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[–] FuglyDuck 33 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Numbats? Dunnarts?

These names aren’t all Australian colloquialisms for “dumb”… are they??

Also… no love for the Cult of Quoka? I mean seriously, look at these guys? How is anything that cute?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I don't think I've ever heard any of these used to mean "dumb", apart from "numbat".