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[–] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Sleep study night. I am connected to all the wires. Time to try to sleep. Night all

[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago

Goodnight, hope you can get some answers!

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[–] StudChud@aussie.zone 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Had a nap after my whinge (thank you for your kind words πŸ’œπŸ’œ), then went to Savers and got two shirts for partner's new job, and two pairs of jeans for myself for under $50 in total.

Then got a massive haul of groceries from Aldi. I transferred $120 to my paying card but it only cost ~$50 all up for all of it. Stuck in the expensive Colesworth mind lol

Edit: oh and I applied for a few shelters as a volunteer, hopefully I can get a place at one of them as it's a requirement to have placement for the Cert IV in Vet Nursing 🀞🏼🀞🏼🀞🏼

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

So a few months ago I stole an extreme;y expensive car from hard rubbish which I hoped would be a nice gift to bro and sil and their baby to be but it has gone back to hard rubbish 1 door down :(

Have to tilt your head to the right for next vid.. working on it but WEEEEE! still worked.. their loss.

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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 5 points 6 days ago

Really living up to your username.

Their loss mate. I'd drive that to work tomorrow if I could :)

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago

It looks like it would be terrific fun πŸ™‚

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[–] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I have committed to organising the lasers for the sixteenth birthday party. Synthwave is the brief.

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

We have a reply all fail. Brace yourselves.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Hilarious given it's about Security

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago

oh dear

anyway ....

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[–] bacon@aussie.zone 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

is that in an out of office autoreply loop

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 6 points 6 days ago
[–] underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A suicidal jam jar leapt out of the pantry to its doom on the tiles. Red sticky jammy glass everywhere. Great fun to clean up.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh dear. I hope it was not too full.

This possibly happened to maintain the balance of jam jar karma within the DT, as I had the good fortune to pick up a good (empty) jam jar from the food cupboard this morning, The universe added to my jam jar collection and took from yours.

[–] Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 7 points 6 days ago (3 children)

This does not account for the jam, or the karmic effect incurred in cleaning up the mess. Which is a very high value as sticky jam plus glass splinters is major. Jam by itself - wipe it up. Glass by itself - sweep/vac & blutack. Both, however, is an existential crisis as the mess can neither be wiped nor swept. Even rubber gloves are not safe from the splinters. And don't even mention the vacuum cleaner.

On the other hand, underwater magpies has incurred a major karmic benefit in cleaning it up. This far outweighs the serendipitous collection of a clean empty jar. I wonder how the universe will balance the scales.

May the whole DT find a really nice empty jam jar today. For this jar was unopened and full of quite nice strawberry jam.

I'll have to do a second round of cleaning later, just in case. I'm not convinced I've got it all.

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[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'm actually keen for an early night. Hang out with fluffball and read for a while.

Goodnight all ❀️

Edit: I will not be working hard. I have learned my lesson. I will be enthusiastic and do slightly more then expected. There is no meritocracy in corporate.

Working hard is a terrible idea that leads to burn out and disappointment.

The only way to make more money most of the time is to leave and go elsewhere.

/mantra

[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Assignments due in 10, 14, 16, 20 and 21 days. I will not procrastinate anymore. I feel like I've almost left the 10 days one too late. Time to break down each into steps and give meself some faux deadlines. I can do this.

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I don't know what's better, multiple small assignments or one big hugely scary one due at the end. Good luck to us both!!

You're almost at the finish line, go you!!

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wrote 5000 words in three days for my fourth year meta review submission draft date. You got this.

[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That would've been stressful. Go you!

Thanks, they're like 2-3k words each so I will be bullshitting a lot.

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[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

For me, just over three hours left of lentish. I may have some intoxicated morning rants hitting around eleven am tomorrow. Be forewarned.

Edit: of the various vices I gave up over the last few weeks/months I think getting off reddit had the biggest impact, I'm looking to keep that up. Feels like it brings more negativity to my life than any traditional intoxicant.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 6 points 6 days ago

Well done πŸ‘

[–] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

So, Peter Khalil dropped in today.

I went to the door expecting to have to shoo away a salesperson, and was so surprised that I couldn’t think of any good questions to ask at the time. I did say I wouldn’t be voting for Peter Dutton, though

[–] Nath@aussie.zone 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

On paper, Wills is a blue-ribbon Labor seat - Bob Hawke's old seat.
But a third of voters there went Green in 2022. He should be getting out and meeting people/listening to them. They can't take this seat for granted any more.

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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 8 points 6 days ago

The change of seasons has well and truly finally hit. Feeling a bit of a cold-ish headache from not adjusting to the temp difference properly and returning to a whole day of desktop work after ages... Gonna buy some soup, chug hot herbal tea, and have an early night. This will be my last long work week before I throw myself at uni hardcore.

[–] bacon@aussie.zone 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

i have been marked by a needle

[–] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] bacon@aussie.zone 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

god is omnicient, god has already seen it

Joo said it mane

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

good night everyone, I'm beat 😘

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago

Sweet dreams.

[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago

Goodnight Seagoon

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 7 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Got tired of my yt-algo so I looked up how to delete my history, pretty easy actually. Hopefully whatever it re-learns about me doesn't send my down a pile of right wing kak. I'll need to watch a bunch of lindybeige and philosophy tube to refocus it on my interests.

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[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 6 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Does anyone know of an animal rescue or shelter that takes strays?

The ones I've tried just say to contact the council and that's not going to lead to a positive outcome.

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Elite cat rescue does strays, but are presently full.

Petrescue.com.au has a directory

[–] anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

All done cheers :)

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[–] TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I tried a YT short recipie for dins tonight. Mostly for shits & giggles, but it worked. Chicken 'fried' in water. I used drumsticks cos cheeep so no weeping if I had to toss it. It was quite nice. Will do this again, but with the recommended wings. Sauce was gorgeous in texture but I should have used a tad bit more chili and less mustard. Worth trying.

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 6 days ago

Today I saw a guy with a Simple Jack haircut.

[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago

I’m being punished for leaving Melbcat inside this morning… she now won’t let me in the bed!

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