Daily Discussion Thread: 🙂 Fri 16 Feb 2024
Daily Discussion Thread: 🙂 Fri 16 Feb 2024
💕 Happy Tay Tay Day 💕
I'm SO sick of this Taylor Swift talk. Nothing against her, I like some of her stuff. But this "will she become president" and "OMG she's landed in Melbourne" is just so tedious. You know who else is here? The Blink 182 boys! But there's no need to bang on about it. Do people really not have anything else to talk about?
I'm more interested in hearing peoples thoughts on a their last coffee than I am their thoughts on a celebrity.
13My friend in the US got to meet my idol and got this for me.
My friend is absolutely amazing.
11Old neighbour spent all his day in the garden and now there's an ambulance at his place.
His existence irritates the hell out of me, but deep down I hope he's okay.
8Yaay internets are back
7For. @Seagoon_@aussie.zone very much WIP but it’s getting there
7Went to a gig last night and it seems that young pomms are back in droves (you can tell by the accents and number of fades). Was packed. Normally the place is empty on a thurs.
Extremely popular music in the UK (drum and bass) but the scene here has sort of been struggling after the rona (for the smaller gigs). Hopefully it gives promoters a bit more confidence throwing smaller cheaper gigs and difference is made up with drink sales.
Also $15 a pint is ouch.
7I should get a major part of a project for work done today and then it's part 2 of valentine's day celebrations this evening
6As I watch these lion dancers doing their thing, I can't help but wonder: What's the connection with China and Lions in the first place? Were Chinese importing lions from Africa thousands of years ago? Any why are Lions the symbol of England for that matter?
I'd have thought Tigers would have been a lot closer to China, at the very least.
6Miracle of miracles, I'm moderately well rested
6After midnight, the air is silent,
The crickets chirp, the birds are quiet.
Hear the low hum of passing cars,
The beat and thrum of guitars in bars.
Occasionally a cry will break the night,
Or giggles will follow the sound of a light.
The sound of bottles being thrown away,
The bar downstairs is done for the day.
Come three in the morning, or even one,
The club's will close, they're all done;
The patrons will flood the street to phone,
A rideshare to drive them all the way home.5Tay you say?
5The moon is beautiful tonight
5I gotta head into Richmond in a couple hours to get the car, then drive to the corner of the city near the Royal Melbourne to pick everyone up around 4pm, then hightail it out to the 'Rat.
Google Maps keeps directing me to the hellish Westgate and the inevitable shitshow with the newly flipped m80 intersection. Would it not be easier to take Ballarat Rd, or even Dynon Rd -> Princes Hwy? 🤔
4Ugh, so glad it’s day off day… I’ve been slightly crook 1.5 days, had a wee bit of work drama one day, caught an Uber that smelt like upchuck the other day (man, the standards are non-existent these days), and what should have been an easy bike service with a few blingy bits has turned into a debacle of issues that makes it sound like I’ve been riding it til the wheels fall off.
Yep, definitely pours.
4https://aussie.zone/comment/6659142 Pet kibble continued: If it's getting baked hard and being extra dry, some people pre-soak their pet food to soften it.
4Ok I had to post this here after seeing it on the other site. For anyone who has wondered how they do the VFX for live sports broadcasts - ads on the field that seem to follow the camera around perfectly, on-screen graphics following players around, calculation of ball trajectories - this is a fantastic 11 minute video. You gotta check it out, I don't even care for sports and was mesmerised!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkWWcjeL_zM
Tech is wild though. I cannot believe they managed to render an entire NHL game into Toy Story settings/characters - including the freaking commentators - LIVE, with only TWENTY seconds delay from the live broadcast.
4Knock off o’clock. I made it
4Meeting over. Tea topped up. Back to work!
4Who hurt me ?? https://youtu.be/V-t1t8pYV9Q?si=9gWBXBS_5bivRxDA
3That stupid high fps effect on smart TVs ruins almost everything, I hate watching movies at other peoples houses when they leave that setting on...
e: only at my cousins would I watch absolutely brain numbing shit like Let's Be Cops tho lmao
3I got a few scones from the food cupboard recently, so this afternoon I organised some jam and cream to have a fancy little afternoon tea. Heated up a scone, cut it in half and realised it was cheese and chives 🤣. It was still yummy, but not what I was planning or a good mix with jam and cream.
I'm pretty sure the other two I have are actual fruit scones so I will put the cream aside to have with them this weekend.
3Dobranoc
3How appetising does that look?
Don't worry. I made it pretty
Verdict: Well... you know when you go to a take away or f & c shop and you order the chicken roll because it looks good on the board and you receive something in a plastic sleeve and you go "that's not fresh!" Yeah it's like that. Not good. Not bad. Just meh.
Would I get it again? Maybe if it was on the spesh.
2Is lemmy running slow for anyone else?
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A family friend brought over a coffee machine yesterday. He wasn't using it and thought we'd like it. LIKE it‽ Was so excited for it when the kids sent me a pic of it on the bench.. grabbed some Grinders on the way home and OMG it's like drinking a coffee flavoured cloud!
