• TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    I keep waking up swinging my arms. it started a week or 2 ago I dreamt the toddler was falling off the bed and woke up basically throwing myself over the mrs to catch him, only it was 3am and he was in his own bed. Happened a few times last night where i woke up jolting my arms out or something. Worried its only a matter of time till I hit the mrs or a cat in my sleep. Not exactly sure what I can do stop it.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    The surf is roaring in the distance… ‘bout 1.5km away, honestly one of my favourite sounds. Then every few minutes the neighbours’ cow moos and I lose my shit. I don’t know why a random cow mooing at 1am is funny but it is. Dog barking isn’t funny, plovers squawking isn’t funny… but when the cow goes it hits different.

  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    I must now acknowledged I have reached levels of revenge procrastination…

    🤔 Wait… Maybe it’s just that I have a word for it now…

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Ive been playing (reading?) this compilation of interactive stories. Not quite a choose your own adventure, but you make choices for the main character (it reminds me of a dungeon master narrating a DnD game and you choose what spells or how to approach a situation). It’s very compelling, I’ve finished the Wizard’s stories.

    However, this shows me that amateur male writers generally do not know, or care to know, how to write a good female character. I loved the cleric woman whom the main character teams with, but no, she would not wait in a room for days/weeks while I’m cavorting in The Abyss/Hell. She is a cleric who has been in combat and has bashed goblin heads and smote nasty evil. She would not wait in that room on the off chance I would return. Ffs.

    It appears most of the series’ in this collection are from a male point of view, and while I don’t mind the 80s/90s-esque style of writing (calling women pretty things, etc) as it fits the silliness of medieval fantasy heavily inspired by DnD, I do mind when women character are just treated as props.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    My father kept us imprisoned in the house. He would take me to and from school, and my mother to and from work.

    Sometimes I would be allowed to go with him to do the weekly food shopping. That was it. The rest of the time, we were props from him to unleash his insanity onto.

    As I grew older, my mother convinced him to let her take me to the doctor with her, by ourselves. She would then tell me to go visit with friends, then we would meet back up and go home together, with him none the wiser.

    Sometimes my mother is in my dreams and for a split second when I wake up I have forgotten she has passed away.

    What a life it has been.

    • MeanElevator@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I’m glad you made it out and are here now.

      Stories like this one, make me tear up knowing there are families out there living in forced nightmares.

      • Cendana@aussie.zone
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        2 months ago

        Wouldn’t hesitate to sue if I can. All proceeds from the suit for a parenting licensing scheme.

    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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      2 months ago

      Both my parents were the prison wardens of my life; without hijacking your post I’ll just say I grew up in a very uncharacteristic way for someone born early 70s. All those memes where they say they rode bikes all day with their friends and had to come home before the street lights came on and mucked about building cubbies etc., I cannot at all relate to. It’s hard when you can be long out of an abusive situation and it still just randomly pops up for no reason, like you’re out of it but never really free. It took a shamefully long time into my adulthood to realise that I am an adult, and have to employ my own initiative in life. I’m glad you’re out of that situation, and I hope the random “pop up” trauma doesn’t trouble you too much 🙏🏼

    • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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      2 months ago

      Bro. thats… thats so shit. I’m glad you are free now. Cant physically hug ya so go stand in front of a mirror give yourself a big hug and pretend for me, ok?

  • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    I’m gonna recreate The Slab from KFC for dinner tomorrow night for me and the kid. Soft rolls, bbq sauce, cheese sauce, popcorn chicken. Easy.

    • Pilk@aussie.zone
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      2 months ago

      The Slab is an affront to god (that I would have tried by now if I wasn’t certain it would inflict on myself severe gastrointestinal distress).

  • LowExperience2368@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    This week has been the 7am start work week with lots of uni stuff due. Tired but wired. Sleep deprived but slowly sleeping earlier! Submitted stuff a little late but getting through it. Next week will be better

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Okay I’ve definitely had way too much caffiene and too much work time because my eyes feel very googly and I got that wired/tired thing going on. Someone make me dinner and take out the rubbish and put away the clothes and pack my bags for me please…

    …wait, that someone has to be me? Bummer. 😮‍💨 Gotta remind myself of my trip, true rest and recuperation is around the corner…

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    the sun has set and my room is dark
    i should get off the bed and the phone
    and clean my room
    as mother instructed