• Taleya
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    Jesus christ did my domain hosting pick the wrong month to renew. $167usd = $266aud

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    Ulcers in the crease of your mouth - the worst. Almost as bad as ulcers on your inner lip that rub up against your teeth. Time to whip out the ol’ Kenalog again I guess… If they ever come up with a medication to heal mouth ulcers in 24 hours I’d do anything to get it in a heartbeat.

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    Came home to the ant invasion continuing, but they were better organised this time and gave away their entry point. Suckers. I hope I’ve stopped it this time.

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    I did not have Trump commandeering Gaza, kicking out all the Palestinians straight up demanding ethnic cleansing, and then proposing a property development to turn it into a ‘middle eastern riviera’ on my Trump bingo card. I don’t know how my mental health is gonna survive the next four years. I think I need to switch off the news. If ww3 breaks out can someone let me know, so I can go out and stock up on toilet paper. Ta.

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      It’s just words. Unless it’s in that Project book he won’t have any support.

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        Trump: “if it’s not in my widdle diawy, it’s not TWUE!!”
        Elon in the corner: rolls eyes and takes more ketamine

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          Nope. Forewarned is forearmed. Just be a bit cynical about the current reportage, and consider its sources and the interests its serving. That really helps.

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      Can do. WW3 is not going to happen for some months imo. And when it does it will be in the northern hemisphere. Probably centered on Greenland. Toilet paper supplies should be fine for now.

      In fact, Oz might just have lucked out AGAIN. China’s demand for iron/steel will probably drop to zero soon, but re-building Ukraine will pick up the slack and we’ll just sail through the next cataclysm pretty much untouched. All this is subject to further information coming to hand of course. I would worry if I was male and of military draft age. Particularly if potatohead comes to power, cos I don’t think he can resist the temptation to play little tin soldiers.

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        Potatohead is gonna lead us down the same path that Trump has with the US. I’m so pissed off Dutton is appealing to the “male loneliness epidemic”, as that’s just a sure fire way to lead a bunch of disillusioned men into the far/alt right pipeline, leading to further discrimination of everyone else.

        Those types of men just want an easy way to get a hole, maid, and therapist all in one, and Trump and Dutton will ensure they get what they want for the votes.

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    Every now and then and I let myself think for long enough that I start wondering: is this enough? Am I a total fuck up? just a little bit? does it matter anyway? how could I be better? what if i…? and then my distractions blissfully take over and I forget all that for a few weeks. Ho hum

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      As long as I do my best, that’s all that matters. Even if it’s shit compared to others efforts it doesn’t matter because I know I gave it my best shot. That’s how I sleep well at night anyway.

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      I solved that problem by accepting I was a fuckup. Lots of us are not perfect. That’s life.

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      It doesn’t matter.

      All that matters is that you have peace and contentment i think.

      That’s how I try to live. I fail often, but I never give up.

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      Fuck up compared to what? The middle-class aspirational consumerism-is-all lifestyle? Nah, that’s not where it’s at.

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      Us fuck ups gotta stick together, until the next wave of disassociation hits lol

      Besides, you’re not a fuck up, not anymore than anyone else. Your life has meaning and value, whatever way you live it 💜

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    Haha! He’s gone on a packing spree and now I don’t have the right paper to do his anniversary card tomorrow.

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    I wonder if the voice activated speakers can record people talking and potentially be used as evidence in court. Like the Amazon and Google ones

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      I’ll keep my eye out on all the courtroom videos I’ve been watching the last fortnight lol

      Mostly it’s a mix of sovcits citing nonsense, DUI/DWI, and breaching bail/probation conditions.

      Judge Simpson is my favourite I think, he’s very sassy. His eyerolls give me life

      Edit: this is all US stuff of course, I’m never on time or aware enough to tune in on an Aus one, or they’re not uploaded to YouTube. I get my Aus law fix from austlii lol

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        There’s a podcast I listened to a while back with nonsensical court hearings, maybe that’s the video version?

        Or they have lots of nonsensical court stuff

        Either way, I will look into those videos.

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      Really? I did see on the way home on the tram that the city (which is usually crystal clear) was shrouded in pink foggy air. Lotta particles airborne it seems.

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      I thought it looked a bit hazy as I was driving home.

      Now I know!

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        Well, it’s an essential ingredient in Brunswick Stew, so you’re in the right place for it. I’m told it tastes like chicken, but in my experience it tastes more like fruit bat. Which is delicious. So go for it girl!

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    losing weight takes so long 😫 I expect I have to do at least another 6 months of this meal replacement diet

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      You’ll get there! It’s boring at times but worth it for how you feel about yourself.🫂

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        I’ve gone down one clothing size in 3 months, which is not bad, just got so much to go still

        so in a way it’s already good, I’m getting new clothes and have a wider choice now

        at the same time I’m not so young anymore but fuckin’ hell, I just can’t believe what other women my age wear, those giant abstract shirts or lurid prints.

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          They do??? Nothing wrong with being so far behind the trend as to be ahead of the game.

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          -“those giant abstract shirts or lurid prints”

          I immediately pictured what you mean lol. Too loud for me, too lairy!

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            I don’t mind figural or loud but these are always just blotches

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      Well done on your progress so far! Do you mind if I ask how many meals per day you’re replacing, and is it with shakes? I need to shed a more than a few kgs and am struggling to get motivated

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        I’m just doing the dinner. My breakfast and lunch is already pretty minimal. I’ve reduced snacks and replacing bad foods with better foods.

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    One hour on hold to get through to my water provider. The reviews online are hilarious, most of them complaining about hold times and bad customer service. Yet it doesn’t look like anything’s changed to improve that. Just make the customers wait, it’s not like they can change water provider if they’re not happy with the service.

    Edit - start of the call said 25 minute wait for call to be answered, it’s now been 1.5 hours on hold. What a joke.

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        Get this, they answered the call after 1hr45m and said the lines were closed! I had to leave a message for a call back. Let’s see if they actually call back (chances are low).

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          Wow okay that’s stupid af. At the places I worked at if there were people in queue after closing time, we’d close the queue to new calls but have to stay back to clear the people still waiting.

          I imagine the water company doesn’t want to pay their staff overtime 🙄🙄

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    Bail refused for the bird graffiti artist, but somehow is granted to violent offenders in some cases.

    Am I missing some legal nuances here?

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      Bail refused for the ram raider and assaulter of transit employees who also happens to do bird graffiti. Still an FU to DV victims, but the whole system is a bit of an FU to DV victims.

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      Maybe, with the violent offenders I can think of the underage ones and they always get bail no matter what they’ve done, even when it resulted in a fatality like the car accident a few months ago.

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      Pam the Bird is wayyyy more offensive than DV or assaults

      Edit: do I have to put a /s nowadays?

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    I have a new dinner bowl / plate and used it to make nachos and have grossly underestimated the amount of nachos it can hold…it will be a race against time to finish this code review before I slide into a sweet sweet cheese coma

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      I wondered if you could reheat nachos the next day… surprisingly the answer is yes? Microwaving could make them soggy but the internet says ovens or air fryers do well

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        Good to know. But I can’t try it because I ate them all like a big guts. At least I don’t need dinner now