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It's Saturday what have you watched this week? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Been trying to get back into animation as it used to be a huge passion of mine. Went to see The Wild Robot and thought it was visually gorgeous, and I appreciated that it kept a consistent sentimental tone. Lately I feel like a lot of movies have this snarky self-deprecating humor and don't try to be sincere until the end of the second act, and it's nice to see a break from that.

Also it's just a 15-minute series made to sell a video game, so there's no real resolution, but I enjoyed Shadow the Hedgehog: Dark Beginnings. I haven't seen Shadow written with any sentimentality in a while, and the fight scenes were fun to watch. Add some sweet and funny interactions with Rouge and my inner 12-year-old is happy.

Are there support groups for depression that aren't toxic? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you ❤️

Are there support groups for depression that aren't toxic? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Hey thanks! These are good suggestions. Focusing on the improvement part instead of depression part makes way more sense.

Are there support groups for depression that aren't toxic? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Thank you <3 I do know people who fit the bill, but I've just bringing them down more than they're able to help me. I guess I'll just keep chugging for now.

Are there support groups for depression that aren't toxic? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They mostly turn into crabs in a bucket communities because the ones that stick around long term in those communities are usually the doomer types.

That explains a lot. I appreciate the advice. Probably saved me a wild goose chase for a non-toxic one.

Facial Recognition That Tracks Suspicious Friendliness Is Coming to a Store Near You in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

This is horrifying for a lot of reasons but it'd be nice if my boss had to see the amount of people who yell at me for masking or tell me I look like a man every day. It wouldn't help anything I just hate my boss and want her to feel the awkwardness

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Are there support groups for depression that aren't toxic? (beehaw.org)
 

I tried /r/suicidewatch on that other site, but even though I made it clear that I was looking for advice and encouragement, the only two replies I got were in agreement that it doesn't get better. 😐 /r/depression is even worse by the look of it.

Does anyone know of any good websites, or is it the nature of all of them that they just turn into a crabs-in-the-bucket nightmare? I'm trying to get better but it also gets isolating pretending I'm not depressed all the time.

Reddit is profitable for the first time ever, with nearly 100 million daily users in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I'll take any reference that isn't Wonderland!

Do you give out candy to kids without a costume on Halloween night? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Is this a thing? I'd feel like I was punishing a kid for having broke parents.

Reddit is profitable for the first time ever, with nearly 100 million daily users in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I really wanted that site to crash and burn. Oh well.

Rule in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

It's a normal Ethiopian name as far as I can tell.

It's Tuesday, what made you happy last week? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I got Sonic X Shadow Generations as an early birthday present 🥹 I'm no good at Sonic games that use boost and drift controls, plus I've been busy, so I'm taking my time playing through the story, but it was a sweet present and I'm feeling super nostalgic.

Plus it's nice to see Shadow being written better. Sega's own writers have been pretty vocal about hating how they're told to write him. It seems like Sega's finally starting to ease up and letting them inject a little more emotion into the silly Shonen animal series again.

I'm a criminal [Rule] in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

I guess so. I do that with my own pain, I'd think people would be upset if I did it with theirs.

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Carved pumpkins, mine is the middle (beehaw.org)
 

Never done this before, turned out to be a lot of fun :)

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Are there resources for learning social skills? (beehaw.org)
 

I'm 30 and horrible at keeping friends. I don't know if it's the unschooling or the autism, but I'm told I come across as hostile when I think I'm being nice.

I know the basics. I make eye contact but not too much, I ask people about themselves and their interests to show I'm interested, I don't dominate conversations with myself and my own interests. I try to be a nice person people might want to keep around, too— I give money when someone's in a pinch, I remember birthdays, I help move, et cetera.

Eventually people either people tell me I'm being a dick in ways I never realized, or more likely, they just eventually stop messaging me back.

The one thing I'm sure I struggle with is body language. I've read a lot that you need to mirror the other person's body language, but I don't know how to do that. Especially since I normally meet people at work and we're usually pushing big carts around and moving products and I'm just not thinking about my body as something expressive, just practical.

I'm sure I have many more blind spots that I'm not even aware of.

So like... are there classes for this? Some kind of specialized therapy? I don't really want to try anymore unless I can stop being a dick

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Georgia’s parliament approves law curbing LGBTQ rights (www.aljazeera.com)
 

‘Family values’ bill is adopted despite being denounced by the president, rights groups and the European Union.

Kesaria Abramidze, a trans model, was murdered the day after the bill passed. Even if the president vetos it, this law already has a body count.

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What books do you consider must reads? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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So basically I was unschooled, and the amount of books I've read in my life is embarrassingly low. It was never emforced like in a school, and with my family's religious hangups, I never tried getting into new things because I never knew what would be deemed "offensive".

But I'm always interested when I hear people talk about both storycraft and also literary criticism, so I want to take an earnest stab at getting into books.

No real criteria, I don't know what I like so I can't tell you what I'm looking for, other than it needs to be in English or have an English translation. Just wanna know what y'all think would make good or important reading.

ETA holy shit thanks for all the suggestions! Definitely gonna make a list

ETA if I reply extremely late it's because it took me this long to get a library card in my new locale.

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Who even watches channels like 8 Passengers and DaddyOFive? (beehaw.org)
 

It seems like I'm always hearing about family vloggers getting put away for child abuse. I'm not into family vlogging, so maybe I'm wrong, but people always make it sound like these two channels were popular.

But then they go on to describe their videos, and it's always parents doing insane shit to make the kids cry on purpose, or announcing on camera that they're withholding necessities from the kids or something. I've never heard anyone say they like these videos, and I can't imagine why they would, so then how were they supposedly popular?

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