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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I'll be offline this week, on a cruise to Tasmania.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

And try and avoid covid...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s like a 9 hour boat trip, how lost are you planning on getting to stretch it out to a week?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Have a good trip. If the Tasmanian Fudge Company is still running bring me back some fudge. πŸ™‚

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Not my f’ing day.

Just spilt my entire dinner on the god damn carpet and had to do a massive cleanup and remaking dinner again as all of it had to be tossed out.

It’s the last thing I need right now!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Poor bugger, I feel for you, that really sucks. At least you made another.. I've been known to crack the shits and go without in a huff like an idiot

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Trust me I cracked the shits.

It was souped based as well which made it so much worse to clean up.

Almost thought about going without as well.

Anyway time to take a deep breath.

Still annoyed at myself.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

Stand-up meetings, where everyone is in fact sitting down and it goes for almost an hour, a very crappy way to start the week.

Also this annoying brown-noser type person at my work took it upon themselves to run the meeting and they called me out on screen and asked me how my weekend was. I said it was fine and asked how theirs was, their response to my lack of information was "wow it's like talking to a teenager". Fuck off. If I don't want to regail all of the staff about what I did on the weekend like you do, then that's my decision to make.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

β€œwow it’s like talking to a teenager”

completely unacceptable. Go to HR and your manager on it. Claim to be offended (Because they wont give a shit otherwise). You're owed an apology and they need to learn they cant do it any more.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Oh I hate this cunt for you.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

I would have responded with " hmm that comment resembles something a teenager might say".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

passive agressive denigrating remarks in the workplace? mmm well that's not conductive for a good working environment, I'd suggest having a chat with HR.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Wow. Just wow.

I answer much like you to questions about how I am and stuff like that at work and I do get ribbed a bit that I’m never anything but fine but it’s all lighthearted and that they’d love to hear that I’m feeling wonderful one day but seriously that response is so unnecessary and ugly.

Me thinks you need to raise this with someone perhaps.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

BummerI've been struggling for hours to get my abdominal pain down to manageable levels and am currently back on a liquid diet. The severe pain is happening so frequently now and all the specialists so far have just shrugged or been jerks. Trying to get in with a pain management clinic via a private route now because this is debilitating.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m sorry, there are still areas where modern medicine just goes πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Yup. β€˜Guess it’s all in your head, GL.’

Except they don’t say good luck.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

I am eating chicken nuggets!!!! I can not taste them and they are probably a terrible choice for my first solid food, but chicken nuggets!!!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's been a long-ass day, so many calls,
So many people staring at their walls,
Calling us to do some dirty, hard work.

I'm trying so hard to talk to them all,
Tell them we'll pick them up when they fall,
I start at 10am, it's the only real perk.

I tell myself I'm not burning out,
It's just a busy period,
It's what this job is all about,
I tell myself I'm not burning out,
It's just a busy period,
I'm just a bit worn out.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I made a post on Facebook mentioning I had some time off and now Facebook is suggesting I start a chat group to plan a meetup. All of these "smart" AI/algorithms are really starting to be annoying - it's like having an idiot friend around who constantly misses the point of things. Instead of adding value like it's supposed to, most of the time it just takes up time and distracts you pointlessly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nothing worse than when technology tries to be "Helpful"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

If the technology was smart enough to understand context it might actually manage to be helpful. But when your post is actually about looking forward to spending time at home and not going out, plus it is in a group with 82K members from all over the world and not a great venue to plan an impromptu meetup, then that sort of suggeston coming up is just an annoyance.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

I've made a new post named Tucker Time on [email protected] replacing What's for dinner? That way you can post about your breakfast, lunch, dinner etc.

It would be great if you could contribute unless of course if you live on air. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (5 children)

The press fawning over "our" Queen Mary is really cringe and gross. She got married so what. She didn't invent the cure for cancer. Australia isn't special, deal with it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's a little fairy tale not as bad as the humidity.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There are worse things in the world we can be angry about.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

There's a whole lot of earth moving going on out the back of mine and the reverse noise on one of the bits of equipment sounds like a huge wattle bird and the resident magpies are freaking the fuck out. Just standing there on the lawn staring at this excavator probably regretting the little feud they have going on (with the real wattle birds).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I hate the new style reverse noise. Apparently it’s now the thing to use because it is more noticeable and annoying than the beeps.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (6 children)

PSA: I've lost some photos. Partly my fault, partly computers dying. Anyway right now I had 3 or 4 repositories or backups, most duplicated, but I only discovered recently that at some point something corrupted and I lost some priceless photos. Spent 3 weeks digging through old storage to find a backup and luckily, I found a VERY old SD card that contains them. Its a miracle that it survived this long. I nearly cried tears of joy. Anyway, if you don't have a good backup solution? Go make one. Right bloody now!

I'm also open to suggestions for management/organization of photos. Right now im across iCloud for recent stuff, Dropbox for last gen stuff, and then google drive for older than that stuff. And its just chaos!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

My friend and I were chatting outside a cafe when a Bogan looking human riding on a scooter passed us saying "πŸ™„fucking Asians". πŸ˜‚

I don't think I belong in that category but I'll take it. She was def looking for a reaction and I gave her none and she just left. This was my first openly racist comment in 4 years, not bad!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

The worst abuse I used to hear in Detroit was abuse from passers by who thought I was a race traitor. So maybe that's why you copped some nasty words. Not Asian but hanging with Asians in an Asian place.

It's unacceptable and distressing. hugs

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So sore and tired , no cooking, I'm having gyoza for dinner πŸ₯ŸπŸ₯ŸπŸ₯ŸπŸ₯ŸπŸ₯ŸπŸ₯ŸπŸ₯ŸπŸ₯ŸπŸŒΆοΈ

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

it's a toss-up in my household as to who sucks more: Colesworth or Australia Post.

At least colesworth deliver, I guess...

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

i got stuck into some sorting and decluttering today, and decided to pull out a bunch of stuff for hard rubbish. I went to book it in and apparently the collection people are taking a Christmas break and there are no collections until February. Oops.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I bought a watering can from coles. I don't have anything to water but when I do I will be prepared.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

Work goes so much faster when you have something genuinely interesting to investigate. Accidentally stayed late, I never do that!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Just watched my elderly neighbour reverse into his mailbox. Barely any damage, but I just know he'll spend the next 3 days 'fixing' it loudly with every power tool he owns.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I am caretaker free today, so I am donning a mask and gloves and taking care of myself. I am very curious to see how I go considering I'm going to attempt quite a few chores today.

My mouth and throat feel good today so I might have a go at some scrambled egg or something as well, exciting times!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Cats are weird and full of surprises. I got a pot plant off the footpath, a bromeliad in flower, it has nice pink and purple spikes. Ted Cat loves it!! He's playing with leaves, hiding under and behind it, sniffing it all over. He's very cute. 😺 He is now half asleep on the sofa pooped out.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Someone on reddit Melbourne dt can't log in to aussie.zone using Firefox. I don't know what this means. Maybe someone here can help.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (4 children)

I have encountered the most saddest Apple strudel.

The pastry was so thick and claggy… I could only eat the filling.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Been applying for a few jobs recently and actually getting calls (interviews lined up for next week). One in particular is fairly senior and not related to what I've done (can argue that my experience is transferable) and the manager I spoke to is very keen to interview me.

Might have to do some sleuthing to find out more about the team and culture in the place.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Rental car (from my insurance) sorted.
I asked for a small car and got a Mitsubishi SUV (not sure what model, no badges on the outside).
Annoyingly, I can't get it to sync with my phone via bluetooth so I'll have to use Android Auto and plug it in via USB, which means no Deezer. Sigh.
Driving it has been... a learning curve, especially when I hit three red lights in two minutes. Ah well.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I just put my shower curtain liner in the washing machine, and it made me wonder how many people actually have shower curtains and not glass panels these days. I suspect it is an ever-dwindling number.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Why can't I login to this using Firefox anymore? very annoying

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