I can definitely relate to that. I have a hard time socializing. It’s funny because I can be the person that seemingly is the life of the party and very outgoing but I have so much social anxiety.

Same. Logically, I know that too, especially when it comes to couples. But when you’re in the depths of despair, sometimes you can’t rationalize your way out of that.

Yeah, agreed. Honestly, the social media landscape is depressing to me as an adult, I can’t imagine growing up in this environment.

Well said. I live in California, and even more specifically the LA area, so I can’t even pretend to know, really know what the reality is like for the constituents in West Virginia. It’s easy for people like me, or like NYC residents to treat all this as academic, because we haven’t ever really had our status as…

I don’t agree with much of what you say, and probably not a lot in which you believe but I wanted to ungrey the comment because I also find the classist attitude gross. Btw, you could also be accused of virtue signaling, it’s just for the “red necks” you’re speaking up for. It’s a stupid phrase. But the classist,…

Yeah, exactly. It’s just how people socialize now. I mean, obviously I’m including myself in this as well. I think it’s fine for a lot of people, but I think if you’re a person that tends to fall into depression, it can further exacerbate the problem.

Aren’t both kids and adults doing most of their socializing behind screens nowadays? So that leads to less drugs and sex but also more social isolation which could lead to depression.

This is a good answer.

Totally. In the boot on the neck situation, they definitely want to be the one wearing the boot.

Fair enough. I just wanted to add some context. Cheers.

The great irony in life is that Christian fundamentalists are exactly the same as Muslim fundamentalists. Hatred of women, gays, and literally any other person that doesn’t subscribe to their specific brand of religion.

Okay, you seem to be walking back from your first statement.

Yeah. People don’t see because they don’t want to see. Especially since in our society still, we see both mental illness and addiction as weak and moral failing. If you come at it that way, it’s very easy to dismiss those people as losers, users and garbage people.

Leading up to the 2016, they claimed to be Canadian. I remember him/her and alvingreenedream or whatever vividly on gawker during the primary bullshit.

You’re right. My opinion is drawn from conjecture and bias. That is typically how an opinion is formed. You are doing the same.

They used to say they were Canadian. Or they did around the 2016 election. I remember from the primary of that election on gawker

It’s beyond played out, but it’s not sincere. I’m fine if people think it’s dumb, because it is, but if the right or the left think it’s being said in earnest, they’re either engaging in bad faith, completely unable to detect irony or not very bright.

And like I said to the other poster it isn’t uncommon for a mom to take the word of a her son over her daughter. It happens literally all the time. See, the duggars. And this is for non famous and non rich people even.

Oh, she could have turned to drugs due to the trauma from sexual abuse. And it isn’t uncommon for mothers to defend the a son, even if the victim is her daughter. It’s unfortunately very common, even when the son isn’t a famous and rich actor.