Sssssssssshhhhhhhhhhh.

  • imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone
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    2 years ago

    I need a new pillow but I am confounded by the sheer choice. How does one go about actually choosing the right pillow in this year of our Lord 2024?

  • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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    2 years ago

    One of the things I find surprising about the murder of the Sydney gay couple is just how careless the alleged killer was with the murder weapon and hiding evidence. Like wouldn’t you think being part of Police he might be just a bit better at that kind of thing?

    Using a police issued gun as the murder weapon? Really? Dumping bloodied clothes near a dumpster bin a few blocks from a cop shop? Not destroying the van he drove around with the night of the murder? I could go on.

    https://archive.is/20240224020910/https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/grim-wait-as-searches-stall-for-sydney-couple-murdered-by-police-officer-20240224-p5f7il.html

    • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Forgetting to pick up the casings he left behind, which helped police narrow it down to a fellow police officer.

      That, and his ex said he was being stalked by said police officer. Idk how he thought he’d get away with it.

      I’m also going to assume he won’t spill where he dumped their bodies, as an extra ‘fuck you’ to their families.

      Also doesn’t surprise me that it’s a NSW police officer. They haven’t exactly got a good name for themselves

  • Pilk@aussie.zone
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    2 years ago

    NSW Police have so far been unable to locate the bodies of Luke and Jesse.

    Clearly, the alleged murder is either staying silent or denying either his involvement or knowledge of their location.

    It is a depraved enough act to commit murder, but to prolong the suffering of friends and family really makes it that much worse.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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      2 years ago

      So sad. They had so much life ahead of them. The murderer is probably unlikely to say anything in the hope he can get away with it. I will never understand the brains of domestic violence perpetrators. If I can’t have then, then I’ll kill them? It’s fucked up.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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        2 years ago

        I have busted my brain trying to understand.

        They have a different value system, they have different things going on in their brain.

        What would make us sad makes them feel , not happy, but in control, safe and good.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      2 years ago

      It does seem that the accused murderer is a very self-absorbed person - at least from the report on the abc. There’s a nasty whiff of trial by media about this whole business.

      • wscholermann@aussie.zone
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        2 years ago

        That being said, Police won’t arrest one of their own until they absolutely have to. Also I read he handed himself in?

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    2 years ago

    A question for dumpling affectionados; what’s your favourite dipping sauce? I’ve got a bunch of dumplings and similar foods for a lunch tomorrow and need to make up some dipping sauces to serve with them.

    • Catfish@aussie.zone
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      2 years ago

      Bought I love the poonsin viet spring roll sauce. Or hot XO. Otherwise a similar one is sugar syrup, reduced orange juice& chilli. Or soy with sesame oil. Plum is pretty good. As is a really hot chilli paste cut with good old dead horse and a dash of lime.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Can’t go wrong with chilli, soy and mirin. Add chopped spring onions or sesame seeds if liked. Also, plain mayo is pretty good too - okonomiyaki vibes. Since I was gifted with the bottle of pomegranate molasses, I’ve been using that in dipping sauces instead of mirin and it sure packs a punch. Might have to find another bottle when this one runs out. Aldi sells a balsamic vinegar-based fig glaze that makes a nice dipping drizzling sauce too.

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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      2 years ago

      Equal parts soy and rice wine vinegar and a bit of sesame oil on top.

      Also some fresh chilli and spring onion or chives put them in it’s great.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      2 years ago

      i like a mix of chili and soy for dumplings

      for spring rolls it’s chili sauce or spring roll sauce

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    2 years ago

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  • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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    2 years ago

    I’ve been thinking about something a lot lately:

    When I see a Reddit post that has high engagement, 8/10 times it’s a topic that’s creating division in the comment section.

    The more engagement, the more ad revenue for the site. Societal discourse is changed by the need for ad revenue. Advertising dollars shape society a lot more than I realised.

    /Half asleep rant

    • Nath@aussie.zone
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      2 years ago

      Yet, it doesn’t need to. These daily threads are easily the most active on aussie.zone, often among even the most active threads on all of Lemmy. And clearly they are not a place of division.

      Engagement doesn’t need to be about conflict and division. Nor does it have to be monetised.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      2 years ago

      If it bleeds, it leads - the mantra of commercial television and quite a lot of the interwebs. And we’ve all been thoroughly brainwashed into accepting this as normal. One of the many reasons I don’t have a television and won’t be getting one.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    2 years ago

    With so many dipping sauce ideas it was hard to make a choice, so I ended up making 4. I have a vinegar & ginger, vinegar soy & chlli, spring onion oil, and a gyoza sauce recipe that included pretty much everything - vinegar, soy, chili, garlic, ginger, spring onion, sesame seeds and sesame oil.

    I also decided to make some satay sticks, so I also have a peanut sauce to go with them. The sauce worked out really well, I may be tempted to dip all the dumplings in that too!

    It all took a bit longer than expected, but It’s all done now - including a birthday cake for desert (plain vanilla) and I made a small extra cake so I’m enjoying a slice of that before bed.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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    2 years ago

    I just did a whirlwind tour of all the nearby Asian shops. So many mysterious ingredients, including a bewildering array of dried fish products. I had no idea before today that fish powder exists.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        2 years ago

        It is fabulous to have them. My parents spent some time in Singapore and came back determined to recreate a version of satays, but there were very few ingredients available here back in the '80s. We had to make coconut milk by soaking dessicated coconut in boiling water and squeezing it. The only way we could get unsalted peanuts was to buy them still in the shell, so we had to start the sauce by sitting around shelling peanuts! It’s all much simpler now.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneOP
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    2 years ago

    How desperate do you have to be for coffee to rock up to the servo in your pjs and dirty 1970s dressing gown?

    And no it wasn’t me.

    • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Comments below notwithstanding, I think it depends on context. My niece lived for a while in a flat near a servo, but there was a halfway house for mentally challenged people not far away. My niece rocked up to the servo in a dressing gown to get emergency milk late one night, and the staff at the servo locked the doors and kept her there chatting until the supervisor of the halfway house could get there and verify that she wasn’t one of their clients.

      • Alamutjones@aussie.zone
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        2 years ago

        That’s honestly really good of them. If a real client showed up and wasn’t okay, they’d have done everything they could to keep them safe until the cavalry arrived

        • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
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          2 years ago

          Indeed. Once my niece realised what was happening, she couldn’t stop laughing or telling the story more widely. Which is why I feel OK about sharing this here.

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneOP
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        2 years ago

        I don’t know. I think the minimum you can do is pop a jumper and a pair of pants on while mingling in society. I know my standards are high.

      • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Anything goes at the servo;
        Old PJs with fluffy slippers,
        Hair in rollers, buy that zippo!
        Buy those overpriced lollies,
        Classic, absolute ripper!
        Rock up in a cosplay from 1970,
        No judgement, you need that coffee.
        Whether one is C-Suite or suitless,
        Whether blue collar or white,
        The servo is a safe place,
        It’ll sort you out, set you right!

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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      2 years ago

      And here I was 3 days ago watching a 60+yo enthusiastic beer drinker in budgie smugglers buying sausages and bread at the local IGA and no one blinked an eye.

      Beach town though so free pass to him.

      • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
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        2 years ago

        Did you see the guy on the news recently complaining about too many people (women, I think) wearing g-string bathers, and he didn’t want to see all the bums? It was on a beach in QLD, and somewhat off the beach too

        • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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          2 years ago

          appropriate attire

          This is where it becomes confusing for me.

          For the setting it is appropriate, this IGA is next to a beach and people walk in wearing their beach stuff, both / all sexes, all ages.

          In Melbs I’d be scratching my head if I saw it heh

          • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zoneOP
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            2 years ago

            Yeah I guess.

            I once saw a man in a chemist talking to the staff dressed as Hugh Hefner. That’s probably the weirdest I’ve seen.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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      2 years ago

      People could rock up in their undies and I wouldn’t judge them. The servo is a safe space for any and all sartorial choices.