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Daily Discussion Thread: 🌞đŸčđŸȘ­Thursday, November 21, 2024

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Submitted ⁚⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁚melbaboutown@aussie.zone⁩ to ⁚melbourne@aussie.zone⁩

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Kind of jarring flipping between all the moving stuff and work and now uni but I’ll adjust. Leaning a bit heavily on feel good food for now and treating myself to a muffin and coffee etc. Not going to save much money to the end of the year but it’s better that I have some breathing space


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    • mysticgreg@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      It’s very helpful to vent!

      Glad that you’re finally in, you’ve definitely earned some rest and comfort food!!!

      Here’s hoping it’s all onwards and upwards from here :)

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      • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        Did have a bit of lie in this morning and just had 30 minutes on the lawn at uni staring at the grass and soaking up the sun with my coffee. Back at the desk now for a meeting in halfa. I do actually feel positive that things are gonna get better from here because although things are awkward and uncomfortable right now, it’s been helpful to let go of a lot of physical and emotional baggage


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  • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Went home sick, suspected gastro, end me please.

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    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      đŸ”«đŸ’ŠđŸ˜­

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    • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      Poor you

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      đŸ”

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    • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      That is an excellent idea

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    I forget about the mountain of work waiting for me after time off :(

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    It’s apparently going to be a heatwave for the next three days so I might post some drinks in Food Australia

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    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      I is here for this.

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      • Baku@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        Ditto!

        Unfortunately I killed all of my fresh mint :( imo mint is the summer/warm weather flavour? spice? Not sure)
 Drink additive, I suppose

        Although I’m super fond of ginger beer/ale on a hot day too

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      Orange juice iceblocks so yummy. Especially if you get extra pulpy

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      • Baku@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        Freezing a prima, cutting the lid off, and eating it with a spoon is my thing

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    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      I saw that. I don’t think we’ll be going to the school fete Friday afternoon

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Image

    I’m not going to give her any more catnip for a while 👀

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      đŸ‘ïžđŸ‘ïž

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      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Ł

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  • mysticgreg@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    There are days, as a tertiary-qualified 26-year-veteran of the IT industry, where I absolutely despise not just computers but anything that runs on electricity.

    Today is one of those days.

    If anyone needs me, I’ll be in my shack in the woods far away from any and all technology, screaming.

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    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      Then we will communicate by carrier pigeon. Written with a quill pen - not from the pigeon cos then it couldn’t fly with no feathers. đŸ„đŸŠđŸŠ†đŸŠ‰đŸ“đŸŠƒđŸŠ…đŸŠœđŸŠšđŸ“

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      • mysticgreg@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

        Delivered by carrier pigeon of course.

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      I understand to a degree

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      May I suggest spoon carving?

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      • mysticgreg@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        I’m whittling a cricket bat as we speak
 for, um, purposes.

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      I see this as similar to the cybersecurity workers not using tech (like, Alexa/Siri, cameras with net access, social media, etc), they know how easy it is for it all to go bad lol

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      • mysticgreg@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        Oh I’m definitely in that camp, very late adopter to some stuff once it’s had time to mature, and my IoT crap at home is all isolated from the parts of the network that I care about.

        I don’t even use wireless headphones because I much prefer a cable, it just works every single time without any charging/pairing/dropout/quality hassle.

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      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        my stuff is as low tech as i can get it and of that stuff nearly every function is disabled, NO banking apps on my phone

        now to work on that fuckin apple tv shit , i hate it

        also, i try to not bluetooth anything important

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Well
 I said I’d just do a couple of boxes but 4 hours of hyper focus later I’ve done about six boxes and five bags and cleared out much more space in the living room. Can actually watch TV now!

    If I do up the bookshelf on the weekend I could be done with the entire living room area! Need to also do up the bedframe asap, bloody thing is so heavy and cumbersome. I’m definitely getting rid of it (donating/tip) once I move out of here

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      Good work.👍

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Turning out pretty well so far

    sewing project

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      a cushion? That looks really beautiful. 🙂

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      • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        Thanks! Yes, there will be a pair. Friend gifted me some beautiful offcuts. Squeezing all I can out of them.

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      That looks absolutely stunning! I love the colours in particular, that off white goes so beautifully with the warm blues and greens and purple

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      • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        Thanks! The dress my friend made is gorgeous.

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  • wscholermann@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    I don’t know about anybody else but I’ve stopped reading the news and while I wouldn’t describe myself brimming with joy overall I’m feeling less anxious.

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      Been doing the same for the most part though I did want to catch up on the story about the teens who methanol spiked drink’s unfortunately and sadly there hasn’t been good news about it.

      Had it mostly off since the US election concluded.

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      Same. My twitter threads and my friends feed me enough to keep me updated anyway.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      I’m staying off the big media and just trying to look at facts

      it’s a bit easier that way

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Coworker just reminded me that I’m off tomorrow (fortnightly day off).

    I smashed through my work in anticipation of an easy day tomorrow. Easy day just became a day of leisure.

    Yay me!!

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Working and dealing with people
BOOOOOOOOO!

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    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      People are the wooooorst!

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      • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        Especially today for some reason.

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Interview went OK I think. It’s been ages since I’ve interviewed. We’ll see how it plays out đŸ€žđŸŸ

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      I hope everything will be ok.

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      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        Honestly I don’t mind my current role. I just wanted to dip my toe and see whats out there tbh

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      đŸ€žđŸ»đŸ€žđŸ»đŸ€žđŸ»

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    There were cats being territorial in my yard last night so I sent security out there twice to break up the biffin’ or the rootin’ whatever. He tears out the house rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Argh! I’m not awake is not an excuse for peeing on the floor, yet again. Bloody sit down.

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    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      Sitting down to pee is totally a thing.

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    • mysticgreg@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      Oh man, even my 5yo son can get this right, even when half asleep. I hope you’re not the one cleaning it up!!!

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      • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        Depends when I find it. I’m not leaving it sit if he’s already left the building.

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      You’re joking right 😭😂

      Like, even when my partner was drunk, he’d wipe it up after 😬

      Boyo needs some discipline lol

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      • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        I’m afraid not. That isn’t a Formal option anymore. I suppose I could ask he remove the metalwork.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      Or go outside

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Meeting with executive leadership later this morning to talk about why a client has sought a 3rd party project provider.

    Hoo fucking Ray lol

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    • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      “well, you see, sir, our client is a dumb mofo”

      I hope it goes okay!!

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      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        Lol!

        Basically, yes. Absolutely clueless and yet incredibly demanding.

        Should be interesting. Hopefully they don’t scapegoat me đŸ€žđŸŸ

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  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Hiya

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    • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      Haiiiiiiii!!!

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    • Baku@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      Hej

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  • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Thought I’d leave my West-facing bedroom window cracked open so it wouldn’t be full of stale hot air during the day - bad idea. Will be kept open overnight then closed firmly shut with blinds all the way down tomorrow morning.

    Super grateful for the food I bought, wished I’d grabbed a bit more. It’s like a gift from heaven, being fed by someone else’s efforts đŸ„°

    First order of the evening: bossa nova music on, and time to unpack the important kitchen boxes so I have my surfaces available again. Then sit down and enjoy dinner with the week’s episode of Shrinked on the lappy. Feeling good because despite feeling brain dead for most of the day at uni, I managed to get my brain to do something useful at the end.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      What bossa nova do you like? 🙂

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  • Pilk@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    One of my least favourite things that Americans do is ask why characters are speaking with a British accent, in a game made by a non-American developer based in a country that does not have English as the first language.

    They did it with Wukong and now they’re doing it with STALKER. Why do we let the yanks run the world, again?

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

      Not that I like to generalise but a lot of them don’t comprehend that the rest of the world outside of the US exist.

      Time zones and release dates tend to confuse them as well.

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      • Pilk@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

        Add them to the list of reminders we’re on America’s Internetℱ.

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    I went to drop a box of stuff off to the new place today, and checked the letterbox. Fuck me it must’ve been empty for a while, there were easily about 75 letters/junkmail/magnet things crammed in there. I grabbed them out and had a quick flick through them, and it seems that was a bad idea. There were two dead snails living on the mail, having eaten through half of it, and tiny jumping things. Fucking hope they aren’t bed bugs or lice or something. Never doing that again. Next time it’s all going directly into the bin

    I did go and have the most delicious Szechuan chicken curry I think I’ve ever had though. Too spicy for me, so I got a container to bring it back in. Quite reasonable prices though, I can see myself being lazy and getting curry for tea every night. Only a 10 min walk from the new place

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Plants have been acquired for next week’s gardening bee. Now I need to do a rough plan of what goes where. I also got some mulch, but still need to get some fertiliser once I work out what type I want.

    They are all native plants that are supposed to be ok with dry and full sun and I managed to keep them in the $10-$13 range , plus a few tubestock for $3.75.

    plants

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  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Meh, morning. I have been royally itchy AF these past couple of days. Now right eye feels a bit swollen/tender.

    Allergies. The gift that keeps on giving. 😑

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Decided to take tomorrow off since I have 190 sick days and in combination of feeling crappy I’m not going to put up with people’s horrible attitude and shit.

    I also went by Aldi, got some frankfurts, chips and a couple of bottles of wine and a meat lovers pizza to help me get through the weekend.

    Bring on the early weekend fuckers!

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Rant: TVs without buttons are stupid. If you mislay or break the remote it has zero functionality. Grrr.

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  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    It’s not Friday. This is not ideal.

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    God, that sovereign midwives article in the ABC really did a number on me. I usually don’t get bothered reading any things but I had to stop. I think it’s because one of my boys was chilling in breach position for most of the pregnancy

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    I’m considering the logistics of a city bike more again. I was thinking of buying a cheap old bike off marketplace to ride between the station and work, but I couldn’t figure out where to keep it locked up most of the week. I might be able to do it now if I can figure out that city spot now

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Coles lemonade isn’t too tasty
 it’s a bit sickly and chemical, I’d swear it was artificially flavoured or sweetened if it didn’t say it wasn’t.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Bleh, some people are just so unpleasant to talk to. Rude, arrogant, bossy and at times inadvertently mean.

    Normally don’t need to talk to them but had to today and it was unpleasant as predicted, thankfully I’m not the only one who has the same opinion but dealing with someone like that really sours the day.

    I think it’s just nudged me further into actually taking a sick day tomorrow.

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  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁚2⁩ ⁚months⁩ ago

    Lunch achieved. Refill water bottle, cue up music and back to work!

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