Daily Discussion Thread 🌞⚡🏡 Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Ah, bugger. Hope it's an easy one.
Oh no!
Damn, I'm sorry!
Aw P. Sorry to see this :/
Are you feeling alright?
- Thankyou and I feel disgustingly healthy lol no symptoms at all. I almost feel ripped off in a way.
I hope you get to rest and recover well!
ohh :(
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Oh damn :(
Hope you aren't feeling too bad from the symptoms and you get better soon.
Oh noes 🙁. You tried....
Probably inevitable…
- Doing my best to avoid it so far. Not much of a life but can’t risk it unfortunately. Hope you get better quickly op.
You did all you could. I hope you have few symptoms and a speedy recovery <3

I’m so tired and cranky these days. Everything is just a hassle

Why can I only press the upvote button once? I'm mashing the button and the number isn't going up by more than one...
- I gotchu
Mood

I took about 5 years worth of e-waste to the tip. And then bought myself a cherry pie to celebrate a tiny bit of adulting.

Anti - Gravity thread :

Seeing perfectly happy and innocent kids be themselves and seeing their drongo dead shit parents kills me inside.
We have tests for driver's licenses, we should have tests for people becoming parents.
- Got an aunt who works in childcare, she says the EXACT same thing.
  I've got mates who cause of their unresolved issues are fucking up their kids, so they decided to have another kid. Like. um... what?! how about NO guys.
- I'm wary of tests.
  Pretty sure I have family members who would ace the test because they intellectually know the right answers and can express themselves with authority because they are educated.
  But in practice they are not good parents at all because they have shit personalities.
  And then there would people who are not very literate or well educated who would stink at a test but who are great parents.
  iow, what are we testing and how are we testing?
It really breaks my heart when I see this. I once saw a woman aggressively screech ‘shut up you cnts’ to her two toddlers crying in a supermarket. Seriously what chance do these kids have? When youth crime is committed, people often comment ‘where are the parents’. Well the parents are deadshits who don’t care and were probably doing the same thing when they were kids. We can’t expect these kids will get help from their families, but no other options for ‘parenting’ are available other than foster care. All you can do is hope that against the odds, as adults they are able to overcome the shitty birth lottery they got, and start a normal life. The ones who succeed are truly amazing.
- The problem is even if they manage to live a normal life, they will be missing things most people have.
  And because of that, they might find it hard to relate to the average person.
  And they don't have the safety nets either.
I think to myself you poor bastards you never had a chance
thank you. We're doing our best but he is a handful. 🤣

It's so nice working for a normal company. Internal is such a better deal.

Goodnight everyone ❤️

I'm coming to a very sobering realisation that my mind really isn't as capable as it was five years ago, it's taking a lot more effort to understand academic journal articles and new concepts than it used to. I spend so much energy on maintenance tasks and quelling anxiety, that there isn't much left for novel/challenging thinking outside of a conversational context

hi are you me?!
understand academic journal articles
I'm not reading the room quite correctly but I just forgot why I went to the fridge.. twice... so I believe in you :)
- I took my washing off the line and took my letterbox key with me.
- I don't have a banging social life or much physical capacity, so I'd always relied on my brains as something to be proud of but even that's going downhill too :(
  I'd accept it if I was more capable of ripping out 10 metre long retaining walls and growing bushels of vegetables ...at this stage in life I feel like I've dumbed myself down to a pencil pushing automaton. I guess I can still change that just that it'll take more effort than imagined.
- I tried to put my dirty plate in the fridge instead of the dishwasher.
of course it's harder to learn new things as we get older but it's not from any lack of ability or stamina
At an older age humans have a vast bank of knowledge and complex world views that explain and unify all the knowledge.
Each new piece of knowledge had to be tested for correctness and whether it fits in the world view. The world view is also tested to see if it is still the best explanation for all the knowledge acquired. The more knowledge and more complex the world view the more testing.
It can be tiring.
I hear you. Just concentrating on staying on top of stuff is exhausting
- I thought some life admin would become less taxing with experience and age, but I find that they seem to take on more of a mental load and not just from the post viral fatigue.
Trauma and covid will do that. Don’t blame yourself, it’s got us all

shakes fist at google sheets

Fucking Alphabet changing the shortcuts for their Chromebooks and suites from the accepted standards -shakes fist- pretentious af

Study day, discovered I've filled most of my assessments as we've been going. I'd forgotten I'd done that. So my homework is already done. Just watching some YT vids of vets showing safe practices to handle various animals, and animal behaviour.

Every day I am grateful to be doing this for myself.

I wish I was that organised! Although I have done more than I thought but it still is like pulling teeth.
- I'm not perfect lol, we do what we can! Getting any task done is an achievement worthy of praise, no matter how big or small!!
Well done! It's a huge step that will pay off in spades ❤️
- Better than I was when I was in highschool lol, prolly because I'm not trapped in a classroom of ferals ha!
  Thank you! I'll keep it up so I don't fall behind! More time to chill on my days off heheh
That's a gold medal performance, well done!
- Ahh thank you! 🙇‍♀️
Eeeeeee!
- Eeeeee!!!
  You and I can do this, fellow student! 💜💜

A packet of twisties is forthcoming to my stomach. A mighty fine appetiser lol

Hooray survived the 8 day outta date cheese kransky from last night. Flying a bit close to the sun. It did burn the roof of my mouth though but it was delicious so only a small price to pay.

Lucky duck.... I throw everything out once it goes past it's use by (non refiregrated best befores usually stay until I realise it's just been sitting there for ages and I'm not going to use it). I'm traumatised from all the food poisonings I seem to suffer a couple of times a year
I'm so traumatised in fact, that I quite often burn things out of fear they might not be properly cooked. Then I eat at a dodgy place in Footscray market and get food poisoning the next day ☹️

Okay so I think it was someone in here who recommended Potato Utopia chips and I've diligently waited and they're almost at half price this week... time to try it out tomorrow night I reckon.

I really want a hot dog for some reason. Not even a nice one. I just want whatever low tier fake processed rejected scrap meat cylinder things they have at Wendy's

does wendy's still exist?
- It's still around, barely: https://wendysmilkbar.com/
  There was still one at Eastland last I checked, as well as Parramatta in Sydney.
  There were also stores in Chirnside Park, Waverley Gardens, and Cranbourne, but I'm not sure if those ones are still open?

Ready to start my day.

Frothy

Flat clean. Now to make a mess

are you my toddler? "dad just washed the floors? Time to rub a crumbly biscuit all over them!" "Hello chicken I liked yesterday? Have you and the ground met before?"
- Hi dad, it’s me, your Tinyest

The magpies have started their pre-breakfast warbles.

Spring is coming!
- Almost time to begin the bribery

Anyone here been to Basement Comedy Club? I've got tickets for there tomorrow night, but do they pack people in like sardines?

I think I accept that I'm too worried to go - I'm flying to NZ on Sunday and am doing loads of limit my chances of becoming sick before this holiday. So... does anyone want 2 x tickets to Andrew Hamilton (from YeahMad) tomorrow night?

It's hump day. The weekend seems so far away.

Nothing but keyboard clicks and a loudly ticking clock. This office is so depressing.

better than that monster who was playing music off a Bluetooth speaker the other week. Hopefully it means HR have taken them up to the 25th floor and pulled a Russia on them.
- Or the people in my office that don't know the concept of an 'indoor voice'
I’d like that compared to everyone wearing headphones and being in random teams meetings all day. Can’t concentrate. Have to wear headphones and play music louder than I’d like.
Each to their own I guess, I much prefer a quiet office.
We have a visitor here once every week or so who is one of those people that seems to think silence is a bad thing to be avoided, so it's -endless- chatter, it's a nightmare when I'm trying to concentrate.
The odd bit of conversation is fine, but he seems to be deeply offended by silence and it drives us nuts!
- Too much babble is bloody annoying, but listening to the day bleed away is it’s own awful

such a beautiful day, seems a shame to stay inside so I'll go for a walk in the park. :)

Another day another data compromise. This time it’s the Shebah ride share. At this point any business using name address and dob to verify a person is not good enough security.

I use random passwords for everything so I’m not worried about the password getting out.

What's a shebab
- It's what you get after a drunken night out for the trip home
- Taxi service catered for the female demographic.
  Female drivers only and passengers I think.

I had a dream last night that I got lost whilst driving, and didn't brake hard enough at a red light. Went through the light and there was a beep that sounded like an e-tag.

Then I had a dream about being surrounded by grapefruits and not being able to get up. I think this is related to the pregnancy and fetal development subject I'm doing at uni.

Truly thank you, Belsomra I took a few days ago!

I had a dream about cars too
I dreamt about small planes and helicopters, that they were flying very close overhead, like 20 feet up.

I really like the way all the climbers from different countries stand at the bottom of the lead wall talking to each other and swapping notes on how to tackle it.

It's so nice. The skateboarders were similar yesterday, you can tell they're all friends and they just really love the sport.
I'm slightly concerned that these climbers might be part-spider though. Crazy skills.

Tucking myself into bed to watch Gladiator. I haven’t seen this in years

Such a great film! I don't watch it that often, but I listen to the score regularly. It's one of my favourite "I need to concentrate and get stuff done" albums of all time.

Bit of an odd one tonight for dinner. Zucchini slice and banana bread with custard.

It does feel good to use up dodgy fruit and veg though.

I could be doing homemade garlic bread with a side of orange for dessert.
Look on the bright side too. I did eat chocolate cake for breakfast the other day.

Gratitude thread :)

Grateful the days are slowly getting longer. Albeit slowly.

Grateful for my family not being too sick, and for the sunshine so I can put out some washing while I'm at home 😀
Grateful for this lovely weather - drive to client's was much more pleasant and took ten minutes less
Grateful my melatonin arrived safe and sound. I put off ordering more until I was almost out of the last one, and then when I did order them, I got a notification that "shipping will be delayed" because apparently they missed the plane or something. It only arrived the day after they estimated it would, so it wasn't that bad
I'm grateful for the time I get to spend with my kids. I look them to the park on Monday and took turns taking them down the slide. They had such fun saying 'Bye bye' to each other before going down. It feels like I'm in the good old days right now and I'm lucky enough to know it
- Mine are older now, and they love watching the cute videos of them doing stuff like this when they were little.
  It's funny though: They're way too cool to make videos of their play, now. I try and tell them "think of how much fun it'll be in a few years to look back on the today", but nope.
- That is incredibly sweet ❤️

Muuum...can I have a sick note? I don't wanna ...

I'm working from home today and have very little to do for once. Nobody monitors my teams status. You bet I'm going to go on some walks
Here you go love
📝
- 💕 thanks mum
Feel free to use my picture/jk
- haha
Best I can do is witness a stat dec for you...

I keep seeing videos of a crazy lady snoot bopping big cats

I know they're gigantic danger cats that will kill you for fun, but I can't see them as anything except oversized stray kitty cats. They have NO BUSINESS being as cute as they are. They even do the slow blinks! And purrs!!!!!!!!!!! It's kind of fucked up that something that looks that huggable and petable is also so murderous (or at least, murder capable)

I agree, it's incredible how much of cat body language translates from small to big cat species. But it is also important to note that many of those big cats in those videos were raised from kittens, generally. They might not be able to be released, for medical or socialisation issues, and it is better for their welfare to remain looked after. So their body language and how they act is influenced by their proximity to familiar humans. Wild big cats would communicate similarly between themselves, but would not be able to be captive and happy. Enrichment can only go so far when taking an animal like that from the wild, hence why they always try to rehabilitate and release of possible.
Interesting Cat Fact: big cats (tigers, lions, etc) don't purr or meow. They growl and roar, grumble. But the cheetah does both; it is essentially a big small-cat.
I always like to imagine cats throughout history, and their owners kissing them and being annoyed with them. Like that cat that walked on that monks writings from the 15th century. It's just so wholesome and cute to think this learned fellow was writing and his cat just walked across the ink and his page. Immortalised forever. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/centuries-ago-a-cat-walked-across-this-medieval-manuscript-1766202/
Edit: a better link and photo
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/130326-animals-medieval-manuscript-books-cats-history
- Yeah, of course. No matter how rich I was, I'd never keep one as a pet. I've seen people keep servals and similar as household pets, and it always really annoys me. Not only does it deprive the animal of their natural environment, and more often than not, companionship, when something inevitably goes wrong, the animal's going to cop it.
  Thankfully it does seem that these days it's moved from "the wild animal tore some dude abducted from the wild tore a dudes arm off! Let's kill it!!" To more of a release or rehome into a safe environment situation, but it still can't be a good situation for the animal itself. That gorilla that crazy lady in America kept really solidified that in my mind.
  I did actually see a video of a cheetah meowing in my rabbit hole of adorability, too. It was so cute, and not what I was expecting at all
  All that said, when I brought planet zoo, I was gushing over how cute the hippos were as well. Oh, and I think chickens are cute. And goats. And sheep. And kangaroos. Maybe I'm just a defective unit
Boyo used to have a ServalX before they became totally illegal here. The stories are neverending as was the couch replacement. Not a favourite person of the Council runaway run.
One of my best memories was visiting with some people in India that had a pet Lynx rescue with a spinal injury. It was semi-tame. About the size of a Labrador. It had quite a strong playful bite but never broke my skin. I got to play with it for about four hours. It's claws and teeth were large enough to no longer be sharp points like domestic cats.

Afternoon brain fog is heavy. Really feel a quick power nap coming up soon.

The free food market was extra quick today. I told Mr Woof I'd be out for about an hour, but they started a bit early and I drew third place in line so I was back home in 20 mins! As well as the standard mix of fruit & veg I got some sausages and halloumi, plus a loaf of fruit bread.

Am at the Wednesday client. The dog is practically climbing the couch waiting for the dog walker. 😄

The zucchini slice is in the oven minus the bacon coz I cbf going to get any.

The food cupboard was jam packed with bread this morning. I grabbed a loaf of bread, a couple of pizza bases (perfect timing, I just used the last one in the freezer) a few rolls which are great for toasties and a couple of fruit danishes. Thank you to Baker's Delight and all the people that didn't buy their stuff yesterday.

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Yes?
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think I'll watch Strangers on a Train tonight. been many years since I've seen it. 👍

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Had a local noodle place for dinner last night. Haven't been for ages and it's no fault of the noodle place, their food is always good.

I almost wanted to say sorry to them for being away for so long, it just mentally fell off my radar as a place to go eat and then I was looking for the right opportunity to eat there when I remembered.