Daily discussion thread: 🦘 Wednesday, May 22, 2024

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m on the plane and about to go… I’m just gonna make this trip work! Au revoir.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    eee jello.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I hope you have a great trip, let us know you’re ok after you’ve landed and sorted all your stuff out.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Bon voyage 😽

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Where ya going?

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  • Cendana@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have a safe trip:)

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have a fantastic time!

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well after several delays and 3 flights and a long bus ride we are FINALLY at our first accommodation in Japan and I am ready to eat 50 convenience store meals and then sleep for 50 hours. Trying to bust out the Japanese after so long is breaking my brain. Next few days will be full on soaking up the atmoshere so I might be incognito over here. Thank you all for the wonderful messages this morning.

  I still have some question marks for the second part of my trip but I’ve got plenty of flexible options and I’m not feeling quite so stressed out about it now…

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  • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m curious as to whether the favourable exchange rate actually makes a material difference. I’m also wondering why it took you so long to get to Japan.

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Seagoon had it. Transited through HKG, both those flights were delayed by an hour, then some snafus at immigration for one of my friends, then a 1.5 hr domestic flight + 50 min bus to tonight’s destination. Could’ve gotten here faster with a direct flight to Fukuoka or something but we had a really cheap deal earlier in the year with Cathay.

      And the exchange rate certainly helps. Feels like I’m living it up compared to spending the same amount on holiday in Australia.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      getting to the airport, delays, checking in, 3 flights, immigration, baggage then bus.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pretty much no one has a bad time in Japan. Have an awesome trip :)

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Have a great time!

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You just rest up first then have a great time. 😘

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  www.sbs.com.au/news/insight/article/…/f00subs99

  Guess it’s not just me sadly

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My dad changed his name and this was in the 1950s. At home he still kept his name.

    And I’ve moved continents twice, each time locals adapted my name into something more familiar to them. It upset me at first but then I understood it was about acceptance into society and I felt that’s a good thing.

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Alrighty. One referneces down. One to go!

  Still not getting my hopes up because of the police check but who knows, they might be understanding.

  Hopefully.

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you’ve been clean for 7 years (I think) you can have your police record zeroed, wiped clean. Might be worth it for just such situations.

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    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s been 9 and a half years. I’m definitely going to look into that.

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• Mittens_meow@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Expert on abc radio saying nucular. Sorry, can’t take him seriously.

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• wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So a work colleague of mine (about 30 years old) said today he didn’t know who Pol Pot was.

  Honestly the general knowledge of the public is abysmal. And by no means do I consider myself a genius either.

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  • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Eh. I had a room full of people all in their 20’s and none of them knew who John Lennon was. They did at least know of the Beatles.

    On the other hand, I had no clue who almost any of the Hottest 100 artists were this year.

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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    History fades fast. But also I wonder what is being taught in school history. I know the world’s a big place and they can’t teach everything, but… not joking someone mid-30s recently asked me which countries were fighting in the Middle East. They meant the Gaza conflict. I explained it’s technically the same country, and that coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians has never really been settled since Israel was founded. She said something like ‘so forever then’, and I had to explain Israel had only existed since world war 2.

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    • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And also the news is saturated 24/7 with Israel/Palestine conflict and yet this individual didn’t think to Google at all to answer her burning questions? Sweet, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Muhammad and Abraham.

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    • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In the case of Pol Pot I wasn’t taught that in school. But somewhere along the lines through simply paying attention I still know who is he in very broad terms.

      I really do think some people just live in their own tiny little bubble.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Today’s project inspired by recent events: I have bottled 6 single serve arauras.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That looks great!

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pls put in sky preferably where I can see thx

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Shout out to PTV for using a replacement bus driver who doesn’t even know where he is fucking going. Cheers to the passenger who helped him out with google maps. If I didn’t have to fix something in the office I’d have already turned around and gone home.

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So far that’s never happened to me, but it’s always fun when I’m stuck standing and the bus driver thinks he’s in the NASCAR… You haven’t lived until a bloke who thinks he’s Michael Schumacher takes a roundabout at 60 while you’re clinging onto a rubber handle that’s older than your grandmother and disintegrating in your hands for dear life

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m always thankful when my bus turns out to be one of the electric ones because the driver can’t kangaroo it no matter how otherwise shit they are.

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yikes. PTV ticked the box of having a ‘qualified’ driver, just not a knowledgeable one.

    Still though, as a bus operator, surely you’d be familiar with a map app/software.

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  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This isnt the first time I’ve heard of this happening.

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m just going to introduce my super secret recipe garlic bread:

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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had a big dinner and up until now was not the least bit hungry. But now I am hungry.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It looks and sounds so much more interesting than it really is.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It really does.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I found it pretty tasteless, I bet it tastes better when tree ripened and in a tropical country

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I find it fairly tasteless and excessively seedy. Boyo adores it pan grilled. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I reckon it would be quite refreshing on a hot summer’s night rather than a cold autumn evening.

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    • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s a fairly neutral taste but the red dragon fruit I had in Vietnam did have a subtle taste.

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Pretty is where it’s at, I think. Looks lovely on a fruit platter or part of a cheese board - really shines there. As a fruit in and of itself - meh. The red sort is tastier than the white sort I find.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m hoping to collect them all one day.

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  • Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think your description is apt.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      😂

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  • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Did you try the white or red dragon fruit? I quite like red dragon fruit. But in any case I don’t find it similar to kiwi fruit at all.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It was the white one.

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have apparently passed the vetting (haha) process to do dodgy art for Pets of the Homeless in a few weeks. If you wish to charitably donate and have your fur/feather/scaled friends artistically demolished There is an FB event thing on the 14th of next. [not linking because FB]

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I am full of pasta and regret (that I didn’t eat enough for lunch and then stuffed myself with pasta). Was yum though…

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• wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hey Australian Media, not every difficulty is a “crisis”.

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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And in breaking news, family in crisis after finding one shred of purple cabbage in their white cabbage coleslaw mix from Colesworth. The traumatised mum said one of her toddlers almost ate it but luckily she noticed in time. ‘This will haunt me for years, how is it not even safe to buy coleslaw in 2024.’

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    • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would have appreciated a trigger warning.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m thinking of making sweet and sour pork using a jar of Kan Tong. Once upon a time I tried chicken tonight (some sort of “creamy” concoction) and that put me off jar sauces for life but I’m willing to give Kan Tong a go.

  Mama’s making Kan Tong, doesn’t take long for the word to spread around…

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We usually opt for a jar of something from the Asian grocer. I find them much less sweet.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s a really good idea. I’ve got a really good Asian shop nearby but it smells like piss because I think they mop their floors with ammonia and it hurts my nostrils.

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  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wow I just had a old taste memory of sweet and sour fish made with battered flake from the shop + kan tong sweet and sour sauce. An old party staple at my family home growing up. I used to love it!

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I used to make pork meatballs with Kan Tong sweet and sour sauce. They weren’t bad from memory.

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Kan tong and leekeekim are top tier. Chicken tonight is mid

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My only concern is that I’ll be eating a shitload of sugar which means I’ll have to add stuff to it so it’s edible.

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• Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Made in Satan’s image 😍🙌

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In exactly 20 minutes (as of the time of writing, closer to 10 at the time of posting lol), apple with change the number on my iCloud account and let me back in. In preparation, I wiped my MacBook then forgot to do the updates. I never upgraded it past Mojave because I wanted my 32 bit app support they deprecated in Catalina, so when I wiped it it went back to high Sierra. Unfortunately though, I couldn’t even install it because my clock was years behind so https wasn’t working… I had to do some weird shit messing around with installer logs and nvram to force it to download over http

  I can apparently go to Monterey, but I’m not sure about it. I’ve always known Mac as OSX, and I’m not sure about this new OS that looks like a glorified iPad, but it’s gonna take 7 hours to install (♥️♥️♥️♥️ Australian internet) so I guess I have time to think about it

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pakige

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sleep well everyone. 😘

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Stupid phone! Why is the mute button where my ear can turn it off?! Not great when calling emergency.

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• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It took me one hour to write a fairly basic work email. Brain is in OFF mode today.

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  One of my workmates have enlightened me to some spices that they reckon taste like KFC seasoning.

  I reckon I’m going to have to buy some and give it a try on some chicken next week if it all works out.

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hot cocoa time

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  {insert fun bullshit story i almost wrote but then got too lazy}

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Movie Review. Tudo Bem no Natal que Vem with my fave Brazilian actor Leandro Hassam. This guy is as good as Groucho Marx, no lie.

  this was a surprisingly good xmas movie, sincere, not overly schmaltzy at all. A cross between Back to the Future and A Christmas Carol.

  4.5 hobbits

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• Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Looks like Dragon Age Dread Wolf’s release date is going to be announced soon. Such a shame. I’m going to get gastro on it’s release date and be knocked out for a week or so.

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Quick taste test of the spice I bought.

  Got a subtle sweet taste maybe? Got a little bit of a zing as well, not very much but I know I’m sensitive to that stuff.

  Real test will be when I season some chicken this weekend or next week.

  Taste may differ slightly because I won’t be crumbing my chicken drumsticks.

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Omg the google help forums are basically modern day yahoo answers

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  Goodness with these sorts of questions I’m genuinely surprised IT people don’t go postal 6 months into the job

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