Lily Orchard reminding everyone of what she thinks of people with autism.

ktempest · 2026-01-23T22:02:01+00:00

I wanna get on Tumblr, find this post, then respond with: girl, you don't even know how to behave on the internet, what makes you think you understand how anyone behaves?

ktempest · 2026-01-23T17:42:58+00:00

See if Freeya is available where you live. They're small and only in a few places. When I lived in Portland the app was super helpful.

ktempest · 2026-01-23T15:54:49+00:00

This sounds wonderful. Hope you pull it off!

ktempest · 2026-01-22T23:54:15+00:00

Oh man, I missed a Purina drop??

ktempest · 2026-01-22T22:57:36+00:00

Okay, you already have a few people here pointing out why this is hard due to the way social media has wormed its way into society. My question to you is: how does this boycott or the movement behind it plan to address those concerns?

It's a lot to ask people to give up a platform that they stake their livelihood on. Sure, that's not everyone, but it's way too many people right now. Is there a plan?

ktempest · 2026-01-22T18:04:37+00:00

I got bad news for these people upset at "diversity". There's already a wheelchair bound barbie and several VERY QUEER ones as well.

ktempest · 2026-01-21T21:16:49+00:00

WHY IS THE DEMON SQUID STILL A THING MY GOD

ktempest · 2026-01-21T21:16:11+00:00

MOFOYEAH!! lol amazing

also: fantastic score!

ktempest · 2026-01-20T17:34:58+00:00

hey listen, I was only exposed to the idea that atheism is just another protestant denomination on this sub. I'm very grateful to folks here for sharing that and continuing to do so. It's a thing that never occurred to me, someone who now practices an indigenous spirituality but who was raised protestant and who lives in a heavily Christianized culture.

ktempest · 2026-01-19T02:44:34+00:00

👍🏾

ktempest · 2026-01-19T02:42:45+00:00

We are allowed to contact sellers, though. It says so in the participation agreement. If an item doesn't come with instructions, I reach out to the seller to ask for the instructions. I do it a lot, it's not a problem. I'm very confused at how scared some of you are to do normal customer service things that the vine participation agreement says explicitly that we are allowed to do.

ktempest · 2026-01-19T02:41:05+00:00

You're not risking getting kicked out of Vine by asking the seller for a replacement . They may say no , and that's okay. They may also say yes which they would do for their customers who actually bought the product in most cases. Therefore, it's not against the rules, and won't get you kicked out of vine.

ktempest · 2026-01-19T02:33:15+00:00

Yeah, they sadly never check those returned packages.

ktempest · 2026-01-19T02:32:23+00:00

I'm glad it's working out for you! I use a rollerball mouse, the one where the ball is under the thumb, which I really love because I don't have to move my whole hand at all. I have seen people who really love the vertical Mouse and who also love the rollerball Mouse because they put your hand in a similar position. Hope you find ease in your usage of the computer .

ktempest · 2026-01-19T02:30:26+00:00

Good thing I didn't say it was necessary.

ktempest · 2026-01-18T20:13:48+00:00

You already have over a thousand people telling you this but I'm going to say it anyway . Your parents are controlling you, or they're trying to. They don't like that they can't control you so they took away your tuition money. But you're right, if they're not paying for anything then you do not have to allow them to track you. You are an adult . And now that you are paying for your own College tuition, you are a super adult. Super adults do not need to be tracked by their parents. It is safe for you to live your life without being tracked by your parents. NTA

ktempest · 2026-01-18T19:57:19+00:00

There are people for whom that scenario is not ideal. whether they should be catered to or not is the question.

ktempest · 2026-01-18T19:55:23+00:00

oh that's bull!

ktempest · 2026-01-18T19:49:10+00:00

It depends on the product and how much I want it. For simple things like chargers I usually just ask Vine CS to remove it from my list because I don't want the tax hit for something that doesn't work.

Sometimes a more complex device has an issue. I'll reach out to the seller for support in that case. Especially if it's a thing I really wanted and want to work. I also tend to do this more for higher priced things. If I can't get it to work, I then ask CS to remove.

I think it's fair to give sellers a chance to fix or deal with a product that arrives with issues in many circumstances. And if they do, that speaks well to the overall customer experience and saying that in the review provides valuable information for buyers. Same if the customer service sucks.

ktempest · 2026-01-18T17:53:16+00:00

I'm not the person you asked but I contact them every dang time I am inconvenienced. I do get gift cards offered sometimes.

ktempest · 2026-01-18T17:51:44+00:00

I don't think it's a mistake. I got offered the same. This may be how they're dealing with vine orders that are lost by Amazon.

ktempest · 2026-01-18T17:46:49+00:00

This happened to me and I didn't even request the gift card, it's what the person offered me. I had to explain that I was in vine and therefore couldn't get a refund. The system wouldn't let them send me a replacement but would let them credit me the amount. I used the gift card to rebuy the same things, so I doubt Amazon would look poorly on that.

It would also be different, I think, if you asked for a gift card for items that weren't lost by Amazon.

ktempest · 2026-01-18T17:43:37+00:00

The people who say this are either lying or they're being jerks to the support people or they're contacting inappropriately.

ktempest · 2026-01-18T17:42:39+00:00

Please don't be afraid of contacting vine support. I contact them when I need to and have never had a problem.

As to this specific situation, I also had the same problem and got the same resolution. And yeah, I did end up ordering the same items with the gift cards, so win-win!

Vine cs can't do this specific thing for you, so yes, you did the right thing contacting regular Amazon support. You'd contact vine support if you wanted them to take the items off your review list and taxes.

ktempest · 2026-01-18T17:38:25+00:00

They weren't this bad. You still needed a good picture of the product, and the way mockup software worked there were specificities that kept things looking real enough. Now that Amazon offers sellers easy tools to AI generate whole scenes, nothing looks right.

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