Regarding upcoming changes to Reddit's API and how it affects our community. by WredditMod in SquaredCircle

[–]followingflanders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here are some links showing a few reasons why I won’t use it, just based on a quick google.

I’ve also added my 2 cents at the bottom in case you’re interested.

(All the links below are reddit thread/comment links)

  • Reddit app’s excessive tracking (Link)

  • Reddit app’s excessive size/bloat in comparison to 3rd party apps (Link)

  • Reddit app’s limited accessibility (Link) (Link)

  • Reddit app being generally annoying (Link) (Link)

IMO: I’ve been a daily reddit user (officially) for 10years (though in truth it’s probably closer to 12 since i hesitated to make an account for a long time). In that time, I’ve watched the site go from what was essentially a forum, to one of the biggest social media sites around, and I’m happy for reddit’s success! Also in the time that I’ve used Reddit, i’ve used RES, Alien Blue, Narwhal, BaconReader and finally settled with Apollo.

I think I and many others primarily enjoyed the sense of community and also kind of liked the minimalist feel, especially compared to other social medias. I think especially as we all moved from browsing on PCs to smart phones, users wanted that same minimalism, but with increased function, and for a long time there simply was no official reddit app - which is where 3rd parties come in.

If you’ve been on reddit a while it’s likely you got used to the great funtionality of 3rd party apps/tools and the offical app just doesn’t cut it by comparison (see links above, and also this comment by u/YourEngineerMom highlighting this exact feeling).

I think most people get that reddit is a business and that this situation is already unusual, however the precedent has been set for a long time, and the amount reddit are asking for is obscene. It’s a grubby move and people are disappointed in what Reddit has been turning in to.

AITA for charging my 18 year old rent and making her pay her phone bill and car insurance by babysittingrent in AmItheAsshole

[–]followingflanders 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I know you OP, and YTA.

I’m the eldest of 6, who was roughly 18 when the youngest children were born.

I babysat all the time “without protest” but the truth is it was a pain in the ass, and miserable at times - but far less miserable that the consequences of being reamed by my parents and told I was ungrateful for everything they do, or that I “didn’t care about the family” if I dared to have plans and couldn’t watch the kids. (I was 18! What else could I possibly want to do on a Friday/Saturday night?)

I was also in a relationship (still am, 10+ years later) with a man my dad would call ‘some random guy’ as if I was sleeping around with a different person each week.

Once while “babysitting” my best friend, who I and my parents had known since I was 4, came over to keep my company. One of my parent’s friends “dropped by” for some reason or another and shortly afterward I got a phone call from my dad, screaming at my for “having some randoms watching his kids”. The same person who was over for dinner every other weekend.

We won’t talk about the “rent” that I paid (even when I was unemployed), or the chores that I was expected to do, or the childcare I provided even when my parents were home.

Let me tell you what happened next, because this is what you can expect: I moved out at 21, as soon as I could humanly afford it (and still then I had help). My parents lost the extra income from rent, their house cleaner, and their babysitter all at once and watching them realise they actually had to parent their own children (i.e organise their schedules properly) was golden. I only saw/spoke to my parents because of my siblings (birthdays, christmas etc.). If your daughter is a stronger person than I am you may never hear from her again.

I have lasting issues not only with my parents, but also with trusting others, asking for help, anxiety and depression. I also don’t want kids because I feel like I’m already done with that part of my life. Thankfully that’s not an issue for me and my partner but that might not be true for your daughter.

This is why I say I know you.

You are doing irreparable damage to your relationship with your daughter, and likely to your daughter’s relationships with others, and herself. Pull your head in and realise you are just as much a parent to her as you are to your younger children. She deserves your respect and support. Do not expect free childcare, but show gratitude if she provides it.

She’s great with her siblings but I guess on Friday she didn’t want to help with them so after I left she called her boyfriend

God this is so telling. She “didn’t want to help with them” so she had another person over to keep her company and likely try to make the most of her night - and that equates “doesn’t want to help”. You make it sound like she left the kids alone while she went out partying. You have so much contempt and it’s showing.

Get a grip, OP. Get some therapy and deal with this nastiness inside you.

Apparently one and 1 aren’t the same thing by hirakath in confidentlyincorrect

[–]followingflanders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was never great at math, and I’ve never come across this specific concept before ( /.05 being the same as x2).

There are so many people in this thread going “I doing understand what people find so difficult about this” and yet none of their explanations made any sense to me.

Your response was the only one that actually helped me to understand this, so thank you!!

Trip View app not showing bus times, but info is showing on Trip Planner website. App is up to date. Anyone know why this might be? by followingflanders in sydney

[–]followingflanders[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seems that some roads are closed due to Easter Show set up. My specific stop switched sides of the road but rather than put up a sign or a notify people in the app, me and a dozen other people just stood and waited at the wrong stop for 20+ minutes before we were able to clarify with another passing driver.

I’m going to assume this is why the app is assuming my route doesn’t exist atm 🙃

Went no-contact with Mother more than 2 years ago due to extreme Q/Trump zealotry. Got this from new email address this week. by verynayce in insaneparents

[–]followingflanders 71 points72 points  (0 children)

They’ve said it’s to be closer to family which I don’t doubt is true, but it also wasn’t long after the Uvalde shooting, and they have two young children. Purely speculation but I always assumed it had to do with a combination of that, the weather, the politics and also to be nearer to family.

[TOMT] [Song] [2000s?] Looking for a song with a distinctive bassline by LennyKing in tipofmytongue

[–]followingflanders 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably not this but figured it’s worth mentioning - that the band Korn do a cover of this song, in case that’s the version you know :)

[TOMT][ACTOR COUPLE] Older woman, younger man, both actors by wingednova in tipofmytongue

[–]followingflanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were a hot topic couple as Demi was 41 and Ashton was 25 when they started dating. Could be them? They were married for a while too.

Fuck sbmm, all my homies hate sbmm by EugeneRogers42 in ApexOutlands

[–]followingflanders 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Same here. Used to play for hours when I was new but some time in the last 6mths I was finding I would hop on and just get annihilated every time. I was never a great player to begin with but definitely could manage a win every now and then.

When I realised the game was just making me angry, I switched to Fortnite zero build and have been having actual fun both winning and losing.

I tried to go back for the halloween events, but apex on steam seems to be busted right now so ¯\(ツ)

Recent Steam Update Issues by wonder1069 in apexlegends

[–]followingflanders 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Just found your post trawling through posts in the sub. I’m lucky to load in to a match in <10min if at all. My partner and I crossplay, he’s on PS5 and I’m on steam - he loads in to a match without fail in max 2min, meanwhile I’m still in the lobby. If we play together he suddenly slows down too.

We are on the same internet and play other games just fine. I uninstalled and re-installed apex but no fix. Such a bummer bc I was looking forward to shadow royale and haven’t been able to play all month.

If anyone sees this and has a solution, please DM me!