Discussion Thread: Thursday, 13 March 2025
Discussion Thread: Thursday, 13 March 2025
Discussion Thread: Thursday, 13 March 2025
Cushion 1 is complete. I'm very pleased with the pattern matching.
Five more cushions to go.
Nice job!
Good job!
wow, that looks great and such beautiful work 🙂
Gorgeous!!
Magic
The calico waits for me every day. I was late last night and she was still there waiting.
Soooooo easy to pick up and place in my pocket lol
aw, I love her.
Trigger warning: ASD, ADHD
So a couple of weeks ago I had a phone chat with my oldest sister, someone I've always admired and think is pretty awesome. When I was a kid she was my idol, so artistic and clever, rebellious and political. She told me about her recent autism and ADHD diagnosis (I was pretty surprised). She knows our father's side of the family better than I do, and pointed out a pretty strong case for ASDs running on dad's side of the family. We ended up talking for over 4 hours. Some of the things she said seemed oddly familiar, in a way that played on my mind up until last night, when I did an online Autism Spectrum Quotient self assessment and landed right in the mid zone for Asperger's. Some of the questions were almost creepy in a "how did they know?" kind of way. I told the kids and Elder asked if they (the kids) had ever been assessed. I had to admit no, they hadn't, because nobody has ever suggested it. If your kids are well behaved and do the right things when required without meltdowns and ostentatious or eccentric behaviour then they generally won't suggest it. Now I'm thinking about it for Elder, because from what I've been reading he and I have a lot of parallels with it. My sister welcomed her diagnosis and said it felt like, for most of her life, she'd been operating a complex piece of equipment without a manual and then was finally given one. If he doesn't have an ASD, fine; but if he does then this knowledge may help him in his further development and understanding of himself, and assist his school with modes of delivery for his education. I figure if it's a good idea (given the revelations about my family) then better sooner rather than later to be of most use to him. Otherwise I'm feeling a bit weird about the whole thing, like you're feeling like there's going to be a knock at the door and then there is.
It is super common for women and girls to not receive a diagnosis and be left to struggle. And it is genetic.
Might be good to know if it’s the case so he doesn’t blame himself for being different
There are a ton of resources at https://www.reddit.com/r/aspergirls/wiki That you might find varying degrees of useful. I had my "holy shit!" Moment after 40 and so much stuff just made more sense
I finally made the jump from reddit to Lemmy. While it was slightly confusing for my technologically dyslexic ass I'm happy to be here.
Welcome to the party. This post runs daily and although without any real rules we try not to be a dick to each other.
Yeah I'm cool with that premise
G'day 👋🏼
Hi frenchys 👋 please be sure to stop by chef Bacon's food truck whenever it rolls around, typically once a day whenever chef feels like it. Food quality is good but the variety is where it's at - free too
Welcome. You'll find it refreshing here
Welcome to the house of fun
Welcome! There is definitely a bit to learn about how everything works, but I think it's worth the effort.
Yes I've learned a lot just in the last few hours but I still have a ways to go. Cheers for the welcome
Welcome to our happy home. ☺️
Welcome to the animal farm.
Hey, welcome to the madhouse.
Welcome!
Welcome!!
and a good day to you !
Just had my fourth root canal and a really aggressive antibiotic filling to hopefully make up for my compromised immune system.
Fingers crossed that it works because the next stop is evicting the tooth.
They underpaid me $1k. We have this thing where you can access upto $1k of your pay early.
I didn't use it. And I don't have an account with the details indicated.
Fucks sake.
Sorry for my negativity today
but it's still your pay, you worked for it?
Absolutely. They've basically deducted it, despite the fact that I never withdrew it in advance.
Health insurance hike? Go fuck yeself
Ooh, I just got one of those too. Grumpy
And that's WITH the rebate. Without the rebate, it'd be a $150 hike. For a fucking childless couple with no claims apart from dental and some glasses. Fucking madness.
Using uTube on the TV as a stereo is proving to be infested with Clive Palmer bullshit currently. Need to get off my arse and replace the dead unit. Argh, more decisions.
It's absolute brain rot. I can only handle it by running smart tube next as a YouTube replacement
I just linked it, then saw your comment lol
I can help with this.
If you have a smart TV of some description,
Interesting, thanks. Will see if that is possible.
My little dog has hurt himself. I let him out for a piss this morning and he came in limping. It doesn't help that he leaps off the porch like a superhero. He seems to be getting better but I'm still keeping an eye on him.
Could be his knee or maybe arthritis? My sympathies, Melbcat is arthritic and I won’t let her jump anymore
Nah. I think it was his shoulder. He's all better now.
There is a reason I argued for deleting the Venetian blinds
That picture of an unhappy cat feels like that might be what your cat looks like right now.
That's my GrumpyCat door bell I can't put up because stupid body corp rules. 😿
Bloody oath, it feels like a Friday night, stupid Thursday night footy.
Had a 30 minute power nap and missed a meeting. No one asked and no one cared.
seems like the perfect scenario
It truly is.
TIL you get a small bag of corn chips like Doritos or whatever, smoosh it up a bit, open it and put your taco meat in and the rest. It’s called a “walking taco”
I’m sure it’s tasty but I don’t like the idea of eating hot meat out of a chip bag.
I've seen an IG reel about a food truck that "specialises" in it - you show up with whatever chips you want, pick out the taco meat and topping that you want and they put it straight into the bag. Can't say I have any interest, but also won't yuck someone else's yum!
hrmm I'm not sure how I feel about that either.
Went to the night market last night and where I went to get refuge from the swarms of people and eat, a guy was wearing a hat that said "Make Australia Great Again" which I think was for the UAP. Yikes.
Yikes indeed.
Sending you a pm as well about something when you have time to check it.
Farrrk. I wish American brain rot would stop being imported over here. There’s enough of it already
Can't recall the original attribution of this, but it deserves another round
cats are less toxic
I've completed all my measurements and planning for my couch cushions, now it's time to start cutting fabric. 🤞 wish me luck!
check requirements, measure twice, cut once
Don't cut after 9, don't sew after 10, and it's not finished until you bleed on it.
(Ignore for shift work as applicable)
I generally err on the side of measuring about 14 times, and still manage to mess things up!
The good news is I have lots of fabric, so it won't be a total disaster if I cut something wrong.
We just got visited by a traveling pastry man at work! How fun!
Oooooo. What kind of goodies did he have?
Woke up to the dishwasher stuck on 37mins to finish. I didn't put it on and it was on a mode I never put it on, and it was empty.. and there's no one else in the house..
Spooky.
One night I was just dozing off and I heard the washing machine fill up. I shit me self. Turns out it was a broken timer on the machine. My guess is it's a similar deal for you.
Nope. I'm going with ghosts because being unreasonable is easier
I often find that my ebike has switched itself on overnight. Something I have to check each morning just in case.
I occasionally wake up to the tv mysteriously turning on by itself at night.
That's spooky.
I had a dream I was working as a mechanic in a factory and I lived upstairs. I could make music 24/7 without any issues.
It was a nice life.
I miss the camaraderie of the labouring work I used to do. These office people can be such complete and utter twats.
Fuck Hospo though. Never again.
I had a dream that I was watching Spirit leaving the bay, but like a pinball, bouncing off these giant ships and rolling around. Very strange.
I enjoyed physical work in my 20's. If I did it now, I'd spend the whole weekend recovering my broken body.
It was fun though.
I had a dream where 2 friends were gonna do the deed but I crashed the party and we all sat there awkwardly playing uno whilst she stared daggers at me. What was weird about it (as if that WASNT weird in the first place) was they are 2 friends I dont walk to any more. Hope they are both doing well.
Do the fuck heads who like to pretend they're police at the self serve checkouts realise they're complete knobs I wonder.
Power trips. I've had a Woolies' worker demand to check my bags and receipt (all goods bought at Aldi). I just said no and walked out.
Absolutely zero consequences.
If they want to search you, tell them to ring the police or get out your way.
Technically they can citizens arrest you, but it's such a massive legal can of worms that they're told not to. Even during security guard training they basically told us it's not worth whatever hassle comes of it. Plus if you feel you're innocent, you can defend yourself against the crime of kidnapping using reasonable and proportionate force.
So you know how in films to portray a character holding back their emotions, the character will clench their fist so hard it bleeds?
I never understood that. I have always bit my nails, often leaving a good amount of skin between the nail end and the top of my fingers.
Well, I've grown my nails out and yeah, I get it now. I just yawned and stretched and clenched my fists, and it hurt!
working from home because my nose is doing that thing where it becomes more blocked as I talk
Poor sleep blegh.
Good news is I've completed the majority of my assessments, more than I thought I had ha. There's just some last bits to do regarding proper enclosures per certain laws/acts which is easy enough.
Vet day for Miss Meow. She has been drugged and so will hopefully be less traumatised by the experience than last time.
Gibson's is tomorrow. Good luck!
We managed to get through the appointment with her being unhappy but not completely terrified. I saw that the vet has a big red flag on her file with "warning: nervous patient".
She received a clean bill of health, except for her weight. She at least hasn't gained anything since the last visit, but she also hasn't lost anything.
Oh man we're getting a live action Lilo and Stitch AND Moana? Jesus Disney, leave some stuff animated.
Disney knows that any live action remake is a chance to print more money.
The one time I make plans, work asks me to extend my lousy three hour shift. I am so annoyed.
anyone know of refillable workshop rolls? not the tubs, the rolls to stuff in the tubs. I keep finding antibacterial which isn't what I want, and holy shit when did google start ignoring the site:.au marker
Fark. Never expected that tonight. Thought it was going to be a one sided demolition.
3 quarter time and scores are level! Game’s on!
Behold, I have arisen
Everyone sleeping good in the cooler weather.
building has not cooled down yet
Dear God, could I win tatts please
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A berry danish please.
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Something to take the taste of helthy salad out of my mouth. Pavlova maybe? If available.
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Char siu bun please
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Nice and spicy curry please gold bars please
You have to go get the gold bars yourself. Here’s for the journey: ✨🌶️🌶️🌶️🍛
boo, Minh phat didn't have lodeh paste, guess I'll have to schlep it to Laguna on Glenferrie to see if they have some... Indulged in a 5 pack of indomie and a couple of heat and eat vegan protein things (chicken rendang and asam fish). will have one of the latter with rice and stir fried kangkung and call it a night. My Indonesian adventures of sayur lodeh and tempeh will have to wait till the weekend.
E: oooh I could also try this Chinese braise recipe using winter melon. I have such a huge one, some was going to go into the lodeh, now I have an idea for the rest.
E2: ok dammit what I've got is bottle gourd, not winter melon. Some really good sabzi recipes out there though, might do one with dessicated coconut and urad+chana dal