[kagamine]

> My employer doesn't let me use my own computer and refuses to buy me one.

? Then what are you using?

[coldtea]

Refuses to buy them a Mac obviously. As in "doesn't let me use my own mac and refuses to buy me a mac of his own".

So, parent is using the computer the employer doesn't refuse to buy them, a PC.

[kagamine]

Now it makes sense. I really wondered.