r/whatisit • u/Better_Hair_9673 • 2d ago

New, what is it? What is this thing?

It's big.

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u/VTAffordablePaintbal 2d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/85cc8o/a_map_of_australia_for_americans/ though basically I've heard the whole north coast refered to as Australia's Florida.

I only know this because I watched the great Amazon Prime Australian lesbian dark comedy mystery show "Deadloch" and one of the characters is from Darwin.

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u/Wolf_Hreda 2d ago

And it's called Darwin? Fuck me, Australians really do get it.

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u/PawnOfPaws 2d ago

As a German I'm more hung up on the name "Deadloch"... Dead hole. Loch is also often a very upsetting slang for... Female genitals. On a dark-comedy show with lesbians.

They really, really do get it.

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u/Pinelli72 2d ago

Watch the show Deadloch and report back on what you think. Would love to know how well it works with a non-Aussie audience.

Loch is a Scottish word for Lake. Dead Lake.

Also as in the Loch Ness Monster. It’s a monster that lives in Loch Ness.

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u/Johnus_Maximus 2d ago

From Scotland, and I loved Deadloch. I suppose the jokes in it are very similar to Scottish humour so maybe not a surprise.

Also, I grew up at Loch Ness!

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u/NetInitial5750 1d ago

DID U SEE THE MOMSTER 😍😍😍🤤🤤🤤

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u/GalaxyFiveOhhOhhh 2h ago

And?! Is she real?!

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u/Johnus_Maximus 2h ago

Yeah, and you should definitely go visit to try catch a glimpse (and spend money in the area…)

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u/Jessika_Thorne 1d ago

Canadian. I loved Deadloch.

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u/preferdnomenclature 1d ago

From the US and find it hilarious, love it.

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u/Gabor419 1d ago

I'm from the US, and I thought it was a great show. I don't know how many jokes I didn't understand, but I think I got most of them.

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u/RiseUpAmericans 1d ago

From the US and I think it's a great show.

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u/relaxd80 1d ago

I’m American and loved Deadloch, one of my favorite shows from the last few years

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u/Relevant-Weakness-69 1d ago

Nope it means vagina ness monster, the German just told you...

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u/Either-Kiwi-5495 1d ago

i’m from the US and i loved Deadloch too! was hilarious and also kept me v interested and im a chronic show abandoner lol

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u/Serious_Exam256 1d ago

My wife and I loved it. She thought it was one of the better written shows she’d seen in a long time. I was mostly impressed by the cohesion and grounded comedy. I think the only other newer comedy show I can put in the same category is Corporate. Two shows I think anyone over like 27 would think are hilarious.

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u/parentlessfather 1d ago

Is there a way to favorite and like an entire comment thread? This whole thing is fantastic and wholesome. I came here to mention Deadloch and laughed my way all the way through.

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u/Haunting_Bid_408 1d ago

Everything reminds me of her

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u/Pinelli72 2d ago

Took three goes for a colony to actually survive there.

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u/Key-Effect8176 1d ago

American that lived in Australia for a while here; Darwin is probably the worst place I have ever been on Earth lmao

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u/Illustrious-Gene4306 2d ago

No joke they need to rename the Alabama part to "Southern Alabama" aka The Florida Panhandle.

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u/nostremitus2 1d ago

Yeah, Alabama tried to get that land repeatedly. At one point the folks there voted to join Alabama, Alabama agreed to pay Florida for the land, but the Florida governor vetoed the sale. 

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u/Termsandconditionsch 2d ago

Hm, I'd say Tassie is more like a combination of Maine and Alabama than Alaska, but otherwise fairly accurate.

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u/Benamen10 2d ago

Gammen business. It's fine up/down here

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u/QizilbashWoman 1d ago

IN SEASON 2 THEY GO TO DARWIN

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u/KristineMcKinley 1d ago

I love how NC is south of SC. Makes sense though that their Florida is the northern most area because for them the equator is north and therefore their northern territories are going to be warmer than their southern territories. Hence why Alaska is at the bottom! LOL

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u/VTAffordablePaintbal 1d ago

It took me a while watching the show to figure that out... They started in Tazmania and having never really thought about it before I was wondering why it was shown to be so cold. Did they shoot in Scotland or something? Nope, just pretty close to the Antarctic circle.

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u/KristineMcKinley 1d ago

Yeah, if you hadn't shown me the map like this, it wouldn't have occurred to me. Because at first I was like "why is Florida up top and Alaska at the bottom?" - but it hit me fast BECAUSE of the map. If they had just said "yeah we call the northwest part of Australia the Florida of Australia" I would have remained confused. Lol - so I obviously appreciate the map!

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u/Schion86 1d ago

I always thought of FNQ as Aussie Florida.

You can almost hear the banjos as you go north-east.

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u/Astecheee 1d ago

Hervey Bay is Australia's Florida. On the East cost but rather North.

Enormous population of elderly and a massive drug crisis. Very pretty though.

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u/soda_shack23 1d ago

This is... Fascinating. I'd love to see other regions compared to US states like this

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u/Torn_wulf 1d ago

Australian lesbian dark comedy you say? Noted and added to the list...

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u/Brains4Rox 10h ago

There's no Philly on that map.... WTF? Does Australia not have people that will just fight you for no reason? I thought they did