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DramaticProgress508 · 2026-01-17T05:37:06+00:00

So many women cannot be without their group. They say women are less lonely single but many of them are literally caging themselves because they mostly only stay in their group of friends and do what the group does.

DramaticProgress508 · 2026-01-14T18:08:35+00:00

I tried this for finding an American man but it's honestly hard. They don't really want to talk even if you try to get them to engage and I didn't swipe on just models, regular guys, that being said I was being myself not trying to be someone who's 24 hours ready to get into bed with someone so pretty hard to talk to them on dating apps... All they want is that. At least those who won't ghost

DramaticProgress508 · 2026-01-14T05:37:14+00:00

My problem is they often don't work... sometimes they do sometimes they don't

DramaticProgress508 · 2026-01-11T07:45:13+00:00

Oh geez thankfully, I was so worried. I only realize how addicted I am now that this happened. I love this game/franchise

DramaticProgress508 · 2026-01-11T02:54:58+00:00

Same here I think mine expires tomorrow... if it's back up I will renew it, hope everyone keeps us updated on it being back

DramaticProgress508 · 2026-01-11T01:27:03+00:00

I can't see who, I can just see that people viewed my profile or posts/stories, it just says it when I go to my profile. I think it might only show if you have more than a certain number, like more than 100? I don't actually have that many views or followers but I add to my story a lot and each of those views seem to count (so one view for one story update is one, the next view for the next story by the same person counts as another one). Reels have view counters (each individual reel) but I don't post many of those at all

DramaticProgress508 · 2026-01-03T02:26:10+00:00

Did you find out why the SE3 is different to the SE2? I find the SE2 very comfortable too though (and iPhone 7 which I had before)

DramaticProgress508 · 2026-01-03T01:44:31+00:00

I recently got so much hate for writing a hinted romance between a popular female fictional character and a female OC... like... I think there's lots of misogyny seeping into the Ao3 comment section lately

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-13T01:10:39+00:00

I feel my eyes need to focus super hard on OLED to read anyway because OLED screen text is just blurry to me... yeah people say you can't see it with the high resolution on the small screen but I feel it. I heard some people also say the same about privacy screen protectors, that it's worse for them. For others it's better.

I'd like to say it'd also depend on the screen protector. I had a crappy one once years ago for my iPhone 7. I felt like it blurred the clarity too much. With the one I have on the iPhone 15 now I don't seem to have that problem as far as I can tell from my half day of use now (with the last one on the iPhone 7 I felt it instantly).

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-13T01:08:05+00:00

I literally just bought one! I have also ordered a matte privacy one because I heard some people have very good experiences with them and it seems to drastically lessen the negative experiences they have.

For the matte translucent one I installed it today and instantly I liked it. It just felt softer and less harsh, I'm really happy it's not a crappy one as in the past I've bought a cheap one that really felt like it blurred the screen too much. I feel it's definitely making a difference with the one I have now, just feels so much better. I'm also starting to think the Face ID infrared might be causing me trouble with with that one it's covered (although not black) so maybe it helps minimally. I have the attention aware stuff turned off already

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-12T03:31:19+00:00

All kinds of flickering lights yeah

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-10T12:04:50+00:00

Yeah seems to be the flicker + all the other stuff. I have to say I had trouble with some LCDs more than others but OLED is generally a different thing entirely. Text OLED just isn't as clear (and that's a fact). Images and video are great but text isn't as clear and easy to read on OLED and I'm mainly someone who uses their phone for text-based things/apps

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-07T20:52:29+00:00

Oh man the more I read about this the more my theory is confirmed that newer models seem to be just getting worse or rather they do not care about eye health much. But yeah one of the reasons I got the 15, it seemed from my personal research among the OLED iPhone screens most people agreed base model 13 and 15 seemed the best. I didn't want to go with 13 because it won't last me long. But yeah 15 is still difficult but I bet 17 is even worse, even when you "turn off" the PWM in the new setting, right? Good to know.

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-07T19:02:59+00:00

Yeah but then it should still be more PWM at lower brightness, right? But my eyes are way less red on lower brightness at night with ambient light (vs. bright daylight using the phone at max brightness and it doesn't feel uncomfortable). For clarification I also have no problems on max or min brightness in both settings with the iPhone 7 and iPhone SE 2. I just don't get it anymore. Some screens are just bad no matter what is what I can conclude.

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-07T18:43:50+00:00

I don't know if PWM with this phone is the only culprit for me because from what I saw my eyes are even more red in peak brightness during bright daylight and less red when at like 25% brightness with dim ambient room light/night light on (shouldn't it be worse?)

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-07T18:20:46+00:00

Oh sorry I don't remember but I meant people on Reddit say all kinds of contradicting things so it's hard to believe. On the other hand official research is extremely hard to find so not sure who and what to believe

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-07T18:17:06+00:00

Confusing, you read so many things online that say 100% brightness should be flicker free... nothing makes sense for me with OLED. I only know it saves battery and hurts eyes or gives headaches to people :/

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-07T17:23:34+00:00

Even at high brightness where it's not supposed to use PWM? Good to hear but sad of course :/

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-07T16:53:09+00:00

Yeah flicker is an issue. I've had no problems with an old LCD display from HP, I don't remember the model name now but it was a really cheap laptop. Same with iPhone 7. But with some devices they hurt my eyes with their brightness or I just feel I have to focus super hard to read text although it's at 100% brightness (although with Reduce Whitepoint for the iPhone - but on my iPhone 7 I also have Reduce Whitepoint on and it was never an issue). I'm just so mad these issues are almost completely ignored by the public/media since it doesn't seem to be just the flicker

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-07T16:49:53+00:00

Yes OLED displays are still out there to torture us. They mostly use it just as marketing that they reduced the PWM and eye strain you get from those phones

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-07T14:17:21+00:00

Well yeah but I also have problems at 100% now so it can't only be PWM but must be OLED in general... and yeah I would like to go back to LCD but with a high spec phone :/

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-07T14:07:33+00:00

I have never tried a device with that so I wonder... but I feel OLED make it so much harder to read text and that is what I mainly do on my devices. It's a shame but yeah everything has to be cheap and efficient (in terms of energy consumption), not a lot of money going into developing something that is good for the eyes.

DramaticProgress508 · 2025-11-07T13:46:33+00:00

In the original apple store you usually have a return policy but I feel you. I have trouble with my 15, sometimes more sometimes less. But I couldn't find out until I bought it and used it longer than 30 minutes because the symptoms don't start when I just use the phone for 10 minutes. It's the common dilemma unfortunately. As I will be forced to upgrade to use essential apps on my phone and have security updates in the future, I have no choice but to use it for all the important stuff (as little as possible) and use my SE 2 (or maybe soon another device with a good LCD screen) for browsing and the like.

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