I’ll be 100% honest with you - I’m totally onboard with dressage and only used it as an example because I’ve heard so many other people whinge about it.
This is a fucking great piece that I really hope R-dog gets to read to get some perspective on all the white hot anger she’s been coping.
To so many, she’s a hero, and many of those people are Americans. Which only makes the Aussies who hold their identity to being the “sporty underdogs” angrier because it undermines their one-sided feud with the U.S.
Aussies: “Australia is going to CRUSH the yanks in the pool! Yeaaahhh that’s right!”
Americans: “Hu? OMG she’s hopping like a Kangaroo because she’s Australian! That’s aDoRaBlE!”
Fuck me this is funny and accurate (except the bit about dressage, which is a completely reasonable sport)
I’ll be 100% honest with you - I’m totally onboard with dressage and only used it as an example because I’ve heard so many other people whinge about it.
I’m a fraud.
This is a fucking great piece that I really hope R-dog gets to read to get some perspective on all the white hot anger she’s been coping.
To so many, she’s a hero, and many of those people are Americans. Which only makes the Aussies who hold their identity to being the “sporty underdogs” angrier because it undermines their one-sided feud with the U.S.
Aussies: “Australia is going to CRUSH the yanks in the pool! Yeaaahhh that’s right!”
Americans: “Hu? OMG she’s hopping like a Kangaroo because she’s Australian! That’s aDoRaBlE!”