• SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
    9·
    1 month ago

    Thanks to the cafe in Port Melbourne that not only didn’t judge me when I ordered chips with a side of chips by accident, but kindly replaced one of the chips with a salad when I looked very confused. It was totally my fault, they could have just stuck me with a mountain of potato.

    Thanks to work for sending me on a mission which meant I got to have a lovely beach side lunch.

    • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
      5·
      1 month ago

      First I’ve heard of it.

      As a dude only grew up with an older brother so can’t really speak much about this that’ll help. It’s not the same concept(s) and not nearly as severe but as the youngest I got the shorter stick lol.

      There’s also the concept (or expectation) that the ‘single’ daughter is expected to do a lot of the caring for elderly parents which is completely unfair and seemingly very very common. Came up far too often when reading about it with all the care stuff going on here at my place. Some of those stories were pretty fucked up.

      • Thornburywitch@aussie.zoneEnglish
        7·
        1 month ago

        One family of my acquaintance has 4 boys (no girls), and the mum has had to be a root hog or die boy mum. Not entirely of her own choice I reckon - very traditional southern european family on both sides so a huge weight of expectations from EVERYONE of the previous generation to ‘keep our traditions’ no matter how toxic. The boys are turning out to be … a mixed bunch. At least one of them will probably be knifed before he graduates out of university - the others have much better manners but the same mindset. Not victims of the manosphere - these boys are being tutored by the preceding generation in how to be toxic arseholes. And they are proud of it and claim that this behaviour is needed to ‘succeed in life’. I pity anyone that marries any one of them - ahead of time.

    • SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
      4·
      1 month ago

      One of my friend’s is currently trying to co-parent with a “boy mum” and it’s really awful, especially since they also have a younger girl who is clearly suffering because of it.

      But, yes, also glad that Boyo’s mum is not a “boy mum”.

      • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        Ugh I can’t imagine the issues their daughter will have. I hope her dad is able to provide her love and guidance as she ages.

        Also the son is gonna have ✨major issues✨

        • SpinMeRound@aussie.zone
          3·
          1 month ago

          Thankfully my friend and his amazing girlfriend seem to have their heads on very straight when it comes to parenting the two of them, but woof, it sounds like an exhausting cycle.

    • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 month ago

      Comedy Bang Bang had a character that was a Peloton instructor and “Boy Mom”. It was already a dumb concept but that episode made it even harder to take seriously

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 month ago

      That’s a sexist narcissist.

      and MIL#1 is one

      awful woman , just awful

      in decades I have never heard her say the truth once

      or be truly polite

      or have kindness or charity

      or nurture or encourage

      she doesn’t treat her sons well but treats them less bad if they obey her and cave to her manipulation and abuse

      I treat her like I would a stranger, which is neutral good, which is more than she deserves

      • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        Lol! That’s the video I watched haha I like Dr Ana.

        She has a great video on Kafka’s unsent letter to his abusive father, showing adults kids going no-contact isn’t a new thing.

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
          3·
          1 month ago

          yes!! 😊 I’ve been watching her for a few years

          not only is she really good at analysis she explains well and also gives advice 😊

      • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
        4·
        1 month ago

        nothing serious looking but still gotta get looked at, even the non deadly ones can mess you up

        and I’m of the age where my immune system is slowly declining in effectiveness and healing is slower so I really can’t let these things go

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
    5·
    1 month ago

    Smoke alarm was chirping when I got in today.

    Guessing low battery.

    Thing is hardwired to mains.

    Take battery out and remove from mains…

    Keeps chirping…

    SPOOKY

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    5·
    1 month ago

    I’ve seen the details on the Steam Machine and it’s unfortunate how things have turned out.

    Valve doesn’t need more defenders but the market for components is fucked so it’s expected the Steam Machine can’t be a budget friendly entry PC.

    It’s good to have a benchmark though. A very low priority for me has been an AMD everything PC to plug into the TV. It’s good to compare and see what you can get for the same price if you build yourself.

    I’ve already started a build in PC Parts Picker and it’s way more than the Steam Machine. I think I’ll need to temper expectations a bit or wait for the AI bubble to burst

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
        4·
        1 month ago

        It would be great if it was cheaper but you can also get a whole graphics card for more than the top Steam Machine model. One of the appeals of the Deck before the price increase was it was so cheap. It may not have been the most powerful handheld but you couldn’t beat it for the price.

          • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
            2·
            1 month ago

            I have to be careful when upgrading, as I bought a premade pc back in 2020 and it’s a mini-case. The 1050 barely fits in it lol.

            It’s the min spec required for Outbound so I’m okay for the moment looool but at some point when I win the lotto I’d like to get a bigger case and upgrade (although the AI bubble has put that on the back burner as well ugh, it needs to pop asap considering OpenAI lost $21b last year, if we take the financials leak as fact 😂)

            • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
              2·
              1 month ago

              I have a solution for the card being too big for the case

              I was about to move to am5 but I’m not paying 1500 for 32 fucking gb of ram lol

              Open AI financials are accurate I think. Token based billing is going to cause some serious usage changes now that corps have to pay the actual price instead of the subsidised one.

  • Catfish@aussie.zone
    4·
    1 month ago

    Currently missing 3 sets of tweezers, a micro hex driver, and 7 ping pong eyeballs. Must be time to clean behind the fridge.

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
    4·
    1 month ago

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    3·
    1 month ago

    Here’s a networking question for people: I want to upgrade my modem to something a bit more powerful, but it looks like things have moved on since last time I looked.

    I had some business money a few years ago so I bought a Dream Machine Pro. Then I had to get an access point to make it work. So I’ve got an old consumer modem/router going into a dream machine.

    Back in the day there was an ubiquiti rackmount modem that looked like the perfect pairing, but they have these gateways now that would make the dream machine somewhat redundant. There don’t seem to be any decent stand alone modems out now either to get instead.

    Should I just get a gateway and move on the dream machine? Is it worth keeping? Is there some other option I’m missing or should look I to?

      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
        2·
        1 month ago

        I think they come with cloud keys now. Maybe I’ll move on the Dream Machine and get one of their fancier gateways as I can’t see the benefit of both without spending more on PoE switches

        • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
          1·
          1 month ago

          Let me know what you want and I’ll see if work can get it cheaper. Staff can buy whatever we have access to in our supplier database. Usually about 15ish% cheaper.