years of almost nothing stuff.

Uh.. have you forgotten the Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983? Oh, wait, you're too young to know that Australia has had an amazing history outside of your insignificant little life. What about the wars we threw ourselves into for the freedom of most of the free world? What about the countless other events that happened on our history?

Our flora, fauna and landscapes are matched by nowhere else in the world. Our people are matched by no other race.

You know what, kid? If you don't like the country that has borne you for your petty little scrape of a life, and seen to it that you can live a blessed, fruitful, horror-free life of safety then you are more than welcome to get the fuck out of my land and stay out. Let those that would love to live in such a great country come in your place.

Watch out, don't show appreciation for your country or else someone might start claiming all Australlians are evil assholes etc lol

I actually love australlia.

Pros: Good People, Girls with voices to die for, Beautiful sights, Wildlife, Clear Skies.
Cons: You better not have aracniphobia, Very poisonous critters, Politicians that would make even Jack Thompson and George Bush raise a brow on occasions.

I mean I would go to Australia and live there if it weren't for the venomous little bastards scurrying all about... And the spiders.

 

[Inverse Skies]

The Hey Hey It's Saturday Renunion would beg to differ about us being able to laugh at ourselves.

We still did, we just had Harry Connick Jr spoil the fun for everyone. Besides, we followed that up with the midget cup at Caulfield raceway or whereever it was. Did you see that? That was hilarious!