Went to the aquarium yesterday, and saw this dickhead:
Daily discussion thread: đ§Łđ§¤ Monday, June 17, 2024
Submitted â¨â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago⊠by â¨Seagoon_@aussie.zone⊠to â¨melbourne@aussie.zoneâŠ
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trk@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
how does he eat?
bacon@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
every time i get Minimum Sleep for Proper Function the DT collectively gets weird dreams
there must be a causation somewhere
Baku@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
YOU. YOU NEED TO START SLEEPING PROPERLY BECAUSE I DONâT WANT THESE WEIRD DREAMS ANYMORE.
bacon@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
^sorry^
neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
youâre the designated sleeper. Nobody told you?
bacon@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
But what about after eight
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
I had a bunch of weird dreams last night. I thought it was from a lack of REM sleep the night before, but this makes sense!!
Eagle@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
We need to get you some sleeping pills because Iâm not going to relive the end of the world tonight thanks.
bacon@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
I already took one when I went to bed late last night. I intend to go to sleep pillless and normally tonight
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Actually now that you mention it, I did have kind of an odd dream. It was in 3rd person.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
I just got my electricity bill and thought there was a mistake because it was so low - apparently I got a $90 credit for a long power outage. Itâs nice to get a win.
Baku@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Soooo I just got woken up by a bloke shining a torch in my fucking face. Thereâs cops in my house. At 1am. AGAIN
Seriously⌠this new kid⌠Nothing but trouble. Wtf
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Damn you almost need a sign on your door⌠âHeâs that way â>â
I swear all the idiots need to go off to an island and live with each other if they want trouble so much
Baku@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Funny you say that, because after realising he had the wrong room, he closed the door and then started opening all the vacant rooms, including my storage room. I opened my door and pointed and said âheâs down there dudeâ
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
WTF. How terrifying.
Baku@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
YeahâŚ
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Strange but relevant dream...
I dreamt that I was resting against someone I barely know (I met her at some environmental workshop many many years ago and never stayed in touch beyond seeing her fb posts, but she is gentle and soft spoken, so acted like some kind of vaguely familiar avatar) We were seated on a shaded amphitheatre near a sunlit park, watching the breeze rustle the trees and far off-people ambling along the paths, kids playing on the grass, still water reflecting a blue sky, the hint of a guitar strummed in the distance⌠some tan-coloured bulldogs were also prowling outside the amphitheatre, but ornate wrought iron black gates around the periphery prevented them from coming in. They were quiet and observant. After a while, the person asked me softly whether Iâve rested well and why, and I started going on about how Iâm so tired, but itâs been hard to sleep on holiday because of the feeling that something always needs to be organised, and Iâve never felt like I had enough time to just allow myself to completely relax into the space. In saying that, I felt a pang of sadness knowing that it was sunny, so I had to be on a holiday. âAt this rate youâll never have time,â the avatar said, âthereâs always something that needs doing next, for as long as youâre alive.â âBut this time was a lot easier,â I replied, âmaybe because you were there and I felt like you were in such a state of peace and calm yourself, that I had the permission to rest as well. Or maybe itâs this place, because itâs not real,â and I looked at the dogs warily as one sat itself a short distance from us behind the gate and started a quiet, low growl. âAlthough it would be nice if those dogs werenât here,â I added. âAre they yours? Normally Iâd be on edge with these dogs around, but it was so comfortable and serene earlier that I felt transported to my childhood years. I wouldâve loved it to continue.â The avatar said nothing but smiled sweetly. It was too good to be true, I knew it. The growling started getting louder and was breaking my immersion; I had to show her that I wouldnât be safe once I left her little sacred area, so I turned around and leaned over a step to reach my water bottle⌠⌠and almost immediately, I felt the angry breath of a bulldog on my neck as its teeth sank into my jugular, its snarling abruptly loud, right next to my ear. My entire being went limp in surrender except to notice from the corner of my eye that the avatar was still smiling blissfully onto the Elysium beyond, as if I were invisible. I could feel myself fading fast even as adrenaline coursed through my veins, so I summoned what energy I could to let out a weak yelpâŚ
âŚwhich translated to real life, and I woke up.
I guess that was trying to tell me somethingâŚ
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Thereâs a lot to unpack there, wow! What a beautiful piece of writing though, nicely done!
mysticgreg@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Came here to say the same thing about how well written that was - time for you to write a short story I think! =)
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
so many hugs, are you feeling better now?
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Yes! Actually even though it was a really vivid dream with a bad ending, itâs helped my subconscious process some emotions (writing it all out helped a lot, too). Itâs been a great day, actually, feeling like Iâm shedding the post holiday blurgh and maybe coming to terms with the weather on a physical level. Next two days are more challenging, letâs see how I go
Baku@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
I ordered a heater from Kmart on May 30, and someone went and lost it. Kmart sent me an email the same day that theyâd sent it, but the tracking never updated and when I contacted couriers please they said theyâd never received it. When I checked on the Kmart page their tracking had changed from âfully shippedâ to âweâre trying to find items for your orderâ. I contacted Kmart and they just refunded me stating it had been lost in transit.
Booooo
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Maybe look into getting yourself a little bar fridge? 2nd hand on marketplace you could get one for maybe 70 bucks delivered?
Save a lot of headaches.
Baku@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Next payday I reckon I will. I found a small fridge + freezer that I think should fit in my cupboard for 60 bucks. 3.5 energy efficiency, so I figured if it fits itâd be a good investment for when I move out too. But I needed a tape measure to confirm it would fit which I forgot to buy
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Seeing that sleep is todayâs topicâŚ
Out the front of my place thereâs a part of the road that dips quickly outside my bedroom. Been getting worse recently.
People fang it up and down that road and gets pretty busy at around 5am (for some reason the last few months has been crazy for a residential street). When itâs a tradie with unsecured metal shit in the tray / trailer it makes an immense noise bouncing around so 5am is my new wake up time.
I think people are realising itâs a short cut to avoid the nearby junction.
Once that first clang hits, itâs game over. Counted 11 clangs today before 8am.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
I wonder about this with Google Maps and Waze. They can find drivers shortcuts, but make residential roads so busy because the were never intended for that amount of traffic
RustyRaven@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâm in the process of writing up a care agreement for my motherâs future (short version: Mum gives me house now, I take care of everything the house equity would have provided). Itâs a lot like drafting a pre-nup, except instead of dividing up a house you havenât bought yet and deciding custody of children that havenât been born itâs all âwhat happens if Mum gets dementiaâ or âwhat happens if I get sick and need support tooâ type issues. Combined with reading lots of sobering stories about what can go wrong in caregiving and these sorts of agreements itâs a bit confronting. I have just signed myself up for a fairly expensive trauma/illness insurance policy, which also has a sobering list of all sorts of terrible things that could befall me in the future.
The whole process has also made me realise something - our societyâs approach to aging is horribly broken. So many of the problems that happen with elderly people relate to a combination of abhorrence of the idea of aging leading to people not wanting to think/talk about options and a devaluing of carers so the job often gets foisted on vulnerable people who are often ill equipped to do the job and often exploited horribly. Add in our reverence for individual choice to be respected (which means people can lose capacity to make good decisions and no one has the power to do anything about it - refer to âscamsâ)
Just the way we generally talk about aging is illustrative - âwhen I get that way, just take me out and shoot meâ is often the extent of planning for the future we do, and is often used to shut down conversations trying to do anything more. One problem with that sort of concept is it treats âgetting oldâ as a one-time event that just happens, as if everything is fine one day, and the next you reach a point where you become valueless. That concept prevents people from taking a gradual approach to winding down as they get older. Itâs no wonder elderly people often fight the slightest loss of independence, we set things up as an all-or-nothing situation, like walking off a cliff instead of a gentle downhill stroll.
The other problem with that is that no one actually has the power to âjustâ do anything - whether that be stopping you driving, âputtingâ you in a home, or shooting you. The only option people have to make decisions for you is if they can have you declared incompetent, both reinforcing the walking off a cliff feeling for older people and putting their family in the impossible position of being expected to look after them (both by society and earlier promises) without actually allowing the family any legal right to actually do so.
With the agreement Iâm working on I hope to set things up to allow for a more dignified and gradual withdrawal from responsibility for Mum, allowing her to pass over the responsibilities that are getting harder to manage without losing choices of how she wants to live and what she wants to do. Hopefully I will be able to set myself up to eventually do the same in future.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Sounds like you are already doing all the right things but thereâs a book called âletting goâ by Charlie Corke that talks about death planning. Read it a while back but I remember it had some really good practical advice and was not too heavy to read
RustyRaven@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Even better the library has that as an e-book, I have downloaded it now. Iâm currently re-reading âAvoiding the aging parent trapâ by Brian Herd which is by a lawyer specialising in elder law that has a lot of good information in it.
I think researching and planning is my go-to coping strategy, having a good plan in place always makes me feel better. The hard bit will be all the family discussions around it. I always worry about what reaction Iâm going to get and fret about what could go wrong, but so far all the talks we have had have gone well so I probably shouldnât worry so much.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Good night everyone and special hugs for Melbs an Melbcat
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Thanks
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Yeah, I think Iâm on the verge of the sickness.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâm utterly fucked. Brain not work good. Body feels weird.
I know itâll get better over the next couple of days but damn, fucking with your circadian rhythm is intense.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Bout to lose my shit at work. Weâre in the âFind outâ stage of the FAFO process. All the pressure is somehow falling on the shoulders of the poor bloke who if we had of listened to this legend in the first place the whole mess woulda been avoidable.
I just told one part of the business âOi, dont fuck with X or youâll break shit!â for the second time this year, because they broke shit again. They replied with âyes, but also something isnt working properlyâ and its taking all I have not to reply with âif yaâll stop sending bloody viruses the anti-spam will leave you alone! Until then Iâve had to set it to maximum cause if you leak customer data again the relevant authority is gonna have someone shot! To say nothing of what iâll do to you!â
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Ah man. Youâre reminding me of what Iâm missing out on.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Woke up at 530, completely refreshed and not groggy. Started my day that much earlier, which was nice, but holy fudge am I completely zonked right now.
Might need a 15 min power nap at some point.
melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
As a reformed slepper-in-er-er, I now routinely get up at about 5.
I am, I have to say, one of those abominable âmorning propleâ who waxed on about how much better it is to start early etc etc etc. Of course, Iâm also basically a nanna who is in bed by half nine.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâm generally up at around 630, but thatâs planned. Unplanned wake ups are welcome when Iâm rested, but the 2 pm downer hits bad.
My bad habit is not going to bed until 1030 at the earlies.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Might need a 15 min power nap at some point.
Arnt you in a senior position now? its past 2pm, you should already be on the golf course!
MeanElevator@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Itâs seniorish. High enough to be accountable, but not high enough to fuck around that much.
Iâm actually busier than ever đĽ
Seagoon_@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
my back pain totally messed up my sleep, Iâm still sleep deprived and put anxiety on top of that
but I have stopped having coffee after 4 and am trying to stay warmer at night
TinyBreak@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Feeling a fair bit better. The sun is out and its a gorgeous day. I went for a drive to get a coffee and it was amazing. I just wanted to keep driving! I really REALLY missing my old car. Iâd give just about anything for one last trip in it. Iâd love to be standing on the dock at Cowes with a doughnut and the wind in my hair, or sitting at bar in Falls Creek with a alpine cider in my hand. Or the beach of tidal river with some fish and chips.
I heard from the family member who brought my car the other week. They love it, but financially looking to sell it cause it makes more sense for the business to expense a new one. I know I could buy it back, but it doesnât make sense. It doesnât suit the family, and its just spending money delaying the purchase of its ultimate replacement: but the replacement is still years away and Iâm just stuck with the dadmobile SUV. Sigh. I shouldnt complain, especially after the events of that piece of shit mazda last year. but I can still be sad.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
finally slept alright last night. So yep, it was covid messing with me.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Howâs the brain fog?
TinyBreak@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
not 100% gone, but enough to come back to work and roll my eyes at everyone. So thats a start!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Trigger warning - potential burglary
I swear the shithole area where I live is doing my head in. Yesterday Iâm pretty sure two guys were looking for packages to steal and/or casing myself and my neighbours. They made a beeline with one guy walking and the other crawling behind him in a distinctive coloured car Iâve never seen before, the walking guy coming onto the porch and moving every single one of my bins to check behind, going around to my neighbours to presumably do the same, even looking in a nearby hedge. One then openly leaned down to look closely through a neighbourâs side window. I didnât bother calling the cops because they almost never come and even if they did the sus dudes would be long gone. They usually are. Also Iâve got the security cam footage of that saved on my phone but itâs a pain in the arse or impossible to send anything more than a minute long so Iâd probably have to go pull it off the recorder box. But I might report it tomorrow in case they come back or have hit someone else. If the cops even care. And before you incredulously ask how come Iâm so blase about this and didnât immediately call the cops - please just donât. Donât blame or judge. Itâs pure exhaustion. It happens all the fucking time. Over the years Iâve had different and even the same people repetitively trying to break in while I was home, and once physically chased a woman out of my flat when I stupidly forgot to lock the door. She was later arrested having snuck in and stolen the house keys of the old man a few doors down. Iâm not even getting into everything thatâs happened here. So like. Yeah. Fuck this place. Iâm just hoping I donât get broken into or assaulted before I can leave.
Baku@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Oof. Iâm sorry Melbs. I know the feeling all too well. I gave up with cops after they disregarded my call when a worker at my last place was being threatened by a kid who was holding a chair over her head and threatening to kill her, plus a number of other times either I or the workers had been assaulted. They can maybe 1 in 10 times they were needed, and always 7-8 hours after it had happened
melbaboutown@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Oof. Iâm sorry dude. The cops are stretched thin and it seems if youâre in a certain area or âclassâ youâre not a priority.
oztrin@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
No judgement here, cops were absolutely useless at the old old place when we were being harassed by the neighboursâ brats and their arsehole mates. Until they got the call out by another neighbour after they had the house to themselves one long weekend and ran absolutely riot.
They treated me better with the robbery saga over Christmas/January but ultimately did/were able to do fuck all.Mittens_meow@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
No judgement, have also found police to be useless tbh. Hope you can move asap.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Ok so the quick nap to feel refreshed lasted a couple of hours. No matter, it was to be expected.
oztrin@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Tested again this morning and got the faint line, but since the stick snapped off in the vial and I had to find some tweezers to rotate it, I wouldnât be surprised if itâs actually stronger.
Anyway still coughing and honking and last night I had the knives in my throat feel, so definitely not fit to work. Or be out of the house.anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Must have been a night for odd dreams. I had several, one of which included me and another person having to have cats down our tops as we went about our work. I forgot the cat was there after a while and got worried Iâd hurt it or squashed it, but when I checked the cat was comfortably curled up and asleep. The other dream about arguing with a nasty woman who wouldnât pay me for work Iâd done wasnât so great.
Eagle@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Mine was about the end of the earth. I had to make it to where the sky was glowing blue but I came across people walking back from there saying it was the wrong direction and we had to go back where it was dark. There was more to it but thatâs all I remember.
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
10/10 would subscribe to the chest-cat dream channel. Unless it comes bundled with the nasty non payment dreams, in which case thatâs a hard no.
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Alright. Trying for 6am round 2 tomorrow. Goodnight everyone â¤ď¸
neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Goodnight and good luck!
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Goodnight, I should be hitting the hay too because I need to leave the house by 7am tomorrow, but I had too much tea⌠đ
Aradina@lemmy.ml â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
I fell asleep at like 5pm and slept until my alarm at 7am. That was magical.
Iâm surprised the cat let me. I hadnât fed him but he didnât wake me up by pawing at his bowl, he mostly just cuddled up all night.
Also had weird dreams. The one I remember thinking was important is the one I remember the least.
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All I can remember is walking through an unfamiliar landscape with my mum, but she wasnât my mum. She was something else that looked like her and wanted me to be at ease. She told me that major change was coming. That life after wasnât going to be recognisable to now, but that I shouldnât fight it. That it was for the best and that Iâd be okay. Everyone would be okay. I know itâs just my anxieties about the current state of the world taking form and that dreams donât really have meaning. But it felt profound in the moment. I do think I feel better having had that dream.
I also had a nightmare where I needed to pee but all the bathrooms had piles of random boxes in them that meant I had to squeeze in and awkwardly sit there. Also they were in public places.
That one wasnât profound I just slept for 13 hours and really needed to pee.
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Ha, I love the pee ones that arenât about anything other than needing to pee - way to break the fourth wall, body!
I do think dreams have some meaning insofar as itâs our subconscious unpacking stuff, they dont predict the future but they give some hints as to how we might act or behave about certain things. When Iâve responded in an unexpected way or intensity to something and Iâm trying to understand where that came from, dreams have been a great clue. Even the ones I dont remember, aside from when I have a dream later and all I can remember is âIâve had this dream beforeâ.
Taleya@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Spent the arvo playing with temps and muffins on the airfryer. Now plotting all sorts of recipes. Anyone have faves? We have the ninja multicooker.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Cheese & gherkin.
Duenan@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Mixed berry muffins or apple and cinnamon but with lots of cinnamon and apple pieces.
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Yay: got some exciting news about some uni study Iâve put off for years and can finally complete. I can exercise my brain in ways I never could at work
Nay: I kind of forgot about it because it was in limbo for months, so now I need to turbocharge my brain and think of research topics ASAP.
Iâm starting to find the commute to one of my jobs is really a drag, especially in winter, and I donât get as much out of being in that office now that I have my other job⌠I think Iâm going to make it a policy that I wfh one day every other week. If Iâm going to be studying again, even very very part time, I definitely need to cut down on all that BS.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâs looking nice and sunny outside, I think it is dog walk time. đ
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
I am super keen on Out of Sight in 4k arriving in the mail today or tomorrow. One of my favourite movies (and books) suave as hell George Clooney in 4kâŚyes please.
Also hanging for his new movie with Brad Pitt.
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
There are strangely few people around. Iâve not forgotten some sort of holiday have I?
Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Alrighty. Iâm awake. I donât want to be, but hey, I did it.
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Heading to Melbourne on Thursday, does anyone know of any good used book stores? I believe the one in Warrandyte is still operating? And I know the one in the city in the basement (which is huge but didnt have anything I was looking for :S)
Iâm staying in the Bundoora area but will have a car so travel isnât an issue.
Thanks.
oztrin@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Called in at work earlier - the staff member who told me not to test if I didnât have symptoms was a lot more conciliatory. You wonder if someone Had A Word.
In other news, am slowly tackling the books etc. in short bursts. I realised that today itâs technically one month since I moved in, thought given the extra day I spent cleaning at the old place it feels more like the following day was The Day.
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
When you admit you need help as youâre struggling but get shamed and invalidated. Iâll just go back to hiding inside my head. Reasons why I isolate myself.
Duenan@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Are you ok?
just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨10⊠â¨months⊠ago
Hey, hope youâre not in danger or anything. Is everything alright? Hope today has been okay for you âŚ