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Can this stay on Reddit? We don't need to copy everything over. It was so overdone over there anyway

I tripped and fell spectacularly walking in a supermarket. I was annoyed that no one helped me up or checked if I was okay (I didn't need help but it made me think less of my fellow man) and that my partner was waiting in the car and didn't witness it, because it was actually really funny.

I left embarrassment in my 20s. Don't have the energy or interest in it now. And I know I'm not the main character - everyone's living their own lives, the impact you make on strangers is minimal. At worst someone said when they got home from the shops 'i saw this chick stack and it was kinda funny'.

Reminding yourself that no one really cares about people that don't know is a helpful way to shut down the negative self talk.

Yeah you guys are 0 for 2 on that, hey. Might not be a good talent pool to draw from.

Yeah we're on the same page. Sorry for the verbal vomit.

Yeah sorry, went off a bit didn't I. Bit of a gripe for me, clearly.

Regular vet, quality food, bedding, emergency vet and treatments, senior care all cost money. I've seen people quibbling in comments about the costs of adoption from shelters - if $400 seems like a lot to outlay for a living creature that will rely on them for their entire life, then I wonder at the quality of life they're expecting to give the animal.

I like the idea of clearing the shelters through discounts, but people complaining about a vaccinated, health and temperament checked pet costing a few hundred dollars is alarming.

My rescue dog, $450, was vaccinated, desexed and toilet trained when we got him as a puppy. All by fosters. We burn through about $100 a month in good food, flea and worming treatments, and now that's he's a senior, about $200 a month in vet visits for injections and other meds. He has had x-rays and overnight stays and all kinds of meds over the years, attracting the weekend emergency vet fees and surgeons and anaesthetists fees, racking up probably about $10k in his lifetime. We pay extra for him to stay with us on holiday in Airbnbs. He has leads and car harnesses, pyjamas for our Canberra winters, a bed in most rooms and one outside all of which cost about $200 each, a kennel for about the same.

My point is, we're giving him a good quality of life and expenses come with that. The $450 just got him in our car. But pets are and expensive in the long run but if they're not, then maybe something's missing. I had a cat in the past and while the food costs were lower, not much else was.

Yep. The idea of up and down is just due to who made the maps first.

Yeah without any stated stake in this, this seems to be just looking for free smut to read. This isn't the place.

7.5

Terrible night's sleep but I've had a couple of leads on work (one is almost in the bag) and I just did a big walk in the sunshine and I'm not in pain.

Pretty badass even if I'm gonna go pass out very soon.

Yeah I checked - Aussie and I don't see it in PayPal

No particular hat obsession that I'm aware of. Think you just knew a weirdo.

All of those things can be avoided by following Australia's public health messaging that all kids have learnt since the early 90s. It started as Slip, slop, slap.

It's now:

• Slip (slip on a t-shirt i.e. Cover your skin in the sun)
• Slop (slop on sunscreen and make sure you reapply)
• Slap (slap on a hat, ideally a wide brimmed sunhat)
• Seek (seek shade - you shouldn't spend too long in direct sun)
• Slide (slide on some sunnies - protect your eyes).

While the country does periodically catch on fire over here, I love our summers. But to enjoy them, you basically have to remember that you're made of meat and if left under the grill in the sky, you will cook.

If you're morbidly obese I can understand summer being very uncomfortable. But for most people, taking simple steps can make even a 40°c day comfortable.