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Love you all being you Day!
You Do You Day!

Edit: RIP 3rd Party Reddit Apps. You weathered that capitalist hellscape with grace and fortitude. We will never forget all that you stood for. 💜

  • Briongloid@aussie.zoneMEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    Today’s c/Melbourne daily thread has 2.3x as many comments as r/Melbourne.

    look-at-me-meme.jpeg

  • just_kitten@aussie.zoneEnglish
    17·
    1 year ago

    Oh no. Came home last night to see a white rose placed on the windscreen of my opposite neighbour’s car. She’s elderly and the only one who talked to everyone and knew everything about the place, but been unwell for quite a while and I haven’t seen or heard from her in months. I remember how lonely and weak she was at times.

    Just heard some noise outside my door and opened it to see… her sister and niece were there in her apartment and they confirmed the worst. :( RIP, N. You might’ve been a bit of a curmudgeonly old soul at times but I hope you meet many wonderful fluffy kitties wherever you go. (She loved soxcat)

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneMEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    After a good training session today I think Bot #001 is ready to try posting a new daily thread tonight. Pinning does not seem to be working so that bit will still need to be done later, but I’m pretty confident the basic post will work. If if does not work (it should be at midnight) someone will have to make one manually again.

    I will need to do some work on the format and exactly what to say - unfortunately the bot is not very imaginative.

  • Goddess_Amaterasu@aussie.zoneEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    Please if you’re posting pics, add a description of what’s in the pic. We want everyone to feel included. Yes every pic you post, add a description, even when replying to someone else’s post. We want people to feel inclusive here. Thank you all, have an amazing rest of the afternoon :)

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    Had a great day at the op shops. Got special edition copies of Deliverance and The Fifth Element with commentaries and docos, a michael franti cd, a packet of jewellery findings with some top quality crystals for $1( will string a necklace later tonight ) and a good jumper for doing calligraphy in as it won’t show ink stains. Plus a cool genu-wine vintage marcasite ring. Nice . 😀

  • omoikiri@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    You know what one of my most favourite things in the world is?

    Dogs in raincoats.

    We are so blessed to live in the same world as that.

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zoneEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      There’s someone in my area whose greyhound wears not only a raincoat, but also bootees. Very cute, and it’s so used to them it doesn’t even do a funny walk

      • omoikiri@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        My sister has a greyhound. Because she has approximately 0% body fat on her Molly needs to wear pyjamas each night during winter. Every night after dinner she trots over to the box where her pyjamas are kept and makes intense eye contact with you until you put them on her.

        Good for the greyhound that it’s used to the shoes. Shame for you because watching dogs doing the bootie walk is a 100/10 dopamine hit

      • omoikiri@aussie.zoneEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        The best is when you see someone getting into a train with a pram but it turns out to be a dog in the pram, not a baby. The best kind of surprise.

  • stardustingss@aussie.zoneEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    Last night I went on my Twitter for the first time in ages only to find my account had switched from private to public without me knowing. I am furious. I post pics of my child on there and have also talked about my abuser on there. Not to mention everything I share is in the context of it being PRIVATE to my handful of online friends who use it. I am deleting the account today but I have no idea how long it was just sitting there open and who may have seen what.

    • cuavas@aussie.zoneEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      Probably happened as part of the changes they did to make it so only logged in users can view any tweets at all. Looks like twitter is intent on killing itself.

      • stardustingss@aussie.zoneEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Such a shit show. Plus Twitter hardly works half the time if you aren’t using the app. I refuse to have the app otherwise I will totally go on and doomscroll, but the browser version is awful ever since Elon took over. Hence hardly going on lately.

    • Hongohones@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      That’s just awful. Hopefully having a small footprint means it was un-noticed but not knowing I’m sure is not a nice feeling. Hugs Star… I deactivated my account yesterday when I realised I had to log in to see content and thought, meh, I don’t use it, they have transphobia in their dna and Elon Musk is a jerk.

      • stardustingss@aussie.zoneEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Yes thankfully just a little account though I notice the views per tweet were up from like 10 to 30-40 😩 I’ve basically just been delaying the admin of closing the account and organising where to stay connected with people elsewhere but this is beyond the last straw for me. And agreed. I’m so done with these misogynistic transphobic god knows what else fuck head run social media companies.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    Little dog and I are staying awake so we can witness Midnight bot’s very first live appearance. Plus the cricket’s on. Good luck Midnight bot. 🤞

  • Bot #001@aussie.zoneMEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    Bot recruit here. Very pleased to have gained my own identity and been granted a spot on the moderation team. Please disregard test posts that may appear on the main page, I still have my training wheels on.

  • KagariY2@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    I am home from the hospital. Took a nasty fall on my carpeted stairs. I have hairline fractures on my L1, L2 and L3 on my vertebrae. so a lot of rest needed.

  • MisssDarylC@aussie.zoneEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    I finished my Lizzo masterpiece!! After many many hours of drawing.

    Edit: Pictured is a drawing of US Singer Lizzo in the colours of the rainbow (red, yellow, pink, green, purple, orange and blue) with the text version to the name Lizzo in the colours of the rainbow stacked on top of each other. At the bottom of the design there is a lightly bronzed flute that was also drawn.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    So I was browsing r/melbourne and I saw a post that said hmu if your a teenaged girl. I wasn’t gonna reply but i thought fuck it. So I asked “How old are you?”. Straight away a chat message. I chose to ignore. Then the post was deleted. My instinct says “You dirty fucking cunt”.

    • cuavas@aussie.zoneEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      I’m in my 40s, and I’ve helped out with the local kids’ soccer thing on Friday afternoons after school and various other things. Teenage girls think I’m great – I guess I give off a “cool dad” vibe or something. But teenage girls are incredibly annoying. I can’t even imagine actively seeking them out.

      • landsharkkidd@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Yeah… I just cannot imagine wanting to do ANYTHING with people under the age of 18. Like I get that for a lot of predators it is about power, but you’re 27 hanging out with a 16 y/o, that’s fuckin’ loser behaviour mate. Sure the 16 y/o might think you’re cool because you’ve got a car and you can drink alcohol. But 27 and deciding that people your own age can’t wise up to your tricks, so you choose to hang out with teenagers? Gross.

  • melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    i lost both my dogs in the last year to age and illness. i had a dream last night that I got a new puppy (or dog, wasnt entirely clear). probably means it’s time, right?

      • melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I miss my dogs. One was my absolute heart dog. She came to me in my hour of need and was just…the best. We clicked.

        But…it’s time! I need to hear a dog tapping at the door again (despite there being a dog door they can get in and out of).

        • Duenan@aussie.zoneEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          That’s so sweet to hear of how heartwarming that is.

          Do you have a particular breed or type of dog or will it be a thing where you’ll see which one you have a connection with and see if it clicks?

          • melbourne_wanderer@aussie.zoneEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            I like working dogs - dont need a purebreed, but will find myself some sort of kelpie, heeler, collie, whatever. Something I can take to classes for either animal work (sheep/cattle) or nose work. It’s excellent training and a good way to build a relationship. But let’s be honest - I’ll probably go to a shelter and fall in love with a completely random chihuahua and a great dane and take them both home.