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Discussion Thread 🌏 Thursday 17 July 2025
Submitted 2 days ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Had a big (for me) adventure today. Took the Minipeelers to Melbourne Central and had a wander around and look at things. Went into the Emporium part and had lunch at the Schnitz (kids choice) upstairs. I liked the upstairs part, it was cleaner and quieter than the other food courts in the main part.
At some point Elder asked if we could visit the museum and I thought, ok, why not? So we went there and Miniest let it drop that Elder was really keen to see the Lego Star Wars exhibition, so we saw that. It’s pretty cool, lots of displays and a couple of good interactive displays. One of them you make your own fighter space ship thing and put it in a machine which scans it and then projects it flying through space on a big screen. Another one, you make your own lightsaber, attach a receiver to it and stand in front of a screen which shows it glowing, and you can download the picture. There was also a part where you do a bit of Lego and it goes towards a big mural. Warning to anyone who takes kids: you have to leave via a pop-up star wars retail space (I saw a few tantrums!). The theme cafe was ok (could’ve done better with star wars themed food ideas) but I was hanging for a coffee by that point and any port in a storm I reckon!
Then we walked back to Melb Central and got Cinnabon to take home. Wish I could remember the name of the scroll place that used to be at Melbourne Central about 20+ years ago, it was the same kind of thing but heaps more types of scrolls and was really popular. Does anyone here remember?
SituationCake@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Saint Cinnamon? I’m not sure if that’s correct but the name popped into my head. They were so good!
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Saint Cinnamon 🤔 It didn’t ring a bell, but if all they sold was heaps of different flavoured scrolls (I remember loving the butterscotch ones, and there was some kind of cheesecake flavoured one 🤤) that were freshly baked and they had a location at Melbourne Central then that’d be it. God I loved those scrolls!
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 day ago
It took me all day of getting distracted and bullshit avoidance strategies, but I’ve finally booked the campervan. That’s the biggest hurdle over. I splurged an extra $300 for a newer model that has cruise control even though I don’t like the layout as much and it’s not as spacious. My right knee isn’t the greatest these days so I am not putting it through 1000s of kms solo.
I’m just going to book campsites tomorrow because my brain is fried. I will definitely feel a lot more excited about this once all the bookings are over!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
That sounds like it will be awesome fun. And amen on all the stress of organising travel.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Back in melbs.
I miss my bestie down the beach.
She came inside yesterday and hopped up on the kitchen bench (hasn’t happened before) and just stood there when I was cleaning up. Honestly she’s more domesticated than a cat or dog. Zero need to chase her out of the house. Found her something to eat, walked outside and she followed at walking pace with no stress. I swear they’re evolving.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Birb friend! That’s so sweet. Can’t lie, I’d be worried about poop, but that’s still very sweet.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
worried about poop
lol yeah that was my first thought too.
Everytime I accidentally leave beach towels on the outside chairs there’s always one on there. I suppose that part isn’t very domesticated heh.
Eagle@aussie.zone 2 days ago
They are really smart creatures.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Hey Maggie
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 day ago
One of my goals for wherever I move long term is to have birb friends. Specifically maggie friends.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
The team lead at my woolies is stupidly hot, and I hate it because he’s so damn hot. Dammit.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
That chisled jawline.
Those roast chooks don’t fall from trees.
Unless chicken sale.
-unknown, 2025.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Ooh…I feel … Oxygenated. That’s cool. Score 1 CPAP Con full face masks are not fun but not as bad as I feared.
Good morning everyone 😎
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 days ago
HELL YES!! Love to hear this! May you and your CPAP have many happy sleeps together!
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 days ago
How would it work if you sleep on your stomach with your head to the side?
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 days ago
You can get special pillows but I dunno. I did wonder that because I am a sometimes tomach sleeper but mostly was getting my head around side sleeping last night
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Never seen feet move more quickly lol.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Ha. Must get home to set up fastwalk
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Enjoy your new favourite relationship 😋
Eagle@aussie.zone 2 days ago
School holiday fun!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Get ps+ it’s absolutely worth it!
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Oooh how exciting!! Whatcha planning on playing on it?!
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 days ago
why the fuck is it only thursday
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I had a dream I’d slept through Thursday and woke up Friday morning. Was very sad when I woke up and it was Thursday.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
travel non drama, best thing I did was buy extra baggage before the flight, it cost hardly anything, stress instantly gone
so the thought occurred, why the fuck didn’t I do this all those other times I travelled or the fam travelled
Because I wasn’t the one doing the booking and organising. We’re not poor, we could easily pay, so why the drama and anxiety of worrying about being a few kilos over? Because it was all about the drama. 🤨
SituationCake@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Im so sorry. I feel this too. I was always barked at sarcastically whenever I wanted anything for myself that would be nicer or make things easier, told ‘thats stupid’ or ‘it’s a waste’. Yet, this didn’t apply to my mother, she always had the nice things she wanted. If you tell this kind of story to a normal person, they think you’re being dramatic. But unless you’ve lived it, as a child you are constantly ground down every day, until you have no self worth, it won’t make sense.
So I’m grateful you share your stories, because it makes the world make sense. Makes me feel less alone in my experiences. And hooray for extra luggage, and finding little wins to escape the consequences of the drama.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Thank you so much and hugs back.
Sometimes i worry that some of my stories are not nice , but I do try to show what is going on, why, and how to overcome situations , so the stories aren’t just making more drama
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 day ago
-But unless you’ve lived it, as a child you are constantly ground down every day, until you have no self worth
Ouch, that really struck a loud chord 🫂
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 day ago
It’s similar with me but not with luggage, the hill I fought everyone on was about food. When I book a holiday I expect to eat out for pretty much every single meal, I anticipate and expect to be spending extra money on it and I budget for that extra in the holiday. When I holiday I am really looking to go exploring and experience food in a different place lol. Otherwise I get stuck in these self catering nightmares where it’s just relocating home base and cooking dinner and lunches the whole time and that’s no damn holiday for me. I’m dead clear on it when discussing the holiday initially, but there’s always been a blow up because someone wants a “home cooked meal” and I’m like “well go home then.” When I was younger and used to go camping, that’s different. Now I’m older I want my little luxuries damn it!
tone212_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I’m a chronic overpacker so I need generous baggage allowances. For my last trip I had 32kg! And you better believe I used it, I don’t let precious allowance go to waste. Left some spare kg’s on the way there and new purchases filled up the rest.
I also found this nifty gadget on Amazon to weigh your bag by trying a strap around the handle and lifting, so I know exactly the weight before going to the airport. Honestly it is a game changer.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 day ago
The older I’ve gotten the more it’s worth it to have that peace of mind to save time and stress. It was always about being stingy with my parents (for diabolical reasons I did not find out until my late teens) and much of my extended family but I have to ask if the arguments, anxiety, etc. were worth the money saved. It’s meant to be a holiday.
I make it a policy now to have enough luggage for the reasons you mentioned, and also book flights at reasonable times - no more red-eyes to save money and throw off my sleep cycle.
Welcome back btw 🤗
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
hugs back 🤗
so sorry your parents made holidays difficult when they needn’t have been
and totes agree on making holidays stress free,
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 days ago
That’s so cute!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
that’s cool 😊
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Hopefully Miss Meow will agree, she is still napping on the couch and hasn’t been in to see it yet.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I got put in Reddit jail hehe
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Obviously you are doing something terrible.
I’ve just made someone delete their entire Reddit account, got someone else to delete a post and leave a Facebook group, and gotten into some pointless arguments with people over what day chores are done and been downvoted for saying sourdough is sour. It’s wild out there.
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 days ago
It’s all a bit silly out in the cesspool.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
What did you do this time?
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Those people at r/pasta are insufferable. I called a persons mother a “ hor d’ oeuvres” haha
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Someone’s been naughty.
Into the corner you go.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I survived work and returned my library books. I can chill for the evening
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Mission accomplished
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Fire alarm. FFS.
I’m going back to bed 😠
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
It’s nice to sleep with my own pillow and blankets again. 🤗
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Welcome back!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Thank you. 😘
Later I will post pics of NZ and of my hauls.
I am anxious to go visit my own little beach and see how it is. It’s a small beach and more ‘personal’ because no one else ever seems to be there. 😊
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Welcome back! I hope it was a lovely sleep. Look forward to hearing about how you beach is looking!
Duenan@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Clocking out for tonight to be happy with myself since I can’t even share it.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
hugs
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Very cool
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
thanks, it’s my first shark tooth ever 🦈
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Thank you Before Holiday Seagoon for making the house clean and having a really well up office/desk to come back to
Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Hey fellow Lemmylings(?). Last week I did Run Melbourne and managed to cut open my foot whilst running (not sure how), limiting my ability to walk. Thing is, I was going to propose to my partner on Saturday and was going to do it during a hike to one of our favourite places.
Given I can’t walk, that’s not all that doable anymore. Annoyingly I’ve booked various other things around the engagement.
Any ideas for proposals that wouldn’t require significant walking? We don’t have our own transport, but are willing to Uber if need be. Thanks everyone!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 days ago
more bff stuff
I’ve been conversing with someone on there for about a week and I don’t think this person is it. He is autistic so ends up taking things literally, and I do too sometimes, but everything I write, even with added laughing emojis, he just doesn’t get? I told him how the ladies at work talk about each other behind their backs and I find it funny how seriously they take it, and he’s just like, “Be careful, you can’t trust anyone these days.” Or I talk about catching up with friends or going overseas at some point in my life when I have a stable income, and he says, “It’s tough to catch up with friends because everyone has their own lives,” or “Doing stuff alone is great but it can get lonely,” or “Travelling sounds cool but it’s really expensive.” Always a negative. Yes these things are true. I know not everyone can travel, or find time to have a social life or enjoys doing stuff alone. Sometimes when I’m alone, I feel lonely too. But the constant negativity is so draining. Now I really know what my family experiences with me. It just screams that he has some sort of learned helplessness going on, and as someone who has gone through enough wake-up calls to move past that, I just don’t know if I can deal with that. The kicker is when he asked me how organising a meetup is going and I told him a few people have ghosted. He starts telling me how he got ghosted on dating apps and how he got picked on in school which ruined him to a degree. Mate, you graduated from school like seven years ago. You need some serious therapy. I know the company he works for has a prolific EAP and so gave him a little nudge towards that. The company clearly isn’t doing enough to put it out there. Part of me wants to invite this person to a group hang so he is included in something. It’s always nice to feel included and valued by other people. But I don’t know what it is about young men on these kinds of apps having to offload their negative experiences to whoever will hear it. I’ve noticed a pattern where guys who have mates don’t talk to their mates about their feelings, and confide in the women in their lives about emotional stuff instead. I wish that would change. But society. How about billboards encouraging people to talk to their mates? We need to normalise this shit. Other conversations on the app have been a lot more light-hearted and to do with shared interests, so that’s looking a bit more promising.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Happy World Emoji Day 🙂❤️
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Everyone wants their shit done asap. Get utterly fucked. I barely have enough in my team to do our own stuff.
Grrr.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Spent a few hours in the garden today, mainly weeding and clearing up, and the thing that really surprised me was how dry the ground is. Thought with the rain we’ve been having it would be nicely moisturised, but no. This also explains why a fair few of the plants out there are kinda sad. A watering system is now on the to-do list
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Today’s…challenging
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I’m a bit worried about a black spot on the tip of Melbcat’s nose.
spoiler
It started tiny with regular use of a steroidal asthma puffer in a spacer that went over her muzzle (the traces of medication weren’t wiped off her face after). So I thought it was just a kitty pimple. But it’s grown over the years and looks a little like a scab? For ages I thought it was just a crusty booger because she doesn’t let me clean her face but suddenly I’m not so sure 😞
bacon@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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The early morning ride to work was about 3 minutes faster than usual. I feel like I can chalk that up to less traffic so less time at lights.
Maybe I should try these super early starts more often.
Nath@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Only about half an hour left to vote in:
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StudChud@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Been really depressed lately, not helped by the hormonal hurricane I’m in with this period 💀 been trying to keep my head up, but I think I’m feeling the effect of not having a scheduled patch appt lined up.
My sleep cycle is a bit messed up, and I’m constantly drowsy. I feel like a big ball of whinge and woe-is-me.
On a positive note, I’ve applied for some jobs which I’m hopeful I’ll get interviews for, and I’ve been playing cult of the lamb and am very happy with the DLC content! It’s entirely worth it to me, and isn’t just “here’s some new clothes and follower forms, bitch” - there’s more interactions with the bishops and much more endgame content.
Mickey has also been very cuddly.
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 day ago
So many hugs.
sometimes I feel modern life is we are running twice as fast to just stay in the same place, it’s nearly impossible not to feel anxious and depressed
just keep doing the right things 😘