Daily Discussion Thread: 🐶🐶🐶 Tuesday, July 09, 2024

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ok gang, let’s send this thread over the edge. What sport did you play during high school? What sport did you like, what sport did hate?

  For me I played soccer, table tennis. I hated gymnastics.

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    At high school? I was a fat kid, so was condemned to the outer darkness as far as sport was concerned. Was forced to participate in basketball, hockey and swimming. Successfully avoided tennis, squash and softball/baseball, cricket and anything even remotely resembling gymnastics. As I have no depth perception above the horizon, anything that required me to catch or hit a ball overhead was doomed to failure. Also very small and badly engineered feet, so running sports were off the table too. Hockey was OK - I was the goalie (most of the time) as no one else wanted to do that bit. Had quite a lot of fun whacking people’s shins with my stick (named Excalibur). Revenge is sweet. Did OK out of school at ice skating. As my Dad was ex-navy, all of my siblings and me learned to sail small boats and race them in the school holidays. Which was OK, but not really my bag long term. Also got thrown out of ballet classes due to complete lack of talent. But I do love to dance - just not ballet.

    The real irony came in my mid thirties, when due to unrelated circumstances, I did a reflex speed test. And tested out at the top 3% of the population. If only they’d offered jet fighter pilot training as a sport at my high school … I could have been a real star at that.

    As things turned out, I ended up as a professional equestrian for over 20 years. The reflexes came in real handy for that. And on the back of a horse I didn’t need to use my feet much so that was good too.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Wow. That’s some impressive sports résumé.

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nothing like a good revenge hockey stick to the shin. You may keep your horses though shudder

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  • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    i ran

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      So far away

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ice skating.

    I made particular efforts to avoid all forms of team sports. I also sucked so badly at swimming I managed to fail a Girl Guide swimming badge.

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Still in high school (kind of), don’t play any sports, never really have. I’ve tried a few, I don’t mind tennis, I think I might enjoy golf, at least at first, basketball isn’t my vibe but is the sort of thing I enjoy watching (not professional basketball, but I won’t fall asleep watching a friend play it). Hate football, fall asleep watching it, and just generally get annoyed by it (or more accurately the type of people who are obsessed with it)

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You haven’t missed much. I think most people will remember the super embarrassing sports uniforms more than the actual sport itself.

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  • tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    None! I was not a sporty kid at all. I ditched PE as soon as I could, I think year 10 was the last year it was mandated. Early high school I played tennis but I started to not like it once I had to play in competitions.

    It seems now that kids doing a sport all through high school is the norm? My parents never forced me.

    Now I play a team sport to make up for my sports-less adolescence.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mostly tennis, some volleyball due to lack of choice.

    Absolutely hated swimming though, also hated gymnastics but that was due to the teacher taking it.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I played tennis too and softball

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I didn’t play any sport in high school; I hated it (and still not really keen on it either). Maybe a bit of lousy badminton with friends. I did play netball in primary school till my immune system got whacked and I was never the same afterwards

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I was fat until year 9 term 1 holidays. I grew a lot taller in what seemed like a short time.

    Also got fitter magically. Good old testosterone lol

    I played hockey and volleyball.

    I also played smoking and drinking at lunchtime on the oval with my mates which was also fun, but not great in hindsight…

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hahahaha. They’re my adult sports. I play every Friday night. As well as dancing and singing. I’m fucking good at it too.

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mostly soccer. Some softball, hockey, and Touch. Useless at most, especially gym. If this is because my Primary school didn’t teach them so I was delayed, or just a general klutz remains debatable.

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  • calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Soccer… Rugby. Athletics. Tennis

    Loved soccer. Hated rubgy. Others were meh.

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I played soccer and footy at school.

    Netball as an extracurricular I enjoyed.

    Hated volleyball and the beep test 💀

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are we gonna hit the 300 barrier tonight or what? Exciting!!!

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We can damn well try!

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I can add some uninteresting facts.

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Seem to have hit the post-dinner slowdown. Come on you fellow spammers of the echo chamber, what’s happening this evening?

    I ate 3 tacos because I only made two at work before realising that was a stupid idea, then I had a bowl of leek and tuna pasta. And now I’m chilling out to Boz Scaggs to lift my mood a bit this evening.

    I’m also so grateful for my reverse cycle splitty. Found out my cousin in the sticks has had to turn down the central heating thermostat to 16C because their power bill is too high and my poor uncle from the tropics is wearing four layers indoors. That’s new builds for you, with the giant house footprints and warm air leaking everywhere…

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I reckon we will

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s early. I’m waiting for fence builders. What I can tell you is, when getting the quotes, the dude who turned up with thongs on did not get the job.

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Lol we got fence quotes a couple of years ago and one of the dudes who turned up was pissed as a newt, reeked of it. Then the neighbour lost his job so we couldn’t get it done anyway.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      😂 oh fuck!

      The guy turned up to remove the old fence. It’s been laying in the neighbours waist high grass for the last 6 months so there was most likely weeds growing through it.

      Also the neighbour sleeps outside like a hobo so he’s probably awake now.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bill Cat loves the new chairs. :)

  spoiler

  Image

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Such a floofy boy!

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• Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I looooove hard rubbish days. We had one here in Thornbury just recently. My haul this year included a really nice persian carpet approx 2 metres by 1.5 metres. Someone threw it out because they’d just replaced it with ‘something that suits the decor’. It’s in perfect condition - just a little grubby. No stains, no pet smells. It’s going off to the rug washer tomorrow for a thorough tubbing. Cost will be approx $150 for a really nice rug that suits me just fine. You couldn’t buy a nice wool persian carpet for that.

  I also scarfed some very nice wire trellis that will fit the fence around my back courtyard too. Come springtime I will install this and plant a grape vine on it. My nice italian next door neighbour has given me a potted shoot from his grapevine that his family brought over when they came to Australia - which makes the most amazing grappa so I am anxious to give this a go when the vine is fruiting. Lovely big reddish green grapes that are so so sweeeet.

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I miss Hard Rubbish! One booked pickup a year here, and you supposedly need permission of the property manager. Presumably so the landlord can gazzump you.

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Aldi shop is done. Will hit up one of the Oligopolies for the couple of things on the list they didn’t have. Time to cook dinner, go to gym, and redeem myself.

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  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I miss Aldi…

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Dammit! Shoe leaked, now I’m going to squelch all day.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What happened to the rain? Seems like it mostly fell while we were all asleep.

  I had some Spirited Away-esque dreams where there were all these fantastical characters and a huge restaurant with many inner workings and lowly staff being turned into turtles and retro computers for being slow or seeing the wrong thing. It was kind of heart-breaking, really…

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  • Cendana@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s still raining here from Carlton through to Essendon, light rain.

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• anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ok, I’ve finally ordered an electric throw, so this spell of freezing weather will finish up in time it takes to arrive.

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  • thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We thank you for your sacrifice.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I take back everything I said about the rain because lo, the moisture hath intensified. Needed to postpone one site visit to tomorrow. Absolutely horrible commute on the way back (even with it being school holidays). I think next Wednesday is a definite WFH day again. It’s such a shit route.

  Today’s been yuck enough that I just want to delete my brain and reset it for tomorrow. I suppose this is why people drink

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Getting invested in linguistic discussions around the differences between a creole and a pidgin.

  👩‍🍳😚👌

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    One is like a wax based marker, and the other is a bird. What’s similar about them?

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They come in a variety of colours and flavours, I think…

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fuck me intune/endpoint/shitty previous MSP are making this a bloody tough arvo. Spreadsheets, reports and duplicate values kind of situation.

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    MSP’s in general, from my experience, are usually pretty shitty. There’s one in particular, rhymes with “RataFrom” that is by far, the absolute worst MSP I’ve ever had to deal with. (I hope that’s not the one you work for).

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      haha not sure im familiar with that one. Nah I’m internal now thank f. Havnt done msp work for years now and do NOT miss it. This was the MSP before the last MSP who were supporting my current employers environment back in the day leaving their shit around.

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• danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I watched Argylle the other day. A really stupidly funny movie. Sam Rockwell is just the best.

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is another a fun nonsense action.

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That was a good watch. I enjoyed it.

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      As a big Ritchie fan, I couldn’t make it through. I’ll try again but it was lacking the usual charm.

      The cast was great, but the writing…bit slow

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s hardly possible to parody the absurdity that is spy action movies but they did. The bon mots were better than Bond movies too.

    3.5 hobbits

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    • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      For sure. Bryce Dallas Howard looks great in it too. So does SLJ. Dude does not age.

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Title

  I know how to play the recorder
  And some chords on a keyboard
  I know the names of the notes in order
  But I’m not a singer-songwriter I’m just a poet with a beat
  The drums in my head repeat
  And I’ll never be famous
  I’d rather be anonymous I know a bit about music theory
  The nostalgia notes from history
  The range of Celine and Whitney
  Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti I’m just a poet with a beat
  The drums in my head repeat
  And I’ll never be famous
  I’d rather be anonymous I won’t assume I’d reach great heights
  If I put in effort building a fanbase
  Words sound right in the dead of night
  But the sunrise knows they’re a waste

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• Aradina@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Woke up, very ready for breakfast and the kitchen sink isn’t draining. Guess one of the housemates clogged it last night. Woooooooooooooooooo coffee for breakfast

  Recently frustrated with one of them. They’re usually all good. I’ve tried to complain about one issue and got brushed off. Might need to be more assertive.

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  • Aradina@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Today is bad and I reject it.

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    i know there’s a crisis, it’s global, And this may be a crazy proposal: But we don’t have a garbage disposal, So don’t flush food down the sink, you asshole!

    I think that could be quite assertive lol

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  ☕️

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes thank you chef, it is the night for a warming cuppa or 50.

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I swore I would t have any coffee and here I am having a 2nd instant coffee.

  Also sitting here playing video games

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What are you playing?

    I’m on my 5th cuppa 👀

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m okay Hogwart’s Legacy at the moment.

      5th? Wow. Instant or brewed?

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  😭

  “Sam: I wonder if we’ll ever be put into songs or tales. Frodo: [turns around] What? Sam: I wonder if people will ever say, ‘Let’s hear about Frodo and the Ring.’ And they’ll say ‘Yes, that’s one of my favorite stories. Frodo was really courageous, wasn’t he, Dad?’ ‘Yes, my boy, the most famousest of hobbits. And that’s saying a lot.’ Frodo: [continue walking] You’ve left out one of the chief characters - Samwise the Brave. I want to hear more about Sam. [stops and turns to Sam] Frodo: Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam. Sam: Now Mr. Frodo, you shouldn’t make fun; I was being serious. Frodo: So was I. [they continue to walk] Sam: Samwise the Brave…”

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  • Electronic_Owl@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    On the topic of Tolkien, this morning I was going through some old books that were still in boxes from moving house last year. Found a copy of The Adventures of Tom Bombadill which I’ve had for decades, I remember my grandmother used to read it to me when I was a kid in the 70’s. Well, it turns out that this little hardback is a first edition print from 1962 (UK release) and some are selling online for $700+, one seller had a copy up for $1100!

    No plans to sell it, but I should probably take a bit more care with it :)

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It always makes me cry so damn hard when he gets to go to Valinor. Like, can you imagine him seeing Frodo again after all that time? 😭

    And the scene when Gandalf, Galadriel, and Celeborn are boarding the shop at the Grey Havens, and then Frodo turns around… God it just kills me.

    Annie Lennox’s voice is so damn ethereal as well

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      😭 I can imagine

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  got no idea what I want for lunch. dont want anything super processed, but dont wanna pay 25 bucks either. Suggestions in the city?

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  • tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I recently discovered Sushi place on corner of Lonsdale and Swanston, most rolls $2.50 each.

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I misunderstood that last part and thought you meant 10 rolls for 4 bucks and I was going to ask you if you travelled to early 20th century Japan or something

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can’t sleep.

  Repair rambles

  I can’t seem to find a matching yarn for the jumper repair (to be fair the colour, texture and thinness are very specific). I looked to see if there were any embroidery flosses that kind of tone but there were only bundles that didn’t have great matches. So I may either try eBay for a single skein or do a temporary job with doubled thread just to hold the hole together and stop it unraveling larger. This is kind of a favourite jumper.

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Channel 9’s online streaming website is the absolute worst out of all the free to air channels.

  Always stop working and hangs and actually locks up my browser with the ability to wreck other free to air streaming sites requiring a total reboot of the browser.

  I hate channel 9!

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oooooooo a dome that can fit two spires? Yes please!

  The space elevator and the mohole are so dang exxy, my Martians will have to wait for those. I hope to see up some rare metal exports very soon, I only have $12b left 💀

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