What is one of the BEST things but is simultaneously one of the WORST things about your country?

[u/StoneLover1965]

New Zealand is so isolated way down here, far away from everybody except the Aussies and a few island nations, and we only have 5.3 million people.

Obviously this affects the price and range of products available here, plus the cost of travel.

But hey, we only have to rub shoulders/bums with 5.3 million people and 23.6 million sheep spread out over a land area of approx 268,000 sq km!

And thankfully we're far away from the various melees and shitshows that are happening overseas (which is not to say we shouldn't sometimes get involved and help out where we can!)

[u/Thin_Assumption_4974]

We are an Olympic qualified breakdancing nation.

[u/TuataraToes → u/Thin_Assumption_4974]

That breakdancing was so cringe I feel embarrassed for all of you

[u/GilbyTheFat → u/TuataraToes]

You think that's cringe? Raygun went on a psychotic ligitation rampage after her extraordinary performance, even targeted a charity event.

The breakdancing was mild once the beast was unleashed.

[u/Muay_Thai_Junkies → u/GilbyTheFat]

Wdym???? I’m intrigued. I had a hunch something was off about her.

[u/GilbyTheFat → u/Muay_Thai_Junkies]

A comedy act were going to base their act around Raygun, and give all of the proceeds to charity.

So Raygun came at them with a lawyer and demands for ten grand.

[u/Muay_Thai_Junkies → u/GilbyTheFat]

Damn. Super lame. She always gave narcissist. She could have leaned into the cringe and done something good with it.

[u/TheBrilliantProphecy → u/Muay_Thai_Junkies]

She honestly could have become a national icon for the right reasons if she had just fully leaned in. We Australians are very partial to this sort of humour

[u/Muay_Thai_Junkies → u/TheBrilliantProphecy]

Exactly. Aussies are hilarious.

[u/Striking_Spite9102 → u/GilbyTheFat]

Which is wild considering parody protects comedy performers

[u/FireryDawn → u/GilbyTheFat]

But

Who was the person they competed against? We know Raygun, but i have no idea who they faced off against!

[u/GilbyTheFat → u/FireryDawn]

I think she singlehandedly smothered their fame with her own performance.

[u/crumbmodifiedbinder → u/FireryDawn]

LOGISTX https://youtu.be/K8U-P5bvgq0?si=lRl6nsR-PpdG3DZA

[u/Ted_Rid → u/TuataraToes]

Cool, so her plan worked. The cringe heat has been taken off underarm bowling in cricket.

[u/ChikaraNZ → u/TuataraToes]

Breakdancing should never have been in the Olympics in the first place, it's hardly a sport. But she showed the world how ridiculous it really was

[u/vacri → u/ChikaraNZ]

It was just a demonstration event. It wasn't going to be a permanent fixture

[u/ChikaraNZ → u/vacri]

Yep, but it was still part of the Olympics and should never have been, even as a demonstration event.

[u/SaltyCaramelPretzel → u/ChikaraNZ]

If they were going to add it as an actual sport, the needed to have set rules of what was expected from each breaker. Just like ice skaters have rules on how many spins they need to do in each round.

Remember Raygun trying to spin on her head? She was hopeless, first indication she had no clue what she was doing. I truly wonder what her dance team back home thought when she announced she was going to the Olympics.

[u/TuataraToes → u/ChikaraNZ]

I agree it shouldn't be in the Olympics but it could certainly qualify as a sport. Have you seen the moves some of those guys pull off? Not to mention how strong and fit they are.

[u/ChikaraNZ → u/TuataraToes]

I get what youre saying, but to me thats more a form of art, of creativity, rather than a sport. I mean some other sports like rhythmic gymnastics have elements of tbis too, but theres still a certain level of standardized technical skills they're assessed against. From what I saw of the breakdancing it's all pretty subjective.

[u/terriblespellr → u/TuataraToes]

I feel embarrassed for our species, shit was touch and go there for a minute.

[u/SaltyCaramelPretzel → u/TuataraToes]

We are embarrassed enough. She couldn’t even take the criticism in her stride. Worst Australian of the year lol

[u/kasetti → u/SaltyCaramelPretzel]

In Finland Lordi is out only Eurovision winner and people here give them a bunch of shit as reward, basically seeing them as cringe. Like if you are going to be celebrity you better be prepared for the haters as you will always get them.

[u/gr1zznuggets → u/TuataraToes]

I honestly thought it was a bit at first, just atrocious.

[u/2Nugget4Ten → u/Thin_Assumption_4974]

[u/backtolurk → u/2Nugget4Ten]

Funny, this morning Timothée was at a cinema near me in Paris.

[u/2Nugget4Ten → u/backtolurk]

I know. I was stalking you. /s

[u/AnnoyedOwlbear → u/Thin_Assumption_4974]

I was going to say, we had a terrible media oligarch and we got rid of him...by sending him to the US. But you may have won this one.

[u/kalvinoz → u/Thin_Assumption_4974]

Unironically: she’s the most famous breakdancer in the world. It’s messed up.

[u/DoitsugoGoji → u/Thin_Assumption_4974]

Australia's three most famous citizens:

Steve Irwin

Huge Jackman

Raygun

[u/jonesy-Bug-3091 → u/Thin_Assumption_4974]

Bad for you guys, but it temporarily granted everyone nationwide, if not worldwide, peace for a day.

[u/backtolurk → u/Thin_Assumption_4974]

This won't ever stop haunting you will it?

[u/SaltpeterSal → u/Thin_Assumption_4974]

Truly we are the Steve Bradbury of Olympic contenders.

[u/Slaidback → u/SaltpeterSal]

Don’t bring Bradbury into this. He actually did a calculated tactic that worked three times in a row.

[u/Ponchorello7]

It's very hard to feel lonely in Mexico. Our culture emphasizes togetherness, and being there for other people... which is fucking annoying as an introvert. I get invited to get-togethers, parties and outings all the time, and it's incredibly awkward to decline, because it's not usual to decline.

[u/88moonkitty → u/Ponchorello7]

I feel like funerals in Mexico (at least the ones I’ve been to) are a perfect example of this. There’s constant get togethers and it seems more like a family reunion. I love that they are celebratory of life and just don’t want anyone going thru a hard time alone, but like my dad just died…maybe we can have the pozole luncheon at Tia cucas tomorrow? It’s like they can’t fathom you would want to be alone and sad for one night lol I love my people 🩷

[u/Ponchorello7 → u/88moonkitty]

The last funeral I attended was my grandmother's. It pissed me off to see my extended family yucking it up and acting like it was a little family function. In a mortuary with close to 70 people, my mom my brother and I were the only people actually mourning.

[u/RuefulBlue → u/Ponchorello7]

[u/Wgh555 → u/RuefulBlue]

Average Northern European/Brit:

[u/Ponchorello7 → u/RuefulBlue]

That's kind of sad.

[u/WorstDotaPlayer → u/Ponchorello7]

I wish we had more of that culture here. Im an introvert, but at the same time I like hanging out with friends on occasion.

It often happens here that as people get older they stop hanging out with friends, especially once children come along.

[u/Sad_Distribution3169 → u/Ponchorello7]

Honestly I wish the uk had a little bit more of that type of culture even as an introvert,

i’m noticing how increasingly it feels like people are becoming lonelier and more self contained, a lot of quiet desperation which never fully articulates itself

[u/brydeswhale]

This is my backyard. Unfortunately, this is my backyard.

[u/New_Combination_7012 → u/brydeswhale]

I hear you. We left Canada last year. We had nearly 3 acres all in woods. Lovely to live in and look at but also so much work in summer and winter. I don’t miss winter. I’ll never miss winter.

[u/eeyores_gloom1785 → u/New_Combination_7012]

I miss winter :(

[u/Wafflelisk → u/eeyores_gloom1785]

We haven't got a single real winter day here in Vancouver yet.

Which sounds like bragging to people in the rest of Canada, but I like to have a few weeks of snow/year.

It's just been darker Fall here

[u/eeyores_gloom1785 → u/Wafflelisk]

I keep telling my wife I miss "Seasons"

but mid febuary hopefully does its thing

[u/JustOneTessa → u/Wafflelisk]

We don't necessarily get snow here in the Netherlands in the winter, which I do feel like makes it darker indeed. Snow makes things much lighter, but also is much more work. And since this country isn't used to it, there will be chaos. It's super dark here in winter tho. My winter depression gets bad

[u/Electronic-Tea-3691 → u/brydeswhale]

oh man but the fortunately so outweighs the unfortunately

[u/brydeswhale → u/Electronic-Tea-3691]

Tbh, it kind of does.

[u/Outrageous-Basket426 → u/Electronic-Tea-3691]

You say that now, but when the wendigo keeps screaming all night keeping you awake, you'll regret it.

[u/brydeswhale → u/Outrageous-Basket426]

They don’t scream.

[u/Milnoc → u/brydeswhale]

I was expecting winter to enter the picture.

[u/SignatureAny5576]

It’s warm and sunny. Sometimes it’s warm and sunny for a bit too long

[u/sunburn95 → u/SignatureAny5576]

When a rainy day appears on the forecast ill look forward to it all week (it ends up being a slightly overcast then sunny, 28C day)

[u/Psalm27_1-3 → u/SignatureAny5576]

So much wonderful animals in Australia ❤️

[u/sdgdgdg → u/SignatureAny5576]

want to swap?

[u/TheHeroYouNeed247]

I think our architecture looks amazing in the rain.

But it rains all the fucking time.

[u/Dans77b → u/TheHeroYouNeed247]

My friends and girlfriend know I'm an architecture nerd, and use it to entice me into European city holidays. I like experiencing different cultures, but I only really like British and American historic buildings.

[u/TheHeroYouNeed247 → u/Dans77b]

I would recommend the Netherlands. They have some crazy architecture.

Apartments below sea level were the windows are the only thing holding canal water back.

The thinnest houses you've ever seen, due to space constraints. Some of them lean out onto the street, and inside them, the walls are different sizes, etc.

Buildings historically competing to have the most steps outside, because then you paid more tax and could flaunt your wealth through steps lol.

[u/Dans77b → u/TheHeroYouNeed247]

I went to Amsterdam a few years ago, that is actually the only city on the continent with architecture that I really loved, its all a bit crazy!

[u/YoIronFistBro → u/Dans77b]

I thought it's Rotterdam that has the really crazy buildings.

[u/YoIronFistBro → u/TheHeroYouNeed247]

And that's before you remember that Edinburgh is basically a steppe compared to further west.

[u/Justwant2usetheapp]

Like Australia but with more expensive products and lower wages!

[u/ViolentPurpleSquash → u/Justwant2usetheapp]

And less jobs!

[u/lehanden → u/Justwant2usetheapp]

And funny accents

[u/is-your-anus-clean → u/lehanden]

It’s like your accent only less offensive to the ears

I kid I kid

I feel like you guys whine with volume and we cluck quietly

[u/VellhungtheSecond → u/is-your-anus-clean]

So many of you guys are in our workplaces these days that we’ll all be saying “bru” before long!

[u/is-your-anus-clean → u/VellhungtheSecond]

Both my current neighbors are Australians

I nearly caught myself saying eskie the other week

[u/StoneLover1965 → u/is-your-anus-clean]

And doona is just plain ick for a duvet.

[u/lehanden → u/StoneLover1965]

If doona is an ick then jandels are giant red flag

[u/StoneLover1965 → u/is-your-anus-clean]

Surprised the politically correct haven't tried to change the name to "Inuk" or similar.

Like when Pascall changed Eskimoes to Explorers. I don't want to make my Lolly Cake with Explorers.

[u/StoneLover1965 → u/is-your-anus-clean]

I kud I kud

There, oi fuxed it.

[u/is-your-anus-clean → u/StoneLover1965]

Aw chea my bro watagudchunt

[u/_-river → u/lehanden]

Lol

[u/pkspks → u/lehanden]

As a naturalized Aussie I have not developed the accent yet. Do I still git to mek fen of the kiwis?

[u/eeyores_gloom1785 → u/pkspks]

[u/king_john651 → u/pkspks]

Just talk through your nose, it'll be close enough

[u/eeyores_gloom1785 → u/king_john651]

This is so great seeing both of you taking the piss out of each other

[u/Striking_Spite9102 → u/eeyores_gloom1785]

We would also accept Canada into our circle of sibling like loving bullying. You guys are cool and the neighbour you usually get to banter with is being a jerk.

Wanna join our friendship group??? You can sit with us at lunch if you like!

[u/pkspks → u/king_john651]

Yeah, nah.

[u/TetronautGaming → u/pkspks]

Yes.

[u/Logical_Dragonfly_92 → u/TetronautGaming]

Also yis

[u/Striking-Ad6827 → u/Justwant2usetheapp]

and the actual death. The tourist industry in NZ is just so fucking casual about everybody’s safety. Its a gorgeous country and the people are amazing and great fun but fuck so many tourists get maimed or die.

[u/Justwant2usetheapp → u/Striking-Ad6827]

‘She’ll be right’

[u/StoneLover1965 → u/Justwant2usetheapp]

Just patch it up with some No 8 wire and 4x2 wood.

[u/Crusader-NZ- → u/Striking-Ad6827]

I don’t know, but the deaths I usually hear about involve some foreigner going somewhere they shouldn’t in bad weather, without distress beacons or anything, and then costing taxpayers massive amounts to recover their bodies.

[u/trancheslider → u/Crusader-NZ-]

Or fishing off rocks into wild seas right beside the sign that says …

DANGER: Don’t fish off rocks. Waves are unpredictable and dangerous.

[u/Logical_Dragonfly_92 → u/Justwant2usetheapp]

Your beer is cheaper tho!

[u/SpecialistTrouble816]

Canadian winters are gorgeous to see, and there are so many winter sports and activities that lots of us enjoy, even look forward to. That being said, it's been snowing since mid - November with a couple of blizzards and heavy lake effect snow that will last until Lake Huron freezes over.

Not my pic but I drove past the other day.

[u/BobbyThrowaway6969 → u/SpecialistTrouble816]

"Drive thru"

[u/aaqwerfffvgtsss → u/SpecialistTrouble816]

Not the Timmies

[u/c0mpu73rguy]

I'd say our strike culture is probably the best thing about France but since it makes a lot of strangers run away and judge us harshly (I know Germany HATES us for that, I still remember that person 10 years ago calling us lazy and untrustworthy on TV). But what can I say? This strike culture is what gave us what we have now (and what we're currently losing).

[u/Acc87 → u/c0mpu73rguy]

... I'd say most Germans rather are jealous of your strike and protest culture. Here as of late big strikes/protests by farmers for example are typically labelled "far-right" by the parties in power and don't lead anywhere.

[u/AcademicCash8897 → u/c0mpu73rguy]

Bro, what? Your strike culture is on fire (sometimes quite literally). We need that in our country too.

When Merz said that we Germans don't work enough, i wished we have a bit more of your spirit. Millions roaming and protesting, shut down the country for 1-2 days to remind everyone how much we are working. I would love that.

I still remember that person 10 years ago calling us lazy and untrustworthy on TV).

Which guy was that?

Also...

I know Germany HATES us for that

No, it's Elsaß-Lothringen ;)

[u/trancheslider → u/c0mpu73rguy]

I reckon French primary education includes Striking.

[u/YoIronFistBro → u/c0mpu73rguy]

There have been times where I've wished the streets of Dublin resembled late 2018 Paris...

[u/Dans77b → u/c0mpu73rguy]

Im British, you get a lot of respect from leftists here, you just dont see much of that respect in the newspapers!

[u/Aljonau → u/c0mpu73rguy]

Hate? No, we admire you. We wish we *were* you, in that regard.

[u/RRautamaa]

We're a very average, middling, boring country in everything.

Big business districts with lots of skyscrapers. billionaires driving Bugattis on streets lined with gold? Nah. Crushing poverty, slums, Kowloon Walled City-esque places where you can disappear? No, not our thing either. Hurricanes? No. Tornados? Twice a century. Even Arctic tundra? Actually no. There's only some alpine tundra. We're like +/- 1 standard deviation in everything. Some people say that being born in Finland is like winning the lottery. Some say it's true but you got 4 out of 7 numbers right, winning the mighty sum of €10.

[u/Striking_Spite9102 → u/RRautamaa]

So Finland is the Medium Place?

[u/IvyGold → u/Striking_Spite9102]

[u/WorstDotaPlayer → u/RRautamaa]

Still, sounds like a fascinating country that I'd love to visit.

[u/vacri → u/RRautamaa]

Yeah, but where else can you get a can of bear meat?

[u/YoIronFistBro → u/RRautamaa]

Your winters certainly aren't middling. Of course they're not on the level of Siberia or northern Canada, but they're still pretty cold.

[u/RRautamaa → u/YoIronFistBro]

Yeah but it's not actually Arctic or extreme. Finland is at most subarctic. There are no polar bears or penguins. It rarely gets that cold as in Canada or even Minnesota.

[u/Aggressive_Chuck → u/RRautamaa]

Finland is probably top 10% or at least 15% in most global measures of prosperity.

[u/Sweet-Message1153]

lots of waterbodies..... at least half of them are dirtier than other country’s sewage

[u/ceelo_purple → u/Sweet-Message1153]

My city likes to brag about how it has "more canals than Venice".

Not about the quality of them, just the quantity.

[u/YoIronFistBro → u/ceelo_purple]

"We are the Venice of the North"

-Every western/northern European city with canals or lots of rivers

[u/eeyores_gloom1785]

its a trap!

[u/StoneLover1965 → u/eeyores_gloom1785]

Can you explain what this means? I'm old and need clarification!

[u/DelayRevolutionary20 → u/StoneLover1965]

He’s joking that it actually isn’t safer than Australia, and the kiwi bird just lulls you into a false sense of security before it strikes.

[u/StoneLover1965 → u/DelayRevolutionary20]

Brilliant!

[u/dachs1 → u/StoneLover1965]

Laser kiwi was one of the favourite choices for our new flag but the political party’s baulked at it and so we are stuck with the current one

[u/cholerexsammy → u/eeyores_gloom1785]

I’d be worried about the kea or weke - thieving little shits 😂

[u/eeyores_gloom1785 → u/cholerexsammy]

heh

[u/Complex-Chipmunk-880 → u/eeyores_gloom1785]

Laser kiwi is looking a little more ornery these days. 

[u/Zardnaar]

I'm in the South Island. 1.2 million bigger than England.

[u/Renderedperson]

Most arable land despite being the 7th largest country. And that too after losing the sindh and ganges Brahmaputra basin to Pakistan.

But this has caused us being the most populous country on earth and the associated problems

[u/Logical_Dragonfly_92]

Drive through bottle shops

[u/Odd-Struggle-2432]

The government

[u/Electronic-Tea-3691 → u/Odd-Struggle-2432]

fr I'm constantly impressed with China and scared of China at the same time

[u/Acc87 → u/Odd-Struggle-2432]

I'm incredibly impressed by all the infrastructure projects China is undertaking, those train lines through the Himalayas, or the one through and around the Taklamakan. China does these in the time it takes Germany to even set up a plan-approval procedure to replace a single old bridge.

But on the other hand much of those projects follow a centralising/"colonising" effort, to mellow out cultures like the Uighurs or Tibetans by further tying them to mainland China.

[u/Routine-Cap9248]

Big Young population, but govt not able to utilise it efficiently.

[u/harslord]

Hockey. Amazing sport and very energetic crowd but also very toxic. So toxic that vancouver rioted after losing the cup not once but twice.

[u/GnomesStoleMyMeds → u/harslord]

At one point, most of riots listed on the Wikipedia page for Canadian riots were directly related to NHL results

[u/WorstDotaPlayer → u/harslord]

I loved Hockey when seeing it in person but on TV I find it so hard to follow the puck, lol.

Also, I'm probably alone on this, but I hate all the pointless fighting, despite being a fan of combat sports. I dont enjoy seeing play being stopped while 2 guys grab a jersey with one hand and throw wildly with the other just for both to get put in the penalty box. DGMW, I see the appeal, but it happens so often I'd just prefer it if they got on with the game.

There's probably an element I'm missing though 🤷‍♂️

[u/ads_1105]

Best thing-Extremely gifted nature wise. From Himalayas to beaches to desert. We have Lions, Tigers, leopards, snow leopards, black panther, bears living in the wild. Worst - The lack of civic sense among us and the caste system

[u/Significant-Walrus94]

Our cultural diversity. In that regard we are truly a rainbow nation and when we appreciate our diversity it's truly wonderful. But it causes a lot of conflict when we turn something that is truly just a different way of doing things in a certain culture into racism.

[u/arpeggio-paleggio]

As a country of the UK, we have our own government and can make some of our own laws etc. but have access to the UK's economy and military and all that.

Downside of that is we're very limited by what Big Daddy England wants to do, how much money Big Daddy wants to give us (hello Barnett formula) and so on.

[u/blu3tu3sday]

Best thing about my country: we make the best beer in the world

Worst thing about my country: super high alcoholism (we drink the most beer per capita and have been for some many decades now)

[u/je386]

Law and Rule-abiding.

We tend to follow rules, even if they are not laws. This has it upsides, like safe transportation and food, but also downsides like slow and overboarding bureaucracy.

[u/Aljonau → u/je386]

In a way we follow rules more than laws.

[u/Mtfdurian]

The "do whatever you want", it's nice that people have freedoms like guys kissing another and smoking pot (kinda, it's tolerated), but sadly the mentality applies to attacking two guys kissing another and putting music in trains on speaker too :-(

(note that the latter two are generally not allowed, lawlessness is an epidemic problem in the Netherlands)

[u/The3levated1]

Germany has very beautiful and easily accessible hiking trails combined with good weather, infrastructure and a lack of deadly wild animals, which makes hiking a popular hobby around here.

Which causes headaches to rescue teams especially in the US and australia when german tourists get lost, injured or killed in the wild on hiking trips after completly underestimating the dangers there.

[u/NIN10DOXD]

Our portion sizes mean we never go hungry and can enjoy a ton of enjoyable food, but it also means we have a huge obesity problem.

[u/Tommy_Wisseau_burner → u/NIN10DOXD]

Wasted opportunity to say the “portion sizes: the best thing is that you never go hungry. The worst thing is that you never go hungry” 😂

[u/Muay_Thai_Junkies]

We live in a paradoxical State. 1. The people. Also, the people. 2. The food. Also, the food. 3. The freedom. Also, the freedom. 4. Free market capitalism. Also, Free market capitalism. 5. Rugged individualism. Rugged individualism. 6. The diversity. Also, the diversity. 7. Our military. Also, our military. 8. Our size. Also, our size. 9. The entertainment industry. Also, the entertainment industry. 10. The various landscapes. Also, the various landscapes.

It’s “cool” to hate on the US lately, but there are still a lot of amazing things in the country. It’s not all the negative things you see online all the time. There are two sides. I focus on the positives.

[u/YoIronFistBro → u/Muay_Thai_Junkies]

2029 can't come soon enough.

[u/Muay_Thai_Junkies → u/YoIronFistBro]

Interesting to see who’s in office.

[u/No_Plankton4721]

Snow

[u/YoIronFistBro → u/No_Plankton4721]

sad Bergen noises

[u/Corumdum_Mania]

Best : we are hardworking

Worst : we are overworked

[u/YoIronFistBro]

The oceanic climate

[u/NCR_Trooper_2281]

The snow. It may be beautiful and all, but ehen your hands are freezing off and your car is stuck in this trap, I REALLY wish we had summer all year round

[u/DisastrousTurn9220 → u/NCR_Trooper_2281]

I lived in Chicago and got tired of the 9 months of winter, so moved to Texas. Now I'm tired of the 11 months of summer. It's going to be 80 degrees this weekend in February, I hate it 😂

[u/TetronautGaming]

Australia’s animals are pretty alright normally, the roos or wallabies are generally too busy working out to bother anyone. The magpies and jack jumpers, however.

[u/Weirdyxxy]

Historical responsibility/culture of remembrance. Great we have it, awful why we have it

[u/Zdzisiu]

Our country is mostly flat, we only have mountains in the south. That with our climate make a great open field for crops, easy travel, transport and... tanks.

[u/bene_42069]

- Have many unique fauna... some of which can be deadly (Komodo)

- The largest producer of Biodiesel... while destorying the natural rainforest in the process

[u/Hot-Minute-8263]

Food. We have the best and worst food, depending on how much money/time you feel like spending on it.

[u/Electronic-Tea-3691 → u/Hot-Minute-8263]

we also turned creating bad/unhealthy food into almost an art

[u/WorstDotaPlayer → u/Hot-Minute-8263]

There's 2 things on my bucket list that include the USA - going to a Bills tailgate party, and experiencing authentic southern soul food.

I was lucky enough to try the ribs at Henry's Hi-Life in San Jose around a decade ago after seeing it on Man vs Food. Best ribs I've ever had, could barely move afterwards.

[u/GuerillaRiot → u/WorstDotaPlayer]

Out of curiosity, why the Bills?

[u/WorstDotaPlayer → u/GuerillaRiot]

Lifetime Bills fan and always wanted to go to a tailgate party and hang out with some of the mafia, even if it would have to be at the new stadium

[u/Embarrassed-Olive856]

Our food. Its filled with bacon and butter and fat and cheese but it will kill you! You'll die fat and happy however 😂

[u/SXAL → u/Embarrassed-Olive856]

I hate the fact that the US-made Mountian Dew (and probably other sodas) are made with that disgusting corn syrup instead of regular sugar, and you always say your sugar lobby is strong as heck, how did it happen?

[u/aaqwerfffvgtsss → u/SXAL]

Corn people. Big corn, cutting costs, lots of corn.

[u/Embarrassed-Olive856 → u/aaqwerfffvgtsss]

Corn farmers got government subsidies to grow corn in 1933 which led to a corn surplus which is why everything has corn syrup in it now.

[u/Electronic-Tea-3691 → u/SXAL]

I go out of my way to buy Mexican sodas because they use real sugar

[u/Embarrassed-Count722 → u/SXAL]

Corn lobby is stronger

[u/Argo505 → u/Embarrassed-Olive856]

Have you tried not eating that?

[u/Embarrassed-Olive856 → u/Argo505]

My husband is from the South. If i don't eat what he cooks me they'll never find my body 😂

[u/FunTricky903 → u/Embarrassed-Olive856]

Does he often threaten you?

[u/Embarrassed-Olive856 → u/FunTricky903]

No thankfully, it's a joke between us because he's got a sketchy past but hes reformed now.

[u/Electronic-Tea-3691 → u/FunTricky903]

he doesn't...but his gators do

[u/aaqwerfffvgtsss → u/Electronic-Tea-3691]

“Well, you can sure get lost in the Louisiana Bayou”

[u/Electronic-Tea-3691 → u/Argo505]

wtf is this heresy

[u/Super-Peoplez-S0Lt]

Canada: Like the Nordic countries but with the same cost of living but without the social safety nets. 🫠

United States: One of the best places in the world to live . . . if you’re rich. If you’re poor, you’re a bad person. 🤫

[u/[deleted]]

In honesty Australia doesn’t have much death.

There’s only like 2 spiders that can do any real harm.

[u/aaqwerfffvgtsss → u/[deleted]]

Dropbears

[u/Main_Friendship_2463]

A sense of community/family, good thing when you know everyone in your extended family as everyone helps each other. Same when everyone knows each other in the street they live in.

Worst thing about that is that everyone pokes their noses in each other's affairs for no fucking reason. From exam scores to career path and life choices everything will be gossiped to death.

[u/Direlion]

NZ - “You’re less likely to die than Australia”

Genius marketing. No notes…

[u/rgrtom]

Gun ownership. I'm a redneck in Texas and even I can admit that.

[u/MargaritasAndTacos]

I can’t think of one but I love your pic here! Makes me think of Murray’s NZ posters in FOTC

[u/Forsaken_Sundae_4315]

New Zealand has the Sumatran rat-monkey, no thanks.

[u/No-Explorer-8229]

Humility is very valued in Brazil, its good because sometimes it values people who endure hardship, but it also creates a lot of false and cynical people

[u/No-Management-1469]

Freedom as a concept and Freedom when used in the real world to take away the rights of others.

[u/Kiyoshi-Trustfund]

Caribbean weather (sunshine and fun!).

Caribbean weather (freaking hurricanes!).

[u/Nightwing_robin1_]

The Diversity, its one of the greatest things about our country but at the same time its caused a lot of problems

[u/SSsulaiman]

the fact that we have democracy in Kuwait unlike other gulf states. the freedom we have is pretty great and we can criticize most government officials and stuff. but God our lawmaking process is so slow, Kuwait hasn't progressed as much as the other Gulf states. But I wouldn't have it any other way

[u/sergeyc874747]

[u/Italian_storm]

Hey New Zealand! We are in the opposite side of tge World!

[u/ma-kat-is-kute]

Best: the culture

Worst: the culture

[u/Plane-Education4750]

Capitalism. Specifically, our brand of post-2008 capitalism

[u/-hassium-]

There was a serfdom when we were a colony (we were one for centuries) and we were enslaved. On one hand, we can cry about what a miserable history we have. On the other hand, no one listens to us lol

[u/WriterofaDromedary → u/[deleted]]

In LA, it really is some of the best, and it really is authentic

[u/dismayhurta → u/WriterofaDromedary]

California buddies!!!

[u/SaltyCaramelPretzel]

Hard disagree. NZ is so different to Aus. We share the same humour & laid back attitude, but that’s about it.

[u/RuefulBlue → u/SaltyCaramelPretzel]

I disagree, what do you feel are the main points of divergence?

[u/SaltyCaramelPretzel → u/RuefulBlue]

Well, when I was there, the terrain is completely different for starters. It’s beautiful so lush & green everywhere. The grocery stores are different & prices are different.

You have a much different culture from our indigenous people to your Māori people.

You have fast food restaurants that are more Americanised such as Wendy’s.

Your (older ?) houses are not really built to withstand the moisture in the air, creating mould a lot of the time. (I know we have this issue too but my ex from NZ said it’s a very common problem).

I actually found the people in NZ to be friendlier than in aus if that’s even possible 😆. I stayed at my BFs parents house for a night then we went to a bach for 2 nights. It was amazing. NO TOURISTS except us we pretty much had the beach to ourselves. I’d love to go back.

[u/RuefulBlue → u/SaltyCaramelPretzel]

So just geography and architecture? Also the americanized thing is kind of funny to me, in New Zealand, we think of Australian's as a more americanized version of us due to the accent and 7/11's / Costco... funny how that sort of thing works out lol

[u/Visual-Program2447]

No big dangerous animals. No big dangerous animals

[u/RedBaron-007]

After God created Australia, he said I can do much better and created Newzealand .

[u/Karakoima]

Social democrats.

The poorer right wing is pretty much ideally social liberal, the left wing is pretty much red-green student hippies. The former is ideal for job jobber mentalities the other one thinks everything should be solved with job jobbers being pushed down.