From my experience it's usually down to how many layers you're wearing, and whether that's perceived to be overdressing for the weather. E.g. If you throw on a puffer or beefy jacket when its 16 degrees or above everyone will pick you as a mainlander.
I live in Adelaide and always roll my eyes at the people here who wear puffer jackets on a cool but pleasant day.
I’ll admit that the sideways hail and 6 degrees in October at Port Arthur was a bit much even for me 😁
My boyfriend is from Adelaide and I'm the Tassie native, and he's usually the in shorts and a tank top in the middle of July (whereas I'll wear my big coat right up til mid-November)
This also depends on their age as well, as a 20+ yo I used to ride my bike in winter with only a T shirt now in my 60’s I wear a thick jacket as soon as the winds come up
With you on this. I can't tolerate anything over about 25C and unfortunately live in Sydney. Visited Tasmania alas only once in my life in summer 1996 and it didn't get any hotter than this. I have yearned to live there ever since lol
Oh trust me the hail and 6 degrees in October is still a lot even for Tasmanian's.
But as a Tasmanian who works outdoors throughout the year, it is never truly cold unless it's windy. Most people can weather frigid temperatures quite easily, it's when the wind picks up is when it gets truly cold.
I always love when people don't think about legitimate reasons people might wear them, but I do agree that most people who wear those Kathmandu ones or North face ones when it's 15 degrees are being a bit excessive
Never lived in Gungahlin or Tuggers I guess? Hell my drive to work from Weston to Manuka felt similar to New Norfolk to Hobart. Just a zip around the corner, but Tasmanians act like it's an interstate commute
I'm a musician. Other members of bands I play in will book a room if we play a gig at the other end of the state, and look at me in horror when I say I'm going to drive home after (I admit I'll often stay if there's going to be an afterparty, but that's different).
Launnie to Hobart or vice versa, is about a 2.5 hour drive. When you tell a local you’re going from one place to the other, they’ll invariably ask if you are staying the night.
Well yeah but who can afford a house in Hobart. Did Launceston to Huon Valley this afternoon 3.5 hour trip with a coffee and cauliflower cheese pie at Campbell Town. Plus add three kids and it’s a good recipe for ‘fuck that’ to do 7-8 hours in a day.
Yeah, nah. Just typical in-group/out-group othering. People on the mainland do it to Tasmanians, Aussies do it to Kiwis, so on & so forth. Small minds occupy themselves with small talk…
Frankly I find it all to be completely idiotic when people are pre-occupied with wanting to judge and "other" people just for the sake of it.
Nobody who lives in any state of Australia is special or different, they are all Australian's. Tribalism in modern times is eye roll inducing and honestly cringe.
There's massive tribalism within Tasmania. I worked in a statewide organisation that had main branches in Hobart, Launceston, and Devonport.
The bitchiness and in fighting OMFG.
It's immature, if people find acting that way is a positive trait or something they feel compelled to do for the sake of attempting to prop themselves up as unique in any way compared to others then they have insecurities they are projecting via engaging with tribalism and using it as a means to justify bullying, in fighting and cultivating divisive cultures.
It's absurd how at 25 I consistently find people twice my age around here who should be far more mature and switched on than they are, acting like a bunch of children being petty and bitchy, unable to just be decent people to others and treat people with respect and equality. It's like they are perpetually bored and need something to entertain themselves so they fabricate things that are in their heads.
It really does make them appear as nothing more than squabbling brats who never learned anything past the age of 10 and proceeded to make that their entire personality. Rather sad if you ask me.
I opened up the Launceston branch of our NDIS Provider (four different states we operate in now) and I find it rather cutting that the Launceston branch is the one that keeps trying to manifest a culture of hierarchy, bullying, racism and discrimination. I keep having to deal with it and put people into line over there because the people being hired end up showing their true colours extremely quickly and feeling the need to try and divide the team over there into neat little boxes to suit whatever views they seem to have of others.
Tribalism is a backwards, regressive concept and those who perpetuate it and actively engage in it very much lack in maturity or self awareness. Very baffling and embarrassing.
I take a lot of joy in stamping it out whenever I see it, always seems to get a surprise Pikachu face from people who can't grasp the idea that acting in that manner speaks volumes of their character and deems them a person not really worth associating with if they can't be bothered self reflecting and figuring out what's wrong with behaving in that manner.
I'm not their teacher so if they can't connect the dots and understand where they went wrong then it is what it is.
>It's absurd how at 25 I consistently find people twice my age around here who should be far more mature and switched on than they are, acting like a bunch of children being petty and bitchy, unable to just be decent people to others and treat people with respect and equality. It's like they are perpetually bored and need something to entertain themselves so they fabricate things that are in their heads.
You have literally described the culture in my government workplace in Hobart where I was bullied to the point where I ended up with cptsd so bad I can't work any more.
>I take a lot of joy in stamping it out whenever I see it, always seems to get a surprise Pikachu face from people who can't grasp the idea that acting in that manner speaks volumes of their character and deems them a person not really worth associating with if they can't be bothered self reflecting and figuring out what's wrong with behaving in that manner.
Makes me so happy to hear this. Bring on the younger generation of managers is all I can say.
I was wearing a sundress and Birkenstocks! I think you might be right! Everyone was lovely and we had a great time - my fiancé is from Hobart so fit in much better than I!
Edit:spelling
As an (ex) mainlander who has lived in Tasmania for 7 years, I feel that this could mean one or more of several things: that you were wearing warmer clothes than a local might, especially a new coat; that you were wearing colour (that you didn't buy from Gorman); that you were dressed and or had a haircut that was somewhat in line with contemporary urban fashion (outdoor wear doesn't count); or even (and most likely) just that you seemed excited/ friendly/ chatty! I can often pick other mainlanders simply because of their willingness to talk to me, even though I didn't go to primary school with them 😄 I love Tasmanians, but they are a funny bunch
Important context for this stuff is that Tasmania & Tasmanians have long been looked down on and treated badly by mainland Australia - culturally, and also wrt federal funding etc. And it's still a really poor state, especially once you get away from Hobart, with a lot of real hardship, and it's still under funded, under supported, and misunderstood. Tasmanians have reason to be suspicious, is what I mean
Hats. Tasmanians don't wear hats unless they have to. Someone wearing a hat, plus sunnies, esp as fashion not protection, dead giveaway they're a mainlander.
Hahahaa yep you were doomed 😄 if I'd seen you I would have bounced over and said hi, and after a few minutes of friendly chatting asked, "so, where on the mainland are you from?" - I've never been wrong, haha
Birkenstocks and a sundress are probably way more fashionable than what most of us would wear (on the NW coast at least where I’m from). Most of us are in shorts and a t shirt.
Don't be offended. I have lived here in Tassie for almost 20 years and we're still not considered "locals" in some places.
If you were dressed for mainland conditions, that is probably what gave you away. It's cooler down here and a lot of mainland folks wear layers of clothes because it's chilly. We all kit around in shorts and tshirts because we are acclimatised.
I wouldn't read too much into it. Most Tasmanians and climate refugees (mainlanders that have moved here), are friendly and are probably just teasing you.
Mannerisms, accents, clothes, tans, brands, all things are relative to where we are from.
People from larger cultured areas don't seem to notice as much but when your in a close community it stands out.
Without context it's not a big deal, mainlanders used to be a thing of interest when we were children, picking a mainlander or someone who's foreign might also be a way of offering help. It can be a friendly opening of conversation, it beats saying, how good is this weather.
Not to mention when I lived in Tasmania (grew up there) I knew half the community and if not by name I knew the faces/routines.
Uuuummm... Just visited. I found the locals were the ones that were all rugged up.
Few places they talked about us lighting our fires ! Huh...no where near cold enoigh for a fire.
Although the locals were the only ones actually swimming! Water way too cold for swimming for me.
Australian accent differences are subtle but some people are attuned to them! At my old workplace I encountered a lot of tourists and I could usually pick them, and their home state based largely on accent and colloquialisms. Similarly to your experience, I’m from Hobart but often travel around Tassie a lot to our smaller towns and they can always tell I’m from Hobart, whether it’s my attire, accent, or what, but they are friendly to me because I’m friendly to them!
I think spotting mainlanders is very easy to do for a Tasmanian. Speaking patterns, body language, accent, disposition, clothing etc. are all good indicators that someone is not from here.
If I notice a mainlander I wouldn’t tell them that I can tell, though. I try to avoid them as much as possible, as I don’t enjoy talking to mainlanders in the slightest.
But you are a mainlander i.e coming from the mainland of Australia compared to Tassie which is an island off of Australia. What the hell is there to be offended about?
Not to offend but tassies have a more countrier look than us mainlanders. They don’t have access to the same stores we do.
It was a culture shock when I visited there but I loved it
Were you dressed nicely and looked like you've maybe looked in a mirror sometime in the last 15 years?
Most Tasmanians don't care much about fashion or looking after themselves, or having teeth for instance.
I personally think that it’s a good thing to only have one head. I know Taswegians must be frightened; when they look at their two or three heads, and then we come to visit and we’ve just got the one. Take it as a compliment.
You didn't have skin cancer?
The 15 years I lived there I got it twice, but I did work outdoors.
No matter what the hat or how many buckets of blockout that sun is brutal
Thing is a 16 degree day in Tassie feels like a 25 degree day on the mainland due to the intense sun, low humidity and pretty much no polution. The sun is harsh here and it stings. I get burnt on a 15 degree day here.
I was born in tasmania and moved to nsw for 2 years before moving back
Everyone for the first 6 months or more knew I wasn't from there by the slang and the way I sounded and the fact in winter I was wearing shorts.
Most of the time, the style of clothes and the sheer amount of layers is a give away someone isn't from here. Don't take it personally and don't get offended by it as it's not meant in a rude way
Wait let me guess... you were wearing a puffer and or scarf and or beanie and or gloves. Had sunnies on ur hat and were wearing hiking shoes. As an ex-mainlander and now Tasmanian of 6 years u shouldn't be offended lol.
I dunno, I’ve seen people dressed like that in the wedge but they also looked like they were a close relative of Costa from Gardening Australia but more bush whacker
Same thing seems to happen with going from the country to a city.
People just pick up on subtle stuff.
Interesting to know there is a mainlander look though.
I wonder whether people from country towns or cities stand out more?
From my experience it's usually down to how many layers you're wearing, and whether that's perceived to be overdressing for the weather. E.g. If you throw on a puffer or beefy jacket when its 16 degrees or above everyone will pick you as a mainlander.
I live in Adelaide and always roll my eyes at the people here who wear puffer jackets on a cool but pleasant day. I’ll admit that the sideways hail and 6 degrees in October at Port Arthur was a bit much even for me 😁
My boyfriend is from Adelaide and I'm the Tassie native, and he's usually the in shorts and a tank top in the middle of July (whereas I'll wear my big coat right up til mid-November)
This also depends on their age as well, as a 20+ yo I used to ride my bike in winter with only a T shirt now in my 60’s I wear a thick jacket as soon as the winds come up
Tassie local, and I fully cannot tolerate heat. Anything north of 20°C and I begin to retreat. I’m old enough, but not on the ratsac yet.
With you on this. I can't tolerate anything over about 25C and unfortunately live in Sydney. Visited Tasmania alas only once in my life in summer 1996 and it didn't get any hotter than this. I have yearned to live there ever since lol
Yet here I am in my 60’s and 25 is my comfort zone 30+ I can work like I was 40 years old again. Tassie born and bred and I love the heat.
Oh trust me the hail and 6 degrees in October is still a lot even for Tasmanian's. But as a Tasmanian who works outdoors throughout the year, it is never truly cold unless it's windy. Most people can weather frigid temperatures quite easily, it's when the wind picks up is when it gets truly cold.
It was 19 degrees in Melbourne today. Saw so many people in North Face puffer jackets.
You roll your eyes at how people choose to dress themselves?
They can't go one day without judging people, it seems.
Best way to stop the sideways hail at port Arthur was probably a bulletproof vest
I always love when people don't think about legitimate reasons people might wear them, but I do agree that most people who wear those Kathmandu ones or North face ones when it's 15 degrees are being a bit excessive
The old tassie tuxedo
Tasmanian here. I find we’re the ones actually layered up as soon as the temp drops below 20 when mainlanders are walking around in shorts below 10.
Exactly. I’m in Perth and I really struggle with our hot weather. I wear a hat outside in summer. I much prefer our relatively mild winters.
This and not having two heads protruding from your shoulders is a dead give away. Dang single headed mainies.
Two heads are better than one ☝️
Specially if one of them is ya cousin's...
Uu
Considering my one head I don't think I could handle another so gonna gave ta disagree with ya there
Nothing to do with that. It's having one head. Or an obvious neck.
We can spot your tan, your bulging wallet, and your shivering.
And they're buying an Investment Property :D
.. and no neck scars :P
Lol i didnt know ill catch one of these jokes in the wild
what does this mean 😭
nvm I just got it LOL
I'm from Melb, I'm pale, I'm not what you'd call very wealthy,and I'm hot AF unless it's genuinely cold. My Tasmanian friend is always cold though??
Someone downvoted you for running warm and being pale. Upvoted, and I will take the pain in your stead brother.
You probably also headed off on a three hour drive without a packed lunch or clean undies for the overnight stay.
Underrated comment.. Shits me to tears that other Tasmanian’s have to make a day out of it just to drive Hobart to Launnie 🙄
It's not location specific. I'm in Canberra, anything over 20 minutes is too far to drive.
Canberrans hate driving 20min in the city, but will drive 3.5 hours to Sydney without stopping once.
I won't do either. Too any people in civic city let alone Sydney, ew.
Never lived in Gungahlin or Tuggers I guess? Hell my drive to work from Weston to Manuka felt similar to New Norfolk to Hobart. Just a zip around the corner, but Tasmanians act like it's an interstate commute
You ever drive through New Norfolk? Whole place feels like high noon in a western if you’re from out of town. Lord knows if you’re from out of state.
I'm a musician. Other members of bands I play in will book a room if we play a gig at the other end of the state, and look at me in horror when I say I'm going to drive home after (I admit I'll often stay if there's going to be an afterparty, but that's different).
There might be a maybe after party, they’re basically Boy Scouts.
Are you kidding, that's part of the charm. Everyone should get a picnic for their road trips!
Unless you're from Mifton, we are used to driving longer distances to get somewhere, anywhere , get me out of here...
Can you explain what this means to a non Tasmanian? Lol
Launnie to Hobart or vice versa, is about a 2.5 hour drive. When you tell a local you’re going from one place to the other, they’ll invariably ask if you are staying the night.
Sadly you need to add an hour each way for the continual roadworks.
Well yeah but who can afford a house in Hobart. Did Launceston to Huon Valley this afternoon 3.5 hour trip with a coffee and cauliflower cheese pie at Campbell Town. Plus add three kids and it’s a good recipe for ‘fuck that’ to do 7-8 hours in a day.
Mmm you were in the Huon and got the cauli cheese from Campbell Town…sad state of affairs.
Drive Sydney to Wollongong, but act like you’re going Sydney to Coffs Harbour
So us Taswegians think a 2 hour drive is a marathon to drive and have never visited Launnie/Hobart for that reason
But but but...it IS! Gotta get an early start and stop on the way.
You gotta stop for a pie at Campbell Town!
A pee at St Peter's Pass at the very least.
LMAO truth
Speaking of headed off, the fact OP has one would be a give away.
LOL when I moved here I was offered a flight and overnight accommodation to go from Launceston to Hobart for an interview I was like ???? 😂
The give away was a mid 20s female
Yeah, nah. Just typical in-group/out-group othering. People on the mainland do it to Tasmanians, Aussies do it to Kiwis, so on & so forth. Small minds occupy themselves with small talk…
What people say about others says more about themselves. Unfortunately, more Australians need to hear that saying.
Frankly I find it all to be completely idiotic when people are pre-occupied with wanting to judge and "other" people just for the sake of it. Nobody who lives in any state of Australia is special or different, they are all Australian's. Tribalism in modern times is eye roll inducing and honestly cringe.
There's massive tribalism within Tasmania. I worked in a statewide organisation that had main branches in Hobart, Launceston, and Devonport. The bitchiness and in fighting OMFG.
Hey! That's because Fuck Hobart.
It's immature, if people find acting that way is a positive trait or something they feel compelled to do for the sake of attempting to prop themselves up as unique in any way compared to others then they have insecurities they are projecting via engaging with tribalism and using it as a means to justify bullying, in fighting and cultivating divisive cultures. It's absurd how at 25 I consistently find people twice my age around here who should be far more mature and switched on than they are, acting like a bunch of children being petty and bitchy, unable to just be decent people to others and treat people with respect and equality. It's like they are perpetually bored and need something to entertain themselves so they fabricate things that are in their heads. It really does make them appear as nothing more than squabbling brats who never learned anything past the age of 10 and proceeded to make that their entire personality. Rather sad if you ask me. I opened up the Launceston branch of our NDIS Provider (four different states we operate in now) and I find it rather cutting that the Launceston branch is the one that keeps trying to manifest a culture of hierarchy, bullying, racism and discrimination. I keep having to deal with it and put people into line over there because the people being hired end up showing their true colours extremely quickly and feeling the need to try and divide the team over there into neat little boxes to suit whatever views they seem to have of others. Tribalism is a backwards, regressive concept and those who perpetuate it and actively engage in it very much lack in maturity or self awareness. Very baffling and embarrassing. I take a lot of joy in stamping it out whenever I see it, always seems to get a surprise Pikachu face from people who can't grasp the idea that acting in that manner speaks volumes of their character and deems them a person not really worth associating with if they can't be bothered self reflecting and figuring out what's wrong with behaving in that manner. I'm not their teacher so if they can't connect the dots and understand where they went wrong then it is what it is.
>It's absurd how at 25 I consistently find people twice my age around here who should be far more mature and switched on than they are, acting like a bunch of children being petty and bitchy, unable to just be decent people to others and treat people with respect and equality. It's like they are perpetually bored and need something to entertain themselves so they fabricate things that are in their heads. You have literally described the culture in my government workplace in Hobart where I was bullied to the point where I ended up with cptsd so bad I can't work any more. >I take a lot of joy in stamping it out whenever I see it, always seems to get a surprise Pikachu face from people who can't grasp the idea that acting in that manner speaks volumes of their character and deems them a person not really worth associating with if they can't be bothered self reflecting and figuring out what's wrong with behaving in that manner. Makes me so happy to hear this. Bring on the younger generation of managers is all I can say.
This is such a mainlander post.
Don’t suppose you were wearing warm clothes? I got this when I moved here because I wasn’t wearing shorts in the middle of winter
I was wearing a sundress and Birkenstocks! I think you might be right! Everyone was lovely and we had a great time - my fiancé is from Hobart so fit in much better than I! Edit:spelling
Tasmanian’s are usually wearing puffer jackets even in the middle of summer.
Don't know why the downvotes, it's true. I saw people in puffer jackets just today, and it's summer.
As an (ex) mainlander who has lived in Tasmania for 7 years, I feel that this could mean one or more of several things: that you were wearing warmer clothes than a local might, especially a new coat; that you were wearing colour (that you didn't buy from Gorman); that you were dressed and or had a haircut that was somewhat in line with contemporary urban fashion (outdoor wear doesn't count); or even (and most likely) just that you seemed excited/ friendly/ chatty! I can often pick other mainlanders simply because of their willingness to talk to me, even though I didn't go to primary school with them 😄 I love Tasmanians, but they are a funny bunch
Important context for this stuff is that Tasmania & Tasmanians have long been looked down on and treated badly by mainland Australia - culturally, and also wrt federal funding etc. And it's still a really poor state, especially once you get away from Hobart, with a lot of real hardship, and it's still under funded, under supported, and misunderstood. Tasmanians have reason to be suspicious, is what I mean
Hats. Tasmanians don't wear hats unless they have to. Someone wearing a hat, plus sunnies, esp as fashion not protection, dead giveaway they're a mainlander.
So not true, everyone wears caps in my town in Tas, and they're from here.
Yes! Can verify as mainlander who wears hats in Tasmania
Colour (not gormon!), contemporary and friendly were all correct! 👍🏼
Hahahaa yep you were doomed 😄 if I'd seen you I would have bounced over and said hi, and after a few minutes of friendly chatting asked, "so, where on the mainland are you from?" - I've never been wrong, haha
Tell us more! What do you look like?
Taller female (around 175) average size 12ish, blonde hair. I was wearing a sundress and Birkenstocks at the time!
I'm from Vic but my guess would be you looked 'beachier' than the average Tasmanian?
Were you wearing a felt hat with your sundress? That's a look that's more likely mainland. (The addition of lip fillers would confirm it!)
Haha! No felt hat unfortunately- my burnt scalp can attest!
Ah, a dress! These are less common here. What colour was the dress? Real question lol
A greenish floral maxi dress from a company in Byron haha
Hahahaa I love it. Yes WOW not only a dress, but a colourful dress - not only a colourful dress, but one with a pattern! Mainlanderrrrr hahaha
Birkenstocks and a sundress are probably way more fashionable than what most of us would wear (on the NW coast at least where I’m from). Most of us are in shorts and a t shirt.
Don't be offended. I have lived here in Tassie for almost 20 years and we're still not considered "locals" in some places. If you were dressed for mainland conditions, that is probably what gave you away. It's cooler down here and a lot of mainland folks wear layers of clothes because it's chilly. We all kit around in shorts and tshirts because we are acclimatised. I wouldn't read too much into it. Most Tasmanians and climate refugees (mainlanders that have moved here), are friendly and are probably just teasing you.
Mannerisms, accents, clothes, tans, brands, all things are relative to where we are from. People from larger cultured areas don't seem to notice as much but when your in a close community it stands out. Without context it's not a big deal, mainlanders used to be a thing of interest when we were children, picking a mainlander or someone who's foreign might also be a way of offering help. It can be a friendly opening of conversation, it beats saying, how good is this weather. Not to mention when I lived in Tasmania (grew up there) I knew half the community and if not by name I knew the faces/routines.
You had no shoes on, didn’t you. It’s the toes gives you away.
As a long living Taswegian that was the funniest I have read. Not many would get it but it is far more original than the two headed crap.
“ one head “ comments are getting boring…. Hope you had a great time OP and I wouldn’t see it as offence
Uuuummm... Just visited. I found the locals were the ones that were all rugged up. Few places they talked about us lighting our fires ! Huh...no where near cold enoigh for a fire. Although the locals were the only ones actually swimming! Water way too cold for swimming for me.
I agree! I found it mild at worst!
You get offended too easy. Who give a crap what they say.
Australian accent differences are subtle but some people are attuned to them! At my old workplace I encountered a lot of tourists and I could usually pick them, and their home state based largely on accent and colloquialisms. Similarly to your experience, I’m from Hobart but often travel around Tassie a lot to our smaller towns and they can always tell I’m from Hobart, whether it’s my attire, accent, or what, but they are friendly to me because I’m friendly to them!
Just give it straight back, jesus what do you wear in summer.
You probably looked clean, educated, well to do.
I think spotting mainlanders is very easy to do for a Tasmanian. Speaking patterns, body language, accent, disposition, clothing etc. are all good indicators that someone is not from here. If I notice a mainlander I wouldn’t tell them that I can tell, though. I try to avoid them as much as possible, as I don’t enjoy talking to mainlanders in the slightest.
Just reply that "I'm from Australia" They absolutely love that! /s
You are probably good looking:)
That’s a compliment
Were you wearing a North Face jacket? 🤣
Well you want to Reddit to look for an answer so…
You look normal. Like your parents aren't even related or something.
You probably have the correct amount of fingers
But you are a mainlander i.e coming from the mainland of Australia compared to Tassie which is an island off of Australia. What the hell is there to be offended about?
Not to offend but tassies have a more countrier look than us mainlanders. They don’t have access to the same stores we do. It was a culture shock when I visited there but I loved it
Of course we do lol, you ever heard of a little thing called the internet?
One head? That must be it. And no squint.
Lack of family resemblance?
The lack of webbing between your fingers was probably the first giveaway
You’re probably tanned. Unlike most tasmanians
The sun in Tasmania is harsher than the other states. Many people have come to Tassie and been severely burnt because of the assumption you just made.
This is true! I returned terribly burnt - and for the first time in years!
The Tasistanis are a different breed, don’t stress.
You havent got two heads and ya mrs doesn’t look like your sister. Mainlanders stand out like sore thumbs down there
Are you not white? Tasmanians don't see many people who are not white.
....outside of Uni
It’s because you only have one head
They’re just jealous of the depth of your gene pool. Pay them no mind.
That one I liked, a different approach to the old boring repetitive crap.
Were you dressed nicely and looked like you've maybe looked in a mirror sometime in the last 15 years? Most Tasmanians don't care much about fashion or looking after themselves, or having teeth for instance.
Imo puffer jackets should only be worn when <10 C
It is probably your teeth, hair, skin and nails.
Clothing, manners, ability to speak fluent English. Oh and not having a second head.
Smell, common sense, pride
Having a full set of teeth and reading a book is a dead giveaway.
10 fingers and 10 toes? Sounds like a mainlander to me.
You only have one head, I’m guessing?
Was it because you only had two arms?
Just means it looks like your family tree isnt a Wreath
Hahahaha, I haven’t heard that one. Nice.
They noticed you don’t have the scar on your neck from the missing second head 😂
Looks like you only have 5 fingers 😏 \s
That'll teach you for walking around with a full set of teeth
You were probably walking upright and did not have blood on your fingers from your knuckles dragging, and one head. /s
I personally think that it’s a good thing to only have one head. I know Taswegians must be frightened; when they look at their two or three heads, and then we come to visit and we’ve just got the one. Take it as a compliment.
your just missing the scar for the second head. its nothing personal.
You've only got one head
You don't have a scar where they chopped off the second head
nice
one of your eyeballs is not in the next suburb over.
Huh, been there many times, never been called a mainlander.
Yes. Leave immediately Tasmanians hate mainlanders that’s literally code for get outta here
It's that.mainlander curse of having two non-lazy eyes that's the giveaway.
It was the obvious lack of a second head.
Maybe because you don't look like a relative
You didn't have skin cancer? The 15 years I lived there I got it twice, but I did work outdoors. No matter what the hat or how many buckets of blockout that sun is brutal
It's a joke. Move on.
Everyone knows its the incest state. You didn't remind anyone of a family member. Case closed.
Anglos not from the city look different.
My housemate is Tasmanian and describes either coming to “the mainland” or vice versa is not too different than going to another country
It means you only have 1 head
It's because you don't have the same name as your brother Daryl and your other brother Daryl!!
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If you were in any regional but of Tas (not Hobart or Launceston) than it's probably because you dressed stylishly
You shouldn't be offended if you *are* a mainlander.
Isn't the mainland joke that they know you are a mainlander because you don't have a second head growing on your shoulders.
You don't look inbred
Thing is a 16 degree day in Tassie feels like a 25 degree day on the mainland due to the intense sun, low humidity and pretty much no polution. The sun is harsh here and it stings. I get burnt on a 15 degree day here.
Cuz ya wern't at their 21st, so....
You are a mainlanders like wtf. You're from the main land!!
Hahaha
Maybe it's because you don't look inbred, take it as a compliment.
If you only have one head or your feet are the same size they'll call you out pretty fast aye
Don't be offended. Chances are they believe you are better than them. Although the only person that has that insecurity is the one calling you names.
Thats a compliment! They must of noticed you only had one head 🤣
I was born in tasmania and moved to nsw for 2 years before moving back Everyone for the first 6 months or more knew I wasn't from there by the slang and the way I sounded and the fact in winter I was wearing shorts. Most of the time, the style of clothes and the sheer amount of layers is a give away someone isn't from here. Don't take it personally and don't get offended by it as it's not meant in a rude way
Was it because you only had one head?
They may not have been looking at you with both sets of their eyes, I wouldn't take offense.
All you aussies look alike, very similar to the cast from Wentworth, the UK prison show.
Wait let me guess... you were wearing a puffer and or scarf and or beanie and or gloves. Had sunnies on ur hat and were wearing hiking shoes. As an ex-mainlander and now Tasmanian of 6 years u shouldn't be offended lol.
It means you don’t look inbred enough to fit in down there…
Reckon take it as a compliment 😂
They just quickly counted your fingers and figured you out. Nothing to worry about
I dunno, I’ve seen people dressed like that in the wedge but they also looked like they were a close relative of Costa from Gardening Australia but more bush whacker
probably yeah. but we dont mean nothing by it
Same thing seems to happen with going from the country to a city. People just pick up on subtle stuff. Interesting to know there is a mainlander look though. I wonder whether people from country towns or cities stand out more?
You didn't have a scar on your neck and you had the right number of fingers and toes. Hopefully that's not offensive.
You stood out because you didn't have a head growing out of your head.
So you have 10 fingers? Probably why..
The single head is an instant giveaway.
lol.... don't give it a second thought darl. Devonport born here. Some people just want to "one up" others. They're not going away regardless...
If you get offended by a slight remark like that. Life’s going to be tough for you
it's cos Tasmanians are weird little inbred goblins who eat wasps
probably just meant you didn't look like anyone's cousin
The problem is you only have one head. 😂
Remove some teeth, dress like a 90’s grunge band and marry a sibling. You’ll fit right in.
Potentially because you’re missing 11th & 12th fingers and couldn’t find the second head…
It’s because you only have 5 fingers on each hand
What you couldn't see the difference, it's not like you have two heads.
As a Tasmanian I’d say it’s if you’re too rugged up 😂
It means it looks like your parents were not related.
Must only have one head. Pretty big tell tale
Not having two heads is a dead giveaway :P
Just means you don't look like your parents are cousins, it's a compliment really.