Made it down the beach for some alone time… setting up the complaint jar down here too. So far so good:
Discussion Thread 🪿 Wednesday 17 June 2026
Submitted 4 days ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I don’t understand it. I am so grateful to the Seagoons, time is precious, and that they would choose to spend time with me, to help me, makes me teary.
Compare to my MIL, who after I worked hard to clean her house, to cook, to look after her, she would nit pick and even outright lie . She would lie and lie about how my cooking is inedible. And she calls other people to say how horrible I am.
It’s not complaining, it’s abuse
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Your MIL doesn’t seem very nice.
For my ol’ girl it’s just a series of unfortunate medical things that had a go at her mind so can’t blame her.
For the cooking (I’ve been blamed a lot too which I’m sick of) have to remind her she taught me. Usually ends the complaint lol.
That’s 30 cents in the jar right there.
Just complained. Fairs fair may as well kick it off.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 days ago
😂
Complaints here get laughed at.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I think there is complaining out of habit and complaining as abuse.
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 days ago
the kodi build gets ever swankier mwahahah moustache twirl
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Dish!
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Ok, so using Achillespunk’s Bingie Mod. Gives you the netflix look, but without the system load of bingie titan. Also still supported.
Once Kodi was up and running and had inhaled all my suitably named symlinks and been skinned, then I started with custom “Hubs”. We have Movies and Shows by default. I’ve added TV, which includes IPTV streams from all the free to air aussie channels, plus SBS, iView, and AFL/ Cricket for His Lordship. There is also another hub for Documentaries.
Then came the hard work. Filtering the IPV channels so they displayed in their own hub in a sensical manner and you could navigate them freely. Submenu shortcuts to commonly used things. Set the spotlight to rage because fuckit, why not. THEN I had to customise the documentaries one so it showed both movies and the tv shows but only from the documentary path. Then I worked out how to get the “Continue watching” “Recommended for you” “recently added,” “Spotlight” fancy pants displays going as well including both movies AND shows. THEN I had to make sure the documentaries were all excluded from the normal TV / Movie sections.
This I have done.
I also installed Flirc because we use a couple. They’re awesome.
This is the base build. I’ve been playing with that arseload of embedded PCs I got for free, so built a master running on Mint (I did give libreelec a burl, but I don’t like no underlying OS shell), wrote a script so you can change the username and system name and I’m just cloning the drives. One for the brewery that His Lordship can customise further with his podcasts and music, one for the bedroom that will pretty much be as is, and then I need to clone to another SSD for the full blown PC in the loungeroom and test migrating my RetroArch setup.
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 days ago
So cool how the top colour changes when the base colour is different.
Title
I have more to experiment with, but I’ll leave that to another day so as to not mess up my nails with acetone too much lol I have nail oil but I can’t be bothered doing that all again haha
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
love the colours 🙂
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Same! I’m like a magpie when it comes to nail polish lol I just want to collect all the colours and eat them or something. That Lips Tulips polish is so lush 😍
I reckon the Cinna-Snap + Lips Tulips + a gold tip would look so classy in a gaudy way (which I love).
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 days ago
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 days ago
A friend bought me a small bottle of the black from Japan for my fountain. It’s lovely ink.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Milligram’s got a sale on. Those were both 20 each.
If you wanted more of the black, this would be a good time
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
i need to know more
right now I’m using art spectrum inks, they have a tiny amount of acrylic in them and they are soo smooth
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Milligram’s got a sale on from now until Monday, selling Pilot Iroshizuku ink for about half what it normally costs. $20 bucks a bottle for each of those.
The Iroshizuku range is meant for fountain pens, so I don’t know exactly how it would go for brush calligraphy (which I know is your thing) or dip pen use, but it’s very nice fountain pen ink with a heap of interesting colour options. I normally can’t afford to splurge on it as much as I’d like to
I’ve picked a bright peacock-ish blue and a “winter persimmon” red-toned orange. My daily driver is a very dark green from another brand, so I feel like the three contrast well
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I want to complain about something but I’ve painted myself into a corner.
I didn’t realise how fiscally precarious the complaining jar is.
I need to go out find some more monies and a new jar.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 days ago
If you complain and no one hear it, is it really a complaint?
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 days ago
That’s a good question!
It should be an honour system 🙃
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Can’t believe I’m late to work today because I was talking about Terminator 2 with the kids
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 days ago
A justified reason by any measure.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Out of nowhere one of them started talking about a part from the movie they hadn’t mentioned before. It’s been alsmost two weeks and it feels like they remember the whole thing
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 days ago
My boyo introduced me to his favourite book series, which may have backfired for him sometimes when he’s going to sleep and I’m all “wasn’t it cool when that character did that?”, “I can’t believe that character did that!!” or start up with theories of what’s going to happen.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Our conversations aren’t quite at that level yet. I have to be able to infer when one of my kids says, “Why’d he say, ‘ahhh’?” that they’re thinking about the part where the T-1000 kicks the helicopter pilot out whilst the helicopter is still in the air. I need to remember helicopters were mentioned in passing recently and extrapolate from there
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 days ago
The job search is disheartening. My casual retail job will not guarantee any shifts so I’m left with inconsistent work. Meanwhile, in my field of work, I am not even being considered for jobs as a paraprofessional, because not enough experience or because I will be graduating soon. Even jobs after graduation are looking dire, unless I am willing to move far away.
Then to add to the mix, I don’t know if this is what I want to do, but it’s probably too late to study something else, plus I need a break from uni.
I’m sure in a year’s time, I will wonder what I was worried about. I just want to be on a good path.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I’ve found going for sheer volume and trying to find decent recruiters is the best way to get a job. It all absolutely sucks and I hope you find something soon
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Cheers :)
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Moving far away was the best decision I ever made. Don’t hesitate if you get offers.
Also, happy cake day. 😘🎂
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Thanks Seagoon :)
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I have cleaned my flat and been to the dentist. I deserve these pancakes
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Be sure to have sugar in some form as a topping on the pancakes. We need to keep our dentists employed and off the streets. There’s no telling what mischief they could get up to if left unoccupied.
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Maple syrup and maple-pecan butter, check
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
6 am, been awake since 3.30
hands ache, they got cold last night
breakfasts have been had, heater is on
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Cats. 😠
No. Breakfast is not at 4 am
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Especially not when 1am was vomit o’clock
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 days ago
My partner has cats that spew a lot, a lot more than my dog. Are cats spewey?
bacon@aussie.zone 3 days ago
🐟
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
it’s lovely out there, i should beach
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 days ago
It really is beautiful, hope you have some lovely beach time!
bacon@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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Had a Portello Sour from Venom Brewing. It even has the pink bubbles like the real thing
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Had a weird conversation on the train on the way home. Lady was telling me there’s murders everyday . I was like, 😐. I asked, Here in Melbourne or the whole of Australia. Who and where. Is it criminal on criminal, is it gang violence. She had no idea only that she hears the news on the radio everyday.
I’m not into the news everyday but this sounds like right wing scare mongering.
Has anyone else heard this?
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 days ago
only that she hears the news on the radio everyday
There’s the reason.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
yup, scare mongering
Alamutjones@aussie.zone 3 days ago
there is a cramp in the sole of my left foot. I don’t know why that specific bit of my person is problematic?
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Looking out on my clean, mowed, weeded and tidied front garden is so good. That is one less stress and worth every penny.
( I don’t like an unkempt front yard, it’s not fair for the neighbours either )
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 days ago
I’m envious, mine is looking quite tatty at the moment. It’s hard at this time of year to get a patch of weather that is dry enough to mow - although at least once I do the next cut it should not need another for ages because it’s not growing much now.
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 days ago
today's nail colour
Left hand:
- 1x coat of 393 Cinna-Snap
- 1x coat of 255 Lips Tulips
Right hand:
- 2x coats of 460 Travelling Light
- 1 coat (and a couple of touch ups) of 450 Reflection Pool
I will be removing the colours from my right hand, and using different base colour coats with the 255, to see if it changes the colour. I love colour theory.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 days ago
The SHIIIIIIINE!!! They look awesome! I love how you layer for extra depth, it’s so awesome!!
My nails are bare and I’m already thinking of what I’ll do to them tomorrow night. I actually should show you the junk journal page I did last night (it’s nothing exciting but did make me think of you cause it’s nail polish themed)
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 days ago
YESSS SHOW MEEEEEEEE
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Gorgeous blue
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 days ago
it’s my fav tbh. It’s so pretty!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
It’s fun doing nails.
Yours look awesome, so bright and cheerful in this grey city, just what we need. 🥰
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Haha! Yess! I like colour so much, and having different colours on my nails brings me joy. It seems to make others happy too! 😁
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Burst into tears after applying for 3 call centre jobs. I can’t keep being unemployed and no one else is giving me the time of day. Job provider is essentially useless, they haven’t put me forward for anything as far as I know. I wish it was all different, but it feels like no matter what I do nothing changes. And I’ll end up in a call centre again, and I won’t make it out alive this time. There’s no other options anymore. Everything costs so much and I’m nothing.
It’s hard not to think that there’s something fundamentally wrong with me.
I’m tired, boss.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 days ago
Why only call centres? If you’re looking for work that doesn’t require any particular qualification, there are heaps of options. Retail, hospitality, admin, data entry, reception, etc. The process of job hunting is always shit. But hopefully you can find something that is at least in a different industry, so you don’t start out with the past bad experiences on your mind? Sending lucky vibes your way.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
I don’t get any responses from other industries tbh. I have applied for retail and warehouse pick packers, but yeah, just silence. No call backs or emails or anything. I have had two or three interviews in the animal industry, but the only industry who seems to want me is call centres - because I have a decade of experience I guess.
I’m just feeling so hopeless rn. I know it will get better, but right now it feels like I’ve wasted so much time.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 days ago
It’s not you, finding a job absolutely sucks. Everyone thinks so backwards when it comes to hiring. You need to fit in a box, but not too much, having too few skills is bad, but having too diverse a skill set is confusing.
You’ll find something and it won’t completely suck soon
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
thank you, I really appreciate your kind words 🙏
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 days ago
With great respect, FUCK NO, you are not the problem here, my dear 💜 I don’t want to get into the rant that’s brewing in my mind, just sending you love and hugs!
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Thank you 🥹💜
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 days ago
so many hugs
You are something wonderful and not the problem
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Thank you 💜💜💜
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Oh Spud! Doubt I have relevant advice, but you can bend ears if you wish. Much 🖤