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Interesting that native plants don’t favour native bees over European bees. I planted all natives in my garden because I thought I was promoting growth of the native population!
Common misconception, I suppose.
I wish there was some viable control method we could set up at home.

Ooh I love the stellar siblings one! They’re all great though

Wow, I had no idea Broadway was so expensive! I feel lucky now lol

I definitely have passed on shows before because I didn’t know whether the price was worth the level of enjoyment I was expecting. And that’s as someone who is only paying for one to two tickets. I can’t imagine how a family or other large group could justify that kind of cost.

Jenna Marbles! She was a youtuber back in the day

To my shame, I’ve not seen one! Only started going to musicals in earnest recently, when I finally had the disposable income for tickets and travel. Moulin Rouge was on my radar peripherally, however I didn’t like the movie much and, like you, prefer an original score so I never went.

Matilda was incredible, and I think Tim Minchin did an amazing job, but I suppose one guy doesn’t make a whole musical Australian.

Other than that, either I’ve been too late to see the big ones, or too out of touch with theatre news to see the recent ones.

I suppose that’s why I’d like to see a bigger and more celebrated theatre industry of our own. I simply never hear about any musicals created here, and I’d like to! Maybe if Aussie musicals got to the point where they are being advertised as much as Hamilton or Wicked were, it would be easier for people like me, people who only skim the surface of what’s available, to better support our own.

I think we have some of the best on-stage talent in the industry right now, so I’m glad that home grown talent on the production side is picking up as well.

Oh yes, that was so funny!

Great write-up! What is your favourite of all the new Australian musicals you listed at the top?
And what is needed from the general public to support and nurture the Australian musical scene, in your opinion?

Dude, plain pasta tastes great. No contest.

I can’t help you with the quality of the prints, but I’ve found that sticking the bed and print into the freezer for 2-3 mins will help it pop off easily.

I only use mobile so idk if it’s different on pc, but the little image icon underneath the username will open the posted image underneath the post for you

Yikes. Was it ever confirmed deliberate?

Oof, that’s not a great look.

unless they’re from an instance that supports hateful content.

I suppose the crux of the matter is what each person thinks hateful content is.

I’m OOTL. What dogwhistle stage are we talking about?

Back on reddit, the main way I found new subs was by people mentioning them in the comments of related threads in my existing subs. Once we start getting a bigger level of activity in the “main” communities, I feel like sharing smaller ones will happen organically.
Until then, keep spreading the word :)

If you’re that emotionally invested that early on, you may need to do some self-reflection. The early stage of dating someone is not supposed to be a serious-committed-relationship type of vibe. You really are just hanging out and getting to know whether you would like to spend more time with the other person. If you’re so invested at that stage that ghosting is considered taxing to you, sit with your own priorities for a while and determine whether you’re going into dating with a healthy mindset.

And you don’t have to be ruthless to know that your time would be better spent elsewhere. Take the sunk-cost on the chin and move on.

Yeah tbh you see that kind of thing with non-romantic conversations all the time as well. How many times has someone said “we should hang out more” and you say “yeah, totally!” even though you know you never will, lol.

Definitely a good idea to follow up after the date just to keep the lines of communication open. I don’t buy into the whole “wait x amount of time” thing.

It’s trying to simulate tone over text. For situations like your example, the implied question is something like “why do you not know this?” Or “what are you talking about?”

Assume the person is giving you a quizzical facial expression on the other side of the screen, like they’re baffled by what you’ve said.

I think it’s pretty standard protocol for most women to say the date went well and they would like to meet up again when still face-to-face with the guy they’re on the date with.
Minimise the risk of becoming a statistic, and all that.

For messaging with dates, I generally say 2 texts then let them respond (and that’s not messages like “hey” “u up?” “Are you there??” But like actual content that they can engage with).

If they don’t get back to you, don’t take it personally. Just forget and move on.