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.
International Stack 'em up morsel Day
Ooh I’m down with that being a day.
I’m enjoying International Cracker, Olive, Cheese and Kabana Retro Day today. Aka as cock day
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?
I read that ampersand as censorship and wondered how you could grab some fucks and sit in a park.
Oh dear. I can see that.
traditional Aussie hamburgers with the lot , chips on side, by the beach, on a nice Tuesday because Tuesday is never as busy
I like that idea! Ps don’t wear white pants or be prepared to sit unladylike.
If I could go it it’d be every Friday and I’d definitely do a stacked burger to my liking.
Double Patties, lots of cheese, bacon and various sauces.
International Double Meat Double Cheese Double Bacon Double Extras Friday Day.
@CEOofmyhouse56 @Duenan @melbourne For wifey and I, it’s wine and pizza night every Friday.
(Except tonight of all nights — we’re having Korean food for take away.)
International Stay Home and Get Pissed Party Friday Day.
Do you have a go to pizza?
@Duenan @melbourne I usually go for margherita, and wifey (ironically) gets the bacon cheeseburger.
We’ve got a really good local Italian, but it’s pricey. So whether we go there or Domino’s depends on whether it’s pay week or not.
@Duenan @melbourne Also, Korean take away has been pushed back until tomorrow.
So it’s a wine and pizza night 🍕🍷
And we’re getting it from the good Italian place
ow, I just sliced my finger on a pair of tongs, just a little slice but a bit bloody
I’ll live
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)
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
I’m clearly not watching enough sci-fi/ not sciency enough, but my mental image of ‘silicon-based life’ is a silicon spatula with googly eyes.
The Andromeda Strain movie was about silicon life forms
- that’s adorable
- that’d be fucking cool lol
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. :)
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.
Oi! Knock it off ya feral cunts!
Oi wadaya fink this is? Fuckin’ bush week ya fuckin mongrels.
More like ‘Shut the fuck up, or I’ll fuck you both up’
They got the message.
Hehhhhbahahhaa yesssss - true chaotic good dad-energy
Rest of the neighbours will back me up 100% but they need a large person (me) to initiate.
Ooooo let me translate that for you into bogan.
Garn which one of you cunts wants a knuckle sammich? Who wants to smell the cheese?
I’m okay with boganese.
They’re very brave until they get close enough to judge the size difference.
Got a ‘Sorry mate, we’re alright’ from it.
The dude looked genuinely worried that his arse was mine.
Methinks we’re friends now.
My neighbour had been doing tons of loud renos at all hours for months . He seems to have stopped the past week or so. Thankfully.
Other neighbours were starting to shout at him 😬
I scream when the deathclaw roars.
The fear 😱💀
???
Kitty cat terrorising you again?
Nah, he’s a sleepy boi today
Just Fallout monstrosities scaring the shit out of me always
Oohh ok.
I found something while I was cleaning up yesterday as well that I wasn’t able to show you awhile ago.
I found my model Cornelius and Velvet statue in a box tucked away somewhere.
😍 omg pics??? I’d love to seeee!
Your wish is my command.
Omg it’s still in the box!!! 😍😍😍😍 Thank you
Oh yep. Sorry for the crappy photo through the window of the box.
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.
sounds stressful
I was definitely irritated. Then several other things flustered me afterwards. Not loving the vibe of HCMC so far. It’s a bit much with gritty and somewhat sleazy undertones.
so, who knew, but I have been going through some stuff lately and it turns out you lot are my safe space. I love you awesome nerds!
I’m not a nerd. I’m a weirdo though. Just wanna clear that up.
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.
I’m getting child abuse vibes. Am I reading into this too much?
Nah you’re not. It was random acts of violence.
Makes you hyper vigilant as an adult.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Hi chef. Unfortunately I’m feeling a little under the weather today. Perhaps some chicken soup?
🐣🍲💊
I could go a good hot goat curry. And some lime pickle please.
🔥🐐🍛🍋🟩
That ought clear my head! Thanks.
Cake & coffee please.
🍰☕️
Thanks.
Honey lemon tea, miso soup, and your best antiviral tonic
🍋☕️ 🥣 ☕️
Homemade Anzac biscuits and a decaf cap with 2 sugars. Thanks 😁
🍪🍪☕️🍬🍬
Launchpad is clear. Initiate countdown sequence.
Those boys are pretty.
If you’re keen on long hair and pitch changingly tight pants, try Slik Toxik
Just msgd boss I’m off sick today. Launch successful 🚀
Get well soon. Here’s some honey tea. 🍯🍵
@Force_majeure123 @useless_modern_god @melbourne That fakenitis is very contagious. You’re doing the right thing by listening to Dr Howlong and staying home.
Beverages or recreation are also a great remedy, I hear…
You are grounded
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)
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?
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.
@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?
I will do that. Thanks for your input. I am certainly conscious of it now so will be making sure I get it right.
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”
I usually blame “autocarrot”. Generally gets a laugh.
haha, that’s gold.
“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”
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.
Don’t say anything and train your autocorrect
Definitely making my brain to turn off that autocorrect.
It’s been noticed. Everyone notices their name spelt wrong. Say nothing. Its only been twice not two years. Continue using the correct spelling.
I’ll do that. Thanks.
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?”
It’s book release day!. Yay!
Will purchase tonight. I really enjoyed Revenge of the Flightless. This one looks like fun too.
Aww thank you!