Struggling with a supplier that’s making me want to climb the walls with frustration. No, the customer isn’t always right, but have the decency to let me finish my sentence before berating me, you hauty bitch.
Daily Discussion Thread: 🤹♂️ Thursday, 16 January, 2025
Submitted 4 months ago by Baku@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 months ago
chingatello@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Yeah, you can tell me I’m wrong or I’m missing information, but do it politely!
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Wake up with a scratchy throat… can’t find the damn covid test I bought. An expired one is negative but that’s not reliable.
I’ve got someone bringing me one so fingers crossed
just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Ugh… alarm went at 7:30 and I went back to sleep… dragged myself out late when I had hoped to start early for today’s fieldwork. Ah well, I’m on my way in now and getting paid for sitting on a tram atm, can’t complain.
Duenan@aussie.zone 4 months ago
argh, the painful transition back to work. Not looking forward to it in a couple of weeks.
Well at least you’re being paid to sit on a tram, not a bad way to start the day.
Weather surprisingly is mild and not too hot today. Going to be thankful for that.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I have just deleted at least 25 useless reddit subs , so many cat subs but also including subs like melbs etc. That place is mostly a big time waster.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Damn it’s turned into a beyoodiful day to be out - cool but not cold with sunny skies after a bit of cloud in the morning. Walking around watching people going to the tennis, generally relaxed and enjoying themselves, perfect summer day. It was a very slow morning but I hope I can pick up the pace this arvo and that the inspections will be simpler. First I need to get through Olympic Boulevard…
Duenan@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Just doing some light shopping today, stopped off and picked up some stuff and sitting down in a quiet space with an rather expensive coffee but I think it’s a bigger one than normal. ($5.80)
Contemplating if I should buy more morello cherries and mix it in with orange flavoured jelly.
Hope I don’t end up being tempted too much at Aldi today.
tone212_@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I was at the tennis last night, watching a five-set match that went until midnight. Great match but I am so exhausted today. Also I made my TV debut apparently, a friend messaged to tell me they saw me on TV. It’s not because I was doing anything noteworthy to be one of the fans they show for a split second between points, but the person next to me was. The camera guy was parked near where I was sitting and couldn’t help himself. I do not consent!
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Everything at work is broken
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Time for a cuppa then.
bacon@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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A bathtub of bubbly and a chocolate biscuit please
bacon@aussie.zone 4 months ago
🛁🍪
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Absolutely splattered with big guts in the way back this evening.
I thought about absolutely nothing on the way home. The realisation was almost euphoric.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Just for balance, is there anyone who’s not into sci-fi? What’s your preferred genre? I enjoy history or the occasional fiction.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Mills and boon for me.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Relaxing reading and also talks about social issues. Under rated. 👍
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 months ago
You’ll love op shops then and they will love you back.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I don’t particularly like sci-fi and I’m not much of a fantasy reader either. Or crime. I read a lot of contemporary fiction, literary fiction, some vintage domestic fiction, kids’ books, all sorts. Occasionally non-fiction.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Any recommendations for contemporary fiction?
SituationCake@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I wouldn’t say it’s something I’m ‘in to’ specifically. I do read/watch sci-fi, but it’s not the dominant or only genre for me. I happily enjoy literature, crime, non-fiction, general fiction, biography. Sci-fi is so broad, it’s not just spaceships and laser beams. Just like any other genre, there’s unreadable junk and then also brilliant works that leave you thinking long after you’ve read them. I like the same things about it that I do in other genres, eg human struggles, mysteries to solve, comedy, redemption, action, discovery, drama etc. I mostly read the softer stuff where the sci-fi is not really the point of the story, just happens to allow a ‘what if’ scenario that our current reality doesn’t.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I go through fads. I will read nearly any genre.
Right now I’m reading a lot of non fiction biographies by explorers, archeology books and art history and art technique books. I’m listening to sci-fi and fantasy and science and history of philosophy books.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 4 months ago
SituationCake@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Wow! I thought my 290hrs this year was a high amount but not even close! It listed my top category as Literature and Fiction which only slightly edged out sci fi and myster/thriller categories which had a similar number of hours. It said I earned a ‘genre hopper ribbon’.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Stephen King? Yes, it probably would take that long to plough through one of his thicker books.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I think The Stand is my heart’s favourite even if it may not be his best. I remember getting stuck into the monster of a paperback when I was in my young teens and being absolutely absorbed. I relisten to it often
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Genuine question: What is it that you like about Sci-fi and fantasy?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 months ago
The fiction i read is mostly sci fi. I love it because most of the time, if written well, they are allegorical stories set in a unique world and setting.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Hmm. Good question… Might as well ask what I like about fiction, which would yield similar results. I’m not sure how to answer. For context I listen to audiobooks when I go to bed, sometimes for hours depending on my insomnia levels. It’s just nice to follow along an exciting and interesting story 🤷♂️. I’d say the biggest genre I listened to would be apocalyptic/post apocalyptic fiction, and zombie stuff. I think I like this because it’s a bit of escapism, it’s fun imagining how you would handle such a world, fighting for survival rather than the mundane day to day I currently have. I could probably go on and I don’t know if I could accurately even answer your question so this will have to do
bacon@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Never know what to expect, and from all that imagination emerges the most heart wrenching moments
Highly recommend Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Far out. 16 hours in one go?
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I think I forgot to turn it off tbh, and probably had volume very low
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I’ve been android since the beginning but I might cross to the dark side this year.
StudChud@aussie.zone 4 months ago
NOOOOOOOO 😭😭😭😭
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 months ago
The apple store has all the music apps. Android has barely any :(
Though I might just get an ipad pro and keep the phone.
What’s the pixel like?
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I too, would like to welcome you. I am a dual user though. I can’t stand Android.
bacon@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Welcome.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 4 months ago
made the jump 3 years back. iOS absolutely shits me some times, but the integration is second to none. I have a lot less “unexplainable random bugs” that require a reset than I ever did on samsung too. On a galaxy I was rebooting the device ever week or few days. Iphone its more like weeks or months.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Yep that’s what’s happening for me as well. Android seems buggy as fuck sometimes.
Stuff just stops working. Bluetooth is a fucking nightmare.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Good night everyone, sweet dreams 😘
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Good night:)
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I bought lamington fingers. I’ve eaten 2. Now I have to decide how many to freeze and how many to put in the fridge. Fuck life is tough.
Duenan@aussie.zone 4 months ago
I vote to put all of them in your tummy.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 months ago
Nah. I’m very good when it comes to sweets.