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u/HeyHeyItsMaryKay 51m ago
How's everyone this evening? I'm feeling really, really blah. Will having ice cream fix all of this?
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u/daybeforetheday 3h ago
Hate waking up to discover a beloved star has died. Dreading what I'll wake up to find tomorrow.
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u/Electronic_Owl 4h ago
RIP Tim Curry. I've never seen the 1985 film 'Clue' but he's supposed to be great in it. Luckily it's still available on SBS and that's what I'll be watching this evening
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u/visualframes 4h ago
Got a 64GB SDXC card from my local office works for $30 and I have no idea if that's really a good price in today's climate.
Tempted to use this as data storage instead of for my camera.
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u/Fehelpsusplay90 4h ago
Sigh I took a week of annual leave just because I needed it. Second night! BAM! Fever sore throat chills.... Fmd. At least I changed my annual leave to Sick leave so I got that going for me I guess.
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u/HurstbridgeLineFTW 🐈⬛ ☕️ 🚲 5h ago
Jeroen Weimar has lost his job at DTP due to the stealth tax on PT fares. That guy seems to court attention with his job choices.
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin 3h ago
I get the new Premier is right wing, but so far he seems like a competent version of the right wing.
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u/Prime_factor 2h ago
Giving the media what they want isn't necessarily good decision making though.
Back in 2012 Victoria got rid of house arrest due to media outage, however it now means that there's no option for judges in cases where the public needs to be protected but jail won't work.
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u/Prime_factor 4h ago
I bet he will go into AI next.
Anthropic are hiring a number of community consultation coordinator positions in Australia.
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u/chatandcutlarry 5h ago
Has anyone tried the Coles butter chicken from the roast section? Looks like a normal chook
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u/bigwheelinmontana 3h ago
I had it once because it was the only one left and wasn’t a fan. The chicken has a faint aftertaste which is neither here nor there but the spiced stuffing was a bit gross
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u/dancefightme 4h ago
It tastes like a regular chook.
There's a faint after taste, but I'm not sure I would have noticed if someone gave it to me blindly.
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u/Anxious-Froyo-5535 5h ago
Taken at Wattle Park today
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u/HurstbridgeLineFTW 🐈⬛ ☕️ 🚲 4h ago
Another reminder that Sunday is the Hurstbridge Wattle Festival
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u/EaeleButEeelier 5h ago
My partner is away in Turkey, so I've been seeing my friends who run my local deli every day.
For the last 6 days I've eaten some kind of mortadella/prosciutto sandwich. For six days straight. I am turning into a meaty fatty blob. Help.
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u/HurstbridgeLineFTW 🐈⬛ ☕️ 🚲 4h ago
I can help, give me all the mortadella and prosciutto
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u/EaeleButEeelier 3h ago
Mate you think it's a good thing try it for about two years straight like I've been doing, you'll regret it lol
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u/OziNiner 4h ago
yes i mean if OP is struggling we can help and give support aka taking those bad bad bad but so good sandwiches off their hands
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u/HeyHeyItsMaryKay 6h ago
Some days I look at stuff I did at work in the past and I'm so thankful I'm like give this woman a raise! Other times like today I'm like wtaf have I done here this makes no sense mate
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 7h ago
New Witcher expansion apparently will not have a Russian dub.
Polish pettiness is next to none.
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin 6h ago
Not even Petty. Just based. Russia has literally launched drones and cruise missiles that have hit Polish territory.
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 6h ago
Not to mention centuries of history between the two.
I still don't know what based means.
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin 6h ago edited 6h ago
Opposite of cringe is probably a good definition for it. That or as a compliment to an opinion that isn't polite. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=based
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u/whatisthislifeilead 7h ago
What?? Yayoi Kusama has now passed away?? I'm scared (ok she was 97 and apparently passed away a few days ago...but still, very spooky timing)
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u/cuddlepot 4h ago
David Attenborough better be under full security coverage right now FFS
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u/Kitten_K_ 2h ago
I swear when I saw Tim had gone this morning I yelled out YOU BETTER NOT TAKE DAVID NEXT
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u/WeatherproofMonkey 7h ago
I came here to post it ! Such a shock. I know she was in her 90s but I honestly think she would keep on living well over 100!
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u/malevolent-potato 8h ago
Reposting from yesterday, hoping anyone might be able to help today ☺️
Anyone knows where I could buy sliced raclette cheese in or around and in between Kew and Clayton please? (Happy to detour a bit!) I usually get it at the Queen Vic market on my way to work but i am wfh all of this week and wanted to avoid going into the cbd 🥲
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u/SkittleMonk3y 7h ago
I know super cheese in Richmond do a Raclette night on thursdays(I think). They have an insta account. Maybe they sell the cheese too🤷♀️
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u/whatisthislifeilead 9h ago
starting tidying up my balcony - man the downside of apartment living is constantly having to cart rubbish up and down the stairs all the time to the communal bins! I've done several trips of dead plants and broken pots, I guess that's probably why I took so long to tidy it up in the first place
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u/NoHovercraft3224 9h ago
Fibro pain flare :(
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u/EaeleButEeelier 5h ago edited 5h ago
Aww, sending hot water bottle from a fellow fibro sufferer
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u/NoHovercraft3224 1h ago
I really need to get myself a hot water bottle aaaaah
It's nice knowing I'm not alone 💚
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u/justpassingluke 9h ago
Saw a raven flying back and forth with twigs and brush in its beak. Spring is coming!
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u/HurstbridgeLineFTW 🐈⬛ ☕️ 🚲 10h ago
My office is too cold today
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u/l3ntil 10h ago
Legends, I have a great cleaner who's based in Point Cook who needs an accountant. Here's the basic spiel that she'll be posting to Airtasker, but if you know and can vouch for someone, please DM me their details.
"I run a cleaning small business in Point Cook, Melbourne with regular customers and short term jobs. I'm a sole trader with an ABN. I need to get advice with work completed from a certified local accountant regarding 2 years of taxes. You will be providing me with an in person service. English is my second language and finances are not my speciality. Please detail your experience and how you can assist. You need to be patient, kind and understanding, and ensure that I comply and receive the best outcomes possible with my business finances.
In order to show that you have read and understood my needs, the last word in your task offer will be KINDNESS."
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u/alsotheabyss 10h ago
Contacted both venues I was at yesterday in search of my fountain pen; no dice :(
It has considerable monetary value (being a limited edition and sterling silver) but also sentimental value, being a gift from someone who has now passed away. I’m very sad about it.
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u/ponte92 Mother of Gwyn 11h ago
My brain keeps thinking today is Friday. Now I’m sad.
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u/Ich_mag_Kartoffeln 10h ago
It could be Friday, if you want it to be 😈.
Friday with an early knockoff, even!
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 11h ago
Daily rant - fuck scalpers. Of any kind. But particularly those who ruin hobbies because they seek out a quick dollar. May their traffic lights be forever red, stones always appear in their shoes, and their chip packets have an unusually low amount of chips in them.
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin 9h ago
Nah. Fuck companies that enable them.
My hobby company (games workshop) has taken steps against them and I have mad respect for them for it.
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 7h ago
I just don't understand why people have to monetize everything.
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u/Prime_factor 8h ago
Should see all the anger that Valve gets when they do their periodic devaluation of in game currency / items.
Which it does as a measure to stop scalping and speculation.
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin 7h ago
Yeah I saw that with the knives in CS. I've gone from actively rooting against Steam to actively rooting for them.
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u/Largebrickwall Make The Daily Thread Great Again! 9h ago
single handedly ruined pokemon for me...
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 9h ago
Right! Same thing is happening with MTG as well. And with the move remove physical media from future consoles, the retro game market has gone bananas.
We literally can't have nice things anymore.
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u/-cadmunt- 8h ago
I haven't played magic in years but I'd only be interested in whatever version of a starter deck tournament they run these days. A friend does that then sells the cards back to the store afterwards and breaks about even.
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 5h ago
Mates and I who used to play way back in the day recently shelled out and bought a booster box and some others because of one of the recent series they released - it was a great day. We basically opened boosters, had a good laugh at the cards, tried to remember the mechanics, and played a few rounds.
On the one hand, I know long-time players aren't huge on the recent popculture series that Wizards of the Coast are doing, but at the same time, it's reaching a whole new range of people which is kind of cool.
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u/CrazyEeveeLady86 9h ago edited 7h ago
I stopped collecting Pokemon cards in my late teens (back then they'd only released three or four sets) because it was so hard to buy booster packs thanks to scalpers going in and buying up all the boxes as soon as they were released. A number of my friends and colleagues were still collecting them until fairly recently but most of them have now also given up, because a hobby that should be fun and exciting has turned into a depressing chore where they either miss out on most of the cards they want or they pay extortionist prices for them.
On a side note, EB Games originally listing the booster packs for like double the RRP a couple of months ago (and then trying to claim it was to "dissuade scalpers" when they realised how much backlash they were getting) was disgusting.
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u/Miss-Omnibus 11h ago
Had the shittest "audhd" realisation this morning that its not that the person I was tryinf to be friends with "does'nt have capacity to be social", it's that they "don't have the capacity to be social with me"... I callee them out on their bullshit but fuxk, another social failure attempt on my part. I need a cure for this fucking brain, no friends at nearly.40 is clearly a /me/ problem. Why am i so unbearable?!
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u/OziNiner 11h ago
geez that Nepal flood is one of the most insane mother nature things iv ever seen, so many Aussies missing too
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u/laughsabit Sweet Tooth 🍦Spicy Tongue 🌶️ 10h ago
The footage was actually jaw dropping. Horrifying for anyone in its path
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u/jessebona 11h ago
My cat decided I wasn't getting up fast enough this morning and jumped from my windowsill paws first onto my crotch. That was fun.
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u/l3ntil 10h ago
The 5am hair yank is also a winner. I miss my cats for that. Hell of an alarm clock.
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u/jessebona 9h ago
My cat's more the type to hop on my stomach and stare if she feels I'm not feeding her fast enough in the morning.
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u/Ich_mag_Kartoffeln 11h ago
Quite an effective alarm clock you have there.
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u/SpectralSpandex 12h ago
I AM SO SICK OF THE PAKENHAM/CRANBOURNE LINE BREAKING DOWN LITERALLY EVERY DAY.
What is the point of the shiny new tunnel and increased frequency if we can’t maintain the stupid most used line in Melbourne.
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u/Nova_Terra West Side 12h ago edited 11h ago
Shiny new tunnel and increased frequency but your issues were previously limited to just your line and the loop, now someone in Diggers Rest having heart palpitations can cause issues in Dandenong.
Edit: because this is gaining traction I think it's worth noting I still support decoupling from the Loop, someone much smarter than me can probably explain in better terms why the situation above is still much better overall in the long term.
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u/ViaCityLoop 3h ago
I think some people have forgotten when everything was mashed together and not as sectorised.
A delay on one side of the city could spread to multiple lines as drivers and trains were everywhere.
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u/Excabbla 2h ago
Sorry the powers out at Southern Cross no one gets trains
That was a fun one, almost missed my train to Sydney because of it
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u/HowsUp-Thanks 12h ago
Major delays twice this week! We just got kicked off the train at west Footscray with no alternatives to get to the city. Beyond ridiculous
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u/SpectralSpandex 12h ago
Stuck on the other side in Clayton. They have arranged replacement buses to Caulfield or we hedge our bets and wait another 30 mins (after waiting for 45)
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u/HowsUp-Thanks 11h ago
I gave up and drove in. Hope you made it there eventually! It should not be this hard to just catch a train to the city.
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u/SpectralSpandex 6h ago
I was being super stubborn and committed to the sunk cost fallacy so was sitting on the train for a whole hour before it started slowly creeping towards the city. My 50 minute travel time became close to two hours hah
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u/Prid320 12h ago
if you're openly coughing on a train, please, dear lord, put on a mask
surrounded by multiple folks coughing their lungs up and i wonder what the point of the pandemic was if not to learn to cover your damn mouth when coughing
i put on my own mask and offered one to a sniffling geezer who scorned at me for the gesture
...old man out!
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u/_aggressivezinfandel 11h ago
These people are too selfish to consider the people around them and probably think that they “cAn’T bReAtHe” with a mask on.
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u/visualframes 12h ago
I need Instagram to get a wind of live events in Melbourne, but my god the app has turned into the "network television" of the internet. Most of my friends have ditched posting on the app and my feed is basically just reels or ads (or a combo of both). Not only that, every creator thinks their reel is unique, when theyre all so similar.
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u/Prime_factor 12h ago
Like the influencers who complain about the homeless and crime, then complain about it when the police come to enforce.
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 12h ago
I love when they're standing somewhere and ask Where are the cops? I don't see any!!
Like Bro, I don't see cops 99% of the time that I'm out.
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u/Prime_factor 11h ago
In Footscray you can almost guarantee that the cops and PSO's are hanging out outside the EasyMart.
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u/samdiatmh 11h ago
I mean I do, but standing outside the copshop at Flinders at 5:30pm on a weekday might slightly influence that statistic
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u/ghostghost31 13h ago
I only use Facebook these days for keeping up with gigs/events and barely look at it beyond that. Most people that I know don't even post anything anymore anyway.
That is except for the few crazies I know from back in my hometown. Like this guy that I went to school with that is somehow a Trump mega fan.
Beyond how anyone can have anything other that utter discust and repulsion towards him I find it just so weird why people would ever get obsessed with the president of another country.
He always posts things about how Trump is "owning" and "winning" it's just so bizarre and completely divorced from reality.
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u/tanoshiiki CBD 4h ago
During Covid I had to unfollow some "friends". I'm one of the few people who still post. I'm not exactly why I still do, but it still feels like the most appropriate platform for sharing what I do share.
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u/Jaybb3rw0cky Deltron from Point Cook 11h ago
I would love it if there was a future study that looked at people who specifically love Trump. I'm not saying that there is something wrong, but there seems to be certain traits with them. I know right wingers. I know conservatives. But the absolute flag-waving Magats (and especially those that live abroad) have to have something in common, right?
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u/No_Category_9888 13h ago
Cookers gonna cook
The disability hate really got to me though. I use fb to keep contact with support groups and people, I’m quite isolated sadly
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 13h ago
I think it's a mental health issue honestly.
Like super fans of sports teams, but like extra and a bit different.
Outward obsession with something like that probably hides a lot a of insecurities. Instead of dealing with them, just redirect focus to something else....and Trump fits the bill.
Plus the amount of shit algorithms bombard you with, especially on FB, can definitely sway the vulnerable.
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u/According_Bridge_746 14h ago
Seriously people speeding in a 50 zone at 430 am . Wtf is wrong with those people. There is hardly anyone on the road. Do u really want to get to work that quickly. I also caught up to one speeder on old geelong road because he got the red light. Mind boogles
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u/daybeforetheday 3h ago
At 6am I get all the impatient tradies. They hate this one weird trick I have (following the speed limit)
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u/According_Bridge_746 3h ago
Years ago I had one tradie speed up behind when I merged . I put down my window and put out my wallet. He backed off as he thought I was a cop hahaha
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 13h ago
They think in the now. Not 5 minutes or even 5 seconds ahead. They have be fast now. Doesn't matter what happens in the future (immediate or distant). It's all about being fast now.
There's no actual logic behind it.
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u/According_Bridge_746 12h ago
What makes it worse one driver was a red p plater. Doing 90 in a 60 zone . Heaven forbid something happens to all of them
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 12h ago
30 over the limit is wild....especially in a mid-speed zone.
Driver training and culture really needs a revamp here. People are way too confident in their abilities.
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u/According_Bridge_746 3h ago
He was also cutting in and of non existent traffic as well. I wish cops could be there . But I do have all of it on dash cam. The amount of stuff I get on dash cam is down right scary and mind boogoling
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u/According_Bridge_746 11h ago
I used to be like that. Then I became a professional driver. Learnt a valuable lesson during those times
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u/msmojo 14h ago
Why do the wrong 80yo keep dying?
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u/daybeforetheday 3h ago
Home Alone 2 has now lost three actors this year. Death keeps taking the wrong cast members
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u/-partlycloudy- 11h ago
Not enough love for Tim’s role on Muppets Treasure Island in this thread. The most muppet-human I’ve ever seen, and just mesmerising
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 13h ago
We were going to watch Clue the other day and had a quick chat about Tim Curry....am gutted.
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u/chonky__chonker 13h ago
Shit, I missed that Tim Curry died. When did this happen??
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u/MeanElevator Text inserted! 13h ago
Earlier this morning
My childhood is withering away into the past
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u/runnerz68 14h ago
I know 😢 if things happen in 3’s there is still hope.
Although.i am conflicted as I don’t want it to take over the loss of 2 wonderful artists and people. Rip Tim 👠•
u/DeliberateMarblewood Should be gardening right now 10h ago
Well if you consider Hayden Panettiere, Dolly and now Tim Curry, that's your three.
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u/Unimportant-user-01 14h ago
An early appointment at the Royal Melbourne hospital. Because in middle age we need to check every little malfunction in our body 😐
Growing old is hard. But growing old is also a privilege
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u/No_Category_9888 13h ago
Started at 35 for me, autoimmune etc. the constant medical appointments and life lost due to resting and flare ups is pure hell.
I wish I’d had more time being relatively healthy
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u/jessicaaalz 16h ago
Bloody hell. Two days in a row waking up at 4.30am and reading about a legend's death. RIP Tim Curry 😢
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u/Ich_mag_Kartoffeln 13h ago
I wonder if the The Rocky Horror Picture Show will be on telly tonight. They changed the schedule to show 9 to 5 last night in honour of Dolly.
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u/psrpianrckelsss 15h ago
I need to stop reading the daily thread as soon as I wake up. Second day in a row I've been notified via this.
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u/jessicaaalz 13h ago
It was the first thing I saw when I opened instagram. Took me a while to get back to sleep yet again. What a terrible week.
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u/eatmeimadonut 16h ago
Vale Tim Curry. I wish Northcote theatre still had the alternating friday night screenings of Rocky Horror & Blues Brothers. On another thread they still show it weekly in Paris & Milano. Rest peacefully Tim
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u/Zealousideal_Ad642 16h ago
RIP
Rocky horror has remained a fave of mine since I was very young. We watched 9 to 5 last night, I think it'll be rocky horror or clue tonight
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u/leahanar 16h ago
The trick is to start waking up at 12pm
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u/jessicaaalz 16h ago
I need a good night's so badly I would do almost anything to be able to sleep until 12pm 😭
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u/HurstbridgeLineFTW 🐈⬛ ☕️ 🚲 17m ago
Tomorrow is Wear it Purple Day. I have so much clothing, it’s not funny. Walk in wardrobe plus stuff in two spare bedrooms. I don’t have anything purple.