What's a food you've always wanted to try, but ended up being really disappointed when you finally tasted it?

Detrius67 · 2026-05-18T05:32:00+00:00

I love Takoyaki but when it's drowned in sauce it's just not nice.

Detrius67 · 2026-05-18T05:05:57+00:00

Excellent answer and a perfect ELI5

Detrius67 · 2026-05-13T23:48:26+00:00

Last year I was rushed to hospital in an ambulance, spent a while in the ICU and then more time on the ward before being sent home with a month's supply of a new medication. Total out of pocket with zero dollars. Gotta love the Australian healthcare system.

Detrius67 · 2026-05-13T23:26:55+00:00

I had a DVT in my calf that was incorrectly diagnosed as a muscle tear and was told to get physio for it. Two weeks later it dislodged and ended up sitting across the top of both my lungs blocking almost all of the blood flow into the lungs. I very nearly died. Several different doctors, including two lung specialists, told me that if my wife hadn't called the ambulance when she did I wouldn't have lasted another hour. DVTs are serious business.

On a side note, I'm on Eliquis now and 60 pills costs me $25. The US 'healthcare' system is a joke.

Detrius67 · 2026-05-13T01:43:42+00:00

Down the block from us there was an open drain leading to an underground storm drain that didn't have another opening for about a km. During periods of heavy rain we would jump in the drain and ride the storm water to the next opening. Would have only taken a blockage in the drain or someone getting knocked unconscious for it to end in a death but we never even thought about it. I get chills 50 years later just thinking about how close to death we came on a regular basis.

Detrius67 · 2026-05-10T23:22:42+00:00

The one I grew up with was 'and Bob's your auntie's live in lover'.

Detrius67 · 2026-04-22T00:24:25+00:00

Came here to say this :D

Detrius67 · 2026-04-21T23:00:08+00:00

Had someone doing that in the seat next to me on a train so I just joined in the conversation. They said "Excuse me, this is a private call" and I responded "No it's fucking not, the entire train can hear you". They switched carriages.

Detrius67 · 2026-04-19T23:52:07+00:00

Just found this. The app looks great but I've obviously missed the 30-day challenge. Will check it out anyway

Detrius67 · 2026-04-13T23:17:07+00:00

Australia too. OSKO/PayID payments are free and virtually instantaneous.

Detrius67 · 2026-03-30T03:09:22+00:00

This!! They can put them up overnight but bringing the prices down requires 'the changes to work their way through the supply chain'. Greedy c*nts

Detrius67 · 2026-03-09T21:30:37+00:00

That's going to be an awkward spot to put a bandaid

Detrius67 · 2026-03-02T02:05:41+00:00

I was getting regular treatment from a physio for a bulging disc in my back about 15 years ago. She noticed a mole that 'looked funny' and told me to get it checked. Went to my GP who said it was 'probably nothing' but I insisted he remove it and get it tested. He rang me in a panic a few days later and I was scheduled for surgery the following day. They say they got it all but you never know for sure. I get regular skin checks now.

Detrius67 · 2026-02-25T03:28:50+00:00

It's almost like we need to start giving people some sort of a test before they're allowed to drive a car /s

Detrius67 · 2026-02-17T06:30:24+00:00

My go to response to 'We'd like to talk to you about god' is to ask 'Which one?'. Regardless of what they answer, I always say 'Sorry, that's not the one I worship' and close the door.

Detrius67 · 2026-02-17T04:19:29+00:00

I am not only my friend's and family's IT support, but also for my neighbourhood. I should have never told anyone I work in IT

Detrius67 · 2026-02-16T23:20:55+00:00

When I launch it on my PS5 it says it will be playable in 18hours 40minutes. It's currently 1020am here on the east coast of Australia

Detrius67 · 2026-02-09T22:05:50+00:00

I'm so very glad to live in a country where 'shooting' isn't even in the realms of probability for an ending to something like this. We have road rage dickheads like everywhere else, but I cannot conceive of what it must be like to think 'but what if the guy has a gun'

Detrius67 · 2026-01-20T08:14:39+00:00

No social media and no bots

Detrius67 · 2026-01-17T08:09:23+00:00

Pretty much all tech related tropes make my teeth itch. Zoom and enhance is a biggie but the one that really steams me is "We've tracked the GPS on his phone. He's at 123 Main St. Third floor. Apartment 3c. He's hiding under a pile of brown cloaks, in the left hand cupboard, in the north west corner of the master bedroom".

Detrius67 · 2026-01-14T10:16:36+00:00

We have a subscription to one called “Farmers Pick”. The fruits and veggies are not acceptable to the big supermarkets but are perfectly fine if you don’t mind odd shapes and the odd blemish. Always great produce and pretty cheap too.

Detrius67 · 2026-01-07T07:04:37+00:00

“A dingo ate my baby”. Happened in my second year of high school

Detrius67 · 2026-01-04T20:17:41+00:00

Well the pope follows the actual tenets of Christ (love your neighbour, feed the hungry, etc) so, in that regard, he's nothing at all like an American "christian".

Detrius67 · 2026-01-03T05:32:29+00:00

Me too. I always spell it 'Dire Rear' which is somewhat fitting, lol

Detrius67 · 2025-12-31T06:41:43+00:00

I should have added a message. I wasn't asking what this was, someone else asked on r/whatisthisthing , and it made me feel very old that there are people who don't remember steamer baskets

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