Discussion Thread 🐰 Friday 20 June 2025

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT.

  I just passed my Learners . It’s been a while since I’ve driven so I thought I should take the tests and lessons again.

  🍻

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  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Image!

    Congrats 🥂

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      that is so me 🥺

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yay!!!

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    ee! well done!

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yay!!! Go you!!! Congrats!!! 🍺

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts. 😄😘

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Congratulations on both your successful passing of the test and your cautious attitude. I wish more people on the road were like you!

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    OMG that’s SO exciting, Goons!!

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yay! Congrats!

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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Congratulations!!

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  During my sobriety I’ve been taking something called suboxone. You could liken it to an opiate blocker, though it does have a degree of a sedative effect.

  This becomes unnoticeable after a while.

  2 months ago I decided to stop taking it, as it was no longer required.

  And so it turns out the mild sedation was not so mild at all. I was emotionally numb to a degree that I had forgotten what either positive or negative really felt like.

  It has been tough. I have no desire to return to my old life, I have no cravings.

  But coming back into the world full of feelings and a nervous system that’s been half asleep for a decade has been really, really hard. Everything feels so intense, both emotionally and physically.

  I love it. But it’s hard work. I’m stuck in this “reconfiguration” stage and I think I’ve mindlessly said “man, today has been a hard day” every day for a few weeks now.

  No one I know in real life knows about what’s happening. I just needed to get it out of my system.

  Thanks for listening.

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  • PeelerSheila@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s a great achievement to even put that into words, well done!

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you’ve through a lot but I’ve also had the fortitude to get through it.

    You’re a good person and deserve everything that life has to offer.

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  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s an incredibly hard thing you’ve gone through.

    We’re here for you man, always. you’re a kind soul and don’t forget that.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So many hugs. You’re incredibly brave and strong, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. ( and good too. )

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thank you :)

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m so proud of you friend, all you have survived, your willpower and perseverance is inspiring. You’re the kindest most thoughtful person I’ve the honour of knowing. Whatever happens I know you’re going to pull through and be that much more stronger for it!

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I knoww. Plus he’s the best cat dad in the world .😭

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s really kind of you :)

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    We are always listening, my dude. We’ve got your back!

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I AM SO PROUD OF YOU MATE

    I hope that soon you can be desensitised to all the reconfiguration stuff and that nasty constant headache fucks off

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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Brains are amazing at recovering and reconfiguring. It will get easier. You’ve done so many hard things, and come through it. We are here for the vents any time you need it!

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I feel like people don’t understand the impact medication has when it flattens everything out. Drugs may get rid of the lows, but they also shave off all the highs and that can take quite a toll on you

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• tone212_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Back from daily vitamin D exposure. The sun is glorious with light winds too, perfect winter’s day. Vibes are high for Friday arvo.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bedroom light shade is up

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  It was in lots of flat pieces of plastic that had to be bent and attached together so it took a while, but I’m pleased with the result. I just need to get to the assembly of the bedside tables and the bedroom will be done.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s really pretty 😄

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I had a fever dream that nuclear war happened in the middle east and the whole world economic order basically collapsed so I jumped in my car and drove north and moved in with a family member, earning keep by cooking and cleaning and making money by painting giant paintings of wolves.

  As fever dreams go, it was ok

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    may I go political?

    spoiler

    That stupid FUCKING FUCK HEAD TRUMP ripping up the JCPOA he has reverse diplomatic skills, his arrogant arseholeship insulted Iran, who while they might be cunts in regard to human rights and corruption, still have an impressive history and have autonomy that should be respected

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    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      100%. It’s the utter stupidity of it all.

      You are welcome to ride dream-shotgun in my trip to a quiet future out bush painting and chilling with wolves.

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I only found out about what’s happening from your post.

    And to be honest, that works just fine for me.

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    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh yeah sorry. I think I fell asleep listening to ABC Radio…

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• indisin@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not that I would do it (too shy), but I love the idea of greeting the REA in the nude and showing them around like that. They’d be too unsettled to notice any dust or scuff marks

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Pretty lights

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  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    UFO?

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oooh I love that stand!

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  • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    lights pretty

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Tomorrow for the Winter Solstice Games I have lots of wood, potatoes, marshmallows and chestnuts. What else do I need or need to do? Poetry? Spells? Chanting? Nudity?

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  • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Oh yes please it is finally solstice we were about to remove the Sun here

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I will pray for you, bacon. 🙏

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Always here to support nudity and chanting. May the long night bring you peace and excitement for days to come (I don’t know if that’s an actual thing, it just feels cool to say)

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  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think you’ve got most of it right. Grog is helpful as chestnuts can be a bit dry and floury. Not that this is a problem, just a glass or three of the old nasty helps the medicine go down.
    Skyclad is strickly for summer imo. Also if doing skyclad, then watch out for impertinent echidnas. They’re a bit of a menace. I think they’re in league with the fundamentalist christians.
    Lots of singing helps the sun return too. So bring out your favorite playlist and have at it!!

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  • SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Effigies of your enemies to toss into the fire? Arrange some stones into a henge?

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    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Arrange some enemies into a henge!

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t have any enemies that I know of 😔

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Chips?

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Chips on a bonfire?

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Would never have thought as a kid I’d some day be excited to wake up early and appraise the damage the new cheapo weed burner has inflicted from the day before.

  It’s very relaxing for some reason.

  Also the new ICU at st. vincents is very impressive. the ones I’ve been to before are depressing af, but that one has a huge amount of space (and less noise) which is way less confronting for patients. ol’ girl was complaining about being bored and not annoyed which is good.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    bored is very good 🙂

    I hope she gets better soon

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• SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My body is sore in a good way (from workouts), it’s a sunny Friday and I’m WFH, I had a full night’s sleep… so why am I feeling like a grump this morning? REA inspection maybe? A creaky bra that sounds like a fuckin’ old ship? Just the cold in general? Gahhhh. I think I need some chocolate. Ohhh I think I’m hungry.

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Am sick 🤢. In hindsight having to google the number of days in a year yesterday should have been a giveaway. throat feels like hell. Back to bed I guess.

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I forgot to post the results of dinner last night.

  I may have put way too much chicken. The pot is overflowing with sauce and chicken and the bacon I added.

  I was expecting the bacon to be salty but it didn’t really come out overpowering.

  Also I think the Aldi sauce I used had a lot of garlic in it but it’s back to its tasty best.

  Felt like the quality had dropped over the last couple of months.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cheers pilgrims 🍺

  *This post was brought to you by the lovely afternoon sunshine

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Have just been informed by a nurse friend that sinus rinses might cause false Covid negative tests from the nose. My body feel over test result might not have been in error. Ugh. Throat swabs in future I guess.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Have been out of the gym for 2 months-ish. There was a huge billing issue and I couldn’t be fucked dealing with it.

  All sorted now.

  Straight there after work. Bring on the happy chemicals.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  8 hours till drumkit set up!!!

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  brrr

  good morning everyone

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• SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just finished Expedition 33. I know I was coming to the end and I’m still… but why. Why.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This sunny weather is too beautiful to stay home. I must beach.

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Starting to be like clockwork, mum and aunts share some shit on WhatsApp and I have to tell them to check for AI… One aunt in particular is very susceptible and keeps sharing stuff that should be questionable from the get go. Really I don’t know what to tell her when we get to the point of what comes after VEO 3. When I go visit her in a couple months I think I need to sit down with her and go through some examples. “But it sounds just like David Attenborough!”

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Haha I was kicked out of my workspace at my alternate workplace. No where else I can move to so I’m going home!

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I think I will spend most my time on holiday in NZ reading and studying. I’ll have no cats to bug and disturb me. 🙂

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• useless_modern_god@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This stuff is currently trending on my toast. So good with peanut butter.

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• SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Book review. Have just finished listening to the audio book The Wager. It’s a naval history book, not something I’d ever normally select but it came strongly recommended. It is a WILD story. 1700s journey from Britain to South America. Shipwrecked, stranded, scurvy, starvation. Human behaviour and choices in the face of these extreme circumstances. And somehow a few barely alive survivors made it back after several years. Their story was a public sensation in their time. Early in the book I had to pause a few times to look up various naval terms, but was pretty easy listening otherwise. Very engaging.

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I feel like today is going to be a good day.

  Better not prove me wrong world!! I’ll fucking get ya if you do.

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• LowExperience2368@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Listened to a podcast called Scammerland about human trafficking in Myanmar. So terrible.

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If your man ain’t treating you right
  Come up and see ol’ Dan
  I rock 'em, roll 'em all night long
  I’m a sixty-minute man, oh yeah
  Sixty-minute man

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Been listening to my old playlist of German music, and I’m pleased I remember the vast majority of the lyrics.

  This is a classic - I love Jennifer Rostock

  Der Horizont - Jennifer Rostock

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t know why but I don’t think I’ve been falling into a deep sleep for the last month when I go to sleep.

  I had an early night last night and woke up later than usual.

  I don’t feel tired which is good but I don’t think I fell into a deep sleep like I used to?

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bought too much daikon recently and ended up making two types of quick pickled radish.

  Korean style and Vietnamese style. Seems that the main difference was the use of white vinegar in the Korean one and Rice wine vinegar in the Viet one.

  Perhaps we used crappy rice vinegar, but the Viet style turned out pretty bad.

  The Korean ones were absolutely fantastic and will be doing it over and over again.

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