boogetyboo

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[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 8 points 4 days ago

I've never heard of flashing to pass?! In Australia that's straight up road rage antics. You might want to check whether your local customs apply to the places you travel. That kind of misunderstanding could get you hurt.

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago (8 children)

I fucking loved pt cruisers

I think I still do

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 38 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Honestly, I back the hustle. Even catch me outside chick. If that gets you ahead, fair does. Men have been espousing far more damaging rhetoric and making a buck. Go for it. Disclaimer: I've not listened to her podcast so she could be a Nazi for all I know. But young people, cost of living - if it works and it's not hurting you or the community, then go for it.

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago

FGF came out when I was a teenager. Me and my mates would've watched that over a hundred times. I can quote pretty much the whole movie. It has its place.

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 8 points 1 week ago

Yeah it seems the topic is irrelevant. They'll eventually just start yammering about communism, Linux and ublock. It's hard to have a conversation on here that doesn't get sidelined by those things. I can't imagine these people carrying on a normal conversation in the real world, and I don't think they understand that the world exists outside of those narrow interests.

Like OP will say they hate MS Teams. Person will say stop using Microsoft. OP will say, I'd love to but my government employer is an MS shop. Person will say then quit your job. K...

It's either very sheltered people who've not worked or interacted in 'the mainstream' or, really young naive people who think that your FOSS convictions will stand up against the need to earn a living.

I prefer it to Reddit still, but it gets a bit tedious.

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

I think this is my favourite suggestion. I can draw but like most people have placed my hobbies in the 'oh I need time to sit down and do that' which is rubbish really (I doodled through decades of office work and meetings) so that's certainly something I can do!

I'm also guilty of hoarding little notebooks, moleskins etc that are easy to keep on hand.

Cheers!

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The way I try to approach these threads is to try and pretend there's a bunch of people sitting around having a conversation.

If you're familiar with the dynamic, and you emulate it here, you might enjoy yourself more. Or you could do this I suppose?

Each to their own.

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 4 points 2 weeks ago

Oh that's cool, I'll check it out - thanks!

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Anything else doing?

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 18 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Oh gosh I've tried Duolingo so many times over the years and never gotten far. I'm impressed with people who keep it up.

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Can you tell me more about the games you like? I have lots but I'm pretty bored with most of them.

[–] boogetyboo@aussie.zone 11 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

That's cool. How was your day otherwise?

 

Very unique and unpopular opinion, I know, but I hate watching ads during a show. Fuck the advertisers; I refuse to pay attention.

Rather than doom scroll, I'd love to hear what you think I should do when ads are on.

To make things challenging:

*often I'm pinned to the couch by my senior dog who I'm loathe to move unnecessarily, so getting up and doing squats is often out

*loud activities are probably out, see above

*be specific, 'I play games on my phone' - but what can you play casually, for 30s at a time (for example) and then happily go back to watching your show?

*use adblockers bla bla, not always possible and not in the spirit of my request.

That being said, all suggestions are great - I'm sure we'll all get something from it. Stick it to the man!

 

I think that's what it says but that's the error I'd say I get about 40% of the time when trying to view image posts. Is this a sync thing or something else?

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by boogetyboo@aussie.zone to c/knitting@lemmy.world
 

Maybe I'm the only one who didn't know this, but it only just occurred to me to try - and it worked!

I gave it needle size, ply and the garment size I wanted - as well as asking for Australian sizing and instructions (so you'll need to change that for whatever you're used to) and from what I could see it was pretty good. Haven't actually tried it but I may for a small project and see how it goes.

Edit to say that I'm very aware of chatgpts limits (I work in a field where it's being abused) but thought it was an interesting idea. Simplicity would be key. I'd consider myself a beginner this might be a good way of creating small simple projects. Or nonsense! I have bags of cheap wool that I got through my local buy nothing group so I'm always up for a bit of experimentation.

 

I want to get back into creative writing, and for work I prefer to take handwritten notes (I have my own weird shorthand and it helps with retention). I'd also like the ability to write at night and not disturb my partner.

I don't want to go near iOS and the tablet would be primarily used for writing purposes.

Any recommendations or 'what to avoid's?

Sorry if wrong community, I couldn't find another relevant

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