There's a whole level of trust already established which is nice.
I have no unique diet advice. I'm back to counting calories cos it's what's been working and I've got more to work on. My goal is to be kinder to my hips and knees.
Nicely done on the weight loss and the gf!! Boyo and I had known each other for 7 years pre dating, it was nice to not worry about a lot of the early on getting-to-know-you things.
Apparently this our 10 year moving in anniversary. Nobody is dead! (Well the original cats are but we still have them in plant form) that took an odd turn, sorry
Tis the season of feeling bad about myself. Have the first functions of the season this weekend, and I know I’ll be hearing about everyone’s great achievements, new jobs, holidays, houses, family updates etc. And as always I have nothing to say, and feel
like the rooms most boring looser. I know it shouldn’t matter but Christmas always make me feel extra lonely, and because it’s at the end of the year I feel like it’s another year gone and I’ve done nothing.
Sorry for the bah humbug.
I feel the same because the things I have done are things most people don't care about or think are worth bragging about, I don't care because I don't measure myself against them using their yardstick, I use my own
being a good kind person doing small things on a daily basis is a feat in itself and something worthy being happy about
and in this historic time not being awful is something good 👍
I know it sucks, especially if you’ve had challenges or barriers that others haven’t. But don’t worry about keeping up with the Jones and all the rat race shit. You may find that behind a lot of flashy things lies a lot of stress and hidden debt.
Don’t compare your life to other’s highlights reels. Don’t let unequal outcomes affect your self esteem.
I keep putting off cleaning the windows because it's a big job I don't feel like spending the time on. But one of the windows has been getting extra manky, so today I cleaned just that one. The room looks so much better now. Miss Meow loves her window hammock but she does create quite a lot of mess around it.
I have a good squeegie for the outside which is pretty quick and easy. But there is not much outside to do, here. The windows swing inwards to open and have fly screens which are not designed to be removed easily, so you have to clean the outside of the window from the inside. So there are only 4 half-windows and a couple of sliding doors that can be done from the outside.
Caught ol mister Bill Posters and his mate sitting in their van across the road waiting for me to to go back inside after taking the bins out so they could dash out and plaster the derelict lot. While they're a-noodling upon their phones suddenly a Wild Leya appears at the driver's side window.
"ey...you got any Pulp posters?"
"JESUS CHRIST um yes? I think so?" and lo. Both myself and a fellow fan now have mint double-wide marquees for the 2026 tour. He's shitting his pants right now.
::: spoiler Big Feelings
I'm tired. Tired of applying for so many jobs and getting no response. Tired of being passed over.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong because no one has given any constructive feedback - either I'm ghosted or told it was basically down to a dice roll - so how do I improve? How can I not take it personally? How can I not think it's something to do with me?
Yes I can volunteer, but I also am a slave to our techno-neo-capitalist society and need to have employment too.
I'm just upset and rambling I'm sorry, and it's late and I'm so so deflated and flat, but my god this fucking hurts.
:::
I’m so sorry you’re going through this - job hunting sucks and the rejections are horrible.
Further to Taleya’s comment, in my field jobs also get advertised even when someone has already been chosen, they just have to appear to be being ‘equitable’ employment-wise. Then, surprise surprise, the biggest suck or boss’s bestie lands the role.
Also, hiring managers are just people and some aren’t so great at their jobs, particularly when it comes to providing useful feedback or even being tactful with rejections.
Thing to remember, poor sop that it is: A large number of these jobs never existed. If you were ghosted, it was probably a pos that never actually looked to hire. So you can write those absolutely off as a "it's not me, its you lying cunts"
unfortunately this means the actual number of jobs is much much smaller, and you're competing in a much tougher pool. And yet, you're still getting to dice rolls, so it's nothing on your end that's not closing the deal, just shit luck and a bad market
job hunting is an exercise in humiliation and shitness and I fucking hate that you have to go through this.
When the the game is stacked against you unfairly it would be foolish to play by the rules of ethics.
Cheat until you can get to a place where you can hopefully influence the rules to make them fairer.
According to tons of studies our biggest assets are connections and class, this is what gives middle and upper class people an edge.
Go to student services at the college you studied at and ask for assistance. They might have leads.
So for now fuck volunteering, go join some clubs in posh areas. Join your local political party ( standard parties, not student activist ones )
see if you can use a friend's postal address if they live in a better area. A house might cost 1 mill in the west or inner north but it's still the west and inner north
I’m completely out of touch and my past experience no longer applies so this may be boomer advice, but is it possible to temporarily change fields to gig work or side hustles just to get some money up and regroup?
::: spoiler Long ramble of unsolicited advice if you wanted to read it
Elderly and disability care can be hard and emotionally confronting, and not easy if you have a disability yourself and/or lack a car. There may be tasks you can’t physically do or inappropriate or dangerous behaviour.
But there are clients who just need help with routine cleaning or need errands done. Lacking a car will go against you as transport to appointments can be very important but maybe sign up to something like Mabel and see if you can find some clients close by? Even if it just means picking up their medication, getting their shopping, or being some form of social interaction. I’m not sure what qualifications are needed or if there are any, sorry. You may need to get a ABN maybe, and have your photo on the site? But I do know you can set specific areas you will work in and you can choose what tasks you’re willing to do.
I’d suggest petsitting if you didn’t have a partner and your own pet. Drop in care could still work as some cats get very stressed in catteries and prefer to stay in their own homes. Dog walking or training could be another casual side hustle if physically possible.
Cleaning is a hard one as it could be physically exhausting and low pay. I don’t have experience but maybe check out work as an NDIS cleaner in case it might offer fairer pay and conditions (not sure).
I’m not sure if you’re handy at all but there are people who struggle with male tradies and would feel safer with a non-man/queer person in their home. However this is potentially a risk to you.
Doing art commissions is possible but people are arseholes and may not want to pay your worth, or may screw you over with chargebacks. Scams are rife. The stuff that brings bigger money has been regulated out by payment processors and using PayPal can give out your legal name so you get doxed. There may also be issues if you don’t report income. Also there is a lot of competition from other artists in desperate financial circumstances. I haven’t gone for it.
There are admin and transcription jobs online but I wouldn’t begin to know what offers were legit vs scams.
I don’t have experience but there could be occasional work as a life model. It’s long boring work but cash in hand. You probably could negotiate to be in shorts and a tank, and I’d recommend approaching reputable art teachers or schools for reasons of safety and dignity. I don’t know what the pay is like. I understand if you don’t feel comfortable. But all body types are welcomed. Just an idea.
I know the CAE used to do coffee courses and had an attached cafe to get work experience so there’s potential there to casually work as a barista? There used to be programs to help people who have had mental health struggles get into that work. However it involves long standing, loud noises, concentration and dealing with people.
There is getting your liquor license but bartending can be rough. Do not recommend with ptsd.
Same for gaming attendant, you need to get a license and work shifts at irregular and dangerous hours.
:::
I’m very sorry if this is poor and out of touch advice. I read it back and it sounds like I’m advising you to get a paper route… it’s just all I’ve been able to think up.
RSA isn't just for bartending, it can actually open up a lot of opportunities including being able to just sit at a counter at a woolies BWS. If you do food service or retail professionally it's worth getting your paws on one if you can.
Solitary BLT on the beach for dins after the sunset swim tonight for me. Can't wait. Can hear the waves in the background so w/ a bit of luck some wave piccys.
I restart my work computer every time it prompts me to, which feels like every day now. Not once has the computer bricked itself. This is not the Windows 11 I was promised
I think my computer has a bug now where if you click on the time it skips the calendar and brings up your notifications instead.
I also heard the start menu is coded in a really resource intensive way so sometimes I open task manager and keep tapping the Windows button just to watch the CPU usage go up
End of work week shower is up there with the best of showers. Among that title is also post hike shower and fresh sheets shower. Anyone have one to add to the podium?
Micron just announced they are dumping their Crucial retail brand to focus on supplying the AI circular financing bubble financial disaster. It is crazy. I hope our super funds aren't tied up in this crap. We will end up poorer than North Korea.
These companies are determined to ruin absolutely everything aren’t they? If there’s increased demand and cost across the board that has knock on effects for repairing/upgrading/buying low cost refurbished computers and reducing e-waste as well as screwing the economy when it goes down.
With any luck morally and financially impoverished people might stealthily avail themselves of the newly lucrative items the way it already happens with copper wire and pipes
3 of my 5 pairs of work trousers have arrived. It may be a week's worth of trousers, but can be easily stretched out to two weeks if you wear them twice. When you have five identical pairs, who knows if you're wearing a new pair or not?
Hahaha a Kdrama I watched recently featured a guy who was soooo amazingly popular and hard working that he owned ten sets of the same suit so he could think about work instead of clothes. Well, thats what all the girls thought, but it turned out he was a tight ass and only had one suit.
bought half a doz mangos and make some mango and coconut milk icecreams, added a little vanilla and sugar for taste , they are intense as the mangos were quite ripe
Thanks! You've certainly got me beat! I don't really understand how they reached their conclusions. But to be fair, my listening habits are so diverse I don't think their robots really know what to categorise me as
::: spoiler what do all of these songs even have in common?
:::
My dog has fallen off the back of the couch before. I thought he'd killed himself. I looked down and he's hunched like a rabbit, ears pinned back. Still treats my furniture like he's a mountain goat. Idiot.
On a super duper positive note, the other day I remembered a traditional Mandarin phrase and could write it a few days after reading because I knew the components ( syllables ) so well. ( am going to do some calligraphy for a friend for xmas , so am studying )
Ugh… I was feeling very tired after the vet yesterday and regrettably took a nap. I’m on the night shift now.
Melbcat got some buttered cracker pieces as a treat, has received all of her night medication, and is grumpily loafed up on my pillow. The vets didn’t want to extend the course of antibiotics further so she has to finish these ones and get a recheck before they’ll think about prescribing more. Next week she goes to the dermatologist.
::: spoiler spoiler
The lesions on her face are growing more slowly with the cream but they are growing back, and there hasn’t been the immune response that would make me feel confident the Aldara is working.
:::
I’m looking through the secondhand art books to see which would be most useful to me but am very tired. I sketched an idea yesterday or the night before from shapes but need to find a reference.
Maybe I’ll just rest and watch a movie on my phone.
I failed digital programing 2 in 98 doing that. Late assignments are one thing. The end of subject and result submission are another. The subject has a deadline, without a prior extension I expect you'll be stuck with it. It sucked for me.
Tbh. I should never have been in that course to begin with. I only went to uni due to high school pressure to do so. My parents encouraged a take drugs and party lifestyle which didn't help either.
Great to see people still listening to Heritage. They played The Devil's Orchid when I saw them recently and it's always a great feeling when they hit the bridge.
Is there any reasonably cheap and fun family stuff (around tween age) to do around Melbourne CBD over the weekend that might not show up on searches? Visiting from the sticks so the bar isn't all that high for something to be interesting though any franchise/activity that also operates in Adelaide is probably disqualified.
I love Lego but the kids don't like Star Wars. There's also a monopoly thing somewhere I think but it's hard to get excited over boomer IP even for an old bloke. But thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks. ACMI is already on the list. Might do the markets depending on time but have a lot of things already. Have done the usuals in the past like scienceworks, NGV, museum, aquarium. All great but not this time.
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SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 16 pts · 275d
Power has been out all day, boo.
I took a month off calorie counting and still lost 3kg, woo.
Job hunting goes poorly, boo.
I think I've got a girlfriend, we've known each other as friends for 25 years and reconnected recently, woo.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 15 pts · 275d
StudChud@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 275d
I love your memes
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
Aww thankee!
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 275d
My first tailored meme.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 275d
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 275d
🥰 re girlfriend. Nice when it’s someone you already know, too. Also yay for the -3kg.. I’m not succeeding in that area sadly
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
There's a whole level of trust already established which is nice.
I have no unique diet advice. I'm back to counting calories cos it's what's been working and I've got more to work on. My goal is to be kinder to my hips and knees.
Eagle@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Celebrate the small wins 🏆
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Nicely done on the weight loss and the gf!! Boyo and I had known each other for 7 years pre dating, it was nice to not worry about a lot of the early on getting-to-know-you things.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
It was nice to see you mention a partner recently too - squee. Prefriends seems to be the way I date anyway.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 275d
The wave and the bubbles:
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
wonderful
so jelly, there are no waves like that where I go, just wide sand flats and a gentle yet relentless tide
Catfish@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 275d
Apparently this our 10 year moving in anniversary. Nobody is dead! (Well the original cats are but we still have them in plant form) that took an odd turn, sorry
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
🥂🍾😘😘😘
Catfish@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Thanks! He won't be home til super late so no grand dinner.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 275d
Tis the season of feeling bad about myself. Have the first functions of the season this weekend, and I know I’ll be hearing about everyone’s great achievements, new jobs, holidays, houses, family updates etc. And as always I have nothing to say, and feel like the rooms most boring looser. I know it shouldn’t matter but Christmas always make me feel extra lonely, and because it’s at the end of the year I feel like it’s another year gone and I’ve done nothing. Sorry for the bah humbug.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 275d
I feel the same because the things I have done are things most people don't care about or think are worth bragging about, I don't care because I don't measure myself against them using their yardstick, I use my own
being a good kind person doing small things on a daily basis is a feat in itself and something worthy being happy about
and in this historic time not being awful is something good 👍
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
You always have wise words to say. Thankyou.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
so many hugs
melba wrote some good things too
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
I know it sucks, especially if you’ve had challenges or barriers that others haven’t. But don’t worry about keeping up with the Jones and all the rat race shit. You may find that behind a lot of flashy things lies a lot of stress and hidden debt.
Don’t compare your life to other’s highlights reels. Don’t let unequal outcomes affect your self esteem.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
The challenges part is very real. I need to remind myself of this.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
Bah the Many Bugs. We don't Christmas, and really only Solstice in a very private way.
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
I like your style
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 274d
I understand how you feel 🫂
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 275d
I keep putting off cleaning the windows because it's a big job I don't feel like spending the time on. But one of the windows has been getting extra manky, so today I cleaned just that one. The room looks so much better now. Miss Meow loves her window hammock but she does create quite a lot of mess around it.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
I don't clean mine because otherwise birds brain themselves on the glass.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
had two birds in 2 weeks hit my window
I think I will put some stickers up
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
A couple of window stickers might help this. I just ordered an awesome baphomet suncatcher
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
Tempted to try this this year. burned through so much paper toweling last year felt a bit criminal.
Obviously only for the outside though.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 274d
I have a good squeegie for the outside which is pretty quick and easy. But there is not much outside to do, here. The windows swing inwards to open and have fly screens which are not designed to be removed easily, so you have to clean the outside of the window from the inside. So there are only 4 half-windows and a couple of sliding doors that can be done from the outside.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 275d
Mother fucking SCORE
Caught ol mister Bill Posters and his mate sitting in their van across the road waiting for me to to go back inside after taking the bins out so they could dash out and plaster the derelict lot. While they're a-noodling upon their phones suddenly a Wild Leya appears at the driver's side window.
"ey...you got any Pulp posters?"
"JESUS CHRIST um yes? I think so?" and lo. Both myself and a fellow fan now have mint double-wide marquees for the 2026 tour. He's shitting his pants right now.
Pilk@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
Bill Posters is a great dude. Yet more evidence of his innocence.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
COOL 👍
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 275d
StudChud@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 276d
::: spoiler Big Feelings I'm tired. Tired of applying for so many jobs and getting no response. Tired of being passed over.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong because no one has given any constructive feedback - either I'm ghosted or told it was basically down to a dice roll - so how do I improve? How can I not take it personally? How can I not think it's something to do with me?
Yes I can volunteer, but I also am a slave to our techno-neo-capitalist society and need to have employment too.
I'm just upset and rambling I'm sorry, and it's late and I'm so so deflated and flat, but my god this fucking hurts. :::
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
It sucks so much. I found going for volume of applications over quality and finding decent recruiters is the way to go.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
I’m so sorry you’re going through this - job hunting sucks and the rejections are horrible.
Further to Taleya’s comment, in my field jobs also get advertised even when someone has already been chosen, they just have to appear to be being ‘equitable’ employment-wise. Then, surprise surprise, the biggest suck or boss’s bestie lands the role.
Also, hiring managers are just people and some aren’t so great at their jobs, particularly when it comes to providing useful feedback or even being tactful with rejections.
Hugs and I hope you’re feeling a bit better soon
Taleya@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
hugs
Thing to remember, poor sop that it is: A large number of these jobs never existed. If you were ghosted, it was probably a pos that never actually looked to hire. So you can write those absolutely off as a "it's not me, its you lying cunts"
unfortunately this means the actual number of jobs is much much smaller, and you're competing in a much tougher pool. And yet, you're still getting to dice rolls, so it's nothing on your end that's not closing the deal, just shit luck and a bad market
job hunting is an exercise in humiliation and shitness and I fucking hate that you have to go through this.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
When the the game is stacked against you unfairly it would be foolish to play by the rules of ethics.
Cheat until you can get to a place where you can hopefully influence the rules to make them fairer.
According to tons of studies our biggest assets are connections and class, this is what gives middle and upper class people an edge.
Go to student services at the college you studied at and ask for assistance. They might have leads.
So for now fuck volunteering, go join some clubs in posh areas. Join your local political party ( standard parties, not student activist ones )
see if you can use a friend's postal address if they live in a better area. A house might cost 1 mill in the west or inner north but it's still the west and inner north
and hugs, lots and lots of hugs
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
I get it. Personal info deleted but I get it.
I’m completely out of touch and my past experience no longer applies so this may be boomer advice, but is it possible to temporarily change fields to gig work or side hustles just to get some money up and regroup?
::: spoiler Long ramble of unsolicited advice if you wanted to read it
Elderly and disability care can be hard and emotionally confronting, and not easy if you have a disability yourself and/or lack a car. There may be tasks you can’t physically do or inappropriate or dangerous behaviour.
But there are clients who just need help with routine cleaning or need errands done. Lacking a car will go against you as transport to appointments can be very important but maybe sign up to something like Mabel and see if you can find some clients close by? Even if it just means picking up their medication, getting their shopping, or being some form of social interaction. I’m not sure what qualifications are needed or if there are any, sorry. You may need to get a ABN maybe, and have your photo on the site? But I do know you can set specific areas you will work in and you can choose what tasks you’re willing to do.
I’d suggest petsitting if you didn’t have a partner and your own pet. Drop in care could still work as some cats get very stressed in catteries and prefer to stay in their own homes. Dog walking or training could be another casual side hustle if physically possible.
Cleaning is a hard one as it could be physically exhausting and low pay. I don’t have experience but maybe check out work as an NDIS cleaner in case it might offer fairer pay and conditions (not sure).
I’m not sure if you’re handy at all but there are people who struggle with male tradies and would feel safer with a non-man/queer person in their home. However this is potentially a risk to you.
Doing art commissions is possible but people are arseholes and may not want to pay your worth, or may screw you over with chargebacks. Scams are rife. The stuff that brings bigger money has been regulated out by payment processors and using PayPal can give out your legal name so you get doxed. There may also be issues if you don’t report income. Also there is a lot of competition from other artists in desperate financial circumstances. I haven’t gone for it.
There are admin and transcription jobs online but I wouldn’t begin to know what offers were legit vs scams.
I don’t have experience but there could be occasional work as a life model. It’s long boring work but cash in hand. You probably could negotiate to be in shorts and a tank, and I’d recommend approaching reputable art teachers or schools for reasons of safety and dignity. I don’t know what the pay is like. I understand if you don’t feel comfortable. But all body types are welcomed. Just an idea.
I know the CAE used to do coffee courses and had an attached cafe to get work experience so there’s potential there to casually work as a barista? There used to be programs to help people who have had mental health struggles get into that work. However it involves long standing, loud noises, concentration and dealing with people.
There is getting your liquor license but bartending can be rough. Do not recommend with ptsd.
Same for gaming attendant, you need to get a license and work shifts at irregular and dangerous hours.
:::
I’m very sorry if this is poor and out of touch advice. I read it back and it sounds like I’m advising you to get a paper route… it’s just all I’ve been able to think up.
Taleya@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
RSA isn't just for bartending, it can actually open up a lot of opportunities including being able to just sit at a counter at a woolies BWS. If you do food service or retail professionally it's worth getting your paws on one if you can.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
I appreciate you taking the time to think about me and ways to move forward, truly I appreciate it deeply and it means so much to me.
I have much to think upon, I just have to be mindful to separate the depression thoughts from the constructive thoughts lol
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
I’m so sorry to offer advice instead of comfort. It sucks
StudChud@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Everyone shows they care in different ways, I'm not upset by you or anything :) I adore you Melbs 💜
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 9 pts · 275d
Solitary BLT on the beach for dins after the sunset swim tonight for me. Can't wait. Can hear the waves in the background so w/ a bit of luck some wave piccys.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 275d
I restart my work computer every time it prompts me to, which feels like every day now. Not once has the computer bricked itself. This is not the Windows 11 I was promised
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
I want to take this opportunity to say a fucking mastodonic fuck you to Windows fucking 11.
Fuck you Microsoft you absolute piece if shit.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
I think my computer has a bug now where if you click on the time it skips the calendar and brings up your notifications instead.
I also heard the start menu is coded in a really resource intensive way so sometimes I open task manager and keep tapping the Windows button just to watch the CPU usage go up
Eagle@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 275d
Why, yes. 32 degrees is perfect weather for making Christmas puddings.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
I feel like the official Xmas pud should be changed to choc ripple cake or tiramisu. Trifle. Or the classic Pav.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 275d
End of work week shower is up there with the best of showers. Among that title is also post hike shower and fresh sheets shower. Anyone have one to add to the podium?
SituationCake@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
Showering in a freshly cleaned shower, shower.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Foreplay shower before clean sheets intimacy.
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Shower on LSD in the dark where you are sitting down and thinking about the warm moist universe around you
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Open shower on lsd at Esoteric with a bunch of naked people also showering.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
Hot day shower.
tone212_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
After sweaty exercise shower is always amazing. Also after chlorine pool shower (which I’m about to have). Chlorine is gross.
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Warmed fluffy towel shower, with new cake of soap.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
A shower on a hot day and going outside to dry off.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Damn hot shower that makes my neck crack!
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Also, first shower after full week camping event that involves armour
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 275d
Just checking RAM prices. Holy shit when did that happen.
Bought my 64gb for like $300 not too long ago. Now it's $1300 which is what this whole rig cost lol.
Got lucky with that one.
shirro@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Micron just announced they are dumping their Crucial retail brand to focus on supplying the AI circular financing bubble financial disaster. It is crazy. I hope our super funds aren't tied up in this crap. We will end up poorer than North Korea.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Wow. And that's a fairly well known brand. This won't end well.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
These companies are determined to ruin absolutely everything aren’t they? If there’s increased demand and cost across the board that has knock on effects for repairing/upgrading/buying low cost refurbished computers and reducing e-waste as well as screwing the economy when it goes down.
With any luck morally and financially impoverished people might stealthily avail themselves of the newly lucrative items the way it already happens with copper wire and pipes
Taleya@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
LLM shitfarms, Gonna get real fun now crucial announced they're fucking off their consumer arm
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Holy fucking shit. Guess I won't be upgrading my pc any time soon.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
For a sec there I thought you were talking about cars
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 275d
3 of my 5 pairs of work trousers have arrived. It may be a week's worth of trousers, but can be easily stretched out to two weeks if you wear them twice. When you have five identical pairs, who knows if you're wearing a new pair or not?
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
Hahaha a Kdrama I watched recently featured a guy who was soooo amazingly popular and hard working that he owned ten sets of the same suit so he could think about work instead of clothes. Well, thats what all the girls thought, but it turned out he was a tight ass and only had one suit.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
bought half a doz mangos and make some mango and coconut milk icecreams, added a little vanilla and sugar for taste , they are intense as the mangos were quite ripe
should be ready tomorrow 🤤
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
Spotify wrapped is in
Baku@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 275d
Happy wrapped day DT people!
Last year you all called me an old soul. This year spotify beat you to the punch-
::: spoiler 'listening age'
:::
Bonus points for the day I listened to 168 artists and 159 songs in a single day
::: spoiler 'most diverse day'
:::
I must've been going through something, but I have no clue what or why
More generally, glad to see this place is still going. Hope you've all been keeping well
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 275d
Good to have you back Baku!
Baku@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 275d
Cheers thornsy!
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 275d
Hi Baku! Long time no see , hope you're well ❤️
Baku@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 275d
Hey forcey! Thanks for checking in - I'm still alive, still kicking, can't complain. I hope the land of the force is going well! ♥️
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Baku@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 275d
Thanks! You've certainly got me beat! I don't really understand how they reached their conclusions. But to be fair, my listening habits are so diverse I don't think their robots really know what to categorise me as
::: spoiler what do all of these songs even have in common?
:::
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Good to see you. Hope you're doing alright
Baku@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 275d
Thanks Tom, can't complain. Hope you're all good as well!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
you’re a very spry 62 year old. Welcome back
Baku@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 275d
World's youngest 62 year old? Thank you :)
Eagle@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Nice to see you young fella. Hope you're good!
Baku@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 275d
Cheers eagle, I'm doing alright. Hope you've been well!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Welcome back dude
Baku@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 275d
Cheers melbsy
Pilk@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
I accidentally left a playlist on loop overnight a couple of times and it's cooked my Wrapped in a couple of ways. Bugger.
Pilk@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
Apparently I listened to 1200 or so different artists, and I…don’t know how?
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
This made me laugh
Studspud, you have been warned of what may await you in your future profession.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
I love raccoons lol that's so good 😂😂
Have you seen the video of the raccoon that ate weed chocolate? https://youtube.com/shorts/sf4e-ErfckY
Slays me everytime 😂
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Cheech & Chong labrador sketch
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Raccoons are so beautiful , only saw one once and I was 🙂🙂🙂
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
They put him in the drunk tank!
Haven’t we all
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
That picture is a new classic 😂
Catfish@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
The inevitable has happened. LittleOne rolling around on the stairs like a derp and fell through the lack of back. Doubt he'll learn from it.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
My dog has fallen off the back of the couch before. I thought he'd killed himself. I looked down and he's hunched like a rabbit, ears pinned back. Still treats my furniture like he's a mountain goat. Idiot.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
On a super duper positive note, the other day I remembered a traditional Mandarin phrase and could write it a few days after reading because I knew the components ( syllables ) so well. ( am going to do some calligraphy for a friend for xmas , so am studying )
The skillz are stillz in my 🧠🤓
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
I keep vacuuming the little rug, it has so much sand and dust 😐
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Hang it and beat it?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
I was thinking of that
Catfish@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 275d
Hang, beat, wool wash then power spray.
(Applicable elsewhere)
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Coffee coffee coffee. Iced
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 276d
Ugh… I was feeling very tired after the vet yesterday and regrettably took a nap. I’m on the night shift now.
Melbcat got some buttered cracker pieces as a treat, has received all of her night medication, and is grumpily loafed up on my pillow. The vets didn’t want to extend the course of antibiotics further so she has to finish these ones and get a recheck before they’ll think about prescribing more. Next week she goes to the dermatologist. ::: spoiler spoiler The lesions on her face are growing more slowly with the cream but they are growing back, and there hasn’t been the immune response that would make me feel confident the Aldara is working. :::
I’m looking through the secondhand art books to see which would be most useful to me but am very tired. I sketched an idea yesterday or the night before from shapes but need to find a reference.
Maybe I’ll just rest and watch a movie on my phone.
Edit: Oops, forgot to do new monthly threads
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
I’m going for a swim
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
cbfs so very very strong today
I'll make a to do list
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
Make sure "crazy dance break" is on that list!!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
You made me smile. 🙂
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
I failed digital programing 2 in 98 doing that. Late assignments are one thing. The end of subject and result submission are another. The subject has a deadline, without a prior extension I expect you'll be stuck with it. It sucked for me.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
Tbh. I should never have been in that course to begin with. I only went to uni due to high school pressure to do so. My parents encouraged a take drugs and party lifestyle which didn't help either.
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Don't know if it will apply, a million years ago I got a "automatic 50% unmarked submitted too late"
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Automatic pass, for that paper. Everything else still mattered overall.
Ie, you could have 1 massive Fuckup and still get through
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Been reading some of the stories that have surfaced about Greg Lynn and while I'm staying very aware of sensationalism... yikes.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
Yes. Abusive men basically had a free pass back then and things haven’t changed enough
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
Not great. 😔
and also an indictment on how people respond to dangerous people
Gift of Fear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_of_Fear https://archive.org/details/giftoffearsurviv00debe_0
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
My unhealthy obsession
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 275d
I only listened to 3 albums this year
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 275d
I keep on forgetting to listen to Fear Inoculum. Still go to Lateralus and 10,000 days as my default
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
It's not great sadly. And it fucking kills me to say that.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Yeah, that was my takeaway when it came out. Still, I listened through today and really liked it.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
Great to see people still listening to Heritage. They played The Devil's Orchid when I saw them recently and it's always a great feeling when they hit the bridge.
Have you listened to the new album?
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
I have listened to it a few times. It’s ok, but I’m not a huge Opeth fanboy, it just doesn’t hit like Heritage for me.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Our music tastes are pretty much identical lol
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
🤝
calhoon2005@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
....kids still use my account I guess
Eagle@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
I got my kid his own account mid way through the year so his impact is less this year, but still apparent!
bacon@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
Beep Beep 🚚
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TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
Compote de fruits, et un tasse de cafe, s'il vous plait chef.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
Vous parlez tres bien francais, toujours comme une dame.
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
🍓🍯☕️
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Merci beaucoup.
Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
A sanguine sandwich please
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
🍞🍄🟫🧀🦘🦞🍞
Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
black tea and crumpets please chef
bacon@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
☕️🥯
Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
It’s amazing how much more human I feel after that
TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
Swim? Or the 3 litre glass of beer.
StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
This northerly wind is blowing blood and bone smell over my balcony.
shirro@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Is there any reasonably cheap and fun family stuff (around tween age) to do around Melbourne CBD over the weekend that might not show up on searches? Visiting from the sticks so the bar isn't all that high for something to be interesting though any franchise/activity that also operates in Adelaide is probably disqualified.
Eagle@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 275d
The Myer windows are Lego themed this year.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
There's the Lego Star Wars exhibition at the museum as well
shirro@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
I love Lego but the kids don't like Star Wars. There's also a monopoly thing somewhere I think but it's hard to get excited over boomer IP even for an old bloke. But thanks for the suggestion.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Isn't it free public transit? Sandringham Beach?
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 275d
What are the kids into?
There’s the city circle tram, old Melbourne gaol, vic market, botanic gardens, ACMI (has a gaming exhibition), NGV…
shirro@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 275d
Thanks. ACMI is already on the list. Might do the markets depending on time but have a lot of things already. Have done the usuals in the past like scienceworks, NGV, museum, aquarium. All great but not this time.