sitting and thinking on the train about who I am, who I wanna be and where I’m (metaphorically) headed. Anyone else feel like there is all these versions of you crowding around almost like ghosts all trying to fit into the one vessel?
Daily discussion thread: 🐮 Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Submitted 1 year ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Yep, all the time. Lifelong condition. I blame being a Gemini. I forget which philosopher said ‘Do I contradict myself? I contain multitudes’ but it is so bloody true.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
“I may contradict myself, but at least I don’t contradict myself.”
Another favourite, though unrelated:
“What does a snake do, when it feels like having a lie down?”
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
So I don’t qualify for the Sydney role because they require someone in office once a week.
Got some really useful feedback and info from the recruiter though, so that’s something.
Another interview tomorrow at 2pm. Not super excited about this one, but if it comes through so be it.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Tragedy has struck the Raven household. My faithful beaters will beat no more. Over 20 years of faithful service, rest well my friends you will be missed.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
All licked out. RIP.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
no longer beats
all licked out
😂
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
RIP Beats By Raven. You will be missed.
We had a set of Kmart ones last 3 years, then the replacements lasted 9 months
Nath@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Ours died last year. I wouldn’t have it. I took them apart, cracked out the soldering iron and repaired them. I broke the slow/fast switch and the blitz button in the process, but the work again.
Food thing, as they have mixing bowl attachment and it’d be so wasteful to throw the whole thing away over an internal switch wearing out.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I think mine might have a broken/worn gear. The motor still works and they sort of still turn but slowly and with little power.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Hot take Wednesday. When a recipe says to scoop out the seeds for tomatoes or cucumbers for a salad or whatever. No. I paid for those seeds. They are going in. I don’t care if it makes it soggy.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Save more time and just throw out the whole cucumber. Genuinely the worst vegetable ever.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I believe that dishonour belongs to the chokoe
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Tzaziki. Pickles. You shut your whore mouth.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Cucumbers are just expensive crunchy water, does absolutely nothing for me. Delete this vegetable
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
:(
Cucumbers, capsicums, carrots, and lettuce are the only vegetables I actually like
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
No way. Cucumber soup on a hot day is the best. Cucumber, yogurt, mint, bit of water and salt & pepper. For those days when it’s too hot to chew.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Correction: celery is the worst vegetable ever. I will die on this hill.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
it’s good food , plus it’s nice on a hot day
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
You haven’t lived until the smoke alarms go off when you’re in the dunny 😂
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Caramelised, the term is caramelised …
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Which is what you should do to parsnips
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Lightly charred.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I suspect we’re about 3 weeks off the house smoke alarms going off at 3am all the time because of internal humidity. Bye bye batteries
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Oh yikes, we’ve never had that happen. The closest thing I’ve seen is at my last place, apparently a spider built a home inside the vent of one of the smoke alarms, so everytime there was some wind, the cobweb was pushed into the sensor and alarms would go off.
We can’t just unplug the batteries though, all of our alarms are hardwired and wired together, so if one goes off, the entire house starts beeping. We do have a control panel where we can pause an alarm for 10 minutes, but they aren’t very fond of us doing that since if there was an actual fire, we’d be clueless
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Cats are still on a diet. The fighting between them gets more intense as they stake out the limited food resources.
Bill is looking good , just a little bit chomnk. Ted is on the light side of hefty chonk whereas he used to be on the heavy side, Ted waddles 😞.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Your cat finds itself most happy with a portion of the food given
I don’t know any cat that thinks “I’m full now. Please don’t give me anymore”.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
All my previous cats had an unlimited crunchy bowl, unlimited food. None over ate and got fat. Ted, Ted will eat until he can’t move.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Poor kitties. Can you stir some cooked pumpkin in to fill them up a bit more, and/or feed them separately?
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Poor kitty in the photo.
Kitty has seen some things.
Nath@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I happened to be in the kitchen washing my dishes at 5 pm just now. The cleaner came in and emptied the organic waste bin into the general waste bin.
I’m scandalised. If the organic waste bin weren’t there, I wouldn’t think much of it. But to have it be there and be a total lie isn’t cool. 🤬
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
recycling is a scam
I do agree with recycling in principle and I do my bit regarding aluminium, glass and cardboard but everything else is just not recycled by industry or gov.
my bit for the environment is to consume less, a lot lot less,
I’m also trying to make choices that result in less waste, eg, a cardboard is better than a plastic bottle
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 year ago
my bit for the environment is to consume less, a lot lot less,
This is the most important bit of anything for the environment. We’re so primed by our society to consume, to want more. It’s almost rebellious to go against it and deliberately consume less.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Yup. The recycling bins at work are a lie. The cleaners dump them in together. Even the pure paper ones meant for the animal house. 😾
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Why do ducks have tail feathers? To cover their butt quacks.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Here’s your genuwine Dad Joke medal! 🥇
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
:(
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I have successfully aquired new bulbs for my headlights, after realising one of them was out last night. If I can now motivate myself to actually install them this may be my car’s shortest cyclops period yet. Usually I am terrible at getting myself organsed to actually buy the bulbs.
As a bonus Supercheap Auto is next to NQR, so I have also replenished my supplies of cheese, butter and fish. Also a couple of bonus meat pies.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 1 year ago
A gold star to you for first class adulting! ✨️
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Many thanks. I have actually installed the bulbs as well now, I am very proud of myself.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Sunbury? I love that NQR
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 year ago
No, Ringwood. A smaller store, but convenient location.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
sky blue, balloons pretty
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Sky blue, pretty balloons,
Eyes blue, pretty soon
Sunrise, sun rays
Cool air, warm days.Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Who told you there’s warm days? They lied to you
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Hands down hoisin duck spring rolls are amazing.
There is no turning back now.
I refuse to go back.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
that looks delicious
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Feels freezing here, oodie has been deployed.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Coconut curry and roti has been eaten.
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It was nice this morning with there sun out so I decided to fix up and take out everything for hard rubbish.
Had people going through my pile of stuff as I was taking it out and things have been moved already when I made a nice neat pile for pickup.
Bleh.
Sorted out some admin stuff and left my union.
Now to make a coffee and relax with the radio and some gaming.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Do I go out and buy some sour cream for my enchiladas or could I do without? That is the biggest dilemma I face today.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
sour cream on enchiladas, on any Mexican food, takes it to the next level of deliciousness
and there is lactose free sour sour cream too
I have so many of those tasty chillies I should be making lots of Mexican recipes
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I went and got it and I got corn chips too to go with the salsa so it all worked out in the end.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 year ago
You definitely need the sour cream. Absolutely. For sure. It’ll be a worthy mission!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Fuck
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I dont have sour cream with mine for what its worth.
oztrin@aussie.zone 1 year ago
In the continuing saga of trying to get the business verifed on google, we finally got the video call working, but the banner signage I had was deemed inadequate and ‘you need a permanent sign’.
I explained we never had one for privacy reasons (it was Mum’s house after all) and I’d be moving mid this month anyway.
So more or less back to square one. At least I got some clearing and sorting done.Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Guess I’m the night owl tonight.
I’m almost at the end of reading the entire SCP catalogue. It’s taken about 3 years and honestly, it was worth it.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Literally one of my fav sites. I was reading it back when they just started the competition for the 1000 series. And to see it grow the way it has is just incredible. There are so many amazing entries, tales, GoIs.
DjKaktus remains my favourite writer, especially their newest set of SCPs tying that flesh cult in with demons and folklore.
The Stairs (in the 000s iirc) was one of the first I read and it creeped me the fuck out. The Old Man as well. And anything that involves SCPs and archeology, hell yeah dig up that creepy-ass temple in Egypt/Persia/Mesopotamia and then make up a bunch of rituals from all the Abrahamic faiths to keep the “scary unknown” contained. Right up my alley.
Sorry for gushing! I just get too excited about that site 😬😅 What are your favourite ones???
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I remember when 179 came out and I followed it on and off for years then lost track. Came back and was blown away by how far the whole thing has come! Series 1 was sooooo good, but the intense and really long Kaktus ones blew me away as well.
DJKaktus and Harry Blank are probs my favorites currently. Harry Blank has a cannon for site 54 which is really, really good. Just finished it the other night and it was basically a novel.
My personal favorite has to be the one where it’s a Sopranos DVD, and you can keep going into TV screens in the show. So they zoom into a TV in the Sopranos house, then zoom into another TV in the show that’s on and so on and so forth. It’s really, really good. SCP 2614.
Oh and the basketball game, SCP 1733. Read it tonight if you get a chance. Actually scared me.
My other favorite is probably the whole thing about the fairy queen that gave her heart to the SCP1000 children of the night. It’s a Kaktus one that’s really epic.
The canon ones can be really good too, but problem is a lot of them are unfinished, so you get really into it, then it ends on a cliff hanger.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It was just afternoon and nearly home from the shops. A ten minute drive. I was thinking about nothing in particular when suddenly flames erupted from the engine bay. The smoke was whispering out of the air con vents as I was maintaining a reasonable speed. Should I ditch it or press on?
The car was still operational but the smoke was getting thick inside the cabin. I didn’t want to lose her and only the fire brigade could help me now.
I pressed on. Faster now. Flame wasn’t visible past the smoke. I needed a phone urgently, to call the fire brigade . I felt like a WW2 fighter pilot limping back to base after being shot to shit.
I had to ditch.
Brigade arrived but it was just too late. Write off and move on.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Fridge has been cleaned, freezer has been organised.
I should mop the bathroom and do some washing while I still have motivation
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Hola
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I went to sleep at 7ish and just woke up. It’s a bit early, but I got enough sleep and woke up late enough that I can probably push through until a normal time tonight
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I’m so wired and tired from events of the last three days. So many thoughts going round my head and big feelings. At least it’s not the debilitating kind of tiredness, I still had enough go in me to whip up upma, dal tadka, and a guar bean + carrot sabji. And clean up all the myriad dishes and the kitchen!
Tomorrow will be a long day too, as I have a big dinner right after work with lots to talk about. Need to start early so I can take the car and leave work early + directly… Sigh
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 year ago
That hypothesised, but very likely exists, Planet 9 (sorry Pluto). The one with the massive elliptical orbit of Sol the approx size of Neptune, is such a cool theory. Evidenced by other Kuiper Belt objects behaving in a way that would make sense if there was a huge planet we haven’t found that pulls on them.
My partner and I were thinking of names it could be called, in the recurring theme of Roman gods. I think Terminus is a great name for it, the god of boundary stones.
That’s my entry for naming it. Terminus. Besides, it’s a cool af name imo
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I feel like arse. Headaches and making dumb mistakes. With money of all things!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Cat rambles
Did a lot of the odd cat jobs last night. Melbcat’s ears were so grubby… I had to do a wash, wipe them out, and then more dirt came out with a second wash. There’s still crevices I couldn’t quite clean out. Not sure if it’s just because I’d been slacking or if there’s still an issue with her ears. I’ll get them checked when she goes for her next Solensia which is soon. Today I also need to clean her eyes and give her the flea drops.
Not sure why it’s so hard to do art when I want to. It’s hard to be alive and do anything really. I have to fight against so much physical and mental stuff to even have a hobby. I’m even taking high dose vitamin D supplements.
Baku@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Fridge cleaning day today. Luckily I clean my fridge often enough that nothing really goes bad, or gets pushed to the back and forgotten about, but I do have some veggies that I probably should’ve composted a week ago to deal with
And there’s also a mystery liquid on one of my shelves. It’s sticky, and I don’t know where TF it came from
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 year ago
it’s a nice day, think I’ll go to the park and the shops
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
fullkitwanker@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It’s not hot take Tuesday but here’s my hot take anyway: eggplant is terrible. How do people like it?!? It’s so soggy and bland no matter how you cook it 🤢
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I like eggplant. Moussaka. Babaganoush. In curries. Yum.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 year ago
+1
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I can’t eat them, they make me want to throw up :/
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Just like many other foods…it’s dependent on how you prep it, cook it and serve it.
Seasonings are your friends.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Dad used to slice it, bread it and shallow fry it. I remember enjoying it, but, then again most anything is good when fried innit.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Brinjals? Yuuuuummmm…
dumblederp@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Baba Ganoush.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Best reframe the discussion to ‘creamy and delicious’. Does absorb other flavours well. I quite like eggplant cut in 12 or so lengthwise wedges, then the cut surfaces dipped in lemon juice and dusted with seasoned flour, then sprayed with a bit of oil and then put under the grill cut sides up. Leaving the skin on keeps each wedge together, so you get the creamy inside and the crunchy coating. A hawt dipping sauce goes well with this. Sort of eggplant chips.
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Another vote for eggplant being vile
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Gets the go ahead in a fresh thai curry but the next day it is mush.