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[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Looks like I've just made my first post ever! πŸ˜…πŸͺ­ Good morning and goodnight lovely people of the daily thread 🧡πŸͺ‘

[–] Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good Morning! Thank you for posting! ✨

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago

No problem! I was strangely nervous for some reason πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ

[–] indisin@aussie.zone 18 points 3 months ago (5 children)

This is too funny. Laneway was not worth it.

Testing positive for both covid and the flu.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 points 3 months ago

oh no, you take care and get better soon

[–] Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago

Oh, that totally sucks!

[–] Eagle@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So we're back to thinking 'is this worth getting covid for?' before we do anything again.... yay.

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[–] Eagle@aussie.zone 18 points 3 months ago (4 children)

A study of Pepper in packing paper. These make it look far calmer than it was.

[–] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago

What a stunner!!

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[–] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Dentist complete. Have retained all teeth

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Did you take any freebie toothpaste?

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[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 15 points 3 months ago (13 children)
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[–] MeanElevator@aussie.zone 14 points 3 months ago (10 children)

Reference and police checks are underway for the new role. All goes well should have an offer shortly.

Excited, cause it's something new. Nervous cause it's something new. Anxious, cause I really don't want to meet new people.

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Lucky Gibson has a vet appointment tomorrow. She's feeling a bit lousy poor Fluffball.

Took the day off work because fuck it why not.

[–] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Alfie has let me know that he plans on releasing books about the Grave Injustices That Cats Face, his first will be highlighting a particularly grievous instance that affects cats worldwide:

Mum Had Ham and She Didn't Give Me Any! (Okay, She Gave Me a Bit, But I Want MORE).

He feels it will be a Sunday Times Best-seller.

[–] Eagle@aussie.zone 7 points 3 months ago

My cats will write the foreword, and give it a five star review!

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[–] mysticgreg@aussie.zone 11 points 3 months ago (6 children)

I have Seether by Veruca Salt stuck in my head this morning. No idea why.

Not complaining, takes me back to my uni days, maybe my brain is feeling nostalgic.

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[–] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

What aggrevates me is that if you agree to do something, actually fucking follow through.

If you don't want to, then just say so, instead of fucking me around for days.

Fucks sake.

Some people don't understand that they're fucking with someone's life.

[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 10 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Well that’s enough news for today. Clive Palmer has a new political party, called Trumpets of Patriots. No this is not a Beetota advocate headline.

[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago

I needed to have got off this ride years ago 🀑

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I really hope he fails in spectacular fashion, there’s no place in Australia for a trump like party to exist.

Also I’m sick of his ads on tv.

Edit: Just to add he was forced to use this name because he failed to register his United Party name in time.

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 3 months ago

ffs, that's like saying Hitler for Patriots in the 1930s

these cunts can just fuck off

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[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Wish I could print out my brain. Dreamt a manuscript/fresco I'd like to attempt painting, but seriously do not have time right now! Scribbled notes and crossed fingers for future memory it is.

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[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I think I need to go shopping for a humorous coffee mug. The DT has inspired me.

[–] mysticgreg@aussie.zone 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have one that says 'Have A Nice Day' on it, but when you lift it up to take a sip, there's a big middle finger being raised on the underside for the person across from you to see πŸ–•

It's a personal favourite.

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[–] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago

I’m off to the dentist. Back shortly

[–] Duenan@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

A lot of people in at work early, someone's playing music from their room and the sound is travelling to me. Usually not so noisy so early I don't know what's up today.

To counter it I'm playing Dua Lipa's Houdini before I go outside.

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[–] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago

Night night

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago (8 children)

dear lord the internet is full of americans discovering "great new ways of growing food" that are just standard good practises.

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 points 3 months ago (9 children)

good people, normal people, usually self question and self blame and start to think that maybe they are the one who is narcissistic

sure, people who are victimised by narcissists might end up with psychological injuries but that's not the same as being narcissistic

here is a video by a therapist, that I watch regularly, to help us affirm that we are ok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5X2Q2dunHU

you're ok 😘😘😘 love you all

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[–] Pilk@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (10 children)

On the subject of things that should really be taught in school, one of my top requests would be Identification and Management of Narcissists.

I've recently had someone go into defend me against a narcissist abuser in my life, and all the defender has managed to do is become a target himself and escalate the narcissist's rage towards me.

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Narcissists in my experience are expert manipulators. The way they can turn things is quite breathtaking. I'm sorry you and your defender are going through this.

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago

expert manipulators

This is my experience too.

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[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 7 points 3 months ago

I am still surprised at the depths of moral depravity a narcissist will sink to.

they would support nazism if they thought it would make me look and feel bad ( they tried that one )

but really, they believe nothing, tomorrow they could say they support the true teachings of Jesus

it's just fleeting emotion and words

so ignore it

best thing to do is leave them

unfortunately sometimes they get in positions of power , like trump

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[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago

Today I'll be cleaning the top shelf of my pantry. I wonder what forgotten treasures I'll find.

[–] Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)
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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Much less stress in the kitchen. Made a kickass mushroom and pea curry with cashew cream, and finally cooked up the cabbage (with possibly too much of ajwain seeds). Everything is clean and tidy and I don't feel so overwhelmed. Success!

I'm going to have another crack at Juice... 25% of the way through and not that impressed, seems like a lot of heavy handed exposition atm. But I'll keep going

E: nice to listen to even 2 minutes of rain, so calming ☺️

[–] tone212_@aussie.zone 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

Person walking around co-working office with no shoes on. I've got no issue if you take your shoes off under your desk, but then walking around the place with no shoes, nope. It's a workplace, not your home.

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Not been feeling too well lately, resting and watching old stuff.

Shows like Extreme Cheapskates are just fake rage bait. Yeah, a woman with a full face of makeup, false lashes and an entire set of false nails is so frugal she uses dryer lint for makeup removal. She drives an SUV to the supermarket to beg for meat scraps. Pull the other one!

I hope that episode of Adults Adopting Adults was faker than it looked though. I’m aware that these shows are very scripted and heavily edited but Danny was seriously concerning. I actually feel like that situation was one of the rare ones the camera didn’t overplay.

[–] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 7 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Extreme Cheapskates makes me feel yucky inside. I watched one where this dude teaches people how to cook gourmet on a budget but he didn't tell them until after that he'd foraged herbs from the side of the road, dumpster dived the local seafood joint for scraps of lobster tails and picked out half drunk bottles of wine from the bins at the beach and filtered them through his homemade goon bag.

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