Daily Discussion Thread: Fri 28 Jul 2023

The place I'm staying at has Alexa whatever things all over the house. I have given in and used them for timers and alarm clocks so I can reduce use of my phone especially first thing in the morning. It helps that I have to actually use my voice if I want to silence the alarm. So of course I blearily told it to stop for 3 separate alarms this morning - 7, 7:15 and 7:30.

Eventually woke up at 8ish and asked it what the time was and it said "The time is 8:05 am. Happy Friday! 😇 "

Is it possible to ask Alexa to be more of a curmudgeonly bitch?

People that say 'happy Friday' should be given 50 lashes in the public square.
People that say 'happy ****day' for any other of the week, should be removed from society via catapult or trebuchet
- looks like youve got a case of the fridays
- happy everyday
- The contrary side of me is really tempted to update the bot to put a "happy ****day" message in the DT post 🤣
  What is the appropriate punishment for using "FriYay!!"?
- We need more Bad Janet in our lives
- Oh well, that’s me drawn and quartered for my serial offending.
- I think the only exceptions are happy birthday/easter/mother's day/father's day. That's it. People shouldn't over complicate things.
- On my god, if only I could action out this punishment to people at work!
I literally bought an Amazon Echo after I saw this video a couple of years ago https://youtu.be/96BAgh0jmSE
It sits in a drawer now though sadly coz I'm a google home user.
- That was fucking hilarious, thank you 😂 I guess I better start getting creative

realised this morning that I'd inadvertently gotten a bit of a Tig Notaro (Edit: think Army of the dead) haircut. Local lesbians in my area are very interested (got hit on three times between bunnings and the fresh fruit grocer)

Temp tomorrow tops at 18. It's July. This is not natural.

We have fucked our planet beyond repair. I'm sorry, but conservatism is not only wrong, it's dangerous now, because soon climate change is going to kill tens, if not hundreds of millions of people.

billions
Next three days are 18°C. Love being here for the apocalypse. I had tipped Russia launching nukes (could still happen), but I'll take climate change I guess lol
- Agreed, also Moon pie. What a time to be alive.
Pardon my ignorance, is that considered high or low?
- I would say that's petty high for July. Usually it does get a little warmer in July but maybe between 13 - 15c. Our record high in July has been 21.

I'm so fucking hungry. The dog is looking good. 2 hours to go until pizza and beer.

🌭
- I was thinking more of a roast because he would fit in my largest baking dish with a few spuds and carrots. 🐶 🥔 🥔 🥕 🥕

daily reminder that you cant plug a USB into the HDMI port. Follow for more bleeding edge of tech tips.

We'll have none of that moralistic judgement and hetro-normative focus on penetration around here thanks. Love is love, and what happens between consenting plugs and ports is their business.
- And why should pleasure only come from penetration anyway? I say we need to normalise tickling, fondling, blowing and licking (with mutual consent) as equally valid expressions of love and trust. I, for one, have witnessed the great emotional release involved in the ritual "right side up?" foreplay so often engaged with hetero USB-A intercourse.
Square Peg Round Hole gang checking in....you're wrong
We need this. What's a USB?
- it’s the younger brother of USA.
- I think it's computer porn talk for nerds.
imma stick a VGA into HDMI port
- Filthy
well you can, but the result is not good.
- What happens?
😂

I am enjoying my second pub meal in one day. I highly recommend blowing off work, booking a random motel at the last minute and escaping to country Vic. Hi from Yackandandah.

Please take a photo of your meal.
- I gobbled it up too quickly! I promise to abide by the new rule in future, except when I forget.
The Yack Creek Distillery is a lovely spot for a very nice G&T, if I may say so

Day 2 of intermediate body shred challenge completed, plus tummy exercises. I got home from work last night, did 2 loads of washing, very begrudgingly cooked dinner, which was lovely, had exhausting argument with elder minipeeler about doing homework and basically collapsed into bed without doing my evening exercises 😔 Both minipeelers are home sick today. Made a breakfast juice with ginger, pear, spinach, apple celery and a small beetroot. I'd show you a picture but, you know, it's a purple ploppy looking juice.

Bonus picture of dinner

Picture is of steak with mash, peas and broccoli, chargrilled zucchini and red Brussels sprouts cooked in a mushroom cream sauce, thereby negating any health benefits of said sprouts. I seem to cook better when I'm tired and pissed off.

You are a machine. Your family is lucky to have you. I hope some appreciation is conveyed
- Aww thankyou 😀 They remember to thank me sometimes lol.
That is the ultimate dinner 🤤
- Thankyou! High praise indeed 😀
Wow, that's something I haven't seen in a long time. Steak. looks yum and being so early in the day seeing that, it's made me hungry!
Well done on getting all that last night. I wouldn't have been able to do that. Very Impressive.
Yuuumm. All my favs right there. I'm so glad everyone's on the mushrooms. I fucking love 'em.
- Agreed. My fave weekend breakfast involves fried mushrooms, spinach and red onion on Turkish toast or a fresh sourdough toast. Bonus egg, bacon and beetroot relish because I can't resist going overboard on that stuff!
Oh my, so much tasty food in here today! Yummm!

It was a wet dog walk this morning. The night was warm too - I did not sleep well, and tossed and turned so much Mr Woof went to sleep in the lounge room. It makes me feel much better about being at work when I am not missing a nice day.

Hey, so it wasn't just me feeling unnaturally warm. I woke up in sweat a couple times which is very unusual!
- Yeah, it was wild. I walked home around midnight and the app said 14 degrees. I thought it was joking, but so many people were out.

Late edition dins:

Just sushi rice, rice vinegar, pinch of sugar, then cucumber and kewpie mixed with shit hot habanero sauce.

Next up are the springers!

Rejected again, I'm unemployable
\ Dejected again, unenjoyable
\ But I got fishnet stockings on, feeling neat
\ I'll dance my bleeding heart out, undefeated
\ I'll keep trying to be another wage-drone
\ In a capitalist landscape that wants me gone
\ I don't care anymore, I know I am qualified
\ Don't care about my failings being quantified
\ I'm ready to dance, I'm ready to go
\ Where I'll end up, I do not know
\ But whereever it is, it's where I'm meant to be
\ Tonight I'll let loose, and pretend I am free

My dinner tonight was home made pizza, like all Friday's.

Didn't take photos but t'was good.

Olives, artichoke, chilli, garlic and anchovies.

Oh yeah

Well that's another job I didn't get... As much as I like working for the APS, I'm getting very sick of their drawn out recruitment process that seems to go no where for me no matter how much effort I put in. What sucks is I'm desperate to get out of my current job but I can't just quit because I'll lose all the clearances that come with being an APS employee, which make me ever so slightly more favourable when I do apply for jobs. This whole thing is definitely becoming a huge rut for me.

Update on the neighbour dog barking. I heard from another neighbour that the owners have gone to Europe, it seems like they've just left the dog at the house and expect whoever to visit and feed it, and it's being left outside all day and night. I'm not sure if anyone is pet sitting or living at the house, there's no cars around. Going on holiday doesn't absolve you of your responsibilities as a dog owner. Dogs need exercise and attention, it ain't getting any of that so it's barking around the clock. I called the council but they're useless. Goodbye sleep and sanity.

In better news, off for Friday knock-off drinks soon. This weather is perfect for beer.

Call RSPCA, f that for a joke!
Poor doggo.
Have you tried knocking on the door (might win the captain obvious award here)?

Day off. Had a lovely breakfast, coffee, now under a blanket on the couch, pondering whether to start with some zelda, a book, or just head straight for a snooze.

I’m drawing landscapes just to learn how to use digital brushes and it’s a bit frustrating. Each one seems to look a tad crappier than the last. (The first wasn’t bad.) But you know, it’s that or sitting for long periods with pencils or standing to paint. Or doing nothing. For some reason I can’t currently focus on books.

I’m using a $10 Big W stylus (Cygnett) and $10 Procreate Pocket on phone. Just can’t seem to do a smooth flowing sketch line like I can with a traditional pencil (my posture and screen size doesn’t help) so I’m fudging a lot with paint and smudge tool. One of the brushes stopped working? The features and layers are also limited so maybe this is intended to take visual notes while out for doing fully later.

It’s not bad to experiment with though if you don’t put pressure on yourself and have some music on in the background.

Really annoying that r/ArtFundamentals went private right when I got interested in trying to learn with exercises.

It might be the combination of stylus and screen size, but have you checked the stabilisation settings? https://procreate.com/handbook/procreate/interface-gestures/accessibility/#:~:text=The%20global%20setting%20for%20stabilization,advanced%20version%20called%20Motion%20Filtering.
- Edit. You could also give Infinite Painter a go. It's a very well developed procreate alternative. I use it on Android as procreate is iOS only.
- Thanks, I’ll look at the settings

I'm in trouble again. This is the third night Bill Cat has no kangaroo with gravy

Hide yo shoes!
Without the roo
With the blues
Kitty might do his # 2s
In yo shoes
- When he didn't have his fave cat litter he peed against the fridge while looking at me. 🤨 He has to watch Puss in Boots at least once a week. There has to be a chair with his fave cat cushion next to me. His sheepskin must always be under the warmest flow of air from the heater.
  This guy is a tyrant!!
So he is hopping cross?
- he's doing a death stare
Wicked woman.

Cocktails are the best bc they are delicious and has the word 'cock' in it.

I love mein Opa. He loves pulling apart dangerous appliances (think microwaves) that he finds during hard-rubbish, and refurbishing them. He built the sun-room by himself, and wired it all back in the 70s, we have Sunday Lunch in it still. He browses the internet and knows how to research, learning from YT how phones and PCs are made.

But he had to ask me for help, bc his Samsung Android phone kept notifying him every 5 minutes or so that he had a msg. I had to pop into the settings and show him how to turn the 'reminder' feature off.

He's the best.

That's so cute.

sky pretty

Been a long week at work. Tomorrow is time for a "new clothes" spree and a haircut.

May as well get something out of all this work right?

oof. while out and abouting and enticing the local lesbiantry I picked up some Challah and I have been ripping through that loaf with bear hands like the savage, savage beast I am.

I do not regret this decision but 3/4th of a loaf later parts of my digestive system are registering complaints.

Slowly sinking down into my bed
\ With thoughts swirling in my head
\ Sigh, I remember what I said
\ I wouldn't post my pain on this thread
\ But I am desperate for connection
\ To be seen, in the face of self-rejection
\ I want to feel some validation
\ That I'm not alone in my complications
\ I can win this fight against my brain

You are not alone, and you can win this fight.
I'm sending you this octopus 🐙 to help. Bacon gave it to me yesterday, and whilst it is no good at bookkeeping it is very clever with those tenticles, and dealt very effectively with the brain it was given for breakfast.
- Thank you kindly, I shall care for it and name it... Bob.

Great news guys. The capsicums are fine.

I sliced half of them for a stirfry. Still thinking what to do with the other half.

Looks like the rain is clearing out towards the east. Might risk the bike after all. BOM says a sunny afternoon.

It can't be sunny until after lunch. I have soup, and need it to be soup weather until after I have eaten.
- soup for second breakfast
I think it was pretty heavy last night?
- Indeed it was quite a lot of rain.

UGHHHH I have a self review due for work today. These things are the worst.

10/10, excellent reviews from my peers.
I hate those things! 2 of my former workplaces did them. Usually the kind of places where if the management have an issue with your work they'll hope that you say it so they won't have to. You'll probably ace it though. Towards the end I was so sick of them that I'd just brag for half an hour.
- I have a really great relationship with my boss so I'm sure it will be fine! I just hate the whole process around self-scoring, having to talk yourself up, ugh.

EVERYBODY GIT DOWN IF YA FEELS ME

PUT YA HANDS UP TO THE CEILING

🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

I tried this, but I'm at work so it made people think I needed something. I asked for coffee and a biscuit but apparently it's only appropriate to ask for work related help. Life is so unfair.
Edit: someone just came around with donuts. I guess life's not so bad after all.
- But what kind of donuts?! I need details!
Listen, I'm not sure why we're stuck in this crawl space but if that's what we need to do to both git down and place our hands on a ceiling of some sort, fine, I just need to know when we can break for morning tea and if there will be shortbread biscuits.
- I have biscuits on hand at all times. We good playa.
Thanks for reminding me.The only hands up to the ceiling I'll be doing is with a duster to remove some of the cobwebs.

Without MC (medication) I had a real rough time sleeping. It's actually fucked how much it helps.

I ended up buying a pouch of tobacco and now I'm having a sober ciggie. I told mein liebe to hide the pouch.

How else can I hate myself more? Suggestions welcome 😂

Edit: can someone tell me I'll hop back on the wagon pls

you'll hop back on no worries. It's like riding a horse. You'll fall on your arse again and again but what counts is getting back on.
- 💜💜 ty! Seriously! 💜💜
You could always watch more porn.
- I already watch porn 😭😂
I don't want you to hate yourself, I am however going to suggest putting on relaxation sounds to help go to sleep.
I do the rain/water sounds on low volume at night on a sleep timer.
- 💜💜💜 thank you dear friend! I think I fell asleep when the rain hit last night, so I will try the rain sounds. You're the best! 😍😍
pulls up with a tail lift
- 😙👉👉
Those nitotine lozenges work pretty well for cravings. Jump back on the wagon. You can do it. I did and I was going through about 5 bottles of vodka a week in my last bender. I know it's not that simple but hit me up if you want a sober buddy, I'm serious. I'm not suggesting for a second I think you're an alcoholic or anything less than powerful but alcohol ends up a part of many facets of life and creeps. Having some sober people around helps.
I take a non habit forming sleep tablet, which is actually an anti-anxiety / anti-d, but in lower doses just helps getting to sleep and getting back to sleep when I wake up. I tried not using a couple of nights and went back to my normal less then average sleep pattern for what that is worth.

By order of @CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone I present:

Thank you. It's like a cricket match. 👍
Looks as healthy as mine did, yellow samosas, pakoras and those onion thingies.
- Onion bhaji?
I ❤️ Balls
- I followed up with a Lindt ball for desert, so I guess I do too!
- Samesies!!

People have been dumping all their fast food garbage in the street around our house and our neighbours and it honestly has me raging. It’s always been a problem but is getting worse lately, they clearly just let it pile up in their car and then dump it all out?! Considering becoming the local Karen and posting passive aggressive signs around the place.

That ain’t Karen, that carin’.
- 🥁
Organise a pick up litter weekend. People give no fucks about signs.

I would like to thank yesterday's me for working to make this morning's breakfast a reality.

I'd like to thank you for share that. Sensational.
I nearly thought those were crumpets, not muffins! The mushrooms and greens look très bien, what a good start to the day.
Oh my god that looks sooo good!! Thank you for the inspiration!
Man that looks awesome!

I started the sign-up process with Sumo Energy, then realised there was no option to put a date of change in so didn't continue (I have fixed rate until the end of August). They have been sending me regular emails, and have now upgraded to offering me a $50 fuel voucher if I sign up. Apparently waiting pays.

Ugh. How much do friend arguments suck. You've only got my side of the story, but they were absolutely being an immature brat about a work thing they're going through. And during their ranting, they also managed to direct some insults at me. Uncalled for dude. And I actually think they could be using this work situation to their advantage. Hopefully we can move past this, because I have since apologised (though between us I lowkey think I shouldn't be apologising lmao), but so be it if we don't. A shame, but this isn't the first time things have been said that don't sit right with me. UGH

Oh... Hello.

Is there an app for this? The site on my phone in Chrome is quite busy.

How good is a cheese and garlic pizza?

Anyway cheers inmates 🍻 let's party.

Jesus Christ it's gonna be a long day

I booked myself in for a massage at 2pm to turbocharge myself into getting shit done so this ends up being a relatively short day. So far, it's working!
- Nice one. Also thanks for reminding me I need to use my gift voucher to book in a spa session before it expires like my Providoor one did (or I should say before they go bust lol) 🫠
- Go go go, you can do it!
  A massage to end the day sounds so nice.
I agree, why is your day going to be long?
So far I've been subjected to non stop noise and music all from 8am onwards and couldn't even have my break in peace and quiet.
- I complete lack of direction at work would do it. I should stop complaining though. I'm just hanging out for an event I've been forced to go this arvo then I'm gonna f off. They better not come with the directions then.
I am tempted to just crawl into bed and nap but thats not a good idea.
- No. No it isn't.

Two nights of crap sleep has left me all sorts of roller-coastery today. le sigh Also just faffed around for two hours+ in an attempt to find a dress. Nada. Everything is just so unappealing?

Also, is it just me, but is our fast food getting even more junkier? I mean, I can’t talk. I love me a good robust munch (not to mention burgs), but… it just feels like every new offering is a bun/crumbed/deep fried. I worry for us…

Gotta get out of this funky meh.

My dinner tonight.

Simple one tonight but I was dying to try this tin of herring from Aldi.

Mein Liebe is cooking up some pasta before we head out. I am so very lucky to have a person who likes me (he says he loves me haha) and likes cooking for me.

Lucky little blob that I am.

Edit: Because the CEO told me to, here is the pasta (pasata, pork mince, tomates, and love lol)

ID: bowl of red sauce pasta.

Bonza 👍

So far we've played tribute songs for Sinèad O'Connor and Randy Meisner from the Eagles. 🍺

What sort of theme is the playlist tonight?
- I don't know. I guess it's 80s 90s nostalgia. He played Poison a minute ago. 😂

I just got a phone call. It was automated "something something visa department regarding 2 transactions" then I hung up. Was that the smartest thing to do?

Yeah or don't answer them at all if you know they're phishing scams.
- I said "Hello" that's it.
If it was automated absolutely that is the right course of action.

I didn't really enjoy the European market thing so I think I might just go for a bus/train ride to kill the rest of the night

the cum trees have flowered and grown leaves.

i have saved the first worm.

we’re fucked.

Nooo! Not the cum trees, I don't want to deal with them until September at least...
- they don’t seem to stink much this year
Ahhh the cum trees, great indicators of the changing seasons and changing climate. Smells like a teen boy's crusty sock, cum-box, or bedsheets.
Smells like school.

Fuck me... The first train trip I decide to go on, and some gronk goes and screws up the whole network 😭😭😭 40 minute delays... Pretty standard Melbourne though tbh

I think we need a DnB rave choon to kick off proceedings.

This guy Mampi Swift is playing in a few weeks at Laundry Bar.. 22yrs after this choon was released:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oNrJKGQdiY

rave music... never have I been to a rave... but here's my dance hits...??
Pop Muzik
\ Daddy Cool
\ Whatchugot
\ Puttin' on the Ritz (Taco)
\ Mambo Rap
\ Venus Fly
\ Heart it Races
I can go on lol
edit: DECEPTACON
\ i cant believe i almost forgot the best one lol
- Dance hitz!
  I've only heard of 2 of those :)
  Love it.

So there is no doubt I’m late to the party, but I was beyond pleased to find that I could add voice recordings to MS PP for each slide, have them auto play and set up the slide to go to the next after each (timed) and then export it as a video. The amount of times I have re-recorded videos in the past… Why did I not realise this sooner. Definite large rock I live under.

Just got woken up by the rain. Shakes fist at sky

Exciting thing for the day: I installed a new mouse cursor scheme on my PC and applied a new desktop wallpaper.

Link for anyone curious about the cursors: clicky click

Flashbacks to Windows 95-2000 theme packs including that damn jungle themed one
- Fond memories of After Dark for screensavers as well
Do you know where I can get one of those cute duck cursors? 😀
- For which operating system?
Love using DeviantArt for customising my computer. Might download that pack for my work computer because for some reason it's showing a white text cursor sometimes which is hard in Gmail.

PSA. If you announce you are eating then you must post a pic of the meal. I don't care if it's just a cracker. Free upvote for anybody who does this.

About to go to a work shindig (It's only 5 here). The food the company puts on is usually decent, though it has been hit-and-miss a few times. I'll provide an update when appropriate.
- Oh please do.

Gonna make a shitload of spring rolls today and rebuild The Stash™.

Putting in heaps of the coriander forest because that's gonna bolt in this 420ppm the nino AMOC ice extent SSTA six sigma tic tac madness.

Also lots of chilli going in from last season that's in the freezer. I've found if you put red food dye on the uncooked pastry (as a warning), it actually stays a very bright red after deep frying.

That middle paragraph is that computy talk?
- I read it a few times but all I parse is word-salad
- climate heh. Bear with me..
  420ppm is CO2 parts per million El nino AMOC = Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Ppl worried it's slowing. Antarctic ice extent SSTA = sea surface temperature anomaly six sigma = six standard deviations away from the mean for both north atlantic SSTA and Antarctic sea ice extent tic tac is the alien ship from the recent UFO revelations that's (some believe) come to save our climate and corianders.
  I read a lot of doom porn :(
Yes plug it in. She'll be right. 👍

I think the gas ban needs more education. So many people still believe that it's more efficient using a gas heater than reverse cycle.

We're now better off burning the gas in a power plant, and running reverse cycles than using gas heating itself.

Gas has been the cheaper option for so long, and I think a lot of people mistake that for efficiency. The idea that something can be both less efficient but also cheaper seems counter-intuitive.
Until very recently gas appliances were the sensible option because the cheaper running costs more than made up for the increased up front costs (unless you are a landlord and will be pushing the operating costs to someone else). That has also changed, which I think a lot of people also haven't caught up with.
I checked my local noticeboard a few hours ago and all these people calling this country a dictatorship.
Sounds exactly like the shit that happened in America where Biden mentioned something about gas stoves and all these politicians and reactionaries are complaining about gas stoves.
- How dare anyone tell me what to do! I'm supposed to have the freedom to do whatever I like, and people that want freedom from the consequences of my actions are free to leave. The defining mantra of our age.
- Yay Culture Wars!
Recently the price of electricity dropped below 0 in Finland due to abundance of renewable energy.
If it wasn’t for our government we could have had that

Gorgeous day. I want to be outside

Tomorrow will also be nice.

DON'T TELL ME THIS IS PARADISE

Edit: this is amazing im sad you are all not here with me but I am also sweaty and drunk so i hope you are all sweaty and drunk at home

I love you all so damn much

Windy. Sensor light outside keeps going off. Must be a branch waving in front of it but do not want to get out of bed.

PIR sensors are designed to detect living things.
I believe it could be something far.. more.. sinister...
cue intense cello bowing.
- It's a big fat huntsman turning on the light so it can eat the bugs.

Late. Shit

i am eating beans and i take full responsibility

pork and beans 💨

Planning a half day trip to Stevensons Falls tomorrow via Black Spur Drive.

Anywhere else we should stop? Special emphasis on nature/forests as they're practically my wife's natural habitat and favourite places.

(we have ruled out Redwood Forest due to road closure)

I'm hate watching Hunted and I hate the hunters so much. But also don't understand why the "fugitives" would ever taunt them.

Not going to lie, weather's got me a little alarmed today. The winter dressing gown and trackies are off, and I had to dig in the back of my cupboard for some of my thick cotton shorts that usually don't make an appearance until spring.

Same, I just have no idea how to dress. The sun is warm but the wind is bitter and there is no warmth in the actual environment, as soon as the sun goes in it's cold.
- I prefer to overheat myself. I can tolerate that over cold.

IM DOWN ON MY KNEES I WANNA TAKE YOU THERE

Can I just note my complete disdain for paggro use of words like sheesh and wow and other negative conversation stoppers. Blimey is fine. It is a true exclamation.

Also, tutor lied about where she lived, she is way farther than she said, instead of a 15 minute walk it's one hour. I can't get there.
- Blimey
- I'm just going to read books and keep going back to first principles so I don't get bad habits.
Bruh..
Huh?
Cool
they're also unprofessional AF
oof
Yikes. Had to look up what paggro was.
- I don’t know what that means either. Passive aggressive?
- You and I my friend.
Damn.
exclamations are fine 😂

Hey yaaaaaaaaaa!

Waiting impatiently for dinner. Tonight I have crumbed basil pesto filled balls of chicken, served with lightly-seasoned oven baked cauliflower chips.

So far away, we wait for the day
\ For the lives all so wasted and gone
\ We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
\ Through the fire and the flames, we carry on

🤘

Bitchin' guitar solo
- fuck yeah 🤘 🤘 🤘
Been too long since I blasted some dragonforce ,🤘🤘

I've officially gone blazin mad and am on a rampage scheduling emails to my future self to remind me to do things.

Bought myself a new laptop. What crucial (inc fun) things do I need to put on it??

I WILL SURVIVE
\ AS LONG AS I KNOW HOW TO LOVE

The most dangerous recipie on youtube - farewell my slim and youthful figure

The past few years winter has been so mild I had thin jumpers and tees. This year I've had to buy some warm stuff. 😬

Definitely feeling it this year.
I was surprised this morning ended up being 12 degrees at 8am.

Got some tix to “Talk to Me”. Love me some A24 scary movies.

What's your favourite horror film? Or favouritesss? I have many haha
- any psychological horror. The anticipation, the dread, helplessness.The shadow standing in the corner of your bedroom. The stranger standing completely still in the middle of your garden. The familiar things that aren’t quite right and an undercurrent of quiet intense panic arises.
  Lynch, Kubrick, Aster..

Are we back in the hide-all-replies timeline in the DT? I wonder if it happens when the number of comments goes over a certain threshold

Playing in a doubles comp this arvo ahead of the disc golf tournament on the weekend. It's at a temporary course in Wantirna South so hopefully the council gets behind the initiative and it becomes permanent.

Good luck!
- Thanks! We did alright and it was good practice :)

Goddamnit, mcconnell's not allowed to die /retire until i've heard The Bonk.

I am owed a Bonk.

he can't die soon enough
- yes but he must do so mid-speech, with the resulting BONK of his head bounding off the podium being pitch shifted and sampled into many EBM tracks
I am owed a Bonk.
Careful saying that round these parts

I drive a Rolls Royce cause it's good for my voice. 🎶

Trespasser on the tracks at Flinders apparently

Trains stopped and Trams along ~~Flinders~~ Queens Bridge Street stopped. (I think, maybe Flinders too)

This is more of a test than anything, so please excuse my indulgence. Testing both the timelapseness and sharing from Pixelfed..... https://pixelfed.au/p/calhoon2005/590471414723570509

ID - timelapse of sketch of wasp using Infinite Painter

Edit - works on my phone, but not on my tablet. Hmmmmm

Edit edit - bloody hell. Not simple. Try this one - https://streamable.com/rm32pv

Win 7 chrome no go here.
Firefox kicks up:

It's not working for me, on android phone from Lemmy in Chrome browser. Link works, but the video it's meant to show me is displayed as broken.
Works for me. Using wefwef.app but on iOS in safari when the link opens.

YOU'RE SIMPLY THE BEST

Carlton still outscoring Collingwood. Could turn into a percentage booster.

Observations of op shop donations. Lots and lots of Russian tourist souvenirs have been donated over the past year. No one wants that stuff in their house.

Just remembered black pudding and how I can't have it now I'm veggo. Now it's going to be all I think about all day, nice bit of fried black pudding with some buttery toast on the side.

You still can if you want, it's a choice.

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🥪🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥫🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙🥠🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

Full English Breakfast and a strong black coffee please.
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Good morning chef! I would like your most complicated dish, followed by your most expensive dish please.
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  fresh from the inkjet printer ⚫️🔵🔴🟡
Bacon & eggs on toast please, with a nice cup of tea.
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Feeling bad I cancelled the tutor. I just wanted two long sessions, she said ten , and it wasn't even where she said. 😬 And I got stiffed for an enrolment fee over and above tute fees.

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Hello
- 🎼Is it me you're looking for? 🎶

I have procured nasi ayam pecel. Let my evening begin

TEXTURE LIKE SUN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-GUjA67mdc

Get to review (not so much give it a score but to review) Rachet and Clank: Rift Apart on PC for my 1st job, except it kept on freezing last night which is frustrating. Had to send Insomniac (the devs) a message about it because it was annoying. I have the minimum and even recommended specs for the game, lowered the graphics to medium and it still freezed. Hopefully when I mentioned in the email "I got a review code for this" it'll bump up the issue.

Speaking of games freezing, I was having a couple of games freeze/crash after 30+ minutes of gameplay which was annoying me. Turns out it was happening because I undervolted my GPU a while back. Was annoying to troubleshoot but all good now. That'll teach me for trying to be clever.
- How the hell did you do that?
Love the Ratchet and Clank, huge fan of Insomniac (i have my ps1 with the first three Spyro games still, and my R&C games for PS2).
Sad that it's being shite. I honestly am not a fan of the reboot on the new gen consoles, or the newer series, so I cannot help.... I was just using your post to gush about R&C for PS2 haha.
I hope they help you out! I have heard they are one of the better devs kicking around these days!!
- Love insomniac. I played the old R+C's but I wasn't a huge fan growing up. But I liked the remake that was cool.
  But yeah I'm super disappointed about the freezing. It seems I'm not the only one with the issue as well.

wide open road ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uutmWWA34g4

The Clapping Song cannot not be bopped to. Head at a minimum, but whole body advised. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qWuSPPLtkEQ&pp=ygUfdGhlIGNsYXBwaW5nIHNvbmcgc2hpcmxleSBlbGxpcw%3D%3D

Go the Blue Baggers.

Go Blue Baggers.

It’s probably a good thing I didn’t have footy tickets. I left work at ten to five and have only just got home.

Trespasser on the tracks, caught up in the police-related aftermath of a homeless camp punch-on…it has been an interesting commute.

Which line is it affecting?
- The train issue was at Flinders, so possibly several.
- All of them

Has anyone been to Bonnard and is it crazy i.e., hectic?

TURN AROUND

Time to get some of those rays 🌞

I'm gonna stay ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-fK7dzecmc

I would stand in line for this
There's always room in life for this

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Oh this is an easy one. Remember you saw it a few days ago as a neighbour of the main country. There’s a region that isn’t universally recognised as independent shown in grey, and they double up by also treating that region as a neighbour. A bet each way, I guess.