Open Menu
AllLocalCommunitiesAbout
lotide
AllLocalCommunitiesAbout
Login

Discussion Thread 🐀🐁🐇🐈🐕 Wednesday 26th March 2025

⁨13⁊ ⁨likes⁊

Submitted ⁨⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago⁊ by ⁨StudChud@aussie.zone⁊ to ⁨melbourne@aussie.zone⁊

source

Comments

Sort:hotnewtop
  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    HE GOT THE JOB! MY PARTNER GOT THE JOB!

    FUCK YESSSSSSSSS AHHHHHHHHHHHH

    source
    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Congrats to them! 🎉

      Seagoon has moved house. UMG has become a grandparent. I’m cooking chicken. Wins all around today! 🎉

      source
    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Yayyy! Congrats!

      source
    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Woot and assorted other silly noises!

      source
    • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Woohoo!!🎉🎉

      source
    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Congrats!!!

      source
    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      YESSSSSSSSS

      source
    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Yay!!🥳

      source
    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Congrats!!!

      source
    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      yay

      that is awesome

      source
  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    It’s gonna be a big weekend. My Corolla struggled a little bit going up the hill.

    Image

    source
    • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      This represents a level of nighttime bladder punishment which is now for me a distant memory lol

      source
    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      my favourite

      source
      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        Mr Murphy had a special on. Something like spend $300 and get $50 off.

        source
    • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Heroic

      source
      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        I think she’s only ever done 2 slabs at the most. 💪

        source
        • -> View More Comments
    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      vale

      source
  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    This is the perfect weather to make health and fitness changes if you need to. Also getting rid of clutter. C’mon guys. You’ve got this!

    source
    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      I have this!!

      source
      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        You have!!

        source
    • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Just dropped off at the opshop and have a hard rubbish booked for the 7th.

      source
    • Pilk@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Anyone want to work on their functional strength? It would be my honour to allow you to come over and mop my floors and scrub my bathroom.

      source
      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        Scrub? How long has been, you filthy animal?

        source
        • -> View More Comments
      • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        Oh I do need to work out 🤷🏼‍♀️

        source
  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Oh man. What a long fucking sleep.

    Day is almost over. Chilling in bed it is then lol

    source
  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    I’ve just done psychometric testing for the first time, for a potential job. This seems like a really dumb way to select candidates.

    source
    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      It is. You should check your gut for other weirdnesses.

      source
    • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      If it’s a Myers-Briggs type test, It’s been debunked as not much better than horoscopes. Vague traits that might seem adaptable to almost anyone, and no correlation to job suitability. en.m.wikipedia.org/…/Myers–Briggs_Type_Indicator

      source
    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      My dad has worked for his company for about 15 years. They implemented psychometric testing about 10 years ago. If he had to do the psychometric testing, I’m not sure they would’ve hired him. He’s very good at his job, but is pretty much the laughing stock of the office.

      source
  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    I know I keep saying tinyest’s language is exploding. but hes now repeating almost all words said to him (or trying to anyway). He can now say “if you say so” and uses 2 words together pretty frequently. Sadly its “daddy, no” a lot of the time. But hes also become a lot less stingy with his hugs. And you best be prepared cause sometimes they are surprise hugs.

    source
    • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Once kids start talking, it’s great!!! You’re in for a good time.

      A warning, kids have no filter. They say exactly what they see.

      source
      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        him being able to communicate needs (or wants) makes life so much easier!

        source
    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      One of my boys is a real talker. He’s at the same stage saying things like “this is mine”, “See you later”, and “see you tomorrow”. My girlfriend asked him what I do at work and he said “Helping old people” because that’s what she says to him when I go do my tech support sessions.

      source
    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Naw. That’s beautiful! I for one would like to hear more tinyest milestones. ❤️

      source
      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        can let you know more as he develops. Still remember the day I finally told the DT that we were pregnant. Feels like weeks ago, not years.

        source
        • -> View More Comments
    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      aw, that is so cute and awesome

      and wow, I just love humans, we are really incredible. Language is what makes us. 😊 ( i must be super tired, i’m teary thinking how wonderful tinyest is )

      source
      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        yeah even his little “MINE!” is cute.

        source
  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    I’m pretty beat. So many stairs .

    Another early night I think.

    Sorry I haven’t been here as much as I would like. Love you all. Special hugs to Spud’s partner, to Tinyest for talking and to Melbs for being a great cat mum and community gardener. 😘😘😘

    source
    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Seconded. Rest up seagoon. The water awaits

      source
    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      🐈❤️

      source
  • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    sky pretty

    source
  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Ted is such a champ. Here he is enjoying the balcony. 🙂

    Image

    And I found Bill after much searching , grabbed him, put him in bathroom with food water and a tray. He is better n. He must have felt so uncomfortable, poor little guy.

    source
    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Bill and ted’s (and yours) excellent adventure :)

      Poor bill, he’ll get the hang of it I’m sure.

      source
      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        he’s getting better by the hour

        but i have to be careful or anytime over the next two months as he could still do a runner. He gets scared and with no thought just runs

        source
    • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      I see part of the ol Mic’s cistine chapel in there.

      source
      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        lol, his little paw reaching out

        source
  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Did a first aid course today. It was way more interesting then I expected (I am scarred by some terrible OH&S seminars). Also a bit confronting. And there’s an app you can sign up to and opt-in to be notified if someone nearby is having a cardiac arrest. So you can hightail it there and help while the ambulance comes. On the one hand I’d love to do that but it also terrifies me

    source
    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      I was working at this joint and I had to study for my first aid renewal. The Minister came in with his grand kids to have a chat. This little boy about 4, grabbed the handle of the iron and went to pull it off the ironing board towards himself. Fuck me. I took the biggest step and managed to grab it in time. When they left someone said “You nearly had to use your first aid then. That was a real life scenario”.

      source
    • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      What’s the app? I saw one years ago but it never took off. Good concept, poor adoption.

      source
      • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        GoodSAM. I’ve not looked into it beyond being told about it today (Red Cross)

        source
        • -> View More Comments
  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Replacing the pita bread kilojoules with iceberg and olive oil for lunch. Turning a salad wrap into a salad. Went okay.

    source
    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      I love doing that. Washing the lettuce leaves not so much. Cos lettuce works well too.

      source
      • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        I’ve got garden lettuce, just not enough to bulk out a meal, so I’m topping it off with ice berg. It’d be nice to be under the next arbitrary weight loss goal by April, but I’m basically looking to keep losing until get fat winter hits.

        source
        • -> View More Comments
  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    One of the pumpkins has aphids really severely and it’s starting to spread to the others…

    I’ve sprayed soapy water and physically wiped as many as I could off but am a bit worried. Especially as ants are farming them.

    source
    • indisin@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

      Fast, reliable and relatively cheap ethical solution that I’ve used many many times before: bugs for bugs.

      It is funny when you see some of your money literally flying away though, but in the grand scheme of things it’s good for the environment.

      source
      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

        That’s a good idea. I’ve scrubbed off as much of the heavy infestation as I can but maybe there’s enough to get them to stick around for a bit

        source
        • -> View More Comments
  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    I am a grandparent to a Bluetooth baby now.

    Image

    source
  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago
    just my rant about the education system

    The school I’m at has very low standards for its students. Most students are not interested in tertiary education or are doing unscored VCE, so all they have to do is fill in a worksheet for each subject (barring English I think) and there’s their satisfactory. They don’t even have to pass the unit tests, and if they want to pass, all they really have to do is regurgitate information from a textbook and tailor to different scenarios. Then there’s the UK’s curriculum and IB, requiring students to write essays in their science subjects and conduct their own research projects. GCSEs probably have more rigour than the VCE system, and that’s not even the final qualification if you do A levels. I understand education in the academic setting is not for everyone, but I feel like as someone who actually wanted to develop better critical thinking skills throughout my education, the system has failed me. All I learnt from doing VCE was how to memorise a bunch of pretty much useless facts, so I when I got to uni, I knew fuck all about writing essays. Heck, I still can’t write a very good essay or write well in general. Maybe my experience would’ve been different if I did more humanities subjects. But I’m about to go on and teach kids content that they’re going to have to memorise for an exam. At least with one of my subjects, it’s easier to deviate from the whole “here are some slides, now take notes” thing and make it more hands-on.

    source
  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Dumbest thing I’ve done in a bit today.

    I went to grab a snack from the lunchroom and ended up with a little biscuit and tried to eat it.

    The texture strange and didn’t break up like I thought so I chucked it in the bin.

    Couple of hours later I look again at the box of snacks and see in light pen on the lid “Not Edible”.

    It now dawns on me that I tried to eat a biscuit made out of plasticine.

    I was tired this morning :(

    source
  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Morning

    source
  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Image

    source
  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    I’m just tired and don’t feel up to the drama of potential scammers. I’m just gonna buy from reliable big stores now or buy on sight.

    oh, and I did some image searches, the items I were interested on ebay were not described correctly, they were great items but described ikea etc 😠

    source
  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Three days into a hardcore diet change and while I know it’s what I needed to do to break some bad habits… ouchhhhh… just a hurdle to get over though!

    source
  • dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Is there a lemmy suggestions box? I like to be able to hide users without blocking them and I’d like to be able to disable comment replys. God dam making some comments out of the instance and I get a bunch of updates from aggressive nerds that I really don’t care for. I tended to disable comments on reddit as soon as I’d commented due to notification avoidance.

    source
  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    aldis got a camping sale coming up. If any of you were thinking “man, I’d love to try camping but dont have the gear” this is a pretty good entry point. Kmart is even cheaper (but you get what you pay for there).

    source
  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Food market was bountiful today. I’ve got a rolled chicken roast for dinner, and a bag of brussels sprouts to go with it. A random cheese turned out to be cheddar flavoured with salt and vinegar, so I’ll have to be a bit judicious in how I use that. I also have tons of fruit of all varieties.

    source
  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    once i got to sleep i slept like a long and for a long time

    Bill is not coping well, I think I will have to keep him in a bathroom for a little while until he calms down, has something to eat and drink and pees in a tray

    also, it’s my observation lazy people make more work in the long run

    source
  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Steven Wilson released a new album recently and I’m digging it. His last few albums had more of an attempted pop spin on them whereas this one is two songs that go for around 20 minutes each. I don’t think we’ll get another Hand. Cannot. Erase. but it’s good to see a turn in that direction again.

    source
  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Does anyone use something other than Spotify? Looking for a new steaming app.

    source
  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Favourite dog treat recipes please. Biscuit type.

    source
  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    So I have a choice to make about this friday that I need to make today to ask for leave.

    Friday’s are usually a light work day 9 out 10 times.

    Should I take it off this week or stick it out and just spend the day at work?

    source
  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    Overthebackfence has some entertaining lemon printed knickers

    source
  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    I don’t want to go to bed but I’m tired. Maybe a nanna nap will work.

    source
  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨3⁊ ⁨weeks⁊ ago

    My mum and I were going to get something from the local chicken shop for dinner, but then I saw I had a $20 off Uber Eats for first time use. So we got a whole charcoal chicken for $5. A steal.

    source
-> View More Comments