Daily Discussion Thread: 🚋 Monday, August 19, 2024
Submitted 2 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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mysticgreg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Truly a race to the bottom, only to discover once they get there its a space that’s been occupied by sky for years!
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 2 months ago
The age used to be good until it was taken over by nine, and now it’s gone all trashy
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
there was a time span, about 15 years, when the age was good and it was all due to one man, Ranald McDonald, who aspired to have a great newspaper with good journalism. The age was crap before him and after.
he was eventually shuffled out then went to work for 3LO for a few years.
his 3LO show was interesting, he was so trusted whistle blowers used to call him up on air!!
There are two I still remember. The whistle blower who said that there were gangs of shop thieves to order. One of the shop owners happened to be listening and a big investigation ensued. That was Fabian Dattner shops, she went on to be an activist/do gooder.
Another whistle blower was a buyer from coles/myer who said they had instructions to always buy from china and ignore australia manufacturers. Even when the prices from Australia were cheaper. The purpose was to drive small manufacturers out and reduce competition. Nothing came of that one.
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Looked at ndis as I need help with disability. The sheer amount of doctors letters, assessments etc required is going to be insane, stressful and probably costly into the thousands. Then there’s the long wait times (over 6 months to get a response) Hardly accessible. Im struggling so hard to stay employed - wfh was so great for disabled people and now the return to office mandates has my job being threatened. It has no actual physical requirement (tech) but they insist that going into the office for “connection” with the internal team (who is across multiple states anyway ) is a “mandatory business requirement”.
Fucking joke at the expense of my health declining even further.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Would it be possible to get a dr’s letter to say you should work from home, do you think? It might be at least a temporary solution while getting the ndis sorted.
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Did that to reduce to 1 day a week. But it doesn’t help during flare ups, at which point they want detailed medical info each time and end dates /durations/return to work plans . It doesn’t work like that unfortunately.
I just want to be productive and work - but at home so I can deal with my symptoms as needed and not be on public display. Plus the exertion of travel and being in an office all day. Sigh.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 months ago
yeah our return to office mandate was only for those who didnt have a medical reason or whos contract doesnt state full time remote.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
This is a good idea, to talk to your dr and get a med cert for reasonable adjustments. The reasonable adjustments being WFH full time due to an underlying disability. If you’re part of a union, give them a call and talk to a rep for advice :)
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 months ago
NDIS is unrelated to workplace disability laws. If you need accomodations at work due to disability, you can approach HR at your workplace to discuss your needs. Maybe have a look at fairwork Australia website to see what the rules are and how to make a request.
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I know that- they created a business requirement so now wfh doesn’t meet their job role requirements, so now you’re fired or going into work unwell.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m so sorry to hear this is happening to you, especially them changing the requirements after you started there. It’s not fair at all, and I hope they come to their senses or that you can find something better.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Ah Gibson. Thank you for hocking up on my doona. What a great welcome home lol
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
A rare feline delicacy 👩🍳😙👌
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
ta da, first big chair is finished . I think it looks pretty good ( I was worried for a while it would look odd ) and when it has the matching chair and some cushions it will hopefully be awesome and comfortable too :)
spoiler
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Far out. Look at you go. Fantastic work.!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
💖
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
That is a very tidy thing.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
thank you :)
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
That’s a very nice looking chair!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Thank you. 🙂
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Nice work!
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Oh that’s absolutely gorgeous!!! I would love to have that in my home. The patterns bring me so much joy. Looking forward to more updates
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I love it!
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
What I thought was an arvo shift is, in fact, a morning shift. So 4am wake up time and shower. Ughhhhhhhhhhh! 💀
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Reading my journal from a year ago and I was upset because I had sent my ex a reel that my friend had sent to me saying, “Have some virtual flowers, you deserve it.”
He had replied back saying to send some good quality memes instead. Dude didn’t like the tiniest hint of sap. I am very glad I’m not with someone I’m incompatible with anymore :)
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
He sounds like he has the maturity of freshly vinificated grapes.
There’s someone out there for you, and this dude was so not it lol
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
CyberCat will now devour the matrix
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 months ago
All felines love delicious CAT 5 cable.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
My Standard Issue Cat takes issue with the CAT 5 cable, because he feels they’re appropriated the name ‘CAT’
Aradina@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
extremist language and using words that have no relation to the actual subject matter
iow, it’s post modern where words mean what ever they want !!
derail and collateral are mixed metaphors, it sounds really illiterate
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Ignoring the post itself I agree that it’s ugly as fuck
Pilk@aussie.zone 2 months ago
They brought back the classic ABC News theme, which tbh is the only highlight of the new changes.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Just had two toddlers sleeping on me the way pets do when you can’t move
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Sky foggy
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Mrs stole my Xbox so I dusted off the PS3 and hooked it up to an old tv to play some of the best games ever: Ratchet and Clank. Just finished a crack in time and really want to get back into some Up Your Arsenal and Rift Apart when I get my copies back from the brother in law. I know I played Rift Apart, but it must’ve been early days with the kid cause I remember basically none of it. Dont remember much of Tears of the Kingdom either…
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I have spent a small fortune over the last couple of days. Organisation supplies for the bathroom and grocery/pet food/cleaning supplies mostly. Once Miss Meow’s vet visit is over this morning I might have to glue my wallet shut!
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Crapola sleep team, checking in.
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Ding, ding MF!
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 months ago
The Mystery Of The Missing Tram.
neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
18% rent increase for the piece of shit I live in. Not unexpected, but still sucks. I wouldn’t wish anyone live here let alone pay for the privilege. Going to start demanding the agent to get awnings installed as it’s been about eight months since last asking and nothing has happened. Figured that the worst they can do is evict me as they can’t increase the rent again.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 months ago
The house over the road is having it’s roof cleaned. Maybe I’m being too picky, but I don’t think I’d have gone with a company called “Bad Roof Restorations”.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 months ago
How come there is no good aussie budget cooking folks on youtube? are our grocery prices just making that stuff redundant. I know americans eat like shit, but there is some real bargains in their grocery stores.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Okay, printing out these papers and trying to study in the uni library (albeit a very sad and neglected place now) is helpful, but I’ve had a ridiculously slow start to the day… and I’m dreading having to go to work the next couple of days, breaking the concentration/energy I need to focus on a very different mode of thinking/writing.
Maybe doing this work and study thing isn’t a very good idea :c I thought I had it in me but I don’t have the energy that I did 4-5 years ago. Okay okay, no more dwelling on these negative thoughts, just keep on with what I can do at the moment. I’m making some progress on this assignment outline.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
operation get rid of stuff continues
so much out of date stuff in the kitchen the chucked out 👍 not from fridge ( which is always really clean ) not like 10 years, just a few months
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 months ago
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Miss Meow has now been successfully taken to the vet. I managed to get her into the carrier with only one scratch. She was so terrified about the whole thing the vet has prescribed sedatives for next time. She has also been declared overweight and in need of a diet, so of course the first thing she did when we got home was make a beeline for her dry food bowl and stuff her face with comfort kibble.
On the way home I beeped at a pedestrian for the first time ever. Seriously Miss Pedestrian, you have right of way to cross the road, not to stop half way contemplating life or admiring the view or whatever it was she was up to. Then, to add to the excitement of the trip, when I got home there was a police crime scene unit parked next door. I am guessing someone robbed the new townhouses over the road, empty houses filled with brand new appliances tend to be a bit of a target.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 2 months ago
This humidity and fog is gross, fuck off!
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 months ago
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
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Yay, eight hours of sleep! No to a massive headache and waking up at 9 instead of 7!
But I slept more yay :)
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Blargh! Using my new special leave. They tried to word it to avoid saying Blood or Broken Brain, but nobody is fooled.
wscholermann@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Headline: “Older adults don’t benefit from moderate drinking, according to large study”
Why is this news? Is there any doubt at this point that alcohol for anyone in any amount is a carcinogen at this point?
Baku@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I have: news
I thought on the TAFE situation some more and decided to see if I’d pass the assessment for the dual cert 4 in AOD/Community services, and if I didn’t, I was going to look elsewhere for the cert 3 I wanted in the first place.
An hour of stressing over not knowing what I’m doing and what to answer with later, I finished the LLN assesment and got a phone call from the course lady. Apparently I don’t quite meet the general entry requirements, but that given the nature of the course, I have a sufficient level to still understand what’s happening. Apparently TAFE (or at least this TAFE) don’t do binary pass/fails for their entry tests, it’s either fine or needs work.
With that said, I’ve now been offered a place in the new course, so as long as they don’t cancel this one too, I should be starting the same day as the last one (in 7 days). Do I know what I’m doing? No. But I hope I’ll figure it out soon…
But for some bad news, I think I’m going to take a little break from Lemmy for a while. With everything that’s been going on in my real life, I’ve found myself being more thin skinned and easily agitated than usual. Normally most things (particularly online) don’t phase me all too much, but it’s beginning to feel like I’m a camel that’s a few straws away from a broken back. So for the sake of my own sanity, and not lashing out at people who don’t deserve it, I’m going to take a short mental health break. I’ll be back in a couple of weeks probably
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Go you! See you when you feel ok about that.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 months ago
All the best Baku.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
So many hugs and lotsa love. You always have a place here. 😘😘😘
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I hope no one here has been mean to you Baku, take all the time you need :)
Baku@aussie.zone 2 months ago
No, not at all! There were 2 times in the last month I’ve been annoyed here, but again, both were me problems that I also realise wouldn’t have been done out of a place of malice, and would ordinarily not affect me
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Take care of yourself Baku :)
mysticgreg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m glad you’re taking some time out to look after yourself, getting offline for a while can be a good thing.
Hope it all works out well with the TAFE! You got this :D
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Do what you have to mate, know that we’ll be hoping things are going well for you🤞🏻💪🏼
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Do what you need to get by. Sounds like a good time to focus on tafe as well
neurospice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Hope all goes well, stay safe and look after yourself!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Good luck with it all!
I completely understand being stressed out and needing a break for your own wellbeing. I hope everything settles down for you and life goes more smoothly.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 2 months ago
All the best, Baku on your break! ✨