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ItDoesntMatter59 t1_itg26i2 wrote

I thought no self respecting Aussie drank that stuff?

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TimidPanther t1_itg2drh wrote

They don’t. I doubt I could buy it if I wanted it, it’s hard to find here. Last time I had it was in Queensland 15 years ago.

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pinniped1 t1_itg4m8q wrote

Wonder if it's because he's in Singapore and it was the 90s.

Singapore probably didn't have a big local craft brew scene then and the store probably had Fosters, Heineken, Bud Heavy, and Lowenbrau.

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Prudent_Nectarine_25 t1_itg6o3w wrote

Still Tiger would of been a better choice.

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Duke55 t1_itg4jic wrote

It's bordering on being unAustralian to even consider drinking it.

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CaineRexEverything t1_itg4wbk wrote

It was still reasonably common here in the early 90s, but on its way out. My Da drank it from time to time round then, but by the mid 90s when I started with the teenage binge drinking they were pretty much gone from bottleos.

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TickleyTaint t1_itgtrr3 wrote

I came to say basically the same thing. I've been told Fosters is Australian for shit and nobody drinks it.

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JamesyUK30 t1_itgxo5u wrote

He wouldn't give a Castlemaine XXXX for anything else.

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Old-Sky1969 t1_ithlbto wrote

The old joke was Australians called it XXXX because they couldn't spell piss.

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kangadog OP t1_ith6h2j wrote

Thankfully his tastebuds have matured in the past 30 years and he’s moved onto Crown Lagers

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CALdreamin86 t1_itfzj63 wrote

Fostaz....austrayan fa bier

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wilmaismyhomegirl83 t1_itgayn2 wrote

I feel like your Aussie dad is being ironic drinking foster’s and wearing an akubra

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Danmont88 t1_itgw2ks wrote

So funny. I worked at a ski resort in Colorado USA and we had a bunch of young adults from Australia come to work the winter.

At the time there were two regular commercials on USA tv.
One was for Fosters

The second was for Subaru Outback. It was set in some outback village and was a bit silly. Had a crock in a mudhole in the middle of the street. Kangaroos hopping down the street. These Crockadile Dundee type guys walking around.

One of the people working for me said she had never heard of Fosters and wondered if we Yanks thought that was what the streets of Australia were really like.

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wonderhorsemercury t1_ith1mhl wrote

It is Australian and was relatively popular some decades ago. Its fallen in popularity significantly though. I can't figure out if Australians are genuinely ignorant when they say they don't drink it and have never heard of it or if its a spontaneous, international gaslighting attempt by the entire Australian diaspora. The anger in their eyes when they assert that it was never popular makes me assume its the latter.

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seavisionburma t1_ithjpli wrote

Aussie here. Fosters was just never a popular or well liked beer in Australia. People drank the preferred beers in whatever state they lived in. Or VB.

These days it's different, there's such a wide variety of beers now, craft and independent breweries etc. But the mainstream mass market beers are still popular state by state.

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kangadog OP t1_ith67t2 wrote

This is excellent! I’m going to have to search for that ad- it sounds like a riot!

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Biggles_and_Co t1_itg1j8n wrote

I used to have those socks

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kangadog OP t1_itg2627 wrote

Funnily enough I’ve got a pair just like them! Thankfully not the same, stinking 90s pair shown in this pic!

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DitaVonFleas t1_iti7kut wrote

Did every Aussie Dad in the 90s have those socks? I swear my Dad had them too!

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Ripper33AU t1_itg4gsn wrote

I feel like every dad around that time had those socks.

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MasterMando69 t1_itgp48c wrote

Looks like Mr. Bad Example.

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jemull t1_itj6b6o wrote

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought of this.

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Lawdoc1 t1_ithlbiw wrote

No VB? It was the beer of choice by nearly every Aussie I met when I was there in the late 90s.

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pgoleb t1_itiyusv wrote

This guy has played knifey spoony before.

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Legal-You-6307 t1_itj48u0 wrote

He is ready to call the fuck out of someone

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Ok_Abbreviations8394 t1_itfzots wrote

Just needs a kangaroo and a crocodile wrestling in the background

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OutroRiff t1_itg4si7 wrote

Aggressively Aussie.. even tho the entire concept of Fosters is an exported prank lol

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spacerunner0 t1_itg5dmp wrote

Is it true Fosters isn't even sold in Australia?

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thorpie88 t1_itgdapo wrote

Not really. There was one old school sports bar in Perth that had foster you could get as takeaway and that's the only time I've ever seen it bought or sold in the 18 years I've been here.

Each state has its regional brews and now craft beer has exploded and we have hundreds of better choices than fosters

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mcshanksshanks t1_itg5oj1 wrote

But did he dump the cocaines in the bowl of hot water at the party he went to the night before?

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chabmitdefarb t1_ith7vpk wrote

lol nice, I dont know why people downvote, thanks for the reminder to rewatch that one

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Bikrdude t1_itgfmqq wrote

Check out that crazy phone

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latenitehero t1_itgnrew wrote

By far the worst beer I’ve ever tasted

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meryl_gear t1_itgullp wrote

He's going to spill so much on that white shirt sitting like that if the opening on the can poured as weirdly back then as it does now.

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elephantgif t1_ith85z5 wrote

I thought Aussies despised Fosters.

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micigloo t1_ithbegr wrote

I see the brick cellar phone I remember those and too big to fit in your pocket

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HVACt3ch t1_ithf69a wrote

Man when I was in Vegas for my wedding back in 2012, Foster's was EVERYWHERE there. I passed out more than once that week having some Fosters.

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HVACt3ch t1_ithfd84 wrote

I should add... it wasn't good it was cheap as shit.

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reddit_again_ugh_no t1_ithmq3b wrote

What's the best cheap lager in Straya nowadays?

I used to love Foster's commercials in the early aughts.

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Kavinsky12 t1_ithn726 wrote

Oi, mates. What's the good word?

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dizzyday t1_itho5dv wrote

OG cellphone. Some come with a bag the size of a lunchbox.

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[deleted] t1_iti8sb2 wrote

I was there as an expat in 92. Who was he working with?

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saucyB52 t1_iti8vnc wrote

aussies r lucky, so far away from other white cultures that they have to go out into the wider world to find out

and if they just lazy travel, theres always all those indo china islands to lounge around in, theyr super close

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LH_Dragnier t1_itidxfx wrote

He likes to drink piss, eh?

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AJnbca t1_itifg1e wrote

I thought Australians didn’t actually drink Fosters, that it was mostly for export and tourists. It’s not a very good beer, it kinda sucks. I hope there is better beer in Australia, if not come to Canada lol

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rowdy981 t1_itih8oh wrote

Made from gum leaves and koala piss

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Ok-Elk-6087 t1_itil2ad wrote

The phone is a period piece.

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Thismonday t1_itineqg wrote

They was a great space movie that came out that year

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EchoEquani t1_itixsl0 wrote

My friend lived in Australia for 2 years and they said Foster's beer was basically crap beer and they would ship it off to the United States where they didn't know any better funny.

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valuejetpass t1_itjxy6r wrote

"Fosters: Australian for Job Interview Waiting Room"

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Substantial_Code4957 t1_itgjs3k wrote

While everyone talks about beer, I’ll just note the standard public housing window grills

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eapoll t1_itgcom2 wrote

This screams 80s?

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ronuchino t1_ithyw7b wrote

90s Aesthetic hadn't kicked in yet so I'll upvote on technicality...

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