c/melbourne · by YarraByte@aussie.zone · 50d

Discussion Thread 🎨 Thursday 9 July 2026

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200 Comments

StudChud@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 50d (3 replies)

Had another blood test yesterday, and this time it bruised nastily. Gave myself the shakes yesterday when I took the cotton thing off lol. Had to get partner to put a bandaid on it for me lol 😂

Animals I can deal with, but myself? Nah, nope, no way, no bueno

Catfish@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 50d

Opposite! I can't leave things alone. Pick, poke, & prod even when I Know it's the wrong thing to do.

Eagle@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 50d

Lol, feel you there. I'm a nurse. Working in the community no less, which is the worst of the worst. Can deal with pretty much anything related to someone else. When its me? Hell no. Can barely remove a bandaid!

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

I lucked out and hurt myself too many times over the years because I'm unco.

I can deal with erryting except hitting my funny bone then I cry.

SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 50d (3 replies)

I do love seeing the blue sky as the fog lifts 🌞

Eagle@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (1 reply)

Your fog lifted??

SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

It actually lifted really quickly (like by 9am), but then just a couple of kms up the road it was still soup at 10am!

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

it was spooky 👻

SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 50d (5 replies)

Sales rep flies over from another state and comes into the office this morning "oh, hi Spin! I'd give you a hug, but I'm feeling a little under the weather", it took me all in me to just go "uh, sure" and not scream "DID WE LEARN NOTHING FROM COVID?!" Then I remembered that she's from regional WA and probably didn't.

MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 50d (4 replies)

Have a mate living in Perth (moved there from here a couple of years back). Heaps of people there are convinced our lockdowns had military in the streets enforcing the rule of the law.

StudChud@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 50d (1 reply)

Lol!! The only people in the streets at that time were the anti-vax protesters iirc 😂😂😂

MeanElevator@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d

It's what happens when you get your news from TikTok or Facebook.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d

not military, police

I was stopped trying to leave the cbd, told cops I was going for a walk in my 5 km radius

Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Police. Had a friend stopped at something like 2am walking his cat, was wearing a clear shield not mask when that was still ok

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 50d (2 replies)

Hmmmm

StudChud@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d (1 reply)

Give me Spring or give me death!

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 50d

I am genetically built for the heat. Not this bullshit lol

Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 50d

Meanwhile I'm freezing in the home office.

Catfish@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 50d

I do wish the cat would stop trying to eat my glasses. Probably my fault for getting them in iridescent bug colours.

SituationCake@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 49d

Goodnight all. Thanks for the quiz CEO. It’s fun reading the answers.

SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 50d (1 reply)

CEO, we need your answers to all of these BTW

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d

Done.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 50d (11 replies)

We haven't played Which one do you prefer? for a while so If you wanna play, join in. I ask a question and you reply with one of the options. Please see rules.

Rules: Answer only ONE of the options. "Both" is strictly not permitted. DO NOT give me an essay.

Q1. Tomato sauce or bbq sauce?

Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Tomato

StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Tomato sauce

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Tomato sauce

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (3 replies)

Tomato

StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (2 replies)

Correct

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d (1 reply)

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 50d

Correct. Memes will get an extra vote ⬆️

RustyRaven@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

bbq sauce.

SituationCake@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Tomato

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Tomato sauce.

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 50d

Tomato!

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 50d

Just went to a show as part of the Melbourne magic festival! Learned about from someone's post in here a couple weeks ago. I had a great time and a lot of laughs 😊 worth having a go if you get a chance, it finishes up this Saturday though

tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 50d

When you should sleep but you hit that editing workflow

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 50d

beach was cold, the water very calm, little bits of blue peeking out where the sun burned off the fog and mist

tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 50d (2 replies)

Is the Testra stuff still happening? I've been having trouble with Microsoft login verifiations all day

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 50d (1 reply)

Apparently there was a second wave of some interruptions

tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 49d

I think my internet at home is blocking some Microsoft stuff. I can't get on to Google analytics because my internet won't let me, seems like Microsoft is part of that too. I think it's cool my internet is doing that but I don't know what's blocking it

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 50d

RIP Bonnie Tyler 💔

Catfish@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d (5 replies)

Heathers or Pump up the Volume?

Eagle@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 50d

Pump up the Volume. Still watch it on DVD once a year!

SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 50d

Pump up the Volume by a mile.

useless_modern_god@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Heathers by a narrow margin

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Heathers

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

heathers

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d (9 replies)

Q3. Dim sims or Potato cakes?

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 50d (1 reply)

Potato cake.

edit: Essay time.. not from geelong station though.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

You're skating on thin ice.

SituationCake@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d

Both. I don’t care about the rules.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Dim sims

StudChud@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Dim sim!

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Potato cakes.

Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Dim Sum a thousand times

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Potato cakes

SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Dim sim

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d (8 replies)

Q9. Front fence or no front fence?

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (1 reply)

Easy.

Essay time: Front fence that isn't falling down like mine.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Some picket fences are cute and go nicely with the house. I have a 1.8 metre fence so my dog can't bite people.

TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

No front fence

SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Whatever means you don't see the neighbours. Full in suburbia, nothing in the bush.

StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 49d

Front fence!

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Front fence

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

front fence

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 50d

No front fence

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d (7 replies)

Q10. Public toilet or shit yourself?

TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Public toilet

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Public toilet.

Essay time: Or behind a tree.

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (1 reply)

Bro

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Surely I'm not the only one who's considered it.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Shit me self

StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 49d

Public toilet

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

public toilet

Pilk@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d (2 replies)

Air quality at the moment is disgusting. I'm seeing god rays out the window and I really shouldn't be.

Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d (1 reply)

Still air, high moisture content, plus dust/particulate matter. We need a nice sea breeze to clear out the crap and let the sunshine in, yeah yeah.

Pilk@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Definitely. And some cleansing rain!

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d (5 replies)

Q12. Cows milk or alternative milk?

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

nut milk

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Cows milk

mertn22@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 49d

Neither. Except for greek yoghurt on muesli.

StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 49d

Cows milk

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Cow juice

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d (5 replies)

Intermission.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (1 reply)

yes

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Correct

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d (1 reply)

Interval.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d

Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Should be brought back. Moar cartoons!

Alamutjones@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d

Bleh bleh bleh

Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d (9 replies)

extends hand in a grand gesture

BRING ME GRAVELLLLLLLLL

Thornburywitch@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (2 replies)

BRING ME STONES!!!!!! Bring me blood and bring me bones!

Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

20mm FAT ONES FOR MY DRAINAGE TRENCHESSSSSS

Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Grinding bread?

Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d (5 replies)

Ditto! And some sand and hard top please. Can you teleport it up the stairs?

Taleya@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (4 replies)

Can't do hardtop, trade you some road base?

I have an extremely large cat who can tow it upstairs.

Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d (3 replies)

Road base will do once we borrow the wacker. I would be very impressed by such cat!

Taleya@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d (2 replies)

::: spoiler behold

:::

Look at him. Look at his big dumb kitten face. If you smoosh him there's baby fat everywhere. He can't turn a corner at speed yet without wildly losing control of his rear end and barrel rolling down the hallway.

fucker is 3 foot long and nearly five kilos. HE'S NOT EVEN A YEAR OLD YET

Catfish@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 49d (1 reply)

And you want to equip him with a weighted weapon?!

Taleya@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 49d

I'm harnessing the chaos. He already tries to sheepdog herd people.

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d

argh, day's plans disrupted

i hoped to work heaps today so I can have tomorrow off to do reading

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (2 replies)

Some of you need to read the rules.

Catfish@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 50d

😝

SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 50d

rules schmooles

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (5 replies)

Q15. Can or bottle?

Catfish@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Now my 10c essay on this ....

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

bottle

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Bottle

StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 49d

Bottle

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Can

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (9 replies)

Q2. Puffer jacket or puffer vest?

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (1 reply)

I is going to sit that one out.

That is my essay.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

::: spoiler spoiler :::

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

puffer jacket

SaneMartigan@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

I have both but the jacket sees more use.

SituationCake@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Do I live in melbourne? Of course it’s a jacket. Of course it’s black. Vests are for Sydney.

StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Jacket!

Catfish@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Fuck off. Cloak.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 50d

Puffer vest

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 50d

Jacket (but neither)

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (5 replies)

Q4. Seashells or beach rocks?

Bottom_racer@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

oh shit luck with that one.

SituationCake@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Shells.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Seashells

Force_majeure1234@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Shells, tough one though

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Seashells

tombruzzo@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

I just picked up Le Fay by Sophie Keetch and it's written in an old timey style without being overly pompous or purple. Immediately I was just like, 'hey, I could fuck with this.' As long as it doesn't get too slow I think I could read this one.

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d (6 replies)

Q6. Rain or fog?

SpinMeAround@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 50d

Fog

SituationCake@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Also fog

CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

Rain

StudChud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 49d

Fog

Seagoon_@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 50d

fog