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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (6 children)

5ivesos reporting for duty! Hadn't checked r*ddit for a while and just saw a couple messages from regulars letting me know about this place, thanks @[email protected] and @[email protected] !

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (6 children)

After crying basically every day for the last week I realised I’m not coping and that my partner has been letting me down, I have finally asked for more help. Looking after a baby basically by yourself 24 hours a day and being sleep deprived is hard.

I was trying to be the perfect mum, partner, housewife… I had this idea that if I did all the chores and cooking etc, partner would have more time to take baby when he’s home. Guess what he did instead? Play Zelda all day. Lol.

Well I’ve asked him to step it up. We have a sleep consultant coming to help with baby’s sleep. I’m going to hold MIL to her promise to come help out more. I’m considering trying to get baby into daycare earlier than we thought for a day a week so I can reclaim some sanity… we shall see.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Good on you for asking for help. I remember the early days when my husband would come home and say "I've worked all day. I'm tired. I need to relax" and I said to him "that's fine. That's understandable but when is it my time to relax because you've clocked off now when do I get to". He thought about it for about 3 seconds and went "ah let's work something out". Sometimes we don't realise what others are going through until it's pointed out. Compromise and compassion is the key here.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I received the grade for the final assignment of my uni subject. I did good 😁

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I'm staying. I like it here.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Love 'urgent' emails at 3:30 with an 'action by COB' request.

Read through the chain of comms and it was sitting in someone's inbox for over a week.

I'm tempted to reply with 'Please see comments below' and have the only comments as 'It's not' next to their 'urgent' and 'not gonna happen' next to 'action by COB'

SO TEMPTED

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just got in from work. It's freezing at home - and by that I mean ice on the inside of the toilet window. Come on, ducted heating! Do your stuff! NB: dumplings in soup for dinner. Might even sneak in some veg into the soup. I have decided that the Massel Pho stock cubes are the best thing since button up sandshoes.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I'm in Emerald for a couple of days to finally decompress from the absolute bullshit of work of the last 12 months and ngl seeing the choo choo train go past will never get old. Makes it all feel like it's gonna be OK 🚂🚃🚃

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This morning I am sincerely grateful for the ducted heating outlet in the bathroom. Ambient temp in rest of house is 13, bathroom is 25!!!!! Loving it. Not loving the bill to come but being clean is worth it.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

A new app for Lemmy has been announced by Sync dev. (Sync is a Reddit 3P app for Android)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36405939

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Whenever I see you good peeps recruiting on the OG dt I upvote you. ⬆️

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Strange melancholy mood today. Started off by me pondering much better life would be if instead of having to be awake at a certain time, you got up when you felt like. Now I’m pondering existence.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

My chicken katsu

spoiler


I don't know if it worked properly.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I follow a few art and craft type areas on various sites, and find it disturbing how much content now is basically just performance art. It's created to look like an interesting process for people to watch rather than because it actually creates something worthwhile, and it is way too simplistic to be instructional. Sometimes it feels like no one is actually living life any more, they are just watching it or creating content for other people to watch. I really like being able to share in things other people are making and doing, but real content is getting pushed out by this made-for-clicks stuff and its really disapointing.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Good to see the daily threads still going strong.

Have a look here to find more communities to add to your aussie.zone account. You can copy/paste the full html link into aussie.zone/search and it will find it within 10+ seconds.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (19 children)

So apparently someone is impersonating epicpillowcase and made what I thought was a joke from them but was completely transphobic. Also apparently other fake dupes exist. reported and blocked, but they'll have another account so it's fucking useless . who ever you are don';t think you'll stop me posting about my amazing journey, and I'll start calling out the fucking terfs and incels again now as well. just when we thought were untouched by the hands of fuckwits

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Omg that's fucking shit and I'm sorry it's happened to you. These impersonation of account things I've only suspected from what happened to missdarylc account; i saw those posts and wondered what it was about. Now if they're attacking you, that will not stand. I like when you post about what you're doing and thinking, it's very different from my white bread suburban life. My own kids are showing signs of not behaving as is commonly expected of their born gender and I'm happy to just kick back and let them explore it for themselves and support them along the way. I celebrate anyone who has the guts to travel on their own road, and that's you to a T.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Meeting the future SIL's fam bam tonight eeee..

Apparently they're loose units and no topic is out of bounds.

We'll see!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (5 children)

hey, Seagoon here, it's been the devil to try to log in so I made a new account 👍

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Its been a while but i did a homeless drop off today yay. The place looks like its expanded staff and is busy af which is nice. The oddest thing ive hoarded to donate is actually the ramen seasoning packets: i dont like the dehydrated veges and chili sachets but i read an article that says homeless ppl do. It feels...strange to hoard such a random thing but the shelter confirmed today they absolutely eat that shit up so 🤷‍♀️

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Urgh mum just called to ask if I can house/dog sit for them for 4 weeks in August/September while they go on another US holiday. Usually I'd go and do it if it's a week or two but now that I'm expected back in the office, I'd have to commute from friggin Melton and leave $2.2k worth of Docklands apartment empty.. the entire reason why I live here is to avoid the shit commute, so I've said no. Besides, I think I might want to go on my own holiday around then but I haven't planned anything.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Trivia ended up being a total blast and my team finally won!! How exciting!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

spoilerDon't mind me I'm just playing

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Put together a brand new desk I ordered from Ikea, and I am enjoying it ever much so. I've been craving more space for quite a while and glad I made the purchase. The extra drawers are quite wonderful too, meaning I can put away and sort things in a more proper manner.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

spoilerHe gazes down from great heights
Slow blinking, happy he's got cuddles
He'll beg to be held, my fluffy little light
We'll sit together, he'll purr, drool, for a hug puddle

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Is Lemmy short for lemmings? Like those little guys that follow each other. The walkers, the diggers and the ones that stopped the others from plunging off the cliff.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

So update on the licence. Went to Warragul, the jobseeker person is really nice. Got my licence done and got a new photo so I am now ready to get drunk on my birthday!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Thank you @[email protected] for making this thread 🙂

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (21 children)

The NTSB investigation into the Billionaires Titanic Submersible is going to be interesting.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It be dark, yo. (happy mid winter everyone!)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Dark thought for literally the darkest day of the year: if the Titanic submarine guests killed the CEO, they could extend oxygen for another day.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Damn house is so cold it's actually woken me up. Going to make a mad dash for my heated blanket on the couch and then return to bed for a little while longer I think.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I’m looking forward to a holiday. Sadly I think the only holidays in my future are a cabin in a caravan park, but you know what I’ll take it!

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Weighted blanket is actually pretty good at keeping you warm.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

The body is sore, the mind is unwilling but the coffee is strong.

Let's see how much fuckery I get to deal with at work today.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I voted open for the r/melb thing but it seems quite off now. Like you get your car back after it was stolen and even though you've got it back, it's just not quite the same..

In other news, throat is sooooore. Had about 100 lozenges. Hoping it goes away on its own, cbf going doctors :(

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I stayed up to watch the Ashes and it was going so slow and I couldn't hang on anymore so I went to bed thinking we are doomed anyway. Woke up and found we WON. We won the first test. Woohoo.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's so warm in the office that I'm getting sleepy. This is why I don't like coming here all that much. The heater going full blast + sun from all of the windows. Is there a "one temperature fits all" that can be set? I reckon it's pushing 25 degrees in here, that's way too warm for most people.

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