21 Random Things Australians Freaking Love For No Apparent Reason

Once you start noticing it, you will never unhear it.

There's nothing quite like being in a crowd full of people and swearing in unison at the top of your lungs.

In Australia, "fuck" is a noun, a verb, an adjective AND an adverb, and the c bomb is a term of endearment.

It's a core component of all of our fave treats.

Only Australia could make an Italian dish a dinner staple and give it such an unattractive name.

And specifically, the tinned variety. A must for burgers, salad, or just eating on its own...

Most of our manmade tourist attractions are just big versions of the most mundane and random things. We don't question it, just embrace it.

That's Zac Efron, lying in a hammock, in Australia. Because he lives here now. Which means he's ours forever. That's just how the rules go.

We literally turn into the Leonardo Dicaprio pointing meme whenever a TV show, movie, or foreign news network remembers we exist. Validation! We crave it.

Nobody — no other single country in the world — loves P!nk as much as we do. She's practically Australian at this point too.

This movie was a FLOP, but the soundtrack went off in Australia, with its singles topping the ARIA charts for weeks. No other country got into it. What is wrong with us?

If you were present for the Great Potato War of 2014, you know. For some reason, Australians can't comprehend that people in other parts of the country have different names for things, and we just love screaming at each other about it.

(It's potato scallops, fyi).

Is it our DIY culture or our love for a sausage sizzle that has cemented this place in our hearts?

The fact that, when restrictions eased in Melbourne, the very first thing that trended was "Kmart" — and people literally made appointments and queued to visit the hallowed store — speaks volumes about its place in our culture. It is our culture.

Woolies and Coles may be Aussie grocery mainstays, but Aldi is on a whole other level. You definitely have at least one family member who likes to show off their latest bargain from Aldi whenever you speak to them.

If you don't go on a Macca's run as soon as you get your license, are you even Australian?

Only Australians would be extremely proud of drinking shitty, cheap wine from a silver bag in a box.

That's not a koala, fyi. That's a drop bear.