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What is your favourite album at this moment?
  • Dude she showed some videos and it looked unreal. Full disclosure, we are both not into this type of music. Despite that, she said it was probably one of the best concerts she'd ever seen.

    We live in New Zealand, and the group had joined forces with a local group of Maori performers who blended in their own cultural practices. It seems like they went above and beyond to tailor their performance to the local setting and honouring native practices here.

    I'm really sad I didn't join, but occasionally you have to give the wife a girls night out.

  • Every show with a suicide now has a disclaimer with a suicide hotline at the beginning. Is there any evidence that these warnings make a positive difference?
  • The worst about ideation for me is that a few days/weeks/months later, I'm almost always thinking "I was willing to do that? Because of XYZ? That would've been so fucking stupid!"

    But in the moment your brain can just be like "topping yourself is clearly the only logical solution" and make you actually believe that shit.

    It's wild.

    Sorry, I realise this is a bit off topic.

  • Microsoft says its Recall uninstall option in Windows 11 is just a bug
  • Yes I completely understand that. But it also undermines the "give your older laptop a new life with Linux" narrative that's out there at times. It's actually not that easy. I'm happy running Linux but I wouldn't put it on my moms old laptop..

  • Microsoft says its Recall uninstall option in Windows 11 is just a bug
  • This is my life right now.

    I put Linux on my HP laptop...

    Speakers give weird sound Media keys don't work Worst of all: ever since I updated the laptop somehow crashes my router? Like, I don't even know how this is possible, but it's happening.

    I'm not an idiot but all the solutions to getting these seemingly basic things to work as intended are extremely contrived.

  • How do I alleviate bitterness due to lack of intimacy?
  • I used to be very skinny, like 58 kgs at 186. I met my wife when I was 18 and she loves skinny dudes 😂

    Regardless, I did feel self conscious about my skininess because I was bullied for it in school. I've both accepted myself, but I also gained about 15kg of muscle by doing starting strength. I'm by no means ripped, but I do feel like I carry myself with more confidence and that goes a long way.

    Also, my dude, take this from someone in a 20 year relationship... Looks are neat and all, but finding someone you can actually stand, spend a lot of time and plan a life with is a significantly more worthwhile trait to pursue.

  • What's a good and non patronising way to help my neighbour out

    My neighbour has a cat called Stevie. Stevie hangs out with us a lot and we look after him when my neighbour is away.

    Yesterday we found Stevie very unwell in our garden. We took him to the neighbour and she immediately rushed him to the vet.

    She mentioned the vet was 200 dollars which was a big unexpected expense for her. Her son's birthday is on Monday and she won't be able to do anything for his birthday now.

    My wife and I are fortunate enough for 200 dollars to not be a lot of money for us and we want to help, but I'm unsure how.

    One option would be that we leave her a little card with 100 dollars and write that we wanted to help because we care about Stevie too.

    Another idea is we ask her to do some gardening for us (that's her job, and we're too busy to do it ourselves right now).

    I don't want her to feel patronised or awkward about any of this... Happy to take insights.

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    We finally get bike lanes on Great North Road

    www.nzherald.co.nz 'Perfect must not be the enemy of good': Great North Rd finally gets its cycleway

    Auckland Transport has approved a controversial street upgrade in Grey Lynn.

    I literally can not wait for this. Cycling there is so awful.

    Suck a shame they don't do a town centre upgrade. The Grey Lynn shops could use some love.

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    The horrendous price of campervan rentals

    First of all I'm not a tourist coming here to complain about NZ!

    But I have some friends from overseas visiting, and holy heck how do people afford to come to holiday here... 12k for a motorhome for three weeks! And that's excluding insurance.

    With the price of a new motorhome, surely they're making obscene profits on these?

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    Biden calls Xi a dictator a day after Beijing talks

    www.bbc.com US-China tensions: Biden calls Xi a dictator a day after Beijing talks

    The US leader makes the remark just after talks aimed at easing tensions between the countries.

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    hiking @lemmy.ml Noedel @lemmy.world

    Cascade Saddle, New Zealand

    Went her as a side trip on the Rees Dart track from Queenstown. It was a pretty grueling ascent from the hut, climbing almost 1000 metres on scree and rocks. The 18 km round trip took us quite a while!

    This hike (5 days total) was absolutely stunning.

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    www.rnz.co.nz Migrant workers being exploited, Queenstown Citizens Advice Bureau says

    Dozens of migrant workers are being exploited by Queenstown employers who are not meeting the minimum conditions required by their visas, the Queenstown Citizens Advice Bureau says.

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    www.nzherald.co.nz Auckland surgeons must now consider ethnicity in prioritising patients for operations

    Health officials said it was an important step in reducing historical health inequities.

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    How do I tell my neighbours the windows in their bathroom are not frosted enough?

    Neighbours recently had their home remodelled, which involved them putting new glazing in their bathroom. The glass is not frosted enough and there's a lot to see.

    They are large windows too, starting at knee hight. How do I bring this up?

    Bonus points if someone can tell me why this community keeps showing my subscription as pending.

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    impeccable views

    Should be some snow capped volcanos there somewhere....

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