The triplets eating lunch with the big bad wolf (not pictured) circling their flimsy wire house. Just kidding. He’s busy chasing birds.
Ps. Guinea pig sex is not something I wanted to watch on my coffee break.
Discussion Thread ☕ Tuesday 16 December 2025
Submitted 3 weeks ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Did you do a David Attenborough style commentary to accompany the sight?
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
More a Steve Irwin. “C’mon boys. Not on me smoko please”.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Guinea pig sex
lol, told ya.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
You did indeed! I’ve lived a sheltered life up until now.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
They’re very cute though!! Especially the one on the left! I thought you mentioned they were all boys? Or do guinea pigs just hump any other guinea pig?
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Guinea pigs will hump. Humping can be sexual, but it can also be a dominance thing too
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
The one on the left is the root rat.
Everything Spud said.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
They look like rockstars
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
it’s hilarious. The gyrating. The rowling. It’s like something out of an 80’s porno.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I’m still shaken by the Bondi massacre. Some humans such pieces of sh1t. Not only the ones that did the attacking, but some of the rhetoric flying about is also revolting.
tone212_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Same, I’ve had to limit my exposure to the news and online commentary because it was really affecting me yesterday.
duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I did this some time ago - I have a very heavily filtered Mastodon feed, and a carefully curated RSS feed - both mostly around tech news, and as little to do with LLMs as possible.
Don’t regret this for a minute from a mental health perspective, especially when something happens like this.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
same and hugs,
I can’t think about it too much or I get triggered/flashbacks to incident earlier this year
it must be like this for so many people
Baku@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
bondi
Yeah it was for me too. I ended up deleting the ABC app because I was compulsively checking it every 20 or so minutes for most of yesterday. They showed photos of the victims (taken before it happened) and that broke me. I just couldn’t deal with it and broke down. I’ve still checked the website too many times today, but I’m slightly more composed than yesterday.
I just wanted to drop in and make sure everybody was holding up okay, or i guess better than I was. Hugs, not that that feels very helpful at the moment, at least not to me :/
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
For everyone still awake, have a pic of Mickey in the blanket fort I made him (with help from a resident chair)
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
aw, sleepy boy 😽
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
The new relationship continues. We spent the night discussing what we were bringing to a party this weekend.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Julie Andrews, Pride and Prejudice and delicious ravioli
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
sounds like a nice night
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
When I grow up I am gonna be the sort of person that replaces the soda stream bottle before the backup also runs out.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I hate that sticker advertising so fucking much. It makes tags look like fine art.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I’m ambivalent. Better that than the nazi shit I see around.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I’ve seen these too and have been somewhat tempted to check out the website. I’ve always wondered how this sort of advertising in the physical world for a digital product might go
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
This is one of the best marketing campaigns I’ve ever seen lol. It’s definitely targeted at a particular market segment.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
that person has experience with people who do not pay
I do not blame them one bit
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I’ve seen these everywhere and it kind of reminds me of the single guy from Adelaide ads
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
It’s vindicating to sit in on a meeting with people telling the team to pretty much do the thing I’ve been saying.
A supplier has had a whirlwind of a time selling a product we’ve been struggling to sell, and they’ve been doing it in a way I’ve said we should approach things. This place can be a little backwards in some respects, so it’s great to hear from outsiders they’re having success in the ways I’ve been saying we should move for a while.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I have a psych session today and I don’t know what to talk about. I feel like I’m wasting my money. But I’m not super satisfied with my life right now, so something must be going on still. We shall see.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Maybe it isn’t you.
Maybe other people are making your life harder than it could be.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
That’s what my psych thinks. Also my neurotype. We ended up doing a formulation today and we talked about how common strategies to help mental health problems might not work for me because of my environment.
And my environment isn’t even bad.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I’ve had the same thing before but have found pretty quickly that my psych is quickly able to pick up something that might be bothering me or is able to lead a discussion into something I didn’t realise I wanted to talk about that day.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Wow I wish I was that good at asking questions!!
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I was already booked in but time to go donate some O+ to the cause. Need a shower first, I hated treating manky bodies as a therapist and I’m currently manky.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Morning has broken. I may have dropped it
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Superglue?
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
gees today I feel and look tired and old 🫠
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Melbcat was denied the outside all morning while I got sleep, then was granted a short time before coming back in for bathroom and visitor.
I’ve also resoaked the big window with vinegar and done an initial scrub and wipe. The mould reached the curtains too… I don’t want to get spores in my machine by washing them, and new ones are expensive.
Wondering if I also need to wipe down the back of the blinds.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
EPIC - 15 days of free games for xmas with today’s being Hogwarts Legacy. Fuck Rowling but free is free, bitch aint getting my coin.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Free’s free. I remember one of the first ones I got on was Axiom Verge and that was pretty good. There tends to be a lot of games that feel like ‘epic slop’ to me but you might as well get them.
But then I never play anything because it still ain’t steam
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
They’re giving away RdR2 on NYD.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
time for some xmas shopping, will do it while the weather is mild
then back home to do my UnKAOS, dinner is already cooked, green curry,
and have some sewing and will water tomato plants
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
good night everyone
sweet dreams 😽
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I was planning to mow the grass today, but one of my darling pets threw up on the bedroom carpet so I ended up steam cleaning the bedroom instead (I could have just done a spot clean, but figured the whole room was due anyway). I even took the rugs outside to shake as much dog hair out of them as possible. Now I just need to clean the windows.
tone212_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Coffee’s not doing the trick this morning. My new alarm clock is the power company setting up roadworks signs right in front of my place, they’re replacing power lines around the corner. Who knew setting up those signs required extensive banging. Yesterday it was the council ripping up some of the footpath at 7am. There’s some kind of construction blitz going on right now, I just want to sleeeeep.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Gotta wait for the end - but I WANT THAT T SHIRT!
bacon@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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Tuesday mornings are extra hard to get going. I need some coffee. Or chocolate. Or both.
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Mocha?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I read a book about the Australian artist Sidney Nolan.
The Ned Kelly and the Burke and Wills is good, otherwise I don’t like it much.
One reason I don’t like it is that it plays into the myth that the Australian spirit is in the bush and outback.
( Counihan was a prolific contemporary of Nolan and pictured Australians where they lived, in the cities, yet barely anyone knows of him )
Would I have some Nolan hanging up, no.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
awake crew
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Child support rant:
It has been determined that I have to pay my ex child support even though we live together, I’m on record with Centrelink as paying for all household expenses and the children spend 7 nights a week in my part of the house🤦🏼♀️. We technically classify as Separated Under One Roof, so we are co-parenting whilst separated but still living together. It’s increasingly common where both parties to a separation lack the financial means to move out of the family home or want to minimise any negative impact on the children (in our case, both). There’s no formal custody agreement because we just sort stuff out based on which parent is available to do it. I haven’t even been officially informed yet, he got his letter first. I’ll be disputing it. Even he thinks it is a dumb decision. He knows he’s got a good deal as it is… I pay for everything because I’m working and he’s not, including his car insurance, registration and phone bill because you need that stuff in order when you’re running errands with kids. It’s in my interests for him to be able to pick up the kids from school, for example, or I’d have to take time off from work to do it, so there’d be less money coming into the household which would negatively impact everyone. As I said I’ll be disputing it, when they decide to inform me that is! It just feels like a kick in the guts before Christmas, and I feel emotionally winded.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
That’s fucked.
Hey, if you earn under the threshold you might be entitled to a health care card. It gives you discounts on some of your bills. I’d check that out.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
that’s the child support etc
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I assume you have to tell the gummit about the split and child support due to C-link payments? Otherwise I’d advise to just come to an agreement yourselves (twas what my mum and dad did when they split, but tbf neither were on C-link at the time).
Definitely raise a dispute, it might help if you both raise one as well? I’m sorry you’re going through this peeler 💜💜
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
That is weird.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
At least he agrees with you and seems to be willing to accept the change. It would be so much harder if he tried to fight as well and make you pay him
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Oh that is bs. How are you going to pay for everything and then some