australia
Police Finally Nab World’s Most Australian Man
Caity Weaver · 03/21/12 06:48PMRandom Person on Twitter Says You Should Go to This Comedy Show In Australia Tomorrow
Adrian Chen · 02/24/12 06:41PMYou may have noticed posting was a little sparse today on Gawker. That was mainly my fault: Today was my designated "Traffic whore" day, and I was supposed to post many cat videos and British tabloid stories about people being impaled in interesting ways, so that my colleagues could take time to concentrate on more in-depth stuff, like accurately predicting the reaction if various actors or actresses the day before the Oscars. Maybe Horse_ebooks cast a curse on me, or I ate a bad grape at breakfast. I just couldn't churn them out today.
I Can't Stop Looking At This Sexy Australian Photo Shoot
Brian Moylan · 01/25/12 02:57PMEight-Year-Old Girl Releases First Relevant Hardcore Song in Two Decades
Max Read · 01/19/12 10:25AMIt's pretty well-known that hardcore has been awful basically ever since Earth Crisis jocks started ruining shows in the early 90s. But out of Australia comes its savior: eight-year-old Juliet, who loves slam-dancing, half-time breakdowns, and her dog Robert, and hates hypocrisy, frat boys, and the smell of her pet fish. Talk about "youth crew," am I right? "Youth crew"? Right? [via @Alex_Ogle]
The U.S. Needs More Ads Like This
Max Read · 11/26/11 03:35PMHere's a sweet Australian ad for—well, I don't want to ruin the surprise (you will probably be able to guess what's going to happen anyway), except to say that the United States could stand to see more campaigns like this.
Surprise Car Crash Doesn't Faze TV News Reporter
Lauri Apple · 10/27/11 05:14AMWhile Australian TV news journalist Alison Ariotti reports from "the frontlines" of Perth or whatever, a black car rams right into the back of a red car and ha, the person who owns the red car will probably be surprised when they watch the news, eh? Focused Alison doesn't let the crash interrupt her reporting in any discernible way—she just keeps on talking about "the impressive crowds" of English people who are doing something somewhere that maybe involves tombstones. "Curiosity made me want to turn around but professionalism told me to just keep talking," she says. [YouTube]
Behold the Prohibition Splendor of the New Great Gatsby Movie
Brian Moylan · 10/24/11 02:36PMUltralight Plane Crashes Into, Gets Stuck Inside, Ferris Wheel
Max Read · 10/01/11 08:43AMMeanwhile, in Australia, an ultralight plane has flown—quite literally—into a ferris wheel, requiring the rescue of four people—the plane's two passengers and two kids who were on the ride. No one was hurt, except for anyone who might have been wanting to go on the ferris wheel and now will not be able to do so.
Stupid Clothing Store Attacked for Being Stupid
Lauri Apple · 09/29/11 07:29AMThe Australian clothing store Gasp Jeans—which, if you're not familiar (or just some fashion-illiterate hobo), is "the brand behind fashion['s] newest genre 'Playful Couture'"—has become a total joke thanks to its completely idiotic way of handling a recent customer service complaint. Companies wishing to alienate the public, take note!
Australia Adds 'Indeterminate' Gender to Passports
Max Read · 09/14/11 09:12PMOkay, Who Drew a Penis on the Google Maps Camera?
Max Read · 09/07/11 10:35PMBe honest: If you had a green marker, and you saw the weird-looking car-mounted camera used to take pictures for Google Maps Street View, what would you do? I'm thinking, you would probably not write out a situationist slogan. No, you would probably draw a dick, like the unidentified Australian prankster whose work will forever grace the Google Maps Street View of "Sparrowhawk Road" in "Maiden Gully," Victoria. What is it with the Antipodes and their quest to put as many crudely-drawn dicks as possible on Google Maps? [Google Maps via BuzzFeed]
Bodyboarding Tourist Ripped Apart by Shark
Max Read · 09/04/11 09:52AMDonald Trump Would Like to Meet You—For $10,000
Brian Moylan · 08/31/11 04:47PMAustralia Still Finds Blackface Hilarious!
Seth Abramovitch · 08/31/11 02:47AMAustralians are renowned for having contributed a great many things to the world, such as [TK/research intern], but cultural sensitivity is, alas, not one of them. For example, last June we noted one newscaster's lighthearted description of a Chinese lotto winner as having "slanty eyes and yellow skin." Reaching back further, in 2009, a variety show called Hey Hey, It's Saturday caused a bit of an international stir when a Jackson 5 tribute group came out in blackface, horrifying guest judge Harry Connick Jr. Well, it seems not much has changed, as Qantas has named the winner of its Twitter contest to send two lucky fans to an international rugby match, and it's...yet two more guys in blackface and afro wigs. Wait! Let them explain! They were actually paying lighthearted and respectful homage to...uh...Oh, never mind. If you have to explain it, it's already lost half the joke. Their teeth! So white! BLOL! [tracker.org.au]
AC/DC Gets Into the Wine Game
Jeff Neumann · 08/17/11 04:32AMWatching Television Is Actually Shortening Your Life
Brian Moylan · 08/16/11 01:29PMA new study shows that watching one hour of television can shorten your life by 22 minutes. According to research done in Australia (so how trustworthy can it be?), sitting on your fat ass in front of the boob tube for an hour is deadly, not because you're watching TV, but because you aren't doing anything.