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Hey since you want to throw slurs around, let's do it! Lived in Melbourne for years and "Modern Australian" cuisine is frankly the joke, it's far less interest

Hey since you want to throw slurs around, let's do it! Lived in Melbourne for years and "Modern Australian" cuisine is frankly the joke, it's far less interesting than the cuisines of the American South and Southwest which are rooted in the local produce and native cooking traditions of the New World, whereas Aussies seem content to slap together their spotty understanding of a couple European cuisines and serve a pavlova for dessert. Anyone who's curious to try "modern Australian" need not bother, as they've already tried it without knowing it, there's nothing new or local.

defrost 3y ago
Sure .. but where are your slurs, wtf is "Modern Australian cuisine", and does anyone give a toss about Melbourne (it was overflowing with pretentious hipsters long before Sydney)?
- safety1st 3y ago
  Well that was anticlimactic Anyway the real reason I replied was because I'm sick of seeing this slur 'seppo' online because it's basically like the N word but attacking all Americans instead of just some of them, and in five years down under no Australian ever dared to use it against me in person, it's just pussy keyboard warriors who break it out.
  - defrost 3y ago
    > Well that was anticlimactic Agreed. I was mildly excited when you promised slurs, disappointed that you had none - insults are considered an artform here. > and in five years down under no Australian ever dared to use it against me It's regional, in some parts of Australia it's as common as "Yank", elsewhere you'll never hear it <shrug>. > it's just pussy keyboard warriors who break it out. Again, if you're going to throw slurs they actually have to have some bite that'll stick. Still, no hard feelings, have an upvote for participation, and hopefully I catch any reply you make, it was only by chance I saw "the S-word" on newcomments and followed up on it.
Freedom2 3y ago
I'm not Australian, but Southern American food is absolutely horrible, as someone who has lived there for decades (so more than your "years"). It's completely overrated, and the only thing arguably worse is the people who try to evangelize it. I worked with an American from the south, "born and bred", as he wouldn't let us forget it. We were having a lunch conversation once where he was telling us about all the different cultural variations of southern food. Naturally, a co-worker and I were curious, so we were asking questions. We then went to talk about regional variations of our food (Chinese / Indian), and this was the American's response: "How many different ways can ya'll make dim sum and butter chicken?" He seemed to not understand that regional variations actually exist outside of USA, and never backed out of his viewpoint that "only country in the world is the US that has cultural and regional variations of food".

defrost 3y ago

Sure .. but where are your slurs, wtf is "Modern Australian cuisine", and does anyone give a toss about Melbourne (it was overflowing with pretentious hipsters long before Sydney)?

safety1st 3y ago
Well that was anticlimactic Anyway the real reason I replied was because I'm sick of seeing this slur 'seppo' online because it's basically like the N word but attacking all Americans instead of just some of them, and in five years down under no Australian ever dared to use it against me in person, it's just pussy keyboard warriors who break it out.
- defrost 3y ago
  > Well that was anticlimactic Agreed. I was mildly excited when you promised slurs, disappointed that you had none - insults are considered an artform here. > and in five years down under no Australian ever dared to use it against me It's regional, in some parts of Australia it's as common as "Yank", elsewhere you'll never hear it <shrug>. > it's just pussy keyboard warriors who break it out. Again, if you're going to throw slurs they actually have to have some bite that'll stick. Still, no hard feelings, have an upvote for participation, and hopefully I catch any reply you make, it was only by chance I saw "the S-word" on newcomments and followed up on it.

Freedom2 3y ago

I'm not Australian, but Southern American food is absolutely horrible, as someone who has lived there for decades (so more than your "years"). It's completely overrated, and the only thing arguably worse is the people who try to evangelize it. I worked with an American from the south, "born and bred", as he wouldn't let us forget it. We were having a lunch conversation once where he was telling us about all the different cultural variations of southern food. Naturally, a co-worker and I were curious, so we were asking questions. We then went to talk about regional variations of our food (Chinese / Indian), and this was the American's response: "How many different ways can ya'll make dim sum and butter chicken?" He seemed to not understand that regional variations actually exist outside of USA, and never backed out of his viewpoint that "only country in the world is the US that has cultural and regional variations of food".