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Daily Discussion Thread: Sat 08 Jul 2023

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This post is in memory of Bot #001 who sadly blew away in the wind.

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- I was wearing shortsleeves outside yesterday
- So Jelly. Hobson's Bay is beautiful, so under rated. Seaholme too.
geebus, I've been watching the Site Inspection yt channel, it's a guy who does inspections of new houses. It is making me rethink the outer suburbs that were built in the 60s and 70s. Those houses might not be modern and in Boronia or Melton but at least they were built properly with the correct materials.
I don't know enough about it but it seems there is rampant corruption, there is use of unqualified labour being paid under the table, non spec construction materials smuggled into the country .
Anything new made with concrete scares me now, I've seen how they use rubbish as filler or foundations. One place even had fake permeable concrete paths.
And it's not cheap, people are paying $500,000 and more just to be ripped off.
We need government inspectors again.
Shopping. Completely necessary due to empty fridge. Not looking forward to it. Existential question - do I bike or do I walk? If bike, then over much more quickly but less carrying capacity. If walk, more load out but takes longer and increases chances of getting rained on. Decisions, decisions.
Thank you english rain you have fucked my Saturday night cricket.
I am a language professional. We tend to believe firmly in descriptivism. Language is fluid and you can do whatever you want with it. There is no right or wrong. Nothing really upsets me except for when people say ‘an historical X’ or ‘an horrific X’ but even then it just makes me scrunch my nose up.
But there is one thing that I cannot accept. One thing that makes stop what I’m doing and just want to scream in disgust ‘WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU YOU CLOWN??’
And it’s when Americans refer to pasta as ‘noodles’
Especially if they call it a ‘lasagne noodle’
- It irks me when people say ‘aks’ instead of ask. I know it shouldn’t, because maybe that’s just what they heard growing up or have trouble pronouncing ask, but gee it makes my eye twitch when I hear it.
- Tuna fish
  Americans saying fucking Tuna fish
  As opposed to what? Tuna bird? Tuna insect?
  Fuck that
  
  In japan, it’s sometimes referred to as ‘sea chicken’
  We should all just adopt that instead
- I hate when they say tuna fish. The fish part is unnecessary. Barramundi fish, snapper fish, trout fish. See it just sounds stupid.
  
  toona fish tacohs
I have successfully removed my old mattress from the bed, moved it close to the front door to easily pop outside for the recycling people, put the new box mattress on the bed and managed to flip it up the right way. Which was a bit harder than expected. Turns out when they recommend using two people, it's for a reason.

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