Daily Discussion Thread: Sat 16 Sep 2023
Daily Discussion Thread: Sat 16 Sep 2023
Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Hi, pals. Thanks for the lovely welcome yesterday, I’ve missed my crew. Now I need to ask the old person question of: how the flippin flip do I use this thing? Is there an app or browser only? 😵💫
App on Apple - voyager
App on Android - sync
There are others, but these are the most polished
Hiii lemondrop 🌞, welcome. I've just used the web browser the whole time honestly. When I tried the jerboa app it was pretty janky. They made improvements though which I haven't tried because I've just gotten used to the browser version 🤷♂️
Jerboa is still janky, bit gets very slightly less janky every update
I use Jerboa for Android (available on the playstore), or the browser on my phone/pc. I find Jerboa to okay, it's updated often, but is still a bit janky as others have said.
The browser on my phone remembers my login, so that is an option as well.
Edit: also, Jerboa allows spoilers but you have to manually do the code for it, as the button isn't available yet. Whereas the browser versions you can highlight one's text and click the spoiler button to hide it.
I use a browser but I go through wefwef.app.
It’s ok but still lacking features and is a work in progress.
I haven't seen people mention Connect for Android. It's pretty decent! I don't use it on the browser. Try the app!
I use memmy on my iPhone, but it's a work in progress
Last I looked there were at least 7 apps for iPhone in various stages of development, I have settled on Liftoff! for the moment but have Voyager and Avelon as well.
Oof I'm an emotional mess this afternoon. I'm going to go and hide.
Oh Bull. You were on such a high last night because the Storm romped it home. Was it the Jim Beam? Because that shit will fuck you up.
It's the alcohol, you had a depressant. Relax, all is truly well 💜
Ayy join the club.
Good morning to everyone except the guy a few doors down who is running his boat engines.
The ocean is ---> that way
he’s just getting ready for climate change
Little bastard is now asleep on his sheepskin with his little fluffy face resting on the edge that I curl up into a pillow. Is he spoiled?
Very much so.
Speaking of spoiled, peanut butter toast(all smooth and gooey) devoured while basking on a deck chair out the front in the sun.
mmm, peanut butter toast 🤤
Perhaps 'ruined' would be more accurate ... but he is hardly alone in that here in the petiverse of the DT.
Decent effort this week, probably not up to some of your standards though 😅
That's fantastic. I want to know why on Fridays you're not getting around as much?
I played tennis all days except Sunday and Friday (this week). Friday I didn't do much - went for a walk, walked around Aldi & Coles and got back home! In other words, Friday was a rest day because I've been doing too much physical activity recently. I should reduce!
Also should mention that I WFH on Friday so I don't get the steps in to and from the office.
That's an awesome effort! I manage between 4,000 and 6,000 steps on a normal day and my feet are asking me to stop so I have to be content with that. Well done!
That is AWESOOOME ( and far beyond what I do )
Garmin reckons an average active person does about 7,500 a day. Fewer than 10% manage an average above 10,000 per day.
I say you've done an outstanding effort, here.
The meowing/yelling, the meowing/yelling, pretty much since 1 am. I am so tired. Why?
Miss Meow has just demonstrated her hunting prowess by tracking down and overpowering an apple core Mr Woof declined to eat earlier in the day. Who says pets need expensive toys?
Edited to fix a mis-typing in Mr Woof. Calling him Mr Wood is just going to lead to strange thoughts and misunderstandings.
I actually find dating, or the experience of even trying to get a date an incredibly draining and toxic experience, and yet some people apparently enjoy it?
It's liberating to give up and throw in the towel. All of the stress, the pressure and the disappointment is gone.
I like banging my head against a brick wall until I eventually knock the wall down. Does it hurt? Yes. Does it feel awesome when the wall comes down? Also yes.
Replace when the wall comes down with if and that would be a more accurate assessment of the situation for many.
@Gibsonisafluffybutt @wscholermann I used this exact terminology in a message a few days ago to a guy I'd had a couple of good dates with who communicates so sporadically that I have a very hard time believing he's genuine. There's a feeling of exhausted resignation, but I do seem to be willing to bang my head a few more times, just in case the wall does actually crack.
Nothing wrong with giving yourself breathing space.
My morning tea just tried to kill me. Apparently shoving the whole last section into my mouth was not a good idea. The icing on top stuck the whole thing to the roof of my mouth like denture paste, leaving me with a solidly stuck hunk of bread completely out of reach of any chewing. Fortunately after much effort I managed to move it as clawing a mass of bread and icing out of my mouth in the middle of my work break room would have been a touch embarrasing.
Exercises completed. I used to not be able to plank at all, but now I can manage about 30 seconds twice in the session, which is still a bit lame but it's an improvement and I'm getting there, so I'm proud of it! This after taking Minipeelers to Bounce and then wandering around shopping for most of the day. Bought some stuff that amused the kids, like a wiggly rubbery joke banana and a noise making chicken with a red bikini on. Bought some new glassware (where does it go?) and a refillable spice organiser thing so I can get rid of all those little spice packets with pegs on I've got cluttering up a couple of shelves in the kitchen. Also bought Mr Peeler a new dressing gown, as his old one is pushing the boundaries of decency. I'm knackered! Still did a couple of assaults on Mt Washmore, otherwise it becomes too formidable a task. Also played a little basketball with the Elder Minipeeler. Now enjoying a nice cup of tea.
you are the best of us.
Aww you're too kind!
Need to attend the grocery store but I have the disposition of a two year old thanks to heat and sleep, good luck to myself and those around me.
Unlucky in love friend is losing their mind again, and I kind of feel bad because I think it's honestly their fault. I've tried to be nice about how to approach the dating scene differently or maybe having some self reflection, but it's clearly not getting through. They talk to these people for like weeks without a physical date and then completely meltdown when it all breaks down because they thought this person was "the one" in a long line of "the one's". I don't know, I just think they have some issues that they perhaps need to work out or maybe I'm clueless in terms of online dating since I don't do it, all my dates come from friends referrals or people I've met at some group thing.
It's really just a trap to try to get to know people properly for potential romantic relationships online before meeting IRL. Like sure, brief interactions online are nice. But you can't know shit until IRL meeting imo
This reminds me of me. I am never going back to online dating again because it gives so much false hope in my experience. I think all you can do with this person is stick by them and hope that they'll learn their lesson one day. When you have the "love brain" switched on, it's really difficult to think logically. Therapy helps and really noticing how you feel.
I'm always as kind as I can be because I do think that the follies of online dating also play a large part in the issue, especially in terms of exaserbating things. But as a whole I'm beginning to think their personal issues with attachment and self esteem really need to be addressed in a professional setting.
There are specific probs with internet dating and internet communication.
People are quicker to share private information on the internet, this leads to feelings of intimacy at an accelerated pace. It's generally not real. Not seeing facial expressions means no body language feedback , less nuance and leads to less fear of negative feedback, and that leads to greater positive feelings than may be merited by the facts..
iow, bias and difficulty in having reality check.
These aren't personality or emotional problems that need therapy from a psych, it's just a function of internet communication.
So speak very plainly on the net and meet in real life as much as possible.
Shut up wattlebirds! I love them but for goodness sake, does it have to be 5:30ish every morning‽
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Shopping list for Bunnings done. Mulch, rosemary, peppermint and Vietnamese mint. What are the chances I will get just those things and not anything extra?
I really don't like your chances of not coming back with, at a minimum, 3 more items that you didn't know you needed when you walked in the door ...
You neeeed a tin plate echidna 🦔
It's all in the gardening department, use their door and don't browse. Be quick. I got in-n-out with just potting mix the other day.
That's the basic plan. My normal run is some mulch and manure, straight in & out with no deviations. The danger here is the plants. They keep them with all of these other plants I will have to look through to find what I'm after. The temptation will be real.
Heading out for the first time in a really long time and Gibson is looking at me like "where the fuck are you going, and why aren't we playing with my stringy toy?"
Snacks of apology will be accepted when you return
Argh, the anxiety about (possibly) returning to work soon must be hitting - I've not long woken up from a dream when I haven't been well enough to attend school in ages and I don't even remember who my form coordinator is and I don't know what I should do about my HSC exams and...
Please note HSC, which I sat and passed quite respectably in 1984.Hugh Jackman and Debra Furness have separated after 27 years of marriage. This reminds me that I often think the institution of marriage is hopelessly doomed. Maybe marriage wasn't all that and a packet of chips to begin with anyway.
To give you another view:
My parents divorced after 11 years when i was five. They started hooking back up together when i was 16. They moved back in together when i was 22. They remarried a year after I did. This second round has lasted longer than the original.
Romance is farkin' weird and complicated.
Does it have to last forever for it to be good?
There is usually an expectation that marriage is until death do us part. But so often people don't make it that far, even the relationships that are seemingly rock solid. So it's like, why bother get married?
Sometimes I wonder if the expectations of marriage are actually counter productive and add pressure to a relationship which ironically contribute to its failure.
I just don't see the point; after a certain amount of time together a couple is considered de facto, and they have pretty much the same rights (iirc, correct me lol) as a married couple. I'm not religious (apathetic agnostic), our families don't care, we dont and wont have kids... and it costs so damn much to get married, and more to get divorced.
There are so few benefits (imo, for me personally) that I see no point. My partner knows I love him, I know he loves me, we don't need a piece of paper to prove it lol.
The bit of paper can be useful in medical or legal emergencies. It gives you an automatic overrule over other persons if they disagree with your choices. De facto isn’t a thing everywhere, and arguing it can take time that might matter. That being said, I still need to find my Recognised Relationship form and file the thing. Just incase I’m incapacitated and some moron thinks my “mother” gets a say in anything
Good bot :)
Already looking at pet rescue websites (don't think I'm ready yet since it hasn't been a week, but Mum has also already been looking at websites) and some of the names of these dogs are very obvious.
There's Azula, Elsa and Anna (who are obvious siblings), Chuckie Finster.
Edit: Oh my god, there's a Phillip Deville who is the same mix as Chuckie.
I never thought my heart could heal after losing my soul dog many years ago, but the best thing I ever did was to open my home to another fur ball who makes me laugh every day and is also a pain in the ass and her farts can clear a room but she is ace.
Wedding isn't over yet, but already it's super mixed. On the one hand, networked and now have what I believe to be a phenomenal shot at getting into my dream job.
On the other hand, partner didn't want to dance, and when I fucked off to do it myself, discovered she'd been filming and proceeded to tease me for it.
Grr. Can't decide how annoyed I am, because otherwise it's a great time.
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hi
Loads of LPs and cds have been obtained from opshop, among them John Williams guitar, a Stravinsky ballet and a Menuhin plays Gershwin.
10 albums for $15 😀
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Mmm, flat white and a croissant sound good right about now.
☕️🥐 milk will be procured later today.
I'll get cold brewed iced long black, and a chilled fruit salad please chef 🙏
🧊☕️🧊🍊🥭🍍🍈🍐
Something healthy please, to make up for the 1000’s of timtams I have eaten this week
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Argh! The cats have successfully lied and procured Third Breakfast. There will be NO lunch.
Oooooof moved about a ton of dirt (not hyperbole), finish it off tomorrow, cardboard sheet mulch, weed mat, square the frame, 7mm screenings, top with something purtier then i can FINALLY MOVE THE FCKING GREENHOUSE
Dinner: chow mein noodles stir fried with prawns, carrot and green capsicum in dark soy sauce plus friend's homemade XO sauce. Slightly modified from this recipe
It's oily as fuck as either I, or the person who stayed here while I was away, fucked up the wok, cos it lost its non stick coating. So I ended up adding extra oil. But this is some delicious takeaway style comfort food. Ticked all the boxes for tonight
that looks great, everyone here is such a good cook 😊👍
I got my husband to cook chow mein noodles via dinnerly. Love it!
Vale Ron Barassi 🔵🔴🔵🔴🔵🔴
:(
Passing of a legend.
May he rest in peace.
Household tip #72
A while ago I bought this
spoiler
And when I used it all up I put a few squirts of dishwashing liquid in it and filled it with water. I use it when I have a cup or two to wash.
Then I discovered overseas they have Dawn Powerwash. Then I discovered the recipe to Dawn Powerwash. Our equivalent is Fairy. You now have a very powerful cleaning agent. Tbh I don't measure anything.
You're welcome.
My teenage son has discovered (and likes) Black Sabbath.
I have won at parenting and will dispense advice
One of us! One of us! 🤘🤘
Cool.
Mr 9 has is discovering Queen on our drives to school. I love it!
How was this accomplished? Early exposure at infancy? Do you expect this to be just a teen phase or do you think he has been imprinted for life?
This spinach is going gangbusters. Last night the shoots were stretching upright and splitting to form tiny leaves, today they’re even straighter and further along. A few carrots are germinating.
The first cat grass pot is sprouted and stretching taller, getting second blades, but the second doesn’t look like it’s sprouted yet.
Melbcat is going well, but not eating her biscuits or pooping as much as I’d like so she’s getting plenty of pumpkin baby food and extra wet food with fluids.
Ps. It’s her birthday soon so I’m thinking of what to get. I already do get her little things whenever and she already gets unlimited treats so probably a new collar. She’s not really into catnip or I’d buy that.
There’s a laser toy collar called kitidot, it’s a shame she doesn’t really react to laser pointers. It would have encouraged her to play especially now she’s completely an inside cat.
Got fresh bread but forgot the milk lol.
I'm sure Force's nipples are ready to produce all the warm milk you need.
I hate that. I hate it even more when it's written in my handwriting on my shopping list.
i got you 🥛
That is lovely 🙏 thank you.
Found one of my old phones. So adorable.
spoiler
The thumbnail makes the cup look like a thumbnail.... I thought it was the tiniest little Nokia ever for a second
So, centrelink still hasn't looked at/approved my partner's jobseeker claim/payment. Been over a month, and cannot make a complaint until after 13 weeks (💀).
Means we'll be late on rent for the first time ever, until I get a few pays from work.
I have no idea what to write to the Real Estate Agency about this tbh... if anyone has any ideas for what to say/write, I would be eternally grateful.
I feel so bad ugh
I've been in your situation a few times. I was just honest and explained the situation, which was I had lost my job was about to start a new one. I gave them a set date for when rent would be paid and offered to do part payments before that date if i was able to and was very apologetic about it. If this is your first time ever I doubt it will be a big issue for the RE because you have a demonstrated good history. My RE was really understanding said it was fine and didn't make a big deal out of it. I did get reminder sms's to say I was x number of days in arrears but this was due to the system being automated. So the RE may do this as well but I wouldn't worry if they do.
When I was getting fucked around by Centrelink around the start of 2020, I said to the (very nice) Centrelink lady "I literally have $50 to my name" was when she expedited it and I think like a few days later I got back pay of like $2k.
Absolutely nailed dinner (the cooking at least, I don't go for fine restaruant "plating"). Turkey meatloaf, with roasted fennel & brussels sprouts, glazed carrots, mashed potato & gravy. Everything was cooked perfectly. The fennel and carrot were also grown in my own garden. Five more serves of meatloaf to go in the freezer for future dinners & lunches.
I had such a big lunch, brie, lettuce, ham, raspberry jam on a nice bun that I'm just nibbling stuff for dinner.
That looks awesome to me Rusty.. I've not heard of turkey meatloaf, and I'm curious as to what flavourings or spices it had in it. If you care to divulge, that is!
Oooo gravy.
The room spins a bit when I close my eyes but close my eyes I must. Rewatched Bo Burnham's Make Happy special on Netflix earlier, that kid (relative in age to me) is very clever and I recommend giving him a chance. Each of his specials are great.
Overall a great evening. Didn't make a dick of myself to someone I care about, I'm pretty sure, and Storm won so let's call this a rare win for alcohol.
Annnnd serious q…
I am the worst offender of needing to purchase a bag every time I do groceries or shop is whatever and now I have so many?
What does everyone do with said bags in this situation?
I fold them. I segregate them into piles. Coles/Woolies/Aldi/miscellaneous/ and I put them back into my car. I keep 2 calico bags in my handbag.
My folding technique is this: fold the bottom of the bag to the top, then fold into thirds so the handle is sticking out. Then I place them into a calico bag. Then they all get put into a Best and Less material bag vertically with the handles sticking up.
like this.
My husband likes to fold them into tiny little origami parcels which fucking irritates me.
I was the same until I got those nylon reusable bags that fold up to a really small size. I've got several in my backpack. The only problem is those chiller bags.. when I decide to spontaneously buy refrigerated or frozen goods I'll often buy one of those if it's hot, as my stuff won't survive the bus ride home. I've got many chiller bags at home that I'm using as storage for other things 😔
First, prevent accumulation of more bags. Is there something that would remind you to take them? Eg if you use a car to go to the shops, put them in the car. Or if you normally carry a bag or backpack, put some in there. After that, if you have more than you can use, and they are in good condition, you could give them to a food pantry. Or, if not, reuse as rubbish bags. Unfortunately there is no soft plastics recycling anymore.
This is our "Bag of bags":
There are also a couple of bags in the back of the car for when we pop into the shops for a couple of essentials.
I developed this system ages ago when I did most of the shopping at the Preston Markets (you have to have your own bags and trolley there).
This literally my situation.
I think part of the problem is that I usually walk to the shops and it’s usually after some other thing I’m doing.
Ugh… This requires more thought.
I have a beer now, I don't care about anything anymore.
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Cheers mate ☕
Cheers sunshine 🍻
OMG John Wick 4 is terrible I’m not even going to finish this torturous movie lol.
This news does not bring me happiness. I've just finished the second one again, and I remember really liking the third, but don't know whether it'll hold up as well as the first film has.
I can't understand why he made that choice at the end of the second film. It makes zero sense.
The premise was great. The world building was great. The currency makes zero sense. The violence is so silly that it's fun.
I am building toward watching the fourth for the first time.
Yeah I made it through like 45 minutes and gave up.
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Anyone know if lemmy has a user tagging system akin to the ol' RES? Got some terfs i need to brand.
I don't believe there's anything, either officially or unofficially. But eventually I'm sure someone will make LES
What do mean tagging? Like this @[email protected] or something else.
IIRC Sync has it, but browser version I don't believe so
Edge Of Tomorrow is a perfect movie to watch in between canned fish educationals
What do you recommend between bouts of Holmes on homes?
He's definitely a sardines guy. Do it right the first time
Rita Vrataski… ooof.
Yup. Definitely eats her herring iknwim
Been having a hell of an existential ride this year, but the simple things… overpriced coffee walking home with clear as blue sky and maybe just a bit more wind than I’d like, but… for a moment it just all melts always and you’re just in the moment.
Wish I could bottle it, but then I’d be an addict.
Serious q next…
I love it when people take a simple sentence and turn it into a snowball. https://reddit.com/r/straya/s/sci9B4dJwG
He needs to buy me a drink soon because I'm getting bored.
post history definitely checks out
Haha. I could've gonna "was I asking for your opinion dickhead. Get back in ya fucking hole" but I think he would have like that so I chose to be a smartarse instead.
Least the OP of the post wasn't a shitcunt to you lol
Oh yeah he was cool. This known dickhead is trying to insult me and its just not working. Hahaha.
Y'all are so quiet this evening. I'm also quiet because I'm wildly crushing on James Caverly AGAIN in OMITB and shipping him furiously with Mabel. He's soooooo cute urgh
I am here for Theobel. Their chemistry is great, especially compared to super suss Tobert.
I haven't got to s3 yet. But I want to watch whatever else Theo's actor acts in because that physicality in his acting is so attractive... Even with Zoe in s1 the chemistry was probably better than the chemistry in any of the other pairings in the show.
I was gonna write
A long-ass poem about ya,
But you went to sleep,
So fuck ya.🍺
Here I sit so broken hearted
Sat down to shit but only farted
Oh that takes me back. In 1970s UK there was regular graffiti in the local public toilets saying "Here I sat broken-hearted, paid a penny and only farted" lol
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Longass bike ride with my son today. Our legs are cooked but feeling good.
Beer to rehydrate now.
How's er'body doing?
Anyone else buy the new iPhone? I'm excited! Upgrading from an older Android and first time Apple!
Off to make dinner.
It’ll be fish sandwich with lettuce and hash browns again.
Donuts for dessert as well.
Nothing fancy but all satisfying.