JEZx 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 We've had the ridiculous traditions in Japan, but theres oh so many back home don't you think? List 'em here: Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Imprisoning drug users instead of helping them seek treatment... This list could get long. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 UK. Dinner table. Before even tasting food, add copious amounts of salt and pepper. Never fails to amaze me - and I've only really noticed it since I came to Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 The British royal family. Coppers with tits on their heads. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Australia's all consuming obsession with sport as a cultural replacement. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 canadians link with the word "eh" I dont know how it started and it cant be stopped eh Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Rugby players who pour beer down their pants... (cutting out the middle man, hangover avoidance?) Link to post Share on other sites
badmigraine 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Wearing suits and neckties to work. Grossly overeating to the point of morbid obesity. Attempting to legislate morality. Puerile obsession with professional sports from childhood through retirement age. Bad haircuts for men. Link to post Share on other sites
IIIII 2 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Whats wrong with being into sports, dude? Link to post Share on other sites
Shatterhand 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Taking it to an obsessional level. Link to post Share on other sites
MistaSparkle 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Being obsessionally into sports - you just pegged 75% of american guys. How about real american traditions like Thanksgiving: "Let's celebrate the rape, pillaging and genocide our forefathers commited against native americans, wOOT!" Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by MistaSparkle: How about real american traditions like Thanksgiving: "Let's celebrate the rape, pillaging and genocide our forefathers commited against native americans, wOOT!" Dont worry mate, blame it on the English settlers. That's what I do when I feel guilty about the Aboriginals. [Aboriginals is a really stupid word to call indigenous Australian. Indians, Eskimos, Incans etc etc are/were all aboriginal]. Another Australian one I don't like: Combining the sport obsession with buying a home and renovating. There is silence in a room if one of the two people can't talk about both sport and their new bathroom/pergola/guest room. It is one thing I enjoy about Japan - the break from these conversational topics. Link to post Share on other sites
Antonio 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Australia's cultural inferiority complex - aka the cultural cringe. Can't stand listening to people who want to beat themselves up over the fact that Aussies in general prefer sports to a night at the Opera as if that somehow equates to cultural inferiority. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Antonio - just twist your view of your own post a little and one could say that you have the cultural inferiority complex, not me. I have only been to the opera pehaps 5 times. But I have never seen a cricket match, nor an AFL match and I left a ARL match after 20 minutes. Culture is visible by what a country's residents do, but it really consists of what the residents think, how they think and why they think like they do. Link to post Share on other sites
Antonio 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Db, you're off on a tangent. You said "Australia's obsession with sport as a cultural replacement". That's textbook, Oxford dictionary cringe material. Sport is culture. Opera is culture. They don't need to be evaluated. Link to post Share on other sites
DrWho 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Putting people down when they are successful. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Whoops, I forgot I said that. Bummer. Either way, for me sport is the second reason I prefer the company of women over men. Regarding sport as a cultural replacement, perhaps I will correct myself and say that Australia is obsessed with sport as an excuse for global relevance. Link to post Share on other sites
Antonio 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 What's the first reason....have to be better cooking wouldn't it? I understand your point re searching for global relevance. I'm a big sports fan myself but in recent times even i've come to question the amount of financial capital we're investing in global sporting success as opposed to hospitals, education etc. I think you're referring more to the investment of emotional capital but its an interesting point. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by Antonio: What's the first reason....have to be better cooking wouldn't it? Lordy lordy, what generation are you from? Link to post Share on other sites
Antonio 0 Posted May 9, 2003 Share Posted May 9, 2003 What then.... a dab hand with the vacuum? quicker with tips on how to get the red wine off your new white shirt? a better appreciation of the rules of netball? Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 Netball is the unco's version of basketball! Link to post Share on other sites
window-cleaner 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 I love sports - doing and watching. Can't beat it. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 Who said Australians don't have culture? Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted May 10, 2003 Share Posted May 10, 2003 Damn straight! Link to post Share on other sites
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