Daily Discussion Thread: Sat 11 Nov 2023
Daily Discussion Thread: Sat 11 Nov 2023
Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Hey I got one!
Minipeelers bought seeds from the Shrine and we waited impatiently for it to be time to sow. We nurtured and watered them and they sprouted and grew! Then Mr P decided to do some "gardening" and ripped a whole lot of stuff out of that plot and trod all over the seedlings š¤¬š¤¬š¤¬ Miniest was especially upset. Mr P denied it was him for ages (but I noticed he got bits of wood and tried to prop them up so they wouldn't dieš¤) They all died except one and it flowered today!I've been out finding new friends in the garden.
I am constantly amazed by the camera on this phone - it was too small to see any detail with my own eyes, and the flowers were moving around making it hard to even keep it in the frame, and the phone manages a clear close up. And I once thought cameras in phones was a gimmick that wouldn't last.
Please admire my premium instant noodles with the best fucking noodles and coconut curry flavour (dried tofu pieces thrown in later).
It is so special that you actually need to follow special instructions: add the curry paste and powdered coconut milk sachets in that order to 500ml water, bring to a boil, then cook the noodles in the curry broth š
Jazz it up with some veggies and garnish and you'd think I made the real thing. I wish these didn't cost like 4-5 AUD each here. Truly god tier. Like, the list of ingredients in the curry paste is legit, theres about 20 spices/herbs in it, and these noodles are unbeatable.
I think I might need more information about where to get these
Late reply, but some Asian shops stock em - Prima LaMian, usually Curry or Laksa flavours.
Looks delish! Are these the noodles you got from SG?
Yep, they were half the price on special so I brought back like three different flavours in packs of 4
Thought I was doing the right thing getting the Covid booster but it seems to have flared up my chronic fatigue ā¦ not happy Jan.
@Mittens_meow @bot001 if I'd seen any questions on here about it, I would have recommended #Novavax, if available: tends to cause less reaction than the mRNA vaccines, but not many places have it. Something to keep in mind for next year perhaps.
Noted for next time, thank you !
I've just realised Miss Meow has added the word "Famukt" in the middle of my assignment, does anyone speak cat that can translate for me?
Edit: there appear to be a vast number of dialects in cat language.
"I love you Rusty, you're my best food provider for ever. "
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miss meow has family in the UK timezone
She couldnāt spell āfamilyā
I believe it's meant to be FAMUUKT! said with a very dramatic flourish of open hands and furrowing of brows, sort of a commentary on the current state of global affairs, with a tint of southern European.
Man, just woke up and realised I forgot to set my alarm. Leapt out of bed, rushing around to try and not be late for work - then realised I'm not working today. Mr Woof is so confused, he thought it was time for pre-work walkies, and now we're not going.
My plasma donation took 69 mins. Noice. Am slowpoke.
Nice
Dropped my car with a hand car wash to get a bath and walked to the South Melbourne Market. The car wash dude said an hour and a half so I took my time. Got a gozleme, two freshly fried cinnamon doughnuts, stopped in at the nut shop for some yoghurt sultanas and then went and overspent on a terrarium for my sister. Oh then I saw the cutest baby coffee keep cup so I bought one for my niece so she can have pretend coffee while her mum has her real one.
I'm not really keeping track but it's easy to spend a lot of money quickly in an hour and a half in South Melbourne!
Don't want to jinx it but my back is feeling slightly better. A walk and heat pack helped. Now it's Epsom salt bath time. Yeeha
hugs
Here's the terrarium I bought for my sister today. I dig it:
Wow that looks cool! I remember terrariums were soooo popular when I was a kid (70s-80s) and I'm happy to see the return of this trend.
Amazing! Also, hi it's me, your sister
Hehe jokes aside, how much did that cost? Is it easy to maintain? I might look into getting one for my desk.
You may not enjoy the answer of how much this one cost... although you can buy kits to make your own quite cheaply and there were cheaper but not as nice options at the terrarium shop. This one was $190.
As for maintaining, apparently you water them once a month. There was a card with a QR code on it to go get maintenance info but I didn't check it, just gave it to my sister.
4pm accountability: i am awake and about to go for a walk
edit: pre 5pm accountability: charged the phone for a while, now going out
Sometimes I wonder if I should try to take up music casually. Neuroplasticity for depressed brains and all that. But honestly I donāt know if Iād be able to stick with it even if I wanted to. Creativity is presented as something that flows but it still takes energy and grit to learn a new skill. Discipline for consistency. The confidence to persevere. Everything people having a really hard time lack. Everything people with my (potentially undiagnosed ADHD) type of brain lack.
Also while I donāt mind a tiny cheap shitty quiet thing thatās barely an instrument (given my commitment level, budget, space and noise constraints it would be) I absolutely hate the songs youāre supposed to learn on. For every instrument really. Nottt my taste at all.
I was ātalentedā as a kid (whatever tf that means - I genuinely donāt believe I was, I think that was the wishful thinking of the adults around me) but quite lazy. Didnāt want to practice, didnāt care about learning to read sheet music. I would memorise tunes or figure them out by ear. Then I had some extremely demotivating and pressuring experiences with it and never picked anything up again.
I think there's too much pressure these days with the idea that if you take up a musical instrument or artform you have to be "good at it" or it's completely not worth it and it's a waste of time. It's like you're not allowed to play/paint/sculpt (or whatever) purely for the pleasure of it. For fun! I read something recently to the effect that if you had a good time and enjoyed something, then the time isn't wasted (makes me feel better about my 20s š) I say if you want to enjoy something then do it. And if you try and don't enjoy it then good, you learnt something. If you're not technically perfect or proficient or prodigious or whatever, then stiff cheddar! Don't be your own harshest critic and rob yourself of fun. We need to take back the idea of doing things for the fun of it without being perfect at it.
The pressure is putting me off anything I want to do, and the worst part is it's self imposed
Itās more motivating when you find a piece of music that you want to playā¦ bern getting back into piano and trying to remember how to read sheet music again.
I was going through all the grades / exams as a kid and was doing performances for vce. I didnāt touch my piano for a long time after that.
I would have to get really creative tbh. I've found maybe a few but don't know how easy it would be
argh, broke a delicate wire fitting on a vintage necklace now I have to restring the whole thing. š
todayās goal: not take a long nap at 6pm, get up at midnight for dinner, and go back to sleep at 3am
Woohoo cool change is here. Can get some gardening done today without baking.
I've been in the garden taking photos for my assignment and thought you might all like this one
Pretty white butterfly. A pest, but pretty.
I wish there wasnāt some weird issue for me that means even a little alcohol makes me feel flushed, sick and really anxious. (And my stomach wasnāt messed up anyway.)
I just want to relax and have a beer :(
Maybe it would chill me out enough to just enjoy hobbies for what they are and not make them a further source of stress.
Have you tried white spirits? A half shot gin and tonic in a tall glass with lots of ice usually does the trick for me. I get the same anxiety from drinking as well and that usually does the trick.
It seems to be all of it unfortunately. Kind of like a weird allergy
zero alcohol beer does the trick for me if you donāt mind that there is no alcohol there and just want the taste.
If anyone needs a movie rec please check Aftersun out. Such a powerful and sad movie. Brb someone's cutting onions š¢š¢
On the list for tonight, I remember seeing it on maybe the MIFF list last year but had to miss out on it for something else maybe. A good cathartic cry could do the job of dislodging stuck emotions I reckon.
Need to go and hunt down a birthday present for my sister today. I was thinking of maybe getting her a terrarium, I know there's a shop in South Melbourne Market which does them but they just seem so expensive for what they are! If I think about the cost as not having to think of another gift then I think I can justify it because I'm terrible at this.
Catch mobile have just advised what compensation they are offering after the Optus outage. I'm getting 50gb of data added to my plan. Which considering I didn't notice I was affected and have a 60gb year plan is, for me, pretty decent.
But overall that sort of compensation is pretty useless. Most people have a plan that covers what they use plus a bit extra. Giving extra data is mostly useless. What they should be doing is providing data and extending the recharge time. Especially with plans like mine where data does not roll over. And it certainly doesn't address any of the issues associated with business interuption, the impact on alarm systems (including medical alert alarms) and problems with emergency calls.
I agree, pretty useless. I've already got over 600 gig of data rolled over and spare in my plan with amaysim, so extra data is kinda useless? We had drivers making deliveries to my work who couldn't take and send pictures to prove they'd done the job. And there was a Paralympian who was stuck in bed and couldn't contact anyone to get help, the poor woman. What use is data for her experience? Very crappy of Optus.
The whole thing is a total farce. How anyone could stay with floptus (unless they're grandfathered into a very good deal) is beyond me, they take the cake for uncaring and out of touch...
Nightmares about zebra strippers..
Not guilty
Oh itās you. The gifted one.š
did you tip them
Made it rain. Itās how we do
And de Kock is out after pounding a few hard ones.
Plasma donation tomorrow after a long time. Got rejected a while back cuz I had low iron in my blood but hopefully it is alright now š¤
Awake at stupid o'clock because someone left a window open and a gust of wind caused a door to slam. Not at all happy!!
Morning hike, afternoon in city, beer and whiskey at hand.
Gonna be a good evening
Where did you hike?
Werribee gorge.
Did it a while back and loved it.
Today was nice but got crowded by late morning.
Bit nippier outside than I expected it to be, but decent enough catching up with another friend. One more social engagement tomorrow but next week is completely empty of social events and a little scary because of whether I'll get too stuck in my head again. Might reach out to see if a different friend is willing to catch up.
I am in the worst brain fog today continuing from yesterday evening, can't remember the names of things quickly, keep a thought straight, or drum up much interest in anything. Maybe I'm not eating enough again. Or maybe I'm hiding from the big questions of life... car, job, family, home, purpose, health, blah. Blaaah
Food. Eat.
Yes'm. Am tucking into a big bowl of pasta and bolognaise as we speak and sitting in front of some Mr Inbetween
One more social engagement tomorrow but next week is completely empty of social events and a little scary because of whether Iāll get too stuck in my head again.
Sigh I feel this. My social engagements are work and tennis. I try reaching out to my friends here but it gets to the stage that its always me reaching out. At that point, why bother.. and this all sorta feeds into my daily routine, i find myself eating pb&j twice a day, i know i know not good, but i just don't have energy to cook and am too miser to eat outside more than 2-3x a week. sigh. hopefully my move next week and my trip back home will help change things up, it's at least going to be worth seeing my parents' reactions š
Anyway, you enjoying Mr Inbetween?
Yeah, I really hear you - I'm so sick of the isolation, and the inertia in finding new people. It's too easy to hide under the safety blanket of maintaining little social interaction without some external change imo. I reckon the move and your trip home will really help you, especially that sense of connection and feeling wanted from healthy family members. It's why I'm pondering taking a break from Melbourne to live interstate near family I like for a while, not that they'd be my be all and end all, but a bit more of a solid part of my life routine. Someone you can go round to for a cuppa any time, do stuff for them and vice versa, follows up on what you've been doing in life, someone to talk about the latest change in your neighbourhood, a sense of home...
E: I'm just into s2 e2 of Mr Inbetween and still loving it. It hits a great balance of dark drama, quietly moving characters, and lighthearted/slice of life.
Oh dear, my tram into the city has a distressingly strong smell of poo š¤¢
(It isnāt my fault, just in case youāre wondering).
I will stay out of bed until at least 12 hours later. From 4pm I will be here hourly stating that I am out of bed.
Excellent idea. Do you think, maybe, that afternoon tea could be served? I am very partial to a slice of Victoria sponge and strong Darjeeling.
Oh yes absolutely
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Proof of life tasks to be scheduled
Dear Bacon it is now 4pm. Scavenger hunt time! Kindly prove your awakeness by finding me something orange, something triangular, and something to do with parrots.
Treating myself to a remedial massage tomorrow because why not. (I have very tight hammies which cause me terrible knee pain)
I haven't played tennis since Monday and my physio also asked me to not play for a few more days but hopefully should be back Monday.
For me for remedial the calves are something else.
Everytime I almost cry :( Good cry next day though. Stay strong.
Thanks mate. I will have to ask them to go a bit easy!
Side note, I've been using 'mate' a lot. Does that make me an honorary Aussie?
Cool change arrived in the last km off my run. Was a nice cool breeze to help cool the thermostat.
Caught up with a mate today - we are both job hunting and they said they recently applied for a role, got through three interview stages, completed the reference check (from what they confirmed this was all positive feedback), but were then told the position ended up going to someone internal....this does not fill me with much confidence.
This morning's walk was a little rough but the coffee made it worth it.
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So I think I've mentioned it before, but I've been listening to all the Beatles' post-breakup albums.
Originally this wasn't gonna be a spoiler but it ended up very long. So hey, if you wanna hear my thoughts on their post-Beatles stuff click here. You don't have to though. I just need to let someone know my thoughts.
First is Lennon and like, eh? I mean, he has some pretty good songs, and obviously his discography is going to be vastly different to the others based off time and all. I liked Wall and Bridges and Double Fantasy, but his other stuff with Yoko is weird (and I say that as someone who will listen to scremo and speedcore), and Some Time in New York (1972) while interesting politically, it's so jarring and really just... 70s. I mean their title track is Woman Is The N-Word of the World, which politically, I'm all for, but the title does make me uncomfortable, though that could be the point.
Next is Harrison, which, I actually really like a lot of his songs. His 2-track album Electronic Sounds (1969) was definitely something. But All Things Must Pass is a hit for a reason, and it's so sweet he wrote a song for the group of fans that would hang around Abbey Road. And When We Was Fab on his album Cloud Nine (1987) is a bop. Harrison was such a lyrical genius it's a shame that he didn't get many credits on The Beatles albums, because most of his are my favourites.
At the moment I'm going through Ringo's catalogue, and I've got to say, genre-wise I think that Ringo's is the most varied. Obviously, Lennon didn't really get a chance to follow the rising popular genres of the 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s compared to Harrison and in turn compared to Paul and Ringo. But man, sometimes you'll get country, jazz, a bit of ska too, and then pop, electronic, soul. It's wild. I think his early stuff is a little rough, but I guess it was really difficult for Ringo to get out of that bubble. The stuff I read about how he was scared that John, Paul and George were going to kick him out is just tough to read. But I'm actually digging more of his later stuff, I think I've got maybe one or two more EPs to go and then Ringo will be finished.
Thus, the last one will be Paul. I left Paul for last because he's my favourite, though I have heard his music post-breakup. I mean y'all heard the banger Temporary Secretary? Unironically slaps. But yeah, I mean I've heard some Wings stuff, I remember when Egypt Station (2018) dropped and I was walking to work and I loved it. But yeah, very keen.
I'm old enough to remember the days of IRC. I made some great friends back in the day.
Seems like discord is IRC 2.0. Hadn't ever really bothered with it, but it's pretty cool.
Fuck, you're bang on about Discord being IRC2.0. I don't like the chat rooms, I find the mixed topics too hard to follow if there's more than about ten people taking part. Most of my discord servers are smaller with IRL friends for the purpose of gaming, either PC or DnD. The melb-meetup seems huge, I struggle to follow whats going on so I've sort of given it a miss. Similar to the melb-book-club one, that I think I got kicked for inactivity.
Yeah they can seem really cliquey. I was on a good one then someone came in and just kinda took over the whole chat. Can't stand those kinds of people.
I had a craving for old school IRC for some company and found Discord a couple of years back. Sadly, not really anybody using it close to my age bracket, so it didn't work out. It was alright for a while but eventually the age gap proved to be unworkable.
Yeah I noticed a shitload of kids using it and not many people in my age group except for the niche music discords I visit.
I'll be sticking to those ones who seem to have an older crowd.
Ugh. The improvised Nilodor diffuser, setting out cups of white vinegar, stuffing the exit point and maintaining air pressure against it with a fan all stopped the smell.
But turning on cooling and pointing the fan in the other direction to get cool air through my house has just spread the smell through my house again. Opening windows does the same thing.
Stink stink stink. I'll have to put the cooling in another room and face it in the correct direction š¤¢
Yep. Feels kinda like breathing acetone.
Iāll just have to do some of my famous redneck engineering, set up the shite portable in my bedroom and force the air direction towards the lounge instead to see if that holds the waft back. Probably not as well as the desk fan trained directly on it but eh.
I wish I could just remove and dispose of the problem. Or buy some bigarse ants online and release them into the wall to just take care of the issue fast. Having this happen in summer sucks.
Hooray did good japchae for dins.
Fuck me that one does not get any easier.
Damn
Love me some japchae
Let's say there was a brand new Earth, uninhabited by humans, and you were to be placed in one location of your choosing. You have one backpack of survival gear. Where would you choose to be placed and why?
Bonus question: would you do it if offered today?
Somewhere tropical so I can fish and there's no irritating pollens. I would need about a week to pack.
Oddly enough, I think I'd choose Melbourne - before the ecosystem was ruined in the 19th century it was quite a nice place to live off the land. Very productive. Good water. Lots of yam daisies and koalas to eat and fish and things. Rich in natural resources like clay and wood. Good stone for tools not far away. Pack would have to include a puffer jacket to last until I'd eaten enough possums to make me a possum skin cloak.
Would not accept offer for today.I donāt believe koala is pleasant. Skippy ion the other handā¦
Picking Melbourne out of any other geographical location on earth is certainly a choice...
Wherever has the tastiest, least scary animals and doesn't get freezing cold over winter.
And nope. I'm not built for that survival life.
nile, fertile crescent, it being where civilization started it should be quite habitable. Absolutely not i want my soft bed, clean tap water, and hot shower water
somewhere with room service.
southern France
I would only do it if I weren't alone
Decent answers. I think I'd choose southern coastal Italy. Nice weather, good fishing, probably some friendly cows to eat idk.
Id also go immediately.
Whatās the status on the neo-pet naughty bits?
i had to groom my neopet to collect the daily achievement.
Oh my..
The Young Seagoons want to watch Masterminds again. So many good laughs in that movie, can recommend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIkzuXDhCcQ
So just watched the new Fincher movie āThe Killerā and it was mid, which is pretty unusual. Anyway besides the original contributions to the soundtrack by Reznor and Ross, the movie was riddled with Morrissey classics.
So anyway, I relay this very important information about Morrissey to MrsGod and she says, āWho?ā
Iām still trying to gather my jaw from floor. Shits wild.
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8pm: my neopet and I are both clean. I am playing escape game. I should feed myself soon.
I thought neopet was a euphemism for genitalia so I googled it. The things I learn on here every day.
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it is real.
Anyone know any effective home remedies for lower back pain? I fucked up at the gym yesterday and it hurts to walk lol
So there's this stretch I know. It's performed while standing. You get into like a partial sat position, imagine you were trying to hover over a manky toilet but you had to go. So once you're in the half way to taking a dump position, place your hands on your upper thighs, then push down on your thighs with your hands. Start light to see how it goes for you. The theory is that it allows you to lengthen your own spine by pushing your shoulders and hips away from each other.
Just paracetamol and go for a walk
Iāve done this injury at gym too many times. Osteo massage speeds up recovery. I have a massage gun and use that to loosen the lower back up. Otherwise itās just time.
Which brand is the osteo gun? Or whereabouts did you grab it from?
Conga time! šŗ
(reply with you then me and so forth e.g.ššŗ add yourself to the conga line!)
edit: maybe I didn't explain it right.. it was meant to end up looking something like this with the replies:
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Hope I do this right.
You donāt win friends with salad, you donāt win friends with salad.
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The hips aren't like they used to be but here we go. Everybody conga. Everybody conga. Are we doing the limbo stick next because I might have troubles?
I might go down to the festival to locate my daughter and her friends. "Hey baby girl, mummy found you. What's for dinner?". āŗ
Well Bot #001 50 bucks on the nose Semisonic - Closing Time will be my #1 Spotify pick. Another pineapple says John Denver is up there.
Any suggestions for a crime / thriller movie/show with a strong female lead?
Already seen Salt, Gone Girls and Killing Eve but more recs plzz
Mare of Easttown if you like crime shows
Long Kiss Goodnight.
Some good ones already mentioned. I will add The Bridge (original Swedish version), Fargo (the movie), Bodies, Happy Valley. I really liked Happy Valley and it definitely meets the brief of strong female lead, but also one that feels more real, a character that is sometimes flawed and has to deal with a bunch of complicated shit in life.
I love happy valley. Need to check out the third season. Thanks mate
Atomic blonde or the assassin (point of no return) with Brigitte Fonda
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. Set in Melbourne about 100 years ago. Streaming on Netflix.
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