• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    20·
    6 months ago

    Happy 1st anniversary month dt. 🥂🎉🎂

    Let’s spare a moment to appreciate those who stayed and made this thread great and remember those who have left and are dead to us now.

    In My Life - The Beatles

    Feel free to post your own appropriate song.

    • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
      11·
      6 months ago

      Has it really been a year?? Good heavens. At some point I should probably work out how to use Lemmy beyond the DT.

      Thanks all for being fab!

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        6 months ago

        To be honest, since Lemmy World (the biggest instance) is borked, there’s not very much we can see on Lemmy at the moment. A lot of Lemmy communities are hosted on LW, and with federation delays of a week, you can’t really see any of the discussion until after it’s fizzled out. But browsing local and the large communities hosted on other instances is nice

          • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            6 months ago

            The Lemmy Devs said they’ll fix it in the next milestone release (0.20) I think. In the meantime, someone else on another instance wrote a tool that can be deployed to an instance closer to LW which sends the activities in bulk to the main instance, but I think we’re just going to wait until the patch gets pushed

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      10·
      6 months ago

      Sad, I miss some old faces but the community that was I think is dead and fractured. And out of the ashes this one grew. And that’s fine, honestly! I’m just concerned as to how we grow this one so it doesn’t become an echo chamber.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      9·
      6 months ago

      I do miss Reddit sometimes, especially the DT community during lockdown. I regret that some members disappeared or didn’t follow. But apparently everyone with a big site wants to be Elon Musk now so yeah :(

      This DT is good though, I’m also finding Lemmy a bit calmer.

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        9·
        6 months ago

        I still browse reddit.

        The other dt still talk about us like we’re the poorer cousins who lost their way and hope to make it back some day because apparently it’s slow over here. 😂

        • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
          9·
          6 months ago

          Oh, ok. I don’t have any kind of beef with anyone who stayed. I wasn’t aware there was any competition or tension.

          I just saw the owner openly say that he wanted to emulate Musk then engage in strongarm tactics, and went ‘yikes’ over where that behaviour might lead. What the site might turn into. Also the whole selling user data to AI thing is not something I agree with. Would potentially consider frequenting both places casually if the owner stopped being a raging jackarse or sold the site. If it was like it used to be.

          The mix of people in the DT seems to have changed though. I don’t recognise many usernames anymore so if I did ever return that would be another adjustment.

          • just_kitten@aussie.zone
            2·
            6 months ago

            Eh, they definitely have a wider range of commenters and much more activity in the main sub. There’s no doubt that Reddit still has a lot more momentum and it’s mostly the same people here in the DT. I don’t mind that of course, but I don’t think their opinion is that weird…

    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
      6·
      6 months ago

      When I go on Reddit these days, I feel myself getting aggrevated really easily.

      I wonder if it’s always been like that and I hadn’t noticed.

      Here’s to a great space 🍸

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    14·
    6 months ago

    Whomever said you shouldn’t worry about zits because you grow out of them was a filthy liar. You end up with zits, and wrinkles, and grey hair. 😝

  • oztrin@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    6 months ago

    First time since I moved in I don’t have to go tearing off anywhere and can really dig into sorting out the bags and boxes, and hopefully start unpacking the books and putting them on the shelves.
    Naturally, I have bugger-all motivation.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    10·
    6 months ago

    Happy birthday DT. Love youse…

    because I am complaining about spending money and that's kinda privileged....

    I am usually frugal but I when I have to buy things I just put my head down and do it all at once…so this week I have purchased new prescription sunnies, new backpack (good bellroy one that will last forever), bulk foods (cleaning things and flours etc) and then a couple of pretty and good work tops from my fav little shop. And a nice combo card holder and pencil case so I can keep my things together and not forget them (geeky but I ADORE IT).

    Feeling a nice dopamine rush and slight panic (I had money aside but still). I am having a beer at hopheads and might buy dinner tonight to cap off a day of running around shopping. I am not going away for long weekend so this so this is kinda my holiday…yeah?

    I am very good with money and on top of bills and fortunate in my current job and but I still struggle with buy good stuff that will last forever (or worse buying something new because the forever thing I own actually doesn’t do the job anymore) versus make do with nothing. Oh to have a brain that could be happy.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    6 months ago

    I’m feeling so ugh. The new kid moving in and the mentor moving out is all weighing on my mind. So many conflicting feelings. Anger + sadness + disappointment + resentment + guilt + pity + somehow partial apathy +feeling bad for all of the above + whatever the negative version of nostalgia is is a potent combo. I typed out my feelings before ultimately deleting because it was too long, but it didn’t help. Also went for a walk and tried to distract myself with YouTube and other things but that didn’t work either

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      5·
      6 months ago

      Make room for it all. I like to imagine all these “ghosts” competing for space inside me. If you fight to keep ‘em out you lose anyway, may as well let the emotions have their day.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        7·
        6 months ago

        may as well let the emotions have their day.

        Hopefully that’s all they want. But I like that metaphor

        • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
          3·
          6 months ago

          They can’t hurt you. It might feel like it, but it won’t actually leave a scar. Least that’s been my experience.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      3·
      6 months ago

      That sucks so much that they didn’t wait for the new mentor to be there. Can you be super busy and away from the house to limit the amount of time alone with him until there’s someone there to mediate if needed? Obviously with your stuff locked away in your room.

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        I’ll be going away for 6 days or so the day after he moves in and have enough on my Myki that I can escape if needed. I also took out a little bit of money in case I need to bail for a whole day

  • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    6 months ago

    I’ve made the commitment this week. Before I can think my way out of it, I’ve booked and paid for a room up in Echuca/Moama. This means I get to stop in at my favourite bakery in Kyneton on the way for lunch and continue listening to the audiobook I’m getting into (11/22/63). Should be a lovely weekend.

    • bull⚡@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      6 months ago

      Oooh and I get to try out my new weekend adventure travel cooler bag! I’ve got 4 bottles of water and 5 cans of bourbon is this bad boy.

  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
    8·
    6 months ago

    It may be winter, a state of affairs I don’t really approve of, but I stewed some rhubarb yesterday and I’m now having it for breakfast with muesli and yoghurt. And tea. And the sun’s out.

    I might just make it through another few months of this bleakness.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    8·
    6 months ago

    It’s been a sluggish day after a poor sleep last night thanks to too much sake and no food. But I managed to squeeze in some glorious time at one of the best Japanese gardens around and laid down on the turf in a secluded area near closing time with my shoes off and eyes closed. Got a wonderful 30 minutes in. Honestly, lying on grass barefoot does wonders for the body and soul…

    Having a lovely treat of vegan Japanese style food for dinner (mainly so I can get some vegetables) at a wonderful, quiet little oasis amongst the concrete, decked out in wood and plants and gentle music. Calming vibes all around.

    Tomorrow, I might try to squeeze in a bit more garden time and get some things posted before I schlep it for 5 hours on various trains to get myself to Tokyo. No idea what I’ll be doing there for 4 days aside from going to two specific shops. Maybe just wander around with my notebook. Check out a teamLab exhibit maybe, they do some banging shows.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    8·
    6 months ago

    Good morning magpies…how I love your gentle warb-- SHRREEEEECCHHH —

    Yes lorikeets I love you too…

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Which birds are the ones that sound like car alarms? The Maggie’s that live in the trees around my house are actually really friendly. We used to have people here who’d feed them a lot, so they seem to have just marked us as friendly. I don’t feed them, generally, but I did throw them a small amount of unsweetened muesli at the start of last spring to try and bribe them into not swooping me since they built their little hole right above the letterbox.

      They liked that and have me remembered as a friendly. While they’re in the yard catching brekky, they’re generally relaxed if I’m outside gardening or whatever and don’t pay much attention to me

        • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
          2·
          6 months ago

          Yep ^^ this

          And magpies are crazy smart. I will say “hello Maggie” to the ones in my street when I see them. At my last place I got to the point they would warble back. As long as they see you as a friend they won’t swoop.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
    7·
    6 months ago

    I’ve tentatively booked Miss Meow in for the vet on Monday. I’m not sure if I can get a lift and am a bit stressed because of the automatic prompt shit with the taxi booking system… I need to speak to a human operator to make double sure they know a cat will be riding as that’s caused issues in the past, but the last time I did that it kicked me in circles with the bot 🙄 Normal Uber has consistently refused to take pets.

    I’ve downloaded the taxi app and seen that you can add notes for the driver so if I can’t sort a lift I can do that. And the last resort is Pet Uber. (Being as surge pricing can unexpectedly get exorbitant.) If I’m truly fucked we can submit to the ordeal of the bus.

    Fuck I wish I had an electric quadbike or something just for things like this.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    6·
    6 months ago

    So conclusion to yesterday’s mystery. At least shit, I HOPE it is! And again, I’ll throw this behind a nsfw

    spoiler

    So I couldn’t figure out a polite way to say “hey, I’m sure my brains fucked with anxiety, but you weren’t trying to get me to finish inside the other night, right?” I feel like German might have the words for that, but English entirely fails. So I came up with a better idea: propose we go again and offer to wear one and see if there are any objections. Genius right? There were no objections. Also no ones yelled in like 48 hours so we might be onto something here.

    Alright. I think I’ve shared enough about my bedroom to last us all a life time. But the reason I stayed up was to share this: babymetal x electric call boy - ratatata I only knew one electric callboy song (pump it) and I’ve only vaguely heard of babymetal. And I’m really not into metal, but this song is freaking incredible!!! Do yourself a favour and give it a go even if it doesn’t sound like your thing.

  • fullkitwanker@aussie.zone
    6·
    6 months ago

    I have a lot of free time currently and have gotten so addicted to this silly mobile game called Lumber Inc (it’s essentially a lumber factory simulator). Somebody save me!