walking is good! I wouldn't be surprised if some of the popularity isn't just due to the app itself providing a context or reason for randomly going for a walk, but also because it doesn't inherently require you to spend any money (that I know of?)

they're not in the business of selling nature, ergo…

it always pays to stay in your lane when it comes to definitive statements of relative unwavering certainty :)

you're wrong on both counts, but that's okay.

do they quantify the difference between "with a weapon" and "with a deadly weapon" or is it the same thing?

space robot has it right. Autism Speaks is a fucking nightmare, and I say this as someone with only cursory knowledge of the thing.

how could these massive blockbusters not have the FX budget for something like that these days?

I stumbled into this thread rather late, but damn. can't imagine how much that must've hurt and sucked for both of you :/

because spectrum disorders and comorbid criteria aren't a thing. k.

I had a somewhat similar experience with my ex. I didn't know much about trauma beforehand. can't say I do now, but being more aware of my relative ignorance is something at least.

that's reasonable, and I suspect the situation you were in is fairly commonplace. I've definitely let depression inadvertently sewer relationships before, or just… forgotten how to express myself (or why I should do so) when really down and out.

I just block and ignore the uncivil ones. there're always gonna be assholes and douchebags. ultimately, the inside of their head must be a hell of their own making, so I just leave them to their own devices.

mental illness doesn't fall into neat categories like that.

Hybrid Theory came out when I was at that young, impressionable-ish adolescent vaguely angsty age.

I should prolly take my dabblings with CBT more seriously.

I seem to recall reading something about musicians in general having a higher tendency towards depression compared to the general population.

depression has a way of infecting adjacent, indirectly related things.

granted, that can't help, but I really think it's a bit more involved than just that.

one with a bit of bluster and maybe a dash of rain, but not too dreary though.

point taken. Ottawa is a really weirdly insular city like that…