Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
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I just got an email from my supervisor saying that my thesis is almost there. About one more week of concentrated effort and then it’ll be done. Then I’ll have my final month to just proofread, check the citations, format and do all the frontmatter nonsense. I’m so happy I could cry.
dude, life post thesis is amazing. its not like you earn any more money or anything, but just NOT THINKING ABOUT YOUR THESIS is amazing. youre so close!
I’m already fantasising about all the things I’m going to do with all the time I’ll have once my life is no longer filled with existential dread. Mostly I just want to sleep and close all the fucking Taylor & Francis tabs that are open on my web browser constantly 😭
I have enjoyed the entire process and I love my research but I am just very much not having a good time at the moment. And from what all my colleagues tell me, when you start feeling like you want to die, that’s how you know you’ve entered the end game with it.
So cool. 😊👍
While the daily thread is awesome, has anyone noticed how the rest of Lemmy feels like reddit years ago? Way less anger and arguments about who is technically correct etc… It’s just more fun.
I browsed popular on reddit today and suddenly loads of them are rateme or amiugly etc… that were never in that feed full of incel neck beard reply’s. I like it here :)
Some of us remember when Reddit was a lot like this. Smaller, a bit more techie, lots more laid back than it is today.
I’m also a little scared that this will end up like Reddit. Not totally scared, because there’s no single company trying to maximise your engagement with rage bait and dopamine. But a little scared what 100 million users would bring.
Feels like the circle of life.
Feels a bit mIRC spec. Not the look but the vibe of the thing. Happy memories.
Felt like reddit today when I was called unhinged and blocked people lol. But it’s definitely a much nicer vibe overall.
Why can’t people just be nice to each other? :(
Because some people are either know it alls or arseholes I think.
Yup. Plenty of those types around.
Anyway sorry it made you feel that way and that you had to deal with those types of people.
I’ve arrived at my cousins place out west that I’m catsitting at for the next month. It’s one of those soulless rabbit warren new estates but the house itself is actually really nice (they supervised the build and did a lot of rectifications) Cat is fairly happy with her own company but still appreciates a human to dish out the wet food…
Despite a second physio visit my neck and shoulders are still feeling awful. Flat out of money until i get paid tomorrow night, but on top of buying me groceries of my exact favourite brands and leaving the house in a very clean and cozy state, my cousin and partner have very generously left a $500 gift card. What a lovely feeling. Going to use that on a massage this weekend. I’m disgustingly exhausted …
Wow I must be old… Took me a while to figure out how to get here. What? Get off my lawn.
Welcome old timer.👵🏻👴🏻
Why thank you!
What kind of pudding are you?
The post-COVID type 🤣
I wished for Golden Syrup but good answer. Welcome.
IMAX tickets for Oppenheimer acquired! The last time I was IMAX I was with a bunch of mates watching Inception and I remember it being such an awesome experience so hopefully it’s just as good (or better) this time around.
My last IMAX venture was Avatar. Cool cinema but the seats we got maybe was a tad too close.
Yeah we had to book Tues afternoon tickets cause all there were no good seats left in the evening shows (as in seats in the prime locations)
It looks interesting from the ads I saw. I hope you got some good seats and enjoy the film!
Been awhile since I’ve done a midweek cinema trip though.
That’s how IMAX is supposed to work - you’re seated close to the screen so it fills a substantial part of your peripheral vision. It works very well for content shot specifically for IMAX, but films intended for conventional cinemas don’t work so well, and you need to keep turning your head to look around the screen.
Yep. Was a bit of a pain but someone invited me along so I didn’t get to choose the seats.
Hurt a bit craning my neck from side to side but it was still a good watch.
My last IMAX film was Dune. I shall be going there to see part 2 for sure.
Oh that would have been good to see! I watched it at home on my tv and fell asleep midway so maybe if I saw it at IMAX I would’ve stayed awake :D
Since we’re doing dinner posts, image ID: blue bowl of stirfry veggies and pork on rice, and a Temple Brewing Co. Okinawa Sour.
Left over pork from a roast we did to put meat in out dishes. Very filling :)
I hope everyone is having a nice night, sending you all my love 💜
Made with Shikuwasa, aka. citrus depressa 💀
aww yeeee bby 🤤 🤤
Oooooo. I’m not gonna tell the man that you got pork and he got tuna. You and your meal are fucking awesome.
haha I won’t tell either lol. My better-half made this, he’s the cook here haha. I bake sweet things and bread sometimes, and do the dishes, he makes dinner. We like to grab a hunk of pork roast when it’s on special (usually it’s about to go bad, so it can be quite cheap). We’ll roast it and then use it in our meals for a week or so. It’s a good way to make sure we get protein and whatnot :)
Bloody oath. I’m a lamb girl but my man would happily step over a dead body for roast pork. I’d love to see more of your’s and your partner’s creations please.
Lamb, did you say lamb?
I love lamb!!! Lamb over pork any day of the week, no contest!
I’d happily eat a lamb chop every day of the week.
Oh me too along with rosemary and mint seasoning or even just plain old salt. Medium rare and all juicy.
🤤
I agree on all accounts. Mint jelly, gravy, s&p, medium rare yes yes yes.
I’ll try to remember to take photos haha I usually remember after I have finished the meal heheh. This time I managed to hold off for long enought to snap this. When I make bread and pizza dough again, I’ll post my recipes (I do it from memory and feel, so it’s best if I note it while I make it hahah)
Yum yum there and I hope the can of brew you have is nice too!
Also feeling better after I ate some pasta my side still hurts some.
I’m glad you’re feeling better, friend! Hopefully it resolves fully soon :)
I love pasta, such a fantastic invention!
Thanks. I was going to post about it but I might as well just write here in reply to you.
I was burping pretty much all day and was really uncomfortable though the pain last night has me wincing so much I needed to go to bed with a heat pack.
I have an idea why it happened. My workplace replaced sugar with a sweetener and that could be what’s causing my issues and bloating.
It’s the only thing that’s really changed in my diet and it was the first day of using that sweetener in my coffee.
Oh damn! Crazy how such a small change like that can mess us up. Sweetner is gross to me. I hope it goes away soon, must be mighty uncomfortable. Be kind to yourself and take it easy, friend 💜
It’s only a guess to be totally honest. Tomorrow I’ll have to figure out how to get sugar for my coffees at work. I suspect I’ll be packing some in a zip lock bag for tomorrow till I go shopping to fill a jar I have at work.
If it’s not that then I don’t know what would have caused my little indigestion.
Oh it really quite bad last night but today it’s not as bad but still annoying.
Thanks for the well wishes! I might go make a hot tea, might help some.
are you listening to german christian radio🤔
haha nah just my german playlist - that song is Ich Tanze Mir Mir Allein - Madsen
i am relieved
It’s like early spring out here. Sun warm, wind not too cold. Went out in short sleeves for lunchtime walk and not cold.
El Niño has been declared this season,
The Sun warms us up, that’s the reason.
It’ll be hot and dry, oh so relatable,
La Niña was humid and fucked, oh so excitable.
Witness the symptoms of our climate attack,
She’s left and El Niño is here bringing sweaty back.edit: corrected :)
Now I’ll never hear that lame song in the same way again. ahahahah, thank Stud. JT paid a few of my bills over the years, but his music is not what I would ever choose to listen to.
La Nina was humid and fucked. Hate humidity.
corrected lol :)
Haha that’s better!
I’ve turned off the heating and opened the windows to let some fresh air in, it’s glorious
It’s been a big day and I’m heading to bed early. Bot #001 is on night shift, and will now be handling the day name in the new post title. Hopefully it won’t be a repeat of last Thursday (which it marked as Wednesday).
Any plans for a Sydney or NSW Daily Discussion Thread? Seems to be a great idea.
The second best kitchen appliance is the rice cooker*
Shiny base, matte black lid, uh such a looker
No I don’t have a crush on the rice cooker
This appliance can’t be my culinary hooker
My heart only has space for one nutritional love
A nightshade root, gifted from mother nature above
Its many forms, into my mouth I will shove
Apologies, I digressed from my second true love
Rice cooker
Without ya
I probably just use pasta 🤷♀️*the/first/being/the/microwave/with/a/potato/inside/of/course/though/until/I/can/get/mine/fixed/or/replaced/the/rice/cooker/takes/top/spot/in/lieu
🥔🍠
Edit: I don’t really use rice enough to have a rice cooker, also small kitchen. Lots of times if I’m making a rice dish it’s cooked in the with sauce too, like risotto, paella type dishes, chilli con carne style meals where I add rice into the pan. On the rare occasion I want to make some plain rice I feel like I do a good enough job in a saucepanEasy stove top fluffy rice every time:
1 cup rice unrinsed, 1.5 cup water. Add to cold pot bring to boil lid off. Simmer on low 12 mins with the lid on. Turn heat off wait 10 mins with lid on (do not take off).
Fluff with fork.
Fluffy
Every time
Major fluff.
UNRINSED? Pure savagery
We have pretty good grown rice here in Australia. No need to rinse.
I think it’s more about getting rid of some the starchy powdery stuff on the outside that makes it gluggy - unless you want that like in risotto
I had my doubts too.
unrinsed is the way
I’m not going to downvote you… But I certainly won’t upvote you
woooow
I’m willing to put my potato pitchfork aside and join forces with you on this one too 🤝 unrinsed rice… there’s gotta be something wrong with the rice. Or the person. For real
Fully agree with this. Very good method.
You seem like a pretty knowledgeable person. I can’t really believe you would be supporting this non-rinsing nonsense (aside from risotto, exclusively). Can you please help me talk some sense into the heathens?
I do it similarly but I wash the rice very well, and when it’s cooked and I turn it off I place a dry teatowel between the pot and the lid to absorb the steam for 10 minutes. Awesome rice every single time.
Unrinsed? You’re making all the Asian ancestors cry
I like cooking more rice then needed, I dry the leftovers out in the oven on low for a few hours and use that in stirfrys. Tbh, I have not cooked rice in a pan/pot before haha
yes!!! I have a microwave rice cooker, cos i don’t have space for a real one. It works. I should really start padding my meals out with brown rice again, it’s such a great food.
do it! relatively cost effective way to get full and pad out the meals :D
little space photo from tonight. Not the best sky tonight.
That’s the ‘Norma cloud’ and NGC 6067.
Massaged, dry needled and back cracked by the physio…ahhhhhhh if only I could relive this feeling every day (for free)
I could do with one of those today for sure, it sounds so nice.
A $25 1m foam roller off eBay was one of the best things I ever bought for my back.
No mood killer like nighttime bus mood killer. If inspectors are gonna keep checking buses, and if prices are this high, then they better be on damn time. A bus being late by three minutes can delay my getting home by forty minutes.
That’s not worth ten bucks a day.
EDIT: Yup, won’t be home until 11. Bus is that late. Fuck PTV.
I’ve successfully sorted my photos from my trip today. The systems garden at Melbourne University had some really great plants, and there was a lot there for the size of it. I also enjoyed looking at the buildings around town, both old and new. There is such an amazing variety of styles and it has been quite a few years since I have been in town to see them. Google maps just shrugged and said “I dunno” when I asked it how to get home, so I wandered until I saw tall buildings to follow, which led me to Queen Victoria Market. I used to work nearby, but it has changed a lot since then.
If you’d like to see my photos, they are on my blog.
I proposed to my wife under the centre dome of the Exhibition Building. Genius move, because I’d see the building as I went past every day and be reminded regularly of that moment – but almost never get a chance to go inside, so it never became something mundane. Also, great odds that building would be there longer than us. We’re now in Perth, and it’s been years since I went past the building on the tram. You’ve brought back some happy and special memories. Thank you.
Looks like you have an incredible eye for detail! Loved it
I do like details. I especially liked that the fountain at Carlton Gardens had platypus on it 🙂
I think that’s the best insect hotel I’ve ever seen as well! Lovely pics.
great photos!
In good news, the museum was free with my student card. In bad news it was so horrifically noisy I bailed after less than ten minutes before I had a meltdown. It is not a good place to be with a noise sensitivity.
I did have a lovely walking tour around town taking lots of photos of parks and buildings. I walked from Treasury Gardens up to Melbourne Uni then down to Flagstaff, so I’m very much enjoying being able to sit down for a while on the train
Someone should buy you the Fairpods-XL for Xmas 😊
The Goon Squad is out in force at Essendon right now. Avoid like the plague if you don’t wanna be hassled. [edit] Ticket inspectors 🎟️ 🔎 if I’m not being clear enough.
Their job title is stupid - ‘authorised officer’
Imagine telling someone what your job is, with no context of living in Melbourne.
I’m an authorised officer_
What’s that?
You know…a ticket inspector
Well fucking say that next time…twat
*international student tear inducement officer.
makes me so angry to see them harass the kids going to and from Uni. If it were possible for me to pay their ticket I would, ( I can’t afford to pay all the fines ,)
And they aren’t ticket inspectors, the old inspector would sell you a ticket, these bastards prefer to fine
