What Australians Think of America
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 พ.ค. 2014
- Australians on the street voice their thoughts on America and Americans, and also attempt accents.
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0:08 - General thoughts
0:48 - Best thing?
1:25 - Worst thing?
1:52 - Biggest myths
3:52 - Accent attempts
4:32 - Message to Americans
P.S. If you're American, don't take this too seriously. As much as you might want to think it... we don't really hate you!
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Australians are heavily influenced by Americans so they are just as crazy
Some Americans believe that Australia doesn’t exist
Australians believe in their politicians
I think the only p[lace that you would ever hear this is in Australia.
Same. Never I had I once heard Australians ride kangaroos around. I’m genuinely baffled by these responses 😂😂
I’m American, but I’ve never once heard the stereotype that Australians ride kangaroos wtf 😂😂😂
Genevieve ask someone around wherever you live, I'm sure multiple people will say it
Ive definitely heard those stereotypes i don’t believe it though
dude r u living under a rock
SAME
We get those stereotypes all the time. Like I was on Omegle and I met an American and he actually thought we rode kangaroos to school.
Who tf is telling Australia that they ride kangaroos
Idk, i had never heard that.
Lots of people in the middle of America apparently.
That’s what I’m saying I’m guessing it’s an Australian saying that shit because it’s not it physically possible to ride one they act like if we don’t have animal planet
it’s probably the new zealanders making that shit up
Trust me mate, I get asked that a lot. Also the good ol' "a dingo ate my baby".
American here, I've never thought Australians ride kangaroos. And Love the Australian accent.
MrOvertoad I loveeeeee the accent too I’d love to have it
An american thata into football, nice, but chelsea is pretty shit
MrOvertoad pls don’t try and copy it tho. U cool tho.
Thomas Jacobs stop acting like you’ve been looking for nice people when you yourself are being mean 🤪🤪 you’re worsening the problem
Thomas Jacobs I see you in like half the replies being a fucking douchebag LMAO
"i believe they ride fat people" lmao
Do you not?
Hadassah Ulrich finally! An accurate representation of how we live!
@@hadassahulrich4952 yes, i love riding to school with my m16, shooting around eating my mac donalds, buckets of kfc and getting away on my fat person ride
Loads of fatties in Oz too😅
I live in the US and I have never heard anyone say Australians ride kangaroos to school.
ikr
I know.
I am from Ohio... I have never heard of them riding kangaroos either.. I have heard that they do love American muscle cars and are big car enthusiast tho. Not sure if that's true
+Love_My_Random_Fandoms I live in Australia and I have never heard anyone use the word 'mate' or 'barbie'
No American has ever said this
We don't think you ride kangaroos. We joke that you do.
Sug Madic I’ve met a few people who actually think this
@@spaghettiyeti7097 Haha, they probably heard someone joking about it, didn't think too much, and took it as the truth.
@Bo Lep that's actually true, lol
yup
Brantley ummm okay
The only jokes I hear about Australia is that they're upside down
日本は人生Weabsama the globe is a lie no one is upside down
australia doesn’t exist bro
@@qiblii OMG IM LIVING ON A wait what am I living on?🤔
minkie
I read about that!
It depends on how you look at it.......
I'm an American. I think y'all just made up this riding kangaroos thing. I've never, ever heard that. BTW, I've been to Australia and LOVED it.
Tracie Nielson too bad that australians don’t like americans :/
@@burnt.norton yikes why so negative
larsen cause like they talk shit lol
@@ryansimmons6186 thats some xenophobic shit right there
@Thomas Jacobs may I ask wtf is wrong with you? You think it's ok to bully someone just because they were born in a specific place, which is something they can't control? No wonder people say that Australians are awful people.
Kangaroos my ass. We all know you ride emus to work.
the ride is just MUCH more comfortable, plus emus don't know how to box.
They are very slippery, easy to fall off. ;-) XD
+Warren552011 fuck that made me laugh
+Warren552011 hahaha
kangaroo sand sled teams
I think Australians believe they ride kangaroos...
+Nathan Montgomery no
+Nathan Montgomery We don't omg.. That's ridiculous.
Grayson's Wife Sheldon S
Yes you do mates..
Nathan Montgomery dont say mate... you dont fit in
+Sheldon S He means you guys have sort of created this stereotype or myth about riding Kangaroo's, because this isn't a thing Americans commonly believe, and if people say it they aren't serious.
“What would you like to say to them?”
“ *They’re all fat* .”
Hehehe I laughed at the fat jokes XD
that made my day
O S I- it was in the video 😃🔫
O S yeah lol both countries have 30% obese rate they’re both just as bad
@O S omg she was quoting the video for goodness sakes chill out
As an American, I've never believed Australians didn't have electricity or that they rode around on kangaroos, and don't know anyone who believes that. I did however believe that most of them were like Steve Irwin and most of them lived in the outback until I realized most of them actually lived in big cities on the coast.
I also know someone who lived in Australia, he's a pretty cool guy.
As an aussie i find it hilariously endearing you believed that 😂
@@Crow23346 Americans..... 😝
Ive lived in many states in the USA and have never heard one American that has said or believes that Australians ride Kangaroos. Where the heck do they hear that?
As I've never heard it either, I'd assume they hear it from other Aussies. It's like how everybody in the US "knows" that Floridians have pet aligators, even though we really don't. (We kill them and eat their tails.)
I think it's their own insecure perception of themselves to keep perpetuating such a falsehood. I'm almost 50 and American and have never even heard this idiotic belief. What moron would actually believe something like this anyway. Believing Floridians all keep pet alligators is more believable and that is not even believable either. Just more probable than riding a kangaroo.
I’ve never heard it either 😂
ikr
Must be the tourist areas in the cities.
"Americans think we ride kangaroos, so I think they ride fat people" Australia is full of nice people these days. (; Good on ya m8
Hells Daughter yah.
Hey they hells daughter I know you or any Aussie you don't ride kangaroos just as we in Louisiana do not have alligators for pets those damn things will eat you. I love the people from Australia. Just keep making them believe that. You can have a ton of laughs on them
Erman Martin HAHAHA. I tell all my foreign friends I ride kangaroos.
Lucky you they think lions and elephants live among us in South Africa. Some believe we live in tribes and don't have electricity!
Michael vW I was born in Africa and know what it's like. I currently live down under.
I love the dude that’s said
‘Yeah, we’ll it’s a prawn.’
He's not wrong
TOP
Shrimps and prawns are two different beings, albeit related
@@WelcomeTo he is, they're not the same being :p
@@neo_varna no lol
I'm a 45 year old American and I've never heard someone say they think Australians ride kangaroos. Of all the cliches, that one stumps me.
only aussies say that
David Renwick I agree, nobody thinks Australians ride kangaroos and no American would believe you. if you told them you did
When I lived in Aus', many young folks tried to "have me on" regarding kangaroos and dingoes. In response,,of course, I tried to explain that the oil barons in Houston rode horses to work and the dung smell was awful. :-)
Michael Steven Martin I'm from Australia and I've been asked by kids, twice, whether I ride kangaroos
I've never heard of it either... And I've lived in multiple states before... The thought they may actually ride them to school never even crossed my mind until now 😂
"They think we ride Kangaroos, so I think they ride fat people."
Did I hear that right...
I'm Australian and that's rude what the guy said about Americans
I’m sorry but I laughed when he said that
His just rude
Ravenblaze of SnowClan That was HILARIOUS
it was absolutely gold XD
How many of you need to say that you don't believe in us riding kangaroos?? The point was made clear 497462 comments ago
I’m a little disappointed that you don’t ride kangaroos. Seems like a missed opportunity.
Yeah because every idiot on here said we think that when noone here have ever heard of such dumb shit.
@@sheilamiller2818 learn grammer
SHEILA Miller so every cunt is pulling it out of their asses. Get a grip, your country are just uncultured retards that will believe anything
“Yeah well its not a shrimp... its just a prawn”
Idk why but that cracks me up 😂
It's* and they're two different beings 😂 related but different
@@Cassxowary *It’s*, and they’re two different beings 😂, related but different.
Okay so there are hundreds and hundreds of comments from Americans saying they've never heard of Australians riding kangaroos. Is there ANYONE who has? Comment below pls.
BelieveOnceAgain I was traveling in Hawaii (I'm from LA) and I met some people from Australia who told me that they rode kangaroos around but I kinda annoyed that they tried to pull that on me... From what I understand kangaroos are super aggressive and scary. Who'd ride them?! Unless you all are crazy or something... I don't know... Oh, I find it strange how we have different meanings for crisps, chips, and fries. For me an apple crisp is a dessert, chips are deep fried thinly sliced veggies (sometimes fruits), and fries are fried potatoes. Do you guys have apple crisp?
BelieveOnceAgain It's usually a sarcastic, humorous comment when people say it. Usually it's to comment on the fact that they don't know much about Australian culture. I've never met anyone who seriously thought kids rode Kangaroos to school there.
BelieveOnceAgain LOL I play video games with an Australian who I tease incessantly about riding kangaroos and how he sounds exactly like the Crocodile Hunter. In turn, he tells me I'm obviously a fat McDonald's customer who sounds exactly like Bill Clinton. I think we both know we're full of shit.
BelieveOnceAgain No, I had never ever heard that before.
BelieveOnceAgain I mean It's a joke but yeah, i've heard that.
“I love the accent” almost every one of us loves the Australian accent too
Most of us dont like urs tho soz (dont know what this guy was smoking)
@@Theo-ix4um Way to ruin the good vibes man...
T3DDY B34R we hear it all the time cuz of movies n shit, its nothing special whereas you guys never hear our accent so it’s something different
Arthur Morgan American accents sound like y’all and call the English language American and some are like why don’t you speak American when they visit like France or something obviously not all Americans are like that but your accent is so weird I’m from nz
Lol it’s funny to think I have an accent
i am from america but i have been obsessed with australia for as long as i can remember i really hope to live there one day
Same.
same
Hope you make it there,the place is amazing.Just be wary of the beets(beetroot) and egg on their hamburgers.
Australia will welcome you with open arms! 😊 🇦🇺
@O S both are terrible, the government is pretty authoritarian and that our people are so anti-intellectual along with not thinking for themselves at all.
According to my TH-cam analytics, 30% of the views on this video are from Australians (over 300,000 views)! Am I crazy!? Why are so many Aussies watching this? 😂 Are Australians just wondering what we ourselves think? 😛
Let me know! It'll help me work out what videos to make in the future 🙂
I think it’s a pride thing. We wanna watch and see what other Australians think, and compare it to our own views, ya know? Also, when I clicked on the video I was I just thought it was gonna be funny, knowing how Aussies are.
"It's not a shrimp... it's a PRAWN!!" 😂😂😂
Lia Little Life your very right
Lia Little Life 🍤🍤
YAAAAAAASSSSSS
Lia Little Life it's not a prawn it's a shrimp and what we say goes
Exactly haha
Americans think we ride kangaroos
So I believe they ride fAT PeOpLE
Thats not true we don't e
Ride fat people lol
@mark andersoon wooooooooosshh
That's not a real thing. No one thinks people ride kangaroos.
As an American, I can confirm we do.
I will admit that comment made me laugh altho I've never heard that
I'm an Aussie who has been to America and the people I met were very warm, friendly and always helpful. They showed me respect and we shared much the same sense of humour. I was definitely left with a good impression.
Nice!
So I’m taking that you haven’t been to NYC lol
I go to Vegas a lot and I actually see a lot of Australian people. Always seem friendly and having a good time
I don't think Americans think Australians ride on kangaroos
I'm American and I don't know anyone who thinks that Australians ride on kangaroos. I was surprised by how often that stereotype came up as an answer in this video. Never mind. My sister and brother-in-law have been to Australia and loved the people and the country. I want to go as soon as I can get the money. And Australians, please visit the U.S. You would be joyfully welcomed! (Well, at least by most people. All countries have their fair share of idiots. ;) )
never heard of them riding on kangaroos like half the stuff they said is not true
i think its similar to other countries thinking we Americans eitger ride horses or are too obese to ride anything.
i think its similar to other countries thinking we Americans eitger ride horses or are too obese to ride anything.
right?!! I think they came across a handful of americans, they thought they played, that played them. I don't think they ride around on kangaroos. I do think the culture is waaay different, and racist af
"Eh it's not a shrimp, it's a prawn" FUCKEN OATH BRUV
Compared to American prawns, it's a shrimp
it's a shrimp.
Venios false
Venios its prawn mate
You can blame that on Paul Hogan. He's the one that started it when he did advertisements for American television and used shrimp instead of prawn since that's what Americans call it.
As an old Hillbilly American I had never heard of Aussies riding kangaroos and having no electricity.
I love Australia went there couple years ago was treated like king
Nice to hear .
when i meet australians, i treat them like royalty lmao
Etc. Americans don't think Australians Ride kangaroos .
We think they walk them on a leash .
Like a dog .
Marty Rezac haha bro by the sound of it we create a lot of our own stereotypes but still something I know a lot of Americans think is that all of us don't speak formally which you'll find those who live in New South Wales and Parts of Queensland do
nO we doNt
🤣😵 I’m dead
😂😂😂
Lmao
Who the hell ever learned as a kid that Australians ride kangaroos? Now I have a stereotype that all Australians think that Americans are taught that they ride kangaroos!!!
hahahahahahah
no. but many Americans believe it when we tell them
Some Australian kids visited my school and tried to tell us they rode kangaroos and emus and quickly dropped it when we didn't believe them like they thought we would. They did tell us they hunt kangaroos which I didn't expect.
TØP //Pvris// there is more kangaroos in Australia than people so thats why we can hunt them. and they taste really good
Noah Trantino It sounds delicious. Our equivalent is hunting wild hogs, then to cook them we dig a deep hole and build a fire inside of it then roast the hog. Were overrun with them.
*"Okay so I was like looking at some ketchup and thinking like, man I should put this on my toast but it didnt really make too much sense"*
BOLD!? That’s some serious stuff...
"love the accent." we love your accent. i know its prawns. never heard of riding kangaroos? i saw a drunk guy or 2 get his ass beat by one. we used to wrestle orangutans here tho. 🇺🇸accents was hilarious😂🍻
"Giant pancakes" "SOMEBODY GIVE HER A MEDAL"
Think I'll ride my Cheeseburger to work today!
Chris Jacobs I almost choked on my triple cheeseburger as I was singing
" Yankee Doodle Dandy " while riding my 8 cylinder jackalope. Had to pull over to the ole watering hole for a big gulp to clear my fat mouth!
Chris Jacobs BET AUSSIES BELIEVE THAT
I think I'll just ride my pumpkin spice to work, thank you very much
citlali villegas nope
😂
Who else thinks it’s hilarious when Australians try an American accent?
no u
Because it’s so ridiculously easy to do lol so generic and basic
@@michaelnolan2609 That’s because you seem to think there only three accents.
@@eka455 In regards to what? That there are variations to the American accent? and it still sounds fucking annoying bahaha
@@michaelnolan2609 What I’m saying is you are wrong for thinking American accents are basic and generic. There are a lot of them they very region to region and state to state. An accent in Kentucky isn’t the same as one in Alabama even though they are both a southern accent. It’s like that every where else and you dipshits seem to think it’s all the same because you can’t tell the difference.
I'm American and we love the Australian people. But I never heard of the Kangaroo thing before and never once thought that.
''The worst thing about america is the reputation they've gained''
I couldn't agree more. Can't wait to go here.
I live in America. I can sum it up, out west is cows. shore lines, sand and tourists. Alaska, fucking cold. NY, not all city (I'm from there and I hate in when people say it's all city). and just fucking cows. EVERY WERE YOU CANT ESCAPE THE COWS HERE! ONLY IN THE CITY CAN YOU GET A BREAK FROM THEM
Desert. I took a road trip there and missed trees so badly I almost hugged the first o e I saw. A tall cactus was tempting due to its tree similarities.
Oooooh ok the south refers normally to Texas and the surrounding states which is were my confusion came in. The south your referring to is the south east which is Georgia, the Carolinas, Florida ect. If you want a good time at the beach in a all around hot climate go to Florida, beach and cooler temp the Carolinas, and if you want stereotypes Georgia (I've never been there personally. Florida on the other hand I have)
Gun toting burger lover stereotypes. I laugh when I hear them tbh
24 why do you want to know?
As an American, I've heard that Australians eat a lot of Vegemite.
Matthew Knapp well with bogans they probs eat it everyday but more fromal australians would have it every couples days-if u dont know what a bogan is its just an ozzie thats 100% oz and is kinda fat tanned red all the time from the sun and has a rat tail
I've also heard in a Land Down Under that the women glow and Men Thunder and if you hear if you hear the thunder you better run you better take cover! Lol
Matthew Knapp you'd be surprised. there are a lot of Aussies that HATE vegemite.
I die a little on the inside when an Aussie tells me they hate vegemite. But toast and cereal are usually popular breakfast options imo. I think a lot of us are lazy,
Pretty much.
As an Australian, I don't like Vegemite 0-0
The Australian accent is so attractive tbh one of the most attractive accents in my opinion
I went to Australia for a week over winter break (summer for them), loved it so much!! Everyone there is so nice :) I love Australian accents!! ❤️❤️
Yay! Did you ride a kangaroo while you were here?
"If an American is watching this, what would you like to say to them?"
"You're all fat."
Lmfaoo I lost it
TeakySnee lol!!
I'm all fat? I weigh in at a whopping 128 lbs.
Ikr that's halarious
TeakySnee I was like dude, I weigh 87 and I was anorectic as a kid.
***** uou're al fat
Another one:
I have lived in the US for 32 years as an Australian citizen, and I have never ever come across a single American who believes that Australians ride kangaroos. Where the heck does that come from?
Could it be that that myth is based on some Australian fabrication (or red herring) to make Americans seem more ridiculous (than they are)?
+downunder diva David Letterman is a nasty idiot. Consider the source. I think Australians think that we judge them a lot harsher than we do. I think that generally the U.S. population loves Australia and thinks it is super cool. We can't help it if we think kangaroos are cute - we were raised on Winnie the Pooh, Kanga and Roo..
Lol.. See. I live in Pittsburg Pa. And I have never heard about them riding kangaroos.. Lol. However, I have Heard of Americans that think Subarus are made in Australia and that they drink Foster's beer.. I've heard that one
It's mostly a joke, I've heard many people joke about I've never heard anyone actually serious.
+Ron Hahn I am pretty sure that is what happened.
+Ron Hahn Well there are people who dont want to be mean/rude and tell the foreigner that they are saying something ridiculous, so they'll just smile and go along with it, waiting for it all to be over.
I’m an American and I cracked up at y’all talking like us... that was cute.
I've been to Australia several times and the parts I've seen remind me very much of my own region, SoCal. These guys are correct. We are very similar in many ways. After drinking with Aussies for a while, I fell like I'm right at home, except when you get in a car and everything is flipped around.
Great to hear! SoCal sounds great, but I don’t think I could live without TimTams... 😬
I shall give every Aussie some advice.
I have kangaroos in my backyard
Do not. Try. To ride. Them.
*IT FUCKIN CHASED ME DOWN THE STREET*
Bahahahahahahahahahaha😂😂😂😂😂 why did you try to ride it??
Laurennn Honestly I would have done that 😂😂
Laurennn got close to a kangaroo once... fucking period came early
Same but I had horses to! 😂 So Kangaroo's and horses were chasing me down the block!
Laurennn depend on the area
Come on, no one seriously believe people ride Kangaroo in Australia. -- This is coming from someone living in US
Yeah I'm American, and I've never heard that before.
+SWalkerTTU I was kicked by a kangaroo before (3 years ago) good tip if you see one is to stay as far away as possible
+Nahshon Williams Yup. Never.
+武道館 um no i was talking to some one who lived in us and they thought my friends road a kangaroo.
SOOOO GET REKT
+SWalkerTTU I'm a Texan and I've lived in Australia. No one down there ever asked if I rode a horse to work/school...but people from the US have. It's pretty insane.
What you really gotta worry about down there is drop bears. They'll getcha when you're not lookin
We don’t think you ride around on kangaroos. I promise 😂😂 has me dead
Where did the kangaroo thing come from ??? I have never heard that. The "Throw another shrimp on the barbie," thing was a quote from a commercial that was on TV for a long time. We were imitating the accent. 4:11 I was raised in Lincoln Nebraska, too LOL
Dude I'm from Texas and everyone thinks i'm a god damn cowboy who rides horses everywhere! LMAO
Rey Zamora - Well do ya mate???... 'jokes'
better than emu's and kanga's
I just moved to Texas and its not entirely untrue lol
It's better to ride horses than fat people
Rey Zamora do you shoot your AR15 while riding your horse
I'm a 57 year old from South Carolina and I've never heard of people riding kangaroos. Never been to Australia but have heard good things about the country.
Paul Payne could say the same about America.
let me guess people are going to reply to@@lukecaddy2by saying "HA HA YOU HAVE SCHOOL SHOOTER'S AND YOUR FAT"
@@DannyrusK They probably won't say that, but they will point out that your spelling and punctuation is horrible.
Don't you just love the "preview" in the background of the intro?
Love these videos. I lived in Oz for 4 months and I miss it every day. Been 25 years and still craving to get back. Not sure where the "riding kangaroos" comes from as I've never heard it growing up in America. But all good content. Keep it up please.
Australians have a misconception about Americans. They think that we think that they ride kangaroos. The jokes on them. No American thinks that!
Yeah, I've never heard that before. I don't believe it is as common a belief as this video suggests.
lol
Never heard that steriotype before, either !!!! 😐
lmao same it's pretty ridiculous to ride a kangaroo it doesn't have the temperment as a horse
I'm an American and never heard that stereotype about Australian's.
i wish us austrailan did ride kangaroos i wanna do it ;-;
It would be uncomfortable, and would put a lot of stress on the Kangaroo's back, which would hurt so bad.
I went to Bunnings i am a very very light person it would be like carring a kid joey.
Memes and random stuff Random Fandom trash i wishbi could ride a koala like a koala baby so cute
WHY DO THEY ALL GO STRAIGHT TO SOUTHERN OR NORTHERN ACCENTS LMFAO
Hey me too...But I still don't think Australians ride kangaroos... I kinda wanna box one, right?
“Aussies are quite similar in a lot of ways.” I actually agree with this. We may have a lot of differences, but we also have a lot of simularities.
I'm American and found everything they said hilarious!!
I never heard any American say that Aussies rode kangaroos to work or school.
+majorsynth I was just about to say the same thing. I'm in the US and I've never heard anyone actually say Australians ride around in Kangaroos. We make the Shrimp on the Barbie joke and of course that's not a knife...this is a knife, but I've never heard the Kangaroo one. Wonder what part of the country they seem to believe this is coming from.
I'm 56 yrs old, I've never heard this kangaroo riding thing until I watched this video. Where do they get this from?
I dont ride a freakin kangaroo to school.Americans are so bizarre
+ChocChipGames yea they will be saying those things to me to.they will ne like why do you spell color colour.I'm mean colour is the correct way to spell it mate.ps I'm Australian as well
People assume too much
WHAT AMERICANS HAVE EVER SAID THEY RIDE KANGAROOS??? What?? HONESTLY I HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT
Isabella well everyone thinks that it’s not a shrimp it’s a prawn
love when that dude said “ya well its not a shrimp, its just a prawn”
I think they're using reverse psychology on us and that they WANT us to believe they ride kangaroos 😂
Mmm... 🤔😂
Australians *Americans all think we ride kangaroos everywhere*
Same Australians *I tell the Americans we ride kangaroos everywhere*
oh shit I wonder where that stereotype comes from xD
Dion Haff i can confirm this
Right? I actually never thought that until I watched this video
hahaha. *laughing and dying in American*
Dion Haff we are very sarcastic
tell them *i think american ride on buffalos* trust me, they'll get triggered
What Americans said they ride kangaroos like I've never even heard that.
I have never heard anyone say anything of the sort...unless maybe they were teasing.
MessiGamer Ive heard quite a few stories from people who went over seas and were asked this but it's usually kids and children who ask from what I've heard not adults
MessiGamer I'm Australian and I've heard it plenty of times
Me neither
Every American I’ve talked to asked that
I love how one of them was apologizing in case he offended anyone and the other just straight up said you're all fat
The tall, young boy was so cute and a class act. The other one seems stupid and isn't attractive inside or out.
Omg the guy that said I’m from Nebraska made me almost spit my food
I've never herd anyone in America say anything bad about Australians, I would love to go visit
Same, it is on my bucket list :-)
+Emilee McClain hell yeah, it's gorgeous and the people seem really cool, nice accents too
I just spent a year there and I highly recommend it to everyone, always
Australia and America are very similar in alote of ways!! I'm Australian and If I had to live somewhere other than Australia it'd definitely be America two great countries!!
+Chris Lawrence that is my dream vacation, I would love to spend yep weeks in your country. plus from what I've seen the females are top notch
Interesting - never met anyone who thought Aussies rode a kangaroo.
I have
Me neither...
I lived in Australia for two years way out in the donga. If people knew you they were nice to you. If they didn't know they didn't bother you, and left you alone. The Australian men never made me feel uncomfortable, and never were perverted toward me. My neighbors were really nice people and got to know me and never had preconceived notions about Americans. My neighbors husband hired me to help him pack peoples houses and he was never inappropriate toward me!I have never thought Ausssies ride Kangaroos. The only thing I was afraid of was hearing about the snakes and spiders before I moved there,funny thing I never saw either one!
My neighbor married an Australian woman after WW2. She was wonderful, and your video proves just how great the Aussies are! Thank you, and G'day!
2:15 - “It’s not a shrimp... it’s just a PRAWN!” IM DEAD 😂😂😂
Stealing comments?
Hmmmmmm
It’s just facts bloody idiot
Riding kangaroos...I've been around 62 years and never heard that statement. We do find your ostrich quite tasty.
But they taste Australian. Don't ruin this for me...I was entertaining myself.
Emus they are called emus
+Steven Morris *Emu
+Steven Morris yes I am 57 and never heard of that either.
+Steven Morris They're called an emu not an ostrich
“They are very loud”. After she said that, as I joke, I randomly made a high pitched loud “whoop” like sound.
wow, I never heard the riding kangaroos around thing. Where do they get that idea?
-What is the biggest misconception Americans have about Australians?
"shrimp"
"shrimp"
"....it's not shrimp, it's prawn." 😂😂😂😂
Wow!! It's so cool to know that not every country thinks we are completely worthless and out of our minds!! Thanks guys.. I love u Aussies
jon doe Nawwww
I would like to think it's just like everywhere else, you got the good and the bad... There is a lot of good in the world, regardless where you look in this world.. Thank you
jon doe So far this century America has:
1. Started two illegal wars which have killed one million innocent people.
2. Almost destroyed the world economy and sent most of the world into a long recession. Then did NOTHING whatsoever to prevent the same thing from happening again.
3. Held prisoners indefinitely without charge.
4. Tortured prisoners with the full permission of the President; making him a war criminal who should be in prison.
5. Been caught spying on all of it's allies.
6. Broken more international laws than ANY other nation by FAR.
7. The highest percentage of drug addicts amongst it's population.
8. Continues to be the only western nation which still executes people (and has executed innocent people).
9. Killed hundreds, if not thousands, of innocent women and children through terrorist attacks in the Middle East.
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The list goes on and on. And on. AND. ON. So... no, sorry, it's not just like everywhere else. The United States is EASILY the worst, most 'evil', most destructive country on the face of the planet and that's why the majority of people in the world hate America and can't wait to see the end of it.
I understand your feelings and concern, and most of us Americans would agree with you.. But this is about the people, not the government...
Phil Surtees Thats our government. Not the everyday people in America.
The microphone was a paid actor. It distorted the peoples words. They all said they in fact DID ride kangaroos everywhere.
Should I interview the microphone in the next video? Although I'd need a microphone to do that...
As an American I’ve never heard someone saying that Australians “ride kangaroos”lol
We don't ride fat people , that's kinda offensive actually. But we do ride bald eagles :)
lol cool I would love to visit to america
I ride my flying American flag. It's like a flying carpet, except it's a flag.
Them small things :p
My bald eagle died on me
R.I.P. Cpt. Freedom...
+FariesDoExistBeauty OH SAY CAN YOU SEE BY THE EAGLES FLYING THROUGH THE LIGHTTTTTTTTTTTT
Let me second that. In my 69 years, I've never heard one person suggest Australians ride Kangaroos anywhere. So it makes one wonder who started that myth, doesn't it?
They started it themselves, then they called Americans stupid. We pretty much take people at face value. You lie to someone, then honestly, you come off looking worse in that story than the person you lied to. Apparently, that little tidbit escaped them.
(And in my almost 50 yrs., I've never heard anyone say that, either.)
Lisa67 then you’ve been living under a rock
Lisa67 and no we didn’t start it ourselves, some idiot Americans did
bree I think you probably just don't pick up on sarcasm very well. Anyone that says you ride Kangaroos is just saying it to fuck with you.
I once told an American that us Aussies ride kangaroos to school. They somehow believed me - but yeah, I’ve really never heard anyone say anything about us riding kangaroos, just that we like to eat ‘shrimp’ on the bbq.
That would be so much fun. I want to go visit Australia. It's just the 20 hour flight that turns me off
From the U.S., thank you for getting these people to be honest (I wanna know what you REALLY think; not just compliments, as Aussies seem to be very forgiving and kind).
We love speaking our minds! 😋
Gets us in trouble though 🙈 and makes our politicians look like absolute dumbasses! 😂
We are prepared to tolerate yanks - up to a point.
the one country that doesnt hate america
I'm sure other countries don't hate us.
+CG Lumafox the music is better where you live (more)
Israel love 'em aswel
South Koreans love us for the Korean War lol
Alex Massie Lol
I've never heard the "Aussies ride kangaroos" stereotype before. If some Aussie tried to tell me that, I would know he was pulling my leg instantly, as would many other Americans. But, at the same time it wouldn't shock me if a healthy amount of Americans actually believed it.
I think the main stereotype would be that the Outback is Australia i.e. you don't ride a kangaroo to school/work, but they do hop around in your backyard, etc. However, I'm from Texas & we deal with similar stereotypes. Most Americans who have never been to Texas before think that we all wear cowboy boots & hats and herd cattle all day. I know how different Texas, Dallas in particular, is from that nonsense, so it's very easy for me to believe that Australia is vastly different from the stereotype being attributed to you.
This is a great comment! Yeah, not sure how so many people manage to believe the kangaroo thing aha (they can be quite dangerous to even get close to), but to be fair, though, the outback makes up most of Australia (spatially), and me even living near a city I've seen kangaroos hopping around plenty of times. But yeah A LOT of Australians live in cities and live a very similar lifestyle to that of an urban American style of living.
BelieveOnceAgain Yeah, I definitely believe that. I live in Dallas, Texas, and it's very metropolitan. But, there are a handful of places were you'll be driving by & look over your shoulder & see cattle just grazing.
At the same time, you might come to visit Dallas, Texas, for 3 months and never see any cattle or even anyone wearing cowboy boots or a cowboy hat. I imagine the same would be true for me if I came to visit Australia's metropolitan areas over that same time frame.
This is the best. You absolutely get it! At the end of the day, though, the notions that people have about Australia are usually pretty comical and entertaining to play along with, so I don't really have any complaints :P
Hehe, it is kinda fun. Isn't it? :P
Australians, have to also understand that American sarcasm is not as understated as Australian, so we might not detect the sarcasm right away even with something that outrageous, but that is whack I agree.
Was this filmed at the gold coast or the sun shine coast
The Gold Coast. :) It was filmed around Burleigh and also at a university campus in Robina.
Welcome To it look rlly familiar cuz I visit the gold coast alot since Im from Brisbane
I have never heard any of my fellow Americans say they believed Australians rode kangaroos The Australians I have met in the US have been great folks.
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I’m an American and I’ve never heard the riding a kangaroo to school 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
BadgerBills same
I am astounded that Lincoln, Nebraska is the first American city that came to mind.
Cho Camel yeah that cracked me up
I'm so proud of my country. Whatever people say doesn't offend us Aussies, we just joke around
To all the Americans in the comments..the first part about riding kangaroos is a joke...we know no one actually thinks Australians ride kangaroos but it is often joked about
Well beware of the Jackalope if you ever visit Wyoming!
They like our accents? I didn’t think anyone liked our accents 😂
Bailey Carmichael we don’t...
It gives us a good laugh, but i'm sure you could say the exact same back.
Bailey Carmichael r u American?
What Not To Do At a Stoplight but I love British accents and I’m Australian
Dodo yeah.
As an Australian I love my pet kangaroo and ride it to school everyday
Dora Winfred Reed, I didn't know you were Australian!!! LOL!!!!
we all know that Australians don't ride kangaroos. -america
Its The Gab Life stop lying you are hurting daves feelins
I feed mine 3 times a day, and take it for walks every weekend :-D
Yes Im Australian, and Jumpy (My pet kangaroo) I ride my kangaroo to school. ALL the time.
Steve Irwin was a wonderful ambassador to the US of friendly, happy Australians. I sure do miss him. I love the diversity of wildlife in Australia. Kangaroos are so cute, as are the Koalas and others. I'd love to visit there someday. It has a lot of different climates also, which would be fun to experience.
Steve was the best! Australia is definitely a great holiday spot, there’s so many different areas you can go to. I would definitely recommend going to Steve’s zoo (“Australia Zoo”) in South-East Queensland. Terri, Bindi and Robert live at the zoo so you might run into them :)
I have always wanted to go to Australia. I think its such a beautiful place and the people seem realy nice.
Riding Kangaroos?? hahahha what? I'm pretty sure this is just a joke. No American actually believes Australians ride kangaroos. Whenever this is said it's like a hyperbolic-type joke. No one is serious about it... Right?? -Sincerely, a concerned American
Marshmallow Moo OH MY GOSH A GUY SAID HE WAS FROM LINCOLN, NEBRASKA. His accent was way off but that's where I live hahaha.
Marshmallow Moo Yeah, kinda like the joke that Canadians ride polar bears and live in igloos. Lol
Marshmallow Moo
Mate, back in my uni days, I had a lot of mates who were exchange students from America.
There was one guy and one girl who thought that you'll be able to see kangaroos out in the streets, in the cities. SMH.
I told them to try and visit King's Cross at night and get piss drunk. They'll find some roos out there alright.
***** I agree. As an American it's relatively common to see large wild animals near a city. I see foxes all the time where I'm from. Every once in a while you'll see a deer or even a mountain lion. So telling Americans Australians see kangaroos in the cities really isn't a stretch of the imagination for us.
Marshmallow Moo I'm not
The stereotype that Australians "ride kangaroos to school" is nonexistent in our country, so I don't know where you got that from..
Totally agree, kangas will kill you if u tried to ride them!
They found the nicest Australians haha. I was expecting harsher answers haha.
Great advice from the last guy!!! Definitely no need to visit Sydney or Melbourne for long ! They don't really showcase our culture.. Canberra is great for that and off out bush in regional/rural areas ! :D