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DJDarren, to random
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I guess I understand why it’s the case, but it still blows my mind that British Standards documents aren’t freely available from .gov.uk as a download.

They’re literally the documents that outline how things should be done, but you have to pay a vast amount to access any of them.

PetraPhoenix,
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@DJDarren

Ahhhh, capitalism.

FFS!

dgar, (edited ) to random
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We’re in the final hours of voting in !

Have you voted for your favourite three entries yet?

PetraPhoenix,
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@dgar @vote

I've heard of fedivision, but this is the first time I recall seeing any instructions on how to listen to the entries.

Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to listen today, but let's hope that next year I either remember or the instructions are far more visible!

purplepadma, to random
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There were no cheese scones in M&S. it’s like Rhubarbgate all over again. I’ve got to do some more potting up of plants this afternoon, that’s something I used to really enjoy but right now the thought makes me quite literally lose the will to live. I’ll do what I can

PetraPhoenix,
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@purplepadma

If you were nearby I made a batch late last night and would happily have let you have some.

I hope your plants help you more than you think they will 🫂

DJDarren, to random
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Grumpy this evening and not entirely sure why.

Don’t like it.

PetraPhoenix,
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@DJDarren

I am also grumpy, but I know why.

Hope it lifts for you soon

purplepadma, to random
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Also: why do my adult children insist on having their own lives? I hate it when they go back after they’ve been to stay 😂😭

PetraPhoenix,
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@purplepadma

Yes!! This! So very much this!

How very dare they! 😂😭

PetraPhoenix,
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@purplepadma

The absolute cheek of it!

DJDarren, to random
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Submitted an e-consult to my GP yesterday. Received an email a few minutes later saying they’d reply by 6:30 today.

They’ve got five minutes…

PetraPhoenix,
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@DJDarren

Firstly I hope you're ok,

Secondly, I HATE eConsult!

As I have told my GP's practice, it may be more convenient for them but for patients it's absolutely dreadful!

I just cannot stand the way it is used to fob us off.

No. I shall stop now, because noone wants me to really get started on that rant

Tattooed_Mummy, to random
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This annoying new Mastodon trend of repeating the toot as the alt text in an image has better stop soon or I will beat your arse! It's lazy and unhelpful and frankly disrespectful for people who need the bloody alt text to "see" the image.

Alt text is to describe the image. 🤬

PetraPhoenix,
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@Tattooed_Mummy

That does sound annoying! I wasn't aware of it as I'm unable to see any alt text since swapping to the Firefox browser.
None of the apps worked for me when I joined fedi and so I just added it to my screen as a kind of web app thingy.
I got the alt text when I was still on chrome and doing that, but haven't found a way to access it since using Firefox.

Which is a shame, because I enjoy good alt text, it helps everyone!

PetraPhoenix,
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@DJDarren

Nope, I get a series of options such as "open in background tab", "Download image" and "share link"

But no option to view alt text.
I can see whether or not there is alt text, because a little ALT symbol is in the corner of the image (tapping that brings up the options from earlier).

The only time I see the alt text is if the picture itself doesn't load.

@Tattooed_Mummy

RickiTarr, to random
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We give such weird advice to kids. I remember being 12, and very shy, and people would tell me to just be myself. Now 30 years later, I'm 42, and still trying to figure that out.

PetraPhoenix,
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@RickiTarr

Adults: "Just be yourself"

Me aged 7: Happily does stuff

Adults: NOT LIKE THAT

Me:

Adults: "Be yourself the same way everyone else is"

Me aged 47: still working out who she is after a lifetime of trying to "not like that"

purplepadma, to random
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I woke up with Walk The Dinosaur in my head. When I mentioned this to Tom he claimed never to have heard of it, so I had to go onto Spotify to prove to us both that I hadn’t dreamed it up. How has he never heard this 80s classic?

PetraPhoenix,
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@purplepadma

I remember a dance that went with it too, but I don't know if that was a playground invention or from the video.

But, how has he never heard this???

DJDarren, to ADHD
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Something occurred to me earlier, and it’s twisted my melon, but in a good way.

I was diagnosed with in 2019, and have been on medication since. I have a huge problem with imposter syndrome, that somehow I tricked a professional into giving me speed. It’s not as bad as it used to be, but there are still some things that eat away at me a little.

PetraPhoenix,
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@DJDarren

I had a few times where I got stuck doing one thing when I had deadlines for something else. I spent a day baking when I had an important study deadline imminent for example! Tasty, but not helpful!

@TheBreadmonkey

PetraPhoenix,
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@DJDarren

And my short acting meds aren't currently affected by the shortages - which is a huge relief!

@TheBreadmonkey

PetraPhoenix,
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@TheBreadmonkey
Yeah, there's a shortage of some ADHD meds at the moment. I don't know the details as mine aren't affected.
@DJDarren do you know more?

DJDarren, to music
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Listening to the radio while I’m cooking dinner, Placebo’s ‘Nancy Boy’ has come on, and fuck me I’d forgotten what an utter stomper it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBxuq_eWW94

PetraPhoenix,
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@DJDarren

The late 90s were such an androgynous time.

But yeah, I think most of us had a crush on him

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