Relationship officially over.
He didn’t even want to talk it out. Just said we are done over text and blocked me everywhere.
This is going to be a time of growth for me. Only up from here!
Skimming through your comment history…and yikes.
You’ll be better off in the long run.
this was from the dude with the disgusting valentines card yeah? First up, I’m sorry. Second of all, and again sorry if this sounds rough, but I am CERTAIN you’re gonna look back on this relationship and be glad its over. Probably not today or tomorrow, but that day is coming. Take a deep breath in and out, cause you’re free of that asshole.
Ooh rough.
Over text is a bit fucked tbh you might have dodged a bullet there
You deserve wayyyyyy better than that guy was giving you!
I’m also sorry to hear but probably for the better that you’re not with him.
You deserve someone way better than that.
I’m sorry for the pain he has caused you, but the trash took itself out. Block them back, just in case they get drunk and weird, and leave them in the past.
You got this!
I’m so sorry.
lots of hugs
Ah man. I remember how giddy and excited you were when first meeting the guy. But it sounds like it’s all for the best now (what a dropkick breaking up with you via text). And you’re very much ready to move on yourself.
You’re better off without the guy, and I think this experience will be a great one to take note of what worked + what didn’t. Pay attention to what you felt you needed from him (that kept you in the relationship) and try to find other sources for that, or interrogate the quality of what you were getting, so as to avoid going back to him in a moment of loneliness and/or inebriation ;)
You got this!!! 💪
@LowExperience2368 @Seagoon_ Lots of hugs.
I’ve been there before.
Breakups are the worst — even if he’s a complete and utter jerk (and from the sounds of it, he definitely is).
Know that it’s natural to cry, it’s natural to mourn.
And if you have a sleepless night, no-one will begrudge you if you take a day off work or cancel your plans for tomorrow.
There’s no rush. Give yourself time to grieve.
It might take time, but know things will get better.
I’m sorry. That sounds devastating.
He was no prize though. He was noncommittal, self centred, low effort, and consistently treated you like an option. I agree with the advice to block him everywhere in case he comes back sniffing around again. It will also stop you lurking his page and picking at wounds.
I hope these offer some comfort
I’m sick to death of being treated like a potential thief at self service.
I hate pulling the race card, but it’s noticeable how different I’m treated. And it’s gotten much worse since the cost of living issues.
They will come and literally stand behind me watching me scan everything. Im not dressed in rags or anything. Even when I’m on business work clothes.
Some of those checkout people seem to have gone crazy with the modicum of perceived power they have over people.
/Rant
I live near an Aldi, but its soo fucking good having a self serve that doesn’t accuse you of theft.
The staff are also rostered on at the same times, so you also get to know the stores staff.
Your aldi has self serve? I’ve never seen that before
If we add up how much we spend at our usual shops, many thousands a year, it’s shameful how we are treated, absolutely shameful.
And the reason they do it is so that we forget the customer shop relationship, that we have a valid expectation to be treated with respect and politeness and that we have rights.
Maybe we should start shoppers associations. The problem is in a duopoly what kind of power can we exercise?
And the racism? I suggest take videos and post about the racism.
nah, just steal shit to even it up. Silent protest.
I’m personally really looking forward to them installing those self closing gates at my local coles. If it closes on me I’m gunna wear a face mask and shout “Cant hold someone captive you profiting fucks” as I kick it down. I obviously wont be acting like that if there is young kids around.
I really love nice thick boots for kicking in stuff.
I’ve got steel caps for outdoor shit, feels like it’d do sufficient damage.
Some great leftist thinker must have a chapter in a book about how the corporations are thrusting more of the responsibility onto us whilst also treating us as a criminal for doing so
Ditto having blue hair
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After months of snap send solve for a mattress dumped in the park, someone spray painted “Handjob Club. Thursdays 9pm. Kids Welcome.” on it and stood it up next to the scout hall entrance. Mattress gone the next day.
Chaotic Good cleaning up the streets
Tactical Urbanism.
This is great. The sub deserves a photo of this.
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Beauty. The true Aussie spirit in action.
What council, if you don’t mind me asking?
Dandy.
A lesson in incentivisation.
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Very few photos are more humbling then the passport photo as someone who doesn’t ware makeup. Being forced to remove your glasses when they’re something I use to detract from the ugly also doesn’t help🫠
Even makeup goes wrong, too. Mine looks like a complete mug shot. Seriously. Everytime I look at it I immediately can see it being splashed across some US channel. LOL.
I won’t even look at mine :shudder:
So you guys remember that FOI request to AmbVic I was considering last month? Well I decided to go ahead and make it. They seemed a little, um, unsure about what I was asking for. They misspelt my name, deemed my request invalid because they thought I was requesting information about an ambulance attendance so they wanted ID, a phone number, and more information. Then 12 minutes later they sent me another email stating they realised I was not requesting that information (but nothing else) then an hour later sent a third email apologising stating they realised I was not requesting information about an ambulance attendance, I didn’t need to provide ID, and I did not need to provide a phone number.
Well, they finally processed it and provided a list of all the branch locations and their addresses today. But they sent it as an encrypted excel workbook thing that they didn’t provide me permission to open…
Also, I don’t want to rag on them too much, but their emails have had so many typos and grammatical errors I found it kind of concerning.
@Baku @Seagoon_
First up, congratulations ☺️A lot of FoI requests come from the media (Josh Taylor from The Guardian is notorious for them), or from industry groups, businesses, and parliamentary staff.
They’re probably not used to media requests that have come through from the customer service team, rather than their media relations team.
Typos in internal emails are not that surprising.
Did you end up cracking the spreadsheet? Did you find out anything interesting from the documents you got?
Ted has been attacking Bill so I held Ted for 20 seconds just to show him he’s not so tough. He did not like it.
Love/Hate when you gotta remind the bully they are NOT the top of the food chain.
Well bugger. I think I’ve eaten some mouldy food today.
Two mini cupcakes in the morning and just now a bunch of stale biscuits that I didn’t look too hard at.
Pray for me.
The stale biscuits won’t hurt you but the mouldy cupcakes might. I’ll pray for you anyway 🙏
Biscuits could have been mouldy too.
I had them stored in the same container :(
Oh dear 😔
You might be surprised by what you can tolerate. Fingers crossed you don’t suffer too long!
I’m still alive!
Tummy was a bit funny before but I wonder if that was anxiety causing it.
Just ate some other stuff and I’m feeling ok now.
The gut is so complex like that. So much that is beyond just what we eat in the here and now… our state of mind, long term diet, past infections can do so much to our gut flora. I’m surprised that I’ve been able to have coffee again without the loose motions after years of struggling with it - but for how long I’m not sure! And I have no idea what changed
You’ll probably be fine
I’m not sure but I think we are the only ape that doesn’t eat mould or mouldy food . It’s why we don’t have a blue food group. The only reason is that we are so good at finding food we don’t need to eat mouldy stuff. We can digest it, we just don’t have any appetite for it.
Off foods, such as dairy or meats are different and you shouldn’t eat those.
Does cheese count as mouldy food?
@Thornburywitch @Seagoon_ Some of the most delicious foods are basically mouldy (or at least use yeast or a culture of some kind).
Cheese, wine, bread, cake, yoghurt, kimchi…
And you probably don’t want to know how salami is made.
I don’t understand why people still approach you when wearing headphones…
Why?
To warn you you are about to walk in the path of a tram. ( I have even had to grab people )
I get that, but mine is never drastic.
Is always to ask me a question. All these people around without headphones… and I still get asked!
Temperamental car is in for a service (a waaaay overdue service, so I don’t really blame her for being temperamental!) and I’m at my desk just wishing I could have worked from home today. Was awake at stupid hours having imaginary arguments with work people.
Issa gorgeous morning though!
Temperamental car is in for a service (a waaaay overdue service, so I don’t really blame her for being temperamental!) and I’m at my desk just wishing I could have worked from home today. Was awake at stupid hours having imaginary arguments with work people.
Oh man, you’ve unlocked a memory of sitting at a mechanic as a twenty something waiting for the report to come in as to whats gone wrong with my piece of shit this time! I do NOT miss those days.
I have a terrible feeling I know what’s wrong with her and if so, it’s time for her to go. I might just be preparing myself for the worst, IDK. An excellently fun car, but just… too much.
I gave up on mine after multiple rounds of the Takata airbag shitshow. Not worth the headaches in lockdown
Got home late today and just cannot be buggered moving all my plants around in the cold and dark. I know my landlord lives ages away so I’ll just do it tomorrow. I’ll definitely be leaving work at 4pm tomoz. Gotta head in early, so I’m leaving on time…
This week’s off to a much better start, less overwhelming, more under control. Much more even-keeled having regular hot non caffienated drinks through the day. Meantime I’m so immensely grateful I made all that food last week. Ripper lunch today and tomorrow, and more goodness for dinner. Gonna do a bittergourd and tvp stir fry tomorrow night I reckon.
Think I’ll have a go at trying to sleep without the phone tonight. I have a library book on ADHD I’ve been wanting to go through…
So I was at supermarket the other day, low key jamming out to Coles Radio as you do in your 30s apparently. Then they play a new taylor swift song. And something inside me just… snaps. Previously I was like “Ok, talented artist but getting a bit over the hype”. Now I think i actually hate her. Like I cant even do some shopping without having to hear her shit? The song sucked. It was all mopey and shit and felt like 0 effort, but its somehow still getting air time? I hate even posting this cause I feel like its just giving more air time, but I need to vent my frustrations. cant we all (myself included) just move on!?
I shop at Leo’s occasionally. They have the best 80s mix tape every time. A real bop. Bowie, Tears for Fears, New Order etc…
We should rank supermarket mix tapes haha.>
Just wait until xmas. At the kew store mariah and bublay coming atchya…
legit would take that over the atrocity I heard Saturday. At least Mariah has heart to her, it may be terrible but its not soulless.
Aldi would win because they don’t play anything. It’s probably a cost saving measure on their end but I’d rather listed to nothing than supermarket music and it’s probably better for people on the spectrum as well
Have felt like that about Kylie Minogue for over 30 years now. And high rotation is a major reason why I will NEVER buy a particular artist.
interesting! I suppose it really applies to whatever generations “It” girl is hey?
Reckon so. Kylie came along a bit after those uncritical teenage years, when whatever you hear most often on the radio becomes the tribal anthem for that generation. For me it was Chuck Berry and then the Beatles.
I have zero interest in taylor swift, it’s music for young teen girls or angry older teen girls . I find it boring but then I’m not the target market
TIL I’m an angry/young teen girl
I barely register what’s on the radio. I’m in and out in less than 15 minutes, concentrating on not forgetting anything I may need because I don’t want to come back for awhile.
Arise, arise, riders of Rohan!
Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter!
Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered!
A sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now, ride to Gondor!RIP Bernard Hill, Théoden King
All hail King Theoden.
May he rest in peace.
He was so good. 😢
And I have destroyed my body clock, again. Ackcheew!
same, I’ve had two nights past 2 am this week
I’m off to bed now.
Good night 😘
Wtaf has happened to the world. Normally I’m the one with the screwed up sleep schedule
You good?
I’ll add my voice to the 2am crowd. I feel like a zombie at work though.
Countdown to the next public holiday…. And to winter solstice.
Off the top of my head I think it might be the 10th of June for the next public holiday.
The Booktopia website is an absolute nightmare to use when you run a couple of privacy extensions. I am trying to browse the website to give you my money
