Discussion Thread ๐ŸŽˆ Wednesday 23 September 2026

a month ago by YarraByte to c/melbourne

Gibsonhasafluffybutt 9 points a month ago

Taking my cousin to the airport shortly. He going to Queensland to start setting himself up.

It's been great having him here. Didn't get to spend as much time with him as I would have liked, but I'll be going up to see him when I can.

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Seagoon_ 3 points a month ago

hugs to you both, you are both so brave and lucky you have each other ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿซ‚

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SpinMeAround 8 points a month ago

I hate voicemails so, so much.

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SituationCake 8 points a month ago

I hate spam calls so I never answer unknown numbers. Iโ€™d rather someone leave a voicemail if they are legit, than me answering every random number.

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imoldgreeeg 8 points a month ago
lil rant

D'ya ever sit down ready for the day and the first two things that jump out of the internet / work notifications just gut punch you? Not normal end of the world stuff, like people you thought were collaborators shouting things in direct competition to you...and being wrong...or things you thought were done six months ago that slipped through...like the world is rolling and you can't keep up?

I feel so far behind on everything

...coffee, sun, reset,.stay off linked in... remember it's baby steps...

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Seagoon_ 3 points a month ago
spoiler

I have not caught up with the 90s stuff yet

I've pretty much given up

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imoldgreeeg 1 point a month ago

๐Ÿซ‚

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Pilk 7 points a month ago

Feel a bit bad that I didn't realise the Lamarre-Condon trial started on Monday. But I cannot believe what I am reading as his defence, and what the prosecutor is alleging actually happened. Those boys must have been so scared.

Who in their right mind could possibly believe he was acting in 'self defence'?

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SpinMeAround 8 points a month ago

I reckon he has been emboldened by Greg Lynn's case, which makes me feel so sick.

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StudChud 7 points a month ago

So this pig stalks his ex, pretends to be an Uber driver, breaks in and kills both his ex and new bf? And he and his lawyers want to claim self-defenceโ€ฝ

How does breaking in to someone else's property and killing them constitute self-defence? Riddle me that, Batman.

What a piece of shit human, but unsurprising he's a copper imo. One of the few professions someone could have where I wouldn't date or even be friends with them.

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Pilk 7 points a month ago

If he's instructed his legal team to run this defence they don't have a choice! (I appreciate the interrobang.)

r/auslaw has some funny snarky takes on this. I have also learnt there that life without parole is a sentence open to the judge. Let's hope so.

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Seagoon_ 5 points a month ago

It's unfortunate bad people gravitate to positions where they can use power to exploit or even hurt others.

We need better testing of applicants to weed out the bad ones.

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SpinMeAround 7 points a month ago
Story Side Quest

Back in my retails day we had a Loss Prevention officer who was kinda crazy, would basically be frothing at the mouth at the idea of catching a "bad guy" in the store. It was embarrassing watching her stalk people around the store and there was a rumour she failed the psychological testing to become a police officer.

Jokes on her though because it turned out her work bestie had been stealing for YEARS before she was caught by someone else.

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Thornburywitch 7 points a month ago

she failed the psychological testing to become a police officer.

I understand that this is not that unusual. The army and navy too will happily boot out people that they think have an unhealthy relationship with unsupervised power. At least our army/navy, can't speak for other nations' ones. Doesn't stop some nasty behaviour to women, but armies everywhere have always had severe difficulty coping with the ghastly prospect that women might be good soldiers.

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SpinMeAround 2 points a month ago

The more I read about this case, the more utterly insane it is in the most awful of ways. He has the right to be innocent until proven guilty, but oh my god. Tbh it's not as fascinating at the Erin Patterson case because the motive seems so so obvious, but I'm still going to follow along because I want to learn the outcome and I'm a nosey little bitch.

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CEOofmyhouse56 6 points a month ago

RIP Angry Anderson ๐Ÿค˜

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CadMunt 4 points a month ago

Fat Pizza is on YouTube.

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Seagoon_ 4 points a month ago

he was awesome, had personality ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘

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PeelerSheila 4 points a month ago

I loved how I'd be watching some tv show or movie and he'd just pop up, like as a Bikie gang member or something.

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CEOofmyhouse56 6 points a month ago

I got my fan. All the pieces are there and it's working. Looking forward to having it beside my bed, 5 inches from my face, with a remote.

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CadMunt 5 points a month ago

Any recommendations for a conveyancer in the Brunswick West area? Taking building inspector recs too.

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Bottom_racer 5 points a month ago

Tonight's wave:

Was sitting there gearing up (or down) to jump in. Had a really friendly dog (labradoodle) rock up, sit on me (after it'd already jumped in itself) and shake itself down.

Doggo did that on purpose.

love that breed / cross, no water boundaries.

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Seagoon_ 4 points a month ago

I'm jealous of the waves, so beautiful and always different

but then the still waters of Seaholme are so very calming and I need calm

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Seagoon_ 5 points a month ago

Woke up with a Spring headache. Sun so glaring

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Bottom_racer 5 points a month ago

Made it back down the beach for the final weed push before a lotta mulch moving.

What I've noticed down here over the years catching the bus from / to g-town is all the gen z say thanks to the driver. Very few have their phones playing music, and very quietly spoken. None of them touch on though ๐Ÿ™ƒ and the driver doesn't give two shits. It's basically a no questions asked free bus service (Mcharrys), which is how it should be.

Night and day compared to melbs PT. Same could be said for vline. Conductor hardly checks, and if you don't have a valid ticket they don't give two shits either. Never seen anyone booted off it's just the vulture inspectors on trams really.

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SituationCake 5 points a month ago

I think PT should cost much less. Still need some user contribution but it should be cheaper than driving. We want to encourage PT use. I dont care if people dont pay, but I wonder if people not touching on means they donโ€™t get counted, and the patronage on the route looks artificially low. Leading to lower frequencies and less route expansions.

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StudChud 4 points a month ago

PTV bus drivers don't give a shit either lol, I think I remember some years back they got shitty that they were expected to check tickets and boot people off, so they're not required to do that anymore. Those power hungry officers sometimes check though, especially on school days/peak times.

Trams depends on the day and school terms. When school terms are on, generally you see the failed pigs try to catch students at peak times. But taking the tram away from a school/uni, you see way less, if none.

Trains are a bit harder to fare evade as some stations have those gates and officers, but some don't, so if you know the stations you can get off a stop or two early at a station with no gates, and either walk or catch a tram/bus.

Source: been fare evading since HS lol

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PeelerSheila 3 points a month ago

I've noticed a lot of young gen z aren't tapping on since it became free for teens to use PT. They're probably like, why, it's not like it's deducting anything.

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Seagoon_ 5 points a month ago

Anyone want something from the shops?

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SituationCake 3 points a month ago

If itโ€™s not too late can I have an ice cream please.

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Seagoon_ 4 points a month ago

Pistachio fine?

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tombruzzo 5 points a month ago

Alright, back from a two day trip and got tomorrow off. Time to get cracking. Unfortunately meetings meant the cracking starts in the afternoon

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Gibsonhasafluffybutt 5 points a month ago

Was going to gig tonight but decided to play warcraft with my cousin instead next week it is :)

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CEOofmyhouse56 4 points a month ago

What kinda snacks do you munch on Grand Final day?

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StudChud 4 points a month ago

I'll let you know on the weekend lol

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tombruzzo 4 points a month ago

I don't really celebrate but I've had a hankerin' for these chili and lime crackers I could get from a fruit and vegetable place a while ago. Such zingy goodness

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SpinMeAround 3 points a month ago

Anything with party pies.

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Seagoon_ 3 points a month ago

what ever is on offer plus a bottle of pink moscado

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bacon 4 points a month ago

Beep Beep ๐Ÿšš
๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ‰๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅญ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅฅ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ…๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒฝ๐Ÿฅ•๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿซš๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿง…๐Ÿฅฏ๐Ÿž๐Ÿฅ–๐Ÿฅจ๐Ÿง€๐Ÿง‡๐Ÿฅž๐Ÿงˆ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅ“๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–๐Ÿซ“๐Ÿ•๐ŸŸ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒญ๐Ÿฅ™๐Ÿง†๐ŸŒฎ๐ŸŒฏ๐Ÿฅ—๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿ๐Ÿฅ˜๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฃ๐Ÿฑ๐ŸฅŸ๐Ÿฆช๐Ÿฅ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿš๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ ๐Ÿค๐Ÿชผ๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿฅฎ๐Ÿข๐Ÿก๐Ÿง๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿง๐Ÿฅง๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿจ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅœ๐ŸŒฐ๐Ÿช๐Ÿฟ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฅ›โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿต๐Ÿบ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅค๐Ÿง‹๐Ÿงƒ๐Ÿฅ‚๐Ÿท๐Ÿฅƒ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿน๐Ÿง‰๐Ÿ”‹

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Force_majeure1234 3 points a month ago

Can I please have a moon cake and a sun cake?

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bacon 2 points a month ago

๐Ÿฅฎ๐ŸŽ‚

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TheWitchofThornbury2 3 points a month ago

Equal parts toast & marmalade & tea, in honour of today's equinox (10 am approx).

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bacon 2 points a month ago

๐Ÿž๐ŸŠ๐Ÿฏโ˜•๏ธ

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Thornburywitch 3 points a month ago

Thanks chef!

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Seagoon_ 3 points a month ago

Time for Linguae Latinae

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Taleya 3 points 25 days ago

fuckit. Tonight we Zelda.

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tombruzzo 3 points a month ago

My manger keeps approving leave thinking we'll be around to answer the phone if something comes up.

  1. I'm on leave
  2. I might answer, but it's not like I'll be at a computer I can actually work from for a couple of hours
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SpinMeAround 3 points a month ago

Our lovely financial lady will be taking annual leave in the middle of our busiest period "It's okay! I'll just wake up early and do an hour of work every day!" GIRL!!!! THAT IS NOT ANNUAL LEAVE. I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE IN ANOTHER COUNTRY.

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tombruzzo 2 points 25 days ago

Everyone thinks they could slip a little work in and it never happens. Just don't put that pressure on yourself

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SpinMeAround 1 point 25 days ago

I get more upset that she actually does work while she's on holidays. It's not fair on her.

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Taleya 1 point a month ago

I broke my boss of his habit calling my mobile by "leaving it at a friends place" for a week.

I was fully at work and had my sip phone raring to go. I just ignored every call and text to my personal mobile

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