harmonix1234
Eats Squid
Don't like it. Don't believe in it.
Reckon it's a load of crap.
I do like the long weekend bit though.
Just having a rant, feel free to shoot me down.
Ok, so I get inundated this morning with Australia Day feeds on facebook with stuff like 'If you don't like this in 5 seconds you don't love your country' and 'If you don't like this page then you're not an Aussie'.
Well, sorry f*cktard who created that page, I don't need a facebook page telling me I am not an aussie unless I act like a sheep and like your stupid page. I was an Aussie before Mark Zuckerberg was even a sperm.
And then there is the whole 'Let's celebrate our culture, and mateship'. Mateship? Define mateship?
I also hate the fact that we boast about our culture. Culture? Isn't that defined by a nations architecture, food, music, art, language, history, and stories myth and folklore that have been passed down through generations?
Look at Europe and Asia, they have all of these through thousands of years of developing culture.
Australian culture is made up by following other countries down dark alleys and mugging them looking for loose culture.
We didn't invent the pie, pavlova is from new zealand, the bbq is american, cricket is english, so what are we celebrating that is so unique to us?
A quality of life? Well, yeah, I'll celebrate that. We are damn lucky to live here and I think we have a unique lifestyle and quality of life here. But is that culture?
When I hear someone yell 'Straya day'! I just cringe.
I guess the French probably have french bogans hanging out of moving citreons yelling 'Bastille day' too, and idocy and mistaking drinking and acting like a moron for patriotism is a global phenomenon.
Maybe patriotism is in the eye of the beholder.
Maybe, hating Australia day, but being willing to take the long weekend that comes with it is 'Australian'?
Anyway, whatever you do today, just don't drink and drive, have fun, stay safe and keep ya sunscreen on and have a good one.
Reckon it's a load of crap.
I do like the long weekend bit though.
Just having a rant, feel free to shoot me down.
Ok, so I get inundated this morning with Australia Day feeds on facebook with stuff like 'If you don't like this in 5 seconds you don't love your country' and 'If you don't like this page then you're not an Aussie'.
Well, sorry f*cktard who created that page, I don't need a facebook page telling me I am not an aussie unless I act like a sheep and like your stupid page. I was an Aussie before Mark Zuckerberg was even a sperm.
And then there is the whole 'Let's celebrate our culture, and mateship'. Mateship? Define mateship?
I also hate the fact that we boast about our culture. Culture? Isn't that defined by a nations architecture, food, music, art, language, history, and stories myth and folklore that have been passed down through generations?
Look at Europe and Asia, they have all of these through thousands of years of developing culture.
Australian culture is made up by following other countries down dark alleys and mugging them looking for loose culture.
We didn't invent the pie, pavlova is from new zealand, the bbq is american, cricket is english, so what are we celebrating that is so unique to us?
A quality of life? Well, yeah, I'll celebrate that. We are damn lucky to live here and I think we have a unique lifestyle and quality of life here. But is that culture?
When I hear someone yell 'Straya day'! I just cringe.
I guess the French probably have french bogans hanging out of moving citreons yelling 'Bastille day' too, and idocy and mistaking drinking and acting like a moron for patriotism is a global phenomenon.
Maybe patriotism is in the eye of the beholder.
Maybe, hating Australia day, but being willing to take the long weekend that comes with it is 'Australian'?
Anyway, whatever you do today, just don't drink and drive, have fun, stay safe and keep ya sunscreen on and have a good one.
