• Dalek Thal@aussie.zone
    18·
    3 months ago

    Can I just have a fucking break? I put a cat down three weeks ago, and now a dog has fucking cancer?

    Can I just get a month where nothing fucking goes wrong?

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    16·
    3 months ago

    House now in possession of a calendar of semi clad firemen with cats. Not my fault.

  • Aradina [She/They]@lemmy.mlEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    Sorry for the trauma dumping yesterday. I feel a bit less shit(mentally) today I think.

    Physically I feel like complete shit lmao. Might be coming down with something. We’ll see.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      13·
      3 months ago

      You need to let it out sometimes. It’s better than bottling it all in.

      It can really help knowing you were able to speak and talk about it even if nothing changes.

      The sun is beautiful outside. Maybe take 5 mins to go outside and soak it up a little.

      Hope you’re feeling better soon.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      8·
      3 months ago

      It’s totally fine. It’s understandable to want to keep everything under wraps but sometimes you just need to yell about it

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      Have you never read any of my comments? That was nothing. Insert “that’s not a trauma dump, THIS is a trauma dump” meme here

      Jokes aside, don’t feel embarrassed or apologetic for the trauma dumping. Gotta get it out somehow. Sometimes random internet people are the best option. I’m glad you’re feeling a bit better, and hopefully after a nap you start to recover

  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
    12·
    3 months ago

    I’ve just caught up on the Australian breakdancer. It’s so very bad. The sprinkler and the play school kangaroo hop moves were great, but the sprayed roach was glorious. I watched on repeat laughing. 5 stars.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    3 months ago

    I’ve been seeing that cute fluffy cat from may around on the camera feed a lot. It seems to visit us a lot, I’m not sure if it always has, and I’m only noticing because of the camera saving the video, or if it’s gotten lost

    In any case, I got a notification that it’s in the backyard so I went out and gave it some scritcheys. Then it was gone just as quick as it came. It seems to have a routine though, it comes in from the driveway, walls last the front camera, sniffs some plants, then goes down the side of the house, squeezes through a gap in the gate, pops up on the back camera a couple of minutes later, goes to the other side of the house, does who knows what there, then does it all again in reverse.

    Sounds like I’ve been adopted! Obligatory photos (same ones posted in may, I didn’t take any today):

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        9·
        3 months ago

        I thought the same thing at first, but on further petting, it’s actually just really really fluffy. It feels quite skinny underneath all the fluff

  • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    3 months ago

    On my street, the massed chorus of lawnmowers, whippersnippers and blowers has just started up. Right now it’s fairly minor, but I predict it will reach a crescendo later on today.

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
    11·
    3 months ago

    *shitty mood COVID rant

    Still no smell or taste. Busied myself with laundry and mopping to try and stop being angry. Can’t go out in the backyard for too long because MIL had a dude over to cut down the bottlebrush tree and rip half the garden out. She hasn’t got a plan really, just felt like replacing half the garden beds with more bloody lawn 🤦🏼‍♀️. It wasn’t necessary and looks shithouse, just like the barren wasteland of a front garden I try not to look at. Still strongly positive test, looks like I’m out of work until at least Wednesday. As a casual worker this isn’t good.

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
      9·
      3 months ago

      I generally despise lawn. It’s boring, water hungry, and itchy. Use clover or chamomile or something instead.

      • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
        4·
        3 months ago

        I’d love to do something like that out front. Eliminate lawn altogether, it’s boring and redundant in terms of our particular household. Nobody plays on the front lawn, it’s just useless. Out the back I’d have food production for humans and native birds as my priority. And as little lawn as possible, preferably none! I have to admit, the back lawn is about 60+ years old and has been well looked after (bout the only thing that has lol) and it is pleasant to walk on, but for the amount of time anyone spends actually doing that it’d be better off as something else.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    11·
    3 months ago

    Something just clicked for me with this “raygun” contraversy: Its the outfit. I mean the dancing is… whatever look I’m not one to judge anyones dancing I still cant figure out “Big Fish Little Fish Cardboard Box”. But the green and gold getup is OK for a a cricketer or something, but just embarassing for a dancing routine!

    • Nath@aussie.zone
      4·
      3 months ago

      Did anyone actually watch the whole event? She had both the Gold and Silver medalists among her first battles. She frankly never stood a chance.

      Not that I could really get through the event, a lot of it was too weird for me, I kept skipping through the routines. She was by no means the only weird one. But yes, turning up in uniform was a bad choice. A few of the girls had “street” versions of their uniforms, but Raygun was the only one who turned up lime she was at the opening ceremony.

      My favourite bits were the sign language the girls employed and the sassy things they were saying. The US dancer signed that the neat moves the Chinese dancer did were choreographed and not freestyle. The Chinese straight-up said ‘that was shit’ to something the US girl did.

      Nobody said anything about the Aussie girl’s stuff. Maybe it was genuinely too weird to even comment on? Maybe the girls she was facing knew they were in another class and didn’t feel the need to comment?

      As a sport, I don’t know that it’s my thing. But there are plenty of traditional sports like dressage and fencing that aren’t my thing either.

      The Chinese girl was great - I actually agree that she had pre-programmed moves, but those moves were quite good. The Japanese girl (Ami) who won it was a little battery of joy and energy. I’m very glad she won gold. She was the favourite in our house.

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      4·
      3 months ago

      Someone mentioned that to me as well, really did look like a part of the cricket team.

      It was interesting to say the least but I don’t think it was up to the same standard as her opponents.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    11·
    3 months ago

    Oh no. While constructing my mega mousse I think the chocolate cooled down too much and it looks spotty. It tastes delicious though. Ah well. You live and learn and laugh.

        • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
          4·
          3 months ago

          Oh I am. Hi-vis vest, lights fore and aft, and gold sparkly duct tape on my bike carrier and wheel rims. And hi-vis gloves for signalling. Just wish more people did likewise. Worst I ever saw was a young woman with her BABY in her bike carrier - black/charcoal grey clothing, no lights, no helmet and wobbling down the centre line of the road and not stopping at stop signs or signalling. And wearing a long long scarf that was easily long enough to get caught in the wheels, Isadora Duncan style. I’m cool with her decision to risk her life, but her BABY??? Not cool.

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        2·
        3 months ago

        and without even any lights on?! Suicidal… I wish I could say I’ve never seen any but they’re really not uncommon.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      People anywhere shouldn’t be allowed to wear black if they insist on jaywalking.

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        2·
        3 months ago

        That is very true. I can’t understand why people would stop in the middle of a two lane road that’s poorly lit wearing dark clothing. It’s rampant here.

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
    9·
    3 months ago

    Ever since, I deleted InstaGratification and Tik Toxic, I’ve noticed (finally) that my doomscrolling on those apps has been replaced with the following:

    • opening 500 tabs of long form videos and reading the comments to find out what the video talks about. Most of these videos are things to do with self-help, which I am exhausted learning about from information overload. It’s like watching how to stop procrastinating videos and inadvertently using them to procrastinate. Trying to find out how I can do the work on myself is stopping me from actually doing the work.

    • compulsively googling every thought I have. This has lead me back to the other place, because a Redditor from seven years ago has had the exact same experience as I’m having. I think it’s doing more harm than good though, and am thinking of avoiding Reddit altogether. I played my keyboard and ukulele for a bit, even though I have next to no dexterity, and I felt way more at peace doing that than actually trying to reassure myself that I’m going to be better by reading advice on how to be better.

    The people in my life use junk content on social media to switch off, but my brain has been switched off for so long. It’s time to get into the real world. Maybe one day I’ll be able to be indoctrinated into Big Social Media again, and use it in a healthy way. Not today. Not tomorrow. Or the next day.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      6·
      3 months ago

      Here is what I have learnt about “self help” videos. If I have a read an academic book on the topic then I can pretty much guarantee I know better than the twit giving us their opinion.

      99% are crap or worse than crap, many are actually harmful.

      Just watch videos by famous and respected peer reviewed doctors, but these videos are far and few between.

      I do watch some how to videos. Like how to do upholstery, etc.

      so hugs and just keeping doing real stuff. :)

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      4·
      3 months ago

      Social media content is purposefully designed to keep users on there for as long as possible. Because more data collected, more advertising presented, more $ for the owners. It’s designed to keep you watching and not realise the time passing. Most people don’t even realise it’s messing with them, so you are already winning just from that.