Discussion Thread 🛼 Friday 11 July 2025

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• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Was a good idea to come down here. Needed this. Back tm though but that’s okay.

  Got a shitload done. Good escape.

  And…

  First fire in about a year down here.

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  I am so so very lucky to be able to use this place no questions asked. Mental health wise it is a godsend rn. The space, shit to do, beach.

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Enjoy man. Sounds like you’ve had a real hard few weeks :)

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fire! Rest, relax, chuck some potatoes in that thing.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That looks really nice. 😊

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Bonfires are so nice.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Knocked off early.

  Cheers 🥂

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Love all youse guys 😘🥰😻

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Cheers 🥂 🐈

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  While out for my grocery shop I ran into an old friend and we ended up catching up for awhile on things.

  I didn’t want to leave but I was coming to the end of my free parking.

  Had a good time!

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    cool 😊

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      We probably haven’t seen each other since Covid.

      Since she’s had 2 kids and is currently on maternity leave from work.

      Wish we had more time but maybe if things work out we might meet again next week.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  omg omg omg

  we are going to visit a beach right on the Pacific Ocean tomorrow , not on a bay, right on the ocean

  I think I will go in the water a bit 😀 just a little

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Righto ladies n gents, it’s time to get rekk’d. Cheers 🍺

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Cheers 🥧

    I gave apple and blackberry pies from Aldi

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They are the best pies. Yum. Enjoy.

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  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I am SO ready… but gotta wait another few hours 😭

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Gatorade lol

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    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Beer and soju. Might have a little Mary Jane later and trip out to the lights.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Had to have a serious chat to the team today.

  I’ve put a target on my back by giving them a lot of autonomy and they were starting to get complacent.

  I got the message across I think, without being too confrontational.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Probably good to remind them that there is a consequence for not getting past a certain threshold if you’ve given them autonomy.

    You’re ultimately accountable for them.

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So I got my sleep study results back after a fair wait. Yeah it turns out that not breathing might be the reason for the fatigue. Off to dig into savings and go CPAP shopping I think (#thuglife)

  I am low key excited - maybe I can function like a real person finally. Any tips from anyone else in the mask club?

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you have any annoyances that can be solved with 3d printed parts, hmu. Mate of mine had me make him a custom bendy thing for his hose 'cos it kept snagging on his bespoke nightstand

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    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      ooh thanks

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  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Have you got health insurance?

    Check your extras cover. Many funds will reimburse you part of the cost for a CPAP machine. I know the one I work for will.

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    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Nah. I keep a little emergency fund instead so that’s ok. At this point I would pay anything if it solved my issues

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  Goodnight all ❤️

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Night night!

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Melbcat is being very squeaky and squirmy. She’s learned to cry for the heater to go on, for extra snacks of wet food, and sometimes for no reason I can see. I’m hoping she’s just jealous of the computer getting attention. Maybe she just wants love.

  I’m playing games way too much but right now it’s just what I’m doing.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    cats be cats 😊

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    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      She never used to ask for anything but I’m hoping she’s just got more confident to voice her needs. It might be her age too

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• Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Hmm my Aunty tried to ring me.

  I let it ring out.

  A couple of weeks ago she tried to persuade me again to get the others to agree to the settlement of the will.

  I refused to do it and told her so.

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  • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nothing to screw a family up quite like fighting over a will.

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Tell me about it.

      I told her last time I’m not in contact with any family members and I don’t want to be involved.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      what is worse is not challenging a fake will 😡

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m stressed just reading your post.

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    • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You don’t need to get stressed.

      If I had answered the phone I would have pushed back quite hard and yelled at her.

      She’s trying to use me and I know it.

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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Werq

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yay: I’m getting a bonus! I totally forgot they give them out at this time of the year

  Nay: not sure how to handle tax vs salary sacrifice into super. Especially with having to wait one whole year to claim any additional tax back.

  I kinda really really need the cash so think I’ll take most of it as cash even though it’ll be taxed to all buggery. I swear to god I have not had to think so much about tax rules my whole life until this year.

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I remember when I looked into it I could salary sacrifice an extra $500 a month into super and only take home $250 less because of how PAYG tax works. You can sacrifice up to about $12,000 into super a year before you have to pay additional fees on it or anything.

    It’s worth doing if you feel you can afford it, as you’re still getting that money, just further down the line.

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      For real, if not for the silly situation I put myself in my clearing out all my readily accessible cash last FY, I would’ve put it all straight into super. Since my super is anaemic for my age and I am hoping to use the FHSSS in a couple of years if things go well.

      I decided to put about 25% of the bonus in salary sacrifice and the rest paid out, and have my extra hours this pay cycle counted as TOIL which I can use to buffer the unpaid leave time over my break.

      At the end of next FY I can always put the rest of the bonus money into super and claim the difference in tax back so if I understand correctly it is essentially the same as salary sacrifice, just at my own pace and with extra steps. I don’t think I’ll do regular salary sacrifice from my pay until I have a much better financial position, I kind of like being able to control the timing of my contributions and have the money on hand in the meantime in case shit hits the fan as a single person without much family support in Melbourne…

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Has anything changed with your tax from when you last checked?

    You mentioned something wrong with it last time.

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    • just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I called my super fund about why my voluntary contribution wasn’t showing up in my ATO profile and had been changed to $0 in my in-progress tax return - they advised me that it was strange and they definitely notified the ATO about my contribution and to just wait and see if it resolves in the next few days as things could change while the processing is in progress.

      They also reassured me that if the ATO finalise the tax return without my contribution, I can get it amended and provide the documentation I received from my super fund, so I WILL get a refund instead of a bill eventually, but that will be annoying because I don’t know how long it will take to process. I’m relieved I have this bonus money coming through because at least I can move on with my life

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Think I’ve caught something. Got a solid 10 hours of sleep last night, the just slept all day after getting my partner up for work. Just could not keep my eyes open.

  I’m awake now, but I’m so so drowsy and blegggghhhh

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s no good. Try to take it easy if you can.

    Chicken soup might help too 🐓🍲

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Finally home. Guiness in hand. Butt in couch. Game loaded up. Cheers dudes 🍻

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Cheers buddy 🍺

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Had that work efficiency session at the start of the week and I think I figured something out about why AI has been such a top down push in the workplace.

  A member of the global leadership team was in the sessions, and she’s all in on AI. She was telling us about all the work she was getting done with it, and it was just things like reports, presentations, communications plans, and risk strategies.

  It’s all just typing up a bunch of stuff that gets turned into PDFs and sits on the company Sharepoint. She’s at a high enough level now she’s not working on any of the implementation, so you can use AI to just write everything for you.

  Really, you could probably download templates for all these documents and change the details specific to your business. It would be much better for the environment, but these people wouldn’t feel like they’re doing anything meaningful if they’re just playing corporate madlibs.

  I could use AI in a bit of my work, but I need to make Facebook ads, emails, and manage a website. AI can’t do any of that, it’s just an elaborate autocomplete.

  And it’s telling the perspective on AI is ‘Look at all this amazing work I’m getting done with AI’ and not ‘The iPhone autocomplete can do my job faster than me, what’s the point of my job?’

  One of my only applicable use cases was a business case document. Copilot just wrote the most boring version of an SEO friendly article on Viva Engage, and even then I felt I had to step in and write some things myself to both make it more interesting and specific to the business. And say this goes ahead, AI can’t put people into Viva Engage groups for me.

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The CEO of the last place I was at was exactly the same with AI.

    So fucking stupid.

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• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  3 times the dog went in and out the front door last night. The 4th time he tried I said “No. Go to bed”. He repaid me by ralphing on the carpet.

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Gibson does that sometimes when I say no more treats you’ve had enough.

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yaaaaaaaaaay. I love you Friday. Marry me.

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• SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Had an excellent swim with a new best amount of laps in a row which feels bloody excellent. Hopefully haven’t killed myself for the class tomorrow.

  Now for wine, because balance. 🥂

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Getting better at drums.

  If I slow the part down by 50% and play it a few times I can speed back up and play it well most of the time.

  I kinda like being a beginner with an instrument. I love that learning experience when you go from nothing to doing reasonably wel.

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• RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Pork roast is in the oven for dinner. I had a big piece so I’ve cut it in half and will do some sort of pulled pork for tacos with the other half. I put it on late so it won’t be ready for a while, I might need to organise cheese and crackers to tide me over until then.

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  2.5h left… On the plus side I got an unexpected Monday off! 3 day weekend wooo

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• just_kitten@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I hadn’t been following any news about The Pitt for a while but all the allegations coming out now about Tracy Ifeochor (Dr Collins) being asked to leave and not being in s2 are really sad. I can’t believe she is part of a virulently homophobic church that promotes conversion therapy. Like how do you even get into TV and film acting in the modern era with these kinds of strongly held beliefs? Puts a new spin on her portrayal of a character handling some difficult conversations about abortion…

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• Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Last day of my late-shift week. It has been a struggle but I’ve survived (so far). 7.30 can’t come soon enough!

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    May beer o’clock come quickly for you.

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    • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      🙏

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• imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Start work in 9 mins. Currently in bed. Good thing it’s WFH day. This might be a job for coffee…

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  • MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Woke up at 6 to turn off my 630 alarm. Which I didn’t. Got up just after 7 regardless and still trying to internal engine started.

    Today might be struggle town.

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  it’s early, wind is howling out there

  i woke up to a tidy and well organised room, 😊, maybe I can get some stuff done today

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• StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Of course my period starts on the full moon. All signs point to me being a witch, but I didn’t get my letter to Strewthwarts School of Bewitchin’ and Broomin’, just saying.

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My tram driver either has the hiccups or is smuggling a purse sized dog

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Go on …

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• TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  quiz

  7/10 better than I thought

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  • RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    2/10

    The gods of random guessing were not with me today.

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  • Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Im too ashamed to share my score this week.

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  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    7/10

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  • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nvidia makes Labubu dolls. You can’t change my mind.

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    • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No one makes Labubu dolls. They just arrive

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    5

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  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    6/10, not my finest work

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This time difference makes me feel like I get up early and have a good start on the day 😊

  when I get back I will live on NZ time 😀

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• SpinMeAround@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Got tix for the Dracula ballet in September, I’m really excited!

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