Why work when you can smothered by a cat instead? Or have his claws in your neck because he needs skin contact. This animal is a lot.
Daily Discussion Thread: 🖋️📃📖👩🎓 Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Submitted 6 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Eagle@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I’ve taken to wearing a hoodie backwards when I’m studying at home. Put the smothering cat in the hood. Keeps the cat happy and off my workspace. And snuggles. Many snuggles.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 months ago
That’s so cute! I couldn’t do that with this demon, he’s way too big! But I like the idea!
Taleya@aussie.zone 6 months ago
corner desk here, he used to sprawl on one arm while I had the other. Or sit in the box specifically there for feline purposes. Or sit in my lap.
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Eyebrow love 🤍
indisin@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Can’t be bothered setting up your RGB for your Corsair keyboard on your work machine? I can relate.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Fluffy!!!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I’m unironically suggesting a baby sling. He gets held while you have your arms free.
I’d do it with the Melbcat but am not strong enough to wear her without injury.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Was accused of being drunk yesterday… 'My dear, you are ugly, and what’s more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly.'Not the best thing to say to your mum but I didn’t coin it.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 months ago
That’s Churchill right?
mysticgreg@aussie.zone 6 months ago
The town in Gippsland with the giant cigar in the middle of it? Yeah, they’re all drunk :D
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Yea Churchill.
Named my old british blue cat Winston after him because he had a chubby face and used to attack the old man’s cigar smoke.
StudChud@aussie.zone 6 months ago
😂😂
This is gold though
just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Landlord has suddenly withdrawn any option of negotiation - her accountant has apparently told her she “has” to up her rent to match market rates.
110/week extra. 21% increase. 550/week. This system is just not bearable any more. I’m going to seek advice… at least as to whether market rates include typical real estate agent fees or not
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Oh biggest hugs. That is absolutely so wrong. Near me there’s a whole strip of shops that’s now half empty because it’s worth more to the landlords borrowing potential to have it on paper as “rental return potential is $x” even if that means it stands empty.
It’s criminal.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 months ago
We keep waiting for the house of cards to fall but I don’t know when the heck that’s happening
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 months ago
vcat
just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 months ago
It does appear that market rates are somewhat similar to what’s being proposed (though idk if they take into account age of property etc - huge variation in this suburb)
Key difference is there is no REA fee in my case, so I’m contacting Tenants Vic tomorrow on advice regarding whether that’s included when benchmarking rent increases. Because if the 550 benchmark includes REA fees of say 10%, I should only be paying 500/week
It looks like challenging a rent increase is free so I might just do it anyway. LL has taken the nuclear option so I might as well do the same
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
That’s nuts. It’s going to get to the point where wealth is so stratified that nobody can pay (ie anyone with money buys a house and the rest of us can’t even pay rent)
…Lemmy DT squat? I’m not ablebodied but can contribute to subsistence farming and patching up the communal abandoned shack between shifts at the workhouse
just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 months ago
As a single person with no chance of an inheritance and no family support in Vic, and who probably can’t ever maintain a 5-day full time job for more than a few months at a stretch without burning out, I’m seriously wondering if I can afford to exist beyond being a financial conduit from my employer to the landlord
Not saving that much moving to the outermost suburbs as there’s less stock for singles and a jump in commuting costs and time. The only real future I have is to move interstate to live with family
Nath@aussie.zone 6 months ago
We were notified our rent was going up $100/week. We requested it only go up by $75, and the landlord accepted. Small wins!
We’re paying well above $550 though. That’s a 1-bedroom apartment in my suburb. Even though we were paying that for a 4 bedroom house 18 months ago.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Insane. This is why the only way I can envisage catching my breath is to stay with family for a while… It’s absolutely unmanageable on one income let alone part time.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 months ago
TIL Woolies don’t have prawn crackers and some people don’t know what they are.
whaaaat, it’s 2024 and you don’t have prawn crackers?. When I said that I may have been joking but also serious.
Taleya@aussie.zone 6 months ago
you mean the ones in the big blue box that look kinda like giant toenails and you deep fry them? Moorabbin does.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 months ago
you mean krupuk ?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 months ago
They’re the ones
Nath@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I just checked: confirmed. Woolies doesn’t have them. They’re in aisle 7 or my local Coles, though!
Eagle@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Coles have them.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Yeah that’s where I ended up getting them from
Taleya@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I’m sick as a dog and His Lordship is in full pantshit mode over his ADHD assessment. Fun times in the haus today
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Oh, that’s no good. Hope you’re feeling better soon and he feels calmer. Stress can be catching. Is he doing the assessment today?
Taleya@aussie.zone 6 months ago
it’s kinda a multi stage process, there’s a test, then a psych, then another test, then there’s things for me to fill out for the outsider perspective, he’s digging up old report cards, all that fun stuff.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 months ago
It’s midnight.
You’re sleeping peacefully, having a nice dream about being overseas.
Suddenly, someone starts choking in your dream.
You wake up.
The cat has hocked a hairball up on your doona.
The end.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Someone brought home cannoli !!
it was me. I brought it home.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Looooooong fucking day. Just left the office now.
Guess all the people and culture stuff came back to bite me in the ass lol
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 months ago
You know what would be nice?
some chocolate bikkies, some dinosaur lollies, endless cups of tea
and a one month holiday in venice or naples where I can sleep as much as i want, take baths, read books and not cook, sandwiches in my room is perfectly ok cos looking for restaurants can get fucked . maybe after a week i’ll go for a walk to a museum
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 months ago
bacon@aussie.zone 6 months ago
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Tenacity Tuesday is here! Free pizza (one (1) slice per person) for those who stay overtime and work at least Ten hours today!
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Nippy this evening…
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 6 months ago
How come young folks are suddenly wearing these NASA hoodies now? are they suddenly “in”? cause i am a huge space nerd so I am 100% down for this.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I’m gonna have my own pizza party. With hookers and blow
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
With some much appreciated help I have the dvd tv… but whoa, it’s more tv than I bargained for.
It’s probably small by modern standards but I expected something a quarter of the size, just a tiny one for next to the bed.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Just back on my firefly thing… So Fox owned Firefly, right? Then Fox got brought out by Disney… So does that make Kaylee a Disney Princess now?
indisin@aussie.zone 6 months ago
New Alien Isolation game announced and in early dev. Hype levels out of control.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Good night everyone. 😘
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Oop - kitty vom
Gotta order more enzyme cleaner, she’s been sick a few times and I’m down to the last of it
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Does anyone know any good alternative Birthday songs? Saw an /r thing about Sweden recently
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Anyone want to recommend shoe places in the City? After Mary Jane type of flats with decent arches. Situation dire, I’ve walked through the ball on everything!
bacon@aussie.zone 6 months ago
frozen
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Movie Talk.
Some 1930s Vittorio De Sica as actor movies. Amazon. These are charming rom coms. Can recommend. :)
La Terra Trema. Amazon. Saddest movie about hopelessness I’ve ever seen.
Mini at home Sam Rockwell Festival. Makes acting look easy. Not always fun but always good.
A Bridge Too Far with commentary. I can really recommend this. I’d seen it a few times already but the commentary gave me wider understanding of the movie’s place in recording WWII, about indie productions and how much work it is.
( side note, i see the failed military operation as a practice for d day, they were able to see where the needed to improve operations )
wscholermann@aussie.zone 6 months ago
So I just watched Chaka Khan’s performance on the 50th American Music award.
I’m sorry but she sounded awful. She’s so ready at this point you could mistake her for a kazoo, and she mostly wails through the song.
T156@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s been a heck of an unproductive day. Been trying to make myself do paperwork things, and none of that is getting done with any sort of functional progress at all. It is a little frustrating in its own way, since it’s something that I’ve been struggling with for ages with, but also can’t seem to be able to get any help with at all, which makes it particularly bothersome, since it does feel like being stuck in the gap between being able to get help because you’re obviously and clearly struggling, or not need help at all.
Anyone got a tip to try and help with things, or at least, a pet to try and distract myself with?
StudChud@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Hey Baku, if you’re reading this I hope you are okay. I’m sorry that you felt you had to delete your profile here; you are a valued member of this community, and I hope, when you are feeling better, that you return. But if you don’t, and are reading this, you are always welcome here. Always welcome to make another profile, and to return.
Sending you good vibes man, and I know you’re gonna smash your TAFE classes like a pro.
💜
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I hope he’s doing alright. It sounded like TAFE was stressing him out. I look forward to Baku2 posting on here when he’s ready
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Oh Baku deleted?? It’s sad to see that. Top young bloke who didn’t deserve the cards he was dealt but continues to play them bravely.
I wish I could have been more supportive, I’m not too good at it and don’t have a lot of bandwidth left in my own struggles. All I could do was advise in dealing with rough co-tenants.
I hope he comes back or at least that he manages and life gets better for him.
mysticgreg@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Oh no poor Baku, I hope you’re OK 🥺
just_kitten@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Just chiming in to hope Baku returns whenever he feels ready. He’s one of the leading lights of this little corner of the internet but also destined for amazing things ahead… if you choose not to come back buddy I hope you might dimly remember us when you’re 35 and running your own IT business mate.
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Dude I wanted to offer to make you a train cake for your 18! Practice ghost version will be up in a few days
indisin@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Baku if you create a new fake account and want someone to just vent to and to listen you then DM me. I won’t ever tell another soul anything said to me in confidence.
We’re all here for you though when you come back properly!
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Oh no! Why? ☹️
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 6 months ago
oh man what did I miss this time?
Catfish@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Oh poo
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Oh no, I thought he’d just deleted a comment, didn’t realise he’d deleted the whole profile. 😢
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 months ago
oh gees ☹️
Duenan@aussie.zone 6 months ago
While his comments are still in my inbox the whole account is gone.
Whenever you’re ready to come back Baku, pop your head in and drop us a message.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Wait, what? WHAT? 🤯 Mate I cannot take my eyes off this group for one fucking day!
SituationCake@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Oh no! Baku is awesome and I always enjoyed reading his posts. Have such big admiration for him, just a genuinely good person. Hope all is ok. Hope he will rejoin us one day.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 months ago
Hey mate,
You’re always welcome here, and everyone would love to see you back here.
This place is special because of the people here, and you’re one of those people :)
Take your time, but you’re always welcome here. And from someone who’s had a similar deal to yours, you’re making really good decisions!
Keep your chin up :)