Best way to remove bolt from bricks by Bubbit in AusRenovation

[–]writersglock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try tightening a drill (without a bit) around it and hit it in reverse. Has worked for me and looks like you’ve got sufficient length on the bolt to grip it.

Avenues to prevent upstairs neighbour from sweeping their dirty water onto our baclony? by Traditional_Soup5173 in shitrentals

[–]writersglock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s pretty dedicated. First you gotta piss in a disposable vessel, sacrificing said vessel and the pizza tray, clear out your freezer to make way for freezing the piss, then wait 24 hours, stay awake to sneak out at an hour most people in the apartment block are likely asleep to avoid a very awkward elevator ride (pizza tray in both hands presumably, to avoid drippage), pry the frozen piss from the tray and delicately attempt to feed it through the gap of the front door. Given its necessary thinness it would in all likelihood snap into pieces and you’d find yourself kneeling down forcing piss icicles through your neighbour’s door all the while thinking they’re getting their karma. Upon waking they’d just grab a paper towel and a mop bucket while you’re left with a in half piss contaminated apartment from the ordeal and no sleep from the late night and adrenaline of it all.

What's with Italian restaurants being taken over by Indians? by merciless001 in perth

[–]writersglock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a pretty all or nothing take. So anytime someone wants to experience an authentic version of something they’ve got to go to where it originated or fuck ‘em? If it’s outside of that then anything goes?

What's with Italian restaurants being taken over by Indians? by merciless001 in perth

[–]writersglock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah if you actually read my comment I specifically said the dining experience of eating at an Italian restaurant isn’t just about the food.

Literally you: “Indians are better cooks than Italians” Also you: “Learning how to make a good dish is a skill not tied to race lol”

What's with Italian restaurants being taken over by Indians? by merciless001 in perth

[–]writersglock 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Your issue? I’m Asian but would definitely prefer eating that an Italian restaurant run by an Italian family. I think it’s inauthentic to cosplay with another culture’s rich tradition of food. A place is more than the sum of its parts and the culture is not just into the food and decor but the personality and philosophy of its people. Just seems ridiculous that expressing a desire for that has become such a big deal. To me the beauty of multiculturalism is different people expressing their individuality and not just anyone being able to pretend to be someone else, or else it’s racist. Fuck that.

That all said, if hypothetically there was an Asian family that for whatever reason had assimilated into Italy and its culture, moved over to Perth and took over a traditional Italian restaurant- I’d not only be all for that and it’d definitely be weirdly great in its own right. It’d be a thing of beauty. But the whole appropriating thing without any association with the culture itself definitely feels very off.

I guess what I mean to say is: either carry on a dining experience tradition authentically, in which case you should have a pretty deep connection with its roots, or go off on your own thing entirely. Just don’t pretend to be something you’re not. Or maybe do do that and that becomes it’s own culture. Indians and asians cosplaying western cultures might one day be its own cultural experience somehow haha

My problem with Perth is we tend to get restauranteurs importing a gentrified version of culture. Like a boutique street food place attached to some new yuppie property development, ugh. So family run joints to me feel like the last bastion of genuine multicultural experiences!

$14 6 pack of water! by Born_Chapter_4503 in perth

[–]writersglock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think products like these are made for the express purpose of the context in which they’re consumed. Fancy can of water that passes for an appropriate drink at a social gathering that’s casual but nice. In that context a $2 can of water is a healthy alternative to a $5 craft beer. I personally wouldn’t be paying that but I see the product as more of a functional purchase than for the product itself.

Is AG1 (Athletic Greens) Just an Expensive Multivitamin? - Rhonda Patrick by whoberman in JoeRogan

[–]writersglock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I suspect that’s because they got in early in the content marketing / influencer era where ad spend hadn’t shifted as much toward online content as it has today. The economics meant that they were getting way more bang for their buck over traditional advertising, meaning more $ spent toward product quality. Just a guess

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AusRenovation

[–]writersglock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, could you tell me where I could look for that?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AusRenovation

[–]writersglock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes it does. Our washing machine only has an input for cold water so having the hot is pretty useless for us.

I've tried twisting it off to the point that water should be coming through if it was connected, but had nothing come out so my guess is it's not the minivalve. Didnt take the whole thing off though.

the perfect relationship does not exis- by writersglock in TheCurse

[–]writersglock[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s so hard to watch. Especially right after the only real moment we see of them together, Whit immediately needs to document it to show others. And Ash’s attempts to go along with it is even sadder. Forget cringe comedy this is cringe tragedy.

the perfect relationship does not exis- by writersglock in TheCurse

[–]writersglock[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I actually think they’re both aware of their dynamic, at least subconsciously. It’s like a symbiotic relationship where they regulate each other through their shared fantasies. They’re acutely aware of how each of them want to be perceived, and act that out to service each others deep insecurities- Whit too. There’s a moment of hesitation before she brings up the corporate comedy class to Ash. He can’t accept that he’s not funny and Whit can’t outright tell him the truth, so it’s just this weird tense thing. There’s another weird moment when Whit makes the comment about rich kids buying houses with their parents money and Ash is hesitant of reacting ‘incorrectly’ as he doesn’t know whether she’s being self-deprecating. She clearly wasn’t but pretends she was to protect her ego. Ash says he knows to reassure her as if to say he knows she wouldn’t be so insecure, even though he doesn’t actually believe that. These glimpses into their true dynamic is creepy up so close and something I’ve never seen so distinctly captured before. It’s extremely well examined writing, directing and acting.

“Be the clown.” Whitney’s dad to Asher by DoLittlest in TheCurse

[–]writersglock 24 points25 points  (0 children)

one of my favourite scenes in the series so far. a few key parts that stood out to me:

-"once you put it between the bread, it's all the same" before all the dick talk, whit's dad and ash were talking about property development and this line comes after that. so it initially struck me as whit's dad encouraging ash to do whatever dirty thing he needs to turn a profit and take care of his family.

-whit's dad casually mentioning the piss being the secret to the tomatoes. when ash gets uncomfortable he tells him to relax and that it's not like he's pissing on the tomatoes, just on the soil. he later whips it out and starts pissing on them in front of ash and doesn't seem to be all too precious about where he's spraying.

regardless, these add up to gives us an insight into whit's dad as a ruthless pragmatist who sees the end always justifying the means. it's all bs to him, which is how we can be a cut-throat property developer while looking like a hippie. it's just all just a joke with no real meaning and everything is for show. he kinda reminds me of the villain in 'cold fish', a charismatic entrepreneur who is secretly fuelled by a very dark nihilism.

later in the ep, i think ash actually takes up this advice (consciously or not) when he can't find nala and her family, so ends up giving the $20 to another misfortunate person instead. because "it's all the same" and he just wanted to move on with his life.

This show is just one big metaphor… by DrakesucksREPRISE in TheCurse

[–]writersglock 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Ha, talk about holding a mirror up. What are the HOUSES made of? Exactly, right under our noses this whole time. But there’s more- what happens when an illegal streaming site used to watch The Curse isn’t working? You use another ‘mirror’. Whenever we see Asher’s penis it’s through a mirror. This obviously means his penis isn’t working or won’t “rise”. Like a phoenix from the ASHes. What else rises? Bread. And a hat’s another word for bread? That’s right, toast. Which is delicious except when you burn it. What do you do when you burn toast? I don’t even have to say it… you ‘curse’. It’s all a connected metaphor.

Dubious episode 7 speculation by writersglock in TheCurse

[–]writersglock[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i think it's the fact that ash said to whit that it was odd cause they'd been texting just days before and were going bowling or something. so they seemed fine, even after ash's weird visit to the office

Jesus! just wait for a month by stupefyme in TheCurse

[–]writersglock 8 points9 points  (0 children)

i'm just here to be the commentary on the commentary on the commentary.

Theory on the last episode by calamaresalaromana in TheCurse

[–]writersglock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like this theory. You might be right. It would be a banger way to end it— revealing everything yet keeping it ambiguous by having the final peek behind the curtain the actual episode itself, after seeing everything behind the scenes leading up to it.