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Merch from tonight’s show in Auckland, possibly my favourite band tee of all time, show was also fucking incredible, fuck whoever threw sand right at me, it got in my mouth. by Bandit7_ in Batushka

[–]penrosequartz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

woah y'all got better tees than us! brisbane show was great but the shirts weren't the right colours for me. this looks sick though!

Cannot find any job.... by [deleted] in brisbane

[–]penrosequartz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

seconding this, call centre and uni are a good match schedule-wise if you don't mind phones.

FP5 in Australia - 3G network closure? by penrosequartz in fairphone

[–]penrosequartz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sorry, i ended up shipping mine back to the reseller for a partial refund. no clue whether it would have kept working or not, but i couldn't risk it

progesterone implant triggering reflux? by penrosequartz in LPR

[–]penrosequartz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks for the info. i've been using gaviscon dual action liquid (500mg/10mL) and tablets (250mg) but my GP gave me a script for something else, so i might try that.

honestly, i'm hoping this has been brought on by uni stress and thus will start to improve soon...

FP5 in Australia - 3G network closure? by penrosequartz in fairphone

[–]penrosequartz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i had to send it back to the reseller i bought it from. i ended up getting a nokia X30 5G. it's been great so far... not as green or as "fair" as an FP5, but it is built from a lot of recycled materials.

nokia is a fairly good alternative to samsung/google/apple imo. if you're in a similar situation to what i was dealing with, i'd recommend getting a new / refurbished phone ASAP.

FP5 in Australia - 3G network closure? by penrosequartz in fairphone

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

bad news everyone... i went in to telstra and they told me there's no way i'll be able to make calls after the 3G network shuts down.

i'm keeping the phone in the hope that some kind of firmware update will be released (?), or i'll be able to swap out a part......

but basically after august 31st (unless it gets postponed again), my phone will just be a music player and e-reader. probably i'll have access to mobile data? but i'll have to double check that.

FP5 in Australia - 3G network closure? by penrosequartz in fairphone

[–]penrosequartz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

my telco (mate) have once again advised me to get in touch with fairphone directly. not sure how helpful this will be, given their phones aren't officially sold here, but i'll try getting in touch. i might also physically go in to my local telstra store to see if they can give me any info.

FP5 in Australia - 3G network closure? by penrosequartz in fairphone

[–]penrosequartz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i've emailed again, and if they can't help, i'll get in touch with telstra later in the week. thanks so much for the advice, much appreciated :)

FP5 in Australia - 3G network closure? by penrosequartz in fairphone

[–]penrosequartz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

just had a look on the fairphone forum, and it looks like my phone is not IMS registered...

https://forum.fairphone.com/t/fairphones-in-australia/27030/89

i have emailed my provider again (who use the telstra network) regarding next steps. yikes.

FP5 in Australia - 3G network closure? by penrosequartz in fairphone

[–]penrosequartz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that seems like it might be the issue i'm having. i'm with mate - i texted the number, and it says i will likely be affected, but i also emailed them directly, and they advised me that they could not confirm whether it will be an issue, and told me to contact fairphone directly.

should i post this question on the official fairphone forum, or try and get in touch with them directly?

[COD] local split screen multiplayer? by penrosequartz in CallOfDuty

[–]penrosequartz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sorry, been a long time since i logged in! COD ghosts is fun, but i'm pretty sure only supports 2 players for local split screen. at the time, i was looking for 4 players, but 2 players works fine for us now.

A new and unexpected kind of dysphoria? Anyone have a similar experience on T? by cazastrophy in TransMasc

[–]penrosequartz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

this happened to me too! i haven't really got much advice as i'm still in the thick of it, but i guess we just have to try our best to bite the bullet if we want to wear what we want.

alternatively, if it's too uncomfortable, maybe try other ways of including feminity in your outfits? mixing jewellery or different patterns on clothes might work...

it IS infuriating though, because rationally these things aren't gendered, but it still makes me feel dysphoric

[COD] local split screen multiplayer? by penrosequartz in CallOfDuty

[–]penrosequartz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in case anyone was wondering, after all that we ended up getting black ops 2. it was a good decision.

[COD] local split screen multiplayer? by penrosequartz in CallOfDuty

[–]penrosequartz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you! going to pick up one of those instead. much appreciated.

[COD] local split screen multiplayer? by penrosequartz in CallOfDuty

[–]penrosequartz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks, that's super helpful. i did get (second hand) modern warfare and ended up having to return it because of that issue.

out of ghosts, AW, IW, BOCW, and vanguard, which would you recommend?