Weather forecast today (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 14°C, max - 31°C

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    13·
    21 days ago

    I don’t use spotify but I think I’ll spare everyone my music ‘wrap’ today :)

    But this is for the Studspud:

    Jumping from chilli to chilli leaving a wake of aphid destruction. The leaf curl you see could be aphids… or used be heh.

    Good to see them in there on their own accord.

  • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone
    11·
    21 days ago

    If I were a cheese, I would be a Gorgonzola. It’s not a popular cheese and can be quite salty with a bite from my blue veining. However, there are devout followers who love to crumble it on a boring salad to make it interesting.

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    10·
    22 days ago

    taught tinyset to “cheers” last night. thought it was gonna take a while over a couple of days but he kept stopping eating dinner to do it. He doesnt always say cheers, but about 50% of the time he does. thank god i was drinking water or i’d be under the table!

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      22 days ago

      They’re so adorable at that age! Brains are literal sponges and it’s just amazing to see them grow and get smarter and smarter! I think your raising a fine lil dude!

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        3·
        22 days ago

        you arnt wrong. hes recently started to work on communication, not just saying words. He will sometimes try copy what you say, he wants to learn the pets names. its crazy how he went from a crying potato last year to this confident toddler in like 12 months.

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      4·
      22 days ago

      It’s funny how they copy you and how literal they are. I wanted my son to close the recycling so I closed it with my foot because that was easier for me, I thought he’d push it closed with his hands at his height. Nope, he had to try push the recycling closed with his foot as well

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        1·
        21 days ago

        Oh yeah you gotta be super careful with how you act hey. Terrified of him learning to drive like his mum.

    • Pilk@aussie.zone
      3·
      22 days ago

      It’s always someone burning their toast and then venting their apartment into the common areas, isn’t it

        • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
          1·
          21 days ago

          Yep. That’s what set off the fire alarm at that hotel I was at earlier this year

          The one I stayed in while in Adelaide had multiple angry signs in the kitchen telling you that if you set off the fire alarm, they’ll charge you a $500 fee ($1000 if after hours and they had to call someone out) as well as whatever fee the fire brigade charges them

  • tone212_@aussie.zone
    10·
    22 days ago

    My Spotify wrapped has been disappointing me over the past few years. I used to have such an eclectic music taste, but getting older I’m listening to what’s familiar to me a bit too much. I don’t like the complacency.

    Going to spend the next few weeks saving some new music to listen over the holidays, and listening to albums I’ve saved over the year but never bothered to listen. Currently listening to Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk, for fans of synth-pop and prog-rock this one is for you.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
      5·
      22 days ago

      Spotify recommends stuff you already play so that’s why I ask the DT for new stuff. The only new artist that I really really like is Dua Lipa.

        • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
          4·
          22 days ago

          My kid plays stuff like this in the car where I can’t escape. She said the other day, talking about Azealia Banks “She has good songs but gee she’s a crazy bitch”.

          • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            22 days ago

            Oh yeah Azealia is a wild lady on social media 😂😂 but she does have some really great tracks too!

            The good artists are always crazy

        • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
          3·
          21 days ago

          The first I’ve heard of Chapelle roan was this year’s “good luck babe”. I don’t mind some charli stuff (1999 ♥️) I do not like Olivia Rodrigo

          Any Chappell songs you recommend?

          • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            21 days ago

            Um like her whole album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.

            I can’t really pick an absolute favourite, the whole album is just an experience. A Femininomenon, so to speak 😂 start at the start and enjoy!

    • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
      4·
      21 days ago

      Ahaha, mine is out of control.

      Top songs were all songs in English (I stand corrected) mostly, English by non-English artists: Thai, Cambodian, Taiwanese and Korean.

      My top artists were: Tanerélle, Limi, WIM, Sleep Token and Keshi. 🤣

      I forgot I listened to so much Tanerélle this year.

      But I listen to such a wide variety, it’s not really a surprise.

    • Pilk@aussie.zone
      3·
      21 days ago

      IMO Wrapped doesn’t really handle eclectic tastes really well. Makes the results seem super random.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      3·
      22 days ago

      Discover weekly and the radio channels (where you click the radio button based on a specific song and it plays more songs like it) are how I find a lot of new music

      I put it on as background noise while I’m doing other things and if I start bobbing my head, I probably like a song

      • tone212_@aussie.zone
        3·
        22 days ago

        Now that’s eclectic! I was expecting Chappell in my top 5, but no. I swear I thrashed her album this year.

        • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          22 days ago

          My partner is seriously obsessed with her 😂 and so am I!

          Every song is a banger, and I fucking love that I can tell what her musical inspirations are in each song.

          Good Luck Babe is such a vibe, but my fav is My Kink is Karma -chefs kiss-

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
    10·
    21 days ago

    Against all resistance from my body I’m doing the washing today to take advantage of the heat and sun outside.

    Hope I’ve made the right choice.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
      8·
      22 days ago

      12:00:01, actually. I was close, but narrowly missed 😂

      (Pretty sure the Reddit autobot was less on the mark though)

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    9·
    21 days ago

    skipped the coffee today, no coke either. those 2 black teas are the pillar of my consciousness today but they are pretty wonky pillars. Sometimes I wonder how much coffee powers my mental health barriers and that just makes the days easier? Maybe thats a thread I dont really want to pull on.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
    9·
    22 days ago

    Also noticed there seems to be somebody downvoting all the DTs. Bit weird. Wonder if it’s people browsing /all getting the shits that they’re seeing posts every day about something they think is irrelevant. Odd way to live, considering there’s no algorithm on Lemmy to learn from your voting habits, but oh well

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      9·
      22 days ago

      It’s been happening for months 😂 at first I thought one of us was fat fingering the button, but I think someone is just salty lol.

      Also noticed that wscholermann has edited all his comments blank here and on Reddit. I hope he’s okay.

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
        9·
        22 days ago

        I hope they’re both ok. I don’t always manage to keep up with reading everyone’s comments but wscholermann in particular sounded depressed.

        They’re always welcome to come back anytime they wish and I hope everything is alright

      • Baku@aussie.zoneOPEnglish
        8·
        22 days ago

        Aw :/ I also just noticed Oztrin deleted everything, too

        W’s last comment was on my rambling yesterday. I actually read it and meant to reply but it slipped my mind

        @wscholermann@aussie.zone if you’re still around please know I didn’t mean to ignore you, and also didn’t take your comment to be a “pull yourself up by the bootstraps mentality” as that other person said. I thought it was actually a lovely sentiment (genuinely, not just saying that to make you feel better or anything. I appreciated the encouragement). I’ve appreciated your help, and hope you are okay

        E: just noticed all their comments were edited 5/6 days ago. Super hope they’re okay

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
    9·
    21 days ago

    I’m in a very bad mood over having to pay for something and now not having much to spare for the next few weeks.

    Super moody and annoyed.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      9·
      21 days ago

      I am also very grumpy thanks to the heat and this extremely easily avoidable $198 fine. Currently calculating how much more hours I’d have to work to earn that back…

        • just_kitten@aussie.zone
          5·
          21 days ago

          It’s five for me, post-tax… so much for all the extra hours this week I’d powered on through, sucked up by this stupid fucking thing aralskfjsalrkgh.

          The plus side is I do have a work event tomorrow that I am getting paid to attend like a normal work day even though it’s outside my usual contracted 3 days (because work is flexible about extra hours). So that’s easy money. Lucky this didn’t happen last fortnight where I could just barely do my 3 days per week what with all the moving and shit.

        • just_kitten@aussie.zone
          2·
          21 days ago

          Parking. In a rush in the morning and didn’t put my permit on. I hate that uni is costing me so much in terms of not being able to work more, needing to still be in Melbourne ($$$), and now this 😭 especially as I’m kind of doing this out of spite to finish the dang thing and I don’t even truly enjoy it. I guess it marginally improves my options in the future…

  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
    9·
    22 days ago

    I lost my birth certificate AND my passport so I had to jump on Vic Birth Death Marriages website and jump through hoops (on my own end) to order a new birth certificate. My god what a horrible, unintuitive website. I have no idea if I’ve done it correctly or if it is being processed now or not.

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      22 days ago

      I had to do that too a few years ago, because mum lost my actual birth certificate and I only had the extract, which is useless for everything.

      Pain in the ass tbh, and gathering from this their website is still a pile of steaming shit. Sorry man, just commiserating because it sucks assssss

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    9·
    21 days ago

    Here’s my kid’s top artists. She won’t show her songs because Ariana Grande is on there and she’s embarrassed and rightly so.

    • tone212_@aussie.zone
      5·
      21 days ago

      You’ve taught your kid well if this is your influence! I went through phases discovering each of these bands. Aaah good times. My most prized vinyl is The Queen Is Dead, original 1986 pressing.

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        6·
        21 days ago

        She is impressed as much as a teenager can be.

        Her: I’m so glad you parents aren’t normal. My friends mums listen to Fox fm and shit but you guys play cool stuff.

        Husband and I look at each other: I think that’s a compliment dear.