I had to jump onto a win 10 machine for a couple of weeks. Came back to my new gaming rig and I have to say... I HATE windows 11. The right click menu sucks, the task bar is shit even if it is aligned to the correct location. Actually looking back, I think the last windows I liked was 7.
And now they've put ads in the start menu. If I ever have to use 11 I'm going to use one of those ISO stripper apps to debloat the fuck out of the install.
I swapped to Linux last year and haven't regretted it at all. I can even style it to look like my favourite older windows designs. My laptop has vista style desktop widgets, which are just as useless as they were back then but I love them.
I might end up doing that. It works really well for basics. Unfortunately it limits the options for games and I'm not hugely good at doing any further stuff with commands
I still haven't used Windows 11. Given that I'm an IT nerd with 25+ years in the industry, and essentially live and breathe this stuff, it's a little remarkable. My computer's hardware doesn't officially support it, and while I've gone through the checks I need to disable in order to upgrade, I haven't seen what Windows 11 offers that makes me want to upgrade.
Other than turning the Start Bar into something more like the MacOS/Gnome dock, I haven't really seen anything the new version brings to the consumer. It's more of the same, but give us money please.
It won't even let me upgrade to 11 on my old desktop. Why is everything requiring more and more power... cough Planned obsolescence
Edit: Huh. I thought my old computer was just a bit crap (it is) but someone more knowledgeable is also complaining https://aussie.zone/comment/1904977
I love Win11. Whenever I go back to previous versions they feel clunky to me now. I prefer the center-aligned taskbar and I prefer the start menu now. Search is good enough that I never have to go into "All apps" aka the traditional start menu which lists everything. I just press the windows key and start typing what I want and hit enter. Usually that just means 1 or 2 letters of the app I want.
That’s how I interacted with 10 yeah. 11 feels different. I think it’s my work computer switching that’s really forced me to confront its shortcomings. If all it ever does is launch steam games it’s fine.
Win 11 is dumb on so many UI levels. I feel stupider for using it. Am forced to at one workplace and it legit slows me down so much. Why the fuck is it auto pinning things to Quick Access?? And why is paste an ICON with no text???
It's the changing of things that don't need to be changed that pisses me off. So much of windows is muscle memory and now they're fucking with the basics.
Can you move the mount up a bit? Can you get the agent to move the mount up a bit? Can you leave the extinguisher on the floor because if there's a decent fire, get down low and gogogo, will lead you to find the extinguisher on the way out.
Oh, you think the tradie didn't notice the drawer issue? That's cute. Of course he noticed. But by 'accidentally' doing precisely what the job sheet asked for (replacing the extinguisher and nothing more), he gets called back a second time. $$$
Coming into the last two months of this project. Watching the "go-live" dates of different components getting nudged back and back. Six months ago, we were going to be in Production for everything by May 31 and have June for documentation etc.
We're now at the point where the last Prod deployment is June 21, and we get the last week of June for documentation. I half expect the go-live to be June 27, with one day for documentation at this point. Either that, or I'm going to be working the weekend of June 29/30.
Something about the whooshing sound of deadlines rushing by.
I made my parents jealous with my weekend up on the border last weekend so they've taken off for there and I'm dog/housesitting for the weekend. I just rocked up with $9.95 for 24 nuggies to split with the doggo. Happy doggo.
I particularly notice it on google searches. So cluttered with ads and promotional listings. It used to be that the most useful answer was in the top 3 results. Now you’re lucky if it’s on page 2.
Google search is dead. The alternatives aren't much better but I barely use it anymore. Or if I do, I have to put the word "Reddit" in the query to get a decent answer.
Basically, in February 2019, there was a some corporate politicking going on within Google.
The search/tech experts (some who had been there from the start) wanted to improve search results.
The finance guys wanted to deliberately make search results worse so people would search more often and there would be more money from ads.
The finance guys won.
They replaced the head of the search team (who had been there from the very start) with the guy who had been in charge of the search engine at Yahoo at the time Yahoo stopped having its own search engine.
I just go straight to wikipedia and if want further reading i look up the references on the wikipedia page ( I do pay for wikipedia , not much but something )
Yep. The numbers must always go up, at the cost of killing the golden goose. And it's not confined to Google. It's in social media, any kind of tech, streaming services...
it isn't just sites like insta or fb or apps that are designed to suck your attention and time that are worse, the net has become a battlefield between countries
they are fighting for your approval and your vote and the bad guys will use lies to get it
Also, I'm playing this game called "Cult of the Lamb" and I have to say, it's adorable, addictive and a hell of a lot of fun.
That's my evening sorted.
I can't believe I never noticed it before. It's the perfect blend of genres.
There's a bunch of mods for it as well, but I'm not touching them just yet.
Thanks heaps 🙂. It's a great opportunity if it works out.
Crypt of the necrodancer is on my list.
Cult of the lamb is a mix between dungeon crawler and base building. It's really clever and fun even if you're not a fan of those types of games generally.
Time to give him the flick. You are the one doing all the emotional labour here - he's coasting and exploiting your anxieties. He has time to goof off with mates, but can't spend 15 seconds texting you. Time to call it quits and move on.
Gimme vintage cheddar cheese - ordinary even tasty cheddar just doesn't have enough bite. I'm not all that fond of Cracker Barrel - I quite like the Aldi vintage one though.
I like the Aldi one too, but they carefully label it "vintage cheese" (no mention of cheddar anywhere on the packaging, AFAICT). I guess they're taking a shortcut that means it can't be called cheddar? 🤷
Would not surprise me. I don't actually mind, as they're a LOT more careful with their labelling than some supermarkets I could mention (cough cough colesworth cough cough). An honest label is fine by me. Anyway, cheddaring is a separate process in cheesemaking, and an optional one in my opinion. It's the end result that counts with me.
So, I'm coming out the other end of this sick, my lymph nodes don't hurt as much, and I feel a bit more clear headed. Helps that the cat let us sleep last night lol.
A few days ago, when it was bad and quite painful and I was having a weird lightness in my chest and kinda heart palpitations (the night I passed out), my partner kinda rolled his eyes and was a tad dismissive.
Well, guess who's in the throes of it now and just called to apologise profusely and unreservedly?
I just said "as an afab, it's par for the course to be disbelieved, but apology accepted haha."
We laughed and it's fine, but man, I don't complain for attention, I'm just telling him my symptoms in case I need to be taken to the hospital and am incapable of advising the professionals of lead up symptoms.
It’s Friday and I am very, very ready for the work day to be over. 7 minutes away from being half way through…
Nothing I have to do this weekend, except dinner with my sister tomorrow night. After over a month of moving, cleaning and just life in general, this feels WEIRD. I can’t wait!
I believe the separation is based on the vinegar content. Sauces, pickles etc. all contain vinegar and are therefore separated from the less acidic spreads. Maple syrup is separated due to its excessive liquidity meaning it can only be poured, not spread.
Actually apple sauce also messes the system up. My theory is that these are false sauces, snuck into the dinner repertoire in place of mint sauce and apple chutney, most likely a ploy to sneak breakfast into more meals by the type of deviant who consideres cereal for dinner to be a desireable thing. I do have concerns that these are just the start of a trend to have non-vinegar condiments take over the sauce space.
I found the cream cheese, cheese sticks, mac & cheese, processed cheese, laughing cow etc same aisle as the breakfast spreads at Coles. I don't know why they are there. I guess they have to go somewhere.
If it's not a solid then it's a condiment. Usually.
Hahaha. I only know because my daughter likes Mac & cheese and it took me forever to find it. My understanding is that people like putting cream cheese with Vegemite so you might as well put all the other cheese products there too. 🤷♀️
Teknikly it is- the original name in French is Sauce Mayonnaise - that is, sauce from the city/region of Les Mayons. Like Bearnaise sauce comes from Bearn. But opinions differ on this.
Apparently they spray the elaborate ballet costumes with vodka instead of washing or dry cleaning, and you can do it to normal clothes too. Dump some Smirnoff on your socks and see. Tada! No more laundry.
@Duenan Wifey had COVID a few weeks ago. She's just recovered her sense of smell and taste now. So my concern was (despite all our best efforts) I may have caught it.
Really hope that's not the case.
I just had a nice big bowl.of soup with *lots* of chilli.
Keep testing over the next few days, i remember being sick with it and doing tests and one day suddenly the tests came up positive even having days of symptoms and testing negative before that.
I have been watching various movies, readings and videos of Beowulf and about Beowulf. Here are some.
Beowulf by Robert Zemeckis. Whyyyyyyy. It could have been awesome but it looked like crap. 2 hobbits
Beowulf , documentary by Michael Woods, 4 hobbits
History documentary by some academic poetry chap, 3 hobbits
Beowulf 1998 animation with Derek Jacobi, 3 hobbits
The Hobbit , for following Tolkein's texts on Beowulf and the book The Hobbit and for general awesomeness in heroic story telling, 6 out 5 hobbits. I love it even more now,
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TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 16 pts · 2y
I had to jump onto a win 10 machine for a couple of weeks. Came back to my new gaming rig and I have to say... I HATE windows 11. The right click menu sucks, the task bar is shit even if it is aligned to the correct location. Actually looking back, I think the last windows I liked was 7.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
When I use 11 I feel like I'm using my left hand. That's the best way I can explain it.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I'm a leftie and offended.
Believe it or not I can't use a mouse with my left hand.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I am ambi with a mouse after retraining myself from RSI. I get really shat at computer training rooms that have everything tied down to the right.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
YES!!!! That's exactly it isn't it! I just aligned the start to the left of the screen and my brain is just throwing co-ordination errors.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
And now they've put ads in the start menu. If I ever have to use 11 I'm going to use one of those ISO stripper apps to debloat the fuck out of the install.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I can't say I have strong opinions on different Windows systems, but I did notice the Finnish Eurovision entry is Windows95man.
Aradina@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
I swapped to Linux last year and haven't regretted it at all. I can even style it to look like my favourite older windows designs. My laptop has vista style desktop widgets, which are just as useless as they were back then but I love them.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
This is the way 🙂
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I might end up doing that. It works really well for basics. Unfortunately it limits the options for games and I'm not hugely good at doing any further stuff with commands
Aradina@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Nah, gaming these days is on par with Windows. The steam deck runs Linux so valve put a lot of work into games in steam just working.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
That sounds promising. I just saw fewer options. Maybe it's time to head over to Linux Gaming and see what they have there
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
I’ll probably end up doing this on the laptop, but on the gaming rig sadly it’s just not an option.
Aradina@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
It's totally an option. Valves steam deck runs arch Linux and steam proton usually works out of the box to make games run.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Isn't steam OS still a thing?
Nath@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I still haven't used Windows 11. Given that I'm an IT nerd with 25+ years in the industry, and essentially live and breathe this stuff, it's a little remarkable. My computer's hardware doesn't officially support it, and while I've gone through the checks I need to disable in order to upgrade, I haven't seen what Windows 11 offers that makes me want to upgrade.
Other than turning the Start Bar into something more like the MacOS/Gnome dock, I haven't really seen anything the new version brings to the consumer. It's more of the same, but give us money please.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
It won't even let me upgrade to 11 on my old desktop. Why is everything requiring more and more power... cough Planned obsolescence
Edit: Huh. I thought my old computer was just a bit crap (it is) but someone more knowledgeable is also complaining https://aussie.zone/comment/1904977
Baku@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I would love MacOS on a laptop. It would be perfect for music production. It's just so damn expensive for what you get hardware wise.
If the major audio applications and plugins ran on Linux without an emulator I'd switch immediately.
Baku@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
That's actually pretty good. I'll keep an eye out. Would love to be able to add a laptop doing live music but windows is too sketchy.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
It offers nothing at all. Honestly.
Not a single feature or reason to upgrade whatsoever.
bull@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I love Win11. Whenever I go back to previous versions they feel clunky to me now. I prefer the center-aligned taskbar and I prefer the start menu now. Search is good enough that I never have to go into "All apps" aka the traditional start menu which lists everything. I just press the windows key and start typing what I want and hit enter. Usually that just means 1 or 2 letters of the app I want.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
That’s how I interacted with 10 yeah. 11 feels different. I think it’s my work computer switching that’s really forced me to confront its shortcomings. If all it ever does is launch steam games it’s fine.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Win 11 is dumb on so many UI levels. I feel stupider for using it. Am forced to at one workplace and it legit slows me down so much. Why the fuck is it auto pinning things to Quick Access?? And why is paste an ICON with no text???
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
It's the changing of things that don't need to be changed that pisses me off. So much of windows is muscle memory and now they're fucking with the basics.
Baku@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 2y
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
Early nominee for the 'Not my job mate' award for 2024
Baku@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Nath@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
That's not on him. That's on the owner/agent. If the job request doesn't mention the laundry extinguisher, how is he meant to know it's there?
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Can you move the mount up a bit? Can you get the agent to move the mount up a bit? Can you leave the extinguisher on the floor because if there's a decent fire, get down low and gogogo, will lead you to find the extinguisher on the way out.
Baku@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
Nath@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Oh, you think the tradie didn't notice the drawer issue? That's cute. Of course he noticed. But by 'accidentally' doing precisely what the job sheet asked for (replacing the extinguisher and nothing more), he gets called back a second time. $$$
Baku@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
The obvious old screw holes might be a tiny clue
Baku@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
there is no spoon
Baku@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
A fire extinguisher in the kitchen! Fancy plus!!!
Baku@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Not quite the same, but I’ve got a wok burner that would set fire to the top cupboards if you actually used it
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I use my wok burner outside like my Viet friends told me to.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Not portable in this case. I do have a movable induction one from IKEA : house stove deemed unsafe and it took forever to get landlord to replace.
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Mine is a cast iron thing plugged into a gas bottle.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
What did that cost you?
Baku@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Nath@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 2y
Coming into the last two months of this project. Watching the "go-live" dates of different components getting nudged back and back. Six months ago, we were going to be in Production for everything by May 31 and have June for documentation etc.
We're now at the point where the last Prod deployment is June 21, and we get the last week of June for documentation. I half expect the go-live to be June 27, with one day for documentation at this point. Either that, or I'm going to be working the weekend of June 29/30.
Something about the whooshing sound of deadlines rushing by.
Cendana@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
On June 26th...
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
What sort of project if you don't mind me asking? Sounds very IT
bull@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
I made my parents jealous with my weekend up on the border last weekend so they've taken off for there and I'm dog/housesitting for the weekend. I just rocked up with $9.95 for 24 nuggies to split with the doggo. Happy doggo.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
I feel like the internet is getting worse for users
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I particularly notice it on google searches. So cluttered with ads and promotional listings. It used to be that the most useful answer was in the top 3 results. Now you’re lucky if it’s on page 2.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Google search is dead. The alternatives aren't much better but I barely use it anymore. Or if I do, I have to put the word "Reddit" in the query to get a decent answer.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Yep
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I often have to go to Reddit, but the shit hit there too
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
You've heard the term enshittification?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Oh yeah. It's turned up to a gallop though
ajsadauskas@aus.social · 6 pts · 2y
@melbaboutown @dumblederp Yeah, it's not just you.
And it's deliberate.
This article by Ed Ziltron has a really good rundown of what happened inside Google: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/
Basically, in February 2019, there was a some corporate politicking going on within Google.
The search/tech experts (some who had been there from the start) wanted to improve search results.
The finance guys wanted to deliberately make search results worse so people would search more often and there would be more money from ads.
The finance guys won.
They replaced the head of the search team (who had been there from the very start) with the guy who had been in charge of the search engine at Yahoo at the time Yahoo stopped having its own search engine.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
If by "search more often" they mean searching the same thing on multiple different search engines trying to find better results I guess it worked 🤷♂️
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
I barely even bother with google anymore
I just go straight to wikipedia and if want further reading i look up the references on the wikipedia page ( I do pay for wikipedia , not much but something )
and yes, i search reddit quite a bit
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Yep. The numbers must always go up, at the cost of killing the golden goose. And it's not confined to Google. It's in social media, any kind of tech, streaming services...
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
it isn't just sites like insta or fb or apps that are designed to suck your attention and time that are worse, the net has become a battlefield between countries
they are fighting for your approval and your vote and the bad guys will use lies to get it
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
Got an interview next week! Looks promising!
Also, I'm playing this game called "Cult of the Lamb" and I have to say, it's adorable, addictive and a hell of a lot of fun. That's my evening sorted.
Enjoy your night everyone :)
Eagle@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
We love cult of the lamb!
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I can't believe I never noticed it before. It's the perfect blend of genres. There's a bunch of mods for it as well, but I'm not touching them just yet.
Eagle@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
You can get as involved as you want with it too. It's an easy way to waste some time!
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Nice one!
Good luck on the interview!
I’m not sure what sort of game Cult of Lamb is but hope you’re having fun.
I’m playing Crypt of the Necrodancer at the moment while taking a break from Astral Ascent.
Not an easy game!
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Thanks heaps 🙂. It's a great opportunity if it works out.
Crypt of the necrodancer is on my list.
Cult of the lamb is a mix between dungeon crawler and base building. It's really clever and fun even if you're not a fan of those types of games generally.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 2y
Baku@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Happy Birthday!
I hope you had a good one or treated yourself to something.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I'm sorry to hear that. Happy birthday to you.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Hugs and happy birthday.
Did you discuss with him a plan on talking each day so you wouldn't feel anxious?
Because I don't see his actions as being unreasonable, he needs to study and he told you.
Like I said before, what would you have done in the days when people didn't have phones or what would you do if your BF was in the military?
You would have to trust him and you would have to learn to cope with anxiety, even learn how not to be anxious.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Time to give him the flick. You are the one doing all the emotional labour here - he's coasting and exploiting your anxieties. He has time to goof off with mates, but can't spend 15 seconds texting you. Time to call it quits and move on.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Cracker Barrel cheddar is a very delicious cheese and as good as some of the fancier cheddars.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I love Cracker barrel. Also Mersey Valley classic cheese. Nice and crumbly.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I like their tasty cheese.
They’re great on crackers.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Gimme vintage cheddar cheese - ordinary even tasty cheddar just doesn't have enough bite. I'm not all that fond of Cracker Barrel - I quite like the Aldi vintage one though.
kruetz@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I like the Aldi one too, but they carefully label it "vintage cheese" (no mention of cheddar anywhere on the packaging, AFAICT). I guess they're taking a shortcut that means it can't be called cheddar? 🤷
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Would not surprise me. I don't actually mind, as they're a LOT more careful with their labelling than some supermarkets I could mention (cough cough colesworth cough cough). An honest label is fine by me. Anyway, cheddaring is a separate process in cheesemaking, and an optional one in my opinion. It's the end result that counts with me.
kruetz@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I did not know that cheddaring was a thing. Thanks! And yeah, I really like their vintage cheese, it just seemed odd that they didn't call it cheddar.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
I admit defeat. My head congestion is slowly clearing but I can't hold a thought in my head. Coffee helped for about 6 mins. I am going back to sleep
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
sore back, resting, a little concerned 🤞
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
🤞🤞hope it comes good again soon.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I hope it's properly healed. Go gently on it
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Gentle hugs for you.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Hope everything is ok :)
StudChud@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
So, I'm coming out the other end of this sick, my lymph nodes don't hurt as much, and I feel a bit more clear headed. Helps that the cat let us sleep last night lol.
A few days ago, when it was bad and quite painful and I was having a weird lightness in my chest and kinda heart palpitations (the night I passed out), my partner kinda rolled his eyes and was a tad dismissive.
Well, guess who's in the throes of it now and just called to apologise profusely and unreservedly?
I just said "as an afab, it's par for the course to be disbelieved, but apology accepted haha." We laughed and it's fine, but man, I don't complain for attention, I'm just telling him my symptoms in case I need to be taken to the hospital and am incapable of advising the professionals of lead up symptoms.
I love him, but he is such a man sometimes lol
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
No drinky-poos tonight. Got places to be tomorrow. For those of you who are, cheers anyway🧃 Back to regular programming next week.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Cheers!
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
May your juice box be chilled and your sleep be restful 🍻
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Ta. May your beer hit the spot and have a great night. Cheers.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Not even 1?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Nah I'm good.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
I'm not.. cheers!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
It’s Friday and I am very, very ready for the work day to be over. 7 minutes away from being half way through…
Nothing I have to do this weekend, except dinner with my sister tomorrow night. After over a month of moving, cleaning and just life in general, this feels WEIRD. I can’t wait!
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
RDO today, yay.... Dentist also today, boooo
Edit - lo-fi beats and Morgan Freeman narrated Netflix doc on the ceiling TV. Would recommend
Baku@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
May the Fourth be with you, young Baku-wan
Edit: damn, I am sick, it's the 3rd still 😭
dumblederp@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
HEMA go brrr-clangggg
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
SCA scream too many insurance issues; and then permit horses….
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
yes, I have been watching and listening to lots of Beowulf
oztrin@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
Hwæt!
bacon@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Catfish@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
There is manflu in the house. An ambulance and some sorcerous chicken soup please.
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
🚑🦴🐛🐸🍄🐣🥣
Baku@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
Services are all underfunded at the moment, be grateful you got a response at all and didn't get your breakfast ramped for 4 hours.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
No kidding. I’ve never had to call one in reality but bloody hope someone properly slept and paid is available if that happens.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
A crab and a pineapple please.
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
🦀🍍
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Steak (medium rare, please), with mushroom sauce, veggies and a glass of 2017 Barossa Shiraz. Please and thank you!
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
🥩🍄🥦🥕🥬🍷
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Delightful, thank you!
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Could I please have a samosa with tamarind sauce but also the mint and coriander chutney.
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
🥟🫛🌿🪴
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
An apple please.
bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
🍎
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Lots of eggplant please. Make it bland and soggy
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
🍆💦🍆💦🍆💦
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I’ll have some cake please. Nothing fancy, no frosting, just plane.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
✈️
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
🥧
numberfour002@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I’ll have some cake please. Nothing fancy, no frosting, just plane.Unless your life insurance policy is all paid up and your Earthly affairs are in order, I hope it's not a Boeing.
Cendana@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Our winters.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
We spread mustard. We spread mayo. Why aren’t they in the “ spread” section?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
We have breakfast spreads such Vegemite, peanut butter, honey, jam etc, which you will usually find around the breakfast cereal aisle.
Then we have non breakfast spreads such as mayo, mustard, sauce, pickles etc.
All are condiments but can be sub divided into breakfast and non breakfast.
The only exception is Maple syrup which can be found with the pancake mixes which is in the baking aisle. That needs to change.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I believe the separation is based on the vinegar content. Sauces, pickles etc. all contain vinegar and are therefore separated from the less acidic spreads. Maple syrup is separated due to its excessive liquidity meaning it can only be poured, not spread.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Maple syrup is a condiment. A breakfast condiment. It should be next to the honey where all the other breakfast condiments are.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
If it wants to be with the other breakfast condiments it needs to thicken itself up.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Ahem, my cola maple ribs could be a breakfast thing but are typically much later in the day
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
This delineation seems to work a little better. It’s nearly perfect except for the mint jelly.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Actually apple sauce also messes the system up. My theory is that these are false sauces, snuck into the dinner repertoire in place of mint sauce and apple chutney, most likely a ploy to sneak breakfast into more meals by the type of deviant who consideres cereal for dinner to be a desireable thing. I do have concerns that these are just the start of a trend to have non-vinegar condiments take over the sauce space.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Where does the goopy cheese spread fit in? Maybe it's just Vegemite's plus one
Edit: Does every shop put them together or does the layout vary?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I found the cream cheese, cheese sticks, mac & cheese, processed cheese, laughing cow etc same aisle as the breakfast spreads at Coles. I don't know why they are there. I guess they have to go somewhere.
If it's not a solid then it's a condiment. Usually.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I must have been thinking of Aldi or Woolies? I actually never notice due to lactose intolerance ;-;
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Hahaha. I only know because my daughter likes Mac & cheese and it took me forever to find it. My understanding is that people like putting cream cheese with Vegemite so you might as well put all the other cheese products there too. 🤷♀️
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Unpopular opinion: Each supermarket needs a map like Ikea
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Fuck you all I’m now craving Fondue!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Yodel lay he he.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I refuse to accept the goopy cheese spread exists.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
But they’re all in the sauce section? Mayo is not a sauce.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y
Teknikly it is- the original name in French is Sauce Mayonnaise - that is, sauce from the city/region of Les Mayons. Like Bearnaise sauce comes from Bearn. But opinions differ on this.
wiki entry
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
It's a condiment. Sauce is a condiment. Mayo is a condiment. They do belong together.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Vegemite is a condiment though
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Yes. Correct that is why they are placed with all the other breakfast condiments.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
You mean “spreads”😂
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I'm gonna hang up now.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Hot sauce is breakfast!
Baku@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I used to order from the Flinders station one every week when I was in the city.
My go to was the cheese and gravy fries and used to eat them in the middle of my uni classes.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I just discovered that one tiny typing error turns the suburb of Bellfield into Bellfiend. Very different vibe.
Edit: fixed one tiny typing error.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
That is not an error. It is a felix culpa.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
Is it time for bed? Feels like it’s time for bed.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
It is past my bedtime, I have work tomorrow.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
I think I might be a little sick.
Runny nose and coughing due to stuff getting stuck in my throat.
Blah. What a horrible way to spend the last and next few days.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Rest up! It's EVERYWHERE and hit me like a ton of bricks
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 2y
I’m certainly doing as little as possible though the stupid laundry is going to be unavoidable.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Apparently they spray the elaborate ballet costumes with vodka instead of washing or dry cleaning, and you can do it to normal clothes too. Dump some Smirnoff on your socks and see. Tada! No more laundry.
ajsadauskas@aus.social · 4 pts · 2y
@imoldgreeeg @Duenan If it's any consolation, I was quite literally going to post the exact same thing.
I got home last night and my voice was a little hoarse. Woke up this morning with a slightly sore throat and a runny nose.
So I pulled out a rat test, and thankfully it was negative for COVID.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
I’ve done a covid test last night. Negative result.
May do another one tonight. I had my flu shot a couple of weeks ago so I didn’t think I’d catch something so fast.
I’ve been losing my voice as well in and out, same as you.
ajsadauskas@aus.social · 3 pts · 2y
@Duenan Wifey had COVID a few weeks ago. She's just recovered her sense of smell and taste now. So my concern was (despite all our best efforts) I may have caught it.
Really hope that's not the case.
I just had a nice big bowl.of soup with *lots* of chilli.
Anyway, I hope you get well soon 💜
Duenan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Keep testing over the next few days, i remember being sick with it and doing tests and one day suddenly the tests came up positive even having days of symptoms and testing negative before that.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Hands cold. Long week. So, so tired. Fulfilled but also still have so much to do. Going away in two weeks, have planned nothing...
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Let us hope that tonight's footy is a percentage booster - for Carlton.
Baku@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Set one up in your kitchen and add recycling stuff in it. Then when it's full put it in the recycling bin outside. Repeat.
Baku@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 2y
I have been watching various movies, readings and videos of Beowulf and about Beowulf. Here are some.
Beowulf by Robert Zemeckis. Whyyyyyyy. It could have been awesome but it looked like crap. 2 hobbits
Beowulf , documentary by Michael Woods, 4 hobbits
History documentary by some academic poetry chap, 3 hobbits
Beowulf 1998 animation with Derek Jacobi, 3 hobbits
The Hobbit , for following Tolkein's texts on Beowulf and the book The Hobbit and for general awesomeness in heroic story telling, 6 out 5 hobbits. I love it even more now,