Australians decide the supermoon super-sucks
Australians love jokes at other people's expense. If there’s a tall poppy, they’ll chop it down with an LOL. If there’s a glorious supermoon in the sky, they’ll smirk and say they’ve seen bigger.
But in the case of Monday night’s supermoon — the biggest and brightest in 70 years — it may have been kind of true.
Some Australians in the major cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide were up against some major clouds, only copping a peek at the supermoon here and there.
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And because it appeared smaller to the naked eye the higher it climbed, the online wrath of Australians only grew as the night progressed.
the moon is a bit bigger but 'supermoon' is taking the BLOODY piss
— dan novemberlan (@dannolan) November 14, 2016
A photo posted by browncardigan.com (@browncardigan) on Nov 14, 2016 at 3:38am PST
It was a supermoon that brought people together. It mended hearts. But in Australia, the bonding came through curmudgeonly comments.
A photo posted by @larryemdur on Nov 14, 2016 at 1:02am PST
Never change, Australians! Never change.
Just went and saw the #supermoon and I think I want my money back pic.twitter.com/pPa3rxVSXk
— Joshua Wells (@joshuawells93) November 14, 2016
Don't worry Sydney, there's always 2034! #supermoon pic.twitter.com/EY54zB4HaV
— Homaira Razi (@HomiRazi) November 14, 2016
#supermoon from #Melbourne. Sorry folks the clouds won out!! pic.twitter.com/mJJK1GonSu
— The Training Est (@MyTrainingEst) November 14, 2016
Sorry Sydney.. there's always 2034! #supermoon pic.twitter.com/hpsP1dzIh3
— Julia Calixto (@julescalixto) November 14, 2016
G'ma has seen a few #supermoons in her time. She knows about them angles. 🌝🔭
A photo posted by browncardigan.com (@browncardigan) on Nov 14, 2016 at 2:56am PST
This is a super far away picture of #SuperMoon. 356,000 km to be precise. #Adelaide pic.twitter.com/GKo3kswA3K
— Thomo (@liamthompson1) November 14, 2016
Supermoon? Adelaide's 2016 weather strikes again #supermoon #adelaide #cloud
A photo posted by Anne Fry (@anneidge) on Nov 14, 2016 at 1:31am PST
I've seen bigger #supermoon #Perth
A photo posted by Marc (@metrotrekker) on Nov 14, 2016 at 2:59am PST
Spose it was pretty big, i guess
A photo posted by browncardigan.com (@browncardigan) on Nov 14, 2016 at 2:47pm PST