I dunno about everyone else, but these middle fingers seem extremely well humoured and friendly.
Is this just an Australian thing?
Middle finger is a cheeky way to have fun with your friends.
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idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Aw man, as an ignorant non Australian from /all, it just looks like this lady hates Hugh Dennis.
I looked up pictures of the last couple PMs, but the glasses make it hard to be sure, is that Tony Abbott?
MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 day ago
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 21 hours ago
Culture things, some of my best friends are cunts.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
She seems like she’s in good spirits (as does the guy in the back), but I could see that being either because they’re all in on the joke together or because she’s super excited to have the chance to flick off a politician she hates and has been joking with her friends about it. Like, I could see reacting like that if I ran into George W. Bush, but it’s more fitting within the actual context.
I think what tips it over into friendly is that she’s right there. Especially for a former politician (not accurate, but what I originally thought), someone getting that close and being antagonistic would probably be received as more threatening. Though I suspect there’s a lot more wiggle room for that in Australia than in the US, because of guns (which doesn’t even make sense, because the point of guns is hurting someone from a distance, but it might just be the view of any given person as potentially very dangerous) and the culture around politicians.
dockedatthewrongworf@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
At least from my experience there just isn’t the same reverence about the PM as there is about the presidency. We’ve had a PM who would catch the train for official events. A comedy group called the chaser even did a skit trying to get a hug from the old PM John Howard which I don’t think they could have pulled off in the US.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Yeah, I think there’s a big enough political divide that at this point, it would be hard to find an adult who would feel honored to meet with each of: Trump, Biden, Obama, and Bush, but the culture hasn’t really caught up yet. There’s probably also the fact that the POTUS is likely to have a lot more political enemies worldwide than the PM of Australia, but I agree that most of it is due to the same cultural differences in our perceptions of the word “cunt.”
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Amazing stuff 😆
For future reference, this is what Tony Abbott looks like in speed-dealer sunnies:
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, I figured this might be after a few years of drinking after getting out of office, but it still wasn’t close close.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Those are clearly weed dealer sunglasses. They’re green.
Delphia@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Its Anthony THE Blue Wiggle you fucking heathen.
idiomaddict@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah, I looked at the sweatshirt after I posted, but I’m leaving it up, because I think it’s funny how off I was. He really looks like a politician resigned to his fate, though.
It’s, ah, gotta be tough to be a wiggle.
Delphia@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I mean, its easy to laugh about it when you’re rich as shit. They do occupy a weird place in Australian culture. Simultaneously hated, loved, respected and ridiculed.