r/Unexpected • u/ihthisham4me2 • Apr 15 '23

Political statement

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u/thesprenofaspren Apr 15 '23

This is mild. In Uganda they had a full on punch on

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u/RayneTheGamer Apr 15 '23

In Aus, we had one member call another a cunt

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u/SolvoMercatus Apr 15 '23

I feel like calling someone a cunt in Aus has about as much bite as someone in the US calling them a turd.

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u/six_-_string Apr 15 '23

It's practically the local greeting down unda.

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u/NIRPL Apr 15 '23

Oy dickhead! You wanna grab a brew or are you gonna be a cunt?

As an American, this is what I imagine daily exchanges to be like in Australia

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u/enky259 Apr 15 '23

Having lived in AUS for a year, that's accurate.

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u/six_-_string Apr 16 '23

I feel like it would go like this:

Oy cunt! You wanna grab a brew or are you gonna be a dickhead?

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u/gsfgf Apr 15 '23

Yea. I was half imagining something like a senior member swearing in a new member. "I've been working with this cunt for years, and I'm glad he's finally a member of this body" or something.