Lounge but Australian

[timber spruce]

just a person who doesn't know what the camera is worth

[coral crescent]

[feral herald]

Olive

But also

Then also

And finally

[coral crescent]

[night hound]

Neah. Too good to be true. Wanted a "deposit" and very slow to respond. Damn it.

[timber spruce]

Dang

[static ruin]

Was worth a shot

[errant linden]

morning

[errant linden]

[coral crescent]

Well also to be expected

If somethings too good to be true it is

[karmic lily]

If any perth lads here

Mindarie coastal is pretty based atm

[night hound]

You in Perth? You'll be the first Aussie in Perth in the server i know of.

@foggy steppe Found a Super Takumar 300mm f/4 lens for $300. And a Mamiya 500 f/5.6 for $200. If we weren't spending so much money in Europe, it's a fucking no brainer to get both. But I can only justify getting one of them. I don't know what to do 😭. They are both in excellent condition. As in EXCELLENT.

I should just do both, right? Right?

[foggy steppe]

ooh

wait takumar 300 f4, is that optically the same as the 6x7 one?

can get them much cheaper than that

that mamiya is cheap tho

takumars often 150-200 on ebay for really nice cond

[night hound]

Was looking on ebay and can get them cheaper from Japan, but then there's also shipping plus possible import fees. And yes, it's the 6x7 one.

Hmmm.

[foggy steppe]

i got mine for about 220 shipped from japan

[night hound]

Ok! Good to know. Thanks!

[foggy steppe]

tho maybe the mamiya is better coz a long lens like that is rare on gfx lol

[night hound]

I'll go for the Mamiya tomorrow, I think. Sigh. This is hard.

[errant linden]

hi fogie

[foggy steppe]

too much to buy lol

[coral crescent]

Summon Idaea

He'll have a chart or smth for this I'm telling you

[foggy steppe]

ah yes idaea knows a lot about film era medium format lenses

[night hound]

@neat wave Help! #1118672425165533295 message

🙏

[neat wave]

idk shit about MF lenses

💀

who said i do

[coral crescent]

Pull out a table or smth

[night hound]

Time to buy some then and come back to me when you have everything documented on a spreadsheet :D

[coral crescent]

[late parcel]

I can’t fit all my boookkks

Still got these to fit in

[fleet edge]

Cut them in half

[late parcel]

You bastard

[night hound]

You're a teenager. Books on the floor are not out of place. Tsk.

[timber spruce]

eat the books

so you can get smarter

[late parcel]

I don’t get my cameras back until they’re all out of my cupboards, drawers and floor

[night hound]

Ah fuck that shit. Put them on top of the other books, then. nothing wrong with that.

[foggy steppe]

matthew reilly is good taste

[eternal moat]

Double up the small books?

[foggy steppe]

stack em on top of the other books tho yeah

[eternal moat]

And/or have the ones you finished behind

[late parcel]

Hmm

Well

That’s all of them

[late parcel]

Yayyyyyy

That’s what I ended up with. I can tell what they all are but it feels like a crime

[eternal moat]

Nah, it means you’re well read

[errant linden]

fold some of them in half so u can fit it into the top space

[late parcel]

Still have these but I think I can get away with these in a drawer as old “study” material

[late parcel]

🫡

[eternal moat]

I head if you put the pages in a shredder you can compact them more

[foggy steppe]

thats actually somewhat organised

[late parcel]

I’m really starting to hate you (jk)

[errant linden]

fr and then put them all into one bag u can read 4 books at one time

[late parcel]

Most of the top ones I haven’t read in years but they were gifts so I feel bad if o get rid of them

[eternal moat]

If you have a fireplace you can breath the books too

Live and breath knowledge

[late parcel]

Though I’m a tad sad I can’t find the novella that goes between scarecrow and scarecrow and the army of thieves

Might be at the farm

That’s my bookshelf there

[eternal moat]

I dunno if you read light novels but I recommend the LN of Goblin Slayer

[late parcel]

I’ll add it to my list

It’s getting quite long lol

[coral crescent]

Goblin Slayer is nice

I've been reading more webnovels recently though

[eternal moat]

I came to the LN from reading the manga and the adaptation is amazing. They really did the LN justice and it helped me visualise many of the scenes.

[feral herald]

Quiet Aussie Lounge tonight today.

[night hound]

Everyone's at church. It's Sunday.

[feral herald]

Ahh damn.

[night hound]

Amen.

Halleluiah

[feral herald]

God bless.

Hi Frauxgie

[night hound]

Hello

How areyou Jantastic?

[feral herald]

Ahh shit more Aussies.

[night hound]

ANGIEEEEEEE

[acoustic lark]

Only church I swear by is the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

FAUXGIEEEEEE

[feral herald]

I am currently in line waiting for Rise of the Resistance, how about you? :D

[night hound]

Babe, when do you want your camera?

We are leaving for Europe for a month at the end of this month...

[acoustic lark]

Oop actually I’m in Sydney today, but I’ll be in marsfield for a wedding

[karmic lily]

If you're in or anywhere near perth, go to Mindarie Coastal walk.

[night hound]

I am chilaxing on the couch before picking up more toys in a little bit.

[karmic lily]

You must go

when the weather is better of course

[acoustic lark]

Prettyyyyy

[night hound]

Will you be in the cbd?

[acoustic lark]

Nah, just in Marsfield

[karmic lily]

These are there too

[acoustic lark]

But if you guys have next weekend free I can definitely come down to the CBD for a few hours :)

[night hound]

That's such a pretty bird!

[karmic lily]

not rare, just elusive

[night hound]

Augie says cool. You two chat and figure out a day. I'm working all day Saturday. Free Sunday.

[acoustic lark]

Sunday is perfect!

[karmic lily]

The male was such a cagey fella for a while, my guess is they're not fans of the coastal wind

so they mostly stayed in the low shrubs

[feral herald]

Cameras?

[acoustic lark]

No, ken dolls

[night hound]

Lenses :)

[feral herald]

Life size Ken dolls?

Wait

Original Ken

Or

Ryan Gosling Ken?

[gentle wind]

her Ken is bike

[acoustic lark]

@night hound everything is planned

[night hound]

I'm just here for your ride, kids :)

Street tog and bingsu Sunday it seems, eh?

[acoustic lark]

Yes ma’am

[fleet edge]

Can I come take photos

[fleet edge]

Aww :( I wanna come

[night hound]

COME damn it.

[fleet edge]

@quaint comet

[acoustic lark]

PLEASE COME

SUNDAY

[quaint comet]

Robin has editing to do

[acoustic lark]

BUT

[acoustic lark]

Sure but you wont be paid :D

[fleet edge]

Next Sunday tho

[acoustic lark]

Can you come next Sunday?

[quaint comet]

still dogsitting :((

[fleet edge]

:((((

[quaint comet]

we will be free of pupy on the 16th

[fleet edge]

We might head over when we drop off the puppy right?

I need to return my strobe anyway

[acoustic lark]

We can do BOTH weekends (well I can anyway)

[quaint comet]

I'll chat to my folks abt it

[night hound]

Bring the puppy?

[fleet edge]

:O

[night hound]

We can do the 16th

[acoustic lark]

I cant on the 16th

Working

But I can do the 17th

[night hound]

Bring the puppy!! We wanna play with the puppy.

[night hound]

Let's see what the Canberrans come back with, eh? 17th the Sunday works for me better.

[acoustic lark]

@fleet edge @quaint comet up to you guys <3

[quaint comet]

17th is probably easier bc then we can stay the night at my parents

[night hound]

Is this a date??!!??

[acoustic lark]

hell yes

[night hound]

YESSSSSSSSS

[acoustic lark]

but we still good for 10th right?

[night hound]

Yup

[acoustic lark]

beaut

[fleet edge]

We can train into sydney too :3

if we're coming back not too late

[night hound]

@foggy steppe Lens no 1 today. Getting no 2 in an hour.

[foggy steppe]

Ayy nice

Got the mamiya

[night hound]

Yes! I’ve just put it in the gfx. Fuck. It’s a work out hand held.

[fleet edge]

HK in April anyone? :33

[night hound]

I also just tried the pentacon 6 180mm. That’s sharp too. Fucking heavy, too.

Will pick up the super takumar 300mm soon.

[night hound]

Buy me a ticket.

[foggy steppe]

What an enormous lens tho lol

You can finally bird on the gfx

[night hound]

I’m literally out of breath trying to shoot with it. And guess what - I got it for $100

[coral crescent]

Just get jacked

easy

How much does it weigh anyway?

[foggy steppe]

Oh damn 100

That's a steal

[night hound]

2.2 kgs apparently. Feels more though

[coral crescent]

The lens alone or the cam as well?

[night hound]

Lens only

[coral crescent]

How heavy is the gfx

[night hound]

I think it’s more tbh

[night hound]

960?

[coral crescent]

Oh so about 3.4kg all together

I can imagine how that'd be heavy for you

[foggy steppe]

Anything past 2kg for a cam gets real heavy after a bit

[coral crescent]

Eh hasen't been an issue for me

[night hound]

The balancing is hard. Will use monopod tomorrow when I try it out properly

[coral crescent]

My setup all together is like 2.8

Never had problems with it

[night hound]

Manual focusing on these boys are the hard bit

[coral crescent]

Oh yeah that'd be a pain

[foggy steppe]

How's the throw on it?

[coral crescent]

Can hold it by the grip with one hand easily

[foggy steppe]

Monopod helps a lot with big teles

[coral crescent]

I've never used a mono pod

[night hound]

Umm… my gfx died so I need to keep testing later :)

[coral crescent]

My tripod can turn into one

but

never tried it out

[foggy steppe]

Lmao your batteries

[night hound]

I know right????

[foggy steppe]

You need the gfx batt grip

[coral crescent]

Get the spawn to be the lens carrier

[night hound]

Nooo too big

[coral crescent]

You can just focus it

Augie carries it

[night hound]

Ok will pick up the takumar 300mm now

[foggy steppe]

Nice, that ones fun too

[coral crescent]

How much gear do you have Frauxgie

[acoustic lark]

Bet

[coral crescent]

Singapore in December anyone?

[fleet edge]

[acoustic lark]

I mean I’m going travelling next year in April ANYWAY

[fleet edge]

:O

Hong Kong trip!

@uncut smelt

[acoustic lark]

MAYBE we’ll see

[uncut smelt]

ARE YALL COMING

[feral herald]

Can I come?

[fleet edge]

We're narrowing the dates down

Feb or April are the two months we're 90% sure ob

[uncut smelt]

Good

Don't come in summer

April is when it rains ALL the time

So maybe try feb

[fleet edge]

What about late march

[errant linden]

singapore on top

home country

[sharp steppe]

birbing time

[coral crescent]

Frauxige, Birbing? I wish

[coral crescent]

Changi gonna go crazy

19 hour layover wooooooooooooooo

[errant linden]

😭

[coral crescent]

Nah I'm not even annoyed

I get to spend a day in Singapore

I ain't complaining

[gentle wind]

Too much

[coral crescent]

Steal some

[gentle wind]

Done

[errant linden]

I got to spend a day in LA cuz my pilot got sick

[coral crescent]

Gimme

[coral crescent]

Fuck America

[errant linden]

first 711 I pulled up to a homeless guy was in a tent outside

[coral crescent]

Very American

Don't like that country

Nepal flight is gonna be longggggggggg though

8 hours to get to singapore and then another 5 to get to nepal

[errant linden]

Pacific north west is very nice tho

Seattle Idaho and Moab

[coral crescent]

Some places are nice that's for sure, along with their amazing wildlife and landscapes

But I hate all the cities and suburbia stuff

It's just too indoor if that makes sense

[night hound]

I’m back. Todays loots:

Mamiya 500mm f5.6
Super Takumar 300mm f4
For free: super takumar 105 f2.8

Zeiss pentacon 6 160mm 2.8 is not part of today’s loot, but shown for size.

I’m a fucking happy girl.

[coral crescent]

Holy fuck

Surely go birding

[night hound]

The 300mm is in mint condition.

I wish I wasn’t working soon

[coral crescent]

All that gear but I still haven't seen any of your photos

[night hound]

Soon.

[coral crescent]

[sharp steppe]

50MP medium format bin chickens soon

[gentle wind]

I took some photos of bin chickens today

[night hound]

Urban wildlife wooooooo

[coral crescent]

Are they fried

[gentle wind]

They will be….

soon enough

[coral crescent]

Post it to gloves off I dare you

[night hound]

Meh she is not doing it seriously lol

[coral crescent]

Gloves off it anyway

Those fried ducks still haunt me

[night hound]

I may fry my own ducks next weekend yes!

No Apple, don’t tell me to fry dicks next weekend.

Fucking autocorrect

[coral crescent]

[errant linden]

[coral crescent]

1/3 done

[errant linden]

[fleet edge]

Skill issue

[coral crescent]

It'll be an A grade

[foggy steppe]

1500 words for a report?

Lucky

[coral crescent]

Analytical Essay

It's just a bunch of BS about symbolism

[errant linden]

half my essays are just me waffling

[coral crescent]

"A melancholic instance of this gradual change occurs when Red receives the harmonica from Andy, in light of his parole once again being rejected. Red refuses to play the harmonica, once again symbolising his disdain for hope again."

It's a fucking harmonica

[errant linden]

english is just waffling im telling you

[coral crescent]

yep

[sharp steppe]

Ah, the Shawshank Redemption. Every English teachers default movie for essays

[coral crescent]

I can't lie, its a really good movie

We had the choice between shawshank and jojo rabbit for our essay

We all went with shawshank

[sharp steppe]

Next will be reading 'the day after tomorrow'

[coral crescent]

I think thats next year

Next terms outline has no reading/film essays iirc

[sharp steppe]

Knew it

[coral crescent]

Anddddddddddddd

Finished

Spent 6 hours doing assignments today holy shit

[feral herald]

That't it?

[errant linden]

currently editing a set only abt 11 photos tho

getting my dispo camera photos developed

[coral crescent]

I should be editing rn

but I'm too lazy so I'm gonna play genshin

[errant linden]

honestly Im the other way around

Im too lazy to study

so I just edit

[coral crescent]

See

Editing is usually when I'm procrastinating

[errant linden]

I think my time of cruising through school has come to an end

[coral crescent]

but now I'm procrastinating my procrastinating

[errant linden]

I might actually have to try now

[coral crescent]

Eh my cousin says y11, 12 and the first 2 years of uni are easy

then its hell

He's an engineering major at USYD btw

[errant linden]

engineering damnn

[coral crescent]

yeah so if he says its easy I trust him

[errant linden]

bro I've just been running with my mate and then going on drives in his car talking abt girls n all that

[coral crescent]

Seems fun

why stop

[errant linden]

honestly been more helpful than any therapy session I've had

not to diss my therapist

[coral crescent]

Meh sounds about right

Therapy can be anything

Some things work better than others

[errant linden]

ye tru

nah but no homo my mate is actually so fkin hot

like idk how this guy got dumped

[coral crescent]

lmao

Meh, wrong person wrong time ig

[errant linden]

it honestly wasnt tho

they both rly wanted it for like months

and bro the way he described it last night

it was perfect like on some fairytale movie shit

[coral crescent]

But it didn't go the fairytale way

Right person wrong time

[errant linden]

for me it ended before it even started

[coral crescent]

Wrong person wrong time

[errant linden]

you get so emotionally and mentally invested into someone and then they just dont feel the same way, and thats fine. But just cause its fine doesn't make it hurt any less

but we got camera so we up

[coral crescent]

Mhm

Time will keep going, thats all that matters

[errant linden]

[static ruin]

How some things can appear on the outside can be very different in reality, sometimes things just aren't meant to be

[errant linden]

wise words from the Punther himself

[woeful vapor]

Oh god of holy adaptation

[foggy steppe]

wait just one fucking second

105 2.8 was free??

i missed that

thats a fun lens for free

[timber spruce]

fucking hell

yk i'm still your totally real son right

[night hound]

FREE :). The guy who sold me the 300mm happen to just find it and thought if I could use it, I can just have it. It has a little bit of fungus but I think it's on the outside anyway and can be cleaned. If not, still not a big deal - still usable. I'm stoked.

[acoustic lark]

I def wont be able to go before April

[timber spruce]

W

[night hound]

You are my chosen son which is the best thing ever :)

[coral crescent]

I was the failed in law

[timber spruce]

yes you choose me

uwu

[coral crescent]

[foggy steppe]

That's awesome what a lovely guy

[night hound]

F MINUS even.

[coral crescent]

[static ruin]

F

[errant linden]

woahh ced is aussie

[woeful vapor]

no

I'm everywhere

[timber spruce]

hi everywhere!

i'm Sal!

[late parcel]

I just realised my report from last week mightve meant to have had a bibliography…

[errant linden]

always forget about the bilbiography

[coral crescent]

That's not something you should forget

[errant linden]

[eternal moat]

Wait, wait are you now part of the 6x7 gang?

[night hound]

Nope. Not me. 4x5 only so far or 50 megapickles.

I will be using the big lenses on the gfx.

[night hound]

@sharp steppe For some reason, I couldn't ping you in no access. But you wanted to see some test photos on some of the lenses, esp the Mamiya.

#🖼・photo-sharing message
#🖼・photo-sharing message

[sharp steppe]

which lens is that? coz you said 500 but then say f/2.8...

im guessing its the 500 tho

[night hound]

Oh shit yu're right.

Corrected. Yeah, the Mamiya 500 5.6.

[sharp steppe]

sharp enough. Shame about the CA but at least the can be corrected

DOF pretty shallow even at those distances

[night hound]

I read about the CA when I was reading reviews and almost not bought the lens because of that. Thank god I did it anyway.

[sharp steppe]

gonna be crazy if you end up getting extension tubes for a more useful closer range lol

[night hound]

OOh yeah. You just reminded e to look for those at some point.

[sharp steppe]

make sure you get a set of them so you have options

no idea how tubes on that 500 are going to affect your focus distances

[night hound]

This right?

https://croydonringwoodcamerahouse.com.au/product/mamiya-645-auto-extension-tube-set/

[sharp steppe]

yeah

assuming that fits the lens

[night hound]

Yup, that's for the 645

I have the macro ones.

Oooooh. I should try those, too.

[sharp steppe]

with all 4 of those ones you might be approaching macro ranges lol

[night hound]

Insanity.

[sharp steppe]

im sure there is a calculator for it somewhere

[night hound]

No no, don't make me math!

I'll just make you math for me.

[sharp steppe]

the 35mm tube will let you focus from about 4.5m to 7.5m

all of them gets you about 2.5m to 3.1m

[night hound]

I would need to be in Auckland to start using this lens with extension tubes. Geesh. To shoot the trashcan across my unit.

[sharp steppe]

at 1.14x

these are tubes, not teleconvertors

just make you focus closer

not make the FL longer

[night hound]

Oh!

Can you tell I've never used tubes or any converters before?

I will try the macro tubes tomorrow - should be interesting, right?

[sharp steppe]

so tubes take away infinity focus, but in return you can focus closer

being able to focus closer than 9.5m is gonna be a win lol

just need to remember that anything too far away is gone

[night hound]

It would be fucking great, tbh. I could only focus things across the road at this time.

[sharp steppe]

so in macro photogs, it's not uncommon to use both TCs and Tubes to increase the FL and decrease minimum focus

kinda had to if you wanted to go beyond 1:1 before the lenses to do that became common

[night hound]

I will buy one for the vivitar 200mm macro vintage, then! This is great advice.

I use it with theh xt5 so it's even longer.

Doesn't help.

[sharp steppe]

just gotta be careful, because too many tubes makes the focal point behind the front element...

and then you can't get an image that in focus at all 😛

thats why you get sets with diff distances, so you can play with the length a bit

[night hound]

Right :). Thanks! I hope i can get the tubes for the vivitar (should be able to along the OM1 mount...)

Oh....is that what it is. I just stacked them last time with the Mamiya 80mm and it was a struggle.

[sharp steppe]

You'd struggle to do that with a 500mm lens tho lol

its the wider angle ones where its very easy to put yourself behind the front element

like that 17mm you have? one tube would probably do it

[night hound]

Oh yeah, I should play around with that lens, too. Haven’t done it yet.

[serene ibex]

Hey guys, quick question: Who here are BrisVegas people? and how can I do Street Photography in Brisbane

[coral crescent]

@foggy steppe might know

Only Brissy person active here I think

[foggy steppe]

sup

ah

its a bit shit in brisbane

but like idk street photography method anywhere is the same

walk around and take photos

[serene ibex]

just people can cautious/weary of that sort of stuff

yeah @foggy steppe ?

[foggy steppe]

what

just be nice

ask people for permission if theyre prominent in your photo

or dont spread photos around

its also illegal to make money off photos without consent in brisbane

[serene ibex]

actually nvm, I will most likely avoid those areas, dont want the coppas on me

agreed Iona?

[coral crescent]

Meh in general I don't take many people pics when I do street

I do a few but I usually don't go for faces

Person holding an umbrella in the rain? Yes

But other than that I don't really do people, just not my thing

Neon scapes and that sorta style is my thing

[foggy steppe]

what areas

[serene ibex]

Like the street areas

[coral crescent]

How are you gonna do street without being on the street

[foggy steppe]

lol

just shoot whatever

just ask permission when possible and dont spread too much and dont make money

[serene ibex]

👍

Rn, I’m planning to hit up
Mt Cootha (Sunrise or sunset)
Botanical Gardens (Near QUT Garden Point and a pedestrian bridge near Suncorp

[serene ibex]

I’m open to suggestions Iona

[fallow perch]

go sydney

[errant linden]

fr bro

[static ruin]

Imagine living in Sydney

[serene ibex]

Ikr

[errant linden]

fr

[fallow perch]

couldnt wouldnt and isnt me

[foggy steppe]

botanical gardens in brisbane is so shit

mt coottha is pretty boring too

[static ruin]

Speaking of things further up, how'd you like the glasshouse mountains?

Did see your picture, looked nice

[foggy steppe]

the glasshouse mountains are always pretty

worth going

[sharp steppe]

Can you throw rocks there?

[foggy steppe]

only from outside them

[late parcel]

Goodnight y’all

Take care

[acoustic lark]

night AJ

hey can i ask you guys opinions on flowers?

[errant linden]

like opinions on photos of flowers

or just flowers in general

[acoustic lark]

no like which flowers i should buy for my friend

im stuck on three options

[errant linden]

mhm

show us

[foggy steppe]

which options?

[acoustic lark]

these ones

[errant linden]

I like this one the best personally

[acoustic lark]

option 3

ok

[errant linden]

[acoustic lark]

@foggy steppe

[errant linden]

[foggy steppe]

visually 3rd is most striking i reckon too

2nd is nice and casual, 1st is boring

[acoustic lark]

ok so that's three votes for option 3

thanks guys, v helpful :D

[fleet edge]

I ship it

[acoustic lark]

ship what

also pick your fav robin!

[errant linden]

😏

[acoustic lark]

WHAT?

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

@errant linden I DONT UNDERSTAND

hey olive

[fleet edge]

3rd because it's gay

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

lmao

olive pick your fav flowers

[fleet edge]

2nd because it's gay

[coral crescent]

Robin don't explain

[fleet edge]

1st because it's gay

[coral crescent]

let her figure it out

[errant linden]

lemme guess

[fleet edge]

I ship it

[errant linden]

[acoustic lark]

WHAT DO YOU SHIP

[coral crescent]

1st or 3rd

[coral crescent]

[errant linden]

wait @acoustic lark are you gay

or are the flowers gay

[acoustic lark]

LOL

so blunt

[coral crescent]

It's nerf or nothing

[acoustic lark]

take it like this: i'm not straight

[errant linden]

[coral crescent]

Stop speaking in riddles

[acoustic lark]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

I ship it

[acoustic lark]

SHIP WHAT

ROBIN

CMON

[errant linden]

🛳️

[coral crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/cruise-dance-moves-gif-14695630

[acoustic lark]

IM SCARED

[fleet edge]

You should get your gal pal the 3rd one

[errant linden]

pal 😉

[acoustic lark]

i will get him the third one, yes

i'm also getting him a teddy bear lmfao

[coral crescent]

What's it for anyway

Graduation?

[acoustic lark]

his birthday

[coral crescent]

man me and freinds pass around the same 20

[fleet edge]

I ship it

[acoustic lark]

S H I P W H A T

me and my friend?

[coral crescent]

We will never buy each other flowers or bears lmao

legit

[fleet edge]

Get him a camera

Ez

[coral crescent]

just give them a $20 note

done

[acoustic lark]

lmao he's not a photographer

[fleet edge]

You and the flowers

[coral crescent]

easy birthday gift

[coral crescent]

For now

[acoustic lark]

oh hell yeah

[acoustic lark]

so ominous

[errant linden]

hey $20 is $20

[coral crescent]

That reminds me

[fleet edge]

Not till your convert him

[coral crescent]

I need to get back to sydney

[fleet edge]

I ship it

[acoustic lark]

flowers cost $50 🥲

[fleet edge]

Him and photography

[coral crescent]

tf

[acoustic lark]

you do i miss you

[errant linden]

hmu when u pull up syd

[acoustic lark]

one day

[fleet edge]

Get fucking rekt

[coral crescent]

nah cause me and my cousin need to do a joined gym posing post

[fleet edge]

Do you miss us

[coral crescent]

the one that was at the meet

[fleet edge]

Because we're cool

[acoustic lark]

OFC I MISS YOU GUYS

[fleet edge]

WOOHOO

[acoustic lark]

are yall coming 17th?

[coral crescent]

We found a pic of both of together when we were like 6 and now we're gonna slap that on our stories looked jacked now

But first I gotta go back to syd

[acoustic lark]

yo me and my cousin did that yesterday at the wedding i went to

[errant linden]

damn u guys r jacked too

[coral crescent]

You're not jacked are you

[static ruin]

Another seagull and car photography meet?

[acoustic lark]

im not but we recreated a photo from the first wedding we ever went to

[coral crescent]

Ahhh

yeah we're doing that as well

[acoustic lark]

YES

[errant linden]

cars

[foggy steppe]

I am back in syd a week too late for that

Shame

[coral crescent]

but just slapping a gym pic instead

[errant linden]

WOOF WOOF

[acoustic lark]

damnit iona

[late parcel]

What is the occasion

[errant linden]

where u lot meeting 17th might pullup

cause thats after yearly exams

[acoustic lark]

friend's birthday

dunno

[late parcel]

3rd then yeah

[errant linden]

"friends"

[acoustic lark]

thanks aj!

ok so what if i have a thing for him

shut up

[coral crescent]

[errant linden]

[coral crescent]

That's not how this was supposed to go

[acoustic lark]

LMAO

[errant linden]

ooooh

[acoustic lark]

istg you guys are like younger brothers

[errant linden]

is he cute 😝 💅 💅

[coral crescent]

[acoustic lark]

pfft

[errant linden]

[acoustic lark]

very

[coral crescent]

In my experience its both but

[fleet edge]

I ship it

[timber spruce]

too fucking true

[acoustic lark]

rOBIN

[errant linden]

honestly I love being approached by guys

wait

[timber spruce]

it will only attract dudes

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

oi

[acoustic lark]

pffft you like being approached by guys?

[coral crescent]

"what dedlift"

[fleet edge]

[static ruin]

I'd have to actually go to a gym first, that's camera gear money

[coral crescent]

deadlift check rn

[acoustic lark]

punther has a point

[errant linden]

no cap if girls made the first move they'd have a 90% success rate

[timber spruce]

i like being approached by girls (never happens)

[fleet edge]

@quaint comet do you ship it

We can provide dating advice

[coral crescent]

what dedlift

[fleet edge]

It'll be great

[coral crescent]

what dedlift

[coral crescent]

what dedlift

[acoustic lark]

yknow what sure, provide me with all the dating advice

[coral crescent]

what dedlift

answer

[errant linden]

[acoustic lark]

what does that even mean olive

[errant linden]

yeah tru

[coral crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/light-weight-gif-21674454

^

[errant linden]

whats his bsd

[acoustic lark]

bsd?

[errant linden]

COME ON

[acoustic lark]

I DONT GYM

[errant linden]

[fleet edge]

That was kinda obvious tho

[quaint comet]

a friend huh

[timber spruce]

don't kill them with a knife (optional)

[coral crescent]

Even I don't know what that means

[errant linden]

Bench squat deadlift

[coral crescent]

Ohhh

[acoustic lark]

shush all of you

[coral crescent]

wait nah I'm dumb lmao

[fleet edge]

Want some $50 red flowers for your birthday buddy pal best friend

[coral crescent]

yeah

[errant linden]

swear someone said it in here one time

[acoustic lark]

hes like my best friend tho

[coral crescent]

I hear it as BDS

[late parcel]

I accidentally joined a quintuple relationship today

[acoustic lark]

LMAO AJ

[errant linden]

u know what I had a thing for a friend

[coral crescent]

[errant linden]

didnt work out

[coral crescent]

[errant linden]

they like my mate

[timber spruce]

give him flowers it is a 90% success rate

[fleet edge]

@quaint comet And this silly goose is my bestie

[quaint comet]

talk to him about [insert shared media obsession here] and then end up talking on a discord call for 3 hrs without actually watching the thing you agreed to watch

[acoustic lark]

but i already do that

[quaint comet]

honk

[late parcel]

Ok well there’s sorta backstory. A group of guys were doing the weird is it flirting or not thing and one asked me on a date…. Then another did. So I just said why don’t we all go on a date 💀

[coral crescent]

meet barbella

my date

[timber spruce]

welp

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

you're all good

then

[late parcel]

Gorgeous

[errant linden]

she loves to sit on my neck

[timber spruce]

ask them for dinner os something

[acoustic lark]

LMAOOOOO look at you go

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

Invite him over for dinner and a movie and cook together

[timber spruce]

my date

[late parcel]

They’re all kinda cute too lmao

[coral crescent]

[fleet edge]

And then hit on his mum when she picks him up

[errant linden]

quintuple is CRAZY

😭

[coral crescent]

team kill

[late parcel]

Nah it’s just a joke thingy. They’ve already probably forgotten who I am lmao

[acoustic lark]

his mother is a goddamn delight

[timber spruce]

i like how you think

[acoustic lark]

id totally hit on her

[late parcel]

Might’ve been to make me stop crying in class

[acoustic lark]

aw

[fleet edge]

Gotta keep it in the family ya know

[acoustic lark]

aj

[acoustic lark]

ROBIN NO

[timber spruce]

ironically what my mum said when she told me to marry my cousin

[foggy steppe]

what now

[late parcel]

Oh man

[acoustic lark]

its giving tassie now

[coral crescent]

HUH

[late parcel]

💀

[fleet edge]

I ship it

[static ruin]

[timber spruce]

middle east moment ™️

[acoustic lark]

aCTUALLY MY MOM TOLD ME TO MARRY MY COUSIN TOO

[quaint comet]

[sweet home alabama plays in the distance]

[errant linden]

[errant linden]

WOAHHHH

AHAHAHAHHAA

[quaint comet]

yo wtf

[timber spruce]

you will ship me with anyone i say hi to

[late parcel]

Oop

[acoustic lark]

he aint related by blood though

[foggy steppe]

guess first cousins is legal in mooost places

[coral crescent]

fkin

[static ruin]

You sure you don't live in Tasmania?

[coral crescent]

we're the asians here

[foggy steppe]

so its not thatt bad

[coral crescent]

and we're not saying this

[fleet edge]

Tell him his birthday present is [insert fun date idea here]

[errant linden]

yeah oath

[timber spruce]

yep i told her to fuck off about this

[timber spruce]

🤝

[fleet edge]

Go axe throwing or have a picnic or go punch a fashy

[late parcel]

Ooooo

[fleet edge]

Bash the fash, best date idea

[late parcel]

I really wanna do a rage room date one day

[quaint comet]

... we NEVER HAD OUR AXE DATE :((((

[acoustic lark]

I have no fun date ideas

[timber spruce]

actually my mum told me if i got skinny she can hock me up with my 3ed cousin like a cousin of a cousin or something like that

i still said no

[quaint comet]

ur in sydney right? axe throwing

[late parcel]

Might be a bit crazy with 5 of us throwing shit

[quaint comet]

or a book date

[acoustic lark]

Ugh I wish

[quaint comet]

or go for a walk through the botanic gardens

[coral crescent]

so how'd we go from angie wondering what robin was shipping to figuring out date ideas

[late parcel]

I think the perfect date would be binge eating on a nature walk picnic and cuddles as the sun goes down

[acoustic lark]

Because you guys are crazy

[static ruin]

Don't ask questions

[acoustic lark]

Thats how

[coral crescent]

crazy

[fleet edge]

IKEA date
Bookstore date
Picnic
Go opshopping for silly outfits for each other and then go out for dinner together

[coral crescent]

I was crazy once

[quaint comet]

or walk through an art gallery together

[coral crescent]

They showed me a store

A camera store

[late parcel]

Angie, are you a 60 year old check out chick?

[acoustic lark]

ok but ikea date is something he and i have actually talked about

[coral crescent]

and camera stores make me crazy

[static ruin]

Was it georges cameras?

[late parcel]

Oooooo

[fleet edge]

YOU SILLY GOOSE GO ON THE IKEA DATE

[late parcel]

Elliot at George’s is literally the sweetest guy

[acoustic lark]

HERES THE THING THOUGH

[quaint comet]

if the word date was used...
pls go and do the date

[acoustic lark]

SOMETHING ALL OF YOU FAIL TO UNDERSTAND

date was not used

[fleet edge]

Because I'm really good at casually prying into people's lives

[acoustic lark]

he lives in north america. Hence why nOTHING CAN HAPPEN

[fleet edge]

Then use it

[timber spruce]

a photo shoot date

tell them let's go take a photo shoot and hang out
talk to him try to make them laugh all over the shoot
take him to dinner and then do dinner tlaking stuff idk what people talk about
:stonks:

[static ruin]

Jokes on you, can't pry into what I don't have!

[fleet edge]

I did a LDR for a couple years

1.5 years

It can work

[errant linden]

omgg IKEA is soo cutte 💅 💅

[late parcel]

I’ve never been to ikea…

[acoustic lark]

you think?

[coral crescent]

[timber spruce]

same

[errant linden]

wait

[foggy steppe]

ldr is fine

[errant linden]

so your getting flowers for a guy who lives in north america

[foggy steppe]

better to try than not

[timber spruce]

ii want to see the sea once

[fleet edge]

It's a lot harder than a irl relationship but it can work

[errant linden]

nah am I missing something

[acoustic lark]

yes

[errant linden]

[fleet edge]

Send him feet pics

[late parcel]

Ew

[acoustic lark]

LMAO NO

[timber spruce]

i've given up on irl relationships all together

[errant linden]

[coral crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/attack-on-titan-season3-eren-mikasa-armin-gif-20214159

Sal:

[fleet edge]

Ask for his delightful mother's feet pics

[timber spruce]

@acoustic lark make dad jokes into his DM's

[acoustic lark]

that i can do

[timber spruce]

real

[acoustic lark]

already do that daily

[late parcel]

Mums shipping me with the South Korean exchange student dude she’s never met lmao. Just because he’s Asian

[timber spruce]

dang then just go on a date already

damn

[coral crescent]

What asian are you AJ

[fleet edge]

Tell him you have a crush on him and ask him whether you two want to make it work

[quaint comet]

i look away to watch my cookie video to find feet pics???

[late parcel]

Singaporean/aus

[errant linden]

no way

[coral crescent]

Oh like Ben

lmao

[errant linden]

[late parcel]

You too?

!!!!

[acoustic lark]

then what

[late parcel]

Twinsies

[errant linden]

born in singapore moved to syd in 2010

[late parcel]

Oh wow

[coral crescent]

Wait how old are you ben

[timber spruce]

i've been shipped with any gal i talk to to my mum

[fleet edge]

Whatever you two want

[errant linden]

17

[timber spruce]

every last one of them

[late parcel]

I was born here but currently still hold an SG citizenship

[coral crescent]

Old

[errant linden]

My dad is from ecuador but everyone says I sound american

[fleet edge]

A relationship is a empty box that you mutually fill with expectations and boundaries

[timber spruce]

damn bunch of kidling

[late parcel]

Lmao mothers

[errant linden]

[coral crescent]

How old are you AJ

[static ruin]

Ok Zoomer

[acoustic lark]

what is a first date idea for ldr @fleet edge

[late parcel]

…17…

[coral crescent]

Robin

[acoustic lark]

olive is a babyyyyy

[late parcel]

WERE TWINS

[coral crescent]

Go

[static ruin]

It's fine, not long till you can join the rest of us at the pub during a meetup while Olive just goes off and does whatever

[quaint comet]

discord call :3

[acoustic lark]

YOU N ME ARE YES

[timber spruce]

A relationship is a really really close friendship with benefits

[errant linden]

nah I wanna join olive

[coral crescent]

yeah and taller than everyone here (except the comedic white guy and Iona)

[fleet edge]

I did
Movies
Gaming
Went on walks whilst in a call
Reading books together

[late parcel]

Wooop woop

[quaint comet]

robin and is first date was over discord bc i was in quarantine :(

[fleet edge]

I ship it

[coral crescent]

mate by the time everyones out of the pub, the damn harbours gonna be on fire

[late parcel]

My irl bestie was born in the same hosp just hours apart and my name is the same as her mums… we met 2 years ago

[coral crescent]

Bottom line you can't leave me alone without expecting smth to blow up

[errant linden]

😏

[timber spruce]

unironically see what's something both of you like doing irl, like going into a museum a comic con something like that

[static ruin]

Well... it'd make for some more interesting pictures

[coral crescent]

look at the last time I was left alone, in (redacted joke I can't make here)

[static ruin]

And the seagull may actually start flying for us

[errant linden]

[timber spruce]

you ship it

[acoustic lark]

he works at a museum, one of our first calls when we reconnected was him giving me a museum tour through his website

[errant linden]

awhhhh

[fleet edge]

Visit him and give him cuddles

[timber spruce]

i 100% ship it

[timber spruce]

this

[coral crescent]

Are ben and AJ secretly related

[late parcel]

That’s too cute

[errant linden]

we all collectively ship this right

[late parcel]

Maybe

[acoustic lark]

i'm gonna go visit him next year :)

[quaint comet]

this is adorable

[errant linden]

[quaint comet]

THIS IS ADORABLE

[fleet edge]

Yeah, but I made you smile so much your cheekies hurt :333

[errant linden]

OMG

[late parcel]

Please do

[quaint comet]

kiss him :)

[errant linden]

🥰

[fleet edge]

Suck his toes

[acoustic lark]

ONLY IF HE LIKES ME TOO THO

[errant linden]

AWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[timber spruce]

it's

[errant linden]

oh

[timber spruce]

Kinky.

[acoustic lark]

no toe will go un-sucked

[late parcel]

😭

[acoustic lark]

JKJK IM SORRY

[errant linden]

[quaint comet]

correct response

[acoustic lark]

ok but

[late parcel]

😭

[acoustic lark]

honest answer here

do yall think i have a chance

;n;

[timber spruce]

10000%

yes

[errant linden]

hmm

[fleet edge]

Yeah

[late parcel]

Yessssss

[errant linden]

Idk what u look like

BUT

[fleet edge]

Seems like a fun relationship

[errant linden]

based of ur personality

yes

[late parcel]

^^^

[fleet edge]

Look, even if it doesn't work out long term, it's a life experience

[timber spruce]

yep

[errant linden]

omg this is a romcom

lets hope this isnt 500 days of summer

[timber spruce]

🍿

[fleet edge]

I ship your feet

A tale of two feet

[acoustic lark]

lmao

[quaint comet]

fert huh

[acoustic lark]

wouldnt it be four feet?

[timber spruce]

i ship @fleet edge with @quaint comet

[static ruin]

Going to foot the bill?

[acoustic lark]

thank you guys <3

[quaint comet]

u got this kiddo!

[fleet edge]

I remember crushes being super intimidating

[acoustic lark]

OK IMA DO IT

[fleet edge]

What a time

[late parcel]

Woop woooop

[late parcel]

Mmm yes

[acoustic lark]

fuck what do i say

he's like- sleeping rn

[errant linden]

omg yess

where does he live

[fleet edge]

Hey bby wan sum fuk

[errant linden]

like what state

[acoustic lark]

hes in canada

[timber spruce]

y'all get crushes?

[acoustic lark]

genius

[errant linden]

candadian

very friendly

[coral crescent]

This goes one of 2 ways

actually

[errant linden]

canadian

[quaint comet]

tennesse joke

[coral crescent]

I don't know the 2nd way for girls

the 2nd way for guys is gym

lets just hope it goes the first way

[errant linden]

[acoustic lark]

hey are you from tennesse? because you're the only ten i see

[errant linden]

1st way gang

[coral crescent]

[errant linden]

blocked

[late parcel]

Speaking of gym. Imma go work out before I sleep because since moving back to the city I’ve had blob gains lol

[quaint comet]

yea that one

[coral crescent]

Join the jacked gang

[acoustic lark]

no bc we make fun of that pickup line lmfao

[timber spruce]

aj become a muscle mommy

[static ruin]

Just buy as 600 f4 and carry it everywhere

[late parcel]

Well my triceps haven’t disappeared yet so maybe I can fix this 😂

[quaint comet]

exactly

[late parcel]

😎

[quaint comet]

oh god robin has a doozy for u

[errant linden]

😏

[static ruin]

Yes that's what'll make it better, it won't be expected to be used in a serious manner

[late parcel]

Ayo you’re my brother

[timber spruce]

https://tenor.com/view/flex-cat-kitty-cute-kitten-gif-17702751

[fleet edge]

There's a few ways to do it, the easiest is to kill a cow and write a riddle in blood on his walls which leads him to a series of clues which get more murderous and convoluted each time until you two meet in the rain, sworn blood enemies, before you run for each other and make up.

The harder way is to just tell him in a call or heartfelt message

[timber spruce]

aj be like

[acoustic lark]

thats genius

Ok but he sent me this 6 years ago

2017 lmfao

[errant linden]

wait what

oh

[timber spruce]

💀

[errant linden]

mb

mb

[late parcel]

😭

[coral crescent]

I'm sorry what