Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • StudSpud The Starchy
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    So much for WFH. Back into work every day till Christmas BC tradies are doing works on my apartment building.

    L A M E

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  • Seagoon_
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    1 year ago

    Ted Cat is so happy to sit outside in the fresh air and warm sun.

    spoiler

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    Halfway through the first day at my new job, the panic/anxiety is palpable, but I think I’ll be fine. Just have to remember that not only am I starting a new job, I am also stepping out of the shift work bubble I had built over a a very long period of time.

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      Apparently the first 3 months of a new job are a mess. Don’t stress.

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        We could hire someone with 20+ years experience in the field into our team and we still wouldn’t expect them to be fully pulling their own weight for about six months.

  • Bacon
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    1 year ago

    hello

    Welcome to the Black Parade is 17 years ago

    that is all

  • SituationCake
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    1 year ago

    The colesworth organic butter block is delicious and cheaper than western star.

  • Mittens_meow
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    1 year ago

    Outdoor furniture is hard to buy. It’s either super expensive or cheap crap that 50 online only stores are selling. I just want a nice wicker sun lounge. Thought I’d found a nice one in a shop but it was tiny and plastic. Sigh.

  • Bacon
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    white bread tastes way better than wheat bread but whenever i eat wheat bread it’s HP +10 so i must eat wheat bread

  • Rusty Raven M
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    Started on Red Dead Redemption and boy this outlaw life is tough. I’m just trying to make an honest living helping collect a few debt payments, someone gets the wrong idea and next thing I know there’s a bounty on my head. I go in to town and get it all cleared up, get on my horse because I want to get back to camp ASAP, and BAM. Major horse collision. I go flying, other rider is dead, and the law’s after me again! I try to run and in the chaos someone else runs under my horse and gets trampled, things are flying everywhere. I try to hide out in a backyard but they track me down and I shoot a few men before dying in a hail of bullets myself.

    Oh well. At least I’m not a vampire.

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        I have absolutely no idea. I did get to pat some dogs that were in no way mad, which is definitely a good game feature.

  • Alamutjones
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    Sometimes I deal with people with really fucking fun names

    • bull⚡
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      I used to keep a mental list of users with incredible/dirty names when I worked on an IT helpdesk. Some absolute doozies out there.

      • Taleya
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        Couple decades ago a coworker almost made it all the way through a call with a mister baumhal without slipping.

        Almost.

    • SituationCake
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      I always wonder why people keep their funny names. If I was a member of Buttnutt, Assdingle, or Tittslap family I would be changing my name the instant I was 18. No way would I go through life like that.

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      There is a client I have to deal with named - I shit you not - Rusty Shackleford.
      Every interaction i have to physically fight down the urge to scream SHASHASHA in his face

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      I had a teacher at school called Miss Sidebottom. I was close enough with her to ask her one day whether she got teased for her surname.

      That was the day I learned that the name Sidebottom is a powerhouse in the AFL. Both her brothers played and she had other relatives in the sport also. So no, she wasn’t teased at all.

      I still hear the name Sidebottom around the sport, some nephew or something I assume. It always makes me think of her. She was a great teacher.

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    • Thornburywitch
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      Not fond of that city myself. I think there’s a subtle difference in the width of the streets and height of the buildings - just sets my teeth on edge. Always feel like something is about to fall over and crush me. Adelaide, on the other hand, has a much more comfortable vibe. Again, I think the actual structure and dimensions are responsible. Brisbane too.

    • TinyBreak
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      LOVE Sydney. To visit that is. Couldnt pay me to live there.

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        Could pay me to live there, but it would need to be at least 7 figures a year for a part time role so I didn’t have to fuck around with the fucking traffic so much.

        Couldn’t pay me to live in nth Qld.

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      What PT have you checked out so far? I liked the ferries, and I reckon if you go outside peak hour they’ll be less crowded

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    • PeelerSheila
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      Just curious, what is it you don’t like? I haven’t been to Sydney in… does a quick count 35 years!

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  • melbaboutown
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    Popped over to the other place via a search and there seems to be a lot of different people in the DT. There are a few regulars I wish had come over here and some have disappeared. That sucks.

    It’s a lot quieter here which can be frustrating but at the same time it feels a bit less toxic.

    All in all it’s a nice spot.

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      I usually have both places open in different tabs and flick between the two throughout the day because, as you say, it’s a lot quieter here than the old DT used to be. It’s quieter there too now as well. I miss some of the old regs.

    • 00Steve
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      The Reddit DT is pretty quiet these days too. Todays DT thread here has about 20 more posts than the reddit one currently

    • Duenan
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      I very occasionally look at the other DT but not much anymore and I finally unsubbed from the Melbourne reddit but I still use it for other communities that didn’t migrate.

      Maybe just a slow day here again.

    • Taleya
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      yeah it’s not good if you want to waste a day just random thread browsing, but a very good chill discussion vibe (not just this comm, also in several others I’m on like the ST one)

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    I’ve made a mistake, I decided to make 3 small paintings for a colleague who is about to go on maternity leave, I bought the supplies and all but I haven’t got a single ounce of inspiration or desire to paint…help.

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        That would be very cute, unfortunately my skills aren’t quite there yet to paint 3 bluey characters lol

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      What does your colleague like? ( you’re so sweet to always be thinking of making lovely gifts 💗 )

      I was just thinking, probably time you kept an inspiration notebook. A notebook of ideas and projects.