• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    9 days ago

    I have un-grumpied my butt with cat cuddles, some food and making loud, discordant noises in the studio.

    And everyone is now tucked in for some sleep. Goodnight ❤️

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
    8·
    9 days ago

    Tired from my labours, but finally sitting down to relax before bed. I’m rewatching Seinfeld, have needed a comfort show lately. Something I’ve watched before but enjoy watching again, requires not much concentration and is from a simpler time.

    Tell me your comfort show (if you have one).

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      5·
      9 days ago

      Have you been paying attention is good for a laugh when you need one from the Ten network.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      3·
      9 days ago

      Not something you’d expect, but American Dad. It’s mindless enough to semi-engage without getting too bored and while edgy it doesn’t seem to be enough to be genuinely upsetting.

      And the lack of continuity/wacky hijinks resolving back to the status quo means it doesn’t matter about what order or whether the uploader has chopped it up into many out of context chunks.

      I wouldn’t say I was a fan. In fact it’s easier to chuck on for background because I don’t care about following the show. But it’s something that’s kind of reliable to just watch when anxious or tired or flossing or gaming without worrying about closely following the plot or missing anything. It’s Comfortably Dumb.

      Family Guy tries too hard though. Kinda lame. The offensive jokes aren’t even offensive to me, they’re just lazy.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      4·
      9 days ago

      I watch lord of the rings/tolkein podcasts and videos

      and I listen to old BBC radio comedies , such as the Goon Show or Hancock’s Half Hour

  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
    11·
    9 days ago

    I’ve just eaten almost a whole bag of Doritos and as a consequence am no longer hungry enough to have motivation to cook dinner. Maybe a toasted sandwich will do for today, with some fruit after. Healthy eating starts again tomorrow.

  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
    13·
    10 days ago

    The fluffy boi has been having testing on his kidneys, and the vet’s incidentally found a serious heart condition. Poor little chicken. More expensive tests that I can’t really afford to follow.

  • wscholermann@aussie.zone
    6·
    9 days ago

    I think of how dark the world has been and will continue to be for me personally.

    And I’m not even suffering the most relative to other people. And I think to myself I really don’t want to be here. On the other hand dying is not really appealing either.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      3·
      9 days ago

      I’m sorry dude. I’m in the same spot but doing the sad clown thing because really what else can I do.

      I’d wish things to get better for you, but for some people they don’t and I don’t want to create even implied pressure to “get better”. Which in Australia seems to involve a lot of stiff upper lips and bootstrapping…

      (A lot of the time people think they’re being encouraging but they’re doing toxic positivity and pushing you until you act in certain ways that they think you should or even hide your feelings. Also there’s nothing wrong with the way you feel. It’s a valid response to some inescapable circumstances.)

      I won’t push you to seek professional help. It may or may not be available or affordable to you, you may not be able to find someone who can understand well enough to help, or you may even already be seeing someone. That’s none of my business and ultimately your choice.

      What I will do is wish for you to get safely through these moments - if you feel that you can. I will hope that there will be moments of relief when this feeling will lighten.

      I will tell you that there’s another person who feels very much the same and you’re not alone.

      I will wish for something to shift so that you don’t have to feel like you don’t want to be here.

      • wscholermann@aussie.zone
        5·
        9 days ago

        I see some people at work sometimes sailing through completely carefree that have always lived in a bubble. Kind of pisses me off. Why isn’t that me? And it annoys me even more when they are lazy and ungrateful.

        • Duenan@aussie.zone
          5·
          9 days ago

          I’ll be honest, banning yourself from news helps me a lot because sometimes it’s just way too much for me.

          I enjoy listening to my radio talk shows because in a bubble they have a rule for not talking about news in the world or politics for the most part.

          I also have tools for some escapisms when I need it.

          It’s not healthy to be connected constantly to bad news every day.

            • Duenan@aussie.zone
              4·
              9 days ago

              Triple M’s Rush hour, a lot of rubbish and nonsense type fun there which I don’t mind.

              I have some other stuff on the side like all my sports podcasts but also have Sooshi Mango and Hamish and Andy as well.

              My sports stuff are AFL and Cricket based as well.

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
          4·
          9 days ago

          some people are unaware of their luck or that other people within their sphere can be leading a completely different kind of life because they don’t have the same privilege

          many years ago I read one of Richard Wright’s autobiographies, the one of him growing. He wrote how when he was older and famous he contacted some of his white classmates from high school to talk about life in the South.

          Wright was treated poorly by his teachers, given no to little encouragement , not recommended for college. His classmates told him they were given every opportunity and encouragement and treated very nicely by their teachers. His white classmates had no clue the black students were treated differently by teachers as it was done in private.

          I think many people who have carefree lives just have no clue that life is harder for other people. That accent, skin colour, family, school, suburb, opens and close doors and it’s just luck

          I don’t blame people for being unaware of inequality. I wish everyone was treated well. I do blame people if they are bastards holding others down.

          • wscholermann@aussie.zone
            4·
            9 days ago

            I guess the person I’m thinking of is very insensitive to others, even when they are aware of their background. So it irks me.

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    8·
    9 days ago

    Ah godammit, my food was delivered to the wrong address, the driver didn’t supply a photo like they usually do so I couldn’t go hunting for my food and didn’t answer the phone when I rang. 1 star review for you, the first time I’ve ever done that. Replacement order on the way but for crying out loud!

      • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
        5·
        9 days ago

        They immediately replaced the order and a guy drove it from there to here like he had Satan at his heels lol. The food was delicious, the chicken super crispy and tender on the inside and the sauces were beautiful 🤩

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    6·
    9 days ago

    If anyone would like a pretty chill career change, get familiar with the CMS Drupal and hit up recruitment agencies to become a ‘Digital Content Specialist’.

    https://www.drupal.org/home

    It’s free and open source. You could buy some web hosting and install it through cPanel, then do enough Youtube courses to put it on your resume. All Victorian Government websites are on Drupal, and so are some Federal ones. You might be able to get a plush gig copying and pasting content from word docs to websites.

    • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
      4·
      9 days ago

      That’s so good of you to post that.

      Used to work with Joomla, but that was aeons ago.

      Wouldn’t mind switching back to a plush gig. (Have a bit of a jack of all background that always is hard to put on paper, but easier to chat about. Might be a bit too out of the loop these days.)

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
        2·
        9 days ago

        That’s where a decent recruiter can be really helpful. You talk to them and put your background in context and then they can advocate for you.

        I’ve been placed by the recruiter that got me my upcoming role a couple of times. I had a 15 minute teams call with the client and they decided to pick me off that

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
    13·
    10 days ago

    So I went to the street yard sale that Thornbury posted about.

    It was massive , cool and interesting.

    Two types of sellers, those who want to clear stuff out of their house, those who are trying to make money.

    Prices were generally high, often higher than Op shops.

    Lots of kids stuff, lots of over priced old clothes. So many books and by the look of it no one was buying.

    Few dvds, even fewer CDs and vinyls.

    So what did I get. From an old guy who was clearing out a shed, a nutmeg grater, some antique glass bottle stoppers.

    From another stall I got a pair of light weight cargo pants.

    had a nice chat with a woman who fixes up old chairs and does sewing. 🙂

    It was an ok day.

  • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
    12·
    10 days ago

    Another day, another job interview. Two this week, one that felt okay and one that felt pretty good - fingers crossed I get to the next stage with at least one of them!

    Edit: second interview for one lined up for next week, yaaaay.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    10·
    10 days ago

    Downpipe at the p’s fixed! Took about 2 mintues. Saved a few dollaridoos there.

    A few days ago when I was there I said 'hey I’m going to try and fix it this way". He cracked the shits 'I MAKE THE DECISIONS AROUND HERE". Dude has acute NPD but there are work arounds. So I said okay you do it. So I pissed off down the bellarine… Get a call:

    Me: How’s that pipe going Him: The pipe has fallen 10cm I can’t do it. Getting a plumber in a few weeks.

    I get back, go over today (while he’s away)… Turns out he pulled the down pipe down and it disconnected from the gutter. I chuck it back on try and recreate what he did and he must’ve been trying to climb the thing. Easy fix.

    So now I’m putting a mock invoice in his letter box:

    Call out fee: $200 Labour: $300ph x 0.033 = $10 Materials: 4cm of 100mm PVC: $0.5 Use of toilet: -$1 Stealing a glass of wine: -$9

    He will hate that. Apparently he spent an hour trying to do it.

    • Taleya@aussie.zone
      7·
      10 days ago

      He may hate it but admit it, you love it.

      Dunno if you’re AFAB or not but it’s fucking spectacular when you pull this shit on a FIL as a woman XD