Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    15·
    1 year ago

    After yesterday’s shitshow “review” with management, I had the BEST time today in the office with the other staff - successfully avoided management like they were radioactive - it was like a reunion/party with everyone else. And the best thing is, I caught up with two PT female colleagues and had almost a mini feminist gathering that was like three way therapy - I feel like we ALL had a breakthrough about how to stake our claims, battle our traumas and find our strength and courage against a vindictive/unsupportive/subtly misogynistic boss.

    I feel super positive now about where to go from here and that life is gonna get a whole lot better, overall, in the things that really matter. And that there are awesome people who value and care. 😺

    I also note how significantly happier and healthier I feel off antidepressants tbh…

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    14·
    1 year ago

    The police are doing forensic testing on a dehydrator found at the tip. Wtf so she was making mushroom chips? This story is getting more and more bizarre.

    • SituationCake@aussie.zone
      12·
      1 year ago

      I initially thought it was a tragic dumb mistake, but with the extra info it’s so fishy. Police saying source of mushrooms is still unknown. Which would imply that she’s not saying. How do you have mushrooms in your kitchen and not know where they came from? Then you find random mushrooms in your kitchen and put them in a dehydrator? Somethings not right.

        • SituationCake@aussie.zone
          9·
          1 year ago

          Ironically, if she has done something murderous, and had said she had picked them and unknowingly made a mistake, she might have made a plausible argument. There would be no proof it wasn’t a mistake. If she’s trying to avoid scrutiny she’s not being very smart about it.

          • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
            8·
            1 year ago

            Yeah manslaughter is plausible. I bet my bottom dollar they’re now looking into the ex husband’s medical records though.

            • 00Steve@aussie.zone
              4·
              1 year ago

              They have, apparrently he had some mystery illness that put him in hospital in an induced coma for 16 days…

              “I collapsed at home, then was in an induced coma for 16 days through which I had three emergency operations mainly on my small intestine, plus an additional planned operation,” he wrote in May 2022.

    • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
      11·
      1 year ago

      It’s really bizarre that they don’t know if she ate any of the meal or if there were mushrooms in it. That makes no sense unless she is not answering questions. The only explanation I can come up with that doesn’t involve her having done something is that one of their kids is a murderous psychopath she is covering for, but that seems pretty unlikely.

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        9·
        1 year ago

        Oh they know a lot more that the media don’t. The ex husband was hospitalised for some undisclosed mystery illness. This story is gonna be big.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      9·
      1 year ago

      I was gonna cook a mushroom medly when I go camping on the weekend. Guess thats off the table 🙃

        • SpinMeAround@aussie.zone
          8·
          1 year ago

          So either the fam bam has some pretty epic mushroom resistance, orrrrrr…?! Maybe they just don’t like mushrooms, but knew the guests did and wanted to cook something fun for them? Or it’s a total plot. Wild. I wonder what’ll come.

          • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
            9·
            1 year ago

            Her and the kids didn’t eat them. Only the four guests but there is so much more to this story. Can’t wait for the book.

            • Hongohones@aussie.zone
              6·
              1 year ago

              Ok, so death cap mushrooms do resemble the edible ones I described, but you’d still need to be a fucking idiot to not know the difference and cook and feed them to people. She could very well be a fucking idiot.

              • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
                4·
                1 year ago

                Maybe she tested it out on the ex husband first?

                My husband and I watch a lot of true crime and we will often discuss how we would kill/get rid of the body/ cover up and so on then I’ll say to him “Now now darling drink your nice strong coffee there. I made it extra tasty for you”. We are of course joking but this is a real life Agatha Christie novel.

                • Hongohones@aussie.zone
                  5·
                  1 year ago

                  Poison is a common murder weapon. “I didn’t do anything!” what does that even mean? She did cook the fucking mushrooms and serve them. Those people died.

    • Hongohones@aussie.zone
      61·
      1 year ago

      I like how they describe south gippsland as close knit. It’s super white, parochial and backward. Yarram while I was there had an art mural phase where a guy, heesco of Mongolian heritage painted a whole load of colonial white men doing farm / colonialist things. One woman and one first nations among about twenty murals. It was fantastic in its execution and economically developed the town, but it reinforced how stuck in the 1960s the whole are is.

      Also - I had big wild mushrooms growing in my front yard down there at around this time of year. People would collect them, apparently they’re a delicacy. I cooked one and it smelled like greasy dirt. Too easy to mistake them honestly for poisonous ones unless you really know what you’re doing.

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        8·
        1 year ago

        I knew a couple down there and the story is that he thought he was wonderful and the rest of the town thought he was a cunt. So that tells me they are very good at hiding things.

      • 00Steve@aussie.zone
        2·
        1 year ago

        Were they orange? Did you have pine trees? Alot of edible wild mushrooms look nothing like what you get in the supermarket. The ones that look like you could get them in the supermarket are normally the deadly ones

        • Hongohones@aussie.zone
          2·
          1 year ago

          No they were white, brown underneath and looked a bit like the big mushrooms you can get at most supermarkets. They also looked a bit like death caps. No way I was eating the fuckin things. I grew enough potatoes and brassicas to feed myself anyway.

    • Hongohones@aussie.zone
      2·
      1 year ago

      Have you caught the update? Police went back to the tip. I mean, there a lot of other places to hide evidence around Leongatha. Like a huge fucking coastline of remote beaches, bushland. I think we are dealing with a fucking idiot as I previously deduced.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    12·
    1 year ago

    PSA guys. My samples of Double Choc Mousse Cake actually worked which was a surprise because taste.com.au recipes are usually a bit shit.

    What I did was placed a chocolate ripple biscuit in each patty pan (6 all up). Made half the mixture but added a tbsp of icing sugar to the cream whist whipping it. The only thing I would add is a dollop of whipped cream on top of the cake

    It was delicious. Highly recommend. 5/5 yum yums.

    • brave@aussie.zone
      2·
      1 year ago

      So did you do the choc ripple bikkies instead of blitzing the generic. choc biscuits and mixing with melted butter?

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yes exactly. Just one whole choc ripple biscuit in the patty pan. Put the mousse on top. Put it in the fridge and the fridge softens the biscuit a bit so it’s not hard. When I make the normal size cake I’ll do the proper biscuit base.

        • brave@aussie.zone
          2·
          1 year ago

          This sounds excellent! I don’t have a food processor plus this saves cleaning one thing.

  • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    I have no motivation to even look for my motivation.

    Afternoon full of online meetings is not looking pleasant.

    Pray. For. Mojo.

  • calhoon2005@aussie.zone
    12·
    1 year ago

    Kidcalhoon1 has a big week this week. Orthodontic expander being fitted this morning, then new Scoliosis Brace fitting tomorrow morning. Poor kid.

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
      11·
      1 year ago

      Far better than surgery latter in life. Or having to deal with the brace in your late teens like my brother did. Still sucky, of course, but could be far far worse.

  • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
    12·
    1 year ago

    The wind blew the back door open and Miss Meow escaped into the courtyard. She is not a fan of the wind and voluntarily came inside fairly quickly. She’s now having a nap to recover from the ordeal.

    I’m glad I got into the garden yesterday, the wind is making it not so nice outside, even if the sun is welcome. I made some of the jeruselum artichokes into soup, some for lunch tomorrow and six serves in the freezer. I’ve still got a couple of kg in the fridge, they definitely give a high return on investment.

  • heyheyitskay@aussie.zone
    12·
    1 year ago

    Feeling vulnerable and a mix of boo feelings this morning. A dollop of anxiety, a splash of resentment, a smidge of anger. Why are people so shit???

    • Hongohones@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 year ago

      They don’t think they are. Most people have a severe lack of self awareness. I am also resentful. My mate asked me to send her a gratitude list, I’m grateful she cares. I’m glad I’m finished work for the day and can have a bath, face mask, enjoy cats, watch star trek and make a stew. Time to re-arrange the flat as well. I think I just sent you my gratitude list.

      • heyheyitskay@aussie.zone
        3·
        1 year ago

        Thanks. Sometimes in the heat of the moment I could really punch someone in my imagination like this morning but maybe I just gotta walk away and do something else so my mind isn’t fixated on it. I’m glad to hear you seem to be enjoying the day.

        • Hongohones@aussie.zone
          2·
          1 year ago

          I’m actually more resentful tonight. Due to fixations. I’m glad to have received a free tv unplanned and that my cats join me on my bed to watch star trek. Stew was made but I’m fed up. No thoughts of violence at least. Hope you found some peace of mind too! Tomorrow is another day.

  • bananafungus@aussie.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    Why do I have to go to work, it’s so nice outside. I just want to lay in the sun somewhere nice and read the day away.

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    11·
    1 year ago

    I don’t know guys. It looks a bit like whipped poo but it tastes good. I added a little bit of icing sugar to compensate for the missing liqueur. Let’s see if it sets. I’ll let you know later.

    Image of six mini mousse cakes.

  • landsharkkidd@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    Man… I wish fantasy games would just… not do spiders. For something that is a very common phobia, fantasy writers just LOVE putting it in their worlds don’t they?

    At least having an arachnophobia mode would be great. There are some games that have put that mode in. I just, ugh. Can’t wait for the mod for Badlur’s Gate 3 to be updated to work with the latest patch!

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
    10·
    1 year ago

    Ok so my cake questions might have something to do with this conversation with my husband.

    ME: What would you like for your birthday cake?
    HIM: A chocolate mousse cake please
    ME: Um. Try again. Maybe something that I’ve made before
    HIM: Nah. I have faith in you
    ME: through gritted teeth Challenge excepted.

    A little bit later
    ME: Here’s one. It has a little bit of liqueur in there. How about kalua?
    HIM: Nah just chocolate. Nothing else
    ME: through gritted teeth Challenge excepted

    So I have collected my ingredients and will be commencing Operation Chocolate Mousse Cake Sample this afternoon. I shall post the results later.

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
    10·
    1 year ago

    This afternoon in the city I saw two women laughing and mocking a young trans.

    Trans gal hurried/ran away with tears in their eyes. 😢 Wish I could have told them not to listen, that there are more caring people out there than haters and given a hug . But they were gone so quick and I don’t blame them.

    • Hongohones@aussie.zone
      7·
      1 year ago

      Happens a lot honestly. I gave some basic bros the finger the other day for it and just started them down. This was just in a supermarket. I usually frankly ask if they’re gonna fucking say something, but it wears you down. They always act surprised and back down, but the damage is done. I’m resilient and am used to being laughed at for my appearance, but it’s fucking awful for a lot of young people who haven’t and shouldn’t have to develop a thick skin. I’ve suffered a bunch of transphobia this week, from supposed allies. I choose not to engage with those people anymore. Allies are often mocked within the trans and gender non conforming community for how often their good will is misplaced. It’s better that people try of course.

      There’s no way you can tell us not to listen either, that doesn’t work. We all know transphobes are sick incels and terfs with bitterly shit lives and that more people love us than hate us, but experiencing it first hand sucks.

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        7·
        1 year ago

        I read somewhere that negative events and words have 20 times the impact on our brain/emotions than positive events.

        So when shit happens to me I tell myself the people that did it are not that important. It’s hard and horrible tho.

        Big big hugs.

        We all know transphobes are sick incels and terfs

        I have no idea if they were terfs. I suspect that the intolerance was in part ethnicity based.

        • Duenan@aussie.zone
          1·
          1 year ago

          There’s some truth in that. I’ve never forgotten certain things that has happened when I was bullied as a kid and it still stings and weighs me down.

          Positive events related to that subject haven’t stuck with me at all.