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evangelifloss · 6 months

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Please tell me about the great emu war of 1932 :3

"Haha Australia lost a war to emus twice"

NO BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!

Here's why:

First, I don't believe foreigners know how BIG emus are, and how much of their stocky main body is just layers and layers of feathers

This is Peck. He doesn't actually Peck but he LOVES the LADIES and for reference, that's me as he's uh... trying to woo me. I'm 4'11 / 149cm tall and in that photo he's not standing at full height either because he's preparing to get lower and ahem, grind. He is also a juvenile.

Emus are typically 5.7 feet/1.75 meters tall, but they have been recorded to get up to 6.2 feet/1.9 meters.

So imagine you've got this big ass dinosaur bird with the most t-rex looking feet perfectly designed for running. Yeeting. Skeeting. Killing you maybe. And now take into account these flightless fucks can run up to 62 Kilometers per hour. THATS 39 MILES PER HOUR TOP SPEED.

Now add 20,000 emus.

So 20,000 emus against poverty-stricken farmers with failing crops, farmers WHO WERE MOSTLY WW1 VETERANS BY THE WAY. Yeah nah.

Here's a visual to help y'all understand how insanely large emu groups get.

Onto why the hell were there so many emus on the farmlands (even tho... yknow... the emus and the local indigenous were there first but we won't get into that.)

Basically a big drought made the horde of emus move away from their usual dwindling territory, onto the sprawling Australian "farm lands" and remember I mentioned their feet before? BIG STOMPY. Whatever crops that had somehow managed to survive the severely vitamin-deficient soil and grow, did not in fact, survive the dinosaur feet as the emus strolled through, pecking and foraging the ground along the way.

The plight of the veteran farmers didn't fall on deaf ears, but the Australian government severely underestimated the power of 20,000 emus by a LONG shot. Plus they weren't all that interested either, until at least it was reported that the emus were destroying the Rabbit Proof Fence. What legends.

For the first "war" the government sent 3 men.

Yep. You heard me. Three guys. Major Meredith, Sargeant McMurray and a soldier by the name of O'Halloran.

They had one truck with a machine gun, and probably other guns, but between them roughly 10,000 rounds of ammunition.

So off they went. To wage war against the progressive emus breaking the symbol of "White Australia" AKA the Fence. Oh and also I guess the starving vets.

This is it. This is what they had.

Locals from all around joined in the fight and tried to herd the roaming groups of emus into the murder range but the emus had a tactic. One that us Aussies use at bush doofs when you hear police sirens- and that is to SCATTER.

They only killed "a dozen birds" from a group estimated to be around 1000. It didn't help that the machine gun jammed during this organised ambush.

And by then, the Emus clicked onto what was happening. They split up into smaller groups, observed to be led by the largest sized male who kept an eye out for the enemy. Never again did they risk coming together as seen before.

The war was lost. Only a few more attempts were made that had little success and Ornithologist Dom Serventy concisely summarised the whole operation.

I want to remind you all that this is a recorded statement, kept on file in legal military documentation

"The Emu command had evidently ordered guerrilla tactics, and its unwieldy army soon split up into innumerable small units that made use of the military equipment uneconomic. A crestfallen field force therefore withdrew from the combat area after about a month."

Let's move onto Emu War Part Two: Unsuccessful Boogaloo

Heads up by the way, TW below.

Emus were still, y'know, Emu-ing about and the drought didn't let up either. People were still dying of starvation, becoming homeless and committing suicide. It took the Premier of Western Australia, and a Base Commander in the military penning letters and using media pressure to finally convince the government to give it another go.

Major Meridith returns to the War and having learnt from practically everyone's past assumptions of the highly intelligent sonic-speed bird, brought success. And by that I mean, more success than the previous war.

Ultimately only 5% of the 20k Emu Army were ever killed, and even that is debated since it is more than likely they inflated numbers of kills to lessen the damage of being completely inferior to the superb qualities of the Emu.

A Federal parliamentarian (like a senator) when asked about whether there should be a medal made for the conflict, he replied with:

"Any medals should go to the emus who had won every round so far."

And of course in true Aussie fashion, the Defence Minister who supported and approved for the Emu War 1 and 2, was given the title by the Australian public, and international conservationists of ‘Minister for the Emu War’.

Ouch, but also, Not Every Problem Has To Be Solved With Guns.

Ironically what worked far better was the implementation of fences to keep the Emus OUT and unfortunately, a bounty system that saw many locals and professional hunters alike have FAR more success than an entire military operation. 57,000 bounties were claimed in a six month period after it being introduced in 1934.

Thus concludes the Great Emu War of 1932.

If you're asking why I know this, I studied it when I was 16, and made an entire poster to which I gave it to my Japanese Teacher. For context: I was living in Japan. Going to a Japanese School. And teaching my poor English teacher about this Emu War that he only believed once he looked it up. As a parting gift I gave him a poster. Shout out to Kawamura-Sensei you tried so hard not to laugh at the poster but I won that war.

Here it is. All the quotes on there are real too!

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anotherblisterinthesun · 1 year

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lost paradise, ‘22-23

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prvstamo · 1 month

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Pitch 2024

#bush doof #mf doom #mine

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1licit4ngel · 1 year

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@1licit4ngel on ig

#fairycore #forest fairy #bush doof

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ourdreamsareneon · 8 days

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I didnt watch euphoria because I was in a bad head space and like knew it would romanticise drugs in a way that would make me do them. Which is great foresight and accountability on my part, good job me

What I didn't expect was Heartbreak High making me want to do MD at a bush rave and go back to dating hoodrats but yet here we are listening to D&B and scrolling telegram and tinder at the same time

#i refuse to call it a bush doof #my friends can theyre from the manawatu it suits them #but my milquetoast border of porirua ass?#my “i mean i grew up middle class but not in a good neighbourhood #ass? no no bush rave #trust it doesnt suit #heartbreak high #hbh

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calandrinon · 6 months

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Obscurify: your current taste is 11.9% less danceable than average

Me: less danceable? i will give you less danceable

Me: *dances around the office in 7/8 time*

Me: *dances around the office in 3+3+2+2 aksak rhythm*

Me: *flails around the office to the chaotic free time bit of Larks' Tongues in Aspic part 1*

Me: you know nothing, obscurify music

Me: wait that is untrue

Me: please keep giving me recommendations

#anything is danceable if you want it to be #i need a portable speaker so i can hold a tiny bush doof in the paddock #music <3

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duotheism · 2 years

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Did u guys know im the coolest

#insta @eucalyptu5 btw if u wanna see how cool i am #First one is me about to go out and celebrate Lizzy’s death #second was my queer bush doof (going to another tonight!!!! Ngunnawal Country goes crazy)

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fairyflossbyronbay78 · 26 days

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#african tribal clothes #street wear brands #bush doof festival clothing

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word-for-today · 2 months

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Word for today: doof

Australian slang for techno and similar electronic genres dominated by a heavy beat, as well as for the types of event at which that music is played. An event specifically held outdoors is known as a bush doof, and fans of the event are known as doofers.

#nouns #australia

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gondwana · 7 months

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when I go to the fucking bush doof tonight. then you will see.

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ohtobeleah · 5 months

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Here’s a fun little game for all my non-Australian mutuals & followers.

I’m gonna give you a list of of things we call certain things here in Aus and you can tell me what you think some of them are: Ready, set, go.

Smoko

Bottlo

Arvo

Servo

Durry / Dart

Snags

Sanga

SnagSang

Gobby

Bush Doof

Budgie smugglers

chuck a Uey

Yeah nah

Nah yeah

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prvstamo · 11 months

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#mine #35mm #bush doof

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blubushie · 8 days

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dunno if it's your style of music but the wiggles just put out a doof record. dorothy did a set at a nightclub too

Not my style of music but also god that's fucken hilarious

Rock up to a bush doof and they're playing the Wiggles I think I'd shit

#blu whos #blu tunes

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princeresnikov · 1 year

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Okay so I've been trying to theorise about what The Son's first name could be, or at least what I headcanon it to be, and I think I have one I like plus a bunch of headcanons about it;

The Son's name is Anatoly Resnikov.

Anatoly meaning 'sunrise'.

Derivative of both his parents names in their own way, that being I have decided here and now that his mother was named Anna, and The White Death's name was confirmed to be Roshan, which means 'light/splendid'.

The main diminutive that he actually went by wasTolya.

Because of his father's status most of his friends called him Tolyan.

Most of his nicknames were ones given to him by his mother, those being Tolyashenka or Tolyshcka, and when he was very small, his mother and her close friends would sometimes refer to them as Anyanka i Malen'kiy Anushka (Anna and Little Ana).

This is also where his mother picked up the habit of calling Prince Little Prince.

But also their mother was a #boymom you cannot convince me otherwise. It's literally there in the subtext the entire way through.

The White Death called him Tolanya after he felt like he had grown out of childish nicknames, but after Anna died The White Death would just call him Tolya, like most everyone else.

Prince refers to him almost exclusively as Anushka or Malen'kiy Anushka because she knows he hates it and their mother was the only one who could get away with calling him that after he became an adult.

The Making Of book confirms that he's a irresponsible Russian Party Boy so;

I want to say that he's been given some dumb nicknames in English speaking countries, especially since he hates being referred to just as Ana, since it's his mom's name.

In America he probably gets called something generically Russian like Sergei, which develops into him being introduced by his American friends as Surge.

Now in Australia there's two different nicknames, there's the inner city crowd who end up calling him Leo since Tolya sounds a bit like Tolstoy. But there's also the time he ends up at a week long bush doof out past Woop Woop and ends up with a nickname like Wheezy Pete (someone originally called him Vlad -> Vlad the Impaler -> Vlad the Inhaler (he was smoking) -> "what's Vlad need an inhaler for, he got asthma or something?" -> Wheezy Boy -> Wheezy Pete) no I cannot explain how the Pete got added, but trust me that's some absolute dumbass nonsense Australians would add to his nickname. Source: I'm Australian and me and my dear friends have dumbass nicknames.

#bullet train #bullet train 2022 #the son #bullet train movie #the son bullet train #logan lerman #the white death #the white death bullet train #roshan resnikov #thoughts on tracks

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vriendenboekjes · 2 years

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omg interview met ilya kaminsky in NRC

Dove Oekraïense dichter Ilya Kaminsky: ‘Stilte is een uitvinding van de horenden’

Ilya Kaminsky Op de 52e editie van Poetry International treedt de in Amerika wonende Oekraïense dichter Ilya Kaminsky op. Als dove dichter schetst hij een wereld van geweld in stilte. ‘Poëzie hield de mensen in de schuilkelder bij zinnen.’

De Oekraïens-Amerikaanse dichter Ilya Kaminsky is vijftien jaar als hij in de bus aan een medepassagier vertelt dat hij dichter wil zijn. De man schiet hard in de lach en zegt: „Hoe kan iemand die doof is nu een dichter zijn?” Kaminsky, bij wie op zijn vierde jaar doofheid werd geconstateerd, gaat verward naar huis en vraagt zijn vader wat poëzie eigenlijk is. Zijn vader vertelt: „Er was eens een dove man die aan zijn vrouw vroeg het repertoire van Chopin zo hard mogelijk op de piano te spelen. Terwijl ze op de toetsen ramde, ging de man op handen en knieën zitten en beet in het hout van de piano.” En dat, zo legt Kaminsky uit per mail, is poëzie.

Kaminsky, die komend weekend optreedt bij de 52e editie van Poetry International in Rotterdam, werd door de BBC na de verschijning van zijn bundel Deaf Republic in 2019 uitgeroepen tot een van de twaalf kunstenaars die de wereld met hun kunst veranderden. Bij Poetry zal hij uit -Deaf Republic voorlezen, een epos over een dove jongen die tijdens een poppenkast-voorstelling wordt doodgeschoten door een soldaat. De gemeenschap protesteert: ‘De volgende morgen ontwaakte ons land en weigerde de soldaten te horen’. Het spreken wordt vervangen door gebarentaal, en zo ontstaat een alternatieve wereld waarin stilte een andere betekenis krijgt.

Dat de gedichten nu extra actueel lijken, terwijl de bundel uit 2019 is, is typerend voor de rol van geweld en oorlog in ons leven, meent de dichter. „Ik groeide op tijdens de val van de Sovjet Unie en het Transnistrisch Conflict”, legt de in 1977 in Odessa geboren Kaminsky uit . „Dat conflict was de eerste Russische ‘humanitaire hulp campagne’, zoals de Russen het indertijd omschreven. Het leek op de situatie in Oekraïne nu, alleen minder breed internationaal opgepikt. In 1993 kreeg mijn familie politiek asiel in de VS. Ook in de VS is er genoeg geweld, en hoe groot is het verschil tussen Poetins bommen op Kiev en die van George W. Bush op Bagdad eigenlijk? In de bundel wil ik het geweld dichtbij brengen, maar ook aandacht hebben voor hoe mensen ondertussen nog doorleven, lachen en liefhebben. De gedachte erachter is dat lezers vaak denken: dat geweld is gelukkig ver weg, maar dat is niet zo. We leven met z’n allen in de Deaf Republic, vandaar dat ik ook schrijf: ‘En toen ze de huizen van anderen bombardeerden, / protesteerden we / maar niet genoeg, we verzetten ons er tegen, maar niet // genoeg’.”

Het westen kijkt naar ons, deze oorlog is hun reality-tv en ze zijn benieuwd of we leven of sterven

Als we allemaal tot stilte zouden overgaan als eerbetoon aan Petya, zou dat helpen?

„In Deaf Republic schrijf ik onder meer dat stilte een uitvinding is van de horenden. Stilte is enerzijds macht – je legt iemand het zwijgen op – maar stilte beweegt ons ook tot spreken, ze is de bestaansreden voor muziek, poëzie en mystiek. Ik had tot mijn zestiende geen gehoorhulpmiddelen, als doof kind groeide ik op in een land zonder geluid en ik hoorde de Sovjet Unie uiteenvallen voor mijn ogen. Voor mij is zwijgen gekoppeld aan oorlog: ik zag explosies, zag hoe een moeder aan mij vroeg waar haar dochter was en hoe ik aan haar moest uitleggen dat ik haar niet kon verstaan. Nu krijg ik berichten van vrienden hoe ze overleven. ‘Het westen kijkt naar ons, deze oorlog is hun reality-tv en ze zijn benieuwd of we doorgaan met leven of sterven’, schreef een vriend me. Ik vroeg wat kan ik doen? Het antwoord was: ‘Poetins komen en gaan, stuur gedichten en essays voor ons tijdschrift’. Midden in de oorlog vraagt hij om poëzie, kan je nagaan. Wat ik bedoel te zeggen: zwijgen is uiteindelijk onacceptabel.”

En dan kan poëzie een functie vervullen?

„Ik vind het altijd een interessante vraag, omdat die zo westers is. Critici uit west-Europa vragen vaak: doet poëzie er nog toe in deze tijd? Ik kan het beste antwoorden door middel van een voorbeeld: een vriendin in Kiev schreef me dat zij nachten in de metrostations waar ze schuilde gedichten reciteerde, zo kon ze zichzelf en haar omgeving bij zinnen houden. De vraag of poëzie er toe doet, komt volgens mij van iemand die geprivilegieerd is, die kan alleen gesteld worden door iemand die altijd woorden heeft voor de positie waarin hij of zij zich bevindt. De meesten hebben dat privilege niet en hebben poëzie nodig. Als iemand in een schuilkelder poëzie uitspreekt om zo te overleven dan is dat het bewijs dat poëzie ertoe doet.”

In een gedicht schrijft u ‘Nu is ieder van ons / een getuigenbank’. Is poëzie er om te observeren of om vast te leggen?

„Poëzie geeft ons verbeelding en verlevendiging van onze omgeving. Waar een politicus spreekt over ‘collateral damage’ komt een dichter met het beeld van een helikopter die bommen werpt op de gasten die net een toast uit brengen. Het tot leven brengen is wat poëzie vermag, niet omdat ze mooi is of een luxe, maar omdat ze de meest onmogelijke momenten vorm kan geven. Soms is verwoording alles wat je nog hebt, en daarom kan je niet zuinig genoeg zijn op poëzie.”

Ilya Kaminsky treedt vrijdag en zaterdag op bij Poetry International. Info: poetryinternational.com

#ilya kaminsky #🪐

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