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    3 months ago

    I just discovered that the girl at the deli last night gave me 2 kranskys but put them through as 1. Free sausaaaaaaage!!

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      3 months ago

      Meanwhile when I offer people a free sausage, it’s rarely met with a positive reaction.

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        Well, kranskys are delicious; you can get any old, wrinkled sausage at Bunnings but it won’t be a kransky 😅

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          The Bunnings snags are not even snags IMO. I’m talking about a proper, European wurst type offering.

          How dare you imply I would offer such low quality products to unsuspecting individuals.

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            Well, any consumer will need to see and assess the product before purchase 😂

            Everyone loves a girthy wursy

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    I know I’m not built to have kids, when I see them on the train and feel a visceral disgust for them, their disrespect, and their immature brains. I’m sure they will grow up to be fine, but kids are so disrespectful on PT.

    Kudos to anyone who has raised/is raising kids, but that clusterfuck ain’t for me.

    Edit: thinking about it, it may be due to the intense, abusive bullying I was subject to in school, and now I entirely distrust every child over 10 and under 18. Hm. Trauma is certainly pervasive in my life and affects my attitude.

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      Controversial take, but I hold so much space for kids in that age range. Being a teen/tween fucking sucks. School (feels at the time like it) sucks. Puberty sucks. Bullying sucks. Coming from a poor family or shitty home dynamic sucks. Not sleeping properly and getting up early for public transport to school sucks.

      So, fuck yeah, do your TikTok dances, listen to music on speakerphone, drink your huge Slurpee, and take up a seat instead of giving it up to an adult that has probably sat on a wheelie chair all day. Just do your best.

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        I do agree with this, the world is shit and the kids will cop the brunt of it when we’re dead. I love their silly trends and dances tbh. Have fun in the dark world.

        I think it’s a me problem 100%. On some level possibly resentful(?) because they’re generally in groups of friends, which I lacked. But it’s not their fault, and I know better than to lose my shit when I realise my feelings are my own, and that I’m just making generalisations about persons I don’t know.

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          Hopefully I didn’t come across as invalidating how you feel! I think it has taken work on my side to think this way.

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      I think I have the same initial reaction due to bullying, with a particular distaste for teenage girls. But I can attest to the fact that not all kids are disrespectful on PT. Last time I went into the CBD on a train I got on at the same time as a group of school boys. I was prepared for noise and rumbunctiousness, but instead got to over hear them earnestly discussing how to determine when the train had reached the appropriate level of crowding that they should stand up and leave their seats for adults to sit down 🤣

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        That’s so good. 😂😂😂 That gave me a proper chuckle hahah

        And yeah I think it’s just my initial reaction but my second thought is that they’re fine/most kids are good. I hate when they run in front of me, but also I remember being that age and either not having awareness of my surroundings or feeling particularly rebellious.

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      I feel pretty much the same, despite the fact I’m still a child. There’s honestly a little bit of fear every time a large group gets on my bus/train/tram, and I avoid travelling at school times when at all possible. A group of two dozen 12 years olds vaping and trying to start a brawl on a bus is not fun

      On a similar note, I did not use the school toilets a single time between grades 3 and year 10. Fucking traumatic, and a large part of the reason I seek out unisex/single person toilets with proper walls, or a quieter one with multiple stalls when possible

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        School bathrooms were utterly atrocious in the 2000s, and they still are.

        When I was a kid, I intensely disliked being around other kids. School was fucked, the only people i liked were the teachers. The kids didn’t like me either, and I think latched on to any visual oddity to bully me, but I think they knew I was different. Not special or anything, but had experienced trauma in ways they had not, and I was different bc of that.

        It took me 20 years to understand why I hated going to Nan and Pops (mum’s parents. Thanks repressed memories), and bc that trauma happened so young, I knew things other kids didn’t.

        Like I said, I’m not special or superior bc of trauma. But it does change a child. There’s something about traumatised children that is obvious to other kids, but they cannot articulate it.

        Bathrooms are the worst. I want to throw up with anxiety when I have to use the flinders bathrooms. And pub bathrooms scare me as well.

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    made a… I dunno what your call it. One Pot? Veg and meat curry? Ratatouille? Whatever, made a thing last night. Not a huge veg guy, but cause it was all mixed in with some chorizo and chicken it was amazing. Woke up still thinking about it this morning. Didn’t even follow a recipe, just took some inspiration from a YouTube video and made some changes.

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      There’s an Australian youtuber called OnePotChef if you want to continue down this path

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      Ah the delicious accidental meal you may never be able to replicate again.

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        I’m gonna write the recipe down. SHOULD be able to replicate it.

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        I’ve suffered from this too. And the disappointment on the fams faces when it’s not the same as last time. I can’t even remember what was in it!

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          Can you make that chicken dish you made that one time. You know, the one I really liked

          Ya wanna give me a hint on what and when that was?

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    Made it down the bellarine. Disco LED chilli back in the game!

    I hope they enjoy those sweet sweet 300w cheapo aliexpress fire hazard rays.

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    I have had two friends recently get into accidents where they were going through a roundabout and someone did not give way and slammed out into them - one on a bike and one in a car with family. I really think we are not ok out there, just go carefully and watch out.

    Edit-all involved are now doing ok.

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      I had two incidents near La Trobe uni on my bike at round abouts years ago. The two problems with them is people need to know how to use them, and they need to look

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      I’m sorry to hear that. I’ve nearly had accidents because as you’ve highlighted people don’t give way when they’re meant to.

      I try and be extra careful going into one and also while going around inside.

      I hope that the accidents occurs were not too serious.

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    Ugh, between Protest and Weather and this time of day, this is definitely one time I wish the flight was delayed… ETA right now is that I’ll get there just in time for boarding. Breathe deeply…

    E: it was in fact delayed but I also got there in the nick of time anyway. I’m going to nap. I’m so wound up and tense!! zzz

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      It’s just finished over the CBD (I’m at flinders ATM), and it’s sunny now. Hopefully the sun shines for you soon!

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    Guys, I had a brainwave. I have leftover roast lamb so I’m gonna make roast lamb banh mis using long tiger rolls for tea. It’s gonna be awesome.

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    I don’t have para social relationships with celebrities, I just really enjoy reading about their shenanigans and weirdness. They’re humans too, elevated on pedestals, and it’s interesting to see what humans do when they are so rich and famous.

    This whole David Grohl cheating scandal is delicious. People who elevated him to the position of “one of the good ones” (alongside Keanu and Pierce Brosnan, maybe Jack Black too), are losing their minds that he not only cheated, but now has a baby on the way with the other woman.

    People are taking bets on how old the other woman is, with the running theory she’s in her early-mid 20s.

    It’s just so entertaining to me. No one is so good, or will always be so good, not will they always remain bad. They’re humans trying to navigate having their lives out in the open, with every minute action critised or admonished.

    Anyway, I’m all here for the juicy drama. If I had to place a bet, I reckon the other woman is 25. David is 55, prime time for a midlife crisis and to try and wet his dick with someone younger.

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      I am so glad I’m not under the microscope. I wouldn’t survive a day. I was military. I’ve been on the dole!! I have tragedies. I have estranged family who would sell me out for pennies and anger. Oh noes, Mr Seagoon was in the military!! Etc etc etc

      The press is totes into black and white thinking, everyone is either all good or all bad, there is no nuance.

      I think they build up the pedestals just so they can topple them.

      And all for ratings and sales.

      If David wants and needs company that’s his business.

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        100% agree. It’s easy to judge people from a distance. Who knows what the reality is?

        No one is perfect. And to pretend otherwise is misguided at best. We are all people, capable of the most and least noble actions.

        Should we take a magnifying glass to anyone’s life, myself included, there would no doubt be plenty to deride them for.