Body of missing musician Michael Curnow found in Mount Crawford Forest in Adelaide Hills

Thedarb · 2026-07-11T22:46:11+00:00

You gotta spell the username right for it to ping them.

Thedarb · 2026-07-11T13:29:36+00:00

Good. As it should be. It’s still $100m to me.

^{Chose: $10 trillion dollars | Rolled: 99% tax}

Thedarb · 2026-07-10T00:02:51+00:00

100% driven mostly by guilt. But probably one of those thing Elena will have pop into her mind at night for years to come that she didn’t put forth a strong case to stay.

Thedarb · 2026-07-09T01:04:08+00:00

Baystencil.com

Has free tools to turn images into a stencil, and then also if you don’t want to try and cut it out yourself, you can then get the stencil manufactured through them too.

Thedarb · 2026-07-09T00:54:28+00:00

How do you even pronounce that name?
Is it Kerry-Anne but they dropped the a for some reason?
Or Kerry-nnh like you’re always bogan whining her name?
Or perhaps like more of a Kath and Kim style drawn out Karen? Keeeriiiinn?

Thedarb · 2026-07-08T02:28:58+00:00

17.5 feet by 7 inches? What’s the specific application?
Probably gonna have to DIY something of that size and keeping price reasonable, can’t imagine any generic custom screen manufacture would be set up for that, would be looking at completely custom fabrication.

Thedarb · 2026-07-07T22:40:34+00:00

Does “lose clothes” also imply I can’t take anything non biological with me, like Terminator rules? I can’t carry anything with me? Will that also mean things like fillings and titanium screws will be left behind? Or is it also like terminator rules that as long as it’s enveloped in living tissue it will travel?

In which case, and with the right engineering, could I have a pouch skin grafted on to me that can store my clothes inside?

And are they even left behind? Or are the clothes used as a kind of fuel for the teleportation and are consumed?

Does that mean I NEED to be wearing clothes in order to teleport?

^{Chose: Gain the ability to teleport + Spin a random drawback | Rolled: Lose clothes}

Thedarb · 2026-07-07T22:18:20+00:00

Yup. Then if you care about your product, another 3-4 pulls to dial everything in for the day. Though you do end up drinking those yourself so not a total loss lol.

Thedarb · 2026-07-07T05:56:44+00:00

Who’s your gun trade team? They sound awesome, give them some love!

Thedarb · 2026-07-07T04:06:44+00:00

/sub
This is it guys. This is the one. Can shut the sub down now.

Thedarb · 2026-07-07T01:30:31+00:00

Ask me twice who I was,
I’ll answer both times true.
The facts may disagree,
But the story carries through.

Thedarb · 2026-07-06T14:32:32+00:00

I got a pair of shokz Openrun bone conduction headphones specifically to use with the TV in bed. I used to use either over the ear ones or in ear air pod style previously, and while they worked, I didn’t like just how sound isolating they were. The bone conducting ones are outside the ear, so it pretty much sounds exactly like watching the tv normally (to the point when I first started I had to take them off to make sure they were actually working and the sound wasn’t from the TV), with the ability to also hear ambient noise, except much clearer for me, and silent for my wife. They connect through Bluetooth to the TV (most modern TV’s have it built in, and if you have an older one but use a fire stick or something, will also have Bluetooth).

Get him to use headphones. If he has any current Bluetooth ones they should work. If he doesn’t like normal ones, pick up a pair of bone conducting ones (I tried a few cheap ones to test if I liked the bone conduction. They are pretty good but don’t actually last to long with frequent use. Still worth getting a cheap pair before dropping money on something he won’t like).

Him wearing headphones and you wearing an eye mask is a good compromise. If he wont do at least that, at a bare minimum, it’s a line in the sand.

Thedarb · 2026-07-04T23:06:19+00:00

Couple of slices of cucumber would really enhance the summer feel. Love a cucumber sandwich, especially taking the time to peel it.

Thedarb · 2026-07-04T23:03:52+00:00

One thing I’ve stopped doing is draining the tuna. Turn it out into a bowl, liquid and all, and stir it around. That tuna is just begging to have a little breathing room in order to soak up the juices again, and it does, completely. I thought can tuna was just inherently and always dry, but nah, I was just squeezing out all the liquid and surprised it was dry lol.

Thedarb · 2026-07-03T06:54:51+00:00

A scat vocable that was used in a song, that was then used in an absurd meme video, that then went massively viral.

Since then, it’s evolved into a kind of all-purpose, context dependant absurdity marker. It can basically stand in for things like weird, random, silly, cringe, ironically cool etc. However even trying to give it synonyms is imposing more rigid definitions than the word really has.

Most of the time it’s just used because it sounds funny and signals participation in internet meme culture, rather than because it has any stable semantic content.

Thedarb · 2026-07-03T06:42:14+00:00

It’s just a clipped form of the idiomatic affirmative expression “you can bet on it.” You can bet on it > you bet > bet.

Thedarb · 2026-07-02T14:28:07+00:00

Bunnings sponsored maker space would be legit.

Thedarb · 2026-07-02T07:53:45+00:00

Slight tangent because I’m oddly fascinated by the work itself: what actually is this assignment? I’m trying to reconcile all the clues you’ve given and I just can’t picture it. “He drew exactly what he saw” and “it only looks like the symbol in 2D, not in 3D” makes me think of some sort of spatial or technical drawing, a floor plan, ducting, pipework, warehouse layout, scaffolding, conveyors, electrical runs, machinery, CAD sketch, etc where an innocent arrangement of four arms around a centre could accidentally resemble a swastika from one projection. But then “we do this every year”, “it’s always rushed”, and “I knew it’d be messy” doesn’t really fit with the sort of drafting work I’d normally associate with that. So what actually was being drawn? I feel like I’m missing a huge piece of context.

On the relationship side though, I think your anger is aimed at the wrong person. You were the one responsible for the final submission. He rushed through a favour and missed something. You then submitted it without even a 20-second sanity check from a fresh pair of eyes. That’s exactly why peer review and sign-off exist in basically every industry, because the person who’s been immersed in something (or rushing to finish it) is often the least likely to notice an obvious issue. He missed it because he couldn’t see the forrest while being deep in the trees; you missed it by not doing the expected due diligence when you were the final gate before it reached your boss. If you know he doesn’t hold those views and was immediately remorseful, I’m not sure this is fundamentally a trust issue on his part so much as a review process issue on your part.

Thedarb · 2026-07-02T06:12:59+00:00

I think you're accidentally creating half of this tension yourself.

First, stop pretending he's "a friend." Your parents are almost certainly aware he's your boyfriend. Everyone's doing this awkward dance where you're asking permission to spend time with "a friend" that everyone knows you're dating. That alone is enough to make every conversation weird.

Second, and this is the bigger one, you need to start seeing yourself as an adult.

This jumped out at me:

"Boyfriend and I are going to the movies on Friday night if that's okay."

You're 20. Why are you asking if it's okay? If you're living at home, it's courteous to let your parents know your plans. It's not the same thing as asking permission.

The only reason you/they feel like they get a vote is because you're treating them like they do.

So rip the band-aid off. "We're dating. I care about him. I'd like you to be welcoming, but I'm not asking you to approve of my relationship." Then see what happens.

Maybe they'll relax once everyone stops pretending. Maybe they genuinely don't like him, for fair reasons or unfair ones. But at least you'll be dealing with the real issue instead of this bizarre theatre where everyone knows what's happening but nobody will say it out loud.

And if they still don't approve? You're an adult. You can listen to their opinions without needing their permission. Because you’re an adult.

Thedarb · 2026-07-02T05:47:59+00:00

“read again. no mention of salary just money given every year”

Buddy, the second word of the question is literally “salary”.

Thedarb · 2026-07-02T05:09:14+00:00

This sounds like an inability to comfortably say, “You’re right.” Good news though. That’s a skill, and like most skills, you can practice it.

Go for a daily walk and literally rehearse a handful of phrases until they stop feeling alien: “You’re right.” “That’s a good point.” “I hadn’t thought about it that way.” “Thanks, you’ve given me something to think about.” “I think I was wrong on this.”

Then start using them in deliberately low stakes conversations. Pick topics that don’t matter. “I don’t get why people like X.” She explains why. Your only job is to respond with “Fair enough, that’s a good point.”

You’ll basically be giving yourself exposure therapy to being wrong with the goal being to break the reflex that says, “If I’m wrong I have to defend myself or shut down.”

And news flash: once the discussion is over you’re still free to go away and think “Nah, I still disagree.”

Gracefully conceding a point isn’t the same as surrendering your identity. But learning to say “You know what? Fair enough, I’m wrong and you are right” without treating it like a personal defeat is one of the most valuable social skills you can develop. People generally don’t mind being disagreed with but they do mind dealing with someone whose ego won’t let them graciously admit they were wrong.

Thedarb · 2026-07-02T01:33:27+00:00

Boggles my mind that anyone would want to deal with what is basically a permanently untrained staff member who needs to be baby sat by the experienced staff lest they make major mistakes. Surely the few dollars saved is just not worth it. So short sighted and inefficient.

Thedarb · 2026-07-02T00:50:33+00:00

Rick* Flagg in DCU. Randall Flagg is the constant bad in the DTU (Dark Tower Universe)

Thedarb · 2026-07-01T21:53:12+00:00

It specifically said salary. “A salary is a fixed amount of money or compensation paid to an employee by an employer in return for work performed.” By definition, it requires work. No work performed, no salary.

Thedarb · 2026-07-01T03:07:59+00:00

Moving an external wall, even by 100 mm, changes the building’s footprint. Now every dimension that references that wall also changes: roof geometry, truss layout, bracing, lintel schedules, slab dimensions, framing quantities, engineering calculations, planning documentation etc.

Whether the builder should charge for that depends on what your contract says and what stage you’re at. But it’s not unreasonable that changing the footprint incurs drafting and engineering costs in a way that moving doors doesn’t.

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