• tone212_@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Fireworks are going OFF in my hood. It’s NYE all over again (Lunar New Year is tomorrow, so makes sense).

  • dumblederp@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Coffee Doritos review: They’re more sweet corn chips than savoury, with a hint of coffee flavour. Zero hobbits, would not buy again.

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    One dinosaur fact I was reminded of yesterday is the Velociraptor was actually about the size of a turkey, and the dinosaurs we seen in Jurassic park are actually called Deinonychus. Michael Crichton chose the name instead because it sounded better.

    Not only did he change the name, he met with the guy that discovered Deinonychus and told him he was changing the name of his dinosaur as well:

    Deinonychus were featured prominently in Harry Adam Knight’s novel Carnosaur and its film adaption, and Michael Crichton’s novels Jurassic Park and The Lost World and their film adaptations, directed by Steven Spielberg. Crichton ultimately chose to use the name Velociraptor for these dinosaurs, rather than Deinonychus. Crichton had met with John Ostrom several times during the writing process to discuss details of the possible range of behaviors and life appearance of Deinonychus. Crichton at one point apologetically told Ostrom that he had decided to use the name Velociraptor in place of Deinonychus for his book, because he felt the former name was “more dramatic”. Despite this, according to Ostrom, Crichton stated that the Velociraptor of the novel was based on Deinonychus in almost every detail, and that only the name had been changed.

    From Wikipedia

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    So I just found out my grandma is heading to the hospital. She got gastro, but is deteriorating somehow. I think someone gave her electrolytes with a bunch of sugar mixed in, and she has T2D. Hopefully will be updated soon, because my dad looks terribly worried.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    I said I was gonna make my greasy mee goreng craving yesterday; I didn’t - but I did make it today 😋

    Was missing eggs/tofu but still not too bad. Can’t beat real market fresh yellow noodles though vs the ones from the supahmahket

    heck yeah

    Looks like it might be another day of fieldwork tomz but I have a psych sesh at 5pm so I’m gonna have to haul myself out of bed quite early 🥱

  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    I appear to be crook again. Was alright late last week and just a bit tired over the weekend, very mild fever and sore throat again. Hydralyte has once again fixed me up though, same as before. Weird.

    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Yes. There was an altercation, and Baku’s quite sensitive on some topics. We hope he’ll come back, as we miss him greatly. Other participant was briefly banned but we hope they’ll keep contributing too.

      • Gorgritch_Umie_Killa@aussie.zone
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        2 months ago

        Oh man, i always miss this stuff then suddenly realise when i see the deleted posts checking older post comment sections.

        Yeah, hopefully they’re both back and happy again at some point. Cheers for the news.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Ah man… these sketchy types hanging around and doing weird shit all the time are really messing with my head -_-

    The things they do are ‘petty’ and the things they steal are low value but I’ve gone back to having nightmares about break ins and struggling to sleep.

    spoiler

    There have been many break in attempts over the years while I’ve been home and I once chased an intruder out of my house. I’ve also faced a shitload of harassment/unprovoked aggression.

     

    It’s a shame that moving probably wouldn’t be the answer (though I’m still trying) because junkies/cooked people seem to be a problem everywhere in Melbourne now.

    I prefer to keep to myself and mind my own but one day I’d like to fix my health and get absolutely jacked/strong so I could feel more confident in defending myself if need be.

    • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
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      2 months ago

      Yeah, I don’t like my sketch collective either. Shame, because where I LIVE is great. It’s just the volume of sketchy shit.

      There’s no easy answer, sorry Melbs

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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        2 months ago

        Yup. The actual place can be good but the people can make it unliveable.

        This is why we can’t have nice things

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Alright, need to remember it’s Tuesday and not Monday. Once I get into that groove I should be good