The way I try to approach these threads is to try and pretend there’s a bunch of people sitting around having a conversation.

If you’re familiar with the dynamic, and you emulate it here, you might enjoy yourself more. Or you could do this I suppose?

Each to their own.

Anything else doing?

Oh gosh I’ve tried Duolingo so many times over the years and never gotten far. I’m impressed with people who keep it up.

That’s cool. How was your day otherwise?

I’ve heard this called the ‘dirty 30’. It works. Whatever needs cleaning up or tidying, 30 minutes is just short enough to not feel like you’re using all your free time on chores, but long enough to make a real dent. Especially if your partner either helps with the same task or does a different one. Setting a timer can help and you start to almost frantically see how much you can get done. I like that competitive element even against myself.

Fuck I couldn’t stand Steve, and I don’t care for the children. The kids are better with the animals at least. He was an irritating, reckless fuckwit.

The Irwins are like Fosters. Australian export that many of us don’t enjoy.

Years ago when I was going through an extremely stressful period at work, when I wasn’t a rampant insomniac, I had the dumbest fucking dreams.

They were about grocery shopping, house cleaning - all like you say, frustrating as hell when you wake up and find everything is still a pit - but the worst were the work dreams.

I’d have entire stakeholder meetings, run workshops, present to the project board, have debriefs with my staff - and then have to relive the whole fucking thing the next day.

I was basically working in both my awake and sleeping hours. A constant feeling of deja vu. Having to actually double check my calendar to see whether the big meeting had already happened or not. What a fucking horrible time that was.

I reckon the censored version is funnier. His expression with the pie is perfect

How aggressively were you sitting???

Chris Elliot plays the hand in mash Potato referenced in the image

Same actor referenced

Still in bed drinking coffee. Need to go reschedule a meeting. But the idea of opening my laptop and logging into slack just sounds hard. Gimme another 10…

If you like the way they look, you tend to display them. Just like literally all other collections. You know, like art?

… Why?

They’re visually appealing to the eye of the beholder, can be worn as a fashion item, and have monetary value to those who like them. I don’t collect them but I know people who do and it’s as relatable a hobby as any other collection based hobby. Do you look at action figure collectors and wonder what the ‘goal’ is?

Isn’t that just collecting? Could replace with any object and that’s hardly a fad.

I don’t have a degree. Started one back in the late '00s but didn’t complete it cos life got in the way.

Successful career in related industry but occasionally I’ll go for a job only to see it has higher ed quals as mandatory. I think I’ll lie next time if there’s something I really want to go for and know I can do.

I’m old enough that even if I had completed the course, it was all paperbased paperwork - no one’s tracking the truth down and no one really cares. Of all the recruitment I’ve done, I’ve never cared about anyone’s degrees. Hell, half the technologies and methodologies I work with didn’t even exist when I was at uni. So who gives a shit even if I did have the degree.

I’ve fed the wild ones snails as they seem to think they’re pretty awesome. Would that be an option for domestic? Or do you run the risk of giving them whatever diseases wild snails have that they may not have a built immunity to? I suppose the possibility a snail has been poisoned is a risk too…

I think I’ve just answered my own question. Thanks for observing my stream of consciousness.

We have them wild in the backyard. Beautiful creatures.

That’s cool!