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• jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah I’m reading this Aussie orders a large meal, received a large meal, and was ungrateful. When you’re in America, you accept your diabetes and say “thank you may I have another?”

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  • thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think the key is that a large in Australia and a large in America can be vastly different.

    Comparison of American vs Australian drink sizes. The American servings are approximately twice as large as the Australian servings for small, medium, and large drinks

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    • el_abuelo@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wait…the smallest size in US is larger than the largest size in Oz? That aligns perfectly with my world view for once.

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    • TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      this img is 1000% outdated, the sizes are not that big anymore

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    • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Honestly it all depends on where you’re at when your ordering. For example, that “Large” shown there is what you get at a movie theater when ordering a Small.

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    • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah but he has reasonable healthcare so I, as an American, still don’t see what the problem is.

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    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Crocodile Dundee

      thirst quenched by 650 ml

      Pathetic. I will never respect an Australian again.

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  • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Don’t Australians all hate America for having figured out how to make actually good beer?

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    • Smokeydope@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nah australians are too busy surfing, smoking pot, hanging out with sasquaches, partying at the indigenous peoples sacred islands, and shooting the local wildlife. At least, thats what I learned from watching The Big Lez Show.

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      • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So it’s just southern California?

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    • boonhet@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thought it was young Albert Einstein who figured out how to make actually good beer by splitting the beer atom and therefore introducing bubbles in an otherwise flat beer?

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      • psud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That was a fun film

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      • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I like this version of history

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    • psud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Australia adopted American innovations in good beer. What we complain about is that your mainstream beers are weak and boring, where ours are strong and boring

      What I didn’t like is in some states (such as New York) when I was last there don’t require beer to carry alcohol content information, so buying good beer I had to trust that the beer was going to be about the right strength for the style

      One thing I liked about Amtrak is they sold good local beers on board, though I only experienced Amtrak in the north east (having been told that that was the best way to arrive in New York City)

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    • Wanderer@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You both make shit beer. It takes like watery piss.

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      • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah, so you’re Belgian? That’s the only country allowed to throw shade like that

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