Oh no. You must make all the space for this handsome gentlecat.

It's got a black jacket over a white shirt.

Did you find the toaster?

Glad you found a heater. I noticed Bunning had a pretty huge range when I was there recently, if it doesn’t work out.

My local mini Coles had heaters for reasonable prices.

Fingers crossed something good comes out of the networking meeting. Always nice when someone recognises that you've been underutilised at work.

Summer cheese is like no other cheese ...

Should add NSFW warning, erotic content

It looks like it will be a nice day today and I might go for a walk in the park. 😊🌞

What's the time Mr Woof?

It's always dinner time. Stupid question.

It's hard work being a woof. 🤗🤗🤗

What a big day for Mr Woof!! He definitely deserves a little extra, what a sweet face!

I know it is probably a bit delusional, but I am hoping it will prompt a lot of people to question why they are actually using these services and whether they really want carbon copies or something different. All of these services are designed to pull our attention and consume our time, and when you are used to spending hours a day scrolling content it can feel like a loss not having it, but I don't think it is actually what we want or need.

Services like Twitter and Reddit have trained people to be mostly passive consumers of fairly shallow content. We are constantly looking for fast moving and new content, even though that is not where the valule is. A large portion of users "lurk" instead of participating, and I believe that has largely been trained into us by using platforms where priority is given to "new" content (most of which is actually reposts and repeats of what has been said before) and where big is seen as better.

My belief is that the real value is in deeper discussions that can occur over time, and in smaller groups with engaged users who know each other. I'm not on Lemmy because I hope it will eventually become more like Reddit, I'm here because I hope it won't.

Funniest thing for me so far has been the excited tweet about branding and copyrighting "X Japan!" as part of their regional i don't even fucking know why am i trying to ascribe logic here. Look, they got excited and started screaming about owning the brand name x japan.

...and then Yoshiki showed up....

I’d like threads if it wasn’t a Facebook product.

Mastodon or kbin? Both use the ActivityPub protocol like Threads.

Congratulations! I finally investigated the app you mentioned: was it just called 'Fitness Coach' or 'Fitness Coach: Weight Loss '?

KUDOS, HAPPY DANCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTF4gN6XhF0

And you're a good @landsharkkidd!

Good landsharkk!

I just assume they need to spend all their time coming up with ways everyone else is inferior so they don't have enough thinking time to realise that their own lives are nothing but great big voids of nothingness, that they create nothing and do nothing in their own lives but consume the creations of others with the mindless voracity of a plague of locusts.

Or maybe they are just mean 🤷‍♂️

Don't be like me. I didn't realise I left my garage door open all day. Thankfully no humans entered or stole anything but a neighbourhood cat got in and didn't leave until 2 days later.

Oh deary me. Your own little bubble invaded just like that. Not cool.

Hopefully they’ll just fall asleep and not want to talk.

Too idealistic?

audiobook sounds good

My husband wants me to talk to him the whole time, to entertain him. ( he rarely talks in return ) I just want music or a book or to look out the window. I can talk when the drive is over.( unless it's a wombat on the side of the road and then I'll say something )

hugs https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6ElTR4G9fz4

On the positive side, you have your glasses, even if they are a bit janky. Waking up without your glasses and having to try to find them whilst not able to see anything clearly due to lack of said glasses is never a life highlight. Realising that you cannot drive without your glasses, and that you cannot get to work without driving, also not fun. Rusty Raven's Reason #473 why drinking was not a good option.

Glasses shops are surprisingly helpful with that sort of thing.

spares

sticky tape

steam

hugs

If it's not too bad some places might be able to adjust it for you.

Or, and hear me out on this one: don’t do that.

🤞🏻

Night night and sleep well!

Omg are you me? This totally happens to me way too often it's so annoying. I also get this dip at about 9pm then I'm like nah I can't sleep now...then when it's actually bedtime I'm staring into the darkness in bed.

You've just made me realise why I have had a lifelong difficulty with brushing my teeth before bed...

I really struggle with transitions, especially going to sleep. Sometimes I even hate changing my clothes and fall asleep better on the couch. Why

That's me on night shift, half asleep at my desk come clock off but the minute I hop in the car I feel like I could stay awake all day.

I don't think I've ever bought lychees, at least not in Australia. They just aren't on my radar at all. Do you normally put them in the curry itself, or serve them as an accompaniment?

But global warming means you'll be able to grow your own lychee before shit really hits the fan?

Wow! Who would have thought that tin in the back of my cupboard would be in demand.

I actually had a Thai red duck curry last night at a restaurant and there was a notable lack of lychee. Now I understand why.

Blessed are the cheesemakers

Oh. Ok I guess. I was kinda hoping it would be one of lovemaking but cheese is nice too

Cow? Goat? Sheep? Horse? Random strangers in the street?

Aah another Mighty Mite fan! My elder minipeeler likes it because it's just not quite as full on as Vegemite and is a helluva lot easier to spread evenly (for a child making their own sandwich with very soft fresh bread this is a bonus). Health care cards are awesome for the concessions. I'm glad your new job is a much better fit for you. We potentially spend so much of our lives at work and life's too short to be spending it with jerks, even for a modicum of financial security. And good on you for scoring some grocery bargains! I've been cruising by my local supermarkets at a certain time of day and have managed to nab some cheap fruit and veges this way. Especially handy when it's stuff that's normally a bit expensive like Brussels sprouts and snow peas.

It takes a long time to become proficient at cooking, like at least ten years , so don't stress, accept you're on a learning curve

during the week cook easy stuff you know, try new recipes on the weekend

It started out hard, then got easier with experience, but became hard again over the last 18 months as I became increasingly burnt out and sapped of energy (not to mention my appetite dropped a lot).

Frozen veg is a lifesaver. Tinned beans, as well as any premade stir fry sauces (which you can make once at home). Ginger garlic paste as mentioned in yesterday's thread. Makes all the difference between "ugh what a fiddly job this will take forever" to "okay I can do this quick" and actually getting into a flow.

An air fryer has hugely expanded options as I don't like using an oven (fiddly, takes too long to heat up) but it makes cooking a frozen crumbed fish or whatever a nice quick meal.

But yeah, the biggest thing that has helped my whole life is meal prep/bulk cooking. Fuck weekday cooking (usually). Whenever I do have the energy I'll power through and make enough to last a while, freeze anything I can't eat in the week, and thank myself when cooking is hard but there's something ready to go. When I'm tired or can't concentrate I don't mind eating the same thing for days on end.

(Anything that can be eaten with rice is much more versatile and worth cooking in bulk and freezing - mainly if you use a rice cooker.)

I agree with @[email protected] quick meals during the week. Pick up some pre-packed salads or frozen mix veg. Pair them with a protein or roast vegetables. Keep it simple. On the weekend spend time making more elaborate meals in larger quantities and freeze some.

It can take a while, especially when you are trying new things. I do pre-prepare a lot of things, but not all the sort of all-in-on batch cooking on the weekend. More cutting up vegies for a few days in advance. I do also make things like stews in larger quanties when I am making them so I often just have to prepare side dishes and not the full meal.

I plan meals in advance and have a basic template I follow so I don't have to start from scratch - nothing fancy, for example lunches are basically a repeat of toastie, sandwich, soup, sandwich & I just have to work out which specific type for each day. I write it on a whiteboard on my kitchen wall, which is directly in front of where I do food preparation. So I don't have to remember what is coming up & what I need to do, it is right in front of me. Then for example if I am cutting up a salad to go with dinner, I will look at the board and see I have two more salads planned in future, so I will get out two containers plus the plate for dinner, and fill them all at the same time.

I can hyperfixate and cook all afternoon, but then I make a lot of food to last me days. Otherwise, I keep things boring and simple.

I explained the reason for this on reddit. TL;DR African farmers have better access to refrigeration and transport, and as a result have switched to more profitable crops than cacao (the reason they were growing cacao specifically was because it can be dried and stored without refrigeration until transport is available and demand is present). The price of chocolate has to increase substantially. There’s no point stockpiling it.

This graph is a reflection of African farmers’ lives improving playing out in global supply/demand economics. It’s only “depressing” if the only thing you care about is your access to cheap chocolate.

The price has been worse in the past. At about the time that easter egg choc went to hell in a handbasket. I predict further decreases in quality.

not a fake Baku, just an alternate one

But isn't that exactly what a faku would say?

I've followed them for a bit. Radar is so cute but deadly!

That has never been and never will be a barrier to my consumption of it lol

Yeah but there's fruit, so it's totes healthy.

On a somewhat related note I have a chocolate addiction problem and I need to cut back.

Do not try ants. Horribly bitter tasting

Oh a work microwave. Someone probably spilled something in there and didn’t clean it properly and something that ants like.

Gives me the hebee gebees thinking about it

don't even switch it on, it will stink. 🤢

I mean they smell peppery when you squish them so maybe they could have been a tasty garnish?

Jesus Christ that's just feral.

Oh yum. What is there special flavour with that rice since it’s a different colour?

You’re making me hungry now!

SWOON ME WITH GOON

Dinner is easy.. first you make some toast, or toast some english muffins if you're fancy, then you heat up the baked beans in the microwave. Then you simply pour the baked beans over the toast/muffins. Done! Make your meal international by adding a dab of hot sauce to take your tastebuds on a spicy Mexican adventure.

Not sure why you'd ever need any other ideas.

Pretty much whatever leftovers you have - make pizza dough and dump said leftovers on the pizza 👌

Pick a vegetable or meat. Google selected item + recipe. Eg Potato recipes. Choose a meal. Shop for that meal.

easy dinner #2

toast muffin get 3 eggs , beat them, add 2 spoons salsa or 1 tsp curry powder etc , cook in microwave, stir a bit. put eggs on top of muffin

Here you go:

https://www.recipetineats.com/slow-cooked-lamb-shawarma/

Piss easy to make and you can make homemade kebabs etc… Just slice up the leftovers and freeze them with a few tablespoons of the pan goo and it surprisingly microwaves great.

Would be against toasted ham and cheese sandwiches? Nice and easy and comforting.

Throw whatever else inside that you desire. Even better if you have a jaffle maker.

Post your findings on the coffee community as well?

That is pretty funny! Reminds me of an ultra straight friend (didn't even drink. Ever.) who went through a minor head fuck when he realised that all his favourite writers, artists and musicians were absolutely munted/ drug fiends/rampaging party animals on the regular. Especially when they were "being creative," lol. Also, TIL what Chelsea boots are.

The orig is doing the rounds on tumblr atm, someone decided to cash in on the update

😍😍😍

If you choose either of those options you will have to class your toaster as a sex toy. Which means you are required to store it modestly in a cupboard, so that it is not exposed to the gaze of innocents. Storing the toaster in the cupboard will lead to vilification and the loss of respect of people in the DT. So you need to ask yourself, is it really worth choosing either? Maybe go for a nice, safe, non-contentious honey.