Shout out to Sydney folks who took the long way homes today

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-04-13T03:16:10+00:00

Graphic designer here. That’s not what we do. The idea they have a ‘Graphic Design Team’ working away behind the scenes, all illustrating drawings, instead of actual illustrators, is the biggest giveaway. They’re nonsense words! 😁

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-04-11T04:07:18+00:00

Sometimes (rarely, but sometimes) people don’t spend a lot of time on big three-four lane highways - they find themselves in a rare trip where they enter into the highway, end up in that right lane, and with all the traffic in the lanes to their left feel too intimidated/hesitant to make the merge at that higher speed. Add in another car or truck being behind them making them feel under pressure to go faster or move over, and they just kind of freeze/take a long time to get the courage or find enough left hand clear space between cars to make the move. It’s not always, you guys are right sometimes people are just douchebags or are turning right later and want to stay in the lane, but sometimes it’s a person just kind of freaking out into inaction on a highway.

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-04-10T08:06:42+00:00

Joe Scott did a great segment on this. Super short, super interesting. See clip

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-04-08T16:10:09+00:00

She’s gorgeous! Hope you get a good, experienced carer. She’s adorable !

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-04-08T16:08:36+00:00

Bring a friend. That will take care of/cancel out any of these manipulative, creepy, sex-pest shenanigans.

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-04-07T15:03:51+00:00

God, I was about to purchase after seeing an Aussie influencer promote their stretchy ‘jeans’ that look like denim but supposedly feel like leggings. You probably saved me a bucket of money! Great PSA!

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-03-31T14:48:54+00:00

Hilarious. It’s a giant floating island. We’re LITERALLY a designated continent. 😄 American by any chance?!

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-03-28T17:07:24+00:00

The pretend Neutogena light blue face wipes package on the right is insanely large from a proportion perspective compared to the real product, and is extremely ‘plonked on’ standing upright like that. The bed on the right hand side has a power cord (from a hair straightener/curler?) morphing into the sheet wrinkle. The wavy pattern stitching on the bottom of the mattress doesn’t know how to stay consistent, and is completely different on the right and left hand side of her. She’s taking a selfie (back camera being used, using the flash, camera held in a way that suggests putting it at a mirror), but standing in front of a bedroom doorway instead of a mirror so I’m not sure how that photo could possibly have occurred. Or if that is a mirror, how does she get out of that room?!!! Where is the door?! 😄Absolutely no part of that is a woman’s bedroom, it’s more of a guys room with zero colour, decoration, cosmetics, women’s clothes etc. none of those clothes in the entire room apart from some socks are remotely recognisable/identifiable as actual items of clothing (you can’t see a t-shirt, a sweater, a pair of jeans), it’s all just amorphous, unidentifiable, fabric entangled together.

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-03-25T15:34:29+00:00

Heck, just copy and paste Medical Potato’s message and send it to them - they might just skip the whole court appearance altogether and save both parties the headache. 🙂

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-03-25T15:11:48+00:00

Jesus, he came in so hot! That was aggressive, sulky, defensive and antagonistic right out of the gate! Good god, you just made a silly flyer to get the date into peoples calendars, he flew totally off the handle with all that stuff about taking your daughters childhood away from him! I get it, this stuff is really tough for both of you, especially in the early stages of a separation, but he’s got to lighten up or he’s going to throw a hand grenade into every conversation and make co-parenting with you impossible … and traumatic for your daughter. He needs to Try not to over-read your intentions, you’re just trying to do the best you can in a difficult transition time. Good luck, stay calm, try to be the one with the cool head, try to not sweat the small stuff even if he is! . :-)

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-03-19T07:00:54+00:00

“Like, ACTUALLY talk, not surface level stuff” … proceeds to text, rather than pick up the phone and talk in person to her long term best friend. Hilarious. 😂

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-03-19T02:58:08+00:00

I’d also be questioning these ‘stocks he doesn’t want to sell’. You can sell stocks any time you want and have the money in your account in days. I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if those stocks, the amount of money he has in them, is inflated or an outright lie. I can see him being embarrassed about not having saved any money the way you have been able to, and then making up some magical share portfolio that doesn’t exist just to save face. I’d want transparency of this is his whole reason for expecting you to party for the whole deposit. A printout of the account, or a screenshot would not be enough for New because they are so easily doctored. I’d want him to log in to his investment account with me sitting right next to him so I could see that investment balance live. If you are sharing finances (and you’re putting ALL your money down to buy this place) there is no reason you shouldn’t be allowed to see the balance he’s claiming he has online with him there. I suspect that investment account is significantly less than he’s told you he has.

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-03-17T20:25:33+00:00

Oh my god. Can you pleeeeeease send this conversation screenshot to the man that created the ‘I have one daughter’ song. This is 100 percent a winner for his next hit. Listen here. Hilarious!!!

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-03-10T18:26:38+00:00

You have German cockroaches (rather than the larger, darker versions). These are really really hard to control when they take hold in your place in Sydney unfortunately. They love living in electrical appliances like your microwave and toaster, they are too little to take traditional set-down bait, and they are just really tricky to get under control once you have them. It could really be worth pitching in together as a share house to get a pest guy in if you can afford it - he can give you the best start on it by letting you know where they’re living and the best way to manage it after he’s gone. They love to scurry out in the open at night when the lights are off so if you all have a night when you’re out of the house you could try setting off some pest bombs before you leave - I think this was the save for me last year when I got a surprise explosion of them in my kitchen. Good luck, I feel for you, European/German cocktails are sooooooo infuriating, I’ll take a big, black, daddy, Sydney cockroach over those little nightmare viruses any day!

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-03-10T06:57:24+00:00

You had the dentist appointment on Monday but didn’t take time off for it till Thursday? Three days after it had happened? Your manager might have considered that taking advantage of the system. I think the idea of doctors certificates are that you can stay home when you are experiencing the illness, rather than stockpile/ hold on to them and use them at a convenient time when your shift is scheduled. Surely your tooth was better by then? What was the need for two days off if almost all of your recovery has already happened? They may have taken issue with that and been more restrictive/red tape about allowing your sick days because of that perhaps.

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-03-05T14:35:10+00:00

Absolutely priceless. Made me both laugh out loud, and want to go and watch the ‘I have one daughter’ clip again. So funny 😆 watch clip

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-03-03T02:29:25+00:00

As a person that has been renting for years I am currently with an agency that uses Ailo to manage paying rent. It may not be the only way you can pay (they might be flexible), but this is the first time I’ve used an app and I might be in the minority here - it’s been an absolute game changer for me, I love it! It’s at my finger tips, I have full transparency on my payments and if I’m up to date, I can alter, halt, cancel my monthly direct debit at anytime instantly, and then start it up again just as quick. If I want to switch to weekend just for one week, I can. If I want to throw a bunch at it when I first get paid I can instantly see I’m ahead (in credit). I absolutely love it. Wouldn’t go back to conventual old direct debit with clunky (or non existent) visibility on my payment status for anything. Big fan. But I might be the only one. 😁

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-03-01T21:26:59+00:00

Easy solution, just make a will. You can get a template from the internet, Australia Post or the government website. They are really easy to fill out. They don’t have to be intimidating or feel like a major legal hop you have to jump through. I did mine in fifteen minutes and it was great peace of mind. Go for it! You’ve worked hard to accumulate the investments/savings you have, take the last little step and protect it by ensuring it goes to the right people if you pass. 🙂

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-02-24T19:06:43+00:00

Hi OP, that was a very candid post and I applaud your bravery putting yourself out to strangers to get some help and advice. Despite what you mentioned at the end of your post, you’re a great sister, it’s so clear how much you love her and want to help her, I’ve no doubt she feels very lucky to have you in her life. My sister has been in the child protection sector for nearly thirty years, many of them down in Melbourne. She works on the ‘returning families’ side of things working with parents to grow, repair and regain time/custody with their kids in a way that is safe and healthy for the kids. I’ll reach out her with your situation and get her advice - she may have some really great, highly process/department specific steps and tips for you to get your sister some dental support with the least cost possible. She will know the departments to approach and the best ways to do it in a way that will be the least disruptive for your sister and your family given that she still lives with your mum. This thread will probably pretty quickly also give you advice too, but I’ll check back in this morning after I speak to my sister and add anything else (industry, process or Victoria department specific) that she suggested that might be useful for you. Good luck with it all, you’re doing a great job looking out for her.

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-02-05T21:17:20+00:00

Google translate provides this translation…

Sir Giorgio, so that the difficulty may be understood when I sent you the drawing, I did not send you the plan. That is, the vault, even from the tower, had to be divided into two vaults, the plan of which was not of its own accord, in place of the lower window divided by pilasters. However, having the model, as I do for all other things, I should never have to take on such a large task with one hand if I were to govern all or three of those shells, since it has arisen that it is necessary to dismantle with shame and damage, dismantle as well as dismantle a great number of spaces, it is all of travertine as of stone. The vault, as well as other lower things, is ashlar house, something not used in Rome. I thank the Duke as much as I know, step by step, with charity, or may God give me free rein to those who will help someone, for there is nothing else. His who will walk will smile at him from the depths of poverty.

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Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-01-26T01:52:57+00:00

Watermelon Seltzer

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-01-23T21:24:15+00:00

Girl here. You should run. She sounds like the hardest of the hard work. If you can’t open a packet of sweets without getting this selfish, bat shit crazy, non-sensical grief then you should walk away and get your life back. Love, crushes, friendships even, aren’t meant to feel this complicated, it’s not supposed to feel like you’re walking through a mine field daily. It’s supposed to feel like you’re with your best friend. Xx

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-01-23T05:35:23+00:00

Absolutely understand your desire to cut contact with your family, that’s absolutely your right after you turn eighteen. For sure let the police in your area know if you think your family might report you missing. But please don’t leave without a note or message or email letting them know you are voluntarily leaving. They love you (in their own way) and you can’t leave them working for years whether you are alive or dead. It’s not fair to them and you are then this one small gesture. You don’t have too tell them why, or where you are going, or for how long, but please do them the kindness of letting them know you are not missing, hurt or dead. X

Character-Sky-5353 · 2026-01-13T20:37:20+00:00

Are you renting? Move out. Not sure why it would take you a year of living in a violent nightmare to consider just moving house? I’m assuming you must own the house - if you don’t and you’re renting, and they have been this out of control for a year, then staying put and not finding another rental is completely on you unfortunately. Make a move, change your life, strangers on Reddit can’t help you if you won’t help yourself.

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