Discussion Thread ⏰ Thursday 4 December 2025
Submitted 1 day ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 13 hours ago
wonderful
so jelly, there are no waves like that where I go, just wide sand flats and a gentle yet relentless tide
Taleya@aussie.zone 13 hours ago
Mother fucking SCORE
Caught ol mister Bill Posters and his mate sitting in their van across the road waiting for me to to go back inside after taking the bins out so they could dash out and plaster the derelict lot. While they’re a-noodling upon their phones suddenly a Wild Leya appears at the driver’s side window.
“ey…you got any Pulp posters?”
“JESUS CHRIST um yes? I think so?” and lo. Both myself and a fellow fan now have mint double-wide marquees for the 2026 tour. He’s shitting his pants right now.
Pilk@aussie.zone 13 hours ago
Bill Posters is a great dude. Yet more evidence of his innocence.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
COOL 👍
SituationCake@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Tis the season of feeling bad about myself. Have the first functions of the season this weekend, and I know I’ll be hearing about everyone’s great achievements, new jobs, holidays, houses, family updates etc. And as always I have nothing to say, and feel like the rooms most boring looser. I know it shouldn’t matter but Christmas always make me feel extra lonely, and because it’s at the end of the year I feel like it’s another year gone and I’ve done nothing. Sorry for the bah humbug.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 7 hours ago
I understand how you feel 🫂
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
I feel the same because the things I have done are things most people don’t care about or think are worth bragging about, I don’t care because I don’t measure myself against them using their yardstick, I use my own
being a good kind person doing small things on a daily basis is a feat in itself and something worthy being happy about
and in this historic time not being awful is something good 👍
SituationCake@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
You always have wise words to say. Thankyou.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
I know it sucks, especially if you’ve had challenges or barriers that others haven’t. But don’t worry about keeping up with the Jones and all the rat race shit. You may find that behind a lot of flashy things lies a lot of stress and hidden debt.
Don’t compare your life to other’s highlights reels. Don’t let unequal outcomes affect your self esteem.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
The challenges part is very real. I need to remind myself of this.
Catfish@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
Bah the Many Bugs. We don’t Christmas, and really only Solstice in a very private way.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 12 hours ago
I like your style
Catfish@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Apparently this our 10 year moving in anniversary. Nobody is dead! (Well the original cats are but we still have them in plant form) that took an odd turn, sorry
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
🥂🍾😘😘😘
Catfish@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Thanks! He won’t be home til super late so no grand dinner.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Solitary BLT on the beach for dins after the sunset swim tonight for me. Can’t wait. Can hear the waves in the background so w/ a bit of luck some wave piccys.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
End of work week shower is up there with the best of showers. Among that title is also post hike shower and fresh sheets shower. Anyone have one to add to the podium?
SituationCake@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Showering in a freshly cleaned shower, shower.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Foreplay shower before clean sheets intimacy.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
Hot day shower.
Catfish@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Also, first shower after full week camping event that involves armour
Catfish@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Damn hot shower that makes my neck crack!
tone212_@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
After sweaty exercise shower is always amazing. Also after chlorine pool shower (which I’m about to have). Chlorine is gross.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
A shower on a hot day and going outside to dry off.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 14 hours ago
bought half a doz mangos and make some mango and coconut milk icecreams, added a little vanilla and sugar for taste , they are intense as the mangos were quite ripe
should be ready tomorrow 🤤
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 21 hours ago
I keep putting off cleaning the windows because it’s a big job I don’t feel like spending the time on. But one of the windows has been getting extra manky, so today I cleaned just that one. The room looks so much better now. Miss Meow loves her window hammock but she does create quite a lot of mess around it.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
I don’t clean mine because otherwise birds brain themselves on the glass.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
had two birds in 2 weeks hit my window
I think I will put some stickers up
Catfish@aussie.zone 20 hours ago
A couple of window stickers might help this. I just ordered an awesome baphomet suncatcher
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 21 hours ago
Tempted to try this this year. burned through so much paper toweling last year felt a bit criminal.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 hours ago
I have a good squeegie for the outside which is pretty quick and easy. But there is not much outside to do, here. The windows swing inwards to open and have fly screens which are not designed to be removed easily, so you have to clean the outside of the window from the inside. So there are only 4 half-windows and a couple of sliding doors that can be done from the outside.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
3 of my 5 pairs of work trousers have arrived. It may be a week’s worth of trousers, but can be easily stretched out to two weeks if you wear them twice. When you have five identical pairs, who knows if you’re wearing a new pair or not?
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
Hahaha a Kdrama I watched recently featured a guy who was soooo amazingly popular and hard working that he owned ten sets of the same suit so he could think about work instead of clothes. Well, thats what all the girls thought, but it turned out he was a tight ass and only had one suit.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Now that Spotify Wrapped is out, may I plug last.fm
Better stats, less funky UI, and you can delete artists too if someone’s been sharing your account
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 day ago
I restart my work computer every time it prompts me to, which feels like every day now. Not once has the computer bricked itself. This is not the Windows 11 I was promised
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 19 hours ago
I want to take this opportunity to say a fucking mastodonic fuck you to Windows fucking 11.
Fuck you Microsoft you absolute piece if shit.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 13 hours ago
I think my computer has a bug now where if you click on the time it skips the calendar and brings up your notifications instead.
I also heard the start menu is coded in a really resource intensive way so sometimes I open task manager and keep tapping the Windows button just to watch the CPU usage go up
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
I’m going for a swim
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Been reading some of the stories that have surfaced about Greg Lynn and while I’m staying very aware of sensationalism… yikes.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Yes. Abusive men basically had a free pass back then and things haven’t changed enough
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Not great. 😔
and also an indictment on how people respond to dangerous people
Gift of Fear en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_of_Fear archive.org/details/giftoffearsurviv00debe_0
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
spoiler
I am a little annoyed. My last assignment was due on the 24th. I unfortunately am an idiot and ended up submitting it on the 2nd. Results for the subject were also due on the 24th, so my mark has been put in as a fail grade, and I have to attend a hearing to see if I’m allowed to stay in my course. However, there are two caveats here. - The results policy says they take 5% of marks off for every WORKING day over due date and time so if we count the working days, it should be 25% off the grade, or 30% if they count the day I submitted, if it’s before the due time. - It also says that the assignment will not be marked if it’s over 10 or more working days over due. I have emailed the subject coordinator, because if my last assignment got 70%, and this one was probably about the same standard if not higher, I should still have enough marks to pass the subject. The subject coordinator has not replied. I think they are on holidays now. I wonder if something can be done or if I have to fail because of this. Based on the policy, I should still be able to get it marked. Unless there is a line here saying that if it was submitted after results release, I can’t get my assignment graded.
Catfish@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Don’t know if it will apply, a million years ago I got a “automatic 50% unmarked submitted too late”
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Automatic 50% passing grade? Or 50% deducted?
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
I failed digital programing 2 in 98 doing that. Late assignments are one thing. The end of subject and result submission are another. The subject has a deadline, without a prior extension I expect you’ll be stuck with it. It sucked for me.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Oh no :( how did that change the trajectory of things for you?
I’m still going to write in my submission to the hearing about their policy and see what happens. I didn’t work on that assignment for nothing.
Eagle@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Why, yes. 32 degrees is perfect weather for making Christmas puddings.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
I feel like the official Xmas pud should be changed to choc ripple cake or tiramisu. Or the classic Pav.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
I keep vacuuming the little rug, it has so much sand and dust 😐
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Hang it and beat it?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
I was thinking of that
Catfish@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
Hang, beat, wool wash then power spray.
(Applicable elsewhere)
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
On a super duper positive note, the other day I remembered a traditional Mandarin phrase and could write it a few days after reading because I knew the components ( syllables ) so well. ( am going to do some calligraphy for a friend for xmas , so am studying )
The skillz are stillz in my 🧠🤓
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Just checking RAM prices. Holy shit when did that happen.
Bought my 64gb for like $300 not too long ago. Now it’s $1300 which is what this whole rig cost lol.
Got lucky with that one.
Catfish@aussie.zone 23 hours ago
The inevitable has happened. LittleOne rolling around on the stairs like a derp and fell through the lack of back. Doubt he’ll learn from it.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 23 hours ago
Studspud, you have been warned of what may await you in your future profession.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Big Feelings
I’m tired. Tired of applying for so many jobs and getting no response. Tired of being passed over. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong because no one has given any constructive feedback - either I’m ghosted or told it was basically down to a dice roll - so how do I improve? How can I not take it personally? How can I not think it’s something to do with me? Yes I can volunteer, but I also am a slave to our techno-neo-capitalist society and need to have employment too. I’m just upset and rambling I’m sorry, and it’s late and I’m so so deflated and flat, but my god this fucking hurts.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 16 hours ago
It’s amazing how much more human I feel after that
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 23 hours ago
cbfs so very very strong today
I’ll make a to do list
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Coffee coffee coffee. Iced
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 day ago
calhoon2005@aussie.zone 1 day ago
shirro@aussie.zone 22 hours ago
Is there any reasonably cheap and fun family stuff (around tween age) to do around Melbourne CBD over the weekend that might not show up on searches? Visiting from the sticks so the bar isn’t all that high for something to be interesting. Any franchise/activity I can do in Adelaide is automatically disqualified.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Ugh… I was feeling very tired after the vet yesterday and regrettably took a nap. I’m on the night shift now.
Melbcat got some buttered cracker pieces as a treat, has received all of her night medication, and is grumpily loafed up on my pillow. The vets didn’t want to give more antibiotics so she has to finish these ones and get a recheck before they’ll think about prescribing more. Next week she goes to the dermatologist.
spoiler
The lesions on her face are growing more slowly with the cream but they are growing back, and there hasn’t been the immune response that would make me feel confident the Aldara is working.
I’m looking through the secondhand art books to see which would be useful to me but am very tired. I sketched an idea yesterday or the night before from shapes but need to find a reference.
Maybe I’ll just rest and watch a movie on my phone.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
Power has been out all day, boo.
I took a month off calorie counting and still lost 3kg, woo.
Job hunting goes poorly, boo.
I think I’ve got a girlfriend, we’ve known each other as friends for 25 years and reconnected recently, woo.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
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SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
My first tailored meme.
StudChud@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
I love your memes
StudChud@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
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anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 18 hours ago
🥰 re girlfriend. Nice when it’s someone you already know, too
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
There’s a whole level of trust already established which is nice.
I have no unique diet advice. I’m back to counting calories cos it’s what’s been working and I’ve got more to work on. My goal is to be kinder to my hips and knees.
Eagle@aussie.zone 17 hours ago
Celebrate the small wins 🏆
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
Nicely done on the weight loss and the gf!! Boyo and I had known each other for 7 years pre dating, it was nice to not worry about a lot of the early on getting-to-know-you things.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 15 hours ago
It was nice to see you mention a partner recently too - squee. Prefriends seems to be the way I date anyway.