BustlingChungus

BustlingChungus , 1 month ago to asklemmy in What's the most ironic thing about you?

Yeah, I understand that. I feel like I know you, you know?

BustlingChungus , 6 months ago to piracy in Amazon and Tolkein Estate force author to destroy all copies of his work. Only pirated copies will survive.

20 year old films? I didn’t realise someone had made the movies before Peter Jackson…

checks date of release

…fuck

BustlingChungus , 6 months ago to asklemmy in Lemmy, what are some of your "oh shit" work stories?

No, this happened a few years ago, but clearly it’s a lot more common than I thought!

BustlingChungus , 6 months ago to greentext in Anon goes to a party

I feel like we’ve all been there; House-sitting a cousin’s house, invited a girl over. Cooked dinner for her, and showed her the guest bed she could sleep in. Went to my separate bed. She then says she’ll get lonely in there by herself so I get into her bed and spoon her falling asleep in record time. I’m not a smart man.

BustlingChungus , 6 months ago to asklemmy in Lemmy, what are some of your "oh shit" work stories?

A milder story than some here:

Someone had accidentally sent an email to the whole company of 44,000 or so employees. Cue a bunch of emails -replying all- asking why they were receiving the email… followed by another wave of emails asking people to stop replying all.

Was a great popcorn moment, and made me laugh every time a new email came in.

BustlingChungus , 7 months ago to world in New Zealand's central bank defends Maori language use

sadly I can’t disagree with you - that reputation is fairly earned. I, for one, welcome our new NZ overlords 😂

BustlingChungus , 7 months ago to world in New Zealand's central bank defends Maori language use

Damn, that’d suck if it goes ahead - as an Aussie who was very disappointed with the result of the recent referendum here, I really admire what NZ has done to integrate and champion Māori culture ☹️

BustlingChungus , 7 months ago to technology in Drivers Tend To Kill Pedestrians At Night. Thermal Imaging May Help.

Oh good, anything to help me kill more at night!

BustlingChungus , 7 months ago to aboringdystopia in Landlords Throw Party to Celebrate Being Able to Evict People Again

Yeah, you’re right in that governments aren’t exactly helping with the problem either - there’s a lot of wanting to have their cake and eat it too. I hope you don’t think I’m attacking you for owning a property btw - I’m frustrated at the system, especially in my country, where the laws aren’t changing to help people own homes or protect renters, because the ones making the laws usually have a strong investment in housing themselves

BustlingChungus , 7 months ago to aboringdystopia in Landlords Throw Party to Celebrate Being Able to Evict People Again

Was the apartment bought with the intention to make profit? I understand what you’re saying, and maybe you inherited that apartment and it’s more effort than it’s worth. My overall concern is that as a whole, housing shouldn’t be seen through the lens of making someone else money - it should be a basic human right.

So surely you always have the option of just… not renting out a property?

BustlingChungus , 7 months ago to technology in First live birth of a chimeric monkey using embryonic stem cell lines

Planet of the Apes, here we come!

BustlingChungus , 7 months ago to technology in Steam Deck OLED announced

Yeah ikr. Feels like they’re still pissed at us for our ACCC taking them to task for not offering refunds here

BustlingChungus , 8 months ago to programmerhumor in Tests are code too

The Testmen?

BustlingChungus , 8 months ago to lemmyshitpost in PEACHES COME FROM A CAN

Was huge in Australia too!

BustlingChungus , 8 months ago to memes in those ppl...

Light treason