• _MusicJunkie@beehaw.org
    12·
    7 months ago

    Hello Melbourneians? Melbourneites? Person from almost the other side of the world here.

    How come this community is so active on Lemmy? I haven’t seen any other city pop up on my feed as often as yours. You regularly get more than a hundred comments each day in these discussion threads.

    • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
      12·
      7 months ago

      Because we’re actually a cult and everyone’s welcome to join. Even you. Sign up with a picture of a pet. We’re open 24/7.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
      10·
      7 months ago

      We were a pretty active community back on Reddit,. especially during COVID.

      Many of us migrated here last year during the Reddit boycott/fuckery.

      We share random mundane shit and talk shit with each other.

      Most of my posts are me being annoyed with me neighbours mowing their lawn twice a week or watering the same lawn when it’s raining.

      Feel free to join us. You don’t have to live here to talk shit 😊

    • Tofu@aussie.zone
      6·
      7 months ago

      I serve breakfast daily, as compensation for the end of donut (zero covid) days

    • Nath@aussie.zone
      6·
      7 months ago

      It’s often 300+ on a Friday.
      We’re coming at you from the future just now because daylight savings time ended overnight.

      It’s an active community because it’s an active community. Any community with 50+ daily commenters could be as active.

    • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      We’re just that cool!

      Really tho? I’d guess because of the dynamics of Australia, whereas else where people are more spread out we all live largely in 2-5 cities.

      Melbourne is over 5 million people and the largest city in Australia. We can all gather and talk about the same place and things.

      We also speak English so others internationally can engage more easily with our community.

      Oh and both work, but we generally use Melbournians.

    • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      G’day! Melbournian is the most common term for us, although I’d usually drop the o to emphasise its Mel-burn and not mel-born (although it’s usually said Melb’n, but that’s a whole other story!)

      My theory on why we’re so active: these daily threads were previously going on the melbourne subreddit for years, so when r/Melbourne went dark for the protests, there was a lot of oragnising to get people here. A few people came, and since everybody in the DT knows each other, they told everyone else and then everybody started moving over here. A few people refused to come, but enough people came, and enough others were forced to come when the sub vanished that we formed our own community.

      If you want your mind blown even more - look at the thread from June 15th 2023. Over 600 comments on it! A few of those people went back to Reddit as soon as the subreddit reopened, but enough stayed that it didn’t just become a group of 3 people like a lot of other communities. Our other city communities like !Brisbane@aussie.zone sometimes have DTs too, but only get 5 or 10 comments, so that’s meant that our DT kind of ends up attracting people from all around australia since we’re so active and such awesome people (lol)

      It’s actually a pretty even in terms of comments between us and r/Melbourne. Their thread is currently at 159 comments and ours is at 119 (this thread was actually posted 5 hours early)

      Not sure if any of this actually answered your question, but the TL;DR is that these DTs were happening on Reddit for many years and the community split in 2 during the shit reddit pulled last year. Most of the long term active people moved here, although a couple stayed back on reddit.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
    10·
    7 months ago

    Sun is streaming in my window onto the couch so I have given up any thought of moving, have made a G&T, pulled out the diary and sitting here planning holidays and just chilling.

    I imagine this is how normies (ie people whose brains are not filled with depression etc) get to live all the time. It’s nice. I approve.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      3·
      7 months ago

      🤔

      my brain is 95% work , 1% is walking in the park looking at trees and finding banksia pods, 2% is watching movies, 2% skiving here

      I might be exaggerating but not much

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    10·
    7 months ago

    I bemoan chicken and vegetables, but holy fuck do I feel good today.

    Like a different person.

    Energetic, focused, motivated.

    Crazy shit.

    Edit: Noticeable performance increase at the gym as well.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    9·
    7 months ago

    Have made a report about last night’s yard screamer. The more I think about it the more it seems like a SA situation.

  • underwatermagpies@aussie.zone
    9·
    7 months ago

    It’s so dark 😓

    I almost want to turn the heater on for emotional support. But it’s 19 degrees inside so I will refrain. But it looks cold.

    It really doesn’t help that I’ve just returned from 10 days in a tropical island resort. It’s like being plunged into winter all at once.

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      4·
      7 months ago

      Lol I used to have this am pm shift happening when I did rotating day/night shift. I’d wake up in a darkened room with an analogue clock and no idea whether it was say 2am or 2pm. Very disorientating!

  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
    7·
    7 months ago

    I was thinking: maybe I could be one of those people who goes around to schools and talks to the students about the realities of drug addiction.

    Maybe.

  • Kom@aussie.zone
    7·
    7 months ago

    The alarm to get ready for work went off and I woke to a text asking if I would like AL today. Hell yeah I do! Back to sleep for me.

  • wscholermann@aussie.zone
    6·
    7 months ago

    Woke up at 6 today because my body still thinks it’s 7 am. Laid about for two hours hoping I’ll fall back to sleep. Not happening.

    Meanwhile I see the weather is the usual Melbourne perma-grey. Thank God I’m going to Vietnam for a couple of weeks soon to somewhat extend my summer.

  • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
    6·
    7 months ago

    TIL that little flappy bird thing that seems to be everywhere is called Pam

    I’m not clicking because like, it’s the Harold scum, I’m not a boomer. But I’ve been wondering what the go is behind it

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      3·
      7 months ago

      No idea, I haven’t seen one (at least that I took notice of) BUT, does that man have a dog or a goat with him? I mean dog makes sense, but it really looks like a goat.

    • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
      2·
      7 months ago

      Cool. I love Pam. The little birds make me happy as I go into work on the train and I was looking at the long chain near southern cross on the weekend

      • Baku@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        7 months ago

        I don’t really mind the ones that are painted on blank surfaces like on the backside of the freeway signs and near socro, but I do mind the ones painted directly on the trains. There’s a few posts on his insta where he’s tagged up an entire train with massive birds covering the windows, which forces trains to be pulled out of service and cleaned. He’s even done a few directly onto the drivers cab windscreens, which forces the train to be taken out of service wherever it’s noticed