• Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    New snack unlocked:

    A cracker, put on some franks hawt sauce, put on cheddar cheese, put on sriracha, put on a little bit of spring onion, put on finely sliced chilli, put on a dollop of plum sauce and a dollop of sweet soy (all very small amounts). Bit of cracked black pepper on top…

    Where you been all my life.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    When my husband and I started going out together, sometime last century, we would grab some f&cs and sit in a park somewhere. We’d declare it “International Fish & Chip Saturday Day”. So my question of the day is what would your International celebration day be and when?

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    4 months ago

    ow, I just sliced my finger on a pair of tongs, just a little slice but a bit bloody

    I’ll live

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I cut my elbow on the metal shielding of an external hard drive once. I was watching a movie on my laptop in bed (lockdown times) and forgot my hard drive disconnected. My stupid “she’ll be right, nobody’s ever died from a hard drive” logic prevailed and I didn’t clean it properly and it got infected (just minor, luckily)

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Silicon-based lifeforms are fun to think about, but if we find extraterrestrial life I guarantee it’ll be carbon-based. The bonds between silicon are so weak, so easily broken, while carbon is insanely stable. It’s bonds are strong in comparison.

    Though, with how fast the Universe, spacetime, is expanding, it is likely we will only find other life within our solar system. Or we make a generation starship. But if we did that, then I imagine tech would progress to the point that by the time the first generation starship arrives at it’s destination, newer ships will have already arrived.

    /enddrunkrambling

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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    4 months ago

    Time to make lists of stuff to do and spend the next few weeks doing them. Got so much catching up to do from when I was ill. :)

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Shit neighbours are having a loud bluey outside.

    Time to go out there and glare at them.

    Yes, I’ve done it before.

    Yes, they’re scared of me.

  • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    Fucking Australian banks. I’ve been overseas for some time now and international transactions have worked, grab app has made several deductions.

    Get to my last hotel. They attempt a prepayment of just under 300 aud. Bank denies transaction. No reason given. Fucks sake.

    Fortunately I had my Transfer Wise card with me which worked just fine.

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    It’s crazy how much power a dream can have on us.

    Had one with my old man in it and I was a kid.

    Felt the exact same terror I felt when I was that age. There’s this look he’d give me and I knew I was absolutely fucked.

    I woke up semi hyper ventilating.

    Even after all this time, even as a grown man, you never forget that stuff I guess.

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I finished playing Suzerain for the second time last night. Such a good game. But it takes about 15 hours a playthrough and has a very deep story, so every time I finish it I’m left feeling a little empty. Its weird.

    I didn’t think that I could actually enjoy a mostly text based game as much as I did. It kind of feels like a board game with a soundtrack (which they absolutely nailed imo)

  • danwritesbooks@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    I need some advice because I lack the most basic of social awareness:

    I’ve been texting someone, only a couple of times so far, but I have just realised I’ve spelled their name wrong the two times I’ve used it (has a j instead of a y. The y-version is the one I’ve always seen so I guess I skipped over it). I feel bad and I know it makes me feel awkward if someone gets my name wrong. I want to apologise but then I feel like if I bring it up, I’m bringing attention to something they maybe not noticed?

    • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      My weird name gets spelled wrong a lot, just say sorry you were using the wrong spelling, you’re not the first to get it wrong, you’ll be one of a few that say something. I no longer correct people who fuck my name up, some people have been getting it wrong for years.

      • AJ Sadauskas@aus.social
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        4 months ago

        @dumblederp @danwritesbooks @melbourne As you can probably tell from my username, I have an uncommon ethnic name, and I get this all the time.

        Yes, they have noticed the typo.

        Most likely, they haven’t said anything because they don’t want to cause a scene. But it is annoying.

        First, acknowledge your mistake and apologise in a discrete way that’s not in front of other people.

        Perhaps that’s an email? Or a Teams message? If you do it in-person, make it a one-on-one conversation.

        Keep it simple.

        Hi, I need to apologise to you about something. I’ve looked through some of my past messages, and I’ve noticed I’ve misspelt your name a number of times. It was a careless mistake on my part, and one you’re probably quite rightly annoyed about. I’m genuinely really sorry and honestly a little embarrassed about this, I’ll make sure to get it right from now on. Please let me know if there’s anything I can do to make it up to you?

        The really important thing is to not make the same mistake after the apology.

        Perhaps copy and paste their name from another document instead of trying to spell it out from now on?

          • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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            4 months ago

            Lots of people will have gotten it wrong an made not attempt to correct their behaviour. It only needs to be a quick incidental apology. Even when you next address them in text “Hey Jagemeet (sorry for getting it wrong before), Can we talk about the project this afternoon? Thx Dan”

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      4 months ago

      “hey sorry, Jvette, I’ve been spelling your name incorrectly; I only just noticed. Yvette, you can call me Stan instead of Dan of it helps :D”

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      I think it’s a decent measure of how uptight someone is. Chicks named Sonja/Sonya get it a lot and if they’re reasonably unfussed about it they’re generally pretty chilled out sort of people and easy to spend time with. I know a Karl that gets Carl all the time and isn’t fussed unless it’s something official. Then again, I grew up in an era of Kathy/Kathie, Katy/Katie and Kelly/Kellie.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      It’s been noticed. Everyone notices their name spelt wrong. Say nothing. Its only been twice not two years. Continue using the correct spelling.

    • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      They certainly noticed you spelling their name wrong, but it sounds like a common error. I’m sure they get it a lot and don’t care. I’d bring it up light heartedly, like: “oops I just noticed I was spelling your name wrong, sorry! Do you get that a lot?”