Daily Discussion Thread: 🧦🐈‍⬛🧦🐈‍⬛ Friday, October 4 , 2024

I love my cat so much. I wish he could understand me just enough to hear me say it.

he absolutely does
Cats can understand human speech, similarly to dogs. They know 💜
My boyz wiggle their tails when I say their respective names. They know. 😺😺
I say I love you to Melbcat or kiss her little head and she purrs at either, so they know. Also the cuddling lets them know.

Just back from dinner with the guy who organises the local Meetup dining group.
I'd dropped into the conversation when he invited me to a cafe that I wasn't looking for a relationship right now, just to lay it on the table, then after some messaging that was pushing the boundaries and some blatantly flirtatious behaviour in front of others I had to have a stern talk of the You're Making Me Uncomfortable Back Off variety.
So he walked me home, came in briefly to meet the cats and then I drove him home making it plain that I was just going to drop him home and run.
So what does he do? Ask me to stay the night!
Firstly NO, secondly I've never left the cats alone overnight and I'm not going to start now, thirdly I Told You I'm Not Interested Several Times Jesus Christ. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I think he's more of a clueless scungie type - I know the breed from Uni God knows - but seriously, which part of I Am Not Interested does this guy not understand?

Hun. Not after a relationship. Just a root. Urrrt no. Kick.
What is up with men who can't take a hint? Unfortunately not uncommon with some meetup groups :(
No means yes or possibly yes to some people, no matter how clear you are.
- No is yes because some men get off on non-consent as well. Ugh UGH
He understands, he just doesn't want to accept it. It's not about swaying you it's about making you so uncomfortable that you'll say yes just to get it "over with".
He doesn't care about your feelings or consent. And do not let him into your house again.
- This.
  It is such a good idea to have your own transport arranged to get home
He thought you'd be swayed by his confidence.
Yikes.
This guy was being wilfully oblivious, ignoring all boundaries and just trying to take advantage ⛳️
Maybe next time don't ask boundary challenged guys in to meet the cats
- Ugh I have no idea why you are downvoted - I agree wholeheartedly with this.
  Do not allow men into your home who have already ignored your consent. Not victim blaming, but people perceived as women must be careful in today's world what with the utter disrespect and violence towards AFABs/women/femmes.

What's for dinner, mum?

Poor man's ceviche

aww, they are adorbs
- They are!

Long day... cranky... not a drop of moisture all day, but I just managed to miss the rain and got to come home to silky kitty and a bit of silliness (=much-needed energy expenditure) with the feather toy. Thank god I have food in the fridge... rest my tired soul with the sound of rain and a nourishing meal. I'm spent.

Tonight it's singing practice. I cancelled my plans so I could have the evening to myself to get my voice back to a usable state.

I miss performing so much. I just love the vulnerability that you feel when you're giving a part of yourself to strangers for a short while. Putting yourself out there.

Music had been such an important part of my life. Every step of the way music has kept me going when I felt I didn't want to. I could always rely on making music for catharsis.

And I think that's what makes it such an important part of my life. I feel like everything is bottled up unless I'm playing regularly.

/end over sharing rant

😭 we love you fluffybutt
Can I ask what your favourite song is to sing?
- This one. I fucked up in the middle but it has the most meaning to me. https://on.soundcloud.com/hY4gZ

Fed the kitty this morning and we went back to bed, cuddling sweetly… she stretched her arm, dropped it and punctured a single secretly sharp claw into my eyelid like a fishhook.

After a delay of refusing to get up it was washed with antibacterial hand soap and dabbed with Betadine so fingers crossed. I have a spare box of antibiotics ready to go.

But yeah, that was literally half a centimetre from my actual eye.

Reaching out
Touching me, clawing you
Sweeeeet Mother of Jesus
Fuck fuck fuck 🎶
- 🎶 Bedtimes never felt so sharp
My WhiteBoy used to wake us up by delicately inserting a single claw into a nostril
- You can pick your nose but you can’t pick your alarm clock
- My dog was having cuddlyboos on my chest and he reached out and touched my bottom teeth with his nails. 🤮
That makes me feel sick because I can’t have anything go near my eye ( like I can’t wear contacts because I freak out about it )
My painful cat encounter story is, I was trying to save someone’s cat in a tree so I climbed way up and grabbed it.
It got scared and wriggled and thrashed around so much that it fell…almost. It managed to hook a single claw into my forearm and was just hanging there…stretching my skin.
I could only freak out and scream and shake it off. Of course it landed on its feet and just sauntered away.
- It’s ok, it was just the top eyelid near my eyelashes. Nothing actually went in my eye.
Yup, they'll do that. Cerys sliced my left nipple in half once.
Keep an eye on that shit. Uh. Pun unintended
- I clip her claws but she always secretly sharpens just a single one so I don’t notice. It’s her stiletto.
  Wondering about those colourful nail caps but they seem like they’d cause distress
  Edit: And yes, I’m watching it because litterbox paws and will start the box of antibiotics that’s on hand if anything changes. It would be a nasty spot for an infection

It’s _mandatory Fun 👏🏻 Family 💕Friday 🎊!!! Team Group Hug!

HR policy expressly forbids any shows of affection in any form. Now please, go back to your desks and continue to sob quietly.
Remember, there's no I in team, but there is a U in unemployed!!!
Happy FriYay 😉 everyoneeeee 🤗 thanks for all your GREAT efforts this week gang! 🙏 Get some well earned rest 🛌 this weekend so we can all be full of Zing ⚡on Monday, ready to smash our targets 🎯 next week! 🥰
- I am hearing this in smarmy American blonde
No touchy! I bite.
- Please be warmly advised that you may only eat during your meal break 🙂
🎶Team Building Exercise ’99
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Congratulations Mumma and Pappa Peregrine Falcon on the safe arrival of chicky no.3 only minutes ago. Cheers 🍺

However some of youse here have disappointed me greatly today. Lucky I don't hold a grudge. Cheers 🍺

What have I done now 🥺
- Nothing. You're lovely the way you are. ♥
- https://youtu.be/UKwrgWkur00?si=P2oxgOAXUjXD8Qgf
And the chick's are a lovely fluffy grey. Much like the white tshirts of most of the dt.
- Oh bang! Spot on sista!
Haha I came here to make sure you knew! So cute
- Yeah I watched it being hatched on the big screen. A bit of pre game entertainment.
  Dad just came back with a food hamper.

winds howling

Blowing pollens directly up my nostrils
- having trouble breathing here
Had to pick up a few bins that had ended up on the road. They were all terribly drunk.
Laundry rescued from several non ideal locations
Gentle rain here
Looks like rained

I was flash flooded down here on the bellarine. Holy fuck I've never seen rain like that. Every gutter was overflowing. Here was the start:

Been spending the last 2 hrs having an intimate conversation with a bucket. I have not seen this level of water down here before.

we had 10 drops and one flash of lightening
It was pissing down hard in Heidelberg but only for 20 minutes or so. It looked like the Bellarine and Mornington got all the extreme stuff.
Hope you don't have much damage.

Clothes are drying in record time!!!!

Ive got the wash going.
I’m hoping I can still make it before the sun goes away!
- Today was all about mixing whites and colours. Two large loads. Done. Fuck the labels and warnings.

Today is reports day. Excel and PowerBI can fuck right off lol

1 down, 4 to go!

shudders in solidarity

Speaking to my therapist last night. We were talking about my anxious mind craving distractions and the amount of screen time I'm racking up on my phone. He was talking about just sitting, no noise or anything and just taking in whats going on around us. I've never been so proud of myself cause I stopped short of shouting "RAWDOGING! Gen Z call it rawdogging when you just sit on a flight and do nothing!"

Fuck i'm weird ey.

I'm looking forward to seeing Seagoon translate today's word RAWDOGING into emojis in tomorrow's thread.
They call it rawdogging? (I ask, as a Gen Z person)
Also hard relate. I've noticed I've been watching YouTube and scrolling through Reddit to try to numb anxious feelings.
- I hope they don’t call it rawdogging because I know it as another thing.
- Reddit only seems to exacerbate my anxieties. Too much bad news coming from the world, condensed into a toxic cesspool of misogyny, racism, and arguing in bad faith.
  I prefer YouTube, but avoid the comments.
  And yeah apparently some people use "rawdogging" to describe going without their phone/music/whatever when travelling or doing something - which is just.... No.
  Rawdogging is a gross term to use colloquially in those situations. But language is language and youth will create slang as they always have done since language became something utilised by humans for communication.
This is something I've been working on for about 18 months now, and it definitely helps.
When I get home from work my phone goes in a different room and I don't touch it at all. No laptop or iPad either. I usually read once our 5 year old is in bed and the dishes and chores are done and I get the chance to sit down.
I flew to North Qld and back a few weeks ago, no devices or screens.
My 'online' time is during breaks/lunch at work and that's it. I deleted Instagram a couple of years ago and haven't had Facebook since 2008.
I drive to work and back with NOTHING playing, no podcasts or music or anything, 3-4 hours of driving per day.
Being 'in the moment rather' than being attached to a screen or 'content' has really helped. Although I've found it DOES make me irrationally angry when I walk around (or even am at other family member's houses) and everyone is glued to their screens. Not to mention the at least 1 person a month I see watching YouTube while driving on the freeway...

Well that's a first. Found a stick insect on my subwoofer. I don't think I've actually seen one before in the wild:

It has been put back outside on a tree. But glad to see there's another real junglist saying wicked.

This most definitely calls for a rave choon:

Considering it was on the subby... Suicide bassline!

Just had a company meeting about raises. I don't quality because I just started, but they gave everyone:

2%

You should have seen everyone's face. The mood in the meeting plummeted instantly.

I'm expecting some resignations in the next few weeks.

The beatings will continue until … every employee is 18 and doesn’t know any better
We love an effective pay cut
- Exactly. I'm staying for 12 months and grabbing the certs I need then I'm out.
That's barely covers inflation these days. It just make sure you're taking home the same realised income as the year before
- I'm here for 12 months to up skill. If I get a real promotion and it's equivalent pay rise, cool. If not, other plans will come into play.
- The only way to get a pay rise these days is jump ship, it seems. Unfortunately
Wow! And I used to get upset about my 5% yearly raise at my last job.

My feet are fucked and i am mad about it

Ditto, just one big toe, but it fucking hurts!
- stupid feets! Do better!
- What happened to your other big toe

Was running a bit late this morning. Missed the train by 45 seconds. And had to wait 25 min for the next one. wtf. It’s not the weekend

Whoop de doo... I knew I had it going well for a while, but just as I'm looking at having to drop my overall hours because I am simply not coping with doing it all and trying to finish degree, I get an email from the landlord about upping the rent to 550/week (15% increase).

Pour one out for me, this has just ruined my weekend. Landlords do be collecting more and more for adding zero value...

She's said she's open to negotiation but I really suck at working out a middle ground. Too many emotions. I'll have to sleep on it. Why did she have to send this on a Friday night.

That's a big pile of bumjuice.
- I'm really glad the cat is here to help take the edge off the massive sads that are being cracked.
When you have the spoons, check similar to your housing in the area and whether it matches what they are proposing, if it is generally below their amount, you have some kind of negotiation power.

G’day

I'm not impressed with your heavy breathing, mother nature.

Gosh she's such a mouth breather. BLOW YOUR NOSE GAIA
Seconded. I have things to do outside today

Sometimes when I hoover a pill down my throat I wonder if I accidentally swallowed a bit of foil with it.

I feel like people’s behaviour has got a lot more out of line since the lockdowns. Just me?

I am the great cornholio! I need tp for my bunghole.
And it isn't just you, people are just that much more inconsiderate. I blame lockdowns, but also the general state of the world right now - wars, rescinding rights, needless death, no ability to buy a house, pollies are landlords and two faced scum, far right bullshit, climate change... I can understand people reacting with general disrespect when it doesn't feel like this world will last, and we suffer.
But I also believe in times like these, we have MORE of a duty to be kind to one other, to show compassion and grace. And that is severely lacking within the general population. Their attitudes compound upon the state of the world and just hurt us even more than we already are.
- It would be nice to be kind… but I’ve found people are just getting more predatory and boundary stomping to the point I’m forced to be hostile to protect myself. :(
Lock down did a real number on people and we barely even acknowledge it anymore.
Theres a psychic wound that was inflicted on a lot of people.
I think it changed a lot of people.
- FEAR grief and anger

my jeans have some white spots now. mm, looks like the acid got to it, the spots will be holes after the wash . oh well, that's what denim is for , better the jeans than my skin. ( I had thick gloves that went up to my elbows and wore my glasses )

I suspect many don’t recall jeans as being heavy work pants. The rivets are there for a reason. Pre-shreaded fashion things are amusing.

Yeah I’ll order the motion activated light and see what I can do. Then if that doesn’t work out things are about to get stinky. I also have some creative plans for bike locks.

Ultimately though I’d love to just move somewhere less eventful and have a proper little garden, catio, maybe a shed to tinker. Maybe a fire pit. In my dreams. Maybe if I win the lottery

suns out quick do the stuff that requires power!

world domination

One good thing about being flooded is a double rainbow:

Double rainbow all the wayyyy 😭🌈🌈
- What does this mean oh my god

That's a good look radar blob happening down near the heads, wowee!

I have absolutely no idea what I want for dinner

Some nights are in perfect sync. Beer, soju, slash, smoko. On the hour. Then the rest of the hour singing.

At least you found some sort of narrative. It’s a small miracle

Funlunch Meeting 🚚
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I mixed the colours with the whites
- We value multiculturalism.
- I have lunch envy!
- Oh yum!
- Where is this place? Looks South Indian/Sri Lankan... got that coconut sambol going...
I know what the fun meeting should be about 😠 and could I please get a double scotch.
- It is not yet beer o’clock, here is a cup of old soda 🥤
A box of citrus please
- 📦🍊🍋🍋‍🟩
I've promised Ms. Indisin that I'd cook a roast dinner today, so can I get one delivered? I'm feeling too lazy to cook.
Plus my usual please chef.
- 🥔🍠🌽🥕🥦🍖🍯
  🦪🦪🦪🦪🦪🦪
  🦪🦪🦪🦪🦪🦪
A brown paper bag of mystery fun fluid
- 👝
Pizza!!!
- 🍕

sewing machine frame has been wire brushed and then wiped down with derust/phosphoric acid. Next step is wiping it down with a damp rag then painting. 👍

Feeling awfully impatient at work today. There’s someone in the office that just manages to bring the whole place down and loads of us are on edge. At least there’s a yum lunch to look forward to, and then end of the day to look forward to after that!

im so comfortable in bed the wind sounds sleepy i want to and can stay in for another 3 hours but i really should get up and do stuff

tackle stuff before the rain comes. Wasnt supposed to be today, but its looking more like it will be.
- i only have a lot of indoor housework, went to the laundromat late last night

So as I was out and about today I was inside a sit in cafe place.

I wondered if I should have maybe bought something from inside the counter.

Took a photo so if I decide to go there again I’ll know what’s there and the price.

That's a good selection. Chicken schnitzel or meatballs are always a safe bet. I'd try the meatballs as it's not as common an option
1 prosciutto panini please
- I would have chosen that one too or the mortadella focaccia.
  The focaccia actually looked massive when I was there.

Bleh. Shopping again but this time early and I can’t find what I normally buy stocked anymore.

Who wants rain 🎤?

Marge might.
- I'll do my best.
I’ll pass tonight thanks.
Those colours don’t instill me with much confidence.
- Too late she cried as she waved her wooden leg.
Might grab another beer and think about it
- Crack us another tinny while you're up thanks love.
https://youtu.be/WuSCiJofGhk?feature=shared ?
- Great song

closed the toilet door on my own finger

Down with that sort of thing
Ow! Ice or cold water on it instantly!
- it seems fine
We can circle back to this in tomorrow's stand up
- That’s gonna be a half hour work safety review

Ah, so it wasn't the AI on my mesh network hating on me again last week and interwebs was actually down when I decided to just go back to sleep. Aussie BB had a DDoS attack.

Did it? Huh. I'm with Aussie bb and noticed nothing 👀
- Yeah, you might not have got the email if you weren't impacted.

Ordered pizza that includes prawns. They put calamari on too, I don’t mind but hello allergy nightmare. Don’t do that!

It was so nice yesterday. Whyyeeee is the weather like this?

Because we live in Victoria and therefore aren't allowed two consecutive days of nice weather.
- True, true.
  Just exercising my local whinging. 😂
- Wednesday and Thursday weren't bad to be fair. Today has my allergies playing up though, so not leaving the house if I don't have to!

These pj pants I bought today are so much thinner and maybe more breathable thanks it then being cotton.

I’m definitely going to have to buy a few more of them either this weekend or next week.

Just back from a beach walk/errand run.
Wimdy.

I removed the work profile and applications from my phone.

Not anymore guys. No thank you.

But what about your grindset?
- i cri evrytiem

First day of the free food market in its new location. I don't think Eastland security were impressed by the unruly mob, hopefully they get crowd control sorted out and don't get kicked out. The old location was closer to home, but being under cover is a massive advantage.

My main wish for today was tomatoes, and I got three of those so I'm happy. Also lots of bananas, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with all of those.

Pizza? With sardines?
- At first I was like 👀, then reread the comment... and the horrible flashbacks started... .... Now I need to go home sick...
Banana Bread! Banana Cake!
Ba na na na 🦇
- I made a big banana cake not long ago & have lots of slices still in the freezer. Maybe I can just have banana sandwiches for all meals for a few days?

All I Want Is You - U2

That is one of my favourites still
- We're playing alot of 80s and early 90s tonight.

I just remembered there was someone who used to be on the other DT a couple of years ago who lived with their son and was pretty active. Forgot their name but I wonder if they're doing okay.