Good news: test results came back, i am not a pencil
Bad news: noro
Discussion Thread 🦕 Tuesday 8 July 2025
Submitted 3 weeks ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Taleya@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
No longer a lead-ing citizen so?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
hugs from a distance
I suspect young mr seagoon has had noro, he is miserable
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Someone used just about all of my butter in the work fridge! I’m probably more annoyed that they left the tiniest little scrape in the corner instead of just throwing it out the container.
Duenan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
How rude on both accounts!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
There is a package waiting for me at my front door. Now I just have to wait 9 hours until I can go home to get it!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
“Oh hey, sorry I’m going to need the rest of the week off. My cat is having seperation anxiety.”
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
this is awesome 😊
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Was meant to catch up with a friend at 3. Last night she changed it to 3:30 because a new update for a game she’s playing is out. Whatever, that’s fine. I tell her to text me when she’s leaving so I can leave then. She’s fine with that.
I decided to leave earlier and get there at 3:30, because I have a jazz playlist I want to listen to. But it hits 3:30, and she still hasn’t texted me saying she’s left. She sends me a picture of her game asking which option I liked more. I asked her if she’s left and she said no. She does live a 5 minute drive away from where we’re meeting, so I guess that’s not too bad. She is apologising profusely. Now it’s been 15 minutes since we were supposed to meet, and she said she has to brush her teeth and wash her face. She is nocturnal because of her (undiagnosed but probable) gaming addiction.
Am I overreacting? I am pissed off even though she’s going to be 20 minutes late, but it wasn’t because of something like traffic or PTV issues. She could control it. Last week she also pissed me off because she’s unemployed and using her dad’s money. She said, when buying food,
“It’s not my money. I don’t care.”
I need new friends. I downloaded Bumble for Friends today. Hoping I can get a group of people together and make at least one friend from there. I need friends that don’t trauma dump on me or are selfish.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
She is apologising profusely.
But not actually doing anything about fixing her behaviour? That’s crappy, you deserve better than that. Even if you had waited for her to text to, she’s still leaving you waiting when agreed on a time and then chose to game. And the rub salt in the wound by sending you a picture of said game.
Sorry, that makes me very angry on your behalf. You are not overreacting, she is not respecting you.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Next time I will wait for that text before leaving, but the fact that she sent a time.
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Please report on how BFF goes! I just looked it up and am disappointed to be told I can’t be friends with guys. This is dumb.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I will!
I thought you can be friends with guys. I’ve seen some on there.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I tried it and it was basically a free hook up app for gay guys.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I’ve had friends like that. They alleviate loneliness in the here and now, but it doesn’t pay off down the track.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yeah absolutely.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
“It’s not my money. I don’t care.”
omg, this is like the opposite of what an average person would think and say
does she earn her keep at home or is she a princess?
because a lot of people, like me, don’t work but work their butt off at home to earn their keep
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yep she helps her dad out with his business.
We ended up playing video games, and one of them I am especially bad at. She enjoys spending time with me just hanging out, but if she plays with someone who has a lower skill level, it works out better for her.
Duenan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I’d be pissed as well.
Excuses excuses excuses, I can’t really be ok with that
Her attitude is basically if it’s her skin or responsibility then she can shrug it off and do whatever she wants.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
FYI reddit.com/…/this_creepy_man_wont_give_upkeeps_ma…
Be careful as you don’t know who you’re meeting. Also still be careful as even if the person is a girl looking for friends, because there’s a reason some of them don’t have any.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Cheers. That is true.
I think a lot of the time, at my age, people fall out with their friends or just become more isolated, as everyone goes their separate ways after studying. I know a couple of people who met some of their closest friends from there and they’ve just gone overseas together. But I will be cautious.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
What are your hobbies? Can you find hobby groups and then friends within that?
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
My hobbies tend to be more solitary and at a beginner level. I’m thinking of joining a run club once I get better at running. Also want to try DnD.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I need to liven this place up a bit.
What would be the worst gift someone could give you?
Me: Tickets to a musical.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
A Mariah Carey Christmas special DVD
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Fuck. Imagine getting that for Kris kringle.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Upvote. Upvote. Upvote.
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Lifetime supply of fanta
(I can’t metabolise it, my stomach rejects it instantly. Along with anything I’ve eaten in the past 24 hours)
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
One Christmas an aunt gave me a ceramic oil burner cork with some wick through it. Just the cork and wick. No oil. No bottle. I was about ten. Straight to the op shop.
Today I guess an ex rocking up with the gift of a child.
More locally, hoppy hipster IPA beers. I like plain beer: aldi blonde, Heineken, corona, Carlton dry.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Sunscreen lol
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Don’t laugh dude, skin cancer among darker skinned people who think they’re good is actually a real problem
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I once got a pair of Donald Trump socks. Complete with a little turf of hair at the top. They were part of a “Shit Present” gag gifting thing, but they were the most awful and was so happy to swap it for a book of dad jokes.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
🤮
They needed to be buried at cross road somewhere far far away.
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I was highly unimpressed with being given a calculator and apron for the next school year
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I got given a calendar with spelling mistakes in it once (Temu). Some other gifts:
- top with random anime on it that neither I nor the giver knew (her mother bought it)
- an avocado (I actually used this one)
- live laugh love Kim Jong Un banner (best gift ever)
- two chickens, which lead to my chicken eating hiatus. Dad gave them away after a year because mum said they shit too much.
- toilet paper with puzzles on it
- things to do while you poo book by “Hugh Jass”
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
things to do while you poo book by “Hugh Jassburn”
Push? Grunt? Consider more fibre in your diet?
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Rollercoaster or theme park tickets
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Bottle of Johnny Walker Red (or any JW bottle). Shit’s barely fit for human consumption.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
😂
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Karaoke Machine
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yeah, useless these days especially when can project the lyrics on to the telly and hook your mic to a set of computer speakers like a fucking pro.
Duenan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I know having received them.
Gold class movie tickets and gift vouchers for David Jones/Myers.
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
An expensive, gourmet coffee cake. I really hate coffee.
I was given such a cake at work many years ago and felt obliged to eat a piece to be polite. They meant so well. It was so revolting.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I’d step on people to get a gourmet coffee cake.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
All you can eat tickets to a baked bean festival
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I wouldn’t mind that as long as there’s toast to go with.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
a religious cult book or religious cult leader portrait
a book of happy motivational sayings
a house next to my MIL
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Wake up early and refreshed, get dressed, drive to the train station…bus replacement service.
So back at home in trackies and debating whether to chuck a sickie.
eureka@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Gotta love the old bus replacement switcharoo.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I know how to describe what’s happening.
My life feels neglected while I was taking suboxone. Now I’m awake and it’s like “where is everything?”.
It hurts a bit.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
deep thoughts for 7am which may or may not be relevant
Maybe what you’re feeling is grief for the time spent on suboxone - grief for the wasted time. But taking it may well have been a higher priority at the time, and so should not be regretted in the overall scheme of things. Feel the grief, and move on. This takes courage, which you have in plenty.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Thank you ❤️
It makes sense and the analogy is accurate. There is a panic to make up for lost time as quickly as possible.
Which can’t be done, which then turns into frustration and sadness.
You’ve given me a lot to think about, thank you :)
SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Seeing the newly released Erin Patterson evidence, like photos of dehydrator with mushrooms in it, and mushrooms being weighed, and her trying to leave the hospital despite being told her life was at risk, and having zero concern about her kids being at risk; makes me wonder why the jury deliberated for so long. She knew what she’d done and confidently knew she hadn’t served herself or the kids any.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
So my bet was she got off and I lost that one. I owe everyone 50c :(
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
They probably dissected every lie she told. That would’ve taken a hell of a long time.
tone212_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I heard about those pictures of death cap mushrooms being weighed this morning and I was thinking - did they mention that evidence during the trial reporting? Because that would not have made her look innocent to the jury.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
They did - the defence brushed it off as “she was just interested”.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I went to Hobbiton yesterday. AMA.
tone212_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Muting people on my Insta posting about being in Europe. I’m happy for them and all, and yes I’m jealous, but I don’t need to see daily stories & every-other-day profile posts about your trip.
Duenan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
It’s cold tonight, I can feel it.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Aight so it looks like this whole workshop thing is going ahead but now I have no idea what to quote. All sorts of insecurities popping up. It’s a ~3 hr in person workshop with 50km return travel (30-40 mins each way) for about 3-4 professionals. It will be mostly hands on demonstration and troubleshooting, not much prep or materials required. I might need to look into a couple of the app’s functions I haven’t explored much but that would benefit my job as well so I wouldn’t count that time spent.
I’m thinking I should be compensated at least the equivalent of what I get paid for a whole day of regular work (inc. super), since I can’t do my regular job the entire day, and maybe a 25% loading. That’s 600 rounded up, no GST. Hopefully that seems fair?? I don’t feel like enough of a grown up to ask for this, but fuckit. I can try
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
What a horrid day to have to venture outside.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I had too much coffee… several hours of indigestion and burping later, I’m still wired and tired, deep in rabbit holes over what constitutes an employee vs independent contractor for the purposes of superannuation guarantee… and how to word contracts so as not to hand over IP or be stuck in exclusivity classes…
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Just catching up with some world news
😞
danwritesbooks@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Getting my daughters room painted tomorrow. Any advice on what to use to hang pictures, etc on the wall? I want to avoid using blue tack or anything that could pull paint like it has this time around?
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I’m thinking tonight might be a risotto night.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Windy.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
very windy tonight 💨
Duenan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I stupid forgot about the rice being in the rice cooker being on warm and left it all night.
Least to say 1 serving of rice was lost :(
bacon@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
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StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Got the details for the funeral for my old colleague. I’m going to go, even though I haven’t spoken to him in years and years, since before COVID even. He made working at Computershare tolerable - guaranteed to make me cry-laugh with the jokes and witty comebacks he had for the micro-managers there😂 taught me how to handle those managers when I took over his role.
It’s the least I can do I think, pay my respects and remember how he made me laugh so hard.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
That’s a really lovely to go about it. Hopefully there are lots of great stories and laughter shared.