Me every weekday: ugh today has been so busy, I can't wait for the weekend when people fuck off and let me live my best life. Play some games, watch some movies, eat some chippys
Me when the weekend hits: lays in bed watching YouTube until it's the week again
Stop it. You're not stupid because stupid people don't learn nothing and that's not you and we don't always have to be productive. We are not machines. Go easy on yourself. ♥
Being unproductive (how ever you define it) does not diminish your worth as a human being. You are smart, capable, kind, and awesome! You do good things. It is okay to feel unproductive, to put off doing some things, etc, we struggle but we must be kind to ourselves. I promise, you are not stupid.
edit: as CEO said, we are not machines. Please take it easy on yourself, friend
Pick something to do, go do it. Tidy up a room or something. Just a small quick win can pull you out of a funk surprisingly well. Even a half assed job was more than it was before you started.
Everything everyone is saying is true. You’re just having a slightly off time which we all have at some times, sometimes more than once, that doesn’t make you stupid, you are far from it. It’s not fun, but try not to be too hard on yourself hugs ☀️
There’s supposed to be some Sun on Monday. I recommend 10 mins of pure Vitamin D
Thanks sometimes I feel like there's really only two days to myself and it's never enough to recharge as well as get non work things done and it's a waste but I guess some times you just gotta do nothing so your body and brain takes a break from the constant churning...
One day at a time. Peace of mind feels nice. A walk to the pride centre this morning should be good. I'm getting at least 6 or 7 ks walking every day sometimes quite unintentially so and I'm reaping the rewards. Losing belly fat and tightening the loose skin from loosing a ton of weight of last year. Finally cook my new stew today and do some aa. And of course play with the cats.
I have a new sense of absolute freedom now I'm working on sobriety. I'm glad it's uncool. I've never wanted to be cool or a part of mainstream society and never felt like I was a part of it anyway. Always been queer as fuck and always been alternative. A misfit and a punk but I've lost the anger of punk while retaining the passion to change the world from my own place in it. I also accept that certain things I cannot change but have the courage to change the things I can and act.
My life is completely involved in positive queer spaces, from work to my aa home group to my volunteer work. I feel so much less alienated from them than I used to because I'm not in the queer party scene. It also wasn't my scene. It's restricive, mysoginistic and very much a monoculture. I had an amazing queer family once 20 odd years ago but it was smashed apart by the suicide of one of us and it's when my substance abuse really took hold. I have brain damage from all the partying but getting my much needed oestrogen into my female brain is alleviating some a lot of it.
I had a zine published there (I don't think it's there anymore it's been like almost 10 years). If I have time to kill before I have to go to Joy I might do that.
oooh, I love zines. Don't really see them around much though these days.
Do you volunteer at Joy? I'm thinking about doing it. I'd like to keep djing, but not in bars. Obviously I wouldn't go straight on air or anything but I have a bunch of community radio experience from a bunch of moons ago as well. So I could be useful, and I can walk there!
I know men go through their own version of PMS somewhat, it may be the flux of your testosterone. Or you may just be changing as a person and find certain things make you feel differently. Maybe it's Maybelline 🤷
Came home from op shopping and I'm starving, so I had a sausage roll. Will have more later for dinner. They are delish tho I think I made the tomato sauce a little too piquant, 1/4 tsp cayenne in 1.5 litres of sauce is HOT 🔥
Finds today include a beautiful sgraffito vase I'm going to use as vase to keep brushes in. A bunch of little spoons to mix ink with . A big murano style vase ( probably made in Thailand or Turkey ) a heap of LPs, including Hawaiian music of the 1950s , Yehudi Menuhin playing Delibes, and some silver earrings with cute lampworked owls. 👍 was a good day
I took picture of the vase. It was dipped in a dark blue slip glaze, dried, the pattern etched to reveal the white porcelain underneath and then fired
got my tax return and some extra money, so mein liebe and I have rent, bills, cat food, and human food paid for. we have then treated ourselves to a pub meal, some beers and wine, and today a coffee and quiche.
feeling good about it all, things will get better. it's nice to have a little splurge to keep our morale up though heheh
edit: i should have gotten another quiche, damn theyre so good
I hate it when companies take 10,000 years to upload the prefill data. Like, I get there are legit reasons why it takes a while, but also, hurry up haha I hope they do it soon for you!!
We went to Victoria Hotel in Brunswick, got a jug of beer to share. I got the eggplant parma (which was fantastic), and mein liebe got the roast beef roll.
Also you just reminded me of the footy, thank you haha!
I'm cooking hash browns. If I could change the world I would insist that cooking instructions on food products be in a larger print. One step at a time people.
What pisses me off is tiny white writing on a pale yellow background. I have to 1) put on my glasses, 2) stand next to the window or a strong light source, and 3) get out the magnifying glass AND I STILL CAN'T READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! I am all in favour of a minimum 10 pt typeface and a minimum standard of contrast. Or black writing on a pale background as standard operating procedure.
Growing up we used to microwave them in one of those blue cornflower pattern Corningware dishes. I honestly didn't know there was any other way until I was an adult
No way. Really?? Surely it's the rarer patterns. I'm positive you can still buy those dishes new. My mum's ones would be from the late 80s at the very earliest.
I've already told my brothers I get first dibs on all her kitchen items. I know there's a little skillet going back to the 1940s (not that it's very good, it's just got a lot of sentimental value - my grandmother owned it). But she always took very good care of her items, I'm sure there's some classic pyrex dishes in there too.
Oops.. got a call from a Sydney number.. was a guy with a thick Indian accent and the call quality was terrible so all I could make out was "Amazon", so I figured scam call. Then just as I was hanging up I heard a car beep twice through the phone which I also heard outside down on the street at the same time. I'd hung up on the Amazon delivery driver! My buildings' concierge must have been not at his desk so he tried calling me. All sorted now though, I have my 3 x AU to US power adaptors and my new computer chair cushion safe and sound.
Team, I need some advice. My boss dumped on me yesterday that she wants me to fire an employee who has been with the business for 5 years, however she wants me to tell this employee that I made the decision to fire them and to not mention under any circumstances that she has asked for it to be done. I'm really not ok with this as I see it as me being thrown under the bus and being made to look like the bad guy, i think it also shows a complete lack of integrity and also cowardice on the part of my boss.
The employee in question has had some behavioural problems which have existed since he started years ago, but they only seem to an issue for my boss now. I personally don't think that this employee has done anything severe enough to warrant termination and my boss absolutely doesn't want to provide this employee opportunity to improve or correct the behaviour. I'm at a loss as to what to do, because I think if i am honest with this employee and tell them that it was owners decision to fire them, I will most likely be on the chopping block as well when my boss finds out. Everyone at my work is casually employed so I can be dismissed without notice. I've felt for some time that my boss is a covert narcissist or at the very least has a toxic personality and this pretty much sealed the deal for me. I feel like resigning over this but have no savings and will need to try and find another job. I just don't know what to do.
@just_kitten@Outlier1031 agree. get your leaving plan together asap, that is a shitty thing to do, I'd talk to Fair Work about it asap, that kind of action is the job of a FULL TIME manager, not a casual staff member, regardless of your role. Get something about the duties you have in writing if possible.
Thank you. Yeah i saw straight through what my boss was doing when they told me. I think because I'm introverted and a respectful person people like my boss think i'm weak and will just do as told. i hate having to deal with people like this
Thanks, i've emailed very reasonable response being like 'so fair work says' and made it about protecting the business. Hopefully she sees reason. But i think i may have effectively checkmated her if she tries to give me grief.
Looking forward to hear what comes of it. I definitely think your approach of trying to protect the business first is smart. Fingers crossed she snaps out of it (I'd still start looking for jobs anyway if I were you...)
While it’s true that casual employees can be dismissed without notice, they can’t just be let go without following the correct procedures. I worked in retail for years and the way the company dealt with getting rid of people was to just decrease the amount of hours they got. If they wanted to actually sit someone down and say ‘you’re fired’, they needed to have followed all of the procedures, such as giving them written warning and putting them on improvement plans. Without that, the worker was fully within their rights to file for unfair dismissal. So before doing anything on behalf of your shitty boss, I would make sure that the procedure has been followed to a t. If any step is missing, or they’ve never given them a written warning (written, as well. Not verbal. There’s no paper trail for verbal), etc, then you wash your hands of that situation. Because if they choose to escalate it, it’s your ass that’s on the line, not your boss’s.
Are you even in an official managerial position that allows you to dismiss people?
So to clarify, I am the Store Manager and I report in to the director of the business who is the one asking me to do this. I absolutely agree regarding following the correct process. As I mentioned, the employee hasn't done anything to warrant instant dismissal but has probably behaved in the way that warrants a sit down and verbal warning. It's also behaviour that the owner has allowed to continue for 5 years without giving warnings verbal or otherwise, so the employee would absolutely be within his rights to go to fair work. I imagine the owner is getting me to do it so it's my ass that stomped and not hers.
Yeah, I would just go back to the director with all all the fair work stuff and say ‘sorry not sorry I don’t want to be sued and I don’t think you do either’
Let them know that, if they have a series concern or issue about the employee, you can sit down with them and give them a warning and do a performance review, but even then, they have to be given a certain amount of time to work on the issue. Your hands are tied and there’s nothing that you, personally, are legally able to do
Thank you. I've emailed my boss and presented my objection in a way that is about protecting the business and suggested going 100% by the book. Hopefully they see reason. If they don't listen, i'm going down the i'll be liable route.
Can you tell your boss you don’t want to do it? With whatever reason will resonate best with your boss. Your boss sounds like a rubbish boss. I once had to fire someone, and it was a hard thing to do, even though I knew it was best for the team. But I owned it and did it as respectfully as I could. No way should that be dumped on anyone else. Time to brush up the resume and keep an eye out if something better comes up. Stay in your job for the income until you are ready, but of course that depends on if your mental health can cope.
Yeah I personally think she is a covert narc there's been a few signs since I started. I've had to fire people many times in the past but i always made sure to follow the correct process.
Holy shit. Don't do it and get something in writing too if you can, like make your reply in writing rather than verbal but reference what you were asked to do. Sounds to me like the director isn't just gutless but manipulative enough for you to be the target if the employee responds with aggression, legal action etc. I'd also bet that the director would stab you in the back and act all sympathetic to the employee.
Thank you. I sent an email to the director this afternoon outlying how the proposed course of action is a risk to the business and proposed performance managing the employee and making sure we have done everything right in the eyes of Fair Work. If they don't listen I'll then hit them with the fact I could be personally liable for not following due process and I'm not prepared to do that.
neil gaiman has been my writer crush since I read American Gods. I have his short story collections, I love him so much. As a young teen I wanted to be his goth gf haha
edit: i have his graveyard book and comic as well. sorry, im just an ancient Tumblr Neil Gaiman fangirl
I've seen a couple of adaptations of his works, but never got into his writing outside of GO for some reason. Just couldn't click.
Farkin' massive Pratchett fan though. I'm going into s2 with reservations, but willing to give it a shot, half of ep3 and the entire back end of Good Omens the series was created from whole cloth
I have loved Neil Gaimain since I was a preteen, but have missed Pratchett. I will acquire and borrow from Dad and Uncle the Pratchett books. I loved Neil since I was so young, being a millenial. But dad being Gen X loved Pratchett, so I should hit him up for those books, thank you kind friend <3
Last bad one for me was picking up a stainless steel saucepan. Gas was slightly of centre so had been heating the secondary handle. Ended up with Bacarat (reversed though) branded into my hand because I didn't want to drop the boiling pasta water all over myself. Bloody hurt that one.
I picked up a glass tube straight out of a furnace, it wasn't glowing but it was bloody hot. A few hundred Cs. For a few weeks my hand looked like that nazi guy from raiders of the lost ark, seared into a grasp shape. It was fairly painful. Luckily no scars.
The danger of heat can't be seen with eyes, it has to be learnt well for each situation.
We have an unwritten rule in the house that anything in the kitchen that's hot from the oven gets a towel or mitt thrown over it, but I should have known better than to assume. All good now.
I think I got to the cold tap quickly enough to avoid any damage, still stings tho. On the plus side, I have no fingerprints on 3 out of 5 digits - what should I do with this superpower?
Fruit toast has been acquired. I accidentally turned the toaster TO THE MAX when cleaning it last time and switched it off just in time so it's a tad burnt but all good.
I made toast this morning. Why is that significant? Because I used the last slices of a loaf of bread I bought which never happens, actually finishing an entire loaf. I also only ever buy bread maybe once a year.. not sure why, I like bread. I just don't buy it. Maybe because I never finish it? Not sure.
Anyway, I made toast this morning.
Now I'm looking at Google Maps trying to decide if I feel like going on a road trip/overnighter somewhere. What to dooooo...
I believe I still have 1/3 of a loaf in the freezer which I never revisited, possibly from 2021. I'm honestly ok with never buying bread though. Probably for the best if I limit my bread intake.
Ordered a pumpkin pesto pizza that had a truly over the top amount of cracked black pepper all over it, plus under the pumpkin as well. It wasn’t listed on the ingredients. Pepper gives me a stomach ache, so I spent ages picking off as much as I can before eating it. Tell me if you agree that this is a shitload of pepper:
Description: a slice of pizza with a slice of pumpkin lifted up to reveal a lot of cracked black pepper underneath it.
I diagnose the top/bottom/grinder bit came off the pepper grinder while pizza was under construction. The berries are hardly crushed at all, and there are far too many of them.
I don't know if I just have a friendly face or something but I got on the train (with seconds to pass) sit down in a 4x4 that was available but it had someone sitting on the other seat (I can't sit in the 2x2 seats because they're too tight). And my seat mate couldn't stop talking to me.
She was very lovely and spoke about her kids and such, but I just wanted to listen to my podcasts 😔. I'm too nice for my own good 😮💨
So the other day I got a box of tofu from the shop, forgot about it and left it on the counter for about 4 hours before I realised and chucked it back in the fridge. It's okay right...right?
I must have a aurora that says "old ladies speak to me", because at Caulfield this old Vietnamese lady gave me her phone, and I'm guessing her son maybe or someone close to her told me "can you please help her get to Springvale". So I'm like showing her my phone of terrible Google translate Vietnamese trying to help her. Luckily I was going past Springvale so I helped her and she got off. I did my best.
Possibly. Like I'd feel rude if I didn't say anything to to the woman from this morning and the Vietnamese woman. But yeah I hope I get some karma, not that I did it for the karma.
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Lying in bed not wanting to get up. I have to do day 20 of my exercises but my foot is still really sore. Yesterday was a rest day thankfully, but I still did some tummy exercises. It seems a tiny bit better every morning but by the end of the day it's bad again. I'd love to know what I did to it!
I'd love to just stay my in bed all day but I'd also love to go to the farmers market and I have to buy shoes for one of the mini peelers. Looks like I'll get up and go hobbling around.
Yesterday I came home and Mr Peeler had reorganized the furniture in the house under the guise of cleaning. He loves to do it and I hate it when he does. I can never find anything in this house anymore, it's really frustrating. Also he just put a big pile of stuff that doesn't fit anywhere in the hallway for us to step around/trip over.
Getting rid of my video game stuff has definitely helped me spend more time making music.
I do miss just zoning out and enjoying games, but in the end I kept choosing them over other important stuff like going out and seeing people.
Here's a song I've been working on tonight. It's just a sketch but it has potential I think. Criticism of any form is welcome!
https://soundcloud.com/reefsteele/the-branch-or-the-tree
Holy hell I am hungggggover. Drinking three glasses of wine before dinner and eating ice cream after is not a good combo for me as I basically had my head in the toilet all night. World, please go gentle on me today!
Whenever I feel under pressure, I seem to forget everything I like and become a giggly nervous mess who can't string 3 words together. It's terrible. I totally get this, ugh. You know the answer, but the brain is a tricksy asshole sometimes lol
It was an audio question and it was like "what sound does this come from" and it was the end mission sequence of Mass Effect 2, I thought it was the end mission sound from Mass Effect 3. I was so confident too, gosh. I can't believe I got it wrong!!!
If this weather makes you long for some Christmas cheer, try this massively underrated lovely little Burt Bacharach tune about The Bell That Couldn't Jingle
I ended up down a rabbit hole reading about his daughter who was born ridiculously premature (700g!!), grew up as a girl with autism in an era that didn't understand that at all, and struggled with poor vision which didn't let her pursue a career in geology... eventually took her own life at age 40 from the torment of her life. :'(
::: spoiler suicide
"Nobody said she's got Asperger's or she's got autism. (They said) she's just got behavior things," he said.
But after suffering for so long, he never imagined she would actually kill herself.
"It's like the boy who cried wolf. Somebody who says, 'I can't stand it. The helicopters are making too much noise and the gardeners and the blowers are making too much noise and if they don't stop I'm going to kill myself,' " he said, his voice cracking. "And you hear that enough and you know it's never gonna happen and then one day she just goes and kills herself."
:::
Andrew Young is one of my favourite presenters. He's got such high brow taste and seems aloof at first but when you listen on a bit he's so down to earth with his listeners. Jazz on Saturday is my reward for when I wake up early enough on Saturday (which was not this week, alas).
Bought a roast chook in the new ‘southern style’ flavour from Coles. Couldn’t tell much flavour difference in the meat, but stuffing was nice. I normally buy roast chook from local charcoal chicken shop, I prefer the flavour and quality. Got sucked in at Coles because they were fresh out of the oven and smell was wafting as I walked by.
I love my mother, but sometimes I think you could ask her if the sky is blue, and she'd look straight down at the ground and tell you the grass is green.
Every Friday Nights we finish with Semisonic - Closing time. Whenever friends and family hear this on the radio they think of us. Whenever I hear it on the radio I think it's weird.
They played it at closing time at one of the climbing gyms I used to go to with a friend. Apparently the lyrics are about childbirth or something like that...
A culinary question. If a chunk of honeycomb (the bee one, not the lolly one) is served on a cheese platter, how is it meant to be eaten? Do you put it on a cracker with the cheese? What about the wax, eat or spit? Or is it for decoration only and don’t touch it?
Love chewing on the wax forever but I always end up spitting it out in the end. I love honeycomb. It's such a primal way of eating honey and it feels satisfying.
I've never eaten proper honeycomb but I've wanted to for ages. I wonder if I could find some at the south melbourne market if I went for an adventure over there tomorrow.
::: spoiler More bitching about inconsistency
If they consider the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island to be a “country” for the purpose of listing New Zealand’s neighbours, why don’t they consider the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, which shares a land border with Spain, to be one of its neighbours? Also, it’s only 13 km from Spain to Morocco across the Strait – that’s got to count as a neigbour – and Algeria isn’t far away, either.
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Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 18 pts · 3y
Hi everyone. Another refugee from reddit. Glad this place is here :)
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Everyone's welcome and you can use both if you want.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Hey welcome. 👋
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Hey hey
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Yay! Welcome.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Yessss, add to the cat pile.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Welcome. Make yourself at home!
the_procrastinata@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Welcome! Great to see you here.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Hello! 👋🏼
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Welcome! Hoping the mighty Gibson is in rude good health?
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
She has to go to a catsitter for a week. I wouldn't be surprised if she ignored me completely when I pick her back up...
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Brushies will help I think.
RosaliePreistley@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
Yay. Welcome. Please send cat pics.
Baku@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 3y
Me every weekday: ugh today has been so busy, I can't wait for the weekend when people fuck off and let me live my best life. Play some games, watch some movies, eat some chippys
Me when the weekend hits: lays in bed watching YouTube until it's the week again
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
I'm not feeling great about me :((((( I feel unproductive and stupid
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 3y
Stop it. You're not stupid because stupid people don't learn nothing and that's not you and we don't always have to be productive. We are not machines. Go easy on yourself. ♥
StudChud@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 3y
Being unproductive (how ever you define it) does not diminish your worth as a human being. You are smart, capable, kind, and awesome! You do good things. It is okay to feel unproductive, to put off doing some things, etc, we struggle but we must be kind to ourselves. I promise, you are not stupid.
edit: as CEO said, we are not machines. Please take it easy on yourself, friend
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
Hey don't be sad...because sad backwards is das...and das not good
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
hey, can I just add to all the true things the other DTers have said
you're a friend here as we are your friends, that's a really good thing and not easy to do, super big hugs
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Pick something to do, go do it. Tidy up a room or something. Just a small quick win can pull you out of a funk surprisingly well. Even a half assed job was more than it was before you started.
Goddess_Amaterasu@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Everything everyone is saying is true. You’re just having a slightly off time which we all have at some times, sometimes more than once, that doesn’t make you stupid, you are far from it. It’s not fun, but try not to be too hard on yourself hugs ☀️
There’s supposed to be some Sun on Monday. I recommend 10 mins of pure Vitamin D
Duenan@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Hey. What’s up?
It’s ok to be unproductive, think of it as resting and it is a weekend afterall.
And don’t be so hard on yourself. You’re not stupid at all.
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Thanks sometimes I feel like there's really only two days to myself and it's never enough to recharge as well as get non work things done and it's a waste but I guess some times you just gotta do nothing so your body and brain takes a break from the constant churning...
RosaliePreistley@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
One day at a time. Peace of mind feels nice. A walk to the pride centre this morning should be good. I'm getting at least 6 or 7 ks walking every day sometimes quite unintentially so and I'm reaping the rewards. Losing belly fat and tightening the loose skin from loosing a ton of weight of last year. Finally cook my new stew today and do some aa. And of course play with the cats.
I have a new sense of absolute freedom now I'm working on sobriety. I'm glad it's uncool. I've never wanted to be cool or a part of mainstream society and never felt like I was a part of it anyway. Always been queer as fuck and always been alternative. A misfit and a punk but I've lost the anger of punk while retaining the passion to change the world from my own place in it. I also accept that certain things I cannot change but have the courage to change the things I can and act.
My life is completely involved in positive queer spaces, from work to my aa home group to my volunteer work. I feel so much less alienated from them than I used to because I'm not in the queer party scene. It also wasn't my scene. It's restricive, mysoginistic and very much a monoculture. I had an amazing queer family once 20 odd years ago but it was smashed apart by the suicide of one of us and it's when my substance abuse really took hold. I have brain damage from all the partying but getting my much needed oestrogen into my female brain is alleviating some a lot of it.
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Oh, I'm going to the pride centre today too! I only really go there to go to Joy FM, but I should really just check it out and walk around.
RosaliePreistley@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Go and check out the bookstore on the ground floor, hares and hyenas. Its a really nice vibe there.
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I had a zine published there (I don't think it's there anymore it's been like almost 10 years). If I have time to kill before I have to go to Joy I might do that.
RosaliePreistley@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
oooh, I love zines. Don't really see them around much though these days.
Do you volunteer at Joy? I'm thinking about doing it. I'd like to keep djing, but not in bars. Obviously I wouldn't go straight on air or anything but I have a bunch of community radio experience from a bunch of moons ago as well. So I could be useful, and I can walk there!
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Sort of but not really. So like I am on the radio with a show that is on Checkpoint but I'm not volunteered with Joy, if that makes sense...
RosaliePreistley@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Winner of CBAA 2019 Community Radio Award for Excellence in Innovative Programming and Content
Yes makes sense. Nice
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
I'm getting teary eyed watching Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
Got teary eyed yesterday listening to music.
Is there a male version of menopause I'm not aware of?
jezbeenz@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
It's in the name though.
Menopause
...I'll see myself out
baconmash@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Time for a Bluey Sleepytime rewatch
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I know men go through their own version of PMS somewhat, it may be the flux of your testosterone. Or you may just be changing as a person and find certain things make you feel differently. Maybe it's Maybelline 🤷
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
I've cried at movies before. And get super emotional with some music (frisson i think it's called)
Past two days have been extra though.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
frisson... Huh. I just learnt this term the other day.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I thought everyone expericed it. Turns out, many are missing out
kudra@aus.social · 4 pts · 3y
@MeanElevator @bot001 GOTG3 is a pretty masterful tear-jerker, I was a bit surprised how much it got me! Can't comment on the music though.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
The music was my youth, loved it all.
I nearly bawled my eyes out for the walrus
kudra@aus.social · 3 pts · 3y
@MeanElevator yeah, same, we must be similar age as the writers ;)
I have been told that part of the story was likely based on a comic called We3.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
Came home from op shopping and I'm starving, so I had a sausage roll. Will have more later for dinner. They are delish tho I think I made the tomato sauce a little too piquant, 1/4 tsp cayenne in 1.5 litres of sauce is HOT 🔥
Finds today include a beautiful sgraffito vase I'm going to use as vase to keep brushes in. A bunch of little spoons to mix ink with . A big murano style vase ( probably made in Thailand or Turkey ) a heap of LPs, including Hawaiian music of the 1950s , Yehudi Menuhin playing Delibes, and some silver earrings with cute lampworked owls. 👍 was a good day
I took picture of the vase. It was dipped in a dark blue slip glaze, dried, the pattern etched to reveal the white porcelain underneath and then fired
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
I like how you can identify vases. My knowledge is "that's a bud vase and that's for bunches".
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
hehehe
StudChud@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
got my tax return and some extra money, so mein liebe and I have rent, bills, cat food, and human food paid for. we have then treated ourselves to a pub meal, some beers and wine, and today a coffee and quiche.
feeling good about it all, things will get better. it's nice to have a little splurge to keep our morale up though heheh
edit: i should have gotten another quiche, damn theyre so good
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Nice nice. What sort of pub meal did you treat yourself to?
My work hasn’t uploaded their prefill data so I can’t do my tax return yet :(
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I hate it when companies take 10,000 years to upload the prefill data. Like, I get there are legit reasons why it takes a while, but also, hurry up haha I hope they do it soon for you!!
We went to Victoria Hotel in Brunswick, got a jug of beer to share. I got the eggplant parma (which was fantastic), and mein liebe got the roast beef roll.
Also you just reminded me of the footy, thank you haha!
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
First time it’s been this late for my workplace and they’re no longer doing payment summaries so I can’t just type it in like I did last time.
Granted I’m not getting munch back, something is better than owing tax.
Eggplant Parma, hope it was nice. I hate eggplant!
Oh yeah. Don’t forget to watch the footy tonight!
Important game on tonight!
Sir_ListerOfSmeg@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
Skipping bootcamp in favour of chilling in my warm bed a while longer before I have to get ready for online TAFE at 9.
Part of me wants a cheeky weekend breakfast but I think I need to have my healthy weekday option instead.
Too much comfort eating behaviour lately that needs to be unwound.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
I'm cooking hash browns. If I could change the world I would insist that cooking instructions on food products be in a larger print. One step at a time people.
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I take a photo with my phone then zoom in.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Hahaha. I don't even worry about taking a photo. I just zoom in with my phone on camera mode after I've got cosy with the window.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
What pisses me off is tiny white writing on a pale yellow background. I have to 1) put on my glasses, 2) stand next to the window or a strong light source, and 3) get out the magnifying glass AND I STILL CAN'T READ THE INSTRUCTIONS! I am all in favour of a minimum 10 pt typeface and a minimum standard of contrast. Or black writing on a pale background as standard operating procedure.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
Yes yellow is the worst followed by orange and light green. I'll add that sometimes the white printed writing is fuzzy.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Drives me nuts.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Growing up we used to microwave them in one of those blue cornflower pattern Corningware dishes. I honestly didn't know there was any other way until I was an adult
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Those corningware dishes are worth $$$$$ these days.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
No way. Really?? Surely it's the rarer patterns. I'm positive you can still buy those dishes new. My mum's ones would be from the late 80s at the very earliest.
e: now I'm reading this article https://www.homestolove.com.au/your-corningware-could-be-worth-thousands-of-dollars-22737 and holy heck my mum definitely has the second one with L'echalote La Marjolaine - so many memories of potato curry in that. I don't think she has the original lid though.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
You need to raid mum's cupboard.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I've already told my brothers I get first dibs on all her kitchen items. I know there's a little skillet going back to the 1940s (not that it's very good, it's just got a lot of sentimental value - my grandmother owned it). But she always took very good care of her items, I'm sure there's some classic pyrex dishes in there too.
bull@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
Oops.. got a call from a Sydney number.. was a guy with a thick Indian accent and the call quality was terrible so all I could make out was "Amazon", so I figured scam call. Then just as I was hanging up I heard a car beep twice through the phone which I also heard outside down on the street at the same time. I'd hung up on the Amazon delivery driver! My buildings' concierge must have been not at his desk so he tried calling me. All sorted now though, I have my 3 x AU to US power adaptors and my new computer chair cushion safe and sound.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
Wow. That was a close one! How freaky of a coincidence is that?
If it wasn’t for that car horn no package!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
I always believed in you bot <3
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Good bot.
Outlier1031@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Team, I need some advice. My boss dumped on me yesterday that she wants me to fire an employee who has been with the business for 5 years, however she wants me to tell this employee that I made the decision to fire them and to not mention under any circumstances that she has asked for it to be done. I'm really not ok with this as I see it as me being thrown under the bus and being made to look like the bad guy, i think it also shows a complete lack of integrity and also cowardice on the part of my boss.
The employee in question has had some behavioural problems which have existed since he started years ago, but they only seem to an issue for my boss now. I personally don't think that this employee has done anything severe enough to warrant termination and my boss absolutely doesn't want to provide this employee opportunity to improve or correct the behaviour. I'm at a loss as to what to do, because I think if i am honest with this employee and tell them that it was owners decision to fire them, I will most likely be on the chopping block as well when my boss finds out. Everyone at my work is casually employed so I can be dismissed without notice. I've felt for some time that my boss is a covert narcissist or at the very least has a toxic personality and this pretty much sealed the deal for me. I feel like resigning over this but have no savings and will need to try and find another job. I just don't know what to do.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
I'd stay well away from that and write it all down with dates.
Outlier1031@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Yep I made a note yesterday. I know if i challenge my boss on it she'll consider me unable to do my job and dismiss me so I gotta put a plan together.
omoikiri@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Yep. Write it down. If they then do that, then file for unfair dismissal.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Definitely document and start looking elsewhere. That's an untenable situation to be put in and I wouldn't want to work for that boss for another day
kudra@aus.social · 6 pts · 3y
@just_kitten @Outlier1031 agree. get your leaving plan together asap, that is a shitty thing to do, I'd talk to Fair Work about it asap, that kind of action is the job of a FULL TIME manager, not a casual staff member, regardless of your role. Get something about the duties you have in writing if possible.
Outlier1031@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Thank you. Yeah i saw straight through what my boss was doing when they told me. I think because I'm introverted and a respectful person people like my boss think i'm weak and will just do as told. i hate having to deal with people like this
Outlier1031@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Thanks, i've emailed very reasonable response being like 'so fair work says' and made it about protecting the business. Hopefully she sees reason. But i think i may have effectively checkmated her if she tries to give me grief.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Looking forward to hear what comes of it. I definitely think your approach of trying to protect the business first is smart. Fingers crossed she snaps out of it (I'd still start looking for jobs anyway if I were you...)
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Is it in your job title to hire and fire? If not it's not your problem.
omoikiri@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
While it’s true that casual employees can be dismissed without notice, they can’t just be let go without following the correct procedures. I worked in retail for years and the way the company dealt with getting rid of people was to just decrease the amount of hours they got. If they wanted to actually sit someone down and say ‘you’re fired’, they needed to have followed all of the procedures, such as giving them written warning and putting them on improvement plans. Without that, the worker was fully within their rights to file for unfair dismissal. So before doing anything on behalf of your shitty boss, I would make sure that the procedure has been followed to a t. If any step is missing, or they’ve never given them a written warning (written, as well. Not verbal. There’s no paper trail for verbal), etc, then you wash your hands of that situation. Because if they choose to escalate it, it’s your ass that’s on the line, not your boss’s.
Are you even in an official managerial position that allows you to dismiss people?
Outlier1031@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
So to clarify, I am the Store Manager and I report in to the director of the business who is the one asking me to do this. I absolutely agree regarding following the correct process. As I mentioned, the employee hasn't done anything to warrant instant dismissal but has probably behaved in the way that warrants a sit down and verbal warning. It's also behaviour that the owner has allowed to continue for 5 years without giving warnings verbal or otherwise, so the employee would absolutely be within his rights to go to fair work. I imagine the owner is getting me to do it so it's my ass that stomped and not hers.
omoikiri@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Yeah, I would just go back to the director with all all the fair work stuff and say ‘sorry not sorry I don’t want to be sued and I don’t think you do either’
Give them this link: https://www.fairwork.gov.au/tools-and-resources/fact-sheets/minimum-workplace-entitlements/ending-employment If it’s a small business, there’s a seperate checklist that they can follow, but it’s all still essentially the same.
Let them know that, if they have a series concern or issue about the employee, you can sit down with them and give them a warning and do a performance review, but even then, they have to be given a certain amount of time to work on the issue. Your hands are tied and there’s nothing that you, personally, are legally able to do
Outlier1031@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Thank you. I've emailed my boss and presented my objection in a way that is about protecting the business and suggested going 100% by the book. Hopefully they see reason. If they don't listen, i'm going down the i'll be liable route.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Can you tell your boss you don’t want to do it? With whatever reason will resonate best with your boss. Your boss sounds like a rubbish boss. I once had to fire someone, and it was a hard thing to do, even though I knew it was best for the team. But I owned it and did it as respectfully as I could. No way should that be dumped on anyone else. Time to brush up the resume and keep an eye out if something better comes up. Stay in your job for the income until you are ready, but of course that depends on if your mental health can cope.
Outlier1031@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Yeah I personally think she is a covert narc there's been a few signs since I started. I've had to fire people many times in the past but i always made sure to follow the correct process.
LooseyGoosey@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Holy shit. Don't do it and get something in writing too if you can, like make your reply in writing rather than verbal but reference what you were asked to do. Sounds to me like the director isn't just gutless but manipulative enough for you to be the target if the employee responds with aggression, legal action etc. I'd also bet that the director would stab you in the back and act all sympathetic to the employee.
Outlier1031@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Thank you. I sent an email to the director this afternoon outlying how the proposed course of action is a risk to the business and proposed performance managing the employee and making sure we have done everything right in the eyes of Fair Work. If they don't listen I'll then hit them with the fact I could be personally liable for not following due process and I'm not prepared to do that.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Oh boy. That nap was nice and good though I felt like I slept the day away :(
Also my washing machine is working after some fiddling around.
fingers crosses
While it works I’m not going to mess around with it again.
tarciosaraiva@mastodon.au · 8 pts · 3y
@bot001 Good morning to you who wakes up way too early on a weekend 🌞
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Taleya@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Yes hello mister gaiman, i am almost done my good omens rewatch, please commence with followup.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
neil gaiman has been my writer crush since I read American Gods. I have his short story collections, I love him so much. As a young teen I wanted to be his goth gf haha
edit: i have his graveyard book and comic as well. sorry, im just an ancient Tumblr Neil Gaiman fangirl
Taleya@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I've seen a couple of adaptations of his works, but never got into his writing outside of GO for some reason. Just couldn't click.
Farkin' massive Pratchett fan though. I'm going into s2 with reservations, but willing to give it a shot, half of ep3 and the entire back end of Good Omens the series was created from whole cloth
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I have loved Neil Gaimain since I was a preteen, but have missed Pratchett. I will acquire and borrow from Dad and Uncle the Pratchett books. I loved Neil since I was so young, being a millenial. But dad being Gen X loved Pratchett, so I should hit him up for those books, thank you kind friend <3
Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
The Usual Suspects have ebook repositories of the entire Discworld series jsyk.
(I have an entire bookcase dedicated to Pratchett!)
Force_majeure122@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I loved American Gods. My man just tapping him on the head with his hammer hit the feels
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Meals have been prepped for the next couple of days. Now I need to make dinner. Cooking takes up so much time when you have to do it all in one block.
Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Owwwwwwwwww! Without thinking, I just picked up a cast iron Creuset lid that had come straight from the hot oven. I'm an idiot.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
The tap is still running, right?
Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
lol...I gave it a good run for sure
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Last bad one for me was picking up a stainless steel saucepan. Gas was slightly of centre so had been heating the secondary handle. Ended up with Bacarat (reversed though) branded into my hand because I didn't want to drop the boiling pasta water all over myself. Bloody hurt that one.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
You. posted that on the day..?
or was it a remnant of a dream I had.?
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Yeah, I think I did. Seems I'm retelling stores then hey...
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I picked up a glass tube straight out of a furnace, it wasn't glowing but it was bloody hot. A few hundred Cs. For a few weeks my hand looked like that nazi guy from raiders of the lost ark, seared into a grasp shape. It was fairly painful. Luckily no scars.
The danger of heat can't be seen with eyes, it has to be learnt well for each situation.
Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
Holy shit, that sounds awful. Glad you're healed.
We have an unwritten rule in the house that anything in the kitchen that's hot from the oven gets a towel or mitt thrown over it, but I should have known better than to assume. All good now.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Oh Jesus, I’ve done something similar without thinking.
Keep it cool, cold water and if you have aloe Vera that will help.
Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I think I got to the cold tap quickly enough to avoid any damage, still stings tho. On the plus side, I have no fingerprints on 3 out of 5 digits - what should I do with this superpower?
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Well seeing as you don’t have fingerprints on some of your fingers you could get away with murder!
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Fruit toast has been acquired. I accidentally turned the toaster TO THE MAX when cleaning it last time and switched it off just in time so it's a tad burnt but all good.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Lots of margarine and/or butter will fix it right up!
bull@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
I made toast this morning. Why is that significant? Because I used the last slices of a loaf of bread I bought which never happens, actually finishing an entire loaf. I also only ever buy bread maybe once a year.. not sure why, I like bread. I just don't buy it. Maybe because I never finish it? Not sure.
Anyway, I made toast this morning.
Now I'm looking at Google Maps trying to decide if I feel like going on a road trip/overnighter somewhere. What to dooooo...
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Freeze it. Frozen bread is perfectly good for toast. Just make sure the bag is tightly closed.
bull@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I believe I still have 1/3 of a loaf in the freezer which I never revisited, possibly from 2021. I'm honestly ok with never buying bread though. Probably for the best if I limit my bread intake.
the_procrastinata@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Ordered a pumpkin pesto pizza that had a truly over the top amount of cracked black pepper all over it, plus under the pumpkin as well. It wasn’t listed on the ingredients. Pepper gives me a stomach ache, so I spent ages picking off as much as I can before eating it. Tell me if you agree that this is a shitload of pepper:
Description: a slice of pizza with a slice of pumpkin lifted up to reveal a lot of cracked black pepper underneath it.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
You can never have to much cracked pepper but if it hurts your gut then I guess you can. Those look too big. They'd be hard as.
the_procrastinata@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
That was the level of pepper that was also cracked over the top of the pizza. Stomach is painfully full of gas now thanks to all the pepper.
Pilk@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
That looks fucking good
-- Pepper enjoyer
the_procrastinata@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
That much pepper is insane to me!
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I'd love that, personally. But I could appreciate that it is more than what is considered normal for a dish that isn't meant to be pepper-forward.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I diagnose the top/bottom/grinder bit came off the pepper grinder while pizza was under construction. The berries are hardly crushed at all, and there are far too many of them.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Yeah that's over top.
I love pepper but can't see it adding that much value to this
Sir_ListerOfSmeg@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Feels like napping is a viable activity for the rest of the day.
If I time this right I can wake up ready to eat dinner
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I thought the same thing only that I have to cook my own dinner. Haha
Sir_ListerOfSmeg@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Oh don't get me wrong, I'm still responsible for organising my own dinner. But we're lazy and we're buying burgers
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Oh yum. Burgers! What sort of burgers you having?
Sir_ListerOfSmeg@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
It's an Indian style vegie burger called the Spuddy Buddy. So damn good.
Spuddy Buddy (Vegetarian)
Crispy potato patty, mint relish, pickled daikon, tomato and onion salsa, torn lettuce, pickled onion and tamarind mayo.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
That sounds really good! Making me hungry now.
I hope you enjoy, if you get a chance post up a photo for us all!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
I slept like shit, but have the gym in half an hour. Ugh
Duenan@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
I’ve got a headache from the way I was sleeping last night as well :(
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Love you bot #001. A tribute to you Midnight Blue. I'll call you later 😉
StevenQuarterbrain@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I used to have this as a single. What’s the relevance between this song and the bot-bot?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
In the early days the bot ##1 didn't have a name and Sometimes didn't show up so I nicknamed him Midnight bot.
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
I don't know if I just have a friendly face or something but I got on the train (with seconds to pass) sit down in a 4x4 that was available but it had someone sitting on the other seat (I can't sit in the 2x2 seats because they're too tight). And my seat mate couldn't stop talking to me.
She was very lovely and spoke about her kids and such, but I just wanted to listen to my podcasts 😔. I'm too nice for my own good 😮💨
Cendana@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 3y
You can always threaten to eat them. After all, you're a shark.
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
🦈🦈🦈 chomp chomp
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Maybe they were lonely...
It's certainly not always easy navigating the boundaries of what each person needs
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Oh yeah. I mean I was friendly and replied. She was sweet and had an interesting day. But yeah I'm just like ugh wanted to listen to my podcasts haha.
I did show her where the bus replacements were.
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
So the other day I got a box of tofu from the shop, forgot about it and left it on the counter for about 4 hours before I realised and chucked it back in the fridge. It's okay right...right?
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I’m sure it’ll be ok….
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Cheers. Tofu for all
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Yeah it's fine.
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Happy days. Better start draining the water out of that shit though. Takes forever.
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Hello bot001.
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
I must have a aurora that says "old ladies speak to me", because at Caulfield this old Vietnamese lady gave me her phone, and I'm guessing her son maybe or someone close to her told me "can you please help her get to Springvale". So I'm like showing her my phone of terrible Google translate Vietnamese trying to help her. Luckily I was going past Springvale so I helped her and she got off. I did my best.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Aww I hope karma decides to reward you.
You must seem like a very approachable person or have a natural aura.
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Possibly. Like I'd feel rude if I didn't say anything to to the woman from this morning and the Vietnamese woman. But yeah I hope I get some karma, not that I did it for the karma.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Of course. You didn’t do it for karma or for gain.
You’re a good natured person and it shows.
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Hello I have transferred from the bed to the couch. I'm considering my breakfast options.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
i am having wings for breakfast
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Sounds like a real metabolism kickstarter
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
gangster 😎
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
I hate bus replacements...
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
I'm alive again
Though also very ded
The morning after is pain
When wine's gone to my head
Perhaps I'd be better off still in bed
Force_majeure122@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Hi friends. I said I wouldn't do coke but here I am. Who wants to say hi
baconmash@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
coca-cola?
Force_majeure122@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
No 😔
baconmash@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Heated coal!
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Perhaps it was a typo of "cock"? Nothing wrong with a bit of the dirty bird.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
🤔
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
You gotta risk it to get the biscuit, bro
Force_majeure122@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Bouncers didn't let me in so now I'm just home and wasted and listening to music. Bed should be soon but idk
Edit: yes sorry I'm wasted
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Have just indulged in toasted Turkish bread with chilli hummus and kimchi washed down with a moon dog ginger beer. Now to hang up all my washing!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
damn that is a mighty fine lunch!! very delicious! love me some kimchi 😍
baconmash@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Botbot! 🔋
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Daily thread Botbot
So goddam hothot
Technical thotthot
This botbot got game
Everyday but never the same
Phat butt wired totz insane
Super kind, she's totz benign\
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
So the GodGirls are already getting outfits together for Barbie opening day. pink and more pink.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
do you know the way to San Jose 🎶 I've been away so long
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
The rains are here. Some regret of staying in bed for long this morning but got some groceries done.
Late lunch plans - pie and soup
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Lying in bed not wanting to get up. I have to do day 20 of my exercises but my foot is still really sore. Yesterday was a rest day thankfully, but I still did some tummy exercises. It seems a tiny bit better every morning but by the end of the day it's bad again. I'd love to know what I did to it!
I'd love to just stay my in bed all day but I'd also love to go to the farmers market and I have to buy shoes for one of the mini peelers. Looks like I'll get up and go hobbling around.
Yesterday I came home and Mr Peeler had reorganized the furniture in the house under the guise of cleaning. He loves to do it and I hate it when he does. I can never find anything in this house anymore, it's really frustrating. Also he just put a big pile of stuff that doesn't fit anywhere in the hallway for us to step around/trip over.
oztrin@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
I have to get up and tidy the house but the cats are so snuggly...
6368_39162@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 3y
I can’t feel my toes. Fuck this uninsulated shed.
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Hey looks like we're all in bed
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
With the right attitude, bed is anywhere you want it to be.
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baconmash@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
how much water should i drink per day?
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Let the spirit of water guide you each day, until you reach a state of enlightenment in which you become water and others drink of you.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
🙏🏻
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
30ml/kg
6368_39162@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
Positivity? Bah humbug.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
This is the way.
6368_39162@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y
I’m wearing Wednesday Addams socks, cheerfulness would be illegal
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
I'm going back to bed, bill cat has a cold and he need cuddles .I also need more sleep, 6 hours is not enough
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I also only got about 6 hours😭 cat cuddles are worth going back to bed for ...but also looks like it might be a rainy day
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I missed the memo, I've been up for hours.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
get back in bed
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Same! I feel cheated
halibutherring@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
😏
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Getting rid of my video game stuff has definitely helped me spend more time making music.
I do miss just zoning out and enjoying games, but in the end I kept choosing them over other important stuff like going out and seeing people.
Here's a song I've been working on tonight. It's just a sketch but it has potential I think. Criticism of any form is welcome! https://soundcloud.com/reefsteele/the-branch-or-the-tree
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
omg, I love it, strong mogwai vibes, I could play that stuff all day
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
Thank you! I'm a big fan of post-rock :)
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
I have eaten so much potato this last fortnight…
And yet, I am off to eat potato… again.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
You please our starchy potat deities immensely
omoikiri@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I made a big batch of chilli con carne earlier in the week. Last night we had it on top of some nachos. Tonight I’m gonna have it on a baked potato.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
🤤🤤🤤
MisssDarylC@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Kinda want to buy a general admission ticket to Lizzo, kinda too scared to sell my ticket in order to do so.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
I'm hungry
baconmash@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
🔋
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
No thank you. I don't feel like lithium today
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
This one is human grade nickel-cadmium
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
It sounds meat free. I need meat.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I am meat.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Mmmm bacon.
whatisthislifeilead@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Holy hell I am hungggggover. Drinking three glasses of wine before dinner and eating ice cream after is not a good combo for me as I basically had my head in the toilet all night. World, please go gentle on me today!
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
There was a question for a video game that I absolutely LOVE and I got it wrong and I'm so embarrassed omg. On radio too 😭😭😭
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Whenever I feel under pressure, I seem to forget everything I like and become a giggly nervous mess who can't string 3 words together. It's terrible. I totally get this, ugh. You know the answer, but the brain is a tricksy asshole sometimes lol
halibutherring@aussie.zone · 0 pts · 3y
Which game?
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
Mass Effect.
halibutherring@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
What was the question?
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
It was an audio question and it was like "what sound does this come from" and it was the end mission sequence of Mass Effect 2, I thought it was the end mission sound from Mass Effect 3. I was so confident too, gosh. I can't believe I got it wrong!!!
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
If this weather makes you long for some Christmas cheer, try this massively underrated lovely little Burt Bacharach tune about The Bell That Couldn't Jingle
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Burt strikes again!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
love Burt 💗
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I didn't realise three very recognisable tunes of his (including The Look Of Love) were from the soundtrack to the 1967 spoof Casino Royale film
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
And then Burt was in Austin Powers! So cool.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I ended up down a rabbit hole reading about his daughter who was born ridiculously premature (700g!!), grew up as a girl with autism in an era that didn't understand that at all, and struggled with poor vision which didn't let her pursue a career in geology... eventually took her own life at age 40 from the torment of her life. :'(
::: spoiler suicide "Nobody said she's got Asperger's or she's got autism. (They said) she's just got behavior things," he said.
But after suffering for so long, he never imagined she would actually kill herself.
"It's like the boy who cried wolf. Somebody who says, 'I can't stand it. The helicopters are making too much noise and the gardeners and the blowers are making too much noise and if they don't stop I'm going to kill myself,' " he said, his voice cracking. "And you hear that enough and you know it's never gonna happen and then one day she just goes and kills herself." :::
Sir_ListerOfSmeg@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Did anyone else hear the dick joke woven in to the song announcements during today's Jazz On Saturday on PBS?
Was just replaying it for my nap and this snippet woke me up.
Recorded for your aural pleasure
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Andrew Young is one of my favourite presenters. He's got such high brow taste and seems aloof at first but when you listen on a bit he's so down to earth with his listeners. Jazz on Saturday is my reward for when I wake up early enough on Saturday (which was not this week, alas).
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Bought a roast chook in the new ‘southern style’ flavour from Coles. Couldn’t tell much flavour difference in the meat, but stuffing was nice. I normally buy roast chook from local charcoal chicken shop, I prefer the flavour and quality. Got sucked in at Coles because they were fresh out of the oven and smell was wafting as I walked by.
6368_39162@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y
Saw those but didn’t succumb. holding out for the new Portuguese non-franchise around the corner
wscholermann@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Which one looks cuter? Fully black feature nail, or just the tip?
"Baby keep the tip"
Goddess_Amaterasu@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
The tip reminds me of an evil version of a French manicure. I would go with that
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
some of each 🤗
Force_majeure122@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Just the tip girl
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Ooh girl Im there already, left is full black, right is tip. I'm loving this look so thank you for the validation ☺️ 😍
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
sleep was attained
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Afternoon Sunshine. 🌻
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
mornin' 🤭
in good news my jeans fit, only a little muffin top remains
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Whoa great news. Well done. 👍
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
as per normal I have achieved new will power with the support of mr seagoon 💗💗💗
wscholermann@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
the_procrastinata@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
I always feel like joining in to point out how rude it.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On is a lovely mix of wholesomeness and whimsy.
bananafungus@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I love my mother, but sometimes I think you could ask her if the sky is blue, and she'd look straight down at the ground and tell you the grass is green.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Every Friday Nights we finish with Semisonic - Closing time. Whenever friends and family hear this on the radio they think of us. Whenever I hear it on the radio I think it's weird.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
They played it at closing time at one of the climbing gyms I used to go to with a friend. Apparently the lyrics are about childbirth or something like that...
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I thought it was about leaving a club
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
A culinary question. If a chunk of honeycomb (the bee one, not the lolly one) is served on a cheese platter, how is it meant to be eaten? Do you put it on a cracker with the cheese? What about the wax, eat or spit? Or is it for decoration only and don’t touch it?
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Some stinky and sharp cheese pair really well with honey.
The wax is edible, should you choose to ingest it.
To me, of it's on a plate or platter, it's fair game.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Fully agree with all of this. Particularly nice on a slice of apple with some stinky cheese mooshed up on it.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Stinky cheese with some sweetness is a god-like combo.
Unless you're vegan, in which case why are you involved with a cheese platter?
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Love chewing on the wax forever but I always end up spitting it out in the end. I love honeycomb. It's such a primal way of eating honey and it feels satisfying.
bull@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I've never eaten proper honeycomb but I've wanted to for ages. I wonder if I could find some at the south melbourne market if I went for an adventure over there tomorrow.
6368_39162@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y
Good day for a bloody hot dye bath. Re-blacking my blacks to their proper state 🖤
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I should too
6368_39162@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
Ventilate! I seem to have underdone this . Hack, cough, ick!
baconmash@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🥪🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥫🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙🥠🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Force_majeure122@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Uhhhh a Gatorade and some Panadol and.... Some hash browns please 🥴
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
🥤💊🥔
Pudding@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Breakfast of champions!
tarciosaraiva@mastodon.au · 4 pts · 3y
@baconmash @bot001 waffles, bacon, syrup, avocado and black coffee please
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
🧇🥓🍯🥑☕️
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
A coffee while I peruse the menu please.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
☕️
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Good mourning! I’m dying for a coffee 💀
baconmash@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
☕️⚰️
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Chef’s choice, please chef. And some coffee of course
baconmash@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
🔋☕️
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Perfect! I have a lot to do today so need all the energy I can get
6368_39162@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y
Raisin toast and pineapple juice please
baconmash@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
🍇🍞🍍🥤
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I want food but can't decide exactly what. So could I have a cup of tea and the chef's selection.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
☕️🔋
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Thank you. Electrifyingly good.
Cendana@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
I don't normally order breakfast, let alone at lunch hour.
Can I please have a strong latte with 1 sugar and four hash browns, and a BLT (no mayonaise) for my wife?
baconmash@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
☕☕🥛🍬
🥔🥔🥔🥔
🥓🥬🍅🥪
Cendana@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
Thanks so much 🤗 :)
oztrin@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Bugger. Was just about to do a Coles run (mainly for cat litter and cat food) and it started raining.
6368_39162@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 3y
Wet cat food is one thing, pre-wetted litter not so great
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
weather by the minute says no precipitation
oztrin@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
The view outside my back door begs to differ.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
same 😂
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I too am still in bed
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I'm awake because I needed to wee.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
#Worldle #540 2/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟨↙️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
cuavas@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
::: spoiler More bitching about inconsistency If they consider the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island to be a “country” for the purpose of listing New Zealand’s neighbours, why don’t they consider the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, which shares a land border with Spain, to be one of its neighbours? Also, it’s only 13 km from Spain to Morocco across the Strait – that’s got to count as a neigbour – and Algeria isn’t far away, either. :::
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
@StudChud@aussie.zone
It’s game on now.
Let the games begin!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
First goal to you, hahaha ugh!
edit: 2 goals! 😭 😭
edit 2: 😭 😭
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
There’s still plenty of time to make up for it.
Don’t lose hope!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
oh i know, it's early anyway haha just having a whine lol! The Cats are on point so far!
edit: almost a 50 point lead to the Cats. I wonder if this will be an amazing comeback for the Bombers.... lol
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
It would be a pretty amazing comeback
For the moment it seems that the bombers have seemed the bleeding which is a good improvement.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
mostly stemmed lol, but i reckon this is the cats game for sure, no matter how much the bombers may close the gap. their defence is def better than Q1
edit: eyyyyy
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
That was a sneaky last goal before the buzzer!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
EYYYYY
poifect
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
damn, reddit just keeps crashing on me.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Desktop or app?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
desktop
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Hmm odd. Is it crashing your browser?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
no, it won't load pages
I think I'll just scrub history and reboot
Duenan@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
Firefox by any chance?
And does it affect any other websites at the same time?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
chrome , only reddit
trying it with firefox now. no luck.
edge works!!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
The Horizon Has Been Defeated
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
so many emails and messages to send today , brain is stuck, will do after a walk
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
jumps up and down chanting. ANCIENT HEROES ASPECT. ANCIENT HEROES ASPECT
good lord the furries must love it
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
alright alright alright..Chilli “Kil” Carne is in the slow cooker.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
brütality 🖤 ❤️ 🖤
edit - uhhhh wtf was thaaaaaat nooo
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
There there. It’ll be alright. There’s always next week.
🤍 💙 🤍
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
omg hawkins 😭 such a machine
monster man
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I know! I imagine he could crush me with his hand alone, he’s a massive unit.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
what is happening, so many goals in such a short time holy shit!
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I don’t know but Jezza just flushed it into the 7th row in the wrong direction!
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Good game. Better luck next week.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
GG was a great game to watch! Cats smashed it outta the park with that epic win haha
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I know they come back next week because I’ve seen the bombers play much better in past weeks.
Force_majeure122@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Last beer almost gone. Take this song Gerry Cinnamon - Belter https://youtu.be/GdOwd5RqKLk
6368_39162@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
This is Tommy. Tommy is 31. Please offer him assistance in getting me the F to sleep