• Duenan@aussie.zone
    14·
    6 months ago

    It’s my birthday today.

    My friend offered to get me a gift. Not sure what I want, maybe a Kmart milk frother?

    Chilling on the couch with my radio show on then I guess some footy watching and playing Hogwarts.

    Low key day today but a little concerned I haven’t heard from my dad yet. He sends me a birthday message every year without fail but he has been sick lately.

    Anyway I sent him a message just to let me know he’s ok because it’s so unusual for him to not contact me today.

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
    12·
    6 months ago

    Gratitude thread (not really feeling it today tbh but I guess this might help?)

    I’m grateful for giving myself grace for royally fucking up at work that will cause a headache tomorrow (fuck the shape of 50 cent pieces for jamming the cash machine). It’s not the end of the world.

    I’m also grateful for the nice orchids I saw.

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      10·
      6 months ago

      I’m grateful for the roof over my family’s heads and for generally being a calm person. Elder said the other day that he misses me being around during the day “because you’ve got this aura of calm around you.” 🥹This is one of the nicest things he’s ever said to me, to anyone.

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
      9·
      6 months ago

      I’m grateful for finding an unused Brother colour laser printer for $100 on Gumtree, and lunch in the sun with a friend at friends of the earth on Smith st.

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
      9·
      6 months ago

      I am grateful for savlon antisceptic cream.

      Over the last few weeks have been so uncoordinated in the gardn, kitchen, moving stuff and sharpening knifes that 100yrs ago would probably need some sort of amputation.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
        2·
        6 months ago

        I love savlon so much. I use it to calm my rosacea, I use it on my hands when they are getting a bit worn from house work. On every cut.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      8·
      6 months ago

      I’m grateful for gyoza!!! And for tram drivers that dgaf if you fare evade for a couple of stops. And for the tax return I did yesterday… and this little pack of Victorian grown hojicha that a colleague gave me.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      7·
      6 months ago

      I’m grateful for being able to catch up with a friend yesterday to celebrate my birthday.

      Was nice to get out and be social but it was still deathly cold.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      7·
      6 months ago

      Since it just happened so is fresh in my memory, I guess I’m grateful that my building isn’t on fire and the firies cleared it in about 10 minutes. But that feels like cheating, so I’m grateful for the views up on the rooftop, and having a Barbie and a chat with the old LT up there

      FFS autocorrect I wrote “isn’t”, do not change that to “is” you stupid robot

        • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          6 months ago

          Lol I swear I did write “isn’t”, my phone often tries to tell me I mean "don’t when I really mean “do” or vice versa, but changing “isn’t” to “is” is new

          • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
            2·
            6 months ago

            Ah, the phone did it/jk. In recent years someone bought a firemen calendar for the boss as a secret Santa/joke gift, and I swear some people checked the calendar multiple times a day but could give no answer when asked the date lol.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      7·
      6 months ago

      Those orchids are beautiful! I’m grateful for the abundance of movies, tv and books available so easily without leaving home. It’s nice to chill out at home on a Sunday afternoon and pick entertainment on a whim.

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
      6·
      6 months ago

      I’m grateful to have got some decluttering done and cleared quite a few boxes from storage. I have a hard time parting with stuff for a number of reasons, so this was a big deal for me. Still heaps to go but it’s good progress.

    • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
      6·
      6 months ago

      I bought some jonquils yesterday and they’re like little patches of sunshine throughout the house, brightening my mood. I’m also grateful for lazy Sundays, crosswords, tea, and blankets.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      6·
      6 months ago

      I am grateful for off the rack premade clothes. Sure beats processing hides, spinning wool and making clothes myself.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    11·
    6 months ago

    I am definitely getting tired and ready to call it a day. I just thanked someone because I opened the door for them.

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
      8·
      6 months ago

      I am utterly ungrateful for the stupid dangling bits on the seam of my socks that have given me a blister

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
      8·
      6 months ago

      I put a studio subwoofer (weighs about 50kg) straight into a wall yesterday trying to get it down stairs on a trolley. Such a stupid mistake. I’ve fixed the hole (sort of) but everytime I walk past I just shake my head :(

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      8·
      6 months ago

      A friend of mine passed away less than 2 months ago, and now her son has messed up big time (no sympathy, he really screwed up in a stupid unnecessary way) and is going to jail, I’d say for a long time. His boys lost their beloved Nan and now their Dad in less than 2 months and I’m pissed off about it. Also, the oldest of the boys is friends with my boy but I don’t know the mum, so they probably won’t see each other anymore. The kids are nice kids, but their little world has changed so much in such a short time, and I really feel for them.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
      8·
      6 months ago

      Punched a wall yesterday removing render and now have a raw knuckle that is all swollen and nonworky. I need that finger to pick my nose, dammit

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      Well I pretty much already did this, but I’m still annoyed so will do it again. Google nerfed my maps timeline. There’s only 2 reasons I stay in the google ecosystem: 1. Google timeline, and 2. Google photos. But if those donkeys keep breaking everything I like them I’m going to cancel my Google one membership, finally purchase unraid, and build a nice little google free lifestyle where people don’t break everything for no reason. I’m still annoyed about them killing the mobile MyMaps app

    • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
      2·
      6 months ago

      Amen.

      I broke something even more at work by attempting to fix it. And my headlight also died. The way the car is means I might have to take the whole front panel off to change it.

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      9·
      6 months ago

      If this stage in life is not conducive to a relationship, or is pleasant enough without one, then you’re under no obligation to have one, regardless of the opinions of family and friends. I have a lot of regrets over how little time of my younger life I’ve really lived for me.

      Otherwise, I think the important thing is to find someone who wants the same as you, no matter what that is. If you’re a “meet in the middle,” compromising person then it’s important that the person you’re with also has those qualities, or you’ll find you’re always the one having to be flexible, and may end up feeling taken advantage of. If you’re an individualist who wants to have a lot of independence and “room to move” within a relationship, and can’t bear the thought of “living in someone else’s pockets” then it’s vital to live true to that while that’s how your life is. A couple of friends of mine are very career forward people, spend a lot of time separate from each other due to the demands of their careers, but undeniably love and respect each other and aren’t clingy. It’s perfect for them. How do you know how it’s going to be with someone? You don’t always, or you think you know people but then they change, or you find out things you didn’t know. The arrival of children can complicate things that before seemed much simpler and more straightforward.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      I sacrificed a lot for someone who hurt me for over 8 years, in varying ways. I grew up abused and it set me up for abuse later on because I had no idea what was normal. I almost had a kid with the cunt (thank fuck I made my own money and bought a plan b pill).

      But I would never let myself do that again. I know so much more now, about people, the world, and right and wrong. I got extremely lucky my one-night-stand turned out to be my person. We’re better together than we are separately. But if I hadn’t of met my current partner, I think I’d still be single after leaving my ex. Dating seems so dangerous now for vagina-owners (what with the tater-tots and “alpha” male shite).

      I’d never change myself ever again for another person. I’d compromise (like quitting smoking), but not on the big things (buying a house, having kids, etc).

    • Stephen Darby :ma_flag_aus:@mastodon.au
      7·
      6 months ago

      @wscholermann @Seagoon_ Fatherhood means - after a while you prefer the crust. All relationships involve some form of compromise. It takes a lifetime to find a good one and maintain it. My marriage and family life is worth it. I see more material on throuples and other arrangements, but that stuff is for my kids gen to work out - looks like a lot more work

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      1·
      6 months ago

      The thing is, compromise doesn’t always start out as effort. Early on in a relationship (or maybe youth is a factor?) it can feel easy to work with differences. And then over the years as we grow and mature sometimes our wants, needs and habits evolve and set firmer. Our world view can change, our life goals can change. But you might still love the person you’re with so you continue to try and make it work. Sometimes that works out and the relationships stays strong, sometimes it doesn’t. I think if I was starting over again at my age I too would be a lot less flexible in what I wanted in a partner. I know myself better.

      The other reason why people might stay in non-perfect relationships is that the way our society works, it’s centred around a couple being the primary relationship unit. So doing things like housing, child rearing, holiday companion, someone to help if you’re sick, someone to chat to if you had a bad day at work, etc, are all often done with a partner. Without a partner it can be hard work to build a network that can fill those roles, or you have to be happy to do it on your own. So yes there’s compromises, but if the partners value the companionship enough they may choose to tolerate the annoyances and personality differences.

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    10·
    6 months ago

    Mr P has finished remaking his bed out of bits of the broken/destroyed bed plus other timbers, and there was much swearing and insults while trying to get it into the house. Hey, don’t get shitty at me, I’m not the one who constructed a thing too big to fit through the damn door! We ended up putting it through the living room window and it just fit through. He hasn’t done too bad a job, but I’m not praising it on principle because he shouldn’t have smashed it up to start with.

    Edit: ok I probably will praise it a little bit. While I’m still a bit miffed that he broke the bed in the first place, it is actually pretty impressive to be able to make yourself a bed.

  • Taleya@aussie.zone
    10·
    6 months ago

    bloody hell. Good days work there, considering how hard I went yesterday.

    Concrete pile moved, future food garden area cleared to the point where I can take out the last of those bloody stupid brick and concrete dividers, both green bins filled and a spillover barrel. 10K steps well and truly in, so I’mma gonna eat a giant bag of chips and watch a shitload of WWDITS w00t w00t

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
      5·
      6 months ago

      Beautiful day for some gardening. I love to work through all the things that are pissing me off with a few hours’ hard work outside, and a full green bin is very satisfying.

      • Taleya@aussie.zone
        4·
        6 months ago

        oh we have so much clearing to do we literally had to order another green bin as we work through it all. Once we’re set even the green bin won’t get much use, but there’s just too much to deal with atm

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    6 months ago

    Fuck me. I heard evacuation alarms coming that I thought were from the shops so I went out to film the response and then alarms started going off in my building. Fucking RIP the people on the 22nd floor. I got confused going down the fire escape from the 2nd

    I’m outside now, not wearing any shoes, but I ain’t fucking dying in an apartment fire. So I’m just chilling half dressed outside barefoot. FML

    Also this is the first time I’ve ever heard the “woop woop woop, evacuate now. Emergency” myself. Luckily common sense kicked in and I fled down the stairs. But I left my keycard in my room, so when they clear it I’ll have to get buzzed back in

    Edit: apparently a fire sprinkler pipe in the car park got hit by a car and burst, which triggered the entire evacuation system. The fireies have to stop it from flooding without affecting the rest of the fire system before we can go back in. I guess flying out without grabbing a pair of shoes or my keycard was an over reaction, but I guess it means the whole "get out and do not grab ANYTHING they taught me in kinder and primary school worked

    clarification

    Okay so I realised I didn’t explain this well. I heard the “woop woop woop” off in the distance and assumed it was the shops down the road. I didn’t see anything on Vic emergency so my first thought was pretty much “oh FFS I hope there’s not another stabbing” so I went out to my balcony and started filming (I heard sirens approaching). Then I heard the thingy in my room start going off and it took a few seconds to click that it was my building. So then I ran out the door and forgot where the nearest fire stairs were (there regular stairs that head down to a courtyard, as well as 2 sets of fire stairs near the elevator). Completely missed the exterior stairs lmao

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
      2·
      6 months ago

      do you have one of the systems where the guy saying evacuate now, emergency sounds like pete smith from the old copperart ads?

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I don’t know what copehard or who Pete Smith is, but I’m pretty sure the alarm tones and voices are standardised across Australia. It’s the same one that the occasional uni and shopping centre evacuation videos posted on r/Melbourne had, and I’m pretty sure it’s the same one that was in the Bondi junction videos

    • Cendana@aussie.zone
      1·
      6 months ago

      After having alarms go off due to someone cooking so many times, I simply ignore the alarm my apartment building.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        6 months ago

        That doesn’t sound like a great idea, but apartments are all built to fire resistance standards, so as long as the builders and building inspectors did their job, and your building was built this century, you should be safe, at least until the firies do a walk through and tell you to get out. In hindsight, flying out as quickly as I did was probably a bad idea. If there was a fire and it was in front of my door I’d’ve been pretty screwed since I was out the door before the door was even properly open.

        Also I ran down the stairs, and I’d just polished off a nice big bowl of ice cream so I’m not feeling too great now

        • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
          3·
          6 months ago

          They should be built to fire standards, but the whole combustible cladding problem shows that’s not always the case.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    10·
    6 months ago

    The day of darkness begins much earlier than wanted. Power goes out shortly. Boo! Overusing heater in the hope warm will hold for a bit, then decamping for mini golf and boiling a ham hock.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    6 months ago

    Google made another one if their little annoying and breaking changes (as they do). They’ve basically killed maps timelines, at least as they used to be. They tricked me into signing up for it. I know a lot of people don’t like timeline, but I really do. Firstly it’s the only tool I have to make sense of some of the moves I’ve made over time and is the only real record I keep of the places I visit, secondly I export the timeline data onto a heatmap that shows me where I still haven’t been yet.

    They have this “encrypted backup” thing now, but even submitting a takeout request doesn’t give me the actual timeline. And of course this “local” timeline is hidden amongst all the system files I can’t even access, and is probably in some proprietary garbage encrypted format.

    I’m guessing they probably did this to comply with some legal requirement, but that doesn’t make me feel any better. I just want to generate my place heatmaps FFS. They’re still using my timeline history for advertising and “personalisation”, the only thing that’s changed is instead of it being stored somewhere else I can access conveniently, it’s stored locally but fucking impossible to reach

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    8·
    6 months ago

    I didn’t make it to Fairfield, but I did go to Hawthorn and probably spent a bit more than I expected to - picked up frozen tempeh from Grand Laguna because few places have the proper stuff, splurged on some mapo tofu flavour packets (I don’t use doubanjiang enough to have it in my fridge), got some tofu to use and some to freeze (I hear it has a good texture when frozen and defrosted), bought a bougie Flinders lime, and… most excitingly of all…

    …dropped $13.50 on a 30-pack of frozen Osaka Ohsho veggie gyoza from Japan. I cooked up 10 just now, but I have leftover oil in the pan and dipping sauce, so the only right thing to do here is make some more. What a travesty 😩

    • Pilk@aussie.zone
      6·
      6 months ago

      Last night was the first night post-solstice I noticed the sunset lasting a little longer. Thank goddess.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Which games? Always interested in trying new ones!

      On my phone I have Peglin and Slice and Dice. Peglin is a peg/ball, roguelite/like, rpg. Slice and Dice is similar but dice rolls instead of pegs. Iirc they’re like $10 each on the Play Store and that’s it. You get the full game. I think they’re also on PC.

      Card Games: I have Slay the Spire on my phone which is a cool game. Again, pay once and you own it.

      These games don’t have any micro transactions or anything. I play them all the time! Especially since my partner is using my PC to play Stellaris lol.

      Not sure if they’re on the Apple Store though, sorry…