• CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    17·
    19 days ago

    I’m gonna go on a little rant about Halloween. Kids, pets and even adults dressing up, meeting your neighbours having a bit fun. I’m all for that. Decorate your house inside and out. Great.

    Now here’s the thing. People take this shit way to far. Instead of just walking a few streets with your kids, meeting new people, it’s now “let’s go and collect as much shit as possible from strangers before others get there”.

    How do we do that? We will drive around in our people mover looking for houses because Facebook mums have posted where the best streets are for little Johnny to collect his treats and he’s only 3 and the size of a small hippo and he can’t walk far.

    It’s now a car door slamming competition with a stampede. Aussies are great innovators. We take shit from around and we adapt them to suit us. Halloween is not one of them we do well.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
      9·
      19 days ago

      I loved it back in Canada, cause it was the norm. Streets were full of kids and adults. 90% of houses were decorated and people got into the spirit of it.

      Here it seems to forced and unnatural. Which is why we hand out caramel covered onions to all the trick or treaters.

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
      9·
      19 days ago

      This is the best most multi-faceted accurate hot take of the day.

      Fuck little johnny and the bite sized snickers he rode in on.

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        5·
        19 days ago

        I’ve got no problem with the little Johnnys of this country. It’s the parents who are pimping their kids out so they can gorge on the fruits for ron.

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
      5·
      19 days ago

      These people sound greedy as hell, and in being this competitive are kind of missing the point of the exercise.

      I love Halloween in theory but I deliberately play possum to avoid being approached by strangers’ children… or really anybody.

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
      2·
      18 days ago

      I find it an interesting opportunity to observe the different facets of human nature. I live in an area with lots of young families and I like seeing the hand crafted decorations that the family have made as a craft exercise. Who are the people who make their own, and who obviously spends way too much money on that stuff? Which children take only a small portion of treats, making sure there’s plenty left for other children, and who grabs repeated handfuls of treats or even pours the entire treat bowl into their goody bag! Which parents dress up and get out there mingling with others in the pleasant early evening, laughing and handing out treats? Which parents put a bowl out and play possum? Which parents deliberately ignore the blatant greed of their children and fiddle with their phone, or actively encourage their children to take all the treats! It is endlessly fascinating for me to observe and I am totally there for it.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    12·
    18 days ago

    I did not get the nice place I applied for on Monday despite offering 15/week more. At least they told me quick smart.

    I may have good news with the other place though, pending clarification of some weird half baked email I got that was missing attachments. It’s painful how much I’ll be paying relative to the size, and lack of greenery, and noise, but I’m reframing it as like a temporary apartment stay to finish my studies. Because I only need to commit till about mid next year. And that means FREEDOM.

    I will have to cull a lot, but at it’ll feel like I’m really committing to closing this chapter of my life. No more coasting along.

    Cross all your digits for me DT! The sooner I’m done with this the better 🤞

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
    12·
    18 days ago

    Ted Cat’s stroller has been attained, put together and tested with Ted sitting in it outside. He likes it. 😊 Tomorrow morning I will take him for a walk in the park. There will be pictures. 🐈‍⬛🛞📦🛞

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
      4·
      19 days ago

      Seem to have started early this year. Did some grocery shopping earlier and there’s so much pointless aggression.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      4·
      19 days ago

      I think the cost of living shit starting to seep through to even the landlord class is having an impact (though in their case I want to emphasise that taxes on investments isn’t a cost of living issue).

      People are feeling under the pump. I’ve got half a mind to disappear to a monastery over the end of the year

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    9·
    18 days ago

    Day was better. Went fairly quick.

    Taking the Monday off for the long weekend. Some people are taking Friday as well… If I didn’t have a project kicking off that day I’d do the same.

    • indisin@aussie.zone
      5·
      18 days ago

      Kicking off a project on a Friday is a bad idea unless they’re expecting everyone to think about it all weekend and not be in wind down mode that day, it’s even worse to do it this specific weekend with a significant number of people having a 4-5 day weekend. The stakeholders are going to need a refresh on Wednesday, so might as well kick it off Wednesday.

      • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        18 days ago

        Client insists. They’ve threatened to find another supplier if we don’t do it.

        I know it’s going to fail miserably. I’m looking forward to the shit fest.

        A little humility would do this client some good.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    8·
    18 days ago

    Haha! Just discovered what this mysterious un used piece in my recent Lego sets is for. I am an idiot!

    mystery lego

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      18 days ago

      It’s to grab the flat pieces!!

      I used to have this with my Lego bucket and always turned it into a slide for the houses I’d build lol

      • Catfish@aussie.zone
        4·
        18 days ago

        I got it in my rose bunch and thought it was some sort of stand piece. Ought use image search more!

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
      2·
      18 days ago

      That would have been useful when me and Miss Seagoon used to do big lego sets together when she was still a tiny seagoon😒

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
    8·
    18 days ago

    oh god, my head/face is so little i chose childrens glasses and didn’t even know until i read the receipt just now , they look good tho 🤓

  • indisin@aussie.zone
    8·
    18 days ago

    Is it really a computer game anymore when you have a notebook that looks like this?(ignore the maths, it’s just scribble to prompt me at stages of the build)

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
    8·
    18 days ago

    Jesus that lineup for When We Were Young 2025 should come with a NSFW warning, sporting a semi in the office. Ok, thats a lie. But I did gasp and moan slightly.

    That line up is… I mean… F me dead thats must of punk rock royalty right there. That is gonna go OFF! I hate festivals, but if that weren’t in the states I’d be considering it.

    • Nath@aussie.zone
      4·
      18 days ago

      Ok, so I’m old. I only know the first five acts on this list. And Blink 182 is probably the only act I’d pay to go see.

    • indisin@aussie.zone
      4·
      18 days ago

      Holy shit, now how do I convince my partner to fly to the states with me for this?

      Edit: working on convincing my partner and friends, money is no object for that line up. Don’t wanna go on my own though.

      • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
        2·
        18 days ago

        oh nice! I brought the tour hoodie but only when inside saw they had a couple of lyrics hoodies that were WAY cooler.

        • indisin@aussie.zone
          2·
          18 days ago

          Yeah those lyric ones were awesome, but my partner played the voice of reason with: “indisin, are you ever going to wear those? indisin how’re you going to carry all of this? indisin, please pick just one. indisin, you don’t need the bages. Yes indisin, we can play on the arcades and look at the instruments if you pick just one”.

          Still working on getting her to go to the US for the festival… and my friends… and my ickle sis and BIL in the UK. No joy so far but early days, so might end up being one of you lot with a free ticket.

          Hope you enjoyed the blink gig btw! Weirdly I actually preferred seeing Ash at the Croxton and I wasn’t an Ash fan but that gig just had a vibe and I say that as someone who thought the blink gig was epic.

          • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
            2·
            17 days ago

            yeah I had a blast. Never thought I was gonna see the 3 of them together, so grateful I got to. Saw Mark and Tom back in 2013 I think it was and it was good… but music bowl is a shit venue IMO.

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    8·
    19 days ago

    Lunch

    Claypot with - sausage, onions, kimchi, rice cakes, egg, and some sauces. Coconut as the beverage.

    Not gonna lie…it’s good as.

    Update: It’s all gone, and I’m regretting it slightly. Definitely nap inducing.

  • mysticgreg@aussie.zone
    8·
    19 days ago

    Considering taping my fingers together so I don’t flip the bird at WAY too many people here at work this morning, and it’s not even 8:30 yet… :|