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A young Mt Gravatt man visiting ex-patriated friends in the Harbour City has today been punished with what Sydney locals know as ‘The Default’.
‘The Default’ is described by Oxford Dictionary as ‘the void-filling conversation shared between people in Sydney who don’t know each other, usually based around property prices, gentrification, lock-out laws and how bad they have it compared to previous generations”
And for this out-of-towner, it has come on strong and fast, at a share house barbecue in a Sydney suburb that has heaps of os in it.
However, due to the fact that most void-filling conversations North of the Tweed are based around the newest Broncos signings and how dangerous Lime Scooters are – Brisbane man, Moreton Fraser (24) is completely out of his depth while navigating through ‘The Default’.
“Ummm…” he says to the guests.
“I… I don’t really know. I’m from Brisbane”
With his out-of-towner status now clarified by the nearby Sydneysiders, other guests begin to circle around Moreton and ambush him with a skirmish of Brisbane property related questions – begging him to dignify the rumours that they heard about Brisbane being like how Sydney was 15 years ago – and how they wouldn’t have to compromise that much if they swallowed their pride and moved there.
Moreton, who works on boats down in Raby Bay, is yet to really take a good look at buying a home – but does his best to answer their questions.
“Mate” says one guest.
“I heard you can buy a 5-bedder just fifteen minutes from the CBD for under a mil. Yes no?”
“One of those timber ones. What are they called? Queenslanders. I really like them”
Moreton just says yes because he thinks it might improve his chances of keeping everyone happy and maybe getting offered some drugs.
“Yeah. Definitely. Some as cheap as like 100 grand I reckon.” he lies.
“Not in very good nick but yeah…”
“How bout Origin haha. Fuck you guys suck arse”
