I'm making a strawberry cheesecake for the other half's birthday which is tomorrow. Its totally okay for me to use the leftover strawberries as a spatula of sorts to scrape out the rest of the mixing bowl, isn't it? To clarify, these leftover berries are straight into my belly.
Job offer has been rescinded after reference checks (which were glowing) because they didn't feel one of my skillsets is strong enough - never mind that they didn't even advertise for it and it was only lightly touched on in the interview process. Honestly feel relieved, albeit a little bit angry. Definitely got bullet dodged vibes.
I had that where a place asked for references then said they went with someone else with more industry experience. And I was just thinking "you knew that already, you have both our resumes."
There is never any consideration on how much the interview process can be a waste of time for the candidate
If a stranger is being / sounding rude to you, do you match their rudeness in return or try to kill them with kindness? I’ve had two such encounters over the past few days for some reason, used both approaches and felt unsatisfied each time.
Depends on the context. I think it comes down to whether they're being rude to you for no reason or if there's a slight provocation.
I always give cars the finger if they get in the way on my bike at all. I want to drive home that anything they do wrong could have serious impacts for me no matter who was in the wrong.
I'm extremely hard to anger. I tend to empathise too much and if someone is being rude I'm pretty much just feeling sorry for them that they interact that way. I'd just try to de-escalate and politely stand my ground if they were trying to get something from me if it were unreasonable
I'm hard to anger, but can happy to shut rudely shut people down when needed.. Generally I'm polite but will do a 180 immediately if someone acts up for no reason.
My dog will escort me from the couch to the loo then when I get back under the doona, I don't know he's there, he moves like I'm Godzilla then he cracks the shits because I've disturbed him.
[eSafety’s engagement, compliance and enforcement priorities] will focus on platforms where there is the highest risk, considering factors such as the level of use by Australians under 16 combined with the presence of features and functions associated with the harms that the restrictions aim to prevent.
I think Lemmy (and reddit) meet the definition of the type of social media they want to age restrict. At least in Lemmy's case, it would be extremely unlikely to become a priority for enforcement if it ever is.
Gonna go op-shopping for some house clothes (tired of spilling pasta sauce on good clothing). If I am lucky I might even get them cheaper than buying brand new from Kmart.
Be extra vigorous with the inspection and testing of zips in any clothing from the opshop. I shop there extensively and have found the number one reason a nice jacket is donated is because the zip is faulty or outright broken.
My mother refuses to even entertain the idea of fixing my zips and she says it an absolute pain and not worth the trouble. She is a seasoned sewer too so I'm going to continue to take her word for it.
I guess if the item is valuable enough and of high quality it may be worth taking to a professional and paying the premium.
MFW I'm making a slice and it calls for a full can of condensed milk, a block of cooking chocolate and seven full sized mars bars to be melted together.
thank fuck I'm expecting visits from a bunch of kids under 10
YL wants me to do Onlyfans feet for petrol money and I'm seriously considering it. She'll look after the account, photography etc and I'll supply the feet. Strictly pics only. Basically she's the boss and I'm the talent.
I don’t know anyone who does it and it’s not my cup of tea so take this with a grain of salt.
But I heard stuff like the platform can randomly refuse to pay you for whatever reason. There were news articles where people were complaining of not getting their money.
Also consider that a lot of payment processors have cracked down on sex work (or anything they consider adjacent). So you might risk getting your payment account banned or not getting your money that way.
I’ve also seen articles interviewing the people getting hired to chat with subscribers on the creators behalf, so the subscribers may expect a parasocial online relationship for their money and you might be expected to chat with them or arrange someone else to do that. Not sure if YL would be comfortable.
The money may not be as good for the average person as the high earners say.
There’s also considerations around privacy and not getting doxed.
This is just what I’ve seen from news articles and my own observations. If you’re serious I’d talk to someone that’s actually done it and ask what you really need to know.
We’re mid-way through watching ‘once upon a time in Hollywood’ and every time there’s a feet shot, the kid & I shout ‘feet!’ in honour of Quentin’s, erm, penchant. There are more in there than I remembered from last viewing, lol
So if this is anything to go by, I reckon there’s money in it
I have a light cotton doona I use over summer. Over winter I have two fairly heavy wool doonas, I used to use both at the same time over the coldest parts of winter and just one other times of the year, but the new house is warmer overnight so I've only needed the one.
Back is good enough to do some Spring work in the front garden. Some cleaning up, weeding, cleaning up pots and replanting and planting out some flowers.
The far beach I go to really is not very nice at the moment, so much rotting seaweed and millions of rotting winged oysters make it a bit stinky and the tideline a loss for shell collecting. For the next month I will just go to my little local beach across the road, which is lovely nonetheless . ☺️
Here's some pics
I went out on the unprotected fishing pier to take this shot, it was quite windy and I was nervous
some pelicans
and a weird little sponge that blew in on the storm the other day, it still has it's bright yellow colour , before the sun and dryness kills all the poryphora living in the sponge, there were also bright orange, red, pink, purple sponges in many strange shapes
There's a swooping magpie on my ride now the wetland path has opened up again. I can detach my front light so I've been taking it off and holding it on my head backwards so the light is facing the magpie.
It seems to work quite well. I also turn and swing my arm at it when I see the bird. I refuse to be one of those cyclists with the cable ties on my helmet. Lights on the back of the helmet might be the simplest solution for magpies, and also increases overall visibility.
Attacking the dog's not cool so it makes sense to avoid it. I've waited over a year for this path to open again so I'm using it. The magpie will swoop for two months at most so I just have to be ready with the lights.
Urgh. Another exhausted day where I fell asleep when I got home. Doctor tells me not to fight it, but it’s making it annoying to get stuff done. At least I got some help and did a few things this week.
I’ve given up and bought a new cheap printer just so I don’t have to traipse to Officeworks every time I need to copy something, and sorted out myGov linking stuff.
Got another interview for another role next week!!! Wooohooooo
That's great news. I hope you snag one soon.
Thanks man! Just got to keep the ball rolling :)
yay, good luck 🍀🍀🍀🍀
Thank you! The more interviews I get, the more practice I get!
I kind of just want to vegetate in the shower
::: spoiler here is Mickey to bless you on this fine Thursday :::
May his Furry Gaze forever look upon you fondly
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Thankyou Mickey, your belly floof looks impeccable for face first snuggles.
Mickey 🥰
Very generous of you, Mickey
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Thankyou Mickey 🙏
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love you and your little pink nose
I'm making a strawberry cheesecake for the other half's birthday which is tomorrow. Its totally okay for me to use the leftover strawberries as a spatula of sorts to scrape out the rest of the mixing bowl, isn't it? To clarify, these leftover berries are straight into my belly.
It is efficient and eliminates waste. Do it
Less dishes... I like your thinking.
I'd be disappointed if you didn't.
Quality control.
pretty sure scraping out cake mixing bowls is always straight to tummy , I never thought different ...lol
Job offer has been rescinded after reference checks (which were glowing) because they didn't feel one of my skillsets is strong enough - never mind that they didn't even advertise for it and it was only lightly touched on in the interview process. Honestly feel relieved, albeit a little bit angry. Definitely got bullet dodged vibes.
I had that where a place asked for references then said they went with someone else with more industry experience. And I was just thinking "you knew that already, you have both our resumes."
There is never any consideration on how much the interview process can be a waste of time for the candidate
Right?! Not to mention, if they wanted that skillset so bad, maybe put that on the ad?!
Who does that? Consider everything before making the offer. Very sloppy, sounds like you dodged a bullet.
Absolutely dodged a bullet tbh. Had some unsure vibes to start with but was willing to take the chance because I need to make some changes!
What a bunch of absolute fuckwits!
Three day weekend starting in 1h10m 🕓
Then is it beer time?
It might be 👀
Goodnight (at 8pm apparently) ❤️
Trying to allow for the usual shit sleep so I'm functional at 6:30am when I get up to get ready to meet old mate the director.
Apparently he's British. I wonder if he loved The Bill and Are you being served as much as I did?
If a stranger is being / sounding rude to you, do you match their rudeness in return or try to kill them with kindness? I’ve had two such encounters over the past few days for some reason, used both approaches and felt unsatisfied each time.
Depends on the context. I think it comes down to whether they're being rude to you for no reason or if there's a slight provocation.
I always give cars the finger if they get in the way on my bike at all. I want to drive home that anything they do wrong could have serious impacts for me no matter who was in the wrong.
Neither.
It depends on where they are coming from. If they are just a common arse I will ignore it and not see them again.
I will also assess the situation for possible violent outcomes.
I rarely come across rude people but if I do I usually stare at them for a few seconds before I speak in an assertive tone.
I have said to people "Don't speak to me like that. I didn't speak to you rudely. You don't speak to me like that".
You are much more polite than me.
That's the feisty arab in you.
I'll fire back if I can be bothered.
You're not wrong haha
Match their rudeness, and exceed if needed. Generally brings them down to earth quickly.
I'm extremely hard to anger. I tend to empathise too much and if someone is being rude I'm pretty much just feeling sorry for them that they interact that way. I'd just try to de-escalate and politely stand my ground if they were trying to get something from me if it were unreasonable
I'm hard to anger, but can happy to shut rudely shut people down when needed.. Generally I'm polite but will do a 180 immediately if someone acts up for no reason.
I have what I call an "inner wog" that can be incredibly hostile under the right conditions. People being rude to me is one of them.
It depends on whether matching the energy would come back to bite you
Little dog has a perfectly good large dog bed with a quilt but he chooses to sleep on the couch under my couch doona. I nearly sat him this morning.
This is something I worry about when dog sitting my brother’s step-chihuahua
Oh no. Chihuahuas are easy to break.
My dog will escort me from the couch to the loo then when I get back under the doona, I don't know he's there, he moves like I'm Godzilla then he cracks the shits because I've disturbed him.
Will Aussie zone be needing age verification?
You'd think the answer would be extremely obvious three months away from the laws taking effect.
They have indicated the following:
I think Lemmy (and reddit) meet the definition of the type of social media they want to age restrict. At least in Lemmy's case, it would be extremely unlikely to become a priority for enforcement if it ever is.
I hope we fly under the radar.
This is such bullshit btw… notice how they’re doing nothing about gambling ads and alcohol ads.
Gonna go op-shopping for some house clothes (tired of spilling pasta sauce on good clothing). If I am lucky I might even get them cheaper than buying brand new from Kmart.
you can get good quality barely used stuff at op shops for much less than trash from kmart
I'll report back!
Be extra vigorous with the inspection and testing of zips in any clothing from the opshop. I shop there extensively and have found the number one reason a nice jacket is donated is because the zip is faulty or outright broken.
Zips are replaceable
My mother refuses to even entertain the idea of fixing my zips and she says it an absolute pain and not worth the trouble. She is a seasoned sewer too so I'm going to continue to take her word for it.
I guess if the item is valuable enough and of high quality it may be worth taking to a professional and paying the premium.
I’m not sure if prices have changed but there are some fairly affordable repair services if you found something quite good.
Not even a tailor, just basic stuff like shortening pants and replacing zips. There used to be one in Melbourne Central.
In my town the professional tailor has a monopoly. I would have to find a hobbyist or small home shop.
Great tip, thanks
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Jacket potato with sour cream and sping onions (they're the latest craze) please.
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Thanks chef. Have a great day!
Hmm, I think trifle would nice please chef
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Divine, perfect way to start the day!
Cornflakes and strawberries please
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Ultra thin crust pizza with only a little bit of cheese, capsicum, onion, sardines, chilli and garlic please, AND spinach
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MFW I'm making a slice and it calls for a full can of condensed milk, a block of cooking chocolate and seven full sized mars bars to be melted together.
thank fuck I'm expecting visits from a bunch of kids under 10
How many does it serve?
who cares, most of them are six year olds
Oooh mars bar slice?
ayup. Think I fucked the condensed milk though, a bit grainy
It'll be fine, enough chocolate in there to fix anything.
Also: six year olds
The best audience!
The vibe is weird today
The vibe outside is weird
It's Spring, that's normal.
True.
I'm looking forward to being able to throw the doors open and air the house out.
Agreed.
when the sun is out it's glorious out there 🌞
It’s the upcoming full moon I reckon
YL wants me to do Onlyfans feet for petrol money and I'm seriously considering it. She'll look after the account, photography etc and I'll supply the feet. Strictly pics only. Basically she's the boss and I'm the talent.
Give me a reason why not? I do have nice feet.
omg, I too have had the fleeting thought
but no, not ever ever ever
because people send you money they expect you to do things for them, you will get requests, plus they will send messages saying and doing nasty things
iow, it's real sex work and you don't want to do it
and it's not just feet, they want the feet to belong to a person
I suppose you could make up a back story
If someone could come up with a story, it's my kid.
Honestly. I'd do it if someone wanted photos of brown mildly hairy size 13's lol
I think people would pay for hairy toes 🤷♀️
I reckon I can get Chatters (my name for chatgpt) to help me get this going hey.
Yes
Hobbit fetish.
I think we're going to need some pics to evaluate your potential
Pay me
🤣🤣🤣 That's the spirit!
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Alright then
::: spoiler spoiler :::
I don’t know anyone who does it and it’s not my cup of tea so take this with a grain of salt.
But I heard stuff like the platform can randomly refuse to pay you for whatever reason. There were news articles where people were complaining of not getting their money.
Also consider that a lot of payment processors have cracked down on sex work (or anything they consider adjacent). So you might risk getting your payment account banned or not getting your money that way.
I’ve also seen articles interviewing the people getting hired to chat with subscribers on the creators behalf, so the subscribers may expect a parasocial online relationship for their money and you might be expected to chat with them or arrange someone else to do that. Not sure if YL would be comfortable.
The money may not be as good for the average person as the high earners say.
There’s also considerations around privacy and not getting doxed.
This is just what I’ve seen from news articles and my own observations. If you’re serious I’d talk to someone that’s actually done it and ask what you really need to know.
Thank you for your insight
No worries. Sorry to be overly negative, it just seems like it could have some really sus aspects so go carefully.
Also a lot of artists that do commissions get chargeback scams so that could probably be done here too
We’re mid-way through watching ‘once upon a time in Hollywood’ and every time there’s a feet shot, the kid & I shout ‘feet!’ in honour of Quentin’s, erm, penchant. There are more in there than I remembered from last viewing, lol
So if this is anything to go by, I reckon there’s money in it
quentin is ick because it's all he seems to like
As long as I don't have to get out of my pj's I'm up for the challenge.
I just bought a new doona. It's thin but made of cotton and the inside is wool. I'm wondering if I'll die of heat this summer.
My question of the day is: Do youse alternate between a winter doona and summer doona? What are they made of if you do or don't?
I have a winter one and summer one. Summer one is probably synthetic.
The winter one is too much even in winter. i think it's either wool or some poor bird's feathers.
I have a light cotton doona I use over summer. Over winter I have two fairly heavy wool doonas, I used to use both at the same time over the coldest parts of winter and just one other times of the year, but the new house is warmer overnight so I've only needed the one.
I have a lightweight synthetic doona and add a blanket over that in winter
I have a thin cotton doona stuffed with synthetics
In winter I use thick doona covers and sometimes a blanket on top, summer no doona cover and I just wash the doona every week or so.
My mum has just the doona cover and no doona in it plus the flat sheet for summer.
on a hot night nothing at all, just pjs
Back is good enough to do some Spring work in the front garden. Some cleaning up, weeding, cleaning up pots and replanting and planting out some flowers.
I've been looking through music again and came across the Callous Daoboys. The name sounds familiar, I may have listened to a single from this year.
With a name like that, you have to check them out at least once
I remembered Something for Kate last night. I was a huge fan.
Echo-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-laliaaaaaaaahhhh
I may have done too many la's
Not too far off lol
God I was so into them back in the day. Then they just sort of faded away on a good note.
Listening to them again now and they're very Dillinger. I may not fully get into them but I'd like to watch them live
Last night's sleep was 1 hour blocks instead of 2 hour blocks.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah lol
I use chatgpt for a lot of interview and study stuff. I didn't realise it had a voice function where it speaks back.
It is fucking surreal.
Do you get to choose the voice & accent it uses?
Haven’t checked because it freaked me the fuck out lol
The voice had an American accent and sounded super realistic.
off for morning beach
https://youtu.be/NuT5KUA7iaY
I feel like I'm too chaotic to train someone in my role. I jump around way too much.
Hahaha. I can't sit still for more than 5 minutes. Fidgety keeps me fit.
Good night everyone, sweet dreams 😘
Luuuuunch
What's on the menu today?
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This is an incredibly rare intersection of hardcore IT and music production.
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Man this is wild!
lol love that she's explaining all that so coldly as she goes about it and getting really getting into it at the same time. Impressive :)
It’s so damn cool lol
I’m not super into programming but apparently she created a lot of those functions herself which is wild!
The far beach I go to really is not very nice at the moment, so much rotting seaweed and millions of rotting winged oysters make it a bit stinky and the tideline a loss for shell collecting. For the next month I will just go to my little local beach across the road, which is lovely nonetheless . ☺️
Here's some pics
I went out on the unprotected fishing pier to take this shot, it was quite windy and I was nervous
some pelicans
and a weird little sponge that blew in on the storm the other day, it still has it's bright yellow colour , before the sun and dryness kills all the poryphora living in the sponge, there were also bright orange, red, pink, purple sponges in many strange shapes
There's a swooping magpie on my ride now the wetland path has opened up again. I can detach my front light so I've been taking it off and holding it on my head backwards so the light is facing the magpie.
It seems to work quite well. I also turn and swing my arm at it when I see the bird. I refuse to be one of those cyclists with the cable ties on my helmet. Lights on the back of the helmet might be the simplest solution for magpies, and also increases overall visibility.
if you do end up w/ cable ties you could stick some mince on the ends and bribe them. Might look a bit odd though.
That could almost be worse. Magpies can remember people and live for about 20 years so you don't want a magpie expecting anything from you.
I've got one at the park so I swing the dog leash around above my head, but now I'm avoiding the park all together because it's attacking my dog.
I have a dachshund for that exact purpose.
Attacking the dog's not cool so it makes sense to avoid it. I've waited over a year for this path to open again so I'm using it. The magpie will swoop for two months at most so I just have to be ready with the lights.
Urgh. Another exhausted day where I fell asleep when I got home. Doctor tells me not to fight it, but it’s making it annoying to get stuff done. At least I got some help and did a few things this week.
I’ve given up and bought a new cheap printer just so I don’t have to traipse to Officeworks every time I need to copy something, and sorted out myGov linking stuff.
i agree, sleep when you need it
and yay for having a printer, definitely very convenient
This is why sports should be banned
What am I gonna bet on if there's no sport?
See? I'm already doing you a favour. 😊
I don't like that boring world
I wouldn't go that far!
It's worth a shot? 😉