Australians furious after US comedian jokes continent has ‘zero exports’: ‘Whole country doing nothing’
nypost.comBeautiful Dogs was posted to the @Netflixisajoke social media channels – the official accounts for the comedy arm of Netflix.In the short excerpt from the special, the 35-year-old details why he likes Australia.“Australia’s good, Australia might be number two, that’s a good country dude,” he says.“It’s just a whole country doing nothing.
That’s what I like about them. They’re just down there – zero exports, creating nothing.“The only export I’ve seen out of Australia is just that YouTube video of that guy punching that kangaroo in the face.”Proud Aussies in the comments sections took offense at the backhanded compliment.“Wi-Fi, Cervical cancer vaccines, inflatable escape slides for airplanes, ultrasound scans, electric drills, cochlear implants, pacemakers, black boxes,” one wrote.Another said, “Umm, uranium, coal, meat, wool, gas, gold, wheat, copper, iron ore, alcohol, aluminum, crude petroleum.
No, we don’t export anything.”“All America exports is obesity, lies, and pedophiles,” quipped another.Another took aim at Gillis’ “number two” ranking of Australia behind the States.They wrote: “Pretty bold from someone who lives in a country without free ambulance usage, free hospital coverage, four weeks of sick leave, and, of course, the fact that we can send out children to school without fearing that they will be mass-murdered.
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