The song is considered to be one of the most difficult arias ever written for a soprano. And yet she makes it look so easy, and with such power.
And she was only 17 years old when she performed it.
@youi_insurance because you force people to hand over details while getting a quote, you've lost my potential business today.
Show me the quote, and if it's good enough -then- you get my phone number. Not beforehand.
Anyone else feel like Australian corporate life has become completely cooked?
Not sure if this is a rant or if Iโm just burnt out, but Australian corporate life feels genuinely cooked at the moment.
Hiring is a mess. So many jobs feel like theyโre already filled before theyโre advertised, but you still have to jump through 3โ4 interviews, do the awkward โwhy do you want to work hereโ dance, then get ghosted or sent a generic rejection three weeks later.
Then you finally get a job and half the time itโs endless restructures, new priorities, new managers, new acronyms, new โways of workingโ, but somehow the actual workload only ever goes one way.
The fake positivity does my head in too. Everyone pretending to be excited about โchangeโ and โcultureโ while quietly drowning. Morning teas, RUOK emails, wellness webinars, all while people are doing the work of two or three roles and stressing about rent, groceries, fuel, mortgages, insurance, whatever else has gone up this week.
And the commute stuff is insane. Dragging people back into offices so they can sit on Teams calls, lose two hours a day travelling, and spend more money they donโt have, all for โcollaborationโ.
I donโt know. It just feels like the social contract has completely fallen apart. Work harder, get paid less in real terms, live further away, own less, pretend to be grateful, and keep smiling.
Maybe Iโm just jaded, but it honestly feels like a lot of us are becoming strangers in our own country. Like everything is technically โfineโ, but it doesnโt feel like itโs built for normal people anymore.
Anyone else feeling this, or have I just had one too many corporate town halls?
@ausstockchick there's no reason for australia to be in any energy crisis, housing crisis, manufacturing crisis or cost of living crisis
all totally created by government policy
i have no desire to be rich so i can buy a rolex or a lamborghini.
i want to be rich so i can control my time and go to the gym at 3pm on a monday.
sit at a cafe and relax for an hour on a rainy afternoon.
so i can cook meals at home with fresh ingredients.
spend on my family and friends without worrying about a budget.
that's my idea of a rich life, not the fake consumerist idea shoved down my throat.
@F1icom The "Algorithmic Grandiosity" in @F1iโs outros is blatant AI slop. Every article conclusion follows a formula:
Conclusion = Temporal Transition + Moral Maxim + Clichรฉ Finality
The "As Formula 1 prepares..." template adds zero technical value. Readers want density, not LLM fluff
@CriticalMassMel So sad to miss this! Didn't realise it was on till 4.5hrs too late.
For some unknown reason, the memory of the 15th anniversary cycle randomly came to mind so I looked you up, if only I had this odd coincidental memory 24 hours ago instead!
Hope it was run, ride safe ๐ฒ
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