Daily Discussion Thread: 🏘️ Sunday, October 6 , 2024

Alright I'm done.

The set is practiced and recorded. Time for some gigs again. I've got 20 mins worth of songs which is plenty.

Plus now I have a demo reel for band auditions which I'm going to get back into next week.

Ah man. I'm really looking forward to this. I've missed it so much.

Have a great night everyone ❤️

That's awesome. Be sure to share a bandcamp or something soon. I've plotted some things out but I need to find the time to properly record them and try put something out
- If you need a hand let me know man. I've been doing this for a very long time and am happy to help 🙂

And now for something completely different

But I thought you shouldn't mix whites and Colours 🤔
- He abolished segregation, starting with his own coat.
- they say dogs go to heaven and cats go to hell, fortunately i love cats
OMG THE PAWS 😍🥰
- I love kissing them. I know I shouldn't, but he always starts purring and kneading when I do.
  I have discovered he also enjoys it when I give his belly kisses. Hands are for kicking when touching the belly, but my face is what he wants apparently.
  Not happy when I blow raspberries tho heheheh
i love how he hugs back
- He was dream-hunting in the last pic, completely zonked out and twitching. I think his dream-hunting was ultimately successful 😂
Oh Mickey you’re so fine you don’t understand
You take me by the heart with the beans of your hands
- His neopolitan beans give me life
  His beans bless you with holy feline grace

How is it almost 3pm. I did however accidentally figure out something for singing I've been trying to do for literal years lol

Also, the eyes say it all

Lazy Sundays are fluffybutt approved.
Which is good because I just woke up from a two hour nap.

Great turnout at the rally today. I love going to these every week, its overstimulating as hell a bit but I feel completely safe in the crowd. All the singing and dancing and kind faces.

I feel less safe around guns which the cops were running around flaunting but hey, can't have everything.

I dislike you have been down voted. We are allowed to protest here, and as long as you're not a Nazi, I have no issue with it.
I also don't understand what protesting in Melbourne is going to do for the Palestinians. Aus isn't the big manufacturer of weapons being sent to Israel or Palestine. I'm not saying you should t go, I just don't get what it is trying to achieve here.
I get protesting in Britain, since they sort of set this up historically, but also wars and conflict over the holy land have been ongoing since, like, before Jesus. So. What does Australia have to do with this?
I do think there are way more Australian-relevant issues to protest - such as the rise of Nazis, cost of living, price gouging, and housing affordability, and the rights of First Nations.
I do not agree with either Hamas nor Netanyahu, I dont want innocent people to be used as collateral damage.
But again, what will protesting the war do here, in Australia, in Melbourne?
Not trying to start a fight, I just don't understand the goals.
- The Palestinian struggle mirrors the struggle against colonialism in our country. That's why the protests always include chants of "always was always will be". Colonialism is a worldwide system after all, its not just in Palestine or Australia. It's the same struggle everywhere, and we need to fight it everywhere if we want it gone to the dustbin of history where it belongs alongside all other forms of racism.
  Our government also does have the ability to pressure other governments. We have the ability to change things and improve things despite being a middle power. Even just condemning the genocide would be a massive move that could change things, it could encourage other countries to condemn it and stop exporting products that help it along.
  Those other issues are issues and we should be rallying about those too. Someone just has to organise and lead it. On the Nazis, these rallies are anti-nazi too. The groups involved are broad leftist groups who are very much against Nazism and everything it stands for, like colonialism.
  On top of that is just solidarity. If even one photo of the rally makes it to someone having a hard time in Palestine or Lebanon or wherever else and maybe improves their day, then every rally will have been worth it. I want it to be known that despite being on the other side of the world, I care.
  "An injury to one is an injury to all." Is something I take very seriously. As long as there are oppressed people out there, none of us are free.
  Also the benefit of my account being on Lemmy.ml is that down votes don't federate between instances so idk how many people downvote me, I only see one or two.
- Imagine if our Governor General and Prime Minister were murdered and a religiously motivated gang took over.
  Lebanon deserves a democratically elected government, not a corrupt gang.
Flaunting?
Oh boy.
- Guns are a thing you can't really wear without flaunting.
- Brandishing?
Imagine having 10,000 missiles launched at Melbourne. That would be terrifying.

My neighbor made this cake. Everything is edible except the doll. Simply stunning. It’s just a “hobby” lol.

I know breakfast is meant to be healthy, but..

There is physical health, and there is mental health. When you think about it, nearly all foods fall into one or the other category. Health is health.
that is two food groups, is healthy
Sunday is the day for sweet breakfasts

Do not be tempted by the green apple candles at IKEA. They smell like burning plastic when lit.

Synthetic shitty candles are a recipe for scent-induced headaches 🤮
Reading this is making me sneeze
Never light them. Stick them in a window sill in full sun to melt

Happy Daylight Savings to all who celebrate 🍾

it is? If I didn't have a mechanical wall clock then I wouldn't even have known
- Betting the oven, microwave etc will never even know too

Currently fighting off an emerging migraine. Taken panadol and nurofen.

Now all I’ve got left is to pray and maybe a heat pack on my neck/shoulders and maybe a coffee.

🙏

Hope you're feeling better. Migraine not a great way to spend a Sunday...

Just back from the Pharaoh. Amazing exhibition. How they did stonework like that is mindboggling. Seeing it up close was awesome.

I would like to take a moment to claim credit for my forebears work.
- They did good :) was crazy to see just how accurate they were. I have two sheds full of modern tools and I couldn't 1/100 of that.
- That feels good!
At the NGV? I was tossing up going to this.
- Yep NGV. They did it really well.

Apparently I needed almost 14 hours of sleep. Feel fucking amazing though lol

Don't dead open inside 😎 🌷 🌊

TIL that woolys will replace your shopping bag free of charge even if it’s slightly damaged or stained

An hour, STOLEN

It's not stolen, it's a compulsory savings scheme. It does suck there is no interest paid.
- Unless we finally get to live on this time all of the time.
You can get it back in about 6 months if you try and stay alive or move to QLD?
We have now entered capitalist time

New pastime: leaving brutally honest feedback when companies spam you with feedback demands. Just rant at them about the unethicalness of their business models, and outline how their entire existence is essentially predicated on exploiting people in crappy circumstances.

They conveniently disappear if you leave your email :)

You could totally automate that with a bit of dev (serverless with AI).
Question for you, market research for me: How much would you pay for that kind of service? Is it a million dollars a month? Please say yes; I want to retire.

Hi Team! You must all be feeling relaxed and refreshed after today’s meaningful volunteering opportunity. As the kids say, touch grass. As a big family we look after your mental health. Doing yard work for the CEO’s parents benefits all stakeholders. Now please enjoy the rest of your relaxing weekend, remember to complete your optional upskill module due tomorrow before work starts. I look forward to seeing everyone’s smiles at tomorrow’s breakfast meeting!

I for one am honoured to be working for our overlords at Hamazon.
- We are proud to be the top organic breakfast ham slices and AI ham radio producer in the world.
Do we get a pizza and a coke?
- Coffee with complimentary milk and sugar.
I'm touching grass and it is blissful

It’s a shame cinnamon toothpaste is much less common than mint. Like a couple of options exist, but I don’t buy because they either lack fluoride (Grants), are way overpriced (HiSmile, Marvis) or are a hassle to buy from somewhere other than a supermarket/involve third party sellers.

If there were basic fluoride cinnamon tubes at Colesworth though I’d probably give it a go.

Unflavoured toothpaste with fluoride would also be a good thing to have.

(Kids paste is milder but I think lower in fluoride and also not very appealing to me.)

I'd like more cinnamon stuff in general. Seems an underutilised flavour in Australia. Fireball is too sweet for me.
- I agree. There were these tins of sugar free mints in cinnamon but those seem to have been discontinued. Big Red gum also doesn’t seem to be around anymore

Fire alarm. How nice

Sunday roast is on.

What's on the menu today?
- Slow cooker bolar blade roast , gravy , mash, roasted Dutch carrots, my Yorkshire pudding game is pretty weak so not having that.
  The neighbours small children have a birthday party today. The mum is some kind of baking savant so maybe we can score some birthday cake for desert hehe.
- pork

What happens if I set my phone alarm to 2:01 tonight. Time to find out.

Edit: It worked!

Wow! You should defo try again!
What time did it go off? I was wondering this myself actually, did it go off at 3:01 or 3:00?
- 3:01

okay, I'm pooped

that's the sewing machine base derusted, cleaned, primed and painted. Looks great. I'm only doing one coat.

I'm waiting a while until I wash the paint off my hands with terps

You are incredibly motivated! I'm still working on making breakfast lol

I think I'm going to need extra coffee to get through today. I feel like I lost an hour's sleep last night.

I've been experimenting with dishwashing tablets for a while now and I'll tell you my favourite tip of all time. I place one on top of my drains and let it naturally dissolve. Reason for this is old drains can get a bit stinky over time and this is the most easiest why to solve this and also maintain fresh smelling drains.

I use solid tablets. I have never used the liquidy ones.

read first two lines, instructions unclear, took one with coffee, seeing bright tunnel
- Embrace the light (refreshments) for all eternity
- That'll clean you out and leave you sparkling.
A bit confused… do you wet it, or let the tap slowly drip on the tablet? Or does the dry tablet pull enough moisture from the air to start dissolving?
Unless you chuck it in the drain
- No. Just leave it sitting on top of the drain and use the tap as normal. It will slowly dissolve itself.

Been to gym. Now I need lunch. Sushi or borek?

Sushi? What did you end up getting?

I've learnt from years gone past, and went to sleep at 1:33. There's no better way to make me freak out then forgetting DST is happening and getting absorbed into a 20 minute YouTube video at 1:45 intending to sleep as soon as it finishes, and then it being 3:05!

On the plus side though, sunset is 7:30 tonight!

Woop woop
- What

Service Sunday is here! Join the optional company gardening team and serve the Board of Directors’ elderly relatives! At our company we are always family first! Feel free to bring your own family members along!

Participants will receive light refreshments and a certificate of thanks.

I wonder where I should insert this garden gnome…
- Between the geraniums. With some force.
suspicious What are the tasks?
And what’s the deal with the elderly relatives?
What are the refreshments 😰
- mostly digging
  they are not capable of gardening anymore
  mini pulled pork sandwiches and coffee
People and Culture would like to remind you that attending is compulsory.
You are also to refer to the board members family as madame and sir.
Staff with small children who can sing songs and entertain their parents superiors, will be rewarded with a 15 minute break.
Snacks and water will not be provided.
We would also like to remind you how difficult the job market is right now, and that performance reviews are coming up.
Looking forward to seeing you and your family!

I want to go nuts at Bunnings but am so limited by my body and environment.

I’m trying to make the best of being stuck here but it’s really taking a toll on my mental health. (Unfortunately anywhere else I move is likely to be worse or I may never be able to move at all)

Just got back from seeing The Substance. Great movie but holy crap it was full on with the gore.

I want to see that but my nearby cinemas aren't showing it
I’m interested in that one myself. I understand it’s bloody but , is it more body horror type?
- Yeah it’s body horror, a few scenes had me squirming in my seat but overall I really enjoyed it.