• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    14·
    8 months ago

    Well that’s the end of my little break :(

    Good swim, no meltdowns, no “what’s for dinner”, good sleeps, good comet, no locking of horns…

    Only spoke to a dog at the dog beach and the magpie. Bliss.

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    8 months ago

    I have been mildly stoned daily this week and have been very productive (home related things). Still managing to chill and nap regularly.

    Great week off.

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

    My front security camera had a short story to tell me today. A small dog came to visit, trotting up the driveway and trying the front door and side gate. A bit of wandering around, looking like it expected someone to let it in. Then a person showed up, there were happy greetings and the dog was picked up and carried away. Poor dog, all the houses around here look the same!

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    8 months ago

    I used FB for my buildings FB group, and insta for memes, but it gives me the heebies when it recommends “friends” from highschool. Like, no thank you, they were all bullies. It gives me schadenfreude though when I check their profiles and the girl bullies are all stuck in a pyramid scheme though 😂

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      3·
      8 months ago

      Talk like that concerns me. I don’t find it funny, tell her to not ever say anything like that in jest

      and if she is being manipulative I would cut her as a friend.

      What does she want from you?

      If she doesn’t overtly ask for something what do you think she trying to manipulate you into doing?

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      3·
      8 months ago

      Yikes. Sounds like girl needs to join a coding forum or something for the technical help, address her pacing struggles with the teacher, and not say such things to you even as a joke.

      Edit: She needs help if she’s actually serious and it’s not hyperbole or even if she’s genuinely just overwhelmed. Friends can help of course and I’m sympathetic but I feel like without boundaries and proper supports in place this lady could bring you down with her

          • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
            2·
            8 months ago

            If you don’t have a lot of choices due to the service being subsidised some providers can be terrible. There’s also a shortage plus high demand.

            But a lot of them do Zoom now. I think she just doesn’t want to. It’s easier to demand informal supports from a friend to just vent

            Edit: Obligatory warning against using Better Help though

        • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
          3·
          8 months ago

          Yeah… You seem like a good friend but please take care of yourself here and watch out. Don’t be the only friend she goes to and maybe distance yourself a bit.

          Sorry if this is unwanted advice. It’s just in my twenties I had friends who were chaotic and insisted on using me as the go to while refusing to let me link them with more appropriate supports, and I burned out so hard I had to drop them. Then I was the one not coping.

          Assuming she’s able bodied and not incapacitated by her mental health your friend has choices here.

          Even if they’re not something she wants to do, such as deferring for a while, withdrawing/failing and retaking the course, changing courses, or withdrawing/failing and going into work instead. I’m not sure how everything works now but she has options.

          If she’s both physically disabled and her mental health is unmanaged/unmanageable she might actually be fucked but also you have the right to maintain boundaries and your own wellbeing.

  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
    8·
    8 months ago

    Go karting was funnn. We had enough for two groups, after the first set of races we got split into the fast group and the slow group. I was the slowest qualifier for the fast group 😎 and then I came sixth of eight in the finals which was the fasties

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    8 months ago

    I’ve been silently informed that just because I’ve come back from band rehearsal, doesn’t mean I get to disrupt her quiet time by singing.

    Goodnight all ❤️

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    8·
    8 months ago

    Cheers everyone and 'ave a good weekend 🍺

    Update on my experiment. I definitely feel better than before. My head, nose, ears, throat feel a bit clearer. Possibly just masking symptoms but atleast I can breathe a bit better. I need more Guinea pigs if anyone is game.

    • tone212_@aussie.zone
      6·
      8 months ago

      I did not like the pre-release singles I heard, but I am going to dive in anyway and hope for the best. Currents is one of my favourite albums ever, what happened?!

        • tone212_@aussie.zone
          3·
          8 months ago

          I have listened through a few times - also don’t mind Afterthought, the first song isn’t bad, and End of Summer has grown on me. But that’s all the positive I have to say. It’s just blah, what I love about Tame is the psych elements in the music and the catchy bass lines and melodies, and that’s all but gone here and replaced with nothing interesting. Super disappointed.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    7·
    8 months ago

    Question of the day: What’s something good that happened to you this week?

    The other day the man and I had been out and about and when we got back home I said “You’ve either got a stone or nail in your tyre because i can hear click click click”. I got out and had a look and yep there was a small screw in there. I felt like a hero because any more travelling and he would’ve been changing a tyre at 5am on the highway.

    • TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone
      10·
      8 months ago

      The derelict van belonging to the squatters in the local (derelict) milk bar got towed by the council. No more of their 3 flea-stricken mongrels wandering in and out of everyone’s front yards. Yes those dogs were definitely NOT being looked after properly - all were entire males and challenged every other dog in the street and people too. Sometimes very loudly. They chased small children from the local school coming home, were fed mostly on KFC and were disobedient to their ‘owners’. And the squatters’ non-registered land cruiser got towed as well. I think everyone in the street rejoiced at the sudden increase in parking and now can walk their dogs without fear of large vet bills. And let their children come home after school unaccompanied. Which I think is healthy. There’s far too much helicopter parenting nowadays. While I understand there’s a housing crisis, and mental health (and drug) issues make it hard to find a cheap rental, keeping 3 hungry, disobedient dogs in a derelict van only a couple of blocks from a primary school is just plain bad pet parenting. I’m very glad indeed that there were no tragedies.

        • TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone
          7·
          8 months ago

          Hasn’t been fun dealing with it. Fortunately my “I’m no one to mess with” mojo hadn’t deserted me, so the dogs mostly stayed out of my yard. Lots of us here in the street were walking on eggs with regard to those dogs. We are SO GLAD they’re gone. I don’t think anyone got bitten, but imo it was only a matter of time.

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        3·
        8 months ago

        I never narc on squatters but these guys were arseholes. I’m glad things are safer now. With the dogs free roaming they could have bitten a kid.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
      6·
      8 months ago

      Was at the shops with my wife and and saw an elderly couple struggling with their trolley.

      Took the trolley to their car, wife chatted with them. I loaded the groceries and they couldn’t stop thanking us.

      Was hoping to get in their will, but alas a thank you was enough.

        • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
          8·
          8 months ago

          Just because I hate people in general doesn’t mean I ain’t gonna help them.

          At the same time I’ll tell off a pensioner if they try cutting in line. Queueing is sacred regardless of age.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      6·
      8 months ago

      I’ve reduced my internet time and pivoted my interactions a bit more to some nicer people. It’s early days and I feel like I should keep my internet usage minimal (plus one or two are still friends with the mean people - a bit worried they might follow me even though I left) but it’s a start. Not everyone is going to automatically hate you.

      I finally managed to get the vets to prescribe the antibiotics. They were finally ready today but I missed picking them up (doh) but can tomorrow.

      I’ve decided to accept a little help around the home sometimes, from maybe one person I trust.

    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      8 months ago

      Definitely the job. I’m not designed to have so much spare time. I find that I use my free time much more effectively when there is a hard limit.

    • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone
      4·
      8 months ago

      Nothing in particular but it’s just been a good week. I’ve been eating less animal based food. I’ve reconnected with a bunch of old friends. I’ve lost some more weight. My knee hurts which blows because I’ve been really enjoying doing more exercise. Spring, it’s not kick-in-the-dick cold all the time. I’ve started doing an NDIS course to try and retrain my myo degree into something more useful to me. I seem to have a bunch more money than I thought. I normally don’t pay much attention because I live so frugally and it’s been stacking in the background. Not life changing money more like an extra grand for booze and toys - like the Ninja Creami, I’m having a tub of low-cal sorbet most days now - which is odd because I’m probably frugal to a fault so splashing out feels weird.

    • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
      3·
      8 months ago

      Not me, but on my way home I told a guy in the tram that his boots were the coolest thing I’ve seen all week (they were, pointed leather cowboy boots with red all over them, very baller). I like to think that is one thing that sticks with him as a highlight of his week!

    • SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
      2·
      8 months ago

      I managed to get a “I feel like a proud dad” comment out of my boss when I pulled off a joke on him.

  • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone
    7·
    8 months ago

    NAS win. Pulled the drives and blew on them like my Atari 2600, it booted back up no worries. Checked the error log, nothing recent.

  • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone
    7·
    8 months ago

    I spent an hour fighting with youtube revanced only to install new pipe via f-droid without issue and immediately start watching YT on mobile without ads.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      2·
      8 months ago

      I still haven’t got around the pin of this unused spare android to do that. I have an idea how but unsure if it’ll work and kinda gave up in the middle