Daily Discussion Thread: Wed 30 Aug 2023
Daily Discussion Thread: Wed 30 Aug 2023
Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
It's just past midday, I'm 20 miles from Vegas and it's hot as fuuuuck. Have a photo of a rock archway I drove under this morning for your troubles.
Great pic!
Hooray it's my irl b'day today. we made it.
This calls for premium potato cakes.
E: thank you all for the bday wishes :)
Happy Birthday! 🥔🎂
Woo! Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday 😘🥔
Happy birthday mate 🎂
Happy birthday! Hope you have a fabulous day! 🎂🎉
Happy birthday, hope you have a great day 🎂🎉🎈
Happy birthday! 🎂🎉
Happy Birthday!
Happy birdday!
Happy birthday! May your potato cakes be crispy on the outside and creamy inside.
Happy happy birthday!! 🎂🎈
Happy birthday 🎂🎉
Happy Birthday! 🥳
Happy Birthday, hope you have a great day and treat yourself!
Happy birthday 🌶️🎂 (chocolate chilli birthday cake)
Many happy re-runs and happy birthday.
Been speaking to the old man about the shed he had built a few years ago. It was flooded in '19 because the neighbour's sprinkler system ran non stop for weeks. I had to climb over and turn it off because the council and yarra water were hopeless (this isn't the point though). It was a serious amount of water that made its way 2 doors down.
Anyway he's in a little email argument with the other neighbour because he thinks it's that guys fault. The wall is disintegrating and the hydrometer is maxxed out.
I genuinely believe it was the massive flooding event from the other neighbour right before 3 b2b la ninas that super saturated everything so it's a series of compounding events.
In explaining this I said "the theory that holds the most water". Completely lost on him..
So to all you bad pun people, I see you and you are appreciated. It's a tough crowd out there.
Slightly relevant and quite interesting imo. Google 'Wayne tank principle' if you want to read about legal interpretations of damage that has been caused by multiple different events, one event being covered by insurance, one excluded. How to determine liability?
ooh that was a super interesting read!
Found out that a newer work colleague, who I haven't had much to do with before, is actually struggling a lot emotionally, and is insanely isolated with no idea how to navigate the situation. I had no idea and I felt awful that I had never checked in with her or realised what was going on amidst my own troubles.
We had a very long chat that made me reflect on a lot of things I'd been through more recently, and how severe the impact of poor post-lockdown workplace team management can be on individuals, especially recent arrivals to the country. I know we all like to talk about the benefits of WFH but professional isolation really sucks arse.
I remain fucking astounded by men who think they've gamed the system by weaponising incompetence and being useless bull tits.
protip arsehole: You're just teaching her that you are utterly fucking inconsequential and can be cut out of her life with zero loss.
Made my way down to the bellarine for a little escape.
I will never get tired of distant surf pulverising the shore noise.
Free leftover food from an event in the office? Sign me up chief!
Hopefully breakfast and lunch for you!
Is the food yummy?
Yeah it's alright! Some mini pies, yogurt, tarts, orange juice! Free so can't complain much 😄
I left my earphone case in the back of an Uber yesterday morning, didn't realise until I got home last night because I thought I'd left the case at home, I also had been wearing one earphone. Lol. Luckily I called the driver and he had the case (and the other earphone) and he made it to South Melbourne tonight and dropped them off to me.
Good job driver! Hope you gave him something as well in return
There's a $20 return fee, I did it all through the Uber app, so he gets the full amount. Once I'm paid I'll add tip as well.
Thought I was gonna throw up or pass out on the train. Stood up and went to the door intending to get off and go home. But by the time I got to the next station I was ok. Just knowing I was gonna go home slowly calmed it all down. New powerful kind of panic attack?
Coulda also been a vertigo attack. Looking at a static phone on a particularly rough train ride'll do it.
Left over fried rice with scrambled egg, bacon, and cut up mettwurst for lunch. Feel much better than this morning.
I cut up some sweet potat, steamed/fried it, dumped in some butter and Kippers, added pepper and hotsauce, covered in ungodly amount of cheese.very yum
god I'm hungry and that sounds good
I join the Zoom and it's a political discussion. It's too early to hear this conservative knob rattle on about how bad Labor is.
Pray for me
(He just said 'aboriginies' omg 😭😭😭)
Aborigines is not too bad, it's old fashioned is all ( it could be much much worse )
It's just so fucking tragic hearing people try and suggest the liberals are better. I'm sorry you have to endure this crap.
Cats really know the most painful ways to step 😣
The PMs speech at the referendum date announcement (14 October btw) was excellent. I wonder who wrote it?
Off to a bad start this morning. Really agitated and quite angry at the way a staff member spoke to me and patronized me.
I'd heard rumors how some of them are quite nasty and I think I just encountered it for one of the first time from this people from a certain team.
Anyway about to go outside. Going to take a deep breath and clear my mind while on my duty for an hour and enjoy the fresh smell of rain if it decides to fall.
It sucks that people can be so petty and 'highschool' in the workplace, I'm sorry you were on the receiving end of their immaturity.
Sending you love and good vibes 💜💜💜
Thanks, still happens no matter the workplace and how old they are.
I have to try and let it go though and let it not ruin my day.
I might treat myself to something at the end of the day if I can find some doughnuts.
Why does it feel like Friday night when I know it's Wednesday?
I would like the week to be over as well while we’re at it.
I'm not one of those people who froth over Aldi's Wednesday bargains but I really wanted that jaffle iron.
Came very close to buying a dart board too.
I bought some power tools years ago and still use them to this day.
Also their Dutch gummies and licorice assortment is very nice too.
The man has bought all the power tools too. He did return the tyre pressure thingy just before the warranty ran out because it stopped working.
They regularly kill it with some pretty good basics. Some miss the mark tho. They recently had bulk dishwasher tabs that were more expensive than their own brand.
I think I paid more for lurpak than at Coles :(
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Apologies. Chef was chained by the Heatmonster.
Everybody look at the moon! Everybody seeing the moon! The moon is bright, it's milky white (blue?), everybody look at the moon! huh!
Thank you. So bright.
moon is very beautiful
I had already seen it but thanks for this.
Exercises completed whilst looking out window at dreary weather. I kinda like it if the kids don't complain about it, which they didn't this morning. They did complain about the cheap shit umbrellas I bought. Elder peeler said, "why do you always buy such cheap shit umbrellas?" and I said "they pretty much all are, or about 95% of the umbrellas I've encountered are." Good umbrellas are either super exy compared to a cheap one or basically an antique like the one I inherited from my Pop, (super large, hand stitched, leather handle) which I don't take out often because I'm paranoid about losing it. Looks like I've gotta buy more umbrellas!
also you have kids. Ain't no point buying expensive stuff with kids
Repel umbrellas are good, usually from amazon.
Helps if peeps look after them a bit too.
Where's everyone buying their secondhand books online these days? A lot of the ones I was using are American, and the price difference and shipping costs are making it all far less economical.
abebooks, ebay, amazon,
but yes, the fall of AUD makes it far more expensive
Shout out to https://www.brotherhoodbooks.org.au/
I'm a little wary of religion based orgs but I will have a sus. Thank you!
I love this weather. Not when I have to run out to grab clothes that are on the line.
Haggles for dinner filled with Devon, cheese and mushrooms.
Maybe I needed thicker bread to do this.
Can’t wait to take a bite of these without burning myself.
Jaffles!
Patience is a virtue!
- roof of mouth (probably)
I survived! Nothing burnt and all full now.
Um… why am I geoblocked from the Coles site? Nothing has changed, I ordered recently and I don’t have a VPN.
Go home Coles. You’re drunk.
Edit: it’s changed to being down for maintenance which eases my mind a bit. Coles, buddy, you could have just said that and spared me a heart attack. Especially as Woollies also seems to not be working at the same time.
Coles: I'm drunk? no u 👉 😎 👉
proceeds to only sell you booze
Oh no
My guts are gurgling and bubbling like witch's cauldron.
I'm afflicted with the dreaded period shits 😱💀
🤷♀️
warm night
And windy…
Sleepy potat
Walk without rhythm, and you won't
Attract
The Worm.I knew it. I have all the rhythm, but no rhyme.
I got rhythm 🎵 I got music 🎷 I got my girl 💋 Who could ask for anything more? 😎
Last night the kid ask if I knew any Australian artists. I kept it real simple for her while she googled examples.
Fredrick McCubbin - Landscapes predominantly of the Macedon Ranges. Includes browns, khakis, more brown and a hint of off white.
Brett Whiteley - Interesting work. Famous for his big wall of scribble.
Ken Done - Vibrant colours. Reprints include doona covers, coasters and jumpers.
Pro Hart - Just google Pro Hart carpet ad
Sidney Nolan - A child's paintings of Ned Kelly.
After that she felt much better about the artwork she had been submitting.
The other day she was pacing up and down and when I asked her what she was doing she replied "I'm creating artwork". It turns out that the class had to choose their favourite artist and submit work that matched said artist. She printed out her steps in different colours and presented it as a "Jackson Pollock inspired piece". The teacher praised her for her creativity.
Just for a bit of gender balance, you could also look at Nora Heyson, Margaret Preston, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Clarice Beckett, and Margaret Olley.
Thank you for that. I couldn't think of any except for May Gibbs which she already knew about.
Robert Hunter did white triangles.
There was someone she showed me who did squares and black triangles and proudly said "I can do that".
Need to get fit and find a rich couple looking for a live in unicorn, I don't want work or pay bills anymore.
I'd be someone's unicorn for bed and board as well tbh
Hi so who do I file a complaint with about whatever the fuck kind of weather is happening right now? Cause this is just unacceptable
I'm definitely over it.
I'm trying to get on to Whitehorse Music but they don't seem to ever answer their phone. Can anyone recommend a string instrument shop in the inner north-ish area? Need to get a violin restrung as a viola.
Perhaps these guys may be able to help?
I was also going to suggest volaris
Right on. I've set something up with them. Thanks
This is the exact recording I just bought! This is just incredible https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wDai9s4Hmc be sure to click for subtitles
they used to pull barges by manpower, men in teams on the banks of canals
🥺https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Song_of_the_Volga_Boatmen#/media/File:Ilia_Efimovich_Repin_(1844-1930)_-_Volga_Boatmen_(1870-1873).jpgmy heart really is with Russian people, I hope they can truly get rid of despots
( thank you for attending today's history lesson )
Russia has an amazingly rich cultural heritage. Which has been excluded from the west by the US. Most of the music I listen to comes from either russia or ukraine. The war is shit. But Russophobia is real. While people lap up any kind of crap from the US, I always remember more than half the people who voted, voted for trump not long ago. Russian people don't have that choice. They are gaslit and terrorised by criminals into having to live lives of poverty. I'm definitely all sunshine and lollipops today huh? I'll try and be more positive tomorrow.
I don't know if it's any consolation but less than half the voters voted for President Trump in 2016. Their democratic system is broken, but their politicians won't fix it because the broken system keeps them in power.
Total votes for Donald Trump in 2016: 62,984,828 (46.1%)
Total votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016: 65,383,514 (48.2%)
Where is this big moon that everyone keeps talking about?
sky
Sit.rep.: Sammi hopped off and the rain held off so I did a Coles dash. So that's done.
Now on the couch with Zooki on my shoulder.What do you think about asking on online retailer to refund a portion of your order if they put the products you bought on sale just a couple days later?
Bit cheeky to ask? Or fair enough?
I have a friend who is intense with money, like bordering r/beggingchoosers material, and I'm always surprised how many retailers will actually send her samples, discount codes, or whatever else.
I think it's just... Asking them for free money, and providing a reason that doesn't lend itself to why you should be entitled to free money
As long as you’re polite I don’t see any harm in asking. Unless it’s a small business where there’s just one owner operator doing small solo trading.
Hmm this is tricky. I know that some like videogame store fronts will offer to refunded price but into your wallet. But not too sure about retailers. They might just offer a coupon or a discount for a future item.
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Brunswick Sardines at Woolies are discounted this week from 2.90 to 2.35 if that takes your fancy.
That does take my fancy. It takes my fancy very much. Thank you 🙏
Vietnamese street food. Yum
🎼🎶Whichever console you play
No matter how many hours a day
I could win at any game
Whether your a boy or a girl or a super computer
It's often said
I should get some girly hobbies instead
But that thought fills me with dread
I'm not into sewing, baking, dress-making
Not eating, bitching, submitting🎶🎶🎶you know , you can have girly skills and pursue other skills and hobbies too.
Aye. Some of them are essential so you get well rounded skills
I reckon I could beat you at Rick Dangerous 2 though.
oh M3GAN's good
I was hoping for much more action, was a bit disappointed
(:
brrr, it's oodie time
The cat has been protesting louder and louder while I've been lost in an email. I am not a good slave. Oodie has been prepared for her majesty.
You need one of those hoodies with the big cat pouch
Debating whether or not to do a Coles run, just nip up to the corner Foodworks for a couple of things or just put it off until tomorrow.
It doesn't help that Sammi keeps clamping herself to my legs.It's going to be funny by me saying this as I not only play games but I also write for an online publication about video games. But the fact that there are some games out there asking for more money just so you can... what, play 6 days earlier is asinine!
Partner asked if I pre-loaded Starfield and I said yes, I'm so keen for this game of course, I'm going to preload it. But it's on Xbox Game Pass (PC) where it's "free"-ish (I mean I'm spending $10 a month so it's not entirely free but it's not like I'm shelling out $100 for a new game), found out that if you buy the deluxe version you can play the game this Friday instead of next Wednesday. Looked up the cost and it's $170 for the "deluxe" version, whereas the standard edition is $120. I am not shelling out $170 just to play a game 5 days earlier. But not only that, but Jesus Christ video games are expensive. I totally get the fact that their pricing hasn't really changed and that it used to be $80 in the 90s and that was expensive. But wages haven't really gone up, we're in a cost of living crisis, still dealing with the pandemic, etc. The fact that it's even an option to pay $170 to play a video game 5 days before it "officially" comes out is just... I cannot believe it, but it's not really shocking in the grand scheme of things.
Just... ugh. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
And people will bite at that price just to play it a few days earlier.
I don’t know if they’ll be allowed to stream it in those 5 days but that could equal a lot of money for them which they’ll make back in no time.
I’ve already seen threads somewhere of people finding the cheapest option to upgrade to deluxe. I think it involves going to the Turkish regional store?
I didn’t look too much into it as I was just scanning discussions.
It's why I left behind LoL, anything made by Acti-Blizz, EA, Ubisoft, etc. Too many microtransactions (and player toxicity) and these FOMO-inducing 'offers' and 'deals'.
I find I have been a much happier time playing indie games, or CRPGs (bg3 now, but a huge fan of Obsidian, Paradox, and Larian). Moving away from the other devs/publishers I mentioned before has done wonders for my mental health and gaming motivation
Yeah I've stopped playing Activision-Blizzard stuff before the Hong Kong Protests but that sort of cemented it with the BlitzChung situation. And then the whole sexual assault that really drove it into the ground (really happy to hear OW2 is the lowest rated game, I mean I do feel bad for the devs but...). Since I've started reviewing games, I've actually enjoyed playing more indie games. I haven't been able to review a lot of the big triple A titles because they don't give out a lot of review codes, like Nintendo only gave out 2 codes for I think Sword and Shield, and that obviously went to IGN Aus and Press Start because they're the biggest online publications (which iunno, is weird that IGN has all these different location sites and you'll see on Metacritic like so many IGN reviews. I get it for countries that don't speak English, but do y'all really need an IGN, IGN Australia, IGN UK, it's unnecessary).
But yeah, most of the games I've reviewed have been indies, some like big indies like Coffee Talk 2 and Blanc, and some smaller ones like Best Month Ever! and RE:Call. Though I have been able to do features on games from big studios, specifically Sony. Was able to sort of "review" but not a scored review of Spider-Man PS4 on PC, Ratchet and Clank and Sackboy. The only other triple A studio I can think of that I did a review for was Dynasty Warriors 9 Empires from Koei, but they're not like "Western" big.
Also I'm so glad you can get BG3 working! I've finally finished act 2 after playing it for 80 hours. I had to go back to the start to save a character because the first mini boss of the final battle in act 2 was so freaking difficult. But man, the performance issues are bad.
The devs know there's plenty of rich people who need to have things before everyone else. I still haven't played cyberpunk as it would mean upgrading my graphics card, which still works great despite being a 690 and basically a vintage card now. But the fan crap before that game was insane. I remember speaking to loads of people who bought new systems for it. Then it dropped and the hype died after a month. They still have their insane systems they love of course.
There are still quite a lot of new games which run perfectly on my 1280p monitor and look amazing. Sure, there's better experiences to be had I'm sure, but for someone who still plays minecraft most of all and isn't worried about when gta6 will drop why upgrade until the 690 tanks?
Man I was so keen for Cyberpunk, but then after a lot of the trans stuff came out, I got less and less excited. I did end up playing it (you can probably deduce how I got it) and like it was okay???? It ran fine on my computer, but yeah glitches galore. Nothing game breaking but yeah. You are honestly not missing out. I know that they're getting a new expansion soon, where they're going to update everything that'll be interesting.
Yeah I don't have like the best specs, but my rig isn't dogshit. I just need an SSD because apparently all games now need that to run on (seriously, BG3's performance is so bad, yet the detect graphics will always put it on ultra).
Listening to the Hunting Warhead podcast I'm so close to tears many times.
It's a lot hey. It's one of the most in depth bits of reporting I've ever read or listened to around this subject. I still haven't made it through the last episode
I just looked it up... urgh. I just couldn't. I have two close friends with DID and know casually a couple more. Plus all the women I've known with BPD as a result of childhood abuse. The less I know about this stuff the better, I just try and be the best friend I can to them I'm glad there are people out there trying to stop it. That the catholic church is trying to weasel their way out of admitting that were basically a worldwide pedo ring is something else I try not to think about too much. I'm a part of the me too group as well, but all my abuse was at the hands of gay men. It's still something we're still not talking about because no one wants to be seen as homophobic, but so many of them are absolute fucking pigs to women and trans people. We're supposed to be united under the queer umbrella but I keep hearing whispers about trans breaking away because we only really support each other. Hate to say it, but its mostly men. Not all men but too many.
end rant, it's been a constant source of pain this year as abuse and cover ups ruined my music career.
God I wish this flu/cold would bugger off. Meant to be meeting clients rest of the week and I sound like I've been smoking a pack every 20 mins for the last 10 years.
🎼🎶Jackie when you're touchin' my soul in the candlelight
Jackie when I lost control in the heat of the night
JACK JACK JACKIE CAN'T GET YOU OFF MY MIND!!🎶🎶🎶This guy makes me laugh 😂
Today I got two interesting vinyls from the opshop, a very old Melodiya ( label of the USSR ) of the Alexandrov ensemble, it's amazing, like listening to Dr Zhivago music for reals. 5 hobbits. And a USSR Radio orchestra ( the same orchestra that's in the movie "The Death of Stalin ) plays Mendelssohn.
$4 very well spent.
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Just did a little bit to help Ukraine. I bought an amber necklace and a moral support patch from sellers in Kiev.
You can also buy commemorative stamps to help the war effort.
.... What do you say to this, seriously....
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