Discussion Thread Wednesday 23 🎩 April 2025

Had to stand up to my manager today. He took it pretty well.
Surprised to be honest.

Those little jobs that you put off doing but need to be done. I'm filling up all the soap dispensers.

Woke up at 6, went to the bathroom and a wasp stung me on the back of my neck. Never seen a wasp like it. Fastest most erratic insect I've ever seen. Whole right side of the head felt like it was on fire for about an hour. Felt like a bullant sting but went for way longer.
Don't normally get too upset will little bites but this really tested my limit. Cheaper than a coffee though.
- omg, do take care
  
  I guess the silver lining is now I know I won't die if get stung again by the same one lol.
  I wish I knew what sort it was but it was way too fast.
  First wasp bite though, so that's exciting.

I've been here at the beach house about a month now
nearly all settled in, still a lot of work but the chaos is receding 🙂
- Wow, that time has flown! Glad things are settling down now - moving is such a big deal
  
  I think I've spent half the time just resting my mind after the anxiety of inner city living living
  there aren't people screaming at night
  my letter box and garage doesn't get broken into
  no porch pirates
  no nasty neighbours
  it's just quieter

I'm still a bit surprised (though not unpleasantly) at the little microcosm of activity that these daily threads have.
There's a question I've been asking people for a while, might as well ask here too: what gets you up in the morning?
- My tiny bladder.
  
  Same but I think I have a lazy bladder. It can hold a big wee but it'll wake me and complain when there's a tiny one loaded and ready to go. I don't put my red bin out every week because It's often empty or only has one bag in it so I figure why waste the trucks time. I need my bladder to get with that system.
- At this point: money
  And not letting people down I guess
- Sadly it's work and getting a car park that gets me up in the morning.
- I wake with the sunrise and cats wanting breakfast
- Bloody magpies yelling at me.
- In a literal sense it's any one of these things: some noisy birds, my alarm, a plane flying low or loudly, my partner going outside for a cigarette. In a non literal sense it's a kind of strength and persistence of attitude which propels my life force ever onwards despite the efforts of my detractors lol.
- phone out of battery
- Responsibility. Wahh.
  This is such a fun space to be in 😀
- Feed and medicate my cat

It's been a good week now since I have had to deal with any people receiving DM spam. I don't want to jinx it, but we may have weathered that particular storm.
- Was it that Nicole thing like in World?
  Seeing that I kind of wish I could shut my DMs or whitelist. It looked creepy as
  
  Yep. With the generous help from the admin at lemmy.ca sharing his code, I implemented a few layers of defense that blocked the bulk of the DMs. It got to the point where the spam would just be an image (because of our spam filters). That was harder to block and I'm still not sure I managed it, but the DMs have stopped.
- If you miss it I could send a few your way.

Just saw someone whip it out and take a leak right there on the ground with heaps of people around at the Bourke x Swanston st tram stop 🤮
- The city has been feral since lock down.
- ✂️
  
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- I saw a guy with it out wanking on same street
  i looked away asap
  it's dreadful what has happened to the city and people

Man, this behemoth of a laptop has really chewed into my luggage allowance. Can't take my work laptop, will have to deal with accessing work stuff from SharePoint on my personal laptop instead.
I've been in a mad rush trying to clear out the fridge and tidy things up before tomorrow... Plus side is I made a kickass fried rice with all the leftover rice, enough for brunch tomorrow before the flight and for the freezer as an excellent meal for when I get back.
Once again I cannot be grateful enough for my dishwasher. Takes so much out of the chaos. My mind is in a million places... But I'm almost through my Anxiety List!

2nd coat of paint is done, table is starting to look good. I think I'll let it harden , then sand and do one last coat.

Installed a video doorbell on the fence/gate today. I can both spy on the street and keep the gate locked, but still deal with deliveries / visitors.

Motivation at rock bottom. Just want to delete any work commitments until I get back. Some other family stuff has cropped up that has me worried about a different relative... they might be in danger of spiralling badly and doing something stupid (but not reportable). Which might set off a bunch of other dominos. Nothing much I can do from here at this stage but it weighs on my mind. Would be nice for all that to hold off until late June thanks.

Went to Aldi to get some beef ravioli and they were all sold out so I bought a lasagna instead and some fresh noodles for the weekend maybe.
Never tried their lasagna before so I guess I’ll find out if it’s any good.
Some school kids saw me and called out to me as I was doing my shopping. Ahh so that’s what it feels like.
- Nickname Mr. Garfield incoming
  
  I hate Mondays as well.
- If it's the one from the fridge with the light blue label then it is good.
  Also the garlic bread in the red packet is good too. They don't scrimp on the garlic butter.
  
  Hmm was from the fridge but it was a red cardboard label. Brand is World Kitchen.

DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
HOLD ON TO THAT FEELIN'
STREETLIGHTS
PEOPLEEEEEEEEEEEE

Why do I need to turn the volume up to read the subtitles?
- Ha! I turn the volume up for subtitles too. It helps to understand them better or something

Got my postal vote. Democracy will occur after breakfast
- I wish I could vote early but I don't meet any of the categories. I want to do my democracy now!
  
  You can go vote early. I did mine yesterday and have been doing it for the last 3 elections.
  They'll ask you if you meet the eligibility, just say yes and that's it.
  If you need a reason just say you're out of the state at that time.
  
  The eligibility reasons to postal vote or vote early are not strictly enforced.
  You could say you're travelling on May 3rd (even though you don't have firm plans to do so just yet...) you would be far from the only one making the same claim.
  You don't need to provide proof.
  
  When I voted early last time, all they asked was, "Are you eligible to vote early?"
  I said yes and then they gave me the papers.
  
  Hey, do you and the fam want to come camping in Wombat state forest the weekend of the election?
  
  Yeah, just rock up to a pre-poll place and say you'll be travelling and they'll let you. It's more 'preferred' if you vote on election day, they won't stop you voting early
- I’m still waiting on mine 🤞 I got confirmation of the application so it should be coming

Nooo… Melbcat has been feeling stressed lately and licking her little tummy raw. ::: spoiler spoiler
:::
She’s still been getting her calming Zylkene and I’ve been neglecting the garden to avoid leaving her inside by herself. But she is overdue for her Solensia (thanks health dramas and 4 days of public holidays). Maybe she’ll come good when I sort that.
Otherwise maybe I can put her in a baby’s bodysuit (with the bottom snaps left open) as a way of protecting her skin. This however… would not help her stress.
- You can buy cat t-shirts from k-mart.
  
  I can’t see them but Kmart now sells a pet stroller 😲
  Edit: Found them but they only seem to have dog ones. And they leave the lower belly uncovered
- https://www.target.com.au/p/pet-bathrobe-small-anko/69102301
  this one looks great, it has velcro for easy putting on and it covers her tummy 🙂
  
  That’s so cute. I will be murdered in my sleep but the photos would be worth it

I think I found the perfect childcare watch. The Casio gmbd300 is your regular slim G-Shock, but can connect to your phone via Bluetooth.
It's not a smart watch, but you can do all the fiddly shit like setting the time and alarms on your phone and sync it with the watch

I'm going to need a lot more potting mix to pack up all the plants I want to take with me. The iris at least can be divided and stored over winter without soil, but most of the other things will need to be potted up.
I'm hoping the landlord will let me plant a bunch of stuff in ground so I won't need to buy bigger pots etc. for the future. It's a pretty ratty garden at the moment, so I can't see why they'd say no. Plus they can't "unreasonably refuse" permission to have a vegetable garden, and most of my stuff is edible.
I planted up a pot with some flowering bulbs this morning, I should also be able to take nasturtiums, kangaroo paw, borage, comfrey, artichoke, canna edulis (arrowroot), midjin berries, raspberrries, strawberries, lemon, lime, mandarin, apple, pear, thyme, rosemary, mint and maybe a bay tree. I'm sure I'll find a few others as well.
- You are not just renting a house you are also renting the land. You can have gardens.
  good luck saving all your plants 👍🙂

Stomach angry. Bring your empty gas canisters, free renewable energy for all!
- Rocket fuel producer
  
  Buy shares now

I'm a very positive, happy, go with the flow kinda person... but my god do I dislike a lot of people.
- I relate so hard ...lol
- My boss describes me as 'doesn't tolerate fools'.

@Seagoon_@aussie.zone
The music part of this might interest you, it’s absolutely captivated me.
A game called Expedition 33 will release tomorrow and it’s come out to glowing reviews and its bits of soundtracks has been released by the developers.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Original Soundtrack - Reveal Editi
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Nos vies en Lumière
- oh cool, thank you. I love soundtracks. 🙂
  
  I’m listening to the first song linked, got headphones on and I’m just drowning in the audio experience.
- The music interests us greatly also.
  
  🎧🎶
- Sent to my symphonic metal loving friend, thanks for sharing!
  
  I'm a symphonic metal fan though that has nothing to do how I came across these tracks.

Amazon don't even try with deliveries. I have an empty plant pot next to my front door, perfect for concealing delivered parcels. The Australia Post guy who does the deliveries in my hood gets it. Amazon just leaves the package on my front door mat for anyone to pinch. Hopefully it's still there when I get home tonight.
- We have a mailbox at our doorstep literally made for parcels and most deliveries just get put behind it instead of inside
- I set up a big concrete planter box with drainage plumbing and everything just for concealment purposes.
  Deliveries end up behind it maybe half the time if I’m lucky.

I am considering taking a leave of absence from uni next year and getting a job so I can properly treat my AuDHD and issues with procrastination and work avoidance. Any job. I don't want to sit at a desk for eight hours, five days a week, but if that's what I have to do, I'll do it. Very sick of being anxious and stressed all the time when I don't have to be. Also the thought of going into a classroom for the next few weeks is making me really anxious to the point where I am about to have a meltdown in front of all those kids.
- It sounds like a leave of absence might be a really good choice. Being so perpetually wired up and tense is no good, it doesn't seem like one of those situations where you'll get used to it and adapt, sounds like the path towards burnout instead...
  I struggle a lot with procrastination and work avoidance myself, but after many years I've been able to identify what combination of factors work for me. I can say that the uni setting often doesn't work for me. Forcing myself to get through it has been like pulling teeth. So I strongly support you finding out what works for you as well and being gentle with yourself (while trying to survive the capitalist hellscape)!
- That sounds like a wise choice. A year out could give you good perspective. When do you have to decide? It could be good to set out a job position before giving notice of leave so you don't cause yourself extra stress and you know what you are going into.
  
  I've still got a couple of months to decide. Thank you for the advice! I'm not sure what I'm after just yet, but am applying to all different things, mostly pen pushing jobs.

I don't suppose anyone here is going to see This Will Destroy You Saturday night?

Andor. Fuck yes
- You just reminded me to watch season 1 which I forgot to over the break.
- it's awesome

this week back from easter has been atrocious. god I miss sleeping in !!!!
- Saaaame. I thought a short week would be nice and easy, but it's still dragging like crazy!
- The three days between long weekends are so unnecessary

I sorta wanna pre-poll and rock up on polling day for the sausage. Is this unpatriotic?
- No.
- I reckon that's an awesome way to do it.
- I cannot vote but am I allowed to walk in for sausage?
  
  Sossige is fundraiser, so why not? You are supporting the community!
  
  You may. I have decreed it
  
  Hit up the cake stall too.
- That is exactly as god and the electoral roll intended

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- A lil hug, a strong coffee, and a lil sweet treat please. It's gonna be a long day.
  
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- Bacon and egg roll, coconut water, and a large, strong flat white please (no sugar).
  
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got a whole bunch of op shop cds
this is pretty funky
all that glitters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKD34dVwr5w&list=RDNKD34dVwr5w&start_radio=1
- I’m still annoyed my old Discman got pinched. I could buy cds and just play directly

I've been watching YTs from the US of people shopping in op shops and yard sales
it's an amazing view of small town life and everyday people .
nice people
But I have never seen a single Asian, Hispanic or Black person. I don't think they avoid, they just live in different circles.

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