Discussion Thread ๐Ÿซ Sunday 3 August 2025

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101 Comments

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 12 pts · 1y (1 reply)

eee tonight's arse end of swan bay.. with 3 swans if you squint hard enough. Living up to its name.

Ended up staying down here for an extra night for a bit of timeout alone. Back to it tomorrow.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Nice. ๐Ÿ˜Š

that pink and apricot sky is so beautiful

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 1y (3 replies)

iPhone camera is pretty decent.

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Have to say those kitties look very well looked after judging by their coats :)

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y

Thanks bro :) after I fed them once and then walked back down the next day, they were legit waiting for me.

How could I say no? lol

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y

they are so beautiful

imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 1y

New day new work trip new tropical soup. Trip 2 of 3 of my six months of bonkers workload and travel. It's very strange to be so busy but doing actually good things. I am so good at survival mode I don't know how to be healthy and successful but I am trying. โ˜€๏ธโ˜€๏ธโ˜€๏ธโ˜€๏ธ

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y

Slept for 12 hours. Broken up, but still, that's absolutely amazing!!!

This means that the gym makes a huge difference. So back to going 5 days a week.

They grow up so fast lol

Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I've done the stupid thing where I have, like, twelve library books

SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y

I love this for you. This is not stupid, this is the way.

imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Wow. There's a lot of Bananas in Pyjamas hate out there...

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y

They scared the shit out of me as a kid. Same as that mulligrubs fucker.

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

They're not happy about it.

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y

Old boys have been going too hard on the shard aye

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

They earned it.

SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y

Went and caught up with a bunch of old friends. Some I might not have seen for 20 years. Played some games. Got another session lined up, new campaign starting with character creation next week. Hmu if you're interested in a monthly LARP in North Fitzroy, 3rd Saturday. Pretty nerdy and lgbt friendly group.

SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y

Yesterday was a just about perfect day. Plan on repeating it today, just with less cocktails because flying home tomorrow ๐Ÿ˜ญ ๐Ÿฅถ

underwatermagpies@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y (5 replies)

I quite like Bananas in Pyjamas. Just living their best banana lives.

Peppa, on the other hand, needs to get in the bin. And die.

TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I believe Peppa has been banned in China, for promoting 'disloyalty to the regime'. So gets a free pass for that I reckon.

bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

We give Peppa a tiny bit of credit for putting a good word in for spiders.

LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
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tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

I heard Bluey was created as a response to how empty and pointless Peppa Pig feels.

Also, I'm pretty sure the same studio did the Big Knights. We got like one season of that and endless Peppa Pig. The world is an unkind place

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Peppa needs to be spit roasted along with her whiny little brother George.

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y

Goodnight all โค๏ธ

SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Poolside book success: Icebreaker by Hannah Grace. Requires suspense of belief when it comes to competitive figure skating, but a fun, funny read with a very inclusive ensemble cast without feeling forced. 7 out of 10 for making me laugh so much.

Poolside book fail: All We Lost Was Everything by Sloan Harlow. Terrible "romance", annoying characters, horrible twists that had my eyes rolling out of my head. 2 out of 10.

tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

I tried normie books once and found I don't like them. Sometimes they're an enjoyable read, but mostly they rely on you not knowing how human interactions or the world works to be believable

imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y

Curlews โค๏ธโค๏ธ

Catfish@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

How long until he notices?

firemen calendar with googly eyes

Eagle@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

What a pretty...... kitty.

Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Yes she is. Much nicer than the overly photoshopped chap ๐Ÿ˜ธ

TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y (8 replies)

Logies start at 7 pm - thoughts?

imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y

I shall seek pretty frock pictures on ABC website. And do a lot of "who's that?" Then go back to my life.

Although I am happy Magda subanzski is getting a hall of fame award. Last I read she is pretty sick with stage 4 cancer so this is nice.

Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I voted for bananas in pyjamas

LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Thank you. ( takes bow )

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

๐Ÿซฅ

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

don't give a fuck mate

Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

This season of foundation is fucking nuts and i love it

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

Irene for the win!

tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y

No Ulthar this weekend, but that's alright because it turns out a friend's birthday was on at the same time. He only ever sends out Facebook invites so I've missed it the past few years. One time I straight up missed it and another year the boys were too difficult to put down.

It was good because I had this gift I'd been meaning to give him for almost two years, so it's nice to finally hand that off.

melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

The random crying has stopped but baby girl has learned that being vocal works for things she wants ๐Ÿ˜†

She tried whimpering to go outside yesterday, she sooks for the heater to go on, and today she cried for me to unblock the chair and lift her up. (Sheโ€™s perfectly capable of jumping but Iโ€™m trying to spare her knees)

Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Lucky. Misha just comes into my office and screches at me.

Does she want a chair moved to unblock the sunlight? More food? Outside? Is there puke in an unseemly place? Has the water fountain been upturned? Who knows, she uses the same noise for all of the above.

It's like being told off by a rusty door.

melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

Itโ€™s hard to figure out sometimes. Luckily sheโ€™ll sometimes do it in that specific area (heater, chair, door), paw at something, or thereโ€™s a context clue like sheโ€™s just used the litterbox and might want it cleaned.

For food she just quietly walks into the kitchen and sits near the fridge.

melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y

Sad as fuck

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y

It has been a beautiful sunny afternoon. I took Mr Woof out for a walk and let him pick the route. Miss Meow helped bring in the washing off the line, which primarily involved rolling around on the concrete under the washing line.

StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y (22 replies)

I hate the movie Rubber (2010). I saw it years ago because I thought "oh a horror comedy about a murderous tyre, yeah sure!" And it turned out to be the most boring, pretentious slop I've ever seen; I should have known as it is a French film, but sometimes the French have good horror so I gave it a chance - MISTAKE! I watched it all the way through and just couldn't stop loathing it. I made the mistake of telling my mate at the time, so when I went to see him, guess what he had on ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ so I've seen it twice and it sucked arse both times.

What's a film or piece of media that gets you irrationally angry?

Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y (5 replies)

You know what, FUCK Bananas in Pyjamas

Catfish@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Fuck bananas full stop. Repulsive things.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

nah, bananas/plantains as food are cool and are one of the worlds top 10 food staples

Catfish@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

๐Ÿคฎ even as a weener I knew to avoid the yellow poison

PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y

They always give me indigestion ๐Ÿ˜ž

Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

๐Ÿ˜†

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 1y (4 replies)

bananas in pajamas

i fucking hate them so much, it's the fucking laziest fuckingest tweeest utter shite made by a loathsome committee of upper middle class toorak wouldn't know a story if it fucked them up the arse twit mums

i don't think my utter hatred is irrational

StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You know what? I'm here for your hate on BiP and The Wiggles. I didn't expect either of them to be a response to my question, but I love it!

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

I have seen so many kids shows, I even took the young seagoon to see the live The Sooty Show , and i generally love kids and YA fiction, cartoons etc

so it's just the fucking bip , it's the laziest children's show that has no story, the pitch must have ticked all the boxes at the abc ( other than having an actual story with characters )

Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

I also hate the wiggles but I think they have improved some what since they started ( which was when my hate for them was peak ) so I'm now mostly indifferent

useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y (7 replies)

Coincidentally, I watched a French horror film last night called Martyrs (2008).

There was a comment review on this thread recently about 28 Years Later and how it had no redeeming value (which is a preposterous notion by the way)

and soโ€ฆ

Martyrs (2008) is a movie that actually has no redeeming value. Itโ€™s a purely violent and brutal torture porn type film with no real discernible message.

It didnโ€™t make me irrationally angry, just confused. Who was this movie made for? and why? What does this piece of art bring to the world?

EDIT: rage inducing media includes:

โ€œReality TVโ€

โ€œMorning showsโ€

Anything with Tracy Grimshaw and that rubbish

StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Oh I've seen Martyrs (the original and the remake), and yeah I agree with you. It felt like the theme was "trauma can make you transcend and see beyond!" Which is fkn gross.

The only barely redeemable quality of that film was the end, where we don't hear what she said to Madame, and it was cryptic. I wanted more of that feeling, not the gratuitous torture the MC endures at the hands of some weird rich people cult.

I feel similar about A Serbian Film. That has no redeemable qualities at all, as well, and I do not believe the creators intent that the film was a comment on the Serbian film industry. It was fkn gross for the sake of being gross, and they should just fkn own that instead of making up reasons as to why it's a "commentary".

useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You have a good point with the cryptic message whispered by the victim at the end. Itโ€™s ostensibly the revelation to what the fate of our soul is after death. Itโ€™s a compelling idea that didnโ€™t require 90 minutes of cold brutality to reach that point.

Flatliners (1990) did it so much better.

StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

Flatliners is a classic! I love that film.

A compelling idea pulled off extremely well; unlike Martyrs lol!!

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I totally understand where that movie is coming from.

if you visit european art museums, churches and city halls they are full of paintings of martyred saints being brutally tortured. Not just a few paintings, so many. For example, the historic town hall of Leuven ( a city famous for Enlightenment values ) has a giant painting in a public room of a guy getting his intestines wound out . Why? These paintings are just hanging there , so many of them, and are totally out of context in space, time and culture.

or maybe it's just a shit movie ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ

StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I think it could have been done better, and made the Martyr theme more prominent. Instead it was "watch a woman who is traumatised, go through more trauma and body horror".

Actual martyrs died for a cause or a religious reason. She didn't have a long held personal belief that would warrant such treatment, it was just a fucked up cult doing it to her for a stupid reason.

I'm glad that dumb cult didn't get the answers they wanted.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

looking at the paintings you don't see a reason , there is no context at all, it's just gruesome suffering

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Morning shows. Don't talk to me about morning shows

decades ago I used to stay up to watch Today, an American syndicated morning show. I was like ๐Ÿ˜ง. The journalism/interviews were better than anything I had seen on ABC or SBS. And then I was ๐Ÿ˜–The journalism of "trash" American morning shows is better than our best journos.

I'm not saying US morning shows are good now or that I agree with their views.

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

It used to be Paul Higgins doing the weather on the abc.

I had to leave the room.

Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Rick & Morty. Both voices drive me utterly nuts. No specific linked memory, just insanely annoying.

StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Hard agree. I used to like it, but I just couldn't really get over the voice acting lol

Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Good morning. I couldn't sleep, so I wrote about Sten guns

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/s/GxKoXbyoTM

tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

The stem guns in Return to Castle Wolfenstein were silenced, also making them perfect for stealth

useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Do you watch a bit of Ian McCollum?

Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

The Forgotten Weapons guy?

Occasionally, but not often

melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

I got too hot and turned off the electric blanketโ€ฆ that was a mistake

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Sleep was OK. Did wake up after 2 hours but fell straight back to sleep which is a win!

This however, is not :(

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

::: spoiler Could be worse :::

I've just scraped the ice off my windscreen

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

it's warm here, feels like 1

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

Midnight gnocci was great. I was a bit worried about having to cook the gnocci in the microwave, but it worked fine. I am now gnocciful and ready for the rest of the night.

bacon@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

Who cares about fruits and animals.

Teletubbies and Tiddlytubbies are our overlords.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

lovely sunny day here , I think I will do some light work in the garden, still tidying up really, it's over grown and i keep finding piles of rubbish ๐Ÿ˜  if I do anything I have to stop any weeds from flowering

plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Cooee

TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

Over here.

Taleya@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Reddit musta fucked up again, the neckbeards are upticking

StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

"where's MY mummy bang maid!? How come all those CHADS get mummy bang maids, and I DON'T!?

why am I so lonely?"

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Just present the nominations without the shit chat. No wonder it goes so long.

TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y (3 replies)
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

30/50

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

25

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

25/50

LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
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LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y
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MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Tom Petty is the white Bob Marley

bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Beep Beep ๐Ÿšš
๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿซš๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅจ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿซ“๐Ÿ•๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชผ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿก๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅœ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ›โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿบ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅค๐Ÿง‹๐Ÿงƒ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿง‰๐Ÿ”‹

Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I could really go some croquettes please

bacon@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y

๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿžโš™๏ธ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿง€๐Ÿฅ“๐ŸŸ ๐ŸŸ ๐ŸŸ 

Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Fettucini carbonara grazi

bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿ–๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‚

Force_majeure123@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

Muchio grazioso

Pilk@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y (3 replies)
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Based on the photos, police are waiting with serving trays for protestors with saucepans to arrive with a meal. They look very optomistic about likely serving sizes, so it may be a bit of a loaves and fishes situation. I presume once everything's served up everyone will sit down for a meal together and work out how to achieve world peace.

Pilk@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 1y

What has the world come to when our ostensibly under-funded and under-resourced police resort to begging for food in the street.

Edit: Can't type very well while snarking today, apparently.

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y
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calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 1y

Housework and A Tribe Called Quest...

Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

He just vindictively ate cheese at the cat

TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y

Punishable by death. Not the cat ofc.

tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y

I think I made the best steamy nachos so far today. Even then, I felt I was too slow on adding the flour and cheese when the time came. So that means even better steamy nachos in the future

Taleya@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 1y

farken google sheets keeps shitting up my work screen suggesting I add pizzaz with tables!

Why don't they take some of that AI they keep stuffing everywhere, get it to look at the data, realise it's not table data and then shove it up their arseholes sideways