You got this.

Even if you don't got this, you still got this!

Tomorrow is another day. Keep at it!

Happy as a clam!

Dirtied up his butt with this stunt.. but! He got a nice bath later and was good as new!

Thank you! I tried to get them as close as possible to their design in the movie. Not many frames to work off, so I hope I did well!

That's actually a part of why I made them! To show my kid "They were only acting! See? Look! They're okay!"

I will warn you right now: regardless of their claims to be LGBTQ+ inclusive, they mercilessly harass users and fracture communities. I have left a couple other instances over their federation with them because of the constant harassment for any kind of perceived slight (I was accosted because they thought I had implied something about autistic folks? When in fact I was trying to make myself understood as an autistic person!).

You are making a huge mistake with this decision. But, obviously, as a user, I can only wish you well if this is the direction you choose. You will be making so much more work for yourself by doing this and putting a lot of stress on users who did not sign up for what is to come.

Best of luck.

Fans keep buying the latest Pokémon games, which is why they'll never get an actually good Pokémon game.

U-haul syndrome?

Grody

Yeah, I didn't think German was anything special until a few years ago when I attended a German language group just for fun, on a whim. There was a native speaker there that I spoke to, and unexpectedly I just... I don't even know.

Anyhow, we ended up dating for a while.

Still have a weakness for the German language.

Why go back to a site that harvests your data, forces you to use its shitty app, astroturfs posts, engages in vote manipulation, uses constant ragebait to up engagement, forces constant ads at you, and has a CEO in charge who will lie about an innocent person to make them look bad?

Not to mention the state of the userbase, right now.

No thank you.

My ex-spouse actually did the "tighten all the lids in the house"–thing when he was angry with me.

I had very little issue opening them. He did, though, which is when he was forced to confess what he did.

"I hate thinking!"

Like it's something to brag about.

You have arms, you coward.

Yeah, it wasn't great. They didn't believe in birth control and did very much believe that if they had another child, it was God's will & He would provide.

We're all pretty fucked up mentally. Don't love that part.

Aye. Understanding it doesn't make them easier to get along with.

My da has unprocessed trauma yet refuses to address it, saying that his mental illness is cured because of Jesus. And if I was a good Christian, I would be cured, too.

Like.... my dude: a big part of my mental illnesses stem from my upbringing with you, but okay.

I don't argue anymore. You can't logic them out of something they didn't logic themselves into.

My father is too far gone and considered an "intellectual" man. My mom thinks she's "not that smart" (cool, thanks da), but she's become so much more open and accepting as she's gotten older and has shifted a lot of her views to be more progressive. Maybe because she realizes that my father, despite being very intelligent, is also an absolute moron who wrecks all his relationships. They're still together, though.

Therapy can help you cope with the situation, yeah.

My siblings are almost fully split on our views on religion and stuff.

Youngest to oldest: pastor, party girl, anxious wreck withdrawn from society, ex-military, brow-beaten family man, severe mental-illness-ridden mother, literal cult member, golden child/took over family business, ex-Rainbow gathering stereotype, and depressed IT guy who loves drugs, dogs, and the outdoors.

Things get better when you get far away from parents like this. Seriously.

Thank you!

Germans being tricksy? Well, I never!

I've been wanting to learn German for years now, specifically because "ich_iel" looked really fun.

Guess now is as good of a time as any!

I am a mod of a dedicated niche Discord fanclub server. We run the server well enough that the actual creator of the thing we like & owner/admin of the official server pops in occasionally to say hi, interact, and give updates on events & future releases. Hell, even the mod team from the official server joined our server for a more casual experience.

If I wasn't passionate about the subject, there's no way I'd be helping to maintain it out of the "good of my heart". The work of moderating something with an ultra-large fanbase? If you don't truly and passionately care about it, forget it! And even if you did, it can still be too much of am endeavor to put up with for free!

To let just any rando moderate a community will lead to its downfall. I'm especially worried when it comes to things like mental health & recovery subs.

"If you're depressed, smile more!"

I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they posted without reading further. Still not great, but probably not malicious.

I want to be able to trust someone enough to allow them to give me a hug. 🫠

This is a strange and slightly tone-deaf comment to post on a CPTSD instance.

Kill?

I have no love for the guy, but jesus christ.

I know that folks have & will continue to do the "I don't dream of working"–thing, but I'll answer sincerely.

If I could do it in a way that could sustain me, I'd love to be able to design & make my own line of stuffed toys! I kind of do that right now, but it's not something I can do full-time and still survive.

I'd also love to do bearded dragon rescues/fostering/specialized veterinary care. I'm definitely not able to handle the schooling required to do any vet stuff, though. But I've done rescues/foster work in the past before I just couldn't handle the costs anymore.

You were probably the coolest person there. 😎

But seriously, I hope you had fun.

Depression is also a condition that can cause this. Get a full health screening before you go fully looking into a diagnosis, but definitely keep it in mind if, physically, things turn up normal.

Also keep in mind that depression & anxiety can be comorbid with ADHD, which can often lead to frustrating misdiagnosis and being put onto medications that may not work quote right (if you choose to go that route). Hell, I've been told that "[you] don't have ADHD – it's trauma! PTSD!" As if the constant invalidatation of my condition wasn't one of the reasons in part that led to my mistreatment and development of PTSD.

I hope that you are able to get answers soon and have things improve!

I'm glad you were open to learning, though!

I have a very progressive siblings who is very pro-mental health and all that, but she never fails to mention how "those meds are so bad for you!" Yeah. I mean.. I guess. The alternative is me being unable to care for myself. But whatever.

"Try exercising!"

Cool, I'd do that if my brain didn't confine me to my bed for 18 hours without meds.

People just. don't. get it. And they need to acknowledge that they don't. It's fine!! Just don't try to act like we're on the same level playing field. We're not!

Pardon me, what?

Yeah, my painful acne lasted far into adulthood. Found out it was 100% hormonal and finally got on something to treat it.

There's a lot of things that can cause acne.

ADHD advice from non-ADHD-havers has always been infuriating.

It's like yelling at a drowning person with no arms to "swim better!"

Too real.

My best friend had this happen to him. Except he's over 30.

He now worships T×m P×ol, El×n M×sk, and J×e R×gan. He also thinks that Tr×mp is "the ultimate epic troll".

He finally started saying that c×vid is fake & trans folks should be "purged". He also still thinks that you can catch AIDS from a toilet seat or a handshake.

His critical thinking skills have eroded to the point where I don't even recognize him anymore. He just parrots talking points from grifter podcasts.

We are no longer friends. I miss the "old" him everyday.

Not that I have seen so far. :(

"The people we are making to feel unsafe & whose rights we are oppressing are showing that they will fight back!!! They are dangerous!!"

🤡