Daily Discussion Thread: 🥂 🐈‍⬛ Friday, July 19, 2024

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Donating every piece of clothing I just bought because despite being the ‘right’ size it actually sucks.

  Socks that are so tight in the ribbing they strangle my ankles. Bra with straps I can’t tighten enough to keep them in place. Trackies with waist high rigid elastic that feels like it’s squeezing my stomach despite being slightly loose, and an excessively baggy arse.

  What the hell Kmart? That was a complete waste of money because despite shelling out I still don’t have what I needed.

  Now I have to wait until I can get support to go shopping and see what I’m getting.

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  • Weeby_Wabbit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    fucking tell me about it. Bought a pair of jeans from BigW, they lasted less than a month before the thighs and ass split open.

    twenty pairs of jeans in two years from Target, Big W, and Harris Scarfe.

    I’ve even tried Levi’s and they lasted all of two weeks.

    At least Nudie Jeans guarantees free repairs and alterations for life, but they’re so expensive.

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Kmart used to be decent, I had no complaints. Now even ‘universal fit’ types of things have to be tried on in person. Apparently even baggy elasticated items and socks. Pilled on the first wash too

      (The trackies also fit more like the next size up. The tight feeling came from the weird exaggerated hourglass cut. Completely different in sizing and cut to the past pairs I bought that were out of stock.)

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    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nudie Jeans

      I miss my old nudies. $300 back in the day, hard to justify, but jeez they were very good.

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Kmart sizing is nuts! I ordered some tops recently in 2 sizes above what I would usually wear, to make sure they’d be comfortably loose. They turned out to be way too tight, while other stuff is the right size relative to the tag. Very annoying

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It is very strange.

      Undies (except the bamboo midi) must be bought one size up minimum.

      Shoes are so long and narrow they must be bought a size up minimum, yet are still extremely long and narrow on feet that are naturally that way. Normal feet would require two sizes up just for the width.

      Pants must be a size bigger than shirts even though my shoulders are wider than my hips (so it should be the other way around).

      Bras are functionally completely different band and cup sizes despite having the same size on the label.

      And the trackie daks of the same size vary from small and very straight cut to running very large and exaggeratedly hourglass cut.

      I unfortunately don’t have frequent opportunities to go in person otherwise I would. You really need to.

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• wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  This might be delulu on my part but hoping to use the wind to dry clothes before the rain really hits at 4 pm.

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  • oztrin@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s now saying it’s likely to hit about midday 😭

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    • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Still 4 pm according to BOM app in my area.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Already rained here for a bit :(

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Okay, my final fancy purchase (I promise)

  I got a second hand Sony speaker in pretty good condition for 30 bucks (an sbx-xrb-31 or something like that - Sony uses stupid names). It’s an absolute hoot. It has LEDs and features a “rave mode”

  Seriously: Image

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You’ve done good there buddy. Sony are good in the speaker department. 👍

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I thought it was a bit bassy, but also quiet, but apparently it has an “extra bass” mode which i figured out how to turn off, and when it’s under 20% battery, it halves the volume

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve got a speaker from this era of Sony and it’s still going strong. Cool is a good setting to avoid those big light flashes if you want the party lights on

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  A friend of mine asked the groupchat for a ‘nostalgic’ pizza place. We figured out he meant a good bad pizza, not the Pizza Hut buffet from days of yore.

  It got me thinking about good takeaway pizza places where the pizza isn’t fancy but it still hits the spot. Fairfield Pizza is great, I could get two large pizzas and a garlic bread for $20 back in the day. Original Sinners in Macleod is up there as well. There’s a place near me called Romulus Pizza, it’s a bit more fancy but still takeaway. Probably one of the best takeaway places I’ve ever gone to, they make their own dough and you can feel the difference.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  brr, I’m cleaning the fridge and freezer before I pack away the big monthly shop

  do other people do this?

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have a small freezer that needs to be defrosted every 6 months or so, so we eat everything from it, then I defrost it, clean it and restock.

    The fridge I do one shelf at a time periodically.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That sounds very organised and practical

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    not as often as I should!

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes. I used to have a small secondary freezer for bulk batch tomatoes etc Miss it. But yes, when it gets low, scrub, then mega stock up.

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Plotting outfit for ‘Bad Taste’ birthday party tomorrow. Currently all hot pink leopard print and safety vest orange. I do have some orange makeup, but it’s super itchy…

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Add feather boa - any colour that doesn’t match.

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I like your thinking

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bad enough? I can probably find something green no, Just no

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    fake ear with a hole and blood coming out of it?

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ahem, missed the mark

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      On second thoughts, Boyo does have punched conches, I may suggest fake blood

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    hot pink shorts, lime green fish net short tshirt, safety vest, black runners

    I saw a big hairy guy rock that on greenwich street NY , just because 🤷‍♀️

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Don’t quite have the makings of that for Boyo 😺 also, wee bit fully ‘eh

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Take inspiration from Weird Al

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=zq7Eki5EZ8o

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  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A catholic priest

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Too far

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Leg warmers.

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• calhoon2005@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think I prefer this version of the song that’s on repeat in my house - kidcalhoon2 would freaking love it, kidcalhoon1 not so much

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have forwarded this to the Young Seagoons. 😹

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• danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I watched the start of the most absurdly hilarious movie last night. It’s called Hundreds of Beavers and the first 30 minutes is basically a Wile E Coyote skit. My god, I was losing it.

  I hope the rest of it is just as good.

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Someone recommended it to me a while back and I ‘acquired’ it. It’s absolutely bonkers and stupidly hilarious.

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    • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It is my type of comedy.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Think I’ll play my old Bob Newhart LPs today. 😿😹

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• Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sending some warm, muggy, late night love…

  Man, it’s been years since I’ve spent time in the more chaotic parts of Asia. Favs atm are:

  • A passenger on a scooter legit carrying a ladder upright.
  • Gramps on his scooter living his best life riding at about 10kms an hour.
  • Women riding scooters in PJ’s

  Living it up in Phnom Penh

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    and nearly all are wearing sandals

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I rode it scooter around Thailand. As it’s dangerous for tourists generally, I’d pick a grandma and potter along behind her through the chaos. Never had an issue.

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    • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I did, too, years ago.

      Though checking in a hotel in Patong and watching a slight Japanese woman wheeled out in wheelchair after she broke both and and legs (face looked fine, luckily) on a scooter, should be enough to make some people think twice.

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The Boys is such an accurate parody of The USA. It’s as if the writes are writing the election cycle

  Funny and scary

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I braved it to the city today and back with a mask on the whole time. The most weird thing has had to happen at the end. Tram driver swapped over at Barkers Rd and the new driver was saying things to himself while setting up, like “adjusting my seat” and “reaching out for the mirror” and I thought it was

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think a major problem with DoorDash’s new drone delivery service is that it has to deliver to clear ground, which means you have to go outside to get your food, it won’t be right at your door. If they really want to provide a good service they need to have drones that can open the door, come inside and drop off direct to your lounge chair or bed. Or maybe the robo vac could be taught to multi-task and meet up with the drone for the final delivery leg?

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Roombutler, I wouldn’t mind that. Fetch the ~newspapers~ dirty bird for me, Jeeves

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  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My old housemates brother delivered for the local pizza place. He had a spare key. We could get pizzas delivered to our bedrooms.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My new slippers were delivered today, but they took them to the post office for me to collect. I could have had toasty warm purple feet tonight, but instead I have to go out on a day with possible small hail predicted to collect them. ☹️

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Bob Newhart has passed away. The star of the sitcom Newhart (who played Dick) as well as others.

  The classic line hi I’m Larry, this is my brother Daryl and my other brother Daryl came from this show.

  youtu.be/dBujFdeyVCk?si=SUL5iUt1VbVk4mDw

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    oh no

    he made many best selling records of his stage shows

    thanks for all the laughs

    the Retirement Party seems apt www.youtube.com/watch?v=skGxsnXv_84

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Brilliant. He had great comedic timing.

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So question: when you have to rate something that doesn’t apply, do you give it a 5 or 3 star? eBay always asks me to rate seller communication, which is almost never relevant. They mark it as posted, and that’s generally the extent of the “communication”. I have been marking that as 3 stars, but I was thinking, that probably brings down their averages, right? I’d be annoyed if my feedback rate went from 100 to 99.97% because someone thought something was irrelevant.

  Seems like a bit of a disconnect between how I issue ratings and how I take ratings into account. All this online review stuff seems to have skewed the bare minimum rating from a 3. i.e I probably wouldn’t consider a shop or seller that’s only rated 3 stars, even though in my mind, 3 stars means neutral, when it comes to reviews, 3 stars seems bad

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is why I just don’t trust star reviews - it’s not only just because of fake/paid responses. There’s a whole science about this sort of dissonance in perception when it comes to rating reviews etc. It happens to everybody - my personal description for it is questionnaire bias. I’ve never had a questionnaire or a rating review where my actual opinions and experiences were accurately reflected in the questions/ratings. My advice fwiw is just not to stress over it. Everyone has a different take on what ‘excellent’ means to them. For some it might be that delivery on the day specified is enough for that rating - some might consider that just normal and ‘excellent’ might consist of much more than that like good and timely service on a return/refund as well.

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      To get points for the team in the fitness challenge I’m doing, they asked us to leave a review. Now of course people are going to leave five star reviews to kiss the butts of the owners, and so they’re not looked down upon by people in the gym.

      But they could also just be enjoying their experience and felt compelled to share.

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  • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    5 stars. That’s the default.
    The logic to US companies is backwards to us. We think of it as earning your stars. And yeah, 3 is kinda average. Not bad, not great.

    They think of it as 5 stars is normal. Perfect every time. You lose points for imperfections.

    Example: An Uber driver would lose their job at around 4.1 average rating. So after your trip, you can say 5 stars (normal) or anything else (fire this driver).

    It’s stupid, and completely ruins the point of a rating scale. Plus, it’s also not really compatible with Australian culture. We would think 4 stars is good. 3 stars is ok.

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    • stepchook@mastodon.au ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      @Nath @Baku
      An eloquent and insightful explanation of Aussie culture there. Five stars is probably wanky overkill. Four stars sounds expensive. Three stars is normal. Two stars getting a bit bogan. One star quite feral.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don’t bother with ebay or amazon ratings, it’s fake

    but personal stuff, I choose what I read or watch very carefully so very often it really is excellent

    quizzes, I’m older and I have thought through nearly everything so I’m definite on a lot of things, for instance I’m adamant on tolerance

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I always had this problem with peer rated assignments. Other people were rating absolutely everything 9/10 and I was giving honest 7 for good but nothing special. I looked mean, and thought them incapable of critical thinking…

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I bought a big bunch of singles at the opshop the other, have no idea what some of them are

  I think I love this one , this is from 1962 , Messico www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSL2ilfF35Q

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  • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

    I don’t know whether Google is right, but if it’s really 1942, that’s super upbeat for the time.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      the song was written in '42, he recorded his version in 62"

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wow! That dude shure can sang! Any others in the stash?

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb6Fsj519B0

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• Baku@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Uh oh. I forgot to turn the central heating off before I left…

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Eh. I’ve given in and paid much more than I wanted for a duplicate pair of Cotton On trackies because to keep trying to get a comfortable pair without the opportunity to try them on is throwing good money after bad. 🙄

  (That also allowed me to get a manual paper shredder on clearance - the noise of the motorised one is intolerable so it doesn’t get used.)

  I got only one pair though because I will be going through and culling my clothes in an effort to find the other cheap ones I had… they can’t have walked off on their own. Also even if they’re quality Melbcat’s claws will pull out many threads before too long. That’s why I buy cheap…

  Pretty angry about it. I was fine with bare bones until it becomes so ill fitting as to cause discomfort. You shouldn’t have to pay premium to have a usable item.

  Even the cost of basic groceries is obscene now

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve sorted my DP collection, shucked out a dozen I will never listen to because they are just crap, right now I have on vol. 1 of the 1960 Aussie jazz festival. The other Ray Price www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNUgQdJA3g0

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