I had a FP2 that lasted maybe twice as long as an unfair phone. Played a game on it that seemed to be too much for the processor/RAM. I bought a FP3 just after the new camera for it came out. It’s starting to show similsr signs of processor/RAM issues. Thing is I haven’t used the FP3 nearly as much and all my gaming is on tablets now. I’m unsure if I can justify buying another heavily expensive phone like this. Maybe a used one for me instead?

I do love the repairability tho and how it tries to be Eco and socio friendly. Installing lineageOS was super easy and I love not having google know my every move (I get adverts in Greek and … Russian? Now as well as stuff for Muslims, I think they really don’t track me well anymore.) It’s probably also the only smart phone customer service who understands and was helpful when I wanted to know how to responsibly deal with a broken cover for the FP2.

Here I thought I’m just weirdly into serving my cat anyway she needs me to. Brb gotta be a bridge for her again. 😂

How old is your brother? I’ve been hella awkward until about my mid 20s (there were complicating factors delaying my social development) but I’d like to think my social gaffes are a lot less intense now. AFAIK many autistic people adapt a little more with age.

I like what others said about learning how to communicate in memes to connect with your brother. Memes might be his native spoken language. It can help him a lot if he isn’t the only one speaking that language.

The tips you gave him probably don’t make sense to him. Trying to find a better time when he probably doesn’t understand social context well might have gotten translated to “wrong time of the day, try this one after 1pm”. If he is interested you could explain social context to him on a case by case basis an explain why sometimes things are funny and sometimes they aren’t. But it’s exhausting work.

If memes really are his native spoken language you asking him not to think in memes might have sounded to him like “don’t think in words” (because he doesn’t know another way to think) which is a confusing request and he probably only agreed to make the confusion go away.

Oh and now you combined DARVO and projection.

DARVOing too I see.

“overconfident willful ignorance”

Well if that isn’t projection.

Ermahgawd I’m DYING!! HALP!!!

I can so hear it. In chorus with my own cat next to her half empty/full food bowl.

Thoughts and prayers!

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That was a ride. I’m poor AF but even if I wasn’t I can’t see myself coughing up money for reddit.

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They wanted to switch over to a subscription model. I assume many people like me who used to use infinity just bailed.

Edit: I actually dug up the source for this. It still worked for non subscribers until now. Apparently that will stop on august 30th. The headline is misleading. Starting in September it will be the aforementioned subscription model.

Good to hear an update on the issues that blind moderators face even if it is not a very positive one. And of course they came up with fancy stickers and flairs for helpful mods for a community where Admins are supposed to help mods. That’s what the mods really needed!

Major sibling energy.

Sitting on the couch with no energy to do anything.

They made noises about wanting to change the trans law as soon as they got elected and formed the coalition. The longer the process dragged on the less optimistic I was. And I’m now at the point where I wonder if I should change my legal gender at all. It’s not like people suddenly act like non binary people exist anyway.

Huh. I’ll try that. She is generally not the biggest fan of beds or plastic (or cool packs…) But no harm in offering.

A very credible assertion.

I feel ya. But with these people I’d forever wonder what they’d do if I did something less innocuous as buying a phone.

I personally am not the biggest apple fan but I find it downright disturbing how your “friends” are so adamant about this. My own dislike stems from overinflated prices, working conditions in the electronics sector in general and apple in particular (I have a fairphone and a headache about tablet use…) and waaaaaaay back I had an iPad that wasn’t compatible with a windows/linux machine.

Doesn’t mean apple doesn’t have their good points, you are most firmly entitled to decide yourself what you spend money on and anything else wouldn’t be decent behaviour in my opinion. Let alone how I’d treat my friends. Stating an opinion is nice and healthy, what they do… Not so much.

Same. No w that’s there’s paragraphs I’ll read.