I planned a friend outing for this evening and honestly I don’t know why I bother. I’ve been getting slow responses during planning, slower than usual, feels like I’m forcing these people to hang out with me. They can say no? Maybe I’m reading too much into this but it’s consistent with other things that have happened which make it feel like we’re distancing. Don’t say I didn’t try if these friends aren’t in my life in future. I don’t even want to go anymore.
Discussion Thread Saturday 19 😎 April 2025
Submitted 2 months ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Got to talk to my 2 best friends I haven’t seen in 12 years on video chat.
It’s a long story, but man I feel so fucking happy right now ❤️
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
this is wonderful 🥲🥲🥲
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Wholesome as!
Goodnight and build on that happiness tomorrow.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Met the new neighbours who are moving in soon. 4 cars and 12 people got out lol. Guessing they’ll be loud going by them leaving their music blaring from their cars as they were parked and yelling over it to talk to each other. It’s a very quiet court.
I don’t mind at all as my little studio down here can go LOUDER I hope they like poorly made drum and bass.
They seem nice though and it’s good to see the place finally getting used after 6 months vacant.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Crank the subbie lol
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Oh man, I unleashed on the broom rider (MIL) last night. An awkward start to the long weekend.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 months ago
So many people don’t stand up to their MILs/FILs. As a kid, my mum always used to complain to my sister and I about things her MIL would say or do, and my dad would either stick up for his mum, or pretend that nothing was wrong.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Thank you. It was something I really needed to get off my chest. Maybe not the best time to do that during a family gathering though.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
broom rider
Shouldn’t laugh but lol. Seems like easter is just one of those times of the year that gets tense for some reason.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
so many hugs, she must have pushed you beyond endurance
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Sometimes people need to realise that they’re being dicks.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
One thing I love about country’s towns is how people still dress up for lunch. Young lasses in their new dresses, mum and dad all ironed, trailed by awkward boys in their collard shirt and best shorts. It’s nice
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I miss living in the country.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Although…swings and roundabouts…there was also the casual racism overhead at the CWA shop 🤦🏻♀️. I don’t regret moving to the city but I have realised recently do need to get out from under it regularly. Mainly for the wildlife and nightsky.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
How’s it going with the party house?
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Suspiciously quiet!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
today at the beach I found a little fish, two pieces of coral and an ear shell
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Is the inside of the abalone all shiny and nacreous? I love them when they’re fresh enough to have all the lovely bluey-greeny-pinky nacre intact.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
yup , that’s one of the reasons I love ear shells
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Biblically speaking, today’s the day they all ate chocolate bunnies right?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Real bunnies today, chocolate ones tomorrow.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Pest species. Nature’s way of keeping the rabbit plague under control the delicious way.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Father, why hast thou eaten all the chocolate bunnies? or something like that
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Yes they were sad Jesus died so they ate chocolate to cheer themselves up
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Letting myself just relax and have some fun today.
I have this whole issue with hyper independence, where I don’t let myself relax.
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
received an order to revive a man from death, due monday. they are willing to pay public holiday and express rate. gonna need a lot of eggs to restore the tissues. also a team of rabbits taking turns to hop on the heart.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
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Sorry. Dropped one
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Ate the dropped one for lunch. Thank you.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 months ago
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bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
thank god
truxnell@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It’s Friday, I’ve been helldiving with mates, had a few whiskeys, and it’s Easter with the family & egg hunt with the kids shortly. Things could be much worse than this.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Is that game still alive?
truxnell@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Surprisingly yes. We went off for a few months of Factorio space age, but it’s still going and a nice level of jump-in-and play that suits us. Mind you we have nothing to spend out resources on and only missing 3 warbonds, it’s just a nice gameplay loop
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Yeah. I have a few rounds weekly, usually quickplay with random people.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Espresso Martini time, woooooo!! Home made, possibly a little too strong, bring it on!
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Been binging Severance over the past few days.
I love it, but what in the ever living fuck is happening.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It’s not The Office or Friends.
Just sayin’.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 2 months ago
That it is not. It’s something great though.
Creepy and unnerving.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
eee found the water leak.
Wasn’t me but the neighbour saw it thank fuck it wasn’t under the slab.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Beautiful.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
They are all different types too.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Naaaaaaaaaaap.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
beach before I have to do more work 🙂
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 months ago
After having it recommended constantly for years, I’m finally reading Lonesome Dove. I do believe it lives up to the hype…
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Have you seen the fillum of it? This is one of the very few movies I’ve ever watched through to the very end. They even got the horses right.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Lonesome Dove movie was a staple of my childhood, but I don’t remember anything about it bar horses and mustaches. Apparently there are sequel movies?
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m picking up an armchair for free from Marketplace this morning. Similar style wood frame to my couch, and with a new cover with the same fabric I’ve been recovering mine in it should blend in fairly well. This will solve an issue in furniture placement in the new place, I will be able to have the couch and a single chair in the dining/lounge, and two chairs in the sewing/sitting room. Or if something goes wrong and I don’t end up getting this place I’ll have an extra chair I don’t have room for 🤣
I think I’ll sell my buffet unit. It’s a really good solid piece of furniture that makes me feel like I should find it a place, but it really doesn’t fit anywhere. Plus it is really heavy and because it is so long has limited options on where in a house it can go. Which makes it hard to get out too, it has to go out the back and out the side gate, which means I would have to lock away Mr Woof, traumatise Miss Meow and let a stranger into the main area of my house. I might just get the movers to put it in the carport when I move, then I can sell it as unattended pickup.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I think I prefer the mornings to the late evenings.
Have been crashing fairly early the last 2 nights despite being able to stay up late.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I have decided once the lease on the new place is signed I am going to celebrate by buying a new lawn edger, hedge trimmer and the fancy brushless motor for my whipper snipper. I aim to make the garden so neat people assume it’s no longer a rental 😁 It also means I’ll be able to properly edge my 3m of nature strip here as a parting gift. Hopefully because the edger rests on the ground it won’t kill my arms as much as the whipper snipper does. With a much bigger garden to look after (and a 2-strip of concrete driveway, so lots of edges) I anticipate building up lots of muscle. 💪
Pilk@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’ve had to part ways with my legend of a barber-to-the-stars after his (very justified) price increases. I’m not on consultancy salary anymore.
Not every 'do at Just Cuts has been a winner, but each time I end up with something slightly different and it’s kinda fun getting a different take on a bog-standard men’s haircut. This month’s is nicely textured and sits really well on my head straight out of the shower.
Also these eggs from Aldi are so good, what a Reese’s peanut butter cup would taste like if it was made with good chocolate and peanut butter.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
How much is he charging now?
Pilk@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Up to $55 now, not at all unreasonable, but just a little too much to justify a short style on a pension.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Good morning, in further public holiday brainrot developments I went down the path of reading about Zizians (already vaguely knew about rationalism and MIRI and that insanity). The intelligent mind truly can go to some insane places. What the fuck is this shit
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
just a small tragic cult
how is it any different to maga and the crazy shit trump has said?
the only difference is newspapers say that zizians are nuts and belong in jail, papers still pretend trump is a sane leader
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
sunrise very pretty 🌞
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
wait it is risen not rinse?
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Jesus was at the onsen?
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
We hope they don’t mind he is sparkly clean
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Full immersion baptism is a thing. Mostly for adults converting. Refer St John the Baptist. Rinse is the same only different. Refer vegetables and washing machines. Then there’s the tricky question of the mikveh.
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Well, we won’t tell them about the process. They should be quite happy about the result!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Has anyone here done adult swimming lessons?
I took lessons from about age 3 to 13, but that was a long time ago, and I was stuck on the same level for about three years, never really progressing. The last time I went swimming in the ocean, I found it really difficult to keep myself afloat beyond just floating on my back, which is not conducive to activities like snorkelling.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
young Mr Seagoon is a licensed swimming instructor for kids and adults
I could ask him a question if you like.
he’s a good teacher too, kind and patient
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Thank you, Seagoon
I just want to know if it starts from the very beginning, like learning how to float
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Had ‘his’ first mate over. Vomit before 9. Yeah, cheers thanks a lot.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I thought to just download my files onto my computer, back them up and unlink my pc so it couldn’t fill that storage back up again. Well downloading my stuff isn’t working. The zip files only contain error .txt.
I’m also now being told I can’t send or receive emails because I’m over storage and have to pay for more - recurring subscription of course.
It’s so very convenient that they force your files onto their cloud and then make the process of getting them back obstructive. Really predatory.
I may end up having to pay to get to the task later but this is making me seriously consider whether I could make a go of Linux. (The only reason I don’t is because I’m not confident of being able to reliably make everything work.)
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Been gardening and listening to this well made Alien^TM audio book.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Today is a feast day so to honour my culture , my past, the Seagoons and myself I am cooking a feast of luscious cheeses and crackers, good drinks, a salad, and chicken cooked with nutmeg , parsley and parmesan cheese in a tomato sauce served with egg fettucini. Peaches and apricots for desert.
I am just about to put my make up on. 🙂
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
To honour my forbears, I am ordering a HSP from uber eats. And maybe some baclava if I’m feeling special.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
yum 🙂
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Enjoy your celebrations!! That all sounds amazing!
dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m drinking a Japanese slipper, which is green, so kind of honouring my Irish roots.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Today is a feast to honour my culture, or lack thereof. The four bears will be regarded with great respect with cooking various meats on an open fire. The side dishes are not my problem haha .