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<blockquote data-quote="Montalban" data-source="post: 54992366" data-attributes="member: 23753"><p>I think Australian culture is different from America (that is, if we even have a culture <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> )</p><p></p><p>Self-depricating humour is a big part of Australian culture. We generally don't like people who overtly try to impress others.</p><p></p><p>We in fact like to cut people down to size. Here, it's called the "Tall poppy syndrome" (which can be negative). It is the idea that the tall poppy flower that stands out above the rest is the one you cut.</p><p></p><p>Our sports affinities are different from America too.</p><p></p><p>In summer the national obsession is cricket.</p><p></p><p>In winter however we stand divided as three major football codes compete. There's Aussie Rules Football that dominates most states. There's Rugby League with a devote core in Sydney up to the north of Queensland. And then there's Rugby Union, the father of both Rugby League and American Football which still wears an image of being the football loved by elites in Sydney and Brisbane (all the posh schools play it)</p><p></p><p>Soccer (which claims to be the real code to be called "Football" is played nationally, but in the summer so as not to compete with the other codes that dominate).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Montalban, post: 54992366, member: 23753"] I think Australian culture is different from America (that is, if we even have a culture ;) ) Self-depricating humour is a big part of Australian culture. We generally don't like people who overtly try to impress others. We in fact like to cut people down to size. Here, it's called the "Tall poppy syndrome" (which can be negative). It is the idea that the tall poppy flower that stands out above the rest is the one you cut. Our sports affinities are different from America too. In summer the national obsession is cricket. In winter however we stand divided as three major football codes compete. There's Aussie Rules Football that dominates most states. There's Rugby League with a devote core in Sydney up to the north of Queensland. And then there's Rugby Union, the father of both Rugby League and American Football which still wears an image of being the football loved by elites in Sydney and Brisbane (all the posh schools play it) Soccer (which claims to be the real code to be called "Football" is played nationally, but in the summer so as not to compete with the other codes that dominate). [/QUOTE]
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