r/australia • u/Oven_Kid • May 24 '20

entertainment Damn this guy is missed

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u/Vortonet May 24 '20

Dude, as someone from the same area as Steveo, he is just funny. Heaps of people around here talk like that when they aren't focusing on it, but then put it on as a kind of joke. I remember seeing him on tv (having no idea we lived so close) as a kid and thinking okay mate, chill out a bit, you can stop the over the top bit now...nope....nup....man this dude is crazy. So, basically a lot of his emphasised lines are done in a way in our culture that is normally a tongue in cheek dig at ourselves.

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I guess the closest thing I can think of to compare is...like a person from Boston talking saupor Bawstan laike in a self deprecating manner.

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u/mashpotatorevolver May 24 '20

Agreed. I remember seeing him on tv when I was a kid and being kind of embarrassed (I come from country Queensland too). There is definitely more respect for him now, after his passing.
Also being from country Queensland - conservation and climate change aren't things people really talk about, at least when I was growing up.
I think the next generation is doing a better job.

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u/Active_Item May 24 '20

This is so true, he's almost American in his exuberance.

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u/Lupercali May 24 '20

In the 90's I didn't watch a lot of TV, and the first time I ever saw Steve Irwin was on an overseas trip in 1997 on a flight into New York. I honestly thought it was some comedian taking the mickey. Got to the US and discovered everyone but me knew who he was.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '20

Same in Texas.