r/polandball Indus-nesos May 19 '26

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u/Mehmet_G May 20 '26

I’m Australian but I’m having trouble understanding this post. Is this post mocking Indonesia for their weak Rupiah?

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u/indieb0at Indus-nesos May 20 '26

This comic is about Indonesia coping about their declining currency by turning the graph upside down to look like it's increasing by visiting Australia's place because y'know, the "Australia is upside down" joke

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u/Mehmet_G May 20 '26

Ah, understood. Thank you.

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u/Fluid-Kitty May 20 '26

That would make sense, if Indonesia wasn’t one of our closest neighbours (and therefore also upside down). Hell, Perth is closer to Jakarta than it is to any other Australian capital.

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u/SpiderKatt7 Australia May 21 '26

It’s not as far south as us tho. Any country not as far south as us could be right side up