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TOOT TOOT CHUGGA CHUGGA MOTHERFUCKA (aussie.zone)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/ausmemes@aussie.zone
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[–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

At least from my experience there just isn't the same reverence about the PM as there is about the presidency. We've had a PM who would catch the train for official events. A comedy group called the Chaser even did a skit trying to get a hug from the old PM John Howard which I don't think they could have pulled off in the US.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    Yeah, I think there’s a big enough political divide that at this point, it would be hard to find an adult who would feel honored to meet with each of: Trump, Biden, Obama, and Bush, but the culture hasn’t really caught up yet. There’s probably also the fact that the POTUS is likely to have a lot more political enemies worldwide than the PM of Australia, but I agree that most of it is due to the same cultural differences in our perceptions of the word “cunt.”

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