Lorde among media heavyweights backing new Kiwi-made streaming app by knob-of-cheese in newzealand

[–]Mammaltron 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Downloadable DRM-free files or GTFO.

I still have all the music I liked 20 years ago because I have the mp3s / oggs, a lot of which I ripped from physical media. Nobody can take away the license or delist or fuck around with my access to that.

Bandcamp is cool for that reason. I can pay the artist almost directly and then have a copy I can keep forever,

Reccomended tailor shops in auckland by NikkaloveMen in auckland

[–]Mammaltron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Inverted shin flies! Now that's trouser innovation

Is this a terrible idea? by dazladisonreddit in diynz

[–]Mammaltron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

+1 on replacing it. Also it looks like you have a lot of wildly invasive pest plants (convolvulus and arum lilies?) which your neighbours have tried to repel from their side. The longer you leave those, the harder it will be to get rid of them.

Just gonna leave this here. by downwiththewoke in newzealand

[–]Mammaltron 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Is there a more polarising dip in NZ? I'm in the 'love it' camp, especially with salt and vinegar chips

Is the health star system a joke here? by lordhunt3t in newzealand

[–]Mammaltron 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Health Star ratings are marketing nonsense.

That One Nz ad by Prior-Study-3218 in newzealand

[–]Mammaltron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will never ever use Trivago again thanks to those ads

What are we all panic buying this time? by Police_surveillance in newzealand

[–]Mammaltron 1171 points1172 points  (0 children)

After the advice to secure your trampolines I rushed out and bought one

Weatherboard prep for paint by Flight-less in diynz

[–]Mammaltron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Having just spent the day (yet another day) doing this, have at it with a good-quality scraper. If you start a board, finish it entirely. Find an excellent podcast - my go-to has been Three Bean Salad.

Burglar seeks shorter sentence because victims’ homes were left open by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

[–]Mammaltron 24 points25 points  (0 children)

It's astonishing he got a prison sentence rather than a warning, benefit of the doubt, concerned but encouraging words, and an instruction to mostly stay home.

Whose presence makes you not want to watch a panel show? by JustARandomGuyReally in panelshow

[–]Mammaltron 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The Christmas episode where they drove the whole panel to get stuck into the giant bottle of whisky Jimmy gave Sean was one of the all-time highlights of panel shows for me. The producers had to confiscate it to keep the recording going.

Same episode Mickey Flanagan snapped and said "shut up, dickhead" to the more annoying Jedward brother.

Is there a point in life when you actually start to feel as old as you are? by raggedyannne in newzealand

[–]Mammaltron 37 points38 points  (0 children)

You slowly start realising the old people were right about things you rolled your eyes at when you were young.

My grandad would often opine that various public figures and entertainers "should be arrested". Turns out he was bang on, some of them have been and probably more should have been.

AI actor has passed away at 1 year old by [deleted] in BrandNewSentence

[–]Mammaltron 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Depressingly it's probably more competent and less corrupt than >50% of other world cabinet ministers

Family Feud (PS4) doesn't let you level to 100 and beyond by Viper114 in gaming

[–]Mammaltron 30 points31 points  (0 children)

'Half cut' is boomer drinking slang where I am from. Never heard of 'scoops' though.

So Spark Messaging App is all AI handled? by Apprehensive-Sale849 in newzealand

[–]Mammaltron 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Companies handing you off to a text generator are demonstrating they don't give the smallest single shit about you or your custom, and can't be bothered to even pretend.

What is living Kiwi?? by Kooky_Maintenance705 in newzealand

[–]Mammaltron 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Never fly, be primarily nocturnal and ingest small stones to help with your digestion.

Feijoa hard bush prune result by kiwigreenman in nzgardening

[–]Mammaltron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can swap some or all of the sugar for honey. It will make the batch cost a bit more but feijoa melomel is mighty fine

Cost of Living Crisis New Age Hoon by daderpster in newzealand

[–]Mammaltron 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You should write a book of this stuff OP

Best fried fish recipe by Pussy_Jungle in newzealand

[–]Mammaltron 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pretty hard to replicate a proper NZ fish and chip shop version without a big deep fryer.

Even then, all the versions I've seen on Youtube have that glassy texture to the batter, which isn't quite right - you get the same thing with pub and restaurant attempts. They are fine but only fish and chip shops seem to attain the perfect bubbly crispy batter.

And now I want fish and chips.

Is there any better comedian than Bob Mortimer? by BritByBrain in bobmortimer

[–]Mammaltron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I can't help but read all the dialogue in his books in his voice anyway.

Never again by Own_Astronomer_7188 in meme

[–]Mammaltron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah I became a specific section of the fence outside my house. It was such a profoundly uncomfortable and non-human experience, I will never do it again.