[–] 2 points 2 days ago

I don't really take seriously the complaints in my country. Why? Because the majority of car drives are distances less than 5 km long and with only one person in the car. The next most drives are less than 10 km which is still easy distance to bicycle at least in the summer. Walk, bicycle, public transportation.. (Also majority of people here are obese or overweight so yeah, two stones and so on.)

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  • [–] 1 point 5 days ago (4 children)

    Yeah, this is what I have been thinking and what I have tried to tell them. Music (and movies) are culture and people should be able to access culture without paying or having to watch ads.. The streaming services are not an answer since they keep rising their prices and limiting what they offer, filling their lists with non-human creations for profits.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 days ago

    I'm in the same ship and pretty stuck. Was just about to start paying for plus too, I was just waiting for Black Friday sales. What now? I liked Proton VPN because it is easy - download from Bazaar, log in, advanced kill-switch and auto-connect-minimised on. There doesn't seem to be easy competitors?

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  • [–] 4 points 6 days ago (7 children)

    My local library just decided to stop buying new CDs and to get rid of their whole collection, same for DVDs.. I said that this is probably the worst time to do it lol.

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    Hello all!

    I have revived my old PS3 console and I have been buying few games for it from trift stores and online. I tend to play just the same few things, so I'd like to hear what you enjoy/-ed playing on this console so I might be brave and maybe even get it for myself. (I also want to add that how great it is to just blop a disc in and play, no need to wait hours for downloading or updates..)

    I personally enjoy games like;

    • Red Dead etc
    • Grand Theft Autos
    • Need For Speeds (especially Rivals)
    • Little Big Planets

    Of coursd those don't really matter, I'm looking to expand my views. But I gotta say that I suck at gaming, I got some fine motor skill issues haha

    Also if this doesn't belong here, I can delete this post.

     

    Hello! This is probably stupid.

    So I have recently gotten rid off my streaming services to save money and I have been into transferring my new and old CDs into MP3 form (320 kbps) and listening to those either on my Sony Walkman (NWZ-B162F or something) or on my PC with the Windows Legacy Media Player/VLC and now the music sounds so, so different than the same songs sounded from Spotify or YouTube Music. (Official apps on Android, iOS and PC or the web version on PC while having the "HD Settings" on.) Headphones and the soundbar is the same as before, no changes there.

    Like the MP3 form, that should be much more poorer quality and inferior in all the ways, but it sounds "deeper"? The streaming services have sounded so.. flat? Sorry, English isn't my native language but yeah, flat or shallow? Empty even? Hollow?

    Is this because of I now "own" the music and possibly respect it more and that makes it sound better? Am I turning into an audiophile, which I have never had any interest in before? Or is there something real in this? Not complaining really, just been pondering this a while and my fiancé agrees on this as he's been doing the same on his old iPod..

    Thanks in advance or anyways. :)

     

    Hello fellow autists and other folk! I'm asking you to share your tips on how to deal with the summer, the Sun, the heat and light, bugs, all of this while trying to have good time? Or at least a decent time?

    I happen to live above the polar circle so here the Sun doesn't set at all for almost few months so yeah, there is plenty of light unless it rains or is cloudy - luckily that's pretty often too. Anyways, what has helped me;

    • finding good, non-stinky sunscreen (Änglamark SPF50) and finding odorless mosquito repellant ("Free")
    • I need glasses and I have very light sensitive eyes so prescription sunglasses are the only thing that make it possible for me to do any gardening or reading outdoors etc
    • cool/cold showers (/or swimming) to wash off the SWEAT
    • wearing loose, cotton clothing and wearing a cotton scarf to cover my head and hair, this might make me look like a grandma/child but at least I'm comfy!
    • blackout curtains in bedroom to keep the light out, but also on other windows to keep the house cooler
    • freezer stocked with popsicles and fridge with alcohol-free beer because my autistic fiancé will stop drinking water once it gets too hot.. (JUST DRINK SOMETHING!)
     

    Mitä mielipiteitä täällä on nuorisolle suunnatuista somekielloista?

    Itse menin yläasteelle juuri niihin aikoihin, kun älylaitteet alkoivat yleistyä. Oli anonyymejä haukuntasovelluksia (Ask.fm), Instagramin seuraajamääriä ja tykkäyksiä kytättiin maanisesti, otettiin toisista noloja salakuvia ja läheteltiin kuvia sukuelimistä toisille ilman lupia ja luvan kanssa. Joskus joku kuvasi jopa kotibileissä paneskelut Snapchattiin, "ettei pääsisi unohtumaan."

    Näistä syistä, olen itse vahvasti rajoitusten kannalla. Teini-ikä on muutenkin rankkaa aikaa ja vaikka kiellot eivät kaikkia ongelmia korjaa, ainakin yritetään edes jotain. En myöskään itse usko, että somealustat ikinä kehittäisivät omia rajoituksiaan..

    Joo, aina voi jotenkin väärentää iän. Aina on vanhempia, joita ei kiinnosta. Ehkä siirrytään henkilökorttinettiin, tosin siinä kohtaa itse siirryn kokoaikaisesti koskettelemaan nurmea.

     

    Tämä, melkeinpä sanasta sanaan, on toistunut nyt vuoden ajan joka kerta, kun olen (yrittänyt) asioida paikallisessa terveyskeskuksessa. Joka käynnin aihe on ollut eri, ihan keuhkotutkimuksista ehkäisyasioiden kautta työttömän terveystarkastukseen jne. Normihommia.

    • Soitan terveyskeskuksen ajanvarausnumeroon, minulle soitetaan nopeasti takaisin
    • Esittäydyn ja kerron ongelman

    "Onko teillä oikeutta työterveyteen, tämä asia tulisi hoitaa työterveyden kautta" (HUOM. Tämä sanottiin myös silloin, kun pyysin aikaa työttömän terveystarkastukseen)

    • Kerron olevani työtön

    "Okei, eli teidän pitäisi ottaa nyt yhteyttä työpaikkanne työterveydenhuoltoon"

    • Kerron hämmentyneenä uudelleen, että olen työtön, ettei minulla ole työterveydenhuoltoa

    "Öööö aijaa, noh.. Varaan teille sitten ajan"

    • Parin minuutin hiljaisuus, josta kuuluu vain naputtelua ja klikkailua

    "Meidän varauskalenterimme ei ole auki, joku soittaa teille myöhemmin takaisin. Hyvää päivänjatkoa!"

    • Kukaan ei soita takaisin, minun pitää soittaa samasta asiasta viikoittain, kunnes lopulta tärppää ja kalenteri sattuu olemaan auki

    Onko tämä ihan normaalia nykyään? Onko tämä vain joku minun oman lähiterkkarin erikoispiirre? Tuntuu aika arvottomalta. Mistä mie voin tietää, milloin se varauskalenteri on auki?

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