Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.

  • @[email protected]
    22•2 years ago

    Met my future dog yesterday.

    Long story, but the owner has breast cancer and needed to find a forever home for a staffy (my dream dog).

    Spent about 2 hours with him yesterday making sure he’d be happy with me as his human. He’s very shy but we both fell in love.

    Meet Adam the new love of my life 😍

  • @[email protected]
    21•2 years ago

    Eeeeee!!! I accidentally found the cat’s cuddle spot!!! 😻😻😻 it’s much closer to the TV than I would normally sit but I decided to sit there while petting her and she CRAWLED ONTO MY LAP. I nearly died. I didn’t have my phone but when she got up for a bit I grabbed it and sat back down and here she is purring up an absolute storm. She hasn’t cuddled at all the whole 2.5 weeks I’ve been here - I’ll sit here all day long to feel her purring contentedly against me1. Oh please kitty cat don’t let this be a one time thing. We can chill any time. Any time at all. <3

    prrrrrrrrrr

    sleeping striped tabby curled up with her head resting on a navy blanket draped over a pair of human legs

      • @[email protected]
        4•2 years ago

        Teddy is adrift without the baby boy that usually lives in this house… (who probably just drools all over him at this stage tbh)

      • @[email protected]
        3•2 years ago

        I could die happy right now, but then I might not get to experience this again tomorrow so no dying for me today.

    • PeelerSheila
      3•2 years ago

      Aww so satisfying when they do this! The elation of being chosen! And a beautiful kitty 😍

      • @[email protected]
        5•2 years ago

        Cats are so good at making feel like a piece of useless garbage but they also make you feel so special and divine when they choose to lavish their love upon you. No, I am not a battered cat slave, don’t send help…

      • @[email protected]
        2•2 years ago

        She’s not at that stage yet. She prefers to stay mostly adjacent. I went to go feed her (I’m guessing this cuddliness was all a ruse…!) and now she’s back to ignoring me from the other side of the house. But if I can be cat trapped by her before I head back home that would be an accomplishment indeed.

      • @[email protected]
        4•2 years ago

        Hey just so you know, the image description for vision impaired users was actually already in the alt text of the photo in that comment (which you put in the square brackets when you use markup). That’s how image descriptions are meant to work. If you hover over the photo on desktop or long press to open the image in another tab on a mobile browser you’ll see the description.

        Just fyi about accessible tech if you’re going to keep wanting to label peoples photos.

        • @[email protected]
          2•2 years ago

          Ok well I use the safari version of Aussie.zone on my phone only, to me it just looks like it’s just the photo of your cat with nothing else. I tried long pressing and it didn’t do anything. Whatever the case, I must be the only person who didn’t realise this and apologise for adding the ID and I promise never to add an ID to any future image from anyone :) thanks for letting me know

          • @[email protected]
            2•2 years ago

            Ok so I looked into this and amazingly enough the only way it seems that you can access the alt text on Safari iPhone is to actually turn on VoiceOver in Settings>Accessibility - which most vision impaired users (those would need alt text at least) would use anyway in order to navigate the OS, but sucks if you’re testing. When VoiceOver is activated, and my comment is read out (you can try it by selecting it with the image in Safari), VoiceOver does indeed read the alt text.

            You won’t have the same issue with Chrome on iPhone, you can long press and see the alt text.

            • @[email protected]
              1•2 years ago

              All good. Thanks for looking into and figuring how it all works. And patiently explaining it all

  • @[email protected]
    16•2 years ago

    I trusted you, Goddess. I could have hung up my laundry indoors last night, but I remembered your comment saying today was going to be 18 degrees. So I waited and hung out my stuff on the line this mroning and it dried perfectly throughout the day. So - thanks! I’m glad I held off instead of having clothes cram up my house. Cheers!

    • Rusty Raven M
      5•2 years ago

      I was a bit confused about how you knew, my page just shows a cumulative total. Then I looked at it in the Jerboa app and it shows there, so I guess it just depends on the interface.

      I have downvoted random things due to poor scrolling techniques, and it wouldn’t surprise me if Miss Meow has managed to cast a few votes with a stray tail swipe or face rub too.

      • @[email protected]
        3•2 years ago

        I can see the percentage through wefwef.

        Says 29 upvotes and lists a 97% with a smiley face.

        I assume that’s the percentage of people who upvoted.

      • @[email protected]
        3•2 years ago

        Oh that interesting. I’m not using an app right now just on web browser. I thought that was something everyone could see.

        • Rusty Raven M
          1•2 years ago

          I’ve just moved to my phone and it shows here, it’s just the tablet showing the combined total for some reason. Odd.

    • StudSpud The StarchyEnglish
      5•2 years ago

      There’s one or more serial downvoters here, lurking. They hide away, and express their displeasure at our community the only way they know how.

      Or it was a fat-finger that went off-course lol

    • @[email protected]
      5•2 years ago

      Could be a mistake or could be someone gets their kicks from it. But eh, DT could be downvoted to minus a million but still I’d visit here to enjoy the company.

    • CEOofmyhouse56
      4•2 years ago

      Probably the same person who didn’t appreciate my morning coffee and poo announcement yesterday. Maybe they do neither. Lol

    • @[email protected]
      1•2 years ago

      Same people who downvoted the Reddit one?

      You never noted it fluctuates between. -5 and +5 all day long?

  • Rusty Raven M
    11•2 years ago

    I’ve been invited to fill in a survey on my experiences as a student. The email says I am from a “unique group of students”. I think this might be a polite way of saying “you’re really old for a student”.

    • @[email protected]English
      10•2 years ago

      I am amused by the phrase ‘unique group’. If unique, then by definition not a group. If they meant ‘small group’ why didn’t they say so. Fancy word syndrome strikes again.
      I have a Melb Uni tshirt with ‘minimise sesquipedalian circumlocutions’ written across the front. I cherish it.

      • PeelerSheila
        3•2 years ago

        ‘minimise sesquipedalian circumlocutions’

        I want one. A quick google search revealed that I can buy many tshirts with just the word sesquipedalian on it in a variety of fonts but not that tshirt :( can you still get them or no?

      • Rusty Raven M
        4•2 years ago

        I do not have a daughter. Have I discovered the secret to eternal youth?! One weird trick doctors don’t want you to know…

  • @[email protected]
    11•2 years ago

    Ending the week on a positive note. I wasn’t expecting it but I feel like I’ve finally made progress this week. Still lots on the list to do and learn but it’s nice to feel that I’m getting somewhere. 💪

  • @[email protected]
    10•2 years ago

    lazy sunday = cooking spag bol with all the veggies I found in the fridge and needed to clear out. Delicious.

  • Bacon
    10•2 years ago

    i am going to splurge and get a tuna mornay for lunch today

  • Rusty Raven M
    10•2 years ago

    Ok, lunch is packed. Camera battery charged. I’m ready to head off for the day. Be good while I’m away, and keep your finger’s crossed that the rain holds off long enough this afternoon that I don’t come home a soggy Raven.