Daily Discussion Thread: 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛ Wednesday, July 10, 2024

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• danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  When I was in Melbourne a few weeks back, I matched with someone a day or two before I flew back home. We didn’t talk much (and didn’t meet obviously) while I was there but we’ve spoken a lot since I got home, graduating to swapping phone numbers and texting. We even handwrite little notes and take a photo and send it to each other. We are planning on a video chat soon and meeting next time I am in Melbourne (assuming video chat goes well).

  I like her a lot (so far) but the whole ‘we live in different states’ thing is really souring my hopes. There is nothing really tying her to Melbourne in terms of family and commitments, and she said she is actually able to work remotely so I guess that it is a possibility. I also said I would like to move back to Melbourne once I finish studying, but it would depend on if my daughter wants to as well.

  I’m likely just setting myself up for heartbreak - especially with my history - but what is life if not trying things in the hopes it will all work out?

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You could potentially invite her down for a weekend in Hobart (from previous posts you live outside of the big smoke), meet up chill, do whatever, see what happens. If things go well and she’s comfortable, she can stay at yours. If not, she has a hotel (or such).

    Or do the same but you come back to Melbourne.

    Give her a proper rogering and see what happens.

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    • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Give her a proper rogering and see what happens.

      Just so succinct and to the point, lol.

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Give her a proper rogering and see what happens.

      Fuck I was trying so hard to be diplomatic with my approach. “shared a cuddle” was originally “share a bed. Or the back seat of a rental car” but decided it wasn’t diplomatic enough.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I like her a lot (so far) but the whole ‘we live in different states’ thing is really souring my hopes. There is nothing really tying her to Melbourne in terms of family and commitments,

    Reckon you’re gonna find a bunch of melbournians more than happy to GTFO outta here after the past few years.

    But lets back up, you dont know if there is physical chemistry here yet. Lets worry about moving after you’ve shared a cuddle on the couch watching a movie. Not like its hard to fly between the 2 for a weekend visit either.

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Reckon you’re gonna find a bunch of melbournians more than happy to GTFO outta here after the past few years.

      Wait till you see property prices in Tassie. Shit’s cooked over there too.

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    • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I am one of those people who thinks of everything. Short term and long. Like pros/cons, cost benefit analysis type thing.

      It could be all for naught as there may not be any in person chemistry like you said.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      • Michael Scott

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    • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      yadda yadda let’s go to the arcade.

      - Bart Simpson.

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A girl I work with met her boyfriend of two years on a night out in Sydney! He lives in Sydney, she lives in Melbourne. They visit each other once a month. It’s working out well for them.

    You only live once and you’ll never know unless you try :) When’s the video chat set up for? Keep us updated!

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    • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That is so good of them. Glad that is working out.

      And yeah, we wouldn’t be the first interstate (or international) people to have met, moved etc so it isn’t out of the realm of possibilities.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve been out and got some sun but now back in the hot office I’m feeling awfully sleepy. zzzzzz. Hard to look at spreadsheets and figure out what I’m doing. Can I knock off early today? One only hopes so.

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yay, 10° feels like 7° and I’ve got the window open and a t-shirt on because I’m hot

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sneezing like a mad thing. Normal allergies or toxic fire stuff? No idea. Don’t like it.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  every time I visit Richmond the town seems a little poorer, more closed shops, more people in dire straits. Overheard some guys sitting around discussing their favourite home made dinners. The homeless don’t cook. 😔

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    cant even imagine, been a few years since I worked out that way and it was pretty rough back then. Covid wasn’t kind to bridge road.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I literally chased down a young man I saw walking without shoes, he wasn’t begging, gave him a 50 and made him promise to get shoes at the op shop 5 minutes down the road . I know he might spend it on shit but then maybe he will get shoes.

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    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The rot set in well before covid. I’ve been working on Bridge road since 2012 - just at the very end of its glory days as a centre for the cheaper end of the rag trade. Online shopping killed that, but it took a long time to die. Re-inventing itself now as wellness practitioners and eateries.
      For real scunge, look at Johnston St.

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Richmonds always been a bit sketchy.

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  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Alternatively (and totally off topic) the town of Richmond in Tasmania is beautiful.

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Anti-gratitude thread :)

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am angry that a rich country like Australia has poor living on the streets and I am angry that government measures and money for the poor and others who need is stolen in rorts.

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  • mysticgreg@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ungrateful for my inability to break out of my epic decade-long-stuck-in-the-same-role career rut that has me dreading coming into work each day.

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hmm… are any different jobs sticking out to you at the moment? Changing directions?

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      "Every time you come in yelling that Goddamn ‘Rise and Shine! Rise and Shine!’ I say to myself, ‘How lucky dead people are!’

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am ungrateful towards metros signs about their punctuality and whatnot. WE ALL KNOW THEYRE LIES! LIES!

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Missed opportunity to use a frowny face

    I’m ungrateful that the cops still haven’t called me and my org is still trying to shirk responsibility for the burglary and property damage

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Edited in an attempt to fix.

      I hope they resolve the situation soon Baku.

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ungrateful for my neighbour. He’s not mowing his lawn today, but he’s making all sorts of noise in his garage. Dude, just stop it.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I am ungrateful for the nice weather today because I could’ve had sheets on the line. Tomorrow is gonna be shit and raining.

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The nurse who keeps turning all the lights on then leaving the area.

    The joke of a vege meal.

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Anti grateful for my companies execs being pieces of shit and paying everyone bare minimum, fucking people over where they can get away with it

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I hate that I’m still stupidly drinking coffee when I’m not sleeping properly at the moment.

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ditto. Decaf?

      Tastes shittier but I find that and matcha help.

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  • Mittens_meow@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Repeated cold fronts that are making winter unbearable for outdoor activity

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    • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Isn’t it horrible? Definitely colder than last winter.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The downside of working in the office in winter is I simply don’t have the capacity to make and eat breakfast - I refuse to eat a cold breakfast and I can barely get up in time to get to work on time, let alone allow for breakfast.

  Pretty much every weekday I’ve ended up unintentionally fasting from like 8pm to 11am… I get around it with coffee but I don’t think it’s great for my mental health in the mornings.

  I need to think of something that I can heat and eat in the car (for my job with the longer commute) or in the office (for the other job). Maybe leftover pasta/fried rice for brekky.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Back when I could eat oats I’d do porridge which was usually pretty nice.

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  • Eagle@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve done sachet porridge at work before.

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Might need to look into this with non dairy options. Nowhere near as nice as real porridge but it’s better than nothing

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  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I need to think of something that I can heat and eat in the car (for my job with the longer commute)

    Since you have a car, these should do the trick

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You could try those drinks that are like milk and protein. Not a shake, they come in like juice boxes?

    UP AND GO! that’s it! The brand is up and go. It’s like, meant to be a kind of breakfast replacement/supplement to help get energy in the morning. But it isn’t gurana based I don’t think, it’s milk based. Anyway, sorry for the train of thought, but it may help!

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oof, i should’ve clarified that I have had lactose intolerance since I was 8. It’s manageable with dairy once in a while but up & go would totally wreck my guts haha

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  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is there a microwave at work? Wheatbix heated with milk is good.

    I like Bircher muesli soaked overnight but that’s not hot…though you could probably heat it through in the microwave to make it more of a porridge…yeah that could definitely work.

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hm I’ve done Bircher museli in summer but if you heated it up in winter wouldn’t it get all gluggy and weird? I should give it a go anyway.

      There is a microwave at both workplaces although the one with the longer commute is trickier because the shared kitchen is often busy (and extremely bare bones). I’d need to bring my own nondairy milk too, maybe if I pre poured it into smaller jars

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Only had one coffee this morning and it went down like nothing. Could really go another coffee right now!

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep looking forward to the afternoon one thats for sure.

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• wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So typically I find motivation to train legs challenging. A leg day is usually about 1 hour and 20 min (leg day just comes with a lot of time setting up and racking /re-racking weights etc).

  Thinking about splitting that into two seperate days because it’s a bit easier to motivate yourself for shorter time.

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why not do an upper/lower split. Keeps it interesting and spread out more.

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I miss squats and deadlifts so much. Heavy legs is my jam. Can’t wait for the all clear from this surgery.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    if you have the room get two benches/racks

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Divide it into 5 days and do 20 minutes each lol

    Alternate legs.

    …idk what leg day involves

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fuck me I forgot how fucking fiery the Maesri green curry paste is faaaaark. I added coconut sugar and as much coconut milk powder as I could but the latter is weaksauce. 3 pappadums did not help 🥵

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  • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Reminds me of the time I ate wasabi peas. Pure hell.

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What? Those are mild and delicious.

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Well, at least my sinuses are well and truly cleared. My brain feels like it’s been washed in cold water

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I found maesri too hot as well, I use half a jar of valcom for a small curry and it’s hot enough and has taste too

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I like Maesri for the overall flavour and I have used it to good effect before, but probably with more balancing elements for the green curry (maybe added pumpkin or sweet potato). And coconut cream not this coconut milk powder nonsense I’m trying out. I love their red curry and panang curry pastes. Unfortunately I don’t find valcom or the other main brands to be enough for me (haven’t tried Mae Ploy), I have usually needed to zhuj them up a lot more with extra aromatics and at that point why even use a curry paste. Or they are just too overwhelmingly sweet

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I didn’t know coconut milk powder was a thing. How are you usually with spicy stuff?

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, it’s an useful backup for when you just need a bit and don’t want to open a whole can, or can’t be arsed going to the shops. But clearly not quite the same. I haven’t used it in over a decade, it’s okay for thickening a sauce but not so much for coconut-forward dishes.

      You can get larger packs of the stuff in Asian shops, decent Colesworths have the smaller packs.

      Usually p good with spice, though less so than in my early 20s.

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• SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The factory with the exploding fire this afternoon, also had a fire incident last year with a fatality. Appalling negligence by Worksafe.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    what responsibility do factory owners have?

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    • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Plenty. But unfortunately in this case it was already known that the owner was not operating a safe workplace. So once the fatality occurred worksafe would have investigated, given notices to fix the problems, and can order the place to shut down until issues fixed if the risks are high enough. Something has gone wrong with that process if the place caught fire again.

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• Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I did none of the things today. It was still a lovely day, but I need to pull my finger out.

  Now, what to eat for dins…

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  Oh well that’s not good… I can’t log in to BitWarden

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve nearly finished listening to Return of the King, 3rd time and it still felt like I was up there on Mt Doom with Frodo and Sam or with Pippen and Merry on the battle field and all the good byes bring a tear

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