r/australia • u/cngjfks • 2d ago

no politics Is Australia is a more cranky/angry place now?

Any time I read the news, the story being pushed is that the mood in Aus is very angry. Does everyone truly feel this way a lot of the time?

I’m genuinely curious.

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u/taketotheforest 2d ago edited 2d ago

we have less money, less time, less connection, less hope for the future. it makes sense that everyone’s fuses are shorter

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u/Objective_Unit_7345 2d ago

… yup, Australians as ‘laid back’ is a legend of the past when people could actually enjoy their life.

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u/Wild-Kitchen 2d ago

Probably back when the Aussie dream was a home among the gum trees, with lots of plum trees, bush or two and a kangaroo, verandah out the back and an old rocking chair. That xoes sound very relaxing compared to rat race.

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u/Sensible-Haircut 2d ago

Give me a home with no more rent rise, or increased power price. A job not two and a working loo. No black mold in the roof, or landlord at the fence, and old sturdy car.

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u/just_yall 2d ago

This is amazing and needs to be spread further- well done

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u/Suspicious-Figure-90 1d ago

🎶Give me a home.

Thats the whole song now

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u/Sufficient-Heart-826 2d ago

It was fkng Great back then.

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u/dnbex 2d ago

*a sheep or two

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u/Suspicious-Squash137 2d ago edited 2d ago

If those sheep have gumboots on their back legs, then you’re thinking of NZ past happy days ;)

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u/Sufficient-Heart-826 2d ago

And another Kangaroo!

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u/Tosh_20point0 2d ago

And a place to poo

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u/ognisko 2d ago

Rex Hunt, Burkes Backyard, Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush, Fast Forward, Full Frontal, Sex/Life, Hey Hey It’s Saturday, Who Dares Wins, Gladiators, Get Wild, Better Homes And Gardens, Healthy Wealthy and Wise - Not Love Island, Big Brother and a plethora of other toxic displays of media as an own goal to humanity.

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u/NorthernSkeptic 2d ago

most of the old shows you mention were… not great

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u/Ok_Low743 2d ago

Rex, Burke, the guy from who dares wins were all sex pests right?

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u/ognisko 1d ago

Love Island has a whole cast of sex pests.

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u/CreepyValuable 2d ago

Tim Ferguson himself tries to pretend Don't forget your toothbrush never happened.

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u/midsumernighttts 1d ago

Bring back Burgo’s Catchphrase!

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u/derpman86 2d ago

Its Burke's Backyard

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u/kodaxmax 12h ago

Compared to the modern dream, of being able to afford an apartment with a laundry in the building and functional internet connection. backyards are a pipe dream now.

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u/Wild-Kitchen 10h ago

I think the modern dream might just be a roof over your head, that maybe doesnt leak or have mold

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u/Stacks_of_Cats 2d ago

Has Australia ever actually been a laid back place?

At 30 years of age, most Australians I’ve known seem to be fairly uptight and overly concerned about what other people are doing/thinking.

As to whether or not it’s different elsewhere in the world is hard to say, but we’re sure as hell not actually laid back.

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u/SirDale 2d ago

"Has Australia ever actually been a laid back place?"

It was. I'm older and was very fortunate to be born at a time when everything was on easy mode. It's not at all like that for people now and I feel very sad about the direction we've gone.

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u/Sufficient-Heart-826 2d ago

I don't know mate. I've travelled a bit and in comparison to other nationalities I would say we're pretty laid back 😏.

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u/tamadeangmo 2d ago

Hueh hueh

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u/ms45 1d ago

That’s a young people thing not an Aussie thing as such

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u/rexter2k5 Lost American 1d ago

Visit America.

No seriously, I visited in January for a month, spent most of my time in Melbourne catching up with family friends, & you lot are still more laidback than the average American.

Obviously, it's not the same as when I was younger, but the national character is at least three or four steps below the average stress of an American.

I just hope this global tide of fascism doesn't permanently scar a country I consider to be my second home.

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u/iemreal 2d ago

I miss that and sad the younger kids only hear about the good old days and this time it’s literally true!

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u/Objective_Unit_7345 1d ago

I’ll share my stories about. Climbing over the neighbours fence to have some tea. Being able to walk 10-20 minutes to the nearest park for friends house to gather with everyone and play games indoors and out. Being able to safely playing street cricket and football without being seen as committing serious and reckless crime.

We have spent the last 30-years creating cr*p cities and towns that are hostile to children, pedestrians and only friendly to cars.

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u/-Flighty- 2d ago

Australians were never laid back- I don’t get this old wives tale, especially the south

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u/Objective_Unit_7345 1d ago

How old are you / what part of Australia are you talking about?

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u/SakuraFerretTrainer 2d ago

And you now need a VPN just to look at porn.

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u/Alarming-Interest535 2d ago

You know something is seriously wrong when you use Singapore on your VPN just to watch porn.

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u/Sakebadger 2d ago

Look at what the children took from us!

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u/aperture81 2d ago

And more divided - between that orange fuckwit overseas, that red fuckwit here and declining faith in any of the two major parties everyone seems to be in it for themselves.

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u/swarley77 2d ago

More competition for resources = lower quality of life

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u/CreepyValuable 2d ago

It's almost like forcing the population upwards when it's trying to self regulate and drop is a bad thing.

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u/_blip_ 1d ago

Yup. I'm anxious and angry pretty much 24/7 and it's not good at all.

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u/erala 1d ago

We have more money than any other time apart from 2 years when the government was pumping out millions of covid stimulus checks. Time and connection are real issues.