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   Poloniousmonk (uair@autistics.life)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 15:25:47 JST Poloniousmonk

   @minego

   My dad used to sing the Stones song, "You Don't Always Get What You Want" at me as a kid.

   What a dick.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 15:25:46 JST Miakoda

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     @Uair @minego "How's it feel to want?"

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     Poloniousmonk (uair@autistics.life)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 15:27:54 JST Poloniousmonk

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     • Miakoda

     @hellomiakoda @minego

     ooooh, I loathe that one. The faux empathy makes it even nastier.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 15:27:54 JST Miakoda

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     @Uair @minego Worse is, it was often about a need, not a want.

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     Miakoda (hellomiakoda@pdx.social)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 15:31:43 JST Miakoda

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     @Uair @minego I got closer to met emotional needs when I gained real friends.

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     Poloniousmonk (uair@autistics.life)'s status on Sunday, 09-Nov-2025 15:31:44 JST Poloniousmonk

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     • Miakoda

     @hellomiakoda @minego

     Yup. I've heard of these things called emotional needs, but never spotted one in the wild. I've literally never had a scrap of emotional support in my whole life. Two autistic parents who hated each other, and by the time I was building found family I was so much stronger than everybody else I provided the support, not leaned on it.