A rage comic poking fun at the Aussies. Does it still hold up?

As an Australian I can comment on this, theres this wonderful thing called "Context"

At McDonalds they refer to them as fries, but if you ask for a large chips, they know what you mean. If you go into a petrol station and ask where the crisps are, nobodies head explodes. If you go into a place that has ALL 3 (french fries, chips and crisps) and say "Can I get some chips" the person will ask for clarificaton.

British roots and American television has made OUR english quite flexible.

I was with you until "ALL 3"... help
- French fries and chips
  
  As a rule most people I know think of french fries or fries as thin cut and chips as thick cut. Most restaraunts only do one or the other. If you ask for steak and chips and they do fries, they will either clarify for you (more likely) or just bring you fries.
What do they ask in order to clarify?

ETA: "french fries or crisps?"
- Not many places offer both, but "a packet of barbeque chips" vs "$5 worth of chips" or "small chips" are were distinct
  
  In the imaginary situation where there are all three (why not more!)
  
  chips (thick hot chips)
  
  fries (thin hot chips)
  
  packet of chips (crisps)
Pretty much.

it holds, but we might refer to "fries" as hot chips if there's possibility of confusion

I would say the distinction between fries and chips is the thickness.

Macca's has fries, KFC and a lot of other places have chips.
- Do they have Red Rooster and Chicken Treat in the US?
I dunno, man. It's always been 'hot chips' for people I know if clarification is needed

They're Hot Chips if you're being fancy

Eat hot chip and lie
- All we know how to do is
- Have you heard the song?

It's context sensitive. We know what we mean.

"I'm going to pick up some chips on my way to your place."
"Hey, can i have some of your chips?"

Couldn't be simpler.

At least use chips and chippies like the Kiwis.
- Do you mean, chups and chuppies?
- We also say chips and chips. If you need to clarify, crisps are "potato chips" and chips are "hot chips". A chippie is a shop that sells (fish and) chips, not the chips themselves.
simple as

Shut up and get some real i.e. Belgian fries.

as an Australian let me explain, fast to get, unhealthy potato = chips.

That does seem simpler at least.

This isn't poking fun at us, this is just facts :)

Let's confuse them even more:

Hot chips and potato chips.

How about a bag of French Fries potato chips?

They’re freedom fries now

Never forget

You see, Chips are deep fried slices of potato, but Chips are ..

Hot chips and potato chips if you need to be specific, for everything else there's context.
- potato chips
  
  Because hot chips are made from beets, of course :p

Usually not a problem because of context but you can easily specify hot chips or packet chips in places where they might have both such as a school or sports canteen.

Errr... I'm from the UK and they're fries. These are chips If it's think it's fries, if it's thick it's a chip.

I'm American, and I'd call those steak fries. We also have potato wedges, which aren't called fries for some reason and look like this

They're seasoned with a spice blend, and delicious. Do you have curly fries in the UK? They're a similar flavor.
- We have wedges and curly fries here in the UK too :). We have Chips, Fries, Curly Fries, Potato Wedges, Salt and Pepper chips, Ziggy Fries and many more I assume
- wedges might be the only one I would only ever refer to as wedges and never as chips, while fries, crisps, hot chips are all "chips" as an australian
- Yes we do and they are delicious.
Came here to say this, McDonald's give you fries, fish and chip shop gives you chips
In the US, those would be called either “steak fries”, “potato wedges”, or perhaps “Jojos”.
- They're called JoJo's. I will die on this hill. Same goes for pop and hotdish.
Yep, proper chips are thick cut.

The shops sometimes call them chips as well, as if they think just any rectangular cut potato qualifies to be a chip.

Calling those thin things chips should be an offence.

My friend from Adelaide always says crisps.

How do you have a conversation if they always say a single word?
- We got to know each other well prior to her conversion. She took a strict vow of silence, excluding “crisps”. We still talk. It’s impressive how much she can express with inflection.
- I am groot
- Yeah, but South Australians barely speak Australian

Just came back from Australia. Chips (or crisps) don't seem to exist anywhere but grocery/convenience stores. So I never really heard them referred to as anything.

Restaurants exclusively serve fries as far as I could tell. Even with sandwiches. And they call them "chips" whether they are skinny or fat.

Where the fuck are you going to find a packet of chips outside of a supermarket. Restaurants overseas aren’t selling this shit alongside hot chips are they?

Also you can use fries, it’s not common and it really only refers to the little thin fuckers you get at maccas or some other fast food shitheap.
- American here. Yeah, chips/crisps are sold in restaurants. They’re usually bagged too lmao. Like the restaurant just got them from the supermarket.
Chips (or crisps) don’t seem to exist anywhere but grocery/convenience stores.

That... that's normal, right? That's where chips are supposed to come from.

Like, I have been to a restaurant or two that had "chips" on the menu, usually as "fish and chips" or some other battered and fried stick of meat "and chips" where, to my supreme bewilderment, the side was a pile of Lays, but, like, those restaurants were universally run by geriatrics in the middle of nowhere, served food on paper plates, and where wrong.
- From the perspective of an American, chips or crisps are a common side for lunch foods, particularly for sandwiches. In fancier restaurants / cafes, they can be fancier "kettle chips" which can also be house made.
  
  I know fancy "crisps" may not make much sense outside of America, but we have taken thinly slice fried potatoes to a gourmet level here.
  
  Edit- also, tortilla chips are also a common side in southern California, and they are not at all like anything you can get overseas without really looking. And no, I'm not talking about Tostitos style chips that are used for shitty dips.
Restaurants exclusively serve fries as far as I could tell. Even with sandwiches.

Even with sandwiches

Wat
- In America, fries with sandwiches does exist, but it's more of a Diner thing, or restaurants that serve burgers and other entres that usually include fries. Chips with sandwiches is definitely much more common for cafes and delis where sandwiches are more of a primary menu option.

It's communicated by context cues the same way one word has different meanings and context points to towards the meaning the person is communicating with a word

Though it does get annoying when the context cues are missing for example someone asking you if you want chips and not specifying what type

I'm guessing Australian language for "chips" calls them both that because they are a product made from potato that is usually salted and the two in the image are just different styles of the same potato product

Latin America: Hold my beer

Frituras, Papitas, Sabritas, Papas Fritas...
- You forgot Patatas fritas. I'm literally shaking right now.

I've not seen that lulzsec character in a long long time...

the only question i have is why does the person representing aussies looks like Jackie Chan?

Yeah, that rage comic reaction was made from a Jackie Chan image.
Fun fact: he lived in Australia in the 70s.
- Huh I had no idea

Papas fritas, papas fritas.

Yes this does hold up

You know which one is what cause they call them potato chips

Wait really?

Flat chips and stick chips.

*cheeps 🇦🇺

And Chups if you happened to have been born across the Tasman.

French: Les Frites; Les Chips

Hon hon hon le bonjour

The best way is to use fries and crisps, and reserve chips for chocolate

French fries are technically more of a chip than a potato chip, definition wise. But I think your way is the best way, too.

None of those pictures are chips, they're all fries, chips are chunky.

So you're also chips

No Brit would refer to those as chips, they are fries in Britain too

Only in McDonalds though. Chips are chunkier, right?
- Yes, chips are thick and fries are thinner
- Needs a third column for chips/steak fries?

Patatas fritas, patatas de bolsa.

Where do chisps fit in

Today I feel french

i object to the use of a portrait of Jeff Bezos to denote all Americans.. otherwise it's funny..

I’ll take Bezos over Jackie “Hong Kong doesn’t deserve democracy“ Chan.
- “I’m not sure if it’s good to have freedom or not,” he said at a conference in 2009. “I’m gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we’re not being controlled, we’ll just do what we want.”
  
  …what the fuck?
- Not sure if that is worse than "I have purchased US democracy" Bezos.