Recorded History [OOC]

[Alleniana]

VCE Global Politics? Please tell me they're not still using that hideous binded textbook by Anna Louise Simpson.

Oh shit, another Melburnian? How did I not know before! Meet you under the clocks at Flinders in a minute and a half.

...haha, just joking. Implying anyone doesn't live in the 'burbs. Preferably the eastern ones.

edit: and I forgot to answer the question, whoops. I dunno, it was either out of stock or not published yet, I don't remember which.
edit2: reason I never saw it before was probably because it was on the right, where not a few days ago I nearly missed some Hebrew, just because it was there.

Cor, stone th- no idea what you're talking about.

But, honestly, nobody in Australia watches those. Just as nobody drinks Fosters, or has the Crocodile Dundee accent. (Fun fact: I had a teacher in year 8 who was an extra many years ago with a line of dialogue in Neighbours) We do all ride kangaroos instead of driving cars, though, and drop bears are real.

Nah, not quite super race, just conquerors and genociders of everything.

I always wondered why ye apparently enjoy lighting birds on fire.

Well I'll be, it's super popular over here(Home and Away that is). My vision...ruined.

The one thing we haven't genocided is the one that's the most evil of all, mosquitoes(and Australian wildlife).

Yeah, we know. TGR is apparently a media major, so he should actually know particularly much.

Psh, what would you wanna kill wallabies for? Emus? Sugar gliders? Wombats? Dingoes? Cassowaries? Eh? (not that we have any of those in Melbourne except possums or in zoos, but y'know)

[The Peoples East Africa]

VCE Global Politics? Please tell me they're not still using that hideous binded textbook by Anna Louise Simpson.

Oh shit, another Melburnian? How did I not know before! Meet you under the clocks at Flinders in a minute and a half.

...haha, just joking. Implying anyone doesn't live in the 'burbs. Preferably the eastern ones.

edit: and I forgot to answer the question, whoops. I dunno, it was either out of stock or not published yet, I don't remember which.

I always wondered why ye apparently enjoy lighting birds on fire.

Well I'll be, it's super popular over here(Home and Away that is). My vision...ruined.

The one thing we haven't genocided is the one that's the most evil of all, mosquitoes(and Australian wildlife).

Yeah, we know. TGR is apparently a media major, so he should actually know particularly much.

Psh, what would you wanna kill wallabies for? Emus? Sugar gliders? Wombats? Dingoes? Cassowaries? Eh? (not that we have any of those in Melbourne except possums or in zoos, but y'know)

Twould be nice.

I'm talking bout gympie gympie and other 100% creatures of hell.

[Alleniana]

Oh shit, another Melburnian? How did I not know before! Meet you under the clocks at Flinders in a minute and a half.

...haha, just joking. Implying anyone doesn't live in the 'burbs. Preferably the eastern ones.

edit: and I forgot to answer the question, whoops. I dunno, it was either out of stock or not published yet, I don't remember which.

Yeah, we know. TGR is apparently a media major, so he should actually know particularly much.

Psh, what would you wanna kill wallabies for? Emus? Sugar gliders? Wombats? Dingoes? Cassowaries? Eh? (not that we have any of those in Melbourne except possums or in zoos, but y'know)

Twould be nice.

I'm talking bout gympie gympie and other 100% creatures of hell.

The funny thing is that we get a lot of American stuff over here. Triangular Trade II?

Gympie gympie? Like the stuff you use to wrap wounds and make Vegemite out of?

[The Peoples East Africa]

Twould be nice.

I'm talking bout gympie gympie and other 100% creatures of hell.

The funny thing is that we get a lot of American stuff over here. Triangular Trade II?

Gympie gympie? Like the stuff you use to wrap wounds and make Vegemite out of?

These words together evade my understanding.

ಠ_ಠ Well, I was never planning on visiting Aussieland, but now I'll actively avoid it.

[The Grim Reaper]

The funny thing is that we get a lot of American stuff over here. Triangular Trade II?

Gympie gympie? Like the stuff you use to wrap wounds and make Vegemite out of?

Vegemite is made of yeast extract, outside Australia. So they'd not be aware of gympie gympie as we use it here.

Also, yeah, I'm a media major. I more focus on cultural industries (radio stations and websites, rather than radio programming and website content, for example), and TV in general is a huge blind spot for me. That being said, it should be noted that soaps became popular in Australia as a really cheap filler for a much older audience. They're mostly produced for foreign audiences, now, in countries that still have more conservative labour-sharing (i.e. wife stays home, husband goes to the pub/work). Traditionally, wives could talk about soap opera plots with their friends, and soap operas can run non-stop for years - just switch out all the characters and keep the same set, name, and plots! They were used to help fill out Australian television, because Australia's television audience grew much faster than our capacity to produce television programming. We imported a lot of American and British TV, and much of our domestic content was a) sporting content, and b) the big soap operas.

Basically, they're not very popular here, because they're no longer written for Australians. Australians have grown to prefer American television. I believe Aussie drama has become quite popular, because one of the major TV broadcasters (I 'think' it was 7) used youth-oriented dramas to save itself from bankruptcy a couple decades ago, and the general trend towards Australian dramas has stuck. Youth don't tend to be so hot on soap operas - they're too repetitive, and the mainstream of Australian youth like to have stories that they can expect to resolve instead of episodic plots, a trend that is fairly clearly seen in comedy internationally with the fall of sketch comedy in favour of newer story-driven sitcoms (think Community, or the Office. This is in contrast to sketch comedies like Monty Python or Thank God You're Here, or non-story driven sitcoms like Blackadder or Seinfeld).

[Alleniana]

The funny thing is that we get a lot of American stuff over here. Triangular Trade II?

Gympie gympie? Like the stuff you use to wrap wounds and make Vegemite out of?

These words together evade my understanding.

ಠ_ಠ Well, I was never planning on visiting Aussieland, but now I'll actively avoid it.

The Atlantic triangular trade? Slaves, processed goods and raw materials?

few of the stereotypes are true in the places where most live. I mean, for a start, it's one of the most urbanised countries in the world, so desert memes are few and far in between, just like people in those areas. "Slip a shrimp on the barbie" should really have been prawn (but I think usage is more mixed these days), and it probably should have been sausage or something anyway, because exporting seafood to China to buy Made in China is a better idea. The bugs, spiders in particular, is probably a legit meme, but even such basic stuff as Vegemite is now challenged by Nutella (honestly, bloody Nutellamania, but I can understand it), and Tony Abbott isn't even our PM anymore (thank god). But yeah. Ostralialialialia.

in countries that still have more conservative labour-sharing

conservative labour

This tickled me more than it should have.

But yeah; I don't watch TV much, but it's definitely America coming to our shores.
edit: not to say that we don't produce some genius stuff ourselves, though, what with Housos and Fat Pizza and Bananas in Pajamas.

[The Peoples East Africa]

These words together evade my understanding.

ಠ_ಠ Well, I was never planning on visiting Aussieland, but now I'll actively avoid it.

The Atlantic triangular trade? Slaves, processed goods and raw materials?

few of the stereotypes are true in the places where most live. I mean, for a start, it's one of the most urbanised countries in the world, so desert memes are few and far in between, just like people in those areas. "Slip a shrimp on the barbie" should really have been prawn (but I think usage is more mixed these days), and it probably should have been sausage or something anyway, because exporting seafood to China to buy Made in China is a better idea. The bugs, spiders in particular, is probably a legit meme, but even such basic stuff as Vegemite is now challenged by Nutella (honestly, bloody Nutellamania, but I can understand it), and Tony Abbott isn't even our PM anymore (thank god). But yeah. Ostralialialialia.

Oh yeah the freedom route.

Course, everyone knows you throw another shrimp on the barbie. I hear Vegemite is bad. Poor Tony, what'd he ever do to be hated. Do ye actually call the afternoon, 'sarvo' or 'arvo' or some strange Greek word?

[The imperial canadian dutchy]

These words together evade my understanding.

ಠ_ಠ Well, I was never planning on visiting Aussieland, but now I'll actively avoid it.

The Atlantic triangular trade? Slaves, processed goods and raw materials?

few of the stereotypes are true in the places where most live. I mean, for a start, it's one of the most urbanised countries in the world, so desert memes are few and far in between, just like people in those areas. "Slip a shrimp on the barbie" should really have been prawn (but I think usage is more mixed these days), and it probably should have been sausage or something anyway, because exporting seafood to China to buy Made in China is a better idea. The bugs, spiders in particular, is probably a legit meme, but even such basic stuff as Vegemite is now challenged by Nutella (honestly, bloody Nutellamania, but I can understand it), and Tony Abbott isn't even our PM anymore (thank god). But yeah. Ostralialialialia.

in countries that still have more conservative labour-sharing

conservative labour

This tickled me more than it should have.

But yeah; I don't watch TV much, but it's definitely America coming to our shores.
edit: not to say that we don't produce some genius stuff ourselves, though, what with Housos and Fat Pizza and Bananas in Pajamas.

Australians are all shitposters

[Alleniana]

The Atlantic triangular trade? Slaves, processed goods and raw materials?

few of the stereotypes are true in the places where most live. I mean, for a start, it's one of the most urbanised countries in the world, so desert memes are few and far in between, just like people in those areas. "Slip a shrimp on the barbie" should really have been prawn (but I think usage is more mixed these days), and it probably should have been sausage or something anyway, because exporting seafood to China to buy Made in China is a better idea. The bugs, spiders in particular, is probably a legit meme, but even such basic stuff as Vegemite is now challenged by Nutella (honestly, bloody Nutellamania, but I can understand it), and Tony Abbott isn't even our PM anymore (thank god). But yeah. Ostralialialialia.

Oh yeah the freedom route.

Course, everyone knows you throw another shrimp on the barbie. I hear Vegemite is bad. Poor Tony, what'd he ever do to be hated. Do ye actually call the afternoon, 'sarvo' or 'arvo' or some strange Greek word?

To be quite honest, I don't really like Vegemite. It's hard to swallow, but so is everything when you're upside down.
Tony Aboat
Arvo? Why, yes, we do, how do you know The realisation that the following construction is grammatical in AuEng
"Tuesday week arvo"

The Atlantic triangular trade? Slaves, processed goods and raw materials?

few of the stereotypes are true in the places where most live. I mean, for a start, it's one of the most urbanised countries in the world, so desert memes are few and far in between, just like people in those areas. "Slip a shrimp on the barbie" should really have been prawn (but I think usage is more mixed these days), and it probably should have been sausage or something anyway, because exporting seafood to China to buy Made in China is a better idea. The bugs, spiders in particular, is probably a legit meme, but even such basic stuff as Vegemite is now challenged by Nutella (honestly, bloody Nutellamania, but I can understand it), and Tony Abbott isn't even our PM anymore (thank god). But yeah. Ostralialialialia.



This tickled me more than it should have.

But yeah; I don't watch TV much, but it's definitely America coming to our shores.
edit: not to say that we don't produce some genius stuff ourselves, though, what with Housos and Fat Pizza and Bananas in Pajamas.

Australians are all shitposters

This is true. Once, we named a swimming pool after a prime minister who got lost while swimming in the sea. Proudest moment.

[Alleniana]

Ok, we're really quite off topic, but on the Australian accent:
This person claimed we don't differentiate between vowels, and I just thought "pff what rubbish", then I heard the impersonation and now I'm frankly a bit scared and doubting reality

The rest of the video is also pretty good, especially the fly bit. Don't listen to her about public transport though, that's heresy. Myki a la shit, etc.

[Narintia]

my sterotypes about australia
say mate and chap alot
drink beer alot

oh yeah, and vegemite

[Alleniana]

my sterotypes about australia
say mate and chap alot
drink beer alot

chap? couple of oceans off there mate

This somewhat makes me wonder; who's going to colonise Australia in this RP? And redo all of this?

edit: @Grim, this is rather far off from the original thing, but really? I thought Monty Python was pretty popular here.

[Narintia]

i do

[The Grim Reaper]

my sterotypes about australia
say mate and chap alot
drink beer alot

chap? couple of oceans off there mate

This somewhat makes me wonder; who's going to colonise Australia in this RP? And redo all of this?

I was genuinely going to try and give it a shot, actually.

[The Peoples East Africa]

my sterotypes about australia
say mate and chap alot
drink beer alot

oh yeah, and vegemite

A lot*, two separate words.

Maybe for the sake of sake and other alcoholic oriental beverages, we should get a little closer to something related to something, or continue with the chat of Australia! Why is that continent so deadly? Everything there wants to kill.

[G-Tech Corporation]

my sterotypes about australia
say mate and chap alot
drink beer alot

chap? couple of oceans off there mate

This somewhat makes me wonder; who's going to colonise Australia in this RP? And redo all of this?

edit: @Grim, this is rather far off from the original thing, but really? I thought Monty Python was pretty popular here.

Svathi.

Svathi Australasia.

[The Peoples East Africa]

my sterotypes about australia
say mate and chap alot
drink beer alot

chap? couple of oceans off there mate

This somewhat makes me wonder; who's going to colonise Australia in this RP? And redo all of this?

edit: @Grim, this is rather far off from the original thing, but really? I thought Monty Python was pretty popular here.

Glorious Duníshkans of course. We just have to conquer Europe, then it's a short trip away.

[Narintia]

Colony of Teikuralis

[Alleniana]

chap? couple of oceans off there mate

This somewhat makes me wonder; who's going to colonise Australia in this RP? And redo all of this?

I was genuinely going to try and give it a shot, actually.

Kudos to you. Of course, Melbourne will be the capital in that case.

Note to self: "natural" event smite anyone who tries to found a settlement that competes with Melbourne in Australia

[Narintia]

*note to self*: place capital in canberra for the lels

[Alleniana]

*note to self*: place capital in canberra for the lels

"Canberra", I think you mean the Lost Suburbs of the A.C.T. Wilds

[Narintia]

I know, right! They should have put the capital in Sydney. (runs away quickly)

[The Grim Reaper]

my sterotypes about australia
say mate and chap alot
drink beer alot

chap? couple of oceans off there mate

This somewhat makes me wonder; who's going to colonise Australia in this RP? And redo all of this?

edit: @Grim, this is rather far off from the original thing, but really? I thought Monty Python was pretty popular here.

Yes, it is, I mispoke. It's an example of sketch comedy, but not unpopular sketch comedy. Rather, sketch comedy in general, here in Australia, doesn't have anywhere near the same traditional position it does in what is virtually its homeland, in the UK. We don't make them as prolifically - most of our TV comedians tend to come straight off the stand-up circuit, whereas Britain likes to feed them through sketch retinue shows first.

And honestly, I don't think that were Monty Python to air as an original television series in Australia, that modern youth would follow it. They would absolutely send the sketches viral, but sitting through the whole show would not be particularly popular - sketch style comedy is intensely popular with UK web-users, and here in Australia, we had the Katering Show go viral just recently.

[Alleniana]

I know, right! They should have put the capital in Sydney. (runs away quickly)

"*natural events*"

chap? couple of oceans off there mate

This somewhat makes me wonder; who's going to colonise Australia in this RP? And redo all of this?

edit: @Grim, this is rather far off from the original thing, but really? I thought Monty Python was pretty popular here.

Yes, it is, I mispoke. It's an example of sketch comedy, but not unpopular sketch comedy. Rather, sketch comedy in general, here in Australia, doesn't have anywhere near the same traditional position it does in what is virtually its homeland, in the UK. We don't make them as prolifically - most of our TV comedians tend to come straight off the stand-up circuit, whereas Britain likes to feed them through sketch retinue shows first.

And honestly, I don't think that were Monty Python to air as an original television series in Australia, that modern youth would follow it. They would absolutely send the sketches viral, but sitting through the whole show would not be particularly popular - sketch style comedy is intensely popular with UK web-users, and here in Australia, we had the Katering Show go viral just recently.

Oh, that makes more sense. That does sound true; the UK are the kings of it.

Tangent back to the RP you also get "*natural event*" if you don't penal colony Australia

[The Grim Reaper]

Oh, that makes more sense. That does sound true; the UK are the kings of it.

Tangent back to the RP you also get "*natural event*" if you don't penal colony Australia

xP noted.