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Off-Topic / Re: Depression

« on: September 21, 2014, 07:59:09 pm »Message ID: 919829

A lot of people don't understand what depression is, and I think one of the best things for someone suffering it can do is to make sure the people in their life have a good idea of just what it is they're going through. People who care about you will want to support you, and this can only make them better at doing so.

To that end, I recommend sharing Allie Brosh's posts about her own depression with your loved ones.
(Part One)
(Part Two)

Depression affects people differently, and I'm not saying your experiences will have been exactly like hers, but speaking personally I found my experiences to have enough in common with hers that I found her writing and drawings to be extremely valuable (and also really funny, if in a dark sorta way). Part Two in particular is great for conveying the very important difference between being depressed and being sad, and I wish I could make everyone in the world read it.

They also helped me understand I wasn't alone in what I'm dealing with, and to think more clearly about my own depression by having something to compare it to.

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Off-Topic / Re: under standing wemen

« on: September 21, 2014, 07:42:37 pm »Message ID: 919828

Nah, people are just hard to understand in general, and relationships are hard. The only reason that you hear "women are hard to understand" so much, is because heterosexual men are the ones whose voices get the most airtime. Everyone else has just as much trouble trying to understand their partner or partners.

Just try and understand the individual person you're dealing with, rather than seeing "women" or whatever other group they belong to as though it defines everything about them.

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Suggestions / Re: Add more support for Canadian FusionCash users

« on: September 21, 2014, 07:37:10 pm »Message ID: 919827

Yeah, as nice as it'd be to get more stuff, this isn't something FC can do much about; the US is just a larger demographic  than we are and it's probably just not worth it for a lot of companies to advertise here.

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Suggestions / Re: "Transgender" is not a sexual preference/orientation, please change your survey

« on: September 21, 2014, 07:34:51 pm »Message ID: 919826

It's the Personal Profile survey from the ones in the left panel on the FC Surveys page, that you get $0.50 for completing. I'd assumed those were created by FC itself.

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Off-Topic / Re: How do you define the word "family?"

« on: September 18, 2014, 08:29:39 am »Message ID: 918859

Any group of people who help and support each other, without expecting anything in return.

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Support / Re: new half cent vids

« on: September 18, 2014, 06:48:00 am »Message ID: 918845

I got credited after about half an hour; it doesn't update immediately.

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Off-Topic / Re: What is your favorite fruit drink?

« on: September 18, 2014, 06:46:33 am »Message ID: 918844

Guava nectar.

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Suggestions / "Transgender" is not a sexual preference/orientation, please change your survey

« on: September 18, 2014, 06:45:55 am »Message ID: 918843

I was rather annoyed to see this as an option in the Personal Profile section of the FC profile surveys. Whether or not someone is trans has absolutely no relation to their sexual orientation; it's not something that makes sense as an option next to Heterosexual/Homosexual/Bisexual. It makes it seem like you're trying to just appear more inclusive, without actually caring enough to learn the concept of gender identity.

I do appreciate that you allow "prefer not to say" as an option, and I'd like to see an "Other" catchall for the rest of us (I'm pansexual, and had to choose 'bisexual' because it was the closest thing listed).

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Off-Topic / Re: Anti aging

« on: September 18, 2014, 06:31:35 am »Message ID: 918831

Cryonics.

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Debate & Discuss / Re: What's Your Favorite Quote?

« on: September 18, 2014, 06:04:01 am »Message ID: 918820

"There is no justice in the laws of Nature, no term for fairness in the equations of motion. The universe is neither evil, nor good, it simply does not care. The stars don't care, or the Sun, or the sky. But they don't have to! We care! There is light in the world, and it is us!"

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Debate & Discuss / Re: Black or Flavored

« on: September 18, 2014, 06:01:13 am »Message ID: 918819

I drink it black if it's from the sort of coffee shop that bothers to tell you what kind of roast it is and where the beans are from, because then there's might actually something worth tasting there. Otherwise, load it up with whatever random sugary crap they're offering.