well we have a kind of cultural thing with that

Yarns

it's probably why we're famous shitposters a part of our culture is telling bullshit stories

is yarns where you weave the best tall tales?

I literally had to write a yarn for English class in school 😄

I hated that part I am no good at yarning

Is this going to lead into a bit about "So the important part was that I had an onion tied to my belt, because that was the style at the time"?

https://youtu.be/-o-7MmhqNfA

the Simpsons episode in Australia is 100% accurate

well except the currency, we don't use Dollaridoos

yet

why are all the funny Australian internet people from Perth

well Perth is a strange place

that's it??

honestly I don't know that much about it, it's ridiculously far away

and not that important to most Aussies

it's as if it's another country

well it's not unlike the distance from New York to LA

actually it might even be a bit further

but unlike the US there's nothing in between

Well, people from NY or LA may say the same about the US

yeah I'm being much more literal

I mean there's the Great Sandy Desert

lol just miles and miles of feral cats

or the Nullarbor depending on what way you go

that looks pretty cool where it meets the ocean

https://thetruesize.com/#?borders=1~!MTczNDc4MjU.NjI0NDA2*MzYwMDAwMDA(MA~!CONTIGUOUS_US*MTAwMjQwNzU.MjUwMjM1MTc(MTc1)MA~!IN*NTI2NDA1MQ.Nzg2MzQyMQ)MQ~!CN*OTkyMTY5Nw.NzMxNDcwNQ(MjI1)Mg~!AU*MTA0NzAxMTg.MTQzNjU0ODg)Mw I'm going down a rabbit hole I guess this site is pretty cool though
who knew Kazakhstan was so big?

There's some video on youtube by Vox or something that says the reason certain countries on maps are smaller than real life is because maps are made by white supremacist, western/euro-centric racists.

damn it they're onto cartographers the last bastion of white supremacy

lmao

something I've always found interesting did you know Aus has the largest share of Antartica?

Really? well I guess you guys are pretty close to it

What even goes on there

research

but it's crazy once upon a time Antartica shared wildlife with Aus

it may even have been where our wildlife came from

It's so weird to think that everything was all smashed together at one point. And Australia became the last bastion for marsupials before placental mammals took over the rest of the world.

there are some marsupials in the Americas

mhmm we have exactly 1 species here lol

the virginia opossum

there are more south of the border though