I mean what is the difference in your mind between olerating a minor annoyance versus a major compromise?

Whoopsy fingers slipped and I bought some more art, this time two canvas prints of the following:

https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/1609446726/sage-green-bauhaus-exhibition-poster

I'll calm down after this and stop buying art for a while.

The difficulty level of dating increases with the gay overlay as well, but for different reasons.

Here's an example. One person I know has a husband that smokes and has no intention of quitting, and now their children also smoke.

I wouldn't even get into a relationship with a smoker to begin with because for me that's a deal breaker. Same with any other substance abuse problem.

I see a lot of partnered people making some big compromises for various reasons...for the kids, for finances, because they are scared to be "alone".

At this point in my life with control over my own space and what I do, it would really have to take someone extraordinary to feel as though they were adding to my life rather than me making big sacrifices.

And honestly the thought of trying to date in the hope of that elusive someone feels like a very big gamble with poor odds. If you enjoyed dating and meeting new people, the process even though you don't win might be bearable, but I don't really care for it tbh.

Already only 6.4 degrees. Would not be surprised if it gets to 0 tonight.

If I was going to be framing pictures on a frequent basis I'd consider it but that's not where I'm at now.

I really do wish framing pictures wasn't so expensive. And Australia being Australia means that when you shop around prices seem to roughly the same everywhere.

Honestly feel like it's Russian roulette for these things. For at least a week I've put cushions on the floor under the frame so if it does fall something will soften the impact.

Using a stick on picture hook. Picture is only 2.5 kg. I'm nonetheless saying my prayers and hoping this stays up in the long term 🙏😂.

Think I'll need to leave the heating on overnight.. cold is just a bit much at the moment.

I don't remember it being this cold last year.

So I'm watching a Pattaya 4k walking video on YouTube. Honestly I just find these working girls on the streets in next to nothing quite sad.

Small tiles in a bathroom (like subway tiles) might look cute but if you are the one cleaning I'd suggest staying right away from it or else cleaning is going to be a bitch.

I would say yes, but then again I'm irresponsible lol.

Where do you want to go?

When the snow is dry and powdery in texture it's pretty cool. But it's one of those things where you see it once you don't need to see it again.

I for one am glad you are quitting outright. It's the best thing for your health and your wallet.

I like dogs but the fact is I'm allergic to them. And my allergies to cats are exponentially worse.

For some reason I've been blessed with a hyperactive immune system. Spring as you can imagine is a real bitch. But I must say my symptoms are not nearly as bad now as they were when I was a kid.

I agree with you there was misdirected spending but there was also overreaction.

To be clear, I'm not anti all restrictions but if you clamp down too hard people will more likely try and break the rules for their own sanity, which leads to more spread and so on it goes.

Reasonable restrictions which people can more sensibly manage I think would have led to better compliance overall.

And to put it bluntly, people die and you cannot avoid all death. And obviously people who are sick and/or old are more likely to go down that road whether it's from COVID or even just the flu. At some point you have to accept that a virus cannot be stopped, and have a serious conversation about what you are willing to sacrifice in the future for the present.

We are now seeing writ large in the form of high interest rates and extreme stress on the health system among other things the consequences of these decisions. You might have saved someone back then, but unfortunately someone will die today from deferred surgery, being stuck in the ER or worse waiting for an ambulance.

I don't agree it's unique. We've been down this country road with the Spanish Flu, SARs and many others.

The correct approach is neither overly reactive or overly relaxed. In the first few months I am sympathetic to strict controls while information was gathered, but beyond that it was clear this was not the black plague. And I don't agree everyone in authority would have copied Victoria's way of doing it throughout the pandemic.

Take Sweden for example. Sweden's approach while not flawless (particularly in relation to aged care), overall had the best trade off between restrictions and allowing free movement. Furthermore their excess death rate was amongst the lowest in Europe.

https://theconversation.com/did-swedens-controversial-covid-strategy-pay-off-in-many-ways-it-did-but-it-let-the-elderly-down-188338

You must understand that all that the excessive money spent then purportedly saving lives will cost lives in the present through delayed surgery, excessive wait times in ER (we are talking 48 hrs plus here), and ambulance ramping and wait times. And we are not just talking about hospital spending here but also all kinds of other spending that went on during those two years. Has anyone sat down and had a hard look at the books and looked at everything spent? I can guarantee you there would have been some absolutely mind boggling stupid things.

One example is the 100 million spent on air purifiers in schools with all most no evidence they would have made a material difference, and certainly no review has taken place afterwards. 100 million. Let that sink in. That could be spent on hospitals now.

https://archive.is/2023.06.13-120817/https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria-spent-100m-on-school-air-purifiers-we-don-t-know-if-they-worked-20230613-p5dg2z.html

There's no free lunch here. Someone will have to pay eventually and not just in dollars but also in lives.

Torrenting? I am completely and totally unfamiliar with the term. All media I consume is done so through legitimate means. No copyright infringement here.