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Daily Thread - Saturday, Get Diddly Down Today - 01/07/2023 (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by StudChud@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Saturday! Comedown Day!
Big Breakfast Day! Berocca Day!
Love you all being you Day!
You Do You Day!

Edit: RIP 3rd Party Reddit Apps. You weathered that capitalist hellscape with grace and fortitude. We will never forget all that you stood for. 💜

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[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Was all set to have a semi lazy day of random house cleaning when one of the mini peelers reminded me of my promise to take her to the farmers market. Off we go!

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[–] omoikiri@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

Damn. A few of the book instagrams I follow are posting their 6-month recaps. I thought I was doing a really fucking exceptional job with my 12 books read so far this year.

Fifty-five. One of them has read 55 books so far this year. How is that even possible? They can’t possibly be earning enough from social media for that to be their full time job. And when do they shower? And clean their house?

Anyway, what are you guys reading at the moment? I’ve got Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone going at the moment. It’s so good so far.

And I’m trying to make my way through Junji Ito’s works and Ring and other Japanese horror for a class I’m teaching next semester. Can’t say I’m loving Ito’s stuff.

[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I’ve never understood why some people treat reading like it’s a hot dog eating competition. For me reading is about enjoying and absorbing a book, thinking it over, appreciating it. I doubt the speed readers are doing that. Also, some people count audio books as reading, and listen to them sped up. If all year you only read one book and it’s memorable and impactful to you, you’ve gained more than someone who hotdog ate 100 of them.

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