Daily discussion thread: ๐ Tuesday, April 23, 2024
2 years ago by Seagoon_ to c/melbourne
That's the one. Yeah the first thing in my mind is "fuck this, never trusting anyone again", but ultimately that's the wrong option. I can't let a shitty experience stop me from an important part of relationships with people. I'll just have to be much, much more observant of people before I discuss certain topics.
And totally agree about the self isolating. I do that too and it never works out well in the long run.
I'm so sorry.
I was thinking about what you wrote, how he was doing things to teach people a lesson.
That's just crazy, what would be the point?
It's really just sadism framed with words that blame the victim.
He's a bad person.
Thank you. I've been stewing about it most of the day, but it's passed now. I blocked him on everything. I hate losing a friend, but this guy definitely isn't one.
Is this the bloke who use you as an emotional crutch whilst he fucks away his life?
Maaaaan how pathetic do you have to be that someone respectfully tells you that they need space so you proceed to dump on them to make yourself feel better? Dudes done you a favor bro, hes made a very clear statement: "I'm a piece of shit and your time spent being my friend is wasted".
Also its 2024, if other folks dunk on you for overcoming a substance abuse issue that's just more trash taking itself out.
Exactly right mate. At the end of the day, it's out there now. It took a metric fucktonne of effort, work and willpower to get where I am. I'm over being ashamed of it.
Ugh. That is awful. What a POS.
Ironically, Ms Faranda was politely asked by hosts of The Project to hand her baby to her partner last night after the child's crying disrupted the interview.
HA!!
Yeah, I took the kids out all the time when they were babies. Shops, markets, cafes etc. I never took them to a cinema or a show, because that would be inconsiderate.
I'm all about parental rights, and absolutely all about parental facilities catering to dads. But my rights end at the point where they impinge on yours.
I took little miss seagoon to see bambi when she was five, matinee of course, at valhalla
I also took her to see Cats when she was about 7
here's the thing, by considering the needs of the child the child will be content and happy and easy , any place where where the child is going to miserable you don't take them and that also works out for the other people there
I feel so bad for that baby in the news
The thing is when you make a mistake and everyone does, you say "I am sorry. I didn't mean to make anyone uncomfortable and I apologise" then you end it.
The "fuss" is just media hype bullshit.
Also it was clearly advertised as 15plus. To me that's not just a content warning but an indication that it's not a kids event.
Well I will be. The nice pest control ossifer that I rang up for this morning turned up almost to the minute. Will be removing 2 wasp nests. If wasps still present after a week, they come back and do it again. Could get used to this sort of service.
edit: Surprise of the week. One of the wasp nests wasn't wasps - it was bees. European honey bees. So that nest wasn't poisoned, but dug up and the nice pest control ossifer took it home with him in a bucket to add to his collection of hives. There may be some stray worker bees looking for it over the next few days but he successfully found the queen and two baby queens too. The nest didn't have much honey in it, so I freely gifted him with any that was there. He then reduced the quoted cost cos the quoted cost included the chemicals for destroying 2 wasp nests and only 1 lot was used. Shout out to him.
This is a story which makes me happy! I'm still peeved at my kids school because there was a bee hive/nest thing in a tree and they brought in exterminators who fumigated with toxic chemicals and killed all the bees. The kids said when they went out to play there were all these bees dying and convulsing on the ground ๐ฅบ I like how your story goes better: bees saved and taken to where they're useful, and wasps sent to hell in a haycart ๐
Welp I've booked weekend accommodations because I refuse to sit in my apartment for my birthday. I'll hit the road on Thursday and make for the border. Each of the 3 nights away will be a different town along the border (nowhere new.. I think I've been to all of the border towns now anyway) before I come back to Melbourne on Sunday for dinner with the family to cap off the long weekend.
Looking forward to hitting the road, a few nice dinners and chillaxing.
Well, there's another border apart from the Murray - try Nhill and the Naracoorte caves.
Sitting in a city office, after having spent 2 hours getting here. Wearing a with mask, listening to all the coughing around me. Doing work that I could do just fine at home. Wearing headphones with music on to block out the noise from all the other people on teams meetings, so no โculture and collaborationโ is happening. How has the world come to this absolute bullshit of โreturn to office, Covid is over, back to having no lifeโ?
Hot take Tuesday. Whenever I'm scrolling on news sites or the other place and I come across headings like "What is this thing?" or "You'll never guess what someone found in their Big Mac?" I don't want to know. I'm not clicking.
@Seagoon_ @CEOofmyhouse56 And more often than not, the answer is lame.
"You'll never believe what this '90s heartthrob looks like now!"
It looks like him, but 30 years older.
And I would believe it, because he was famous 30 years ago.
"You'll never believe what the kids of this celebrity are doing now!"
Going to uni.
Because they're in their early 20s.
Celebrities with lookalike kids. Yep. That's usually how it works.
I feel bad for kids who will grow up not knowing what they've missed (by extension I'd be the same, I never really experienced Australia prior to 2009 when I first arrived). The new normal....
Piggybacking off from you I hate news articles that tease something then it ends with โClick here to find out!โ
Pisses me off to no end.
Also I had to look up the interview news about the baby and The Project.
Sky news and News.com.au have the headlines of the โhost mocked for interviewโ
Most other news outlet are neutral with their headlines but the vitriol of sky news and News.com.au is disgusting.
Goodnight mate!
I fear I may have developed a chocolate pudding addiction. I have had chocolate pudding with custard for dessert 3 nights in a row, and now I have some in the oven for lunch. If this continues I may end up having breakfast pudding.
Ugh only got 4 hours of sleep from stress, did not pick up car last night due to poor communication from them around payment methods. Got in a really foul mood and threw aside my people-pleasing tendencies to let the seller know how disappointed I was that they wasted so much of my time after already having spent so much time on this and giving them a frankly better price than they deserve. Fuck it, I knew it made them uncomfortable and I dug in because I'm tired of always being the one copping it.
Thankfully the husband at least gave me a ride all the way home and I found a friend who's kind enough to drive me back down tonight. I cannot wait for this saga to be over!!!!
It's too far gone now as I had paid a fair bit for a pre purchase inspection and don't have the time and energy to follow up with other sellers who haven't got their rwc and whatnot organised yet. My brain can't handle any more stress ๐ญ
At least I can finally confirm I'm starting my second job next Monday. Things have been alarmingly tight after losing 5 days worth of pay thanks to my current employer dragging their heels on authorising additional work ๐
I hope whoever youโre buying from gets their shit sorted so you donโt have to wait any longer.
Itโll ok, itโll be done and done soon enough.
Damn. How did you end up losing 5 days of work? Was it days you were already working before the change?
Well at this point it's really the bank that needs to get their shit sorted as for some reason 2x large payments yesterday went through fine but the balance payment today has been held up for more than 12 hours and my bank can't suggest any reason why except that... it happens ๐คทโโ๏ธ and might take up to 2 business days to transfer for no reason at all??? I'm so over payment systems here!! Literally sitting around refreshing my bank app to see if the payment has gone through and hoping I can still make it in time to pick it up today but that window is narrowing. Which means another day of carshare and trouble and ugh.
As for losing 5 days of work - I should say 5 days of income, I was meant to start last Thursday, but as I only got the go ahead today, new workplace has asked me to start Monday instead (Thu being a PH and not many around Fri). So thats a real bummer. I just have to suck it up and move on and make the most of what I can control
I'm gonna become a gamer tomorrow. I've got the Nintendo Switch juiced up. I found a game called Warshmellows. It's a shooty game but fun with cute and violent characters. I'm gonna see if there's a cricket game too. Just waiting for the "technicians" to hook me up so I can practice today.
I've never played the Switch before. Should be fun.
I just played Mario cart. I felt like I could easily break that tiny little control.
If itโs the little joycon I can understand.
Holding the unit itself on portable mode gave me hand cramps so I had to invested in a cradle/grip for the unit.
Best investment I ever made and so comfortable in portable mode.
The switch is the perfect console for lower case G gamers. It's fun as hell!
Made grilled chicken with mash and Brussels for dinner, but also a casserole to simmer away. It smells bloody lovely and I can foresee a second dinner being partaken of ๐
Also I ripped out a molar which has been giving me the shits for a while, rotting away right up the back there. It feels great! I feel strangely fantastic! I can smile without something jabbing me in the cheek! I can eat without accidentally chomping down on an out of place tooth!
Sounds like a great dinner. But wait, do you mean at dentist or DIY?!
DIY. I've known this tooth was a gonner for over 10 years as a result of consulting a periodontist all those years ago. Lately it got a bit loose, so I've been working on this tooth for a month or so, just wiggling it and gently twisting. Today I figured it was probably at the stage where it'd actually come out. Horrid thing it was, glad to be finally rid of it.
Finished Fallout. I've played 3 and 4 so the revelation wasn't a MASSIVE surprise. But I like how effectively everyone stuck to their game roles. Bad guys were bad, morally grey guys were grey, and nice smattering of wasteland just to make everything a touch more complicated. My only complaint was we saw a more Fallout 4 Brotherhood than a Fallout 3 one.
I played all the Fallout installations and loved every one, however, I cannot get on board with the show. Most of it feels like โfillerโ that I must trudge through to get to any meaningful revelation.
I ought to play Fallout 3, never got around to it. Though, having never played 1 or 2, I think I should start there. But the timer puts me off... But I want to talk to Killian Darkwater in 1 because it's voiced by Richard Dean Anderson, and oooh boy did I have a crush on him when I was a kid watching SG1 and MacGyver ๐
New Vegas is way better than 4, imo.
And my partner is raving about the show, so I should watch that haha
My husband is on holidays. We declared tomorrow "Operation Special Biscuit Day" while the kid is at school. We are trying to think of everything we may need so we don't need to leave the house. So far on the list is chicken nuggets.
WD-40 โ
pjur
German made! The man will be so into this! He loves German made stuff! Thanks.
We bought a box of party pies, cheese & bacon rolls, ice creams, peanut m&ms, chips etc. The funny thing is I don't even get the munchies. They're there just in case.
The middle aisles are a trap.
@CEOofmyhouse56 @Duenan Fun pack of mini Mars bars?
Ooo. They'll go nicely with the whipped cream.
That's always stocked.
Laundry liquid
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and Barry White albums haha
What kind of debauchery do you think we're gonna get up to? My plan is a couple of biscuits and a game of Twister.
Depends on the calibre of what you're reading... Tbh I find most commercial news in Australia to be exactly that, parochial and petty bourgeois
Quiet on set.
This is The Rest of Your Life, take 1
๐จ๐ช๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต!!!
Enter stage left: Me
Big smile, wave, trips over mic cord and splats on face, hits funny bone and tries not to cry...
...cut to commercial...
OK already - I'm resting as hard as I can. How much more do you want?
Wait I messed up already, take 2
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine Staying home to watch the rain And you are young and life is long And there is time to kill today
And then one day you find Ten years have got behind you No one told you when to run You missed the starting gun
Breathe Time
After my last disastrous attempt at picking up this spare number plate, I'm trying again. There's a teacher's strike on, so I have a rare opportunity during office hours for this.
We left home at 7am, just got to the department of transport just now. It opens in 15 minutes. 8am on a Tuesday morning is obviously a busy time, since I'm 36th in the queue.
Electrical Safety guy came from Smart house. Everything is good! Which means my broken microwave can be returned to the Good Guys haha! If it wasn't the magnetron that died, I would give it to my Opa to fix, but knowing him he'd irradiate himself or something ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
Had a lovely chat with the tech, though, apparently Detector Inspector has bought Smart house lol. See how that pans out, considering Detector Inspectors schedulers are in Manila, and we all know my feelings on scheduling being outsourced to another country (they don't realize how long it takes to get across any of our cities ๐, not blaming them of, blaming the companies that outsource like that).
Quitting smoking is going well, was super cranky last week due to not having it and also having that inspection. Luckily they didn't spot the parts of the carpet that the carpet moths got to, but I blame the LL for installing wool-blend carpet - stupid fuck. Besides, if we stay here long enough, we could prolly chalk it up to wear and tear lol.
The cat has come out of hiding, and is begging for a cuddle. I must oblige him.
Don't know what's better. A screaming junkie, or those Jesus pushers outside Footscray station that stop you so you have to take your headphones off.
I do a couple of sneaky deprogramming interactions. ๐คญ
"You must really miss your family"
"What did you used to do before you did this?" "That sounds awesome"
"Where do you see yourself in five years time?"
You. I like you.
A quick and polite 'Hail Satan' moves them onto another target.
The wind is getting ferocious here.
some rain has snuck up.
You mean coffee froth, or milk froth?
The coffee froth is technically called 'crema'. In my espressos I like just enough to wet my moustache.
Ah gotcha. For a latte I like a little bit of froth, but find that baristas usually put too much so I stick with flat whites mostly.
- I don't understand this one...
Not something you would really find around these parts. Filter coffee with espresso shots
Breakfast ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅญ๐๐ฅฅ๐ฅฆ๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅฌ๐ฅ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ง ๐ฅฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฅจ๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ง๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅฉ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆช๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ชผ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅฎ๐ข๐ก๐ง๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅง๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฅโ๏ธ๐ต๐บ๐ถ๐ฅค๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ท๐ฅ๐ธ๐น๐ง๐
Just a chunk of room temp cheddar thats been left on the counter overnight please
The new cordless 2-in-1 stick vac actually is fairly quiet on the low setting.
There are a few drawbacks. Like it's not that powerful on the low setting so might take a few passes (and lifting it a bit) for bigger particles like tracked paper litter, the canister fills up fairly quickly with cat hair, and the filter might be harder to clean + no replacement filters on sale because Kmart. No upholstery attachment, only one crevice tool with brush.
But it's a lot easier to use, folds down small, the handheld pops out easily and the sound is not too bothersome to Melbcat. Alright for quick cleans.
Yeah, the screaming one with the cord and the broken remove-handle button works better - but only gets used once in a while, during the day, and in a different room to the cat. So not often.
Second dinner was partaken of and I'm not even sorry!
What was the casserole?
The casserole was beef and vegetables, nothing fancy but very tasty.
Mmm. Sounds good
Nothing like smashing out some metal core on guitar to get the negative emotions out of my system.
Looked into the hubbl thing for my mum because she doesn't have a smart enough TV and I see it's from foxtel but it doesn't offer foxtel apps on the service. Seems weird.
It's weird.
Telstra are killing off Telstra TV for fetch, as they now own a stake in Fetch. Foxtel are also selling Hubble boxes, so it sounds like a self cannibalising market.
That show Baby Reindeer really freaked me.
The last few scenes. What did Gadd realise?
Did he identify with his stalker's pain or did he see that she and his other sexual abuser are a total psychopaths who knowingly plan out their abuse?
Obviously both.
The rage the abusers have when people try to protect themselves is just incredible.
And abusers never learn, they are incapable.
I didn't like the very final scene, with him in the bar. Seemed a bit cliche.
I think it was meant to be a "full circle" moment, where he is the one who comes in the pub with no money and a bit emotional.
Except he didn't go in there on purpose to look for victims.
And I think it undercut the psychopath aspect of the people who abused him because the implication is that Gadd could become the stalker, which we know could actually never happen because he isn't a psycho.
Maybe the bar tender could become the next victim, eh.
I was so stressed earlier today that it triggered my asthma and I was getting really short on breath. That was a experience as a new asthma sufferer. Many Ventolin puffs and a good gym session later, feeling much more relaxed. Night rain helps too although itโs really coming down.
I uninstalled Path Of Exile without even playing it again because I knew the outcome would be headaches and nausea. Why do that to myself? The choices are limited because of preferring free games and having a Mac but I'll find something else.
Also I've been hunting down free public domain art books from reputable sources because I don't want to go to random sites for downloads or click on random Google Drive links.
Is all the stuff from Project Gutenberg legal to download and share? I found some on the Internet Archive too but while it says most of their stuff is legal they did get dinged for copyright infringement. (I applaud archiving and preserving despite legality, but do not have the money to potentially get sued if I share it.)
That sounds cool. It requires leaving the house though :(
I'm mainly trying to track down OG instructional stuff. I found Morpho 'Fat and Skin Folds' but not the general ones or 'Simplified Forms' or 'Hands'
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I got the full story about that guy I've mentioned the other day.
Everything I've told him in confidence has been spread around. People I haven't met, know about my substance issues from the past.
I am so fucking angry right now. But, it will pass.
He's dead to me.
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