@lolwhatno I agree with you and @RogerRoger about the usage of some legitimate terms like depression and obsessive-compulsive to describe feelings and traits rather than the true disorders that we associate them with. I try to be sensitive to this and so usually will emphasize my obsessive or compulsive tendencies (for example when I talk about my open world checklisting) rather than actually having OCD, as in the disorder, as defined by an actual mental health diagnosis (which I don’t actually have). Because I do think it’s a bit inappropriate and trivializing to those who actually do suffer with the condition and I would never want to equate my minor quirk to that person’s actual clinical issue. The same applies if I say I feel depressed, which shouldn’t mean I have clinical depression, as in the disorder which requires medication or professional intervention. It’s like I can say I am anxious about something yet I don’t have an anxiety disorder, per se. And so on.
On the flip-side, I also recognize the fact that information access has probably uncovered more depression and conditions like it which would go unnoticed in the pre-information age of internet and social media. So there very well could be a whole lot of clinical depression out there which wouldn’t have been picked up otherwise.
But I absolutely agree that most of what you read and see on the internet social spaces has to be dialed back a few notches in order to reveal the true situation. It seems like everything is catastrophized or overstated once it reaches social media. All sense of nuance and balance is lost and I think much of that has to do with the fact that 90% of communication is nonverbal. (Ok, I just pulled the “90%” number out of the air, but it’s probably something like that) Even with things like Tik Tok and video clips, it’s hard to tell if the person is being genuine even when you can see their nonverbal cues since half the time their delivery is hyperbolic in order to get clicks.
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@lolwhatno Given how widespread mental health issues are in today’s world both due to how much of a mess the planet is and also the fact people feel they can open up about it, I’d say there’s more people suffering from depression than you’d realise. Of course some people jump to hyperbole but a lot of people probably would have just put up with their mental health 10 or 20 years ago but now feel like they can address it.
This probably belongs in the music thread but Fionna Apple's "Criminal" was on the radio the other day and while listening for some reason I wondered, is she being sarcastic? Grew up listening to her and I've heard that song a million times but that's the first time it's ever occurred to me that maybe she's being insincere.
Anyway, I think it fits her better that way.
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Have you ever read the fun fact that a raccoon can fit up your, well your you know.
So if thats the case? Did anyone ever try to see if it was legit? Probably not because then you would probably get infected with something, but it does make for a great insult seeing if you can actually do it, you can actually tell someone to do so LOL.
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There's absolutely no reason for the north pole to be at the top of our world maps. It could just as easily have been the south pole, had certain leaders of certain countries decreed it. I saw an upside down map of the world that some Australian guy did, but with all the countries/cities' names the right way up. The massive bulk of Africa looked so much more significant in the grand scheme of things, and the Australasian countries and islands looked far more impressive.
Also I've enjoyed catching up on this thread.
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
@Gremio108@kyleforrester87 I recently saw correctly sized Ireland and was amazed about how large it actually is. I swear the news in the UK purposefully makes them look smaller!
During a time when a lot of awful things is happening in our world, video games have never been as important for us as a form of escapism. I genuinely can't imagine what my life would be like now if I didn't have games as a support mechanism. I'm really appreciative of this medium now, more than ever, and thankful that I'm fortunate enough to experience it when a lot of people can't.
Just scanned a headline on a website regarding 'fresh allegations about partygate ' and flared up one of my minor annoyances. Why does everything even slightly scandalous in the UK have to be referred to with the -gate suffix? I mean I know it dates back to the Watergate scandal and am vaguely aware of the details and it's cultural importance for the US citizens of that era but why (oh why) must we continue to label everything as something gate. Kind of p***es me off!
Though I would accept it Bill Gates sold gates that were in some way affected the way horses walked so we could have Gates'Gatesgaitgate
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