There are many reasons to be patriotic, but one reason in particular that we love our nation is that we’re not afraid to laugh at ourselves, and the #YouKnowYoureAustralianWhen hashtag is proof.
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The hashtag began trending in honour of Australia Day, and it has produced countless amusing tweets which perfectly highlight just what it means to live in the land Down Under.
No one understands Milo like an Australian. No one!
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Vegemite is not for everyone, but there’s a reason it’s been around since 1922.
https://twitter.com/zoe_wyndham/status/689980250764251136
This actually makes sense.
https://twitter.com/prismatiches/status/691584866547204096
Toilet breaks are interesting (at least once a month for most of us).
https://twitter.com/sIeepysmile/status/691606661748756480
Bangers is not a sexual pastime.
https://twitter.com/rhiiannon_w/status/691749017554960384
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Our snacks are the best.
#youknowyoureaustralianwhen sprinkles and butter on white bread marked important occasions in your childhood. I miss you fairy bread.
— Emma McBryde (@EmmaMcBryde) January 25, 2016
Everything just sounds better the way we say it.
https://twitter.com/mikeyxdolan/status/691752038821203973
But we also experience some downsides.
Damn you, time zones!
#YouKnowYoureAustralianWhen timezones mean anything decent happens at 3am in the morning
— Smallzy 🎧 (@Smallzy) January 25, 2016
Sometimes (most of the time) the heat is a real killer.
#youknowyoureaustralianwhen you get in your car on a 40*C day and it feels like this pic.twitter.com/1n2IfxKP6H
— gem 🏹💖 (@Gemmy0298) January 20, 2016
Even online shopping can be a hack, because all the good stuff is so far away…
https://twitter.com/jaspargrande/status/690675698751528960
…and expensive.
#youknowyoureaustralianwhen shipping costs more than the price of all the items added together
— steph ∞ (@stephs_artwork) January 25, 2016
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The dilemma we’ve all faced: Burn to a crisp, or look like you’ve been to a face-painting birthday party.
https://twitter.com/anncgee/status/691747849646661632
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