Have we entered the era of peak fake?
- instagrammers with enhanced images
- fake bodies pumped full of Botox, fillers, steroids or maybe even all three.
- scammers pretending to be someone else, even your own bank.
- deepfakes
- autotune and pitch correction.
- so called live performances with pre recorded audio (yes Celine I’m looking at you)
- people living their fake lives in social media making out it’s better than it really is.
- Politicians telling anything but the truth.
Yeah, it’s all a bit disturbing
Edit: Also nepo babies touting themselves as ‘self made’
Yup agreed.
If we haven’t hit the peak, we’re pretty damn close.
I reckon Celine gets a pass, she’s got some serious shit going on and didn’t know if she’d be able to sing.
yeah, I saw a doco about Celine, she is so strong and brave to sing at the Olympics. And then she did it so beautifully, kudos and hugs to her
Didn’t she have Stiff Person Syndrome and it’s progressing, taking her ability to sing?
I’m ok with the pre - recording, but don’t say it’s live when it’s not. It was especially galling to find out even the pre recording has been pitch corrected.
Which is probably more common with recordings than I would care to know, but it’s just shows how everything is so fake these days.
I think there more to come. People will use AI to generate art, music, writing, design and claim it as their own original invention. I guess that’s misrepresentation rather than fake, but there’s gonna be a flood of it.
Fell asleep for a bit, but have a GP appt tomorrow morning. I’m trying not to get overly anxious about this, because it’s probably nothing, but its such a different pain than I am used to.
Like, sharp, and then achey, and sharp if I rub my eyes (which I do without thinking). I have no idea what I could have done to it, like it’s a weird spot. Just under my right eye, where the orbital hole ends, on my cheekbone. I know I keep posting, but I’m anxious ugh!!!
Maybe it’s a pimple on the inside of your eyelid or something? Or a subcutaneous ingrown hair or some such
Maybe? Theres nothing on the skin, no marks, no bruise or discolouration. No lump I can feel underneath, just the top of my cheekbone/orbital.
Hopefully it is just a stupid zit. I can deal with that.
no lump is a good sign, rules out a lot of shit. Could be a minute scratch, the area under your eyes is ridiculously tender
Could be a stye, it seems to be the season.
You’re seeing a doctor. In the meantime don’t touch and use warm compresses for comfort.
So many hugs
Could be nerve pain, maybe even referred from TMJ or a tooth? Best of luck, hope you can get checked soon
I do grind my teeth, I’m stressed it’s a fracture. It’s probably nothing though lol
There’s someone stood in front of the Magistrate court on William St with a couple of big posters behind him, handing out flyers. He keeps repeating “Judges are motherfuckers” nothing else. At it for over an hour now
to be fair, if it was 16 and stabbed a bloke for the 5th time this week I’d probably just get a slap on the wrist. So the guy isnt wrong per say…
Anti-gratitude thread 👎
Balancing shit is hard.
Dealing with family stuff is annoying. Do I post back papers or go out of my way to drop them off in their letterbox?
I don’t think my manager understands my job. As in, I don’t think she has done the same day to day work as me to be able to understand what goes into what I’m expected to do.
I can tell because some things have the name of the last user to modify them, and I don’t see her name on anything or any of the documentation
Bloody COVID. Bloody people who smoke, more specifically Mr P. What’s the point of quarantining if you’re going to wander through the living room where we’re all sitting to go out for a smoke every half hour. Fucking ridiculous and I am fuming 😤😡
Does he have any intention of quitting?
He occasionally mentions it, but really he’s been smoking for 50 years at this point so it’d be very hard and take a big effort on his part. When he had a heart attack a couple of years ago and had a stent put in, he was in hospital 8 days. Then would’ve been a golden opportunity to give up but he didn’t. I gave up years ago after smoking for 20 years, so I know it takes a particular mindset and dedication to achieve. I’ve started to really doubt that the will is there.
Edit: overzealous spellcheck error
Is he at least wearing a mask or doing anything to cover his face while he’s in the living room?! Or at the very least waiting until everyone has left the room?!
He’s wearing a mask but still opening and closing the door of his room where he has been quarantining and wandering through far too regularly for my liking. The kids and I started quickly putting on masks when he walks through the living room, so he started giving a little warning before he opened the door. But to my mind it’s not good enough.
Aggressive people. They should all just pack up and go to an island to live together, and leave the rest of us to live in peace.
Tweaked my shoulder again yesterday and I’m getting a headache and also sending odd sensations and pins and needles down my arm/hand again.
Thought fully recovered from it a month ago.
Physio is gonna wanna take a look at that.
The woman buying my sewing machine just picked it up. She did not accidentally overpay me by thousands of dollars. I guess the dream was not prophetic.
oh well
Why is it that there’s always something out of balance. If it’s not work life then it’s health or money. When they are all broken then it feels hopeless
I’m guilty of this kind of thinking too. Been recently starting to realize the balance isnt how things feel to us, its our ability to “ride the waves” so to speak, and you can find balance wherever you look even if you may not like how it feels.
Not sure I fully believe that myself just yet, but the more I explore it the more it seems like there might be something to it.
I’m perfectly balanced. All three suck equally! 😀
(Kidding, I am grateful for what I do have)
I feel exactly the same way damn
Oh man I hear you. Good health, finances in order, work bearable. Pick two.
The google tells me that’s called a project management triangle
In-person interviews are a lot, especially at 9am on a Monday. But I’m now done. Early slots are worth it.
I think it went pretty well. We’ll see.
Fingers crossed mate
🤞
Good luck!
Best of luck. They feel so odd to do now, it’s hard to believe they used to be the norm.
I know. What do you mean, I need to put on shoes? Not to mention drive somewhere?
they’d better be offering a coffee to go with the interview!
My monday morning activities fell through, so now I’m just tired. I don’t know whether to go back to sleep for a bit, or stay up. If I stay up, I’ll be cranky by tea time. If I sleep, I run the risk of missing packages (I know I have at least 1 coming)
Toddler took my phone. I asked for it back, he disappeared for a moment then handed me back the purple ring from his tower toy thing. He looks satisfied with our “trade” and buggers off again, only to leave the phone behind on the floor anyway.
Is your son British? That sounds similar to what they did with countries…
If he was British he would’ve pillaged whatever was valuable from the phone then left it.
Good point
you mean liberate slaves from the Caliphates and Ottoman Empire?
Anyone had Thomas Dux cheese before. I finished off some brie but it kind of just tasted watery and salty, not much’cheese’ taste.
Maybe that’s just what fancy cheese tastes like
Brie is a mild cheese
I find the Thomas dux ones are nothing special, despite the fancy branding. Australian cheeses like King island or Millawa are a much better brie. If you want a more flavoursome soft imported cheese, try a d’Affinois. Very $$ but omg so very delicious.
Called out of my shift, couldn’t sleep until 4am and only for two hours.
Gonna make that GP appt today for my eye, it’s just hurting so much worse. Ugh!
Happy Monday! Lol
Oof, I feel this. I got a little more sleep, but only about 4. I was awoken an hour earlier than needed by a fire truck that went right past my window and seemed to linger out the front for a few seconds, and I didn’t sleep 3ish
I hope your eye is better soon
please go back to bed once you’ve seen the GP.
Gratitude thread 🐕🐈
Grateful for getting more sleep than I did the night before last.
Grateful for my MIL. She really stepped up after my mum died and tries her best to help, even though she’s 90, and I try my best to help her when I can. We agree on most things, disagree well, and our relationship is easier than the one I have with her son.
I just checked the status of my Temu orders, there are four packages in the country and ready for delivery. They should arrive tomorrow, and if they don’t I get $5 credit for each package.
Grateful for my four hour meeting being cancelled and having a full WFH day
A four hour meeting? Under what circumstances is this even useful?!
It was not going to be … it was supposed to be a working meeting but that client is never organised so I would have just been hand holding while they organised themselves
Cheese.
I’ve already eaten a slice of apple cake and it was delicious.
Yum. I had an apple and custard scroll with boston bun topping. It was so delicious I immediately ate another one.
Since my morning post I’ve gone back for 2nds and I’ve demolished several slices of chocolate cake too.
I wasn’t gonna go anywhere today but I need m&ms.
Normal, peanut, crispy, mixed or one of the bullshit limited edition flavours?
(note, there are a couple of good bullshit limited edition flavours but not out at the moment or haven’t made it to Australia yet such as dark chocolate raspberry)
I didn’t mind the brownie ones, but they needed to be served warm, otherwise the brownie bits were like little stones. I haven’t tried any other limited edition ones
Peanut × 2
That’s good stuff. My usual purchase would be peanut x 1 and crispy x 1 and mix them together. Have to be in a specific mood to enjoy normal ones otherwise I’d get mixed.
bullshit
dark chocolate raspberry
I dunno that sounds delicious.
edit: I misread you said good :)
Maybe I need m&ms too. You’ve got me thinking about them.
As I was pulling out of my driveway, an evil looking Tom cat was in my backyard judging me, which is a cheek cos I don’t shit on other peoples properties.
Happy monday erybody :(
Happy Monday to you too.
