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[–] Chickenstalker 45 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Do you pet random dogs on the street? No? Then you won't have any problems with Dingoes. Drop Bears on the other hand...

[–] angrystego 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

There are countries where all dogs have owners (mostly on the other side of the leach) and you are always supposed to ask the owners before you pet them.

And then there are countries blessed with really cute street dogs that tend to turn tummy up when you're passing them. You're supposed to pet those randomly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And which do you think Australia is?

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 1 year ago

The kind with the cute doggies that let you pet them all the time?

Don't ruin my hopes and dreams.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Communal care of stray dogs. Everybody is supposed to feed and pet them, and usually they crash at any random place.

[–] lunarul 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My country was the type with packs of street dogs that you had to keep your distance from and that you saw on the news from time to time for mauling another passerby

[–] angrystego 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's the type OP is talking about.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Fuck. A drop bear killed my uncle. Horrible creatures.

[–] bigbadmoose 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's sad, but it's kinda his fault if he wasn't carrying an umbrella 🤷

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Umbrellas do nothing, I really wish they'd stop teaching that in schools, it's why we have so many drop bear casualties every year.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The umbrella part still does fuck all and you'd wanna hope you're a good shot, they go feral when wounded.

They have razor sharp claws that can rip through denim like it's butter.

[–] kilinrax 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This reminds me, I was once walking into a Melbourne Metro station, and the Aussie mate I was with had been spinning me some web of shit for a while, I finally lost it and loudly announced "LOOK, mate, I'm not gonna believe any of the SHIT that comes out of YOUR MOUTH ever since you tried to sell me on FUCKIN HOOP SNAKES" and a random commuter woman in earshot literally doubled over laughing.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices 2 points 1 year ago

What I love about hoop snakes is that they're American, not Australian.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The drop bears are really getting out of hand. Fuck the Emu war, we need a drop bear war. Drop bears aren't a joke, millions of families suffer from drop bears every year.

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even if they don't kill you, they give you chlamydia.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sorry for your loss.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes? Mostly if they'll let me. You don't?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

One of my saddest days was waiting to cross a road and a car stopped Infront of me with it's passenger window open and a big Labrador hopped up and was face to face with me.

I excitedly asked the owner if I could pet the dog, as it was literally delivered to my face and she said no like it was a weird request. Thats stuck with me for half a decade already.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry for your loss. I will henceforth pet random dogs more often in your honour.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Devvo, bet the dog was sad about it too.

[–] Iusedtobeanadventurer 12 points 1 year ago

What? Of course I pet random dogs on the street. You don't?

I mean, I ask first, if they're with a human.. if not, well...