The place I'm staying at has Alexa whatever things all over the house. I have given in and used them for timers and alarm clocks so I can reduce use of my phone especially first thing in the morning. It helps that I have to actually use my voice if I want to silence the alarm. So of course I blearily told it to stop for 3 separate alarms this morning - 7, 7:15 and 7:30.
Eventually woke up at 8ish and asked it what the time was and it said "The time is 8:05 am. Happy Friday! 😇 "
Is it possible to ask Alexa to be more of a curmudgeonly bitch?
There are so many things you can do it with! I should warn you though.. all of the things you ask it get logged and the owner of the devices can see a list of what you've said to it in their Alexa app. I can't remember if it actually saves the audio of you asking or not too.
Temp tomorrow tops at 18. It's July. This is not natural.
We have fucked our planet beyond repair. I'm sorry, but conservatism is not only wrong, it's dangerous now, because soon climate change is going to kill tens, if not hundreds of millions of people.
Next three days are 18°C. Love being here for the apocalypse. I had tipped Russia launching nukes (could still happen), but I'll take climate change I guess lol
realised this morning that I'd inadvertently gotten a bit of a Tig Notaro (Edit: think Army of the dead) haircut. Local lesbians in my area are very interested (got hit on three times between bunnings and the fresh fruit grocer)
We'll have none of that moralistic judgement and hetro-normative focus on penetration around here thanks. Love is love, and what happens between consenting plugs and ports is their business.
And why should pleasure only come from penetration anyway? I say we need to normalise tickling, fondling, blowing and licking (with mutual consent) as equally valid expressions of love and trust. I, for one, have witnessed the great emotional release involved in the ritual "right side up?" foreplay so often engaged with hetero USB-A intercourse.
Ah thanks. I'm the sort of person that only plugs things in where they're supposed to be plugged in and checks several times that it is indeed the correct place before I plug it in, and then checks a couple of times that I've plugged it in correctly. It wouldn't occur to me to do it any other way. And I'm no fun at parties!
A usb plug can be made to fit a hdmi socket (hence the 'well you can' comment) but yeah, the pins don't match up so you get nada. Possibly some damage to parts if you get gung ho about jamming it in there
I am enjoying my second pub meal in one day. I highly recommend blowing off work, booking a random motel at the last minute and escaping to country Vic. Hi from Yackandandah.
Day 2 of intermediate body shred challenge completed, plus tummy exercises. I got home from work last night, did 2 loads of washing, very begrudgingly cooked dinner, which was lovely, had exhausting argument with elder minipeeler about doing homework and basically collapsed into bed without doing my evening exercises 😔 Both minipeelers are home sick today. Made a breakfast juice with ginger, pear, spinach, apple celery and a small beetroot. I'd show you a picture but, you know, it's a purple ploppy looking juice.
Bonus picture of dinner
Picture is of steak with mash, peas and broccoli, chargrilled zucchini and red Brussels sprouts cooked in a mushroom cream sauce, thereby negating any health benefits of said sprouts. I seem to cook better when I'm tired and pissed off.
Agreed. My fave weekend breakfast involves fried mushrooms, spinach and red onion on Turkish toast or a fresh sourdough toast. Bonus egg, bacon and beetroot relish because I can't resist going overboard on that stuff!
Rejected again, I'm unemployable
Dejected again, unenjoyable
But I got fishnet stockings on, feeling neat
I'll dance my bleeding heart out, undefeated
I'll keep trying to be another wage-drone
In a capitalist landscape that wants me gone
I don't care anymore, I know I am qualified
Don't care about my failings being quantified
I'm ready to dance, I'm ready to go
Where I'll end up, I do not know
But whereever it is, it's where I'm meant to be
Tonight I'll let loose, and pretend I am free
It was a wet dog walk this morning. The night was warm too - I did not sleep well, and tossed and turned so much Mr Woof went to sleep in the lounge room. It makes me feel much better about being at work when I am not missing a nice day.
I’m drawing landscapes just to learn how to use digital brushes and it’s a bit frustrating. Each one seems to look a tad crappier than the last. (The first wasn’t bad.) But you know, it’s that or sitting for long periods with pencils or standing to paint. Or doing nothing. For some reason I can’t currently focus on books.
I’m using a $10 Big W stylus (Cygnett) and $10 Procreate Pocket on phone. Just can’t seem to do a smooth flowing sketch line like I can with a traditional pencil (my posture and screen size doesn’t help) so I’m fudging a lot with paint and smudge tool. One of the brushes stopped working? The features and layers are also limited so maybe this is intended to take visual notes while out for doing fully later.
It’s not bad to experiment with though if you don’t put pressure on yourself and have some music on in the background.
Really annoying that r/ArtFundamentals went private right when I got interested in trying to learn with exercises.
Well that's another job I didn't get... As much as I like working for the APS, I'm getting very sick of their drawn out recruitment process that seems to go no where for me no matter how much effort I put in. What sucks is I'm desperate to get out of my current job but I can't just quit because I'll lose all the clearances that come with being an APS employee, which make me ever so slightly more favourable when I do apply for jobs. This whole thing is definitely becoming a huge rut for me.
I love mein Opa. He loves pulling apart dangerous appliances (think microwaves) that he finds during hard-rubbish, and refurbishing them. He built the sun-room by himself, and wired it all back in the 70s, we have Sunday Lunch in it still. He browses the internet and knows how to research, learning from YT how phones and PCs are made.
But he had to ask me for help, bc his Samsung Android phone kept notifying him every 5 minutes or so that he had a msg. I had to pop into the settings and show him how to turn the 'reminder' feature off.
Update on the neighbour dog barking. I heard from another neighbour that the owners have gone to Europe, it seems like they've just left the dog at the house and expect whoever to visit and feed it, and it's being left outside all day and night. I'm not sure if anyone is pet sitting or living at the house, there's no cars around. Going on holiday doesn't absolve you of your responsibilities as a dog owner. Dogs need exercise and attention, it ain't getting any of that so it's barking around the clock. I called the council but they're useless. Goodbye sleep and sanity.
In better news, off for Friday knock-off drinks soon. This weather is perfect for beer.
Day off. Had a lovely breakfast, coffee, now under a blanket on the couch, pondering whether to start with some zelda, a book, or just head straight for a snooze.
oof. while out and abouting and enticing the local lesbiantry I picked up some Challah and I have been ripping through that loaf with bear hands like the savage, savage beast I am.
I do not regret this decision but 3/4th of a loaf later parts of my digestive system are registering complaints.
I tried this, but I'm at work so it made people think I needed something. I asked for coffee and a biscuit but apparently it's only appropriate to ask for work related help. Life is so unfair.
Edit: someone just came around with donuts. I guess life's not so bad after all.
Listen, I'm not sure why we're stuck in this crawl space but if that's what we need to do to both git down and place our hands on a ceiling of some sort, fine, I just need to know when we can break for morning tea and if there will be shortbread biscuits.
Slowly sinking down into my bed
With thoughts swirling in my head
Sigh, I remember what I said
I wouldn't post my pain on this thread
But I am desperate for connection
To be seen, in the face of self-rejection
I want to feel some validation
That I'm not alone in my complications
I can win this fight against my brain
I'm sending you this octopus 🐙 to help. Bacon gave it to me yesterday, and whilst it is no good at bookkeeping it is very clever with those tenticles, and dealt very effectively with the brain it was given for breakfast.
I hate those things! 2 of my former workplaces did them. Usually the kind of places where if the management have an issue with your work they'll hope that you say it so they won't have to. You'll probably ace it though. Towards the end I was so sick of them that I'd just brag for half an hour.
I have a really great relationship with my boss so I'm sure it will be fine! I just hate the whole process around self-scoring, having to talk yourself up, ugh.
I used to hate talking myself up. I was raised that boasting or "having tickets on yourself" was arrogant and conceited. Then I went out into the real world where you have to kind of promote and market yourself in order to gain employment. Was terrible at it for a long time lol.
smish It's hard, and there's a tendency to focus on the falls as the failure. The falls aren't the failure. The giving up on attempts to ride the horse is the failure.
Those nitotine lozenges work pretty well for cravings. Jump back on the wagon. You can do it. I did and I was going through about 5 bottles of vodka a week in my last bender. I know it's not that simple but hit me up if you want a sober buddy, I'm serious. I'm not suggesting for a second I think you're an alcoholic or anything less than powerful but alcohol ends up a part of many facets of life and creeps. Having some sober people around helps.
I take a non habit forming sleep tablet, which is actually an anti-anxiety / anti-d, but in lower doses just helps getting to sleep and getting back to sleep when I wake up. I tried not using a couple of nights and went back to my normal less then average sleep pattern for what that is worth.
Ugh. How much do friend arguments suck. You've only got my side of the story, but they were absolutely being an immature brat about a work thing they're going through. And during their ranting, they also managed to direct some insults at me. Uncalled for dude. And I actually think they could be using this work situation to their advantage. Hopefully we can move past this, because I have since apologised (though between us I lowkey think I shouldn't be apologising lmao), but so be it if we don't. A shame, but this isn't the first time things have been said that don't sit right with me.
UGH
People have been dumping all their fast food garbage in the street around our house and our neighbours and it honestly has me raging. It’s always been a problem but is getting worse lately, they clearly just let it pile up in their car and then dump it all out?! Considering becoming the local Karen and posting passive aggressive signs around the place.
I started the sign-up process with Sumo Energy, then realised there was no option to put a date of change in so didn't continue (I have fixed rate until the end of August). They have been sending me regular emails, and have now upgraded to offering me a $50 fuel voucher if I sign up. Apparently waiting pays.
Two nights of crap sleep has left me all sorts of roller-coastery today. le sigh Also just faffed around for two hours+ in an attempt to find a dress. Nada. Everything is just so unappealing?
Also, is it just me, but is our fast food getting even more junkier? I mean, I can’t talk. I love me a good robust munch (not to mention burgs), but… it just feels like every new offering is a bun/crumbed/deep fried. I worry for us…
So there is no doubt I’m late to the party, but I was beyond pleased to find that I could add voice recordings to MS PP for each slide, have them auto play and set up the slide to go to the next after each (timed) and then export it as a video. The amount of times I have re-recorded videos in the past… Why did I not realise this sooner. Definite large rock I live under.
I booked myself in for a massage at 2pm to turbocharge myself into getting shit done so this ends up being a relatively short day. So far, it's working!
Nice one. Also thanks for reminding me I need to use my gift voucher to book in a spa session before it expires like my Providoor one did (or I should say before they go bust lol) 🫠
I complete lack of direction at work would do it. I should stop complaining though. I'm just hanging out for an event I've been forced to go this arvo then I'm gonna f off. They better not come with the directions then.
Gonna make a shitload of spring rolls today and rebuild The Stash™.
Putting in heaps of the coriander forest because that's gonna bolt in this 420ppm the nino AMOC ice extent SSTA six sigma tic tac madness.
Also lots of chilli going in from last season that's in the freezer. I've found if you put red food dye on the uncooked pastry (as a warning), it actually stays a very bright red after deep frying.
420ppm is CO2 parts per million
El nino
AMOC = Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Ppl worried it's slowing.
Antarctic ice extent
SSTA = sea surface temperature anomaly
six sigma = six standard deviations away from the mean for both north atlantic SSTA and Antarctic sea ice extent
tic tac is the alien ship from the recent UFO revelations that's (some believe) come to save our climate and corianders.
Wait, so are you planting more coriander because it is more likely to run and therefore produce less leafy growth due to the climate/lack of alien intervention.. or putting more in the spring rolls to enjoy now while it can still be grown? Or something else?
Given the warm temps and without tic tac intervention, the little 1m^2^ crop I have is bolting :( It's to enjoy it now when it's full of fluffy green foliage.
I've never seen it start to go into seed mid winter. Maybe it's a false spring?
Is it just overgrown? I've kept coriander plants growing for about 18 months by pinching off all the flowers and things but after a while it just wants to procreate and die
I just got a phone call. It was automated "something something visa department regarding 2 transactions" then I hung up. Was that the smartest thing to do?
I often answer if its unknown (a few family members like to set their numbers to unknown for work reasons). I should really stop answering even if Truecaller doesn't identify them as a scam.
Love using DeviantArt for customising my computer. Might download that pack for my work computer because for some reason it's showing a white text cursor sometimes which is hard in Gmail.
Mein Liebe is cooking up some pasta before we head out. I am so very lucky to have a person who likes me (he says he loves me haha) and likes cooking for me.
Lucky little blob that I am.
Edit: Because the CEO told me to, here is the pasta (pasata, pork mince, tomates, and love lol)
So far away, we wait for the day
For the lives all so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames, we carry on
I survived the night unharmed. Although I have noticed a green radioactive glow about me, and it’s possible I can now shoot webs out of my wrists. Oh well.
Not going to lie, weather's got me a little alarmed today. The winter dressing gown and trackies are off, and I had to dig in the back of my cupboard for some of my thick cotton shorts that usually don't make an appearance until spring.
Same, I just have no idea how to dress. The sun is warm but the wind is bitter and there is no warmth in the actual environment, as soon as the sun goes in it's cold.
Can I just note my complete disdain for paggro use of words like sheesh and wow and other negative conversation stoppers. Blimey is fine. It is a true exclamation.
any psychological horror. The anticipation, the dread, helplessness.The shadow standing in the corner of your bedroom. The stranger standing completely still in the middle of your garden. The familiar things that aren’t quite right and an undercurrent of quiet intense panic arises.
Playing in a doubles comp this arvo ahead of the disc golf tournament on the weekend. It's at a temporary course in Wantirna South so hopefully the council gets behind the initiative and it becomes permanent.
Observations of op shop donations. Lots and lots of Russian tourist souvenirs have been donated over the past year. No one wants that stuff in their house.
Thankyou, it was very delicious. Except for those evil leguminous critters, I am returning those after carefully picking them out and placing them in a quarantine pile on the side of the plate. 🍽️🫘
Just remembered black pudding and how I can't have it now I'm veggo. Now it's going to be all I think about all day, nice bit of fried black pudding with some buttery toast on the side.
Feeling bad I cancelled the tutor. I just wanted two long sessions, she said ten , and it wasn't even where she said. 😬 And I got stiffed for an enrolment fee over and above tute fees.
Get to review (not so much give it a score but to review) Rachet and Clank: Rift Apart on PC for my 1st job, except it kept on freezing last night which is frustrating. Had to send Insomniac (the devs) a message about it because it was annoying. I have the minimum and even recommended specs for the game, lowered the graphics to medium and it still freezed. Hopefully when I mentioned in the email "I got a review code for this" it'll bump up the issue.
Speaking of games freezing, I was having a couple of games freeze/crash after 30+ minutes of gameplay which was annoying me. Turns out it was happening because I undervolted my GPU a while back. Was annoying to troubleshoot but all good now. That'll teach me for trying to be clever.
Undervolt? Through MSI Afterburner, customising the Voltage/Frequency curve. I followed a guide I found online for my specific GPU (3080 Ti) which seemed to work fine but yeah, when the performance was pushed it was no bueno so I just set it back to default.
Love the Ratchet and Clank, huge fan of Insomniac (i have my ps1 with the first three Spyro games still, and my R&C games for PS2).
Sad that it's being shite. I honestly am not a fan of the reboot on the new gen consoles, or the newer series, so I cannot help.... I was just using your post to gush about R&C for PS2 haha.
I hope they help you out! I have heard they are one of the better devs kicking around these days!!
Reminds me of the fiasco when Insomniac made the Spyro game for PS2, before they sold that IP to Sierra. It was a clusterfuck that barely played at all.
Oh this is an easy one. Remember you saw it a few days ago as a neighbour of the main country. There’s a region that isn’t universally recognised as independent shown in grey, and they double up by also treating that region as a neighbour. A bet each way, I guess.
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just_kitten@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 3y
The place I'm staying at has Alexa whatever things all over the house. I have given in and used them for timers and alarm clocks so I can reduce use of my phone especially first thing in the morning. It helps that I have to actually use my voice if I want to silence the alarm. So of course I blearily told it to stop for 3 separate alarms this morning - 7, 7:15 and 7:30.
Eventually woke up at 8ish and asked it what the time was and it said "The time is 8:05 am. Happy Friday! 😇 "
Is it possible to ask Alexa to be more of a curmudgeonly bitch?
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
People that say 'happy Friday' should be given 50 lashes in the public square.
People that say 'happy ****day' for any other of the week, should be removed from society via catapult or trebuchet
melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
looks like youve got a case of the fridays
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I've got a case of beer in the fridge..same same
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
We need more Bad Janet in our lives
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
The contrary side of me is really tempted to update the bot to put a "happy ****day" message in the DT post 🤣
What is the appropriate punishment for using "FriYay!!"?
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I can't say, but it will involve a rubber hose
baconmash@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
happy everyday
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I hate you so much.....
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Oh well, that’s me drawn and quartered for my serial offending.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I'll be there with you! I'm so annoyingly chirpy sometimes, even to myself.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Thank you for your sacrifice
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
On my god, if only I could action out this punishment to people at work!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I think the only exceptions are happy birthday/easter/mother's day/father's day. That's it. People shouldn't over complicate things.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Special occasions are fine. They're special. Regular days aren't and so shall they remain.
bull@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I literally bought an Amazon Echo after I saw this video a couple of years ago https://youtu.be/96BAgh0jmSE
It sits in a drawer now though sadly coz I'm a google home user.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
That was fucking hilarious, thank you 😂 I guess I better start getting creative
bull@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
There are so many things you can do it with! I should warn you though.. all of the things you ask it get logged and the owner of the devices can see a list of what you've said to it in their Alexa app. I can't remember if it actually saves the audio of you asking or not too.
Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 3y
Temp tomorrow tops at 18. It's July. This is not natural.
We have fucked our planet beyond repair. I'm sorry, but conservatism is not only wrong, it's dangerous now, because soon climate change is going to kill tens, if not hundreds of millions of people.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
billions
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Next three days are 18°C. Love being here for the apocalypse. I had tipped Russia launching nukes (could still happen), but I'll take climate change I guess lol
RosaliePreistley@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Agreed, also Moon pie. What a time to be alive.
goodviking@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Pardon my ignorance, is that considered high or low?
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I would say that's petty high for July. Usually it does get a little warmer in July but maybe between 13 - 15c. Our record high in July has been 21.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 3y
realised this morning that I'd inadvertently gotten a bit of a Tig Notaro (Edit: think Army of the dead) haircut. Local lesbians in my area are very interested (got hit on three times between bunnings and the fresh fruit grocer)
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 3y
I'm so fucking hungry. The dog is looking good. 2 hours to go until pizza and beer.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
🌭
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I was thinking more of a roast because he would fit in my largest baking dish with a few spuds and carrots. 🐶 🥔 🥔 🥕 🥕
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Roasting takes so long though, by the time it was done you'd have already had the pizza.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Spatchcock style.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 3y
daily reminder that you cant plug a USB into the HDMI port. Follow for more bleeding edge of tech tips.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
We'll have none of that moralistic judgement and hetro-normative focus on penetration around here thanks. Love is love, and what happens between consenting plugs and ports is their business.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
And why should pleasure only come from penetration anyway? I say we need to normalise tickling, fondling, blowing and licking (with mutual consent) as equally valid expressions of love and trust. I, for one, have witnessed the great emotional release involved in the ritual "right side up?" foreplay so often engaged with hetero USB-A intercourse.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I'm now thinking that all those apple chargers didn't actually have loose wiring, they just enjoyed the extra jiggling.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
When lubrication is not an option, one must adapt.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Square Peg Round Hole gang checking in....you're wrong
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
We need this. What's a USB?
baconmash@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
it’s the younger brother of USA.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I think it's computer porn talk for nerds.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Especially when we talk about female and male ends.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
imma stick a VGA into HDMI port
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Filthy
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
well you can, but the result is not good.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
What happens?
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
nothing whatsoever
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Ah thanks. I'm the sort of person that only plugs things in where they're supposed to be plugged in and checks several times that it is indeed the correct place before I plug it in, and then checks a couple of times that I've plugged it in correctly. It wouldn't occur to me to do it any other way. And I'm no fun at parties!
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
A usb plug can be made to fit a hdmi socket (hence the 'well you can' comment) but yeah, the pins don't match up so you get nada. Possibly some damage to parts if you get gung ho about jamming it in there
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
😂
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 3y
I am enjoying my second pub meal in one day. I highly recommend blowing off work, booking a random motel at the last minute and escaping to country Vic. Hi from Yackandandah.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 3y
Day 2 of intermediate body shred challenge completed, plus tummy exercises. I got home from work last night, did 2 loads of washing, very begrudgingly cooked dinner, which was lovely, had exhausting argument with elder minipeeler about doing homework and basically collapsed into bed without doing my evening exercises 😔 Both minipeelers are home sick today. Made a breakfast juice with ginger, pear, spinach, apple celery and a small beetroot. I'd show you a picture but, you know, it's a purple ploppy looking juice.
Bonus picture of dinner
Picture is of steak with mash, peas and broccoli, chargrilled zucchini and red Brussels sprouts cooked in a mushroom cream sauce, thereby negating any health benefits of said sprouts. I seem to cook better when I'm tired and pissed off.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
You are a machine. Your family is lucky to have you. I hope some appreciation is conveyed
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Aww thankyou 😀 They remember to thank me sometimes lol.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Ah good..
Force_majeure122@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
That is the ultimate dinner 🤤
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Thankyou! High praise indeed 😀
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Wow, that's something I haven't seen in a long time. Steak. looks yum and being so early in the day seeing that, it's made me hungry!
Well done on getting all that last night. I wouldn't have been able to do that. Very Impressive.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Yuuumm. All my favs right there. I'm so glad everyone's on the mushrooms. I fucking love 'em.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Agreed. My fave weekend breakfast involves fried mushrooms, spinach and red onion on Turkish toast or a fresh sourdough toast. Bonus egg, bacon and beetroot relish because I can't resist going overboard on that stuff!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Oh my lordy. I just dribbled on myself.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Oh my, so much tasty food in here today! Yummm!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 3y
Rejected again, I'm unemployable
Dejected again, unenjoyable
But I got fishnet stockings on, feeling neat
I'll dance my bleeding heart out, undefeated
I'll keep trying to be another wage-drone
In a capitalist landscape that wants me gone
I don't care anymore, I know I am qualified
Don't care about my failings being quantified
I'm ready to dance, I'm ready to go
Where I'll end up, I do not know
But whereever it is, it's where I'm meant to be
Tonight I'll let loose, and pretend I am free
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 3y
Late edition dins:
Just sushi rice, rice vinegar, pinch of sugar, then cucumber and kewpie mixed with shit hot habanero sauce.
Next up are the springers!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 3y
It was a wet dog walk this morning. The night was warm too - I did not sleep well, and tossed and turned so much Mr Woof went to sleep in the lounge room. It makes me feel much better about being at work when I am not missing a nice day.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Hey, so it wasn't just me feeling unnaturally warm. I woke up in sweat a couple times which is very unusual!
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Yeah, it was wild. I walked home around midnight and the app said 14 degrees. I thought it was joking, but so many people were out.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 3y
My dinner tonight was home made pizza, like all Friday's.
Didn't take photos but t'was good.
Olives, artichoke, chilli, garlic and anchovies.
Oh yeah
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 3y
I’m drawing landscapes just to learn how to use digital brushes and it’s a bit frustrating. Each one seems to look a tad crappier than the last. (The first wasn’t bad.) But you know, it’s that or sitting for long periods with pencils or standing to paint. Or doing nothing. For some reason I can’t currently focus on books.
I’m using a $10 Big W stylus (Cygnett) and $10 Procreate Pocket on phone. Just can’t seem to do a smooth flowing sketch line like I can with a traditional pencil (my posture and screen size doesn’t help) so I’m fudging a lot with paint and smudge tool. One of the brushes stopped working? The features and layers are also limited so maybe this is intended to take visual notes while out for doing fully later.
It’s not bad to experiment with though if you don’t put pressure on yourself and have some music on in the background.
Really annoying that r/ArtFundamentals went private right when I got interested in trying to learn with exercises.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
It might be the combination of stylus and screen size, but have you checked the stabilisation settings? https://procreate.com/handbook/procreate/interface-gestures/accessibility/#:~:text=The%20global%20setting%20for%20stabilization,advanced%20version%20called%20Motion%20Filtering.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Edit. You could also give Infinite Painter a go. It's a very well developed procreate alternative. I use it on Android as procreate is iOS only.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
I might look into that, I don’t have a tablet though
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
Thanks, I’ll look at the settings
bananafungus@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 3y
Well that's another job I didn't get... As much as I like working for the APS, I'm getting very sick of their drawn out recruitment process that seems to go no where for me no matter how much effort I put in. What sucks is I'm desperate to get out of my current job but I can't just quit because I'll lose all the clearances that come with being an APS employee, which make me ever so slightly more favourable when I do apply for jobs. This whole thing is definitely becoming a huge rut for me.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 3y
I'm in trouble again. This is the third night Bill Cat has no kangaroo with gravy
StudChud@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 3y
I love mein Opa. He loves pulling apart dangerous appliances (think microwaves) that he finds during hard-rubbish, and refurbishing them. He built the sun-room by himself, and wired it all back in the 70s, we have Sunday Lunch in it still. He browses the internet and knows how to research, learning from YT how phones and PCs are made.
But he had to ask me for help, bc his Samsung Android phone kept notifying him every 5 minutes or so that he had a msg. I had to pop into the settings and show him how to turn the 'reminder' feature off.
He's the best.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
That's so cute.
tone_212@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 3y
Update on the neighbour dog barking. I heard from another neighbour that the owners have gone to Europe, it seems like they've just left the dog at the house and expect whoever to visit and feed it, and it's being left outside all day and night. I'm not sure if anyone is pet sitting or living at the house, there's no cars around. Going on holiday doesn't absolve you of your responsibilities as a dog owner. Dogs need exercise and attention, it ain't getting any of that so it's barking around the clock. I called the council but they're useless. Goodbye sleep and sanity.
In better news, off for Friday knock-off drinks soon. This weather is perfect for beer.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 3y
Cocktails are the best bc they are delicious and has the word 'cock' in it.
melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 3y
Day off. Had a lovely breakfast, coffee, now under a blanket on the couch, pondering whether to start with some zelda, a book, or just head straight for a snooze.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Book, snooze about 20 pages in, wake up and play Zelda.
melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
this is eerily accurate
MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
I applied logic and reason. I assume there something playing in the background on TV or stereo perhaps?
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Hmm the question is which Zelda?
melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
the most recent one!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
All of them.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I have a strange urge to play Katamari games right now.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Do it. Katamari games are A+!!!
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Have you played them before?
There's something fascinating with trying to roll up as much as you can.
I'm at work alas so can't play unless i'm on my break.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Yas I am a big fat gamer! I adore Katamari games, tho I tend to get into them around the Games Done Quick weeks where they speedrun it hahah
Duenan@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
I'm a gamer as well! I've never played them before until they arrived on the Switch.
I can't believe I've never played them through all my life.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
Been a long week at work. Tomorrow is time for a "new clothes" spree and a haircut.
May as well get something out of all this work right?
Taleya@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
oof. while out and abouting and enticing the local lesbiantry I picked up some Challah and I have been ripping through that loaf with bear hands like the savage, savage beast I am.
I do not regret this decision but 3/4th of a loaf later parts of my digestive system are registering complaints.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
EVERYBODY GIT DOWN IF YA FEELS ME
PUT YA HANDS UP TO THE CEILING
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
I tried this, but I'm at work so it made people think I needed something. I asked for coffee and a biscuit but apparently it's only appropriate to ask for work related help. Life is so unfair.
Edit: someone just came around with donuts. I guess life's not so bad after all.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
But what kind of donuts?! I need details!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
There were many donuts, I don't know where they came from. I had half a chocolate iced donut with mini m&m's.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Listen, I'm not sure why we're stuck in this crawl space but if that's what we need to do to both git down and place our hands on a ceiling of some sort, fine, I just need to know when we can break for morning tea and if there will be shortbread biscuits.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I have biscuits on hand at all times. We good playa.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Aight I'll shake dat booty for ya
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Thanks for reminding me.The only hands up to the ceiling I'll be doing is with a duster to remove some of the cobwebs.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
Slowly sinking down into my bed
With thoughts swirling in my head
Sigh, I remember what I said
I wouldn't post my pain on this thread
But I am desperate for connection
To be seen, in the face of self-rejection
I want to feel some validation
That I'm not alone in my complications
I can win this fight against my brain
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
You are not alone, and you can win this fight.
I'm sending you this octopus 🐙 to help. Bacon gave it to me yesterday, and whilst it is no good at bookkeeping it is very clever with those tenticles, and dealt very effectively with the brain it was given for breakfast.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Thank you kindly, I shall care for it and name it... Bob.
batarians@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
UGHHHH I have a self review due for work today. These things are the worst.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
10/10, excellent reviews from my peers.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I hate those things! 2 of my former workplaces did them. Usually the kind of places where if the management have an issue with your work they'll hope that you say it so they won't have to. You'll probably ace it though. Towards the end I was so sick of them that I'd just brag for half an hour.
batarians@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I have a really great relationship with my boss so I'm sure it will be fine! I just hate the whole process around self-scoring, having to talk yourself up, ugh.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I used to hate talking myself up. I was raised that boasting or "having tickets on yourself" was arrogant and conceited. Then I went out into the real world where you have to kind of promote and market yourself in order to gain employment. Was terrible at it for a long time lol.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
Looks like the rain is clearing out towards the east. Might risk the bike after all. BOM says a sunny afternoon.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
It can't be sunny until after lunch. I have soup, and need it to be soup weather until after I have eaten.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
soup for second breakfast
TinyBreak@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I think it was pretty heavy last night?
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Indeed it was quite a lot of rain.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
sky pretty
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 3y
Great news guys. The capsicums are fine.
I sliced half of them for a stirfry. Still thinking what to do with the other half.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
By order of @CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone I present:
::: spoiler Dinner
Image: crumbed basil pesto filled balls of chicken, served with lightly-seasoned oven baked cauliflower chips :::
StudChud@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Without MC (medication) I had a real rough time sleeping. It's actually fucked how much it helps.
I ended up buying a pouch of tobacco and now I'm having a sober ciggie. I told mein liebe to hide the pouch.
How else can I hate myself more? Suggestions welcome 😂
Edit: can someone tell me I'll hop back on the wagon pls
Taleya@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
you'll hop back on no worries. It's like riding a horse. You'll fall on your arse again and again but what counts is getting back on.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
💜💜 ty! Seriously! 💜💜
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
smish It's hard, and there's a tendency to focus on the falls as the failure. The falls aren't the failure. The giving up on attempts to ride the horse is the failure.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
You could always watch more porn.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I already watch porn 😭😂
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
More porn.
wscholermann@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
pulls up with a tail lift
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
😙👉👉
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I don't want you to hate yourself, I am however going to suggest putting on relaxation sounds to help go to sleep.
I do the rain/water sounds on low volume at night on a sleep timer.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
💜💜💜 thank you dear friend! I think I fell asleep when the rain hit last night, so I will try the rain sounds. You're the best! 😍😍
RosaliePreistley@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Those nitotine lozenges work pretty well for cravings. Jump back on the wagon. You can do it. I did and I was going through about 5 bottles of vodka a week in my last bender. I know it's not that simple but hit me up if you want a sober buddy, I'm serious. I'm not suggesting for a second I think you're an alcoholic or anything less than powerful but alcohol ends up a part of many facets of life and creeps. Having some sober people around helps.
I take a non habit forming sleep tablet, which is actually an anti-anxiety / anti-d, but in lower doses just helps getting to sleep and getting back to sleep when I wake up. I tried not using a couple of nights and went back to my normal less then average sleep pattern for what that is worth.
vanishing_spies@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Ugh. How much do friend arguments suck. You've only got my side of the story, but they were absolutely being an immature brat about a work thing they're going through. And during their ranting, they also managed to direct some insults at me. Uncalled for dude. And I actually think they could be using this work situation to their advantage. Hopefully we can move past this, because I have since apologised (though between us I lowkey think I shouldn't be apologising lmao), but so be it if we don't. A shame, but this isn't the first time things have been said that don't sit right with me. UGH
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
How good is a cheese and garlic pizza?
Anyway cheers inmates 🍻 let's party.
6368_39162@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 3y
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
I would like to thank yesterday's me for working to make this morning's breakfast a reality.
::: spoiler yummy
Image: Plate with poached eggs on muffins, topped with garlic mushrooms and greens. :::
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I'd like to thank you for share that. Sensational.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Man that looks awesome!
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I nearly thought those were crumpets, not muffins! The mushrooms and greens look très bien, what a good start to the day.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Oh my god that looks sooo good!! Thank you for the inspiration!
stardustingss@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
People have been dumping all their fast food garbage in the street around our house and our neighbours and it honestly has me raging. It’s always been a problem but is getting worse lately, they clearly just let it pile up in their car and then dump it all out?! Considering becoming the local Karen and posting passive aggressive signs around the place.
cherryripesalmoncake@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 3y
That ain’t Karen, that carin’.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
🥁
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Organise a pick up litter weekend. People give no fucks about signs.
JebuaJones78@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
Oh... Hello.
Is there an app for this? The site on my phone in Chrome is quite busy.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
I started the sign-up process with Sumo Energy, then realised there was no option to put a date of change in so didn't continue (I have fixed rate until the end of August). They have been sending me regular emails, and have now upgraded to offering me a $50 fuel voucher if I sign up. Apparently waiting pays.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Two nights of crap sleep has left me all sorts of roller-coastery today. le sigh Also just faffed around for two hours+ in an attempt to find a dress. Nada. Everything is just so unappealing?
Also, is it just me, but is our fast food getting even more junkier? I mean, I can’t talk. I love me a good robust munch (not to mention burgs), but… it just feels like every new offering is a bun/crumbed/deep fried. I worry for us…
Gotta get out of this funky meh.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
So there is no doubt I’m late to the party, but I was beyond pleased to find that I could add voice recordings to MS PP for each slide, have them auto play and set up the slide to go to the next after each (timed) and then export it as a video. The amount of times I have re-recorded videos in the past… Why did I not realise this sooner. Definite large rock I live under.
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Jesus Christ it's gonna be a long day
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
I booked myself in for a massage at 2pm to turbocharge myself into getting shit done so this ends up being a relatively short day. So far, it's working!
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Nice one. Also thanks for reminding me I need to use my gift voucher to book in a spa session before it expires like my Providoor one did (or I should say before they go bust lol) 🫠
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Doooo eeeeeet. Book it in today so it doesn't slip your mind, future you will appreciate it!
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Done!!! 👉 👉
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Yesssss so glad to hear this!!
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Go go go, you can do it!
A massage to end the day sounds so nice.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I agree, why is your day going to be long?
So far I've been subjected to non stop noise and music all from 8am onwards and couldn't even have my break in peace and quiet.
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I complete lack of direction at work would do it. I should stop complaining though. I'm just hanging out for an event I've been forced to go this arvo then I'm gonna f off. They better not come with the directions then.
mayotized@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I am tempted to just crawl into bed and nap but thats not a good idea.
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
No. No it isn't.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Gonna make a shitload of spring rolls today and rebuild The Stash™.
Putting in heaps of the coriander forest because that's gonna bolt in this 420ppm the nino AMOC ice extent SSTA six sigma tic tac madness.
Also lots of chilli going in from last season that's in the freezer. I've found if you put red food dye on the uncooked pastry (as a warning), it actually stays a very bright red after deep frying.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
That middle paragraph is that computy talk?
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
I read it a few times but all I parse is word-salad
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
climate heh. Bear with me..
420ppm is CO2 parts per million El nino AMOC = Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Ppl worried it's slowing. Antarctic ice extent SSTA = sea surface temperature anomaly six sigma = six standard deviations away from the mean for both north atlantic SSTA and Antarctic sea ice extent tic tac is the alien ship from the recent UFO revelations that's (some believe) come to save our climate and corianders.
I read a lot of doom porn :(
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Ah yep. That cleared it up. Thanks. 😂
RosaliePreistley@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Where's the bit where the old man yells at clouds?
It's true, we're fucked. I vote for Kodos.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
The aliens came all this way just to save coriander? Surely there is more worthy of saving than that? Like penguins. And Rhinosaurus Beetles.
cherryripesalmoncake@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Wait, so are you planting more coriander because it is more likely to run and therefore produce less leafy growth due to the climate/lack of alien intervention.. or putting more in the spring rolls to enjoy now while it can still be grown? Or something else?
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Given the warm temps and without tic tac intervention, the little 1m^2^ crop I have is bolting :( It's to enjoy it now when it's full of fluffy green foliage.
I've never seen it start to go into seed mid winter. Maybe it's a false spring?
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Is it just overgrown? I've kept coriander plants growing for about 18 months by pinching off all the flowers and things but after a while it just wants to procreate and die
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I'm guessing they are way too crowded. It's like a little rug this year. Will commence pinching tm methinks.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Yes plug it in. She'll be right. 👍
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
I think we need a DnB rave choon to kick off proceedings.
This guy Mampi Swift is playing in a few weeks at Laundry Bar.. 22yrs after this choon was released:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oNrJKGQdiY
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Just got woken up by the rain. Shakes fist at sky
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
PSA. If you announce you are eating then you must post a pic of the meal. I don't care if it's just a cracker. Free upvote for anybody who does this.
Baku@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
prime_factor@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
I think the gas ban needs more education. So many people still believe that it's more efficient using a gas heater than reverse cycle.
We're now better off burning the gas in a power plant, and running reverse cycles than using gas heating itself.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
My dinner tonight.
Simple one tonight but I was dying to try this tin of herring from Aldi.
::: spoiler Pasta with curry herring from Aldi.
:::
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
So far we've played tribute songs for Sinèad O'Connor and Randy Meisner from the Eagles. 🍺
Baku@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
I just got a phone call. It was automated "something something visa department regarding 2 transactions" then I hung up. Was that the smartest thing to do?
Duenan@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Yeah or don't answer them at all if you know they're phishing scams.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I said "Hello" that's it.
Duenan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
oh ok, I've gotten to just saying Hmmm? when I get mysterious calls or I don't say anything at all.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Smart. I don't normally answer them at all. I don't know why I did today.
mayotized@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I often answer if its unknown (a few family members like to set their numbers to unknown for work reasons). I should really stop answering even if Truecaller doesn't identify them as a scam.
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
If it was automated absolutely that is the right course of action.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
the cum trees have flowered and grown leaves.
i have saved the first worm.
we’re fucked.
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Nooo! Not the cum trees, I don't want to deal with them until September at least...
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
they don’t seem to stink much this year
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
...yet
RosaliePreistley@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Give em a rub, they like that
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Ahhh the cum trees, great indicators of the changing seasons and changing climate. Smells like a teen boy's crusty sock, cum-box, or bedsheets.
Smells like school.
bull@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Exciting thing for the day: I installed a new mouse cursor scheme on my PC and applied a new desktop wallpaper.
Link for anyone curious about the cursors: clicky click
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Flashbacks to Windows 95-2000 theme packs including that damn jungle themed one
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Fond memories of After Dark for screensavers as well
Duenan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
After Dark was awesome. It’s too bad they never made anymore.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Do you know where I can get one of those cute duck cursors? 😀
Duenan@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
For which operating system?
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Love using DeviantArt for customising my computer. Might download that pack for my work computer because for some reason it's showing a white text cursor sometimes which is hard in Gmail.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 3y
Mein Liebe is cooking up some pasta before we head out. I am so very lucky to have a person who likes me (he says he loves me haha) and likes cooking for me.
Lucky little blob that I am.
Edit: Because the CEO told me to, here is the pasta (pasata, pork mince, tomates, and love lol)
ID: bowl of red sauce pasta.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
i am eating beans and i take full responsibility
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
pork and beans 💨
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
So far away, we wait for the day
For the lives all so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames, we carry on
🤘
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
I've officially gone blazin mad and am on a rampage scheduling emails to my future self to remind me to do things.
MisssDarylC@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
I'm hate watching Hunted and I hate the hunters so much. But also don't understand why the "fugitives" would ever taunt them.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Waiting impatiently for dinner. Tonight I have crumbed basil pesto filled balls of chicken, served with lightly-seasoned oven baked cauliflower chips.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Late. Shit
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Hey yaaaaaaaaaa!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Gorgeous day. I want to be outside
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Tomorrow will also be nice.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Windy. Sensor light outside keeps going off. Must be a branch waving in front of it but do not want to get out of bed.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
PIR sensors are designed to detect living things.
I believe it could be something far.. more.. sinister...
cue intense cello bowing.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 3y
It's a big fat huntsman turning on the light so it can eat the bugs.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Movie title: THE HUNTRESS
Tagline: "They thought the security light was activated by plant matter.. it wasn't".
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
I survived the night unharmed. Although I have noticed a green radioactive glow about me, and it’s possible I can now shoot webs out of my wrists. Oh well.
bananafungus@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Not going to lie, weather's got me a little alarmed today. The winter dressing gown and trackies are off, and I had to dig in the back of my cupboard for some of my thick cotton shorts that usually don't make an appearance until spring.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Same, I just have no idea how to dress. The sun is warm but the wind is bitter and there is no warmth in the actual environment, as soon as the sun goes in it's cold.
mayotized@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
I prefer to overheat myself. I can tolerate that over cold.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Can I just note my complete disdain for paggro use of words like sheesh and wow and other negative conversation stoppers. Blimey is fine. It is a true exclamation.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Also, tutor lied about where she lived, she is way farther than she said, instead of a 15 minute walk it's one hour. I can't get there.
RosaliePreistley@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
Blimey
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
I'm just going to read books and keep going back to first principles so I don't get bad habits.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Bruh..
Force_majeure122@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Cool
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Huh?
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Yikes. Had to look up what paggro was.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I don’t know what that means either. Passive aggressive?
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Yeah, that's correct.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
yeeeeesh
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
now you're pushing it 🤨 😂
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
You and I my friend.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
oof
Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
they're also unprofessional AF
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Damn.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
exclamations are fine 😂
Cendana@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 3y
Planning a half day trip to Stevensons Falls tomorrow via Black Spur Drive.
Anywhere else we should stop? Special emphasis on nature/forests as they're practically my wife's natural habitat and favourite places.
(we have ruled out Redwood Forest due to road closure)
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 3y
IM DOWN ON MY KNEES I WANNA TAKE YOU THERE
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
The past few years winter has been so mild I had thin jumpers and tees. This year I've had to buy some warm stuff. 😬
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Trespasser on the tracks at Flinders apparently
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Got some tix to “Talk to Me”. Love me some A24 scary movies.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
What's your favourite horror film? Or favouritesss? I have many haha
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
any psychological horror. The anticipation, the dread, helplessness.The shadow standing in the corner of your bedroom. The stranger standing completely still in the middle of your garden. The familiar things that aren’t quite right and an undercurrent of quiet intense panic arises.
Lynch, Kubrick, Aster..
phant@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
Playing in a doubles comp this arvo ahead of the disc golf tournament on the weekend. It's at a temporary course in Wantirna South so hopefully the council gets behind the initiative and it becomes permanent.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Good luck!
phant@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Thanks! We did alright and it was good practice :)
Taleya@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Goddamnit, mcconnell's not allowed to die /retire until i've heard The Bonk.
I am owed a Bonk.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
he can't die soon enough
Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
yes but he must do so mid-speech, with the resulting BONK of his head bounding off the podium being pitch shifted and sampled into many EBM tracks
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
I am owed a Bonk.
Careful saying that round these parts
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I WILL SURVIVE
AS LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LOVE
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
DON'T TELL ME THIS IS PARADISE
Edit: this is amazing im sad you are all not here with me but I am also sweaty and drunk so i hope you are all sweaty and drunk at home
I love you all so damn much
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
I drive a Rolls Royce cause it's good for my voice. 🎶
melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Bought myself a new laptop. What crucial (inc fun) things do I need to put on it??
just_kitten@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Are we back in the hide-all-replies timeline in the DT? I wonder if it happens when the number of comments goes over a certain threshold
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
The most dangerous recipie on youtube - farewell my slim and youthful figure
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Observations of op shop donations. Lots and lots of Russian tourist souvenirs have been donated over the past year. No one wants that stuff in their house.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🥪🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥫🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙🥠🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Full English Breakfast and a strong black coffee please.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
🥓🌭🍳🍳🥔🍅🍄🫘🍞
☕️
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
Thankyou, it was very delicious. Except for those evil leguminous critters, I am returning those after carefully picking them out and placing them in a quarantine pile on the side of the plate. 🍽️🫘
baconmash@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
But they are not evil! They keep Melbourne’s winds howling. They are essential workers!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Well they will have to do their essential work elsewhere. I refuse to be associated with them.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Bacon & eggs on toast please, with a nice cup of tea.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
🥓🍳🍳
🍞☕️
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Thank you.
Force_majeure122@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Good morning chef! I would like your most complicated dish, followed by your most expensive dish please.
baconmash@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
🍱
fresh from the inkjet printer ⚫️🔵🔴🟡
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
YOU'RE SIMPLY THE BEST
bananafungus@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Just remembered black pudding and how I can't have it now I'm veggo. Now it's going to be all I think about all day, nice bit of fried black pudding with some buttery toast on the side.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 3y
You still can if you want, it's a choice.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
TEXTURE LIKE SUN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-GUjA67mdc
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Carlton still outscoring Collingwood. Could turn into a percentage booster.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Feeling bad I cancelled the tutor. I just wanted two long sessions, she said ten , and it wasn't even where she said. 😬 And I got stiffed for an enrolment fee over and above tute fees.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
This is more of a test than anything, so please excuse my indulgence. Testing both the timelapseness and sharing from Pixelfed..... https://pixelfed.au/p/calhoon2005/590471414723570509
ID - timelapse of sketch of wasp using Infinite Painter
Edit - works on my phone, but not on my tablet. Hmmmmm
Edit edit - bloody hell. Not simple. Try this one - https://streamable.com/rm32pv
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
🥔😬
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
Hello
StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
🎼Is it me you're looking for? 🎶
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
🎶I can see it in your 🥔 🤪
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
🎶I can feel it in your 🥔⚾️⚾️🎶
heyheyitskay@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Has anyone been to Bonnard and is it crazy i.e., hectic?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Go the Blue Baggers.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
TURN AROUND
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
It’s probably a good thing I didn’t have footy tickets. I left work at ten to five and have only just got home.
Trespasser on the tracks, caught up in the police-related aftermath of a homeless camp punch-on…it has been an interesting commute.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Go Blue Baggers.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
I have procured nasi ayam pecel. Let my evening begin
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
The Clapping Song cannot not be bopped to. Head at a minimum, but whole body advised. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qWuSPPLtkEQ&pp=ygUfdGhlIGNsYXBwaW5nIHNvbmcgc2hpcmxleSBlbGxpcw%3D%3D
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
wide open road ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uutmWWA34g4
AldiSaturdaySpecials@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Get to review (not so much give it a score but to review) Rachet and Clank: Rift Apart on PC for my 1st job, except it kept on freezing last night which is frustrating. Had to send Insomniac (the devs) a message about it because it was annoying. I have the minimum and even recommended specs for the game, lowered the graphics to medium and it still freezed. Hopefully when I mentioned in the email "I got a review code for this" it'll bump up the issue.
bull@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Speaking of games freezing, I was having a couple of games freeze/crash after 30+ minutes of gameplay which was annoying me. Turns out it was happening because I undervolted my GPU a while back. Was annoying to troubleshoot but all good now. That'll teach me for trying to be clever.
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
How the hell did you do that?
bull@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Undervolt? Through MSI Afterburner, customising the Voltage/Frequency curve. I followed a guide I found online for my specific GPU (3080 Ti) which seemed to work fine but yeah, when the performance was pushed it was no bueno so I just set it back to default.
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
Wild, absolutely wild!
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Love the Ratchet and Clank, huge fan of Insomniac (i have my ps1 with the first three Spyro games still, and my R&C games for PS2).
Sad that it's being shite. I honestly am not a fan of the reboot on the new gen consoles, or the newer series, so I cannot help.... I was just using your post to gush about R&C for PS2 haha.
I hope they help you out! I have heard they are one of the better devs kicking around these days!!
landsharkkidd@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Love insomniac. I played the old R+C's but I wasn't a huge fan growing up. But I liked the remake that was cool.
But yeah I'm super disappointed about the freezing. It seems I'm not the only one with the issue as well.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Reminds me of the fiasco when Insomniac made the Spyro game for PS2, before they sold that IP to Sierra. It was a clusterfuck that barely played at all.
Sad. I hope they can fix it up - R&C is so iconic
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I would stand in line for this
There's always room in life for this
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
I'm gonna stay ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-fK7dzecmc
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 3y
Time to get some of those rays 🌞
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 3y
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cuavas@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 3y
Oh this is an easy one. Remember you saw it a few days ago as a neighbour of the main country. There’s a region that isn’t universally recognised as independent shown in grey, and they double up by also treating that region as a neighbour. A bet each way, I guess.