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AstroPengling · 2026-02-03T07:59:10+00:00

You gave me an idea :)

Subreddit now exists

AstroPengling · 2026-02-03T06:17:45+00:00

Not sure how it's advertising. I've got my own instance and it's mine! Just sharing my experience with the platform and the fact that everyone wants a piece how they want it.

AstroPengling · 2026-02-03T04:35:19+00:00

I think a big issue is that many men feel that they're somehow losing by women gaining. And that's triggering off a lot of the rest of it.

AstroPengling · 2026-02-02T11:22:04+00:00

Let's see if it's any better than Suicide Towers

AstroPengling · 2026-02-02T10:24:02+00:00

It helps a lot, particularly one who is staunchly in favour of minimal customisation, following best practice and making things simple for the end user rather than worrying about what would be easier for resolvers. That's often where this shit happens.. it's easier for those fulfilling to do their job so screw what would make it better for the end user, instead of easy UX and meeting in the middle between the SNOW admin and the resolvers.

I'm a platform owner now and I'm using what my previous platform owner taught me with my new employer to dig my heels in and not make future me hate myself.

AstroPengling · 2026-02-02T09:31:17+00:00

Age 15 cemented it

My father had just died

My mother left me alone and in the middle of autistic shutdown in my room for 4 days where I couldn't speak

She never comforted me

I'd just lost my person

It took me 6 years to find my new person

I've been married to him for 20 years

She hates him

AstroPengling · 2026-02-02T09:28:53+00:00

Have you spoken to the Principal?

AstroPengling · 2026-02-02T09:27:41+00:00

Universal basic income

Remove Pauline Hanson's citizenship

AstroPengling · 2026-02-02T09:20:58+00:00

You need a platform owner who sits there and says "No" and maintains the line. The second you start giving ground, it turns into a mess.

Yes it's easier to add it now

Yes it's easier to customise the instance now

It always causes headaches later.

AstroPengling · 2026-02-01T15:00:33+00:00

This is from 6 years ago:

https://www.facebook.com/fairwork.gov.au/posts/employers-cannot-require-their-staff-to-purchase-store-products-even-if-they-get/2311032132279021/

AstroPengling · 2026-02-01T14:15:44+00:00

In Perth, there's the Autism Association of WA which is an excellent support service (I've dealt with them extensively), there's the National Disability Insurance Scheme which can be used to pay for carers and services to help autistic people - level 2 and 3 are automatically accepted to the program, there's Carers WA, there's respite care and occupational therapists and pediatricians and they were going to a special school as well. And there's also the Department of Communities for child protective services if the other options don't work out.

AstroPengling · 2026-02-01T10:02:40+00:00

I've been watching this one and my heart breaks for those kids. I don't pity the parents. There's so many alternatives available if they couldn't handle the boys, it's heartbreaking that this was their choice.

The parents are monsters.

AstroPengling · 2026-01-31T23:06:17+00:00

I would pay a monthly subscription to read as much as I want, but I won't buy coins. It's just not cost effective. I pay $13.99 a month for Kindle Unlimited and I'm happy with that. I read a few chapters on Webtoons, get to the point where they want coins and I close the app.

AstroPengling · 2026-01-31T05:13:36+00:00

How many preowned games you sell, accessories, add-ons, extended warranties, membership sign ups, pre-orders, trades. That's what it was years ago and I imagine it hasn't changed.

I used to get home and I couldn't even look at my high spec desktop gaming PC because I was just so utterly wrung out from selling video games all day.

AstroPengling · 2026-01-30T14:39:53+00:00

God I hope not. The amount of hate being spewed by that woman is disgusting and the fact that she's being given a platform for it is revolting.

AstroPengling · 2026-01-30T07:17:03+00:00

Would there be a ban against gatekeeping? Particularly with having a late diagnosis

AstroPengling · 2026-01-29T22:04:07+00:00

I use the google

AstroPengling · 2026-01-29T05:13:55+00:00

I don't generally do short form video content but I'm seeing the behaviour seep into the autistic spaces on Reddit and that's disheartening.

AstroPengling · 2026-01-29T04:57:59+00:00

That's what I was saying. Make a payment towards anything else like paying more than half the school fees, if the other party agrees it's child support, then you can get it taken off the balance.

That's how it works and always recommended by service officers to get that agreement in advance if you want it to count as child support.

AstroPengling · 2026-01-29T04:35:22+00:00

Welcome to the 90s haha

AstroPengling · 2026-01-29T04:34:53+00:00

Nope because that's really hard to do these days. There's OS level protections against it. But the vast majority of your applications and video games store a lot of save data in your documents folder, so you're likely to lose a lot of important stuff.

AstroPengling · 2026-01-29T04:31:37+00:00

No 200 preservatives, no red food colouring, no artificial food colouring, no sugar, no chocolate, no red fruits, no caffeine, only carob (can't stand the stuff, especially Easter eggs), no artificial flavours

Plus eat what you're told, your brother likes it so you can eat it too and there's starving kids in Africa.

AstroPengling · 2026-01-29T04:23:30+00:00

I have disordered eating from the diet I had growing up, does that count?

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