Daily Discussion Thread: 🏡 Tuesday, 21 January, 2025

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• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Today is my birthday and I’m going through my usual sadness phase about turning a year older. Feelings of total failure are creeping as I wish I would have achieved more by now, going into later 30s. I need to work harder at changing up the things I don’t like about my life. Some days, I feel like I’ve just given up making any meaningful changes.

  I’m hoping I feel more positive in the morning. Have rooftop arvo drinks / dinner planned with a few friends which should be nice. Will do a few urgent things for work in the morning, but otherwise I’m taking most of the day off. Working won’t make my day any better, that’s for sure.

  Sorry for the late night rant but typing this all out helps.

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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Happy Birthday! I want to address this:

    Today is my birthday and I’m going through my usual sadness phase about turning a year older. Feelings of being a failure are creeping in as I wish I would have achieved more by now, going into later 30s. I need to work harder at changing up the things I don’t like, because some (most) days, I feel like I’ve just given up. SOMETIMES surviving is enough. Some times keeping your head above water is good enough. If you really feel this way (and its not some sort of negative perception or comparing how you think your life SHOULD be) then tomorrow pick a project, start small and tackle it. tomorrow aint promised, so if there is something you want to do get started.

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I get the birthday-sads too, I know a few people who do as well. I think it’s normal to assess our station in life when our birthdays roll around again, especially after 30. I, too, wish I had achieved more by now or worked harder, made different decisions, but we cannot go back in time. Mourning could-have-beens is okay, but don’t let it consume you, you have agency and autonomy now and can only change your future.

    Try and look forward to the celebrations you have on today, and enjoy yourself. Life is ultimately full of ups and downs, stops and starts, and it’s okay to feel that you may not be at the same place as your peers, but it isn’t something to beat yourself up about. We each go through life at different speeds, and that’s okay! You’re an awesome, kind, and funny person, I’m sure you bring happiness and joy to the people who know you. I am truly wishing you a happy birthday! 💜💜💜

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Happy birthday mate 🎈 bit ambivalent about birthdays meself 🫂

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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Happy Birthday! Hope despite your feels, you have a good day. Could have written this myself, I also get the birthday sads, for the exact same reasons. I don’t have a solution just sympathy, and letting you know you’re not the only one. Stay away from social media for a few days (or forever!) where your friends/family are posting about achievements and having fun. Comparison can hurt. Also remember, people rarely post the bad stuff, and frequently embellish the good stuff.

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  • Baku@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I know what you mean, I feel similarly about birthdays

    Happy birthday though. Go get yourself some cake, and have a snooze in

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Happy birthday 🎂

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Happy b’day!

    Birthdays can be rough. Hope your drinks and dins w/ friends lifts the mood :)

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hope you woke up feeling different, the late night brain sure can get interesting. Have a lovely birthday and enjoy your rooftop drinks!

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Happy birthday! 🎂

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• useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Greetings from Saigon

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My old manager is happy to advocate for the pay rise!!! It’s no guarantee but it’s a start :)

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Get dat monies!

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  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Good stuff!!

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s great news. Let’s hope you get it

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wooo!

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  First 1 on 1 meeting with new manager today, after making a couple of silly mistakes in my first week with her. Then five months probation review with first manager tomorrow 😰

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Good luck with the review mate :)

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Felt mega tired today and had blurry vision, and so I just lay on the couch listening to jazz music. Managed a bit of guitar and then the dog was pawing me to pat him.

  We also got news on Geoffrey the dog’s lump. It was cancerous, but the vet thinks they removed it all because they also removed a 2mm margin around the lump.

  Now I’ve got some friends coming to pick me up, and I shall go outside properly.

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Aww so glad for Geoffrey! Such a strong boi!! 💪🏼

    Enjoy! Today has been too hot and sad, go enjoy yourself and the cool breeze! ☺️💜

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Cheers! It was pretty fresh outside, which was a nice contrast to the past few days!

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So glad for Geoffrey!

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I worked fucking hard to day. Washing, organised my linen press, cleaned bathroom cupboard. Threw out a heap of shit. Donated a heap of shit (good shit that I don’t need). I’m having a beer soon.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is the way.

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My back’s rooted for today.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  garden pics, here are some jalapenos and some manzano chilies, i’ll be picking them soon to make chili bread 🤤 the manzano’s not looking great, this year I will some seeds and grow some new plants

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    ooh nice! Mine are still just flowering so I’m jelly :)

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Looking good

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s been so hot Bill is just crashed out on the floor next to me.

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Teefs!

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I walked through the door and Gibson wandered over and did the same thing lol

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    blimey that looks like a black and white photo, it isn’t.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Interview this afternoon went ok I think. We’ll find out soon.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    🤞

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Couldn’t hurt to have another option to use as leverage…

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Filling out patient registration form because I’m getting my wisdom teeth removed next week. It’s asking for my religion, and amongst the options are Jedi and Witchcraft.

  Friend wants me to put Witchcraft, but I’m thinking Jedi.

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Is Satanism one of the options?

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    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Unfortunately not.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I vote for Jedi.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Jedi.

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• SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In the midst of today’s gloom about the times we live in, (and gloomy it is), here is a small but significant Nice Thing appreciation. We live in a time where there is a machine in my kitchen that can keep stuff cold, and it even has a special section where it can keep flavoured creamy and icy confections frozen, and keep frozen water for my drinks. A delight on a hot day.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I like not having to use coal to burn food.

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  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Big fan. Also a fan of the machine that washes my clothes so I don’t have to boil them or scrub them in a river or any of the various delightful methods used previously. So convenient.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      or have servants/slaves to do it for you

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• Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have just spent the last 5 hours of my work day fixing a problem that was caused by my boss doing the glad-handing ‘everybody’s a mate’ method of billing for overdue accounts. I am so over this. Am I legally allowed to tie a pillowcase over my boss’s head after having inserted a pair of explorers into his mouth? Preferably having loaded the socks with mustard. Or horseradish.

  And I do the evil-dragon overdue accounts lady very well, but why should I have to? Such a waste of time.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    mustard

    Hot english yes. Dijon no.

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    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I have just spent the last 5 hours of my work day fixing a problem that was caused by my boss doing the glad-handing ‘everybody’s a mate’ method of billing for overdue accounts.

      Not a great way to stay in business is it?

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    for best results put the mustard infused socks up his nose

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    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is sooooo tempting.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  am I sook?

  Trump scares me and I am afraid for friends who live in America. 😢

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    No. Not sook, but foresightful. My boy and his wife are getting out asap - certainly by June/July this year. They want to have another child, and wife is (rightfully) afraid for her general and reproductive health in Florida. The clinic she was going to has announced that it’s moving to Seattle. From Florida. So it can continue to provide 1st class health care for women. Which is no longer possible in Florida without breaking state laws.

    My boy is also disgusted with the way that politicians and others there have fled into ‘moral’/religious bunkers of hate, fear and repression.

    The USA is dividing into have/have not healthcare states. This is truly scary imo.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      This is how the Civil War started. 😔

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My brain is screaming at me

  Oh my god shut up

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Weather is just 👌🏻 out there today. Warm sun, cool breeze, perfect for lounging around in - people on leave this week must be just killing it.

  I’m not sure where to go for a walk to. Today would be the perfect sort of day to hang out with friends but I don’t really have any who I can just spontaneously do stuff with…

  Why the fuck does next Monday have to be 38C though 😭 I actually had hoped to do a day’s field work in lieu of the PH to make use of free city parking. Ughhh. Maybe need to force myself to do a 7am start. We’ll see …

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What a bizarre timeline we’re livin’ in.

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• TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Never seen the reddit algorithm so brazenly trying to trigger an emotional reaction. The amount of American BS when I haven’t clicked on any of that stuff in over 2 months is really really… pathetic. that’s the word for it. Its like a socially inept person trying to bate you into an argument. you almost feel sorry for it.

  I know i pitched it yesterday, but I cannot overstate how great it is to just not give a shit. If you dont have to engage then dont. Its not our fight, and your mental health will thank you.

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• Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  fuuuuuckin’ hell muskrat

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Uuuurgh

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• Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ugh. Crap Sleep Gang, checking in. 👋🏻

  Been up for almost an hour. Brain also very busy. Slight headache. Yawning like there is no tomorrow and of course look like a smashed pasty.

  Great start. Happy Tuesday, DDT fam.

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Finally home after a long day. My first meeting with new manager postponed until after my more srs meeting re: probation tmrw. Had Ethiopian for the first time in… Ever? Or a very long time. My god it was the best meal I’d had in ages. A bit like indian curries but more vibrant and fresh, less rich. Served on/with a special bread made from a fermented wheat-adjacent crop. Blown away. Go try it if you haven’t

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  30 mins to go.

  I’m not holding my breath.

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I dreamed I rented a used empty grave to sleep in like a hostel bed, and then I was joining one of the meal meetings of you lot.

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• PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hi ho, hi ho… almost there. My bus smells like dusty upholstery. Might need a second coffee this morning because I ruined mine, but drank it anyway because I didn’t want to waste it. I always set up Mr P’s cup for later when I make mine, and he takes 2 sugars which I accidentally put in my cup 😝 I don’t take any sugar so it was like a weird candy coffee flavour 😝😝

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  first time coming across actually sensitive information at work and it is so much fun

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• underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If we’re going for controversial topics, Muster Dogs this season is Kelpies vs Collies- which team are you?

  Team Kelpie here, collies are great but I grew up with a couple of gorgeous kelpies, best dogs ever.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My local IGA does pork crackle. Making banh mis is simple as now. They also do fresh sushi rolls and coffee. I want to know what other IGAs do out there.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  today I will cry about america, i love it so much , it didn’t deserve this

  tomorrow i will be angry and let that energy motivate me into action

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My US workmate is not having a great day

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I haven’t had the convo yet, but I was just handed 2 extra clients.

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