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Daily Discussion Thread: 🐲 Sat 10 Jan 2024 (aussie.zone)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] bananafungus@aussie.zone 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Watching some telly before I get a little rowdy tonight, and one of my favourite costuming tropes is when a character out of their depth goes to the tropics/a hot place (it doesnt matter what they're there for) they must have a huge hiking pack paired with some sort of plaid shirt and singlet, for men you can throw in a henley, for women it must be a skin tight spaghetti strap singlet.

Bonus points for inappropriate footwear, khaki cargo shorts (cargo booty shorts of the ladies), some sort of head wrap, they gain a collection of "handcrafted" bracelets during their tropical/hot place adventure.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

and they sit on logs, drink from streams and touch everything 😲

My fave movie about this Arachnophobia.

[–] bananafungus@aussie.zone 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

This show is about doctors in a "jungle", so them touching everything is extra hilarious! Especially since in the first episode one of the conventionally pretty doctors goes "oh I specialise in infectious diseases".

Edit - a word. I can assure you the tv doctors are not juggling.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago

Tropics = parasites 😲

[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Good example from the 80s - https://youtu.be/_rKHc5rCno8?si=XdfKBFPwCGD008rv

Edit - found a better link

[–] bananafungus@aussie.zone 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Holy shit! I Haven't watched that movie in years!!

Pretty sure I had the same thought I'm having now when I first watched that scene, those shoes would now been making her feet sit at some wild angles.

[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Watch it.. It still holds up, in a pretty corny way. Completely missed this as a kid though - https://youtu.be/Pwr8cLl9_-I?si=VSznB9NNikUOOk6Y

[–] bananafungus@aussie.zone 2 points 9 months ago

LMAO back in my "stoner" days I definitely remember that scene giving me a right chuckle.