Do you like Aussies?

Jumpy

Pffff.

Even our women can belch louder than you Balmed Out.

Some can even do the Road Warrior. They are keepers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bG_hTqr9iI

myflipflops

Balmed Out wrote: »

So many of the guys have this idiotic and extremely annoying macho thing going on. I can belch louder then you, talk/shout louder, arm wrestle better etc etc..

Haha. THis is so true.

In the first 2 countries I lived after leaving Ireland, the 2 guys that were probably my best friends in both were Australian. I now live in Oz and like the people so it's fair to say I think they are a decent bunch.

The macho, one upmanship thing takes a bit of getting used to. My Irish mates that have lived here for a couple of years do it now too: conversations turn into a long list of people telling stories about how great they are at anything!!

Self-depracating humour is a big part of someone's personality for a lot of Irish people but it certainly is not for Australians.

Xavi6

Balmed Out wrote: »

Ive met an awful lot of Australians who are really nice people.

But
So many of the guys have this idiotic and extremely annoying macho thing going on. I can belch louder then you, talk/shout louder, arm wrestle better etc etc. Whats that about? It can be like hanging out with a bunch of five year olds.

So many of the women have been treated badly that i came accross a much higher percentage of women with serious issues. They'd latch on to you fairly quickly because lets face it your not chating her up by belching the alphabet before after a few weeks / months revealing some extreme insecurities and personality disorders.

Again have met loads of sound ones but there is an unusual high proportion of people I dont like spending time with.

Hmmmm you seem to be looking at this concept negatively.

I on the other hand would like to thank the knob head macho men for sending these stunning looking specimens in the direction of average folk like myself :pac:

Chopper83

Prefer the kiwis but it quite a sweeping statement.

New Zealand certainly is a much more embracing country with many ethnic communities which I really like.

STIG83

Having trouble trying to find a package that was sent to me in the post,it got lost in transit, im giving up hope on it tbh
So i rang the post customer care number seeing could they do anything or look out for it, the woman i was talking to was so rude!! (An Aussie obviously)
She dealing with customers everyday,no need to be like that, she didnt even offer to attempt to look into it or anything :mad::mad:

Clooney George

After spending a very little time in NZ you appreciate that an horrible lot of Aussies (especially when abroad) are noisy, foolhardy, ridiculous and very really improper.

Traq

STIG83 wrote: »

Having trouble trying to find a package that was sent to me in the post,it got lost in transit, im giving up hope on it tbh
So i rang the post customer care number seeing could they do anything or look out for it, the woman i was talking to was so rude!! (An Aussie obviously)
She dealing with customers everyday,no need to be like that, she didnt even offer to attempt to look into it or anything :mad::mad:

Way off topic but if you've got a twitter account try contacting @auspost. I've contacted them a few times when I've had things go missing and they're usually pretty prompt and helpful with their responses.

Mellor

I don't knpw why people so quick to blame the country people are from.

I've met quite a few aussie who I consider to be dickheads. I've met a group of kiwis last week that were assholes. I don't think that this is anything to do with australia or new zealand. I generally don't let it bother me.

For example, it some aussie was to make a negetive remark towards me being irish, say at a poker table. I'd just laugh at him, he can say what he wants. But he is the one that looks like the dick, this has ahappened a few times, and i've have other aussie tell them to STFU.

Pisco Sour

There's no country I have been to where I liked every person I have met. Granted some countries have less blatently obvious d1ckheads and a higher percentage of friendlier/ politer people than others (Japan, South Korea, all the South American countries from my experience), while others have a higher percentage of ruder people (China, from what people are telling me, and my 12 hours in Shanghai Airport confirmed that). But no country is perfect. Ireland has plenty of w@nkers. Australia has lots of d1ckheads. Met some rude people in NZ. Same with America, UK, France, Sweden etc etc.

Unfair to generalise about Australians. There's many good, and there's many t0ssers.

aido79

aido79 wrote: »

I've be in Australia for almost 4 years but have moved jobs a few months ago. In my last couple of jobs in Perth I was working with alot of Irish guys with some Aussie guys. In my new job the guys I work with are mostly Aussie and its just not the same. I miss the Irish humour and banter as Aussies just don't have the same sense of humour. Whats anyone else's opinion?

Didn't mean for this to turn into an anti Aussie thread.Just wanted to see what other people's opinions were. I've got Aussie friends and get on with alot of the Aussie guys I work with. As has been mentioned there are a#$holes in every country and Australia has got its fair share. Sometimes I think their idea of a bit of craic is to see who can abuse each other the most and the loudest. I have also met some of the most racist people I have ever met since coming here but have also met plenty of racist Irish people. I love Australia and the lifestyle but am glad there is a good number of Irish people here!

irishh_bob

Clooney George wrote: »

After spending a very little time in NZ you appreciate that an horrible lot of Aussies (especially when abroad) are noisy, foolhardy, ridiculous and very really improper.

i saw nothing particulary polite or pleasant about kiwis , dont get me wrong , ive met more unpleasant nationalitys but they are a dour and dull bunch in many ways , the south island in particular has a very scotts presbyterian vibe about it , hence the dourness

whosyour_daddy

STIG83 wrote: »

Place i was living in for while my flatmate's friend was over and i met him and went to shake his hand, he wouldnt as he dislikes the Irish. :rolleyes:

WHAAAT!!:mad::mad:
If that happened to me he would be on an express trip to the hospital.

STIG83

whosyour_daddy wrote: »

WHAAAT!!:mad::mad:
If that happened to me he would be on an express trip to the hospital.

This guy was and is a a proper prick tbh.

The Aussie

I get Nationalist/Racist abuse over here in Ireland all the time, the other week i had two blokes come onto the site asking for scrap when i told them the Polish fellas i work with collect it for them selves they started screaming and telling to fu^k off back to England (HaHaHa) and calling me a "Little Snot".

Last weekend on both Friday and Saturday nights working my second job i got told to Fu^k off back to New Zealand/Australia several times and i will be told to **** off back to New Zealand/Australia this weekend as well.

The Polish blokes at work (i dont work with any Irish in the company im with its all Polls and me) have some right horror stories about blatant racism and bigotry towards them and even worse their wives.

All i can say to you is "Welcome to being a minority group". No matter what country you are from or how naive you are, if your in a majority most of the conversation goes right over your head because its accepted, even in this faux utopian society that is Ireland

mandrake04

I hear you are a racist now father!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iheZM6VBJfE

bored reader

totally agree with 'the aussie' . after spending a few years working in Australia I never witnessed anything like the abuse and racism the non nationals in Ireland get from us, the Irish.

they are by in large doing jobs which we feel are beneath us.

I found the Australians very welcoming and polite in the vast majority. I doubt the same could be said about us.

jank

The Aussie wrote: »

I get Nationalist/Racist abuse over here in Ireland all the time, the other week i had two blokes come onto the site asking for scrap when i told them the Polish fellas i work with collect it for them selves they started screaming and telling to fu^k off back to England (HaHaHa) and calling me a "Little Snot".

Last weekend on both Friday and Saturday nights working my second job i got told to Fu^k off back to New Zealand/Australia several times and i will be told to **** off back to New Zealand/Australia this weekend as well.

The Polish blokes at work (i dont work with any Irish in the company im with its all Polls and me) have some right horror stories about blatant racism and bigotry towards them and even worse their wives.

All i can say to you is "Welcome to being a minority group". No matter what country you are from or how naive you are, if your in a majority most of the conversation goes right over your head because its accepted, even in this faux utopian society that is Ireland

Do you also work as a door man?

The Aussie

jank wrote: »

Do you also work as a door man?

Unfortunately, yes. great money though:D

Martin Walker

When i first arrived in Australia me and the Mrs went to Broome in WA. Simply because her parents lived there. Nice place. Didnt like the people at all. Ver closed community and everyone that wasnt born in Broome or lived there for at least 20 years was an outrsider. So naturally i left.
Ive been living in Cairns FNQ for about a year and a half now. I am a Barber so i work with the public for at least 8 hours every day so i think i can comment on the Aussie people ive encountered fairly.
Up here the White Australian male under 30 years old is very hard to get on with. They seem to be very insecure about themselves. Very brash, obnoxious, agressive and small minded people. Also the way they speak to wives/ girlfriends leaves alot to be desired. They are typical steriotype up here. Singlets, footy shorts, tattoos, full of steroids ,no shoes and mullets/rat tails.
Now once they get over about 35 they seem to lighten up abit. Ive made more friends that are older than me than younger. The ones that get through that period still in relationships seem to go on and have what i would call your normal family life.
Older still around pensioner age they are cool. Chat away and are very civil to me. However the highest amout of racism ive heard is from Pensioners. I think its just they were born in a different time. They dont hide what they think.
The Aborigional Australian is an enigma. Some do the people no favors at all. Constanty drinking and causing trouble. Some ive found are really nice people that will befriend you and never have a bad thing to say. Im also working in a gym in a predominatly Aborigional community and ive met lots of really good young people that seemed to just need some direction in life.
I think the Gov throwing money at them is not the way to solve the problems over here.
Pacific islanders i get on with best. They are more relaxed and funny people very like my friends back home. This is the same with them accross the board. All ages are just the same. Not alot annoys them. They are really good people.

So i guess its a mix up here. Its gotten to the point where im not trying to socialise with lads my age or younger anymore. I just cant be annoyed with there immature behavior. If you are thinking of coming to Australia my advice is to take it as it is. They are very different people to the Irish with different views and worries. Some can be really hard to relate to. I however dont let this worry me. Working with the public for so long has taught me how to deal with people. People i dont like i just walk away from. Ive got more to worry about than how others want to live there lives.

Bit of a long one there but i had a bit of time to spare before going to the gym tonight.

Marty

jank

The Aussie wrote: »

Unfortunately, yes. great money though:D

I wouldn't take the abuse you got too personally so. Doormen are not generally the most liked people so if they hear an accent then they will go for it, especially after a rake of drink and you have to refuse them entry.

astonaidan

Martin Walker wrote: »

When i first arrived in Australia me and the Mrs went to Broome in WA. Simply because her parents lived there. Nice place. Didnt like the people at all. Ver closed community and everyone that wasnt born in Broome or lived there for at least 20 years was an outrsider. So naturally i left.
Ive been living in Cairns FNQ for about a year and a half now. I am a Barber so i work with the public for at least 8 hours every day so i think i can comment on the Aussie people ive encountered fairly.
Up here the White Australian male under 30 years old is very hard to get on with. They seem to be very insecure about themselves. Very brash, obnoxious, agressive and small minded people. Also the way they speak to wives/ girlfriends leaves alot to be desired. They are typical steriotype up here. Singlets, footy shorts, tattoos, full of steroids ,no shoes and mullets/rat tails.
Now once they get over about 35 they seem to lighten up abit. Ive made more friends that are older than me than younger. The ones that get through that period still in relationships seem to go on and have what i would call your normal family life.
Older still around pensioner age they are cool. Chat away and are very civil to me. However the highest amout of racism ive heard is from Pensioners. I think its just they were born in a different time. They dont hide what they think.
The Aborigional Australian is an enigma. Some do the people no favors at all. Constanty drinking and causing trouble. Some ive found are really nice people that will befriend you and never have a bad thing to say. Im also working in a gym in a predominatly Aborigional community and ive met lots of really good young people that seemed to just need some direction in life.
I think the Gov throwing money at them is not the way to solve the problems over here.
Pacific islanders i get on with best. They are more relaxed and funny people very like my friends back home. This is the same with them accross the board. All ages are just the same. Not alot annoys them. They are really good people.

So i guess its a mix up here. Its gotten to the point where im not trying to socialise with lads my age or younger anymore. I just cant be annoyed with there immature behavior. If you are thinking of coming to Australia my advice is to take it as it is. They are very different people to the Irish with different views and worries. Some can be really hard to relate to. I however dont let this worry me. Working with the public for so long has taught me how to deal with people. People i dont like i just walk away from. Ive got more to worry about than how others want to live there lives.

Bit of a long one there but i had a bit of time to spare before going to the gym tonight.

Marty

Thats funny cause I exact same thing bout the islanders found them to have the closest thing to us in way we act take piss out of ourselfs as humour, generally just layed back people

Tigerandahalf

Interesting comment Marty. I think you will find that white element in a lot of the oz cities, especially in the poorer areas. Same as anywhere guess. Given how the aboriginals were pushed out, guess it is no surprise they are like that. The ozzies can be quite macho but if you had the same climate in Ire Im sure you would have many paddies going around in their singlets as well showing off their muscles!
I did agency work in oz and Id have to say most of the people I met were lovely.

gerrardgt

aussies are sound but most of them the rest of the world can't click with them they are a different breed

mandrake04

I often wonder if the Polish or Czech have a thread on a forum called 'Do you like Paddies'?

and I wonder what they say? or if they have any complaints?

I'm sure its all good as according to some...we are...ahem... a model nation.

Leztanelly

On behalf of us Aussies, what's a Craic? I just have made really obvious point.

For those of u with negative experiences... Ooops sorry.

Those with positive. Thanks

Sorry could resist, I'm new here 35 & yes Aussie. Won't comment as really no need. Had good laugh reading some of the comments, & their accuracy. Lol. Once having lived with a couple of Irish. Gotta say I agree our sense of humor is different.

But if both parties r willing to be patient, the gap can be closed. I in fact miss the Irish humor, bur still don't remember the term Craic? Yet think I got the context.

What am I doing on this thread? Hunting down for an intro poster Thingy? Anyone know I can find it... ???

mandrake04

Ah the Craic

Leztanelly

Here's the irony, it's an Aussie film shame on me...

Worst yet, I've not seen it! Naughty! I must rectify this. The Aussie chick stumbles away head down, embarrassed...

Badgermonkey

Leztanelly wrote: »

Gotta say I agree our sense of humor is different.

That's why we sent you Jimeoin

Apparently you guys find him funny.

Zambia

Sadly this it true the man is so not funny.

Leztanelly

Hmmm,

Ok, so open too suggestions as to good Irish comedians...