First day of the weekend. Let’s goooooooo!

    • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Be excellent… ‘Nuff said. But seriously Raven, thanks for your work and of course to everyone else who got this kickstarted and rounded up the troops. It was heartwarming to see.

    • Goddess_Amaterasu@aussie.zoneOP
      3·
      1 year ago

      Clarifying the gif part are you saying no gif or to write a description before adding one? I don’t usually do gif unless it’s a pm to a friend, but just trying to understand that part when I read it, due to it can affect some people with its nature

      • landsharkkidd@aussie.zone
        3·
        1 year ago

        I feel like (though I’m not Raven so I could be wrong) that it’s more so adding alt text to an image. It’s helpful for those who are blind/hard of seeing, or even those with shitty Internet to describe the image/gif. I don’t think there is a way to pause moving images here on lemmy/aussie.zone which is disappointing, but I feel like keep gifs to a minimum.

        I would recommend just linking it with an alt text accompanied for those who might not want to view it but still want to understand what you’re conveying.

        • Goddess_Amaterasu@aussie.zoneOP
          3·
          1 year ago

          Yeah that’s one of my other thoughts as well, what you wrote. But yeah link to gif is better than outright gif and you can post photos now so wondering if a description with photo should also be added for the vision impaired

      • Bacon@aussie.zone
        2·
        1 year ago

        I believe it’s no gif unless you absolutely have to. Gifs could take a long time to load and it could be rather visually stimulating.

    • landsharkkidd@aussie.zone
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m pretty happy with everything here. I think that, my major concerns are just trolls and such. Since what I remember of the DT was a lot of really welcoming folks (even now here while I stopped being active in the DT it feels like this place is safe… a safe space as one would say), but when it came to posts on the subreddit at large there were just some horrible and mean people, especially when it came to threads about the current climate/the American culture war they’re trying to bring here.

      Obviously, everyone has a right to their opinion, just as I do. But a lot of those would get ugly, luckily they’d be pretty downvoted quick. But other than that, it’s a pretty simple rule list that makes sense. And I’m sure you folks on the admin team will edit the rules with enough warning if something comes up!

    • Dalek Thal@aussie.zone
      2·
      1 year ago

      Surprised by the lack of replies, but this looks fantastic! If I’m being honest, the additional wording makes it much clearer than the old sidebar. Thanks so much for your hard work getting everything set up!

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    14·
    1 year ago

    This baby has gotta be shit out. 2 giant poops in under an hour. How can he fit so much poo in him?!

  • SweetButSpicy@aussie.zone
    13·
    1 year ago

    Bad thing about this is not getting notifications of replies and so hard to maintain a convo in a timely fashion…

  • 🇦🇺Baku@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    1 year ago

    If anyone remembers all my long rants in the Reddit DT, I have some kinda good news about it.

    Things at the hosue have been much more settled, it appears one of them (the main noisy one) will be moving out and back in with his family. He hasn’t been here in about a month and a half, so things have been more chill. One of the others is just going about her life as usual. She tells and throws things once every day or two still, but not as bad as it was. And then the other one is still chill, he’s never caused many problems

    And on the lead tenant thing I mentioned a while ago, it seems things are going well. They lined up a house that sounds chill and I had my first meeting with the program coordinator on Tuesday. She gave me a rulebook I need to read, and then this coming Friday we meet with her again and I officially sign the papers. After that, it will be about 4-8 weeks until I move in.

    It’s still stressing me out a bit, mainly because I don’t fit one of their requirements properly and I’m only about half fulfilling it. Allegedly they’ll be pretty lenient on it, but lenient as in they’ll accept me, but if I don’t 100% meet it within a few months, I’ll be locked back and sent back into Resi.

    It’s also kind of fucking with my head because I’ve been here for 4 years, and although I’ve never considered it to be, or felt that it is my home, that’s the longest I’ve ever lived anywhere in my entire life. For about 3/4 of those years it’s been pretty bleak living here and felt like a never ending nightmare, but now that it is ending and comparitively the end is so close I can basically touch it, it feels is backwards to what I’m used to

  • jezbeenz@aussie.zone
    13·
    1 year ago

    Ahhh hello DT friends, a bit late to the party but I have lurked a little. Glad to see you all here in this friendly space :) (formerly jezb87)

  • bull⚡@aussie.zone
    12·
    1 year ago

    I’ve only just got here but Bright and the drive in is very pretty. Totally guessed the motel wifi password like a hardcore hacker because they didn’t give it to me and there’s nothing in the room about it.

    Now that I’m settled it’s time to go for a look around. I friggin love alpine regions/mountains.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    12·
    1 year ago

    Instead of doing anything constructive I have been reading about the Aboriginal stories about Raven (AKA Crow). Known as Waa to the Wurundjeri People. Waa was originally a white bird, who stole coals/fire from seven sisters who were keeping it to themselves. He either dropped some or ended up throwing it at other animals who were wanting to have some too, which is how fire came to be used by mankind. In the process Waa started a bushfire in which he was burned, which is how he became black.

  • Purplemo@aussie.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    I love my job but they cut my hours, so I went job hunting. First interview and they offered me the job which is 30k more than I am currently getting. They want me to start in 3 weeks but I’m so scared I’ll quit my current job and then hate my new one and never get to go back.

    Has anyone has a situation where they got the job and ended up hating it

  • Sir_ListerOfSmeg@aussie.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    The lies I tell myself. Went to the sourdough bakery in Bayswater to avoid Dröm but they were sold out.

    Braved the queues at Dröm promising myself I would only buy sourdough 😆

    What I actually bought:

    • Bavarian beignet
    • Chocolate marmalade babka
    • Marshmallow choc chip cookie
    • Chocolate pecan cookie
    • Honey butter kouign amann
    • Sourdough
  • mellisdesigns@lemmy.one
    11·
    1 year ago

    Went to the zoo, it was bloody windy! I feel like most of the animals were like yeah nah! All of the reptiles and snakes were out and about though, which is pretty rare!

      • TuxOfStars@beehaw.org
        2·
        1 year ago

        I know right. I actually started to put them on the line then chickened out and nicked to the laundromat instead. I don’t want to have to go searching through all the neighbourhood

  • Hongohones@aussie.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    Wow physical meet up between a couple of DT mates was nice. Got a message of support also from another DTer. You peeps know who you are. Thanks a lot. I’m resigning myself to believe that I cast that shit into the ether and let it out rather than bottling it up and can always tell my story in another way anyway. Incredible to meet someone irl with similar shit going on and not pause for breath for an hour. Food and hot bevs were excellent. St kilda is iconic. I’m definitely getting in the north vs south war by now. Great day for a skate. Hopefully I’ll not too wobbly.