I grabbed the essentials at the supermarket and bolted out of there because of these 2 kids, full on screaming. One had climbed to the top of the soft drink aisle shelf and was evading any attempts to get him down. The other had cleared out part of a shelf and ran around to the next aisle and cleared out the other side of the shelf to create a kind of tunnel, through which he also was screaming. One staff member was trying to cajole the kid down off the shelf and he was just laughing and screaming. The other staff all had this painful tight, pinched look on their faces. The noise broke me, and I went to the variety store nearby for a kitchen benchtop storage solution. Came home and made that solution work (looks tidy and organised ✅) and ate half a packet of Butternut Snaps 🤰🏼
Discussion Thread 📚 Saturday 23 August 2025
Submitted 1 month ago by briongloid@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
Comments
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Those poor staff 😬
That’s just a matter of time for one of the children to get injured (and legal issues) but there’s nothing they could really do
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
fucking brats
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Eagle@aussie.zone 1 month ago
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 month ago
She’s pickin’ up good vibrations …
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 1 month ago
She’s giving me the excitations…
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 month ago
A friend invited us over for a lovely beach walk and a feast of a dinner with delicious, heavy things. Now trying to resist the food coma or I’ll be up and pacing at 3am. Word searches and bright coloured pens for some relaxation time.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Nice. 😊
underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Today I played mini golf in the Flinders St ballroom. It was very cool. Super arty mini golf- for one hole, you put on animal tails and use the tail as your golf club. Very fun.
It’s running for another month or so.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That sounds… really interesting!! Thanks, I’ll have to look into it!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Sore throat even after drinking three cups of lemon and ginger tea in a row. I have placement on Monday 😭 I think I’ve been way too stressed lately, and this is my body telling me to slow down and be in the present more.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 1 month ago
You should add honey and spirits to that lemon/ginger tea.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Some whiskey 🫡
Eagle@aussie.zone 1 month ago
My sore throat on Thursday night turned into covid by Friday morning…
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I have a feeling this will be the case for me too :(
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
just rest up
so many hugs
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 month ago
In addition to my normal purchases, I spent a frankly stupid amount on a fountain pen. Not sorry
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Oooh what did you get? I have a Lamy 2000 that I bought during lockdown sads and it makes me happy to use it. And I do use it every day
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Slept pretty well which was nice. Once I’ve finished with the PT it’s time for another nap and a chill night.
Next week is interview central so doing fuck all this weekend. I generally get sick of sitting around not being productive after a couple of days so this works for me.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I learnt a new ascii today. v_@_ It’s a snail.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Oh hell yeah. There really wasn’t a lot on Peertube but now I found out about Invidious en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invidious
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
One thing I figured out with github is you need to look at the Releases tab on the side. You don’t download or fork the repo
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Bro, Gibson looks like our (RIP) cat’s sibling. Can you cuddle her a bit extra for the next while?
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Her little face 😍 goodnight!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
New Deftones album!!!
Sounds fucking mad!!!
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Do you have a favourite? I’ve only listened to the first two singles and departing.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
The song called “I think about you all the time” is my current fave. Such a solid album!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
porridge eaten
it tasted good 😊 had it with oat milk and a little brown sugar
but slept bad/sad, america 😭
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Had a perfectly suburban day today.
Grocery shop and a browse around local shopping centre. People who don’t understand personal space, got hip checked.
Early afternoon gym session, weights and sauna. Felt amazing.
Proper afternoon nap.
Went out for dinner, now keeping my missus awake until our daughter needs a ride home from a party.
tone212_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’m stealing “suburban day” to explain my day to people. My inner city friends wonder about life in the burbs, it’s unremarkable but there’s a peace to it as well.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Please use it and get others to as well.
It’s unremarkable but a zen quality to it.
We make it fun by talking judgemental shit about everyone we see.
I stepped into tarocash AND Peter Jackson today looking for something.
Didn’t find it but the sales staff looked like aspiring real estate agents.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That’s such a good way to put it and honestly how good is a day like that?! Especially nicely done pj the hip checking.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Some bunny was buried in his phone and walked into my hip. Took one look up at me and apologized.
Kept looking over his shoulder when walking away. We stopped and kept looking at him and sipping a coffee. I think he shit his pants.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
content warning: mentions of very sad things that happen in this country
I’ve been too tired to leave my bed today, so I’ve been reading and watching documentaries about teachers’ experiences in all different kinds of schools, including selective schools, where it’s super cut-throat, and remote schools. I need to stop reading stuff online, because it’s making me even more uncertain than I already am. It also makes me a bit upset that there are people earning stacks of cash for doing fuck all, whilst people are saving lives and educating the future generations and are not being as fairly compensated. Going on real estate and looking at the properties in remote NT, I saw a house for sale with what looked to be bloody hand prints on the wall. It was horrifying and I went too far down the rabbithole. Cars and houses being broken into, people getting stabbed, abuse, FASD. But this is people’s everyday reality in some places. It makes me so sad and I wish there was something I could do. The reality is, people feel that way and go to remote places, then experience trauma and leave.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I suggest reading positive stories
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Time to do that :) thanks for the suggestion
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Peanut butter is not fucking green!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
mmm, aflatoxins
Catfish@aussie.zone 1 month ago
More divergent colour vision
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That’s beautiful!!!
bacon@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Too late I got a Hobbiton meal
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’ll have what Force is having, but with extra garlic and a bottle of red wine and some 🐛🐜 (lightly toasted and drizzled with honey) please chef.
bacon@aussie.zone 1 month ago
🍖🧀🥐🧄🍾🍷
🍯
🐜🐛^🔥^
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 1 month ago
v_@_
bacon@aussie.zone 1 month ago
A Chef is never late, nor is Chef early. Chef arrives precisely when Chef means to.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I’m so tired. Been sleeping so much. My body feels really run down
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Hugs
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Hooray just ordered the bits for a new 'puter for a DAW.
Upgrading from an old 2600k lol. That kicked the bucket about a year ago so a good 12 yrs of service. Using a shitty slower (but newer-ish) one since it died. I miss that rig. It became very temperamental, suffered water damage from water cooling mishaps, and spilt wine on it accidentally a few times…
New one will be quick but it won’t have the same battle scars or charm :(
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I have gymed. Now to market. I will be taking requests
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
today at the opshop I bought a 1950s framed silk tapestry of Kyoto, Fuji and the Golden Temple. $5
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Big morning and still a little queasy
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Whenever chef is ready… Ham and cheese croissant please
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 month ago
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Just watched my very first cdrama episode. Oh my, oh my.
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 1 month ago
What genre would you put David Gray in? Comfort pop?
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 month ago
here he is to bless your Saturday
Image
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 1 month ago
10/10 would hug
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 month ago
That is a hell of a look 👀
SituationCake@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Blessings happily accepted. What a cutie.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 month ago
🙌🏼🙂↕️
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I feel blessed.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Mickey’s looking a little impish… what has he done
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Oh hi mini starchy one