Paris is one of the most romantic cities on earth. From the wine and the cuisine to the quaint little hotels, it’s hard not to fall in love.

But is Paris really more romantic (as a place) than say, Sydney? Or are the French just better lovers?

To start your brain spinning with a little more traction on that question, allow us to shunt your attention towards the following video. Posted by Australian in Paris, @lili.debois, the video features Lili talking about the difference between dating in Australia vs. dating in France.

Watch it for yourself below.

To make the point, Lili presents a caricature of one’s weekend in Australia vs. France.

“What did you do this weekend?” she asks herself. “Ah well you know Friday night just went to my mate’s place and then on Saturday went to kick the footy with my mates then Saturday night went to the club with some mates yeah.”

That was the impression of an Australian weekend.

She then asks herself (this time pretending to be French), what she did this weekend. The answer? “Friday night we went to the museum of Picasso. Saturday we saw a band… a new band that played in La Villette… Saturday night we went to the cinema and Sunday lunch with my parents.”

The obvious takeaway? Dating in France feels more romantic because there are museums. But look a little closer and you might find that’s not France: that’s dating in a historic city. As @herbivorienneone, a follower of Lili, points out: that’s “dating in Paris.”

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Another video of Lili’s, which shows the soul being sucked out of Parisians upon their return to Paris after being in Marseille, perhaps suggests what Australians find romantic about Paris is not Paris. It’s exoticism – something new and different (and reputed as romantic).

Reddit is full of expats (of all sorts of nationalities) asking questions about Parisian dating culture, showing Australians are not alone in being a little bamboozled by the city of love.

In other words: the placebo effect.

What is more important, arguably, for your holistic wellbeing, is feeling embedded in the culture that you live in (unless you’re a psycho from a Camus novel). And that’s more than achievable, depending on the country you live in, by going to the footy.

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It’s been a huge week of news for crypto Down Under. ASIC gave the green light for the trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, the ASX’s first crypto focussed ETF – CRYP – launched and CBA made a landmark move into the industry, announcing a pilot program for its app that will allow customers to buy, sell and hold 10 crypto assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash and Litecoin.

All these events have changed the face of Australia’s investment landscape forever. But will it be a mole or a facelift?

Whatever the case, the Commonwealth Bank is betting it will be here to stay. As The Sydney Morning Herald reports, the bank’s chief executive, Matt Comyn, said CBA saw long-term potential of cryptocurrencies in payments and investing, and wanted to lead the innovation.

According to The Sydney Morning Herald, Mr Comyn said in a media briefing that “the category itself is polarising people entirely.”

“Some [banks] are going down the path like we are – a smaller number probably – running some experiments. Others are sort of hoping that regulators will regulate the industry out of existence. Our view is that’s probably unlikely.”

Josh Gilbert, eToro market analyst told DMARGE: “In my opinion, this is a significant step for cryptoassets in terms of institutional and mainstream acceptance.”

“We know from eToro’s previous Retail Investor Beat survey that there’s growing interest from Australian investors in cryptoassets, especially as it continues to hit the mainstream.”

“Ultimately this could be the tipping point in Australia and it wouldn’t surprise me that other big institutional names may follow suit in the not-too-distant future.”

He added: “For a bank of CBA’s size to offer cryptoassets to retail investors through its banking services is historic. We’ve seen banks in the US offer cryptoasset exposure to institutional investors, but nothing like this. For too long, banks have pushed cryptoassets to the side, yet now that they’ve seen the current soaring demand, it’s evident that they can no longer just sit on the sidelines.”

“Long term, moves like this from CBA will help to further legitimise cryptoassets and, in my eyes, will only help with crypto’s long term value.”

In terms of ASIC giving the trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs a green light, Mr Gilbert told DMARGE: “The new crypto ETFs in the US and soon-to-be in Australia, helps to provide investors with exposure to cryptoassets when they might not have previously had that option.”

“For example, superannuation accounts are a huge addressable market for cryptoassets, and it’s expected that we may see more investors wanting to make sure cryptoassets are part of their diversified investment portfolios moving forward.”

Tim Brunette, co-founder and CTO of Crypto Tax Calculator, an Australian company that helps crypto investors do their taxes, told DMARGE he believes CBA’s landmark move will “legitimise the space and bring investors who were risk-averse into the market, giving them an easy onboarding process.”

“If they’ve been doing share trading it’s not too much of a stretch to use the CBA app to do crypto trading,” Mr Brunette told DMARGE.

“So it’s legitimising it and making it more mainstream. I think it will be good for the industry as a whole.”

Despite Australia’s small population size, Australian crypto investors actually, as a percentage of our population, punch above their weight when compared with the rest of the world in terms of adoption of crypto, various studies have found.

Mr Brunette told DMARGE: “Australia is actually one of the leaders in the space.” He then said the ATO seems to be trying to work with the industry rather than against it.

“You’ve got the IRS trying to shut down exchanges in the United States, and now you’ve got a bank here in Australia welcoming crypto.”

“I think that’s really positive for Australia to use this space to our advantage to give us a tech foothold.”

That being said: don’t expect your silly shitcoins to be on the CBA app just yet (or ever). According to Mr Brunette that could open the door to a PR nightmare (especially given how strongly the CBA is warning customers about even the big established coins like Bitcoin, when it comes to characteristics like volatility, and not investing more than you can afford to lose).

“There’d have to be a risk analyst of any new potential coins,” Mr Brunette told DMARGE, when we asked him whether he thought CBA would add ‘meme coins’ to their app down the track.

“Anything that isn’t mainstream, it’s pretty unlikely they’re going to list it. You can’t have some token, which is backed by anonymous founders and there’s some rug pull. That would be a PR nightmare on CBA.”

Another interesting aspect of this week’s news is that CBA’s move could “eat into the crypto-only exchanges,” Mr Brunette told DMARGE.

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The following article was produced in partnership with The Macallan.

Scotch whisky is a truly magical drink, loved across the globe for its complexity and depth. Scotland is home to over 128 whisky distilleries, with each of the country’s major whisky-producing regions producing wildly different drops – so with such variety to choose from, it’s often a lifetime struggle to find your perfect dram.

You’re always safe with The Macallan, however. One of Speyside’s most respected distilleries and a titan of the Scottish whisky landscape, The Macallan is widely regarded as one of the best distilleries in the world. As British whisky expert Mark Littler relates, “The Macallan brand boasts an unparalleled reputation for both the quality of its whisky and the high prices which rare and collectable bottlings fetch at auction.”

Founded in 1824, The Macallan was one of the early pioneers of rare single malt whisky, and in recent years has dedicated itself to the curation and production of some of Scotland’s most exclusive single malts. The pinnacle of their expansive and storied range is The Red Collection: an exquisite range of distinguished and rare single malt Scotch whiskies, which captures The Macallan’s deep respect for tradition and craftsmanship.

To celebrate the release of The Red Collection, The Macallan has collaborated with acclaimed Spanish illustrator Javi Aznarez  – whose art also appears in Wes Anderson’s latest film, ‘The French Dispatch’ – on an appropriately whimsical film exploring the origins of The Red Collection’s name, the colour red holding particular significance for the history of The Macallan distillery. Watch below.

“Created from some of the world’s oldest and rarest casks, it is an incredible privilege to have crafted The Red Collection… It’s thanks to the foresight of previous custodians of The Macallan, who laid down and aged these extraordinary casks, that we have been able to curate such a remarkable selection of whiskies,” The Macallan’s Master Whisky Maker Kirsteen Campbell relates.

“Each precious drop offers a unique opportunity to explore The Macallan’s whisky making legacy.”

Patience is certainly a virtue when it comes to whisky, and The Red Collection is truly virtuous: ranging from 40 years old to 78 years old, these whiskies rank as some of the oldest in the world, and easily the oldest bottlings ever released in the history of The Macallan distillery.

Aged in hand-picked oak casks and watched like a hawk for decades, the carefully selected wood has slowly shaped the unique character of the whiskies in The Red Collection, creating unparalleled natural colours, distinctive aromas and sumptuous flavours. The word whisky comes from the Gaelic uisge beatha, which means “water of life”, and these single malts are truly life-giving potions; they’re bottled works of art.

In short, The Macallan Red Collection is one of the most exciting whisky releases from one of the world’s most respected distilleries. As both an investment opportunity and as a taste sensation, these rare single malts are a tantalising prospect.

Discover more of the story behind The Red Collection’s creation as well as the intricacies of these single malts at The Macallan’s virtual distillery here.

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The French are known for being laissez–faire drivers. But Parisian drivers are easily the worst of all. It’s a losing combination of congestion, poorly-designed roads and the dismissive demeanour most Parisians have (if the stereotype is to be believed).

So if you own a rare German sports car, how do you protect it from the inevitable abuse Paris will subject it to? One motorist has come up with a clever, hilarious (and rather extreme) solution to protect their pride and joy. Arthur Kar, the founder of L’Art de L’automobile and one of Paris’ most famous car collectors/dealers, shared this photo of a BMW E31 8 Series that has a boat fender attached to the front bumper.

An air-filled bladder that’s typically attached to the sides of piers or boats to prevent them from getting damaged as they moor, this Beamer owner has employed it to prevent Parisian parkers from backing into their vintage sports car instead (or perhaps as a way to save themselves from damaging the car as they park).

Watch a timelapse of the terrible traffic snarl around Paris’ famous Arc de Triomphe below (check out the taxi colliding with a scooter at 0:40!)

It’s a brilliant solution, especially considering how tight some of Paris’ streets are. It’s a risky one though. The boat fender seems to be attached to something under the hood, and they’ve had to pop the bonnet to get it to hang there. Does that mean anyone can just lift the lid?

We’d also be worried about damaging the bonnet: due to the unique design of the E31’s bonnet (which features holes cut out for the car’s iconic pop-up headlights), any slight damage to the bonnet could prevent your lights from going up. An E31 bonnet alone costs tens of thousands to replace…

He’s not the only Parisian vintage car owner who’s come up with this idea, either. One of our readers shared this photo he took of a classic Fiat 500 he spotted in Paris a few years ago that also had boat fenders strung up on its bumper for perfect touch parking protection. Look how cute the little fenders are!

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The little 500 is the perfect retro ride for Paris’ narrow streets, but the BMW E31 is perhaps a slightly bolder choice to tootle around Paname in.

Produced from 1990 to 1999, the E31 was the first generation of the BMW 8 Series. A sleek grand tourer powered by either a V8 or, more famously, BMW’s first production V12 engine, the B pillar-less coupé remains one of BMW’s most unique and distinct designs.

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BMW only made just over 30,000 of the things, so well-maintained V12 examples are worth a pretty packet these days, with prices starting at around US$100,000.

According to the most recent stats from the French Ministry of Interior as collated by French Property, Paris has “by far” the worst accident rate out of any French city or department – “[with] an accident rate of 2.76 per 1000 inhabitants, there is nearly ten times the risk of being involved in a road accident in Paris as in Ardennes, the safest department in the country.” That also means Paris has roughly 10 times the accident rate of London.

Crucially, however, Paris has a remarkably low fatality rate, so while you’re more likely to be involved in an accident in Paris than you are in, say London or Berlin, you’re less likely to be in a fatal/injurious accident as you would be in Melbourne or Rome, according to OECD statistics.

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When you find a sport or hobby you love, there can often come a time when you feel like nothing else matters; you only want to focus on what makes you happy. You may find you love running, for example, where you experience the oft-talked-about ‘runner’s high,’ induced by the release of dopamine in your central nervous system.

And, of course, cardio training such as running can help you to drop body fat and give you an enviable-looking body. But what do you do as and when you sustain an injury? Chances are, you’ll use that time as an indication of the universe telling you to slow down. This resting period could then have the potential to snowball into months of unhealthy habits, such as eating junk food or not exercising in any other way.

Soon, this becomes your new normal, and so getting back into running once you’ve shaken off your injury can prove to be an arduous task. If this sounds like you, then ultra-marathon runner David Goggins has some words…

Goggins is a man who doesn’t let anything get in his way of making himself a better person than he was the day before. He’s someone who doesn’t negotiate with himself.

“Let me explain to you how this works – when it’s early and you don’t want to get up, you wake the fuck up! When you don’t want to go to run, you put your shoes on and go run regardless if it is hot, cold, windy, snowing, etc.”

“Some of you make yourselves feel better by telling yourself that people in better life situations than you didn’t have the same challenges and problems that got you stuck in the negotiation/explain away phase. Sorry to tell you, most of them did, they just navigated them better than you.”

David says his left leg has been “messed up for 20 years” (he’s now 46) but has only recently had surgery – around four months prior to the writing of this article – putting a temporary halt on his running. As someone who says he would often run “close to 20 miles/day for almost 20 years,” David says he didn’t see this as a chance to slack off. Instead, he turned his focus to resistance/weight training.

He explains this in a recent video posted to his Instagram account, where he shows he’s still living with the injury he sustained years ago by way of an edema, a “swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body’s tissues,” according to The Mayo Clinic.

He adds, “So a lot of you know I like to run, but that got taken away from me for a few months. Who cares?”

“Life will not always be seventy and sunny. Life is the ultimate competitor. It’s relentless. It will continue to attack when you least expect it.”

“We must learn to adapt and overcome any and all obstacles that are thrown at us. We have to evolve. And, the way I evolved, I changed my diet, had to start a lot more cross-training.”

“When the obstacle gets in front of you, don’t let it stop you, don’t let it deter you. Navigate around that m****rf****r.”

While he’s speaking these words of wisdom, David can be seen performing an incline dumbbell chest press, inferring that during his time away from running, he instead focused his efforts on maintaining and improving his fitness, albeit via a different medium to the one he’s used to.

If you take a look back at some previous videos he’s posted of himself training with weights, you can clearly see how much his body has transformed in the time since.

 

 

 

 

 

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The takeaway? If life throws you a curveball, bringing you to a halt, don’t see it as an opportunity to rest, but see it as an opportunity to try something new. 

This doesn’t necessarily have to relate to just fitness, but as we’ve recently discussed, cardio training isn’t as bad for weightlifters as you may think. In fact, the two can work in harmony with one another, with fitness influencer and athlete Henry Matthews saying,

“Contrary to popular belief regular cardio training, whether that is running or cycling can help those who train with weights, experience improved gains in muscle strength and endurance.”

This works vice versa, as David proves; strength training can also benefit those who regularly practice cardio training. 

David’s post received plenty of positive comments, including:

“That lack of running is making you look pretty f*cking jacked though.”

“You built different Dave, stay hard!”

Another comment was: “Looks like you’re packing on solid lean muscle. Way to adapt.”

Once again, David gifts us words to live by.

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Unless you’re very photogenic (or creative), making a living by posting photos of your legs in glass-bottom bathtubs around the world is not a viable career path. But that’s ok – there is, apparently, another way to explore this big ol’ marble on the cheap (perhaps, even, if you squint at it from the right angle, for free).

Like all rewards, you need to take a little risk to make it happen. But we’ll let you be the judge of whether it’s a smart choice for you or not. Watch the below video if your interest has been piqued, and see if it could really help you travel the world for free. The video was posted recently to Instagram by Zachary Abel (@zacharyburrabel), who is an American actor (from Make It or Break It), as well as a travel blogger and credit card points hacker.

How to use your rent money to build travel reward points

In the video, Abel asks: “Do you rent?”. He then adds: “Do you wish you could pay with a credit card and earn those fatty fat points?”

“Then say hello to my little friend.”

“It’s called Bilt rewards,” he continues. “Bilt is dope because it allows you to pay rent with a credit card, no fee and earn points. One point per dollar on your rent, 2 points on travel and three on dining, all with no annual fee.”

There is one caveat; you have to use your card 5 times a month. If you do that though, the world is (eventually, and briefly) your oyster. 

“What can I use the points for? You can use it to offset your rent,” Abel says. 

“For the first time ever [you can] use points on a future downpayment for a mortgage. But why I think it’s super cool is Bilt has a dope list of 1×1 transfer partners like American Airlines, Hyatt; Emirates, which I’ve used to fly in first-class suites.”

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Now, of course, Abel appears to have a vested interest in spruiking Bilt. So take what he says with a grain of salt. But the principle of playing your (credit) cards right is a growing trend enabling savvy consumers (who live spend-heavy lifestyles) to score cheap or even free travel around the globe. 

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The Points Guy Effect, if you will. 

This doesn’t mean you have to use Bilt. Have a look around and see which program might work for you, your spending habits and your travel goals. It’s time-consuming to figure out, yes, but who knows – maybe the world could really be your oyster. 

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Macaulay Culkin is a unique figure.

The 41-year-old actor initially rose to fame as the star of the Home Alone franchise, becoming one of the most successful and recognisable child stars on the planet. But he struggled with the fame. Culkin took a break from acting in 1994 and was sentenced for drug possession in 2004, leading many naysayers to say his career was done; just another child star who went off the rails.

But Culkin’s had a renaissance in recent years. From performing in a pizza-themed Velvet Underground tribute band to working on experimental films and now starring in the latest series of American Horror Story, Culkin’s star power hasn’t dimmed one bit. He’s a loveable dude.

On top of that, he’s become quite a style icon. Don’t believe us? Well, just check out Culkin walking the runway for Gucci’s latest show, Love Parade, just last night. Yeah, Macaulay Culkin’s a Gucci model now. Could 2021 get any weirder?

Culkin looked surprisingly dapper in a tropical rayon souvenir jacket, Hawaiian shirt, oversized trousers and a Cuban heeled take on the classic horsebit Gucci loafer. The tinted aviator glasses really tie the look together, though – Mac looking like some sort of Florida millionaire retiree or Mafia don.

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The lavish show, which used Los Angeles’ famous Hollywood Boulevard as a runway, saw Culkin strut his stuff alongside other celebs such as Jared Leto (a close friend of the brand and a regular Gucci model) as well as musicians St. Vincent and Phoebe Bridgers.

He was certainly an unexpected choice of model, but really, Culkin’s the perfect man for such a show. He’s peak Hollywood: a former child star come good who, like Gucci under current creative director Alessandro Michele, doesn’t take himself too seriously. He also looked seriously good, too. What a king.

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We can all occasionally find ourselves in awkward situations: forgetting someone’s name and continuing to call them by the wrong name until they eventually correct us; going to kiss someone on the cheek, but they move their head and you kiss them on the lips; or walking in on your parents getting down to business.

But have you ever unintentionally propositioned someone with a threesome? That’s exactly what one woman did, and who we now feel comfortably walks away with the award for the most awkward proposition ever.

Posting her horrendous ordeal to Reddit, the woman sets the scene, explaining how she and her husband had hired a babysitter to watch their kids while they both worked from their home office. The couple decided they wanted to start enjoying hitting the town again, post-pandemic, and so they went out for dinner and drinks.

The f**k up happened when they returned home and wanted to continue their night of fun in the bedroom, meaning they’d have to ask their sitter to hang around for a bit longer until their deed was done, “the idea of some *** this evening without the risk of a barge in was very appealing,” the woman relates.

In what could be a good advert to help someone avoid drinking alcohol, the woman – who was a few glasses of wine deep – said to her sitter, “Well… we had been thinking about asking you if you wanted to stay a little longer, we could have sex…”

All she had to do was replace that last ‘we’ with, ‘so my husband and I’, to save everyone from embarrassment. But alas, the brain works in mysterious ways when under the influence, and so what should have been an honest proposal (for more babysitting) turned into a proposition for a threesome.

It got worse – somehow – as the accidentally propositioning woman continued to dig her hole, adding: “And me, not understanding my f**k up yet, laughed and said I was just teasing but we’d certainly really enjoy it, we’d done it with other sitters in the past (lol ugh) but we didn’t make her too uncomfortable and it was completely fine if she wasn’t comfortable with it.”

Eventually, the lightbulb went off in her brain and the realisation of what she’d said came to the fore. But perhaps not in the way you’d expect. It was only when the sitter said: “She would love to any other time, she thinks we’re amazing and it’s such a huge fantasy for her,” that the woman realised exactly what it was she’d (accidentally) asked.

“I start to panic a bit and back pedal saying forget I ever asked, but she doesn’t want me to feel like she’s blowing me off or making excuses. And I’m trying to get out of it but I’m in too deep to say there was a misunderstanding because she’s so into it and supportive and eventually we awkwardly hug and she leaves,” she adds.

Naturally, when she tells her husband, he just laughs (although we wonder if he might have died a little inside since this could have been his chance to bring those ‘online videos’ to life).

The woman then reaches out to the Reddit community for help with what to do in this situation, giving them four options:

A) Pretend like I don’t even remember asking, was too drunk and have no idea what she’s talking about when she tries to bring it up. The coward’s option, potentially mean and childish, but theoretically sparing all of us embarrassment.

B) Explain truthfully what happened, that it was a misunderstanding, and risk making her feel completely embarrassed for being enthusiastically game, and making our relationship with this amazing sitter very awkward. Or she might just have a big laugh over it. The adult option, own your mistakes and clear the air.

C) Ghost her, sell our home and move and change our names. The vacuum cleaner repairman option.

D) Just roll with it and have at threesome with this girl. The heroic option.

The post has quite literally blown up, with thousands of comments from other Reddit users. Some laugh at her situation, some understand how awkward it must have been, but most encourage the woman to take the last option, especially given the fact the sitter seemed up for the idea, just at some other time.

“So does this mean you are going to have to hire ANOTHER babysitter to watch the kids while you all get down with it?”

“Where are they going to find a third babysitter? Well I guess the two babysitters could tag team it.”

“Down south we call that the ol’ Beaumont switch.”

“But then if she gets involved, they’ll need another…..and then….. This is the path to a massive orgy.”

Some suggestions are a little more realistic:

“Maybe the best way is to have hubby talk to girl privately and tell her he’s not into the idea like the wife is, and apologize. “You are beautiful but i wouldnt ever want to risk any kind of rift between my wife and I. But she really trusts you and i hope you will still help us with the kids”

“So everyone saves face, she gets to think they are still attracted to her, they keep the babysitter, and she thinks hubby is really dedicated to his wife”

But most suggested she try option B, but potentially follow-up with option D.

The woman has since updated the post following the responses, sharing, “Thank you all for your encouragement, I’ll be sure to edit an update after I’ve spoken with her. I’ll be going with plan B and potentially leaving the door open for D.”

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State and regional rivalries are a big deal in Australia – although they’re usually harmless. The worst we get is when Western Australia decides every so often to make noise about seceding (which no one takes seriously anyway).

But Queensland is another story. There’s a weird sort of parochial rivalry between the Sunshine State and other states: Queenslanders see themselves as different, and so does the rest of the country. Sometimes it even seems like they have a chip on their shoulder.

What’s really funny is how much Queenslanders resent Australians from other states moving there and ‘ruining the culture’ – despite the fact that Queensland has always been one of the biggest destinations for internal migration within the country. Pulling up the ladder, much?

But maybe there’s some truth to all that whinging if one recent Reddit thread is to be believed. A post on /r/brisbane telling “Melburnians moving to Queensland – learn to f*cking drive” has seen Queenslanders get fired up about the driving habits of southern blow-ins, and suggests the chip on their shoulder might be entirely justified, at least when it comes to road manners.

“Three near misses in one goddamned week because you… can’t grasp the idea that a f*cking hook turn only exists in your home city,” the original poster adroitly explains.

“Nowhere else on the planet is this turning right from the left lane bullshit acceptable. Glossing over all the other problems you pricks are bringing up here with you, the least you f*cks could do is learn to drive to the local rules.”

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While we’re sure their post has more than a little hyperbole – we doubt Victorians are seriously attempting Melbourne’s notorious driving maneuver in Queensland, and this is just a funny way of describing bad lane etiquette – other commenters chiming in with similar stories suggests that more than a few southerners are guilty of driving badly or rudely in a manner not acceptable in Queensland. Choice comments include:

“Legit seen someone with a Victorian number plate do this yesterday. Had no idea that that was normal for them…”

“Moved from Brisbane to Melbourne a couple years ago, no one here can f*cking drive. If you see a blue plate just assume they’re going to do something stupid.”

“I watch Dash Cams Australia on YouTube: Victoria is a state on the move right through a red light into your car.” (This one’s funny).

Okay, so there’s a fair amount of anecdotal evidence. But do the stats shore up these Queenslanders’ assertion that Victorians are terrible drivers? No, as a matter of fact – quite the opposite.

According to the latest government statistics as collated by Budget Direct, Queensland has a much higher road toll than Victoria, and 5 of the 10 worst local regions for fatal accidents are in Queensland, with only one from Victoria making the cut (Wide Bay, QLD is the worst and Latrobe/Gippsland, VIC is the second-worst). Those figures would lead you to believe that, on balance, Queenslanders are actually worse drivers than Victorians.

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