“All the help I’ve recieved as an adult happened at the ‘community resource’ level, free- or sliding-scale public counseling options.”

I am fully aware of the strained, difficult-to-come-by and often vanishing mental health resources in this country. 100% of the time they reccomend medication first before counseling…

But that’s part of the problem - the pain I carry constantly has turned me caustic and the world I see is clueless and vile and petty and hateful and, even with all of that, I know I hate myself more than any of those people could possibly understand and so it cycles into more hatred of both myself and others.

WTF are you talking about? The current class of antidepressants work a heck of a lot better than the first couple generations, but they ABSOLUTELY change the personality of someone, still, and sometimes irreversibly. We still have no practical idea or knowledge about just what, exactly, is going on in the brains of…

It’s quite possible that she’ll always struggle with this issue, then. I’m getting older than I ever thought I would, but not for lack of wishing for a giant rock to fall from the sky and kill me instantly, or some sort of tragic accident that makes headlines, etc. It’s always there, in the back of the mind, and life…

So back in the 80's - and, essentially, even through today - that is what happens. My mom worked 2 jobs and the only reason I ended up in counseling is because the school literally forced me into it - but the effect on my mother was enough to push her away farther and farther. I’m now 40 and havent spoken to her in 4…

yeah that’ll happen once we get universal health care.

I suffered from multiple severe depression episodes when I was a teen - and it wasn’t like they couldn’t have seen it coming from my ‘anger issues’ around 7-8 yrs.

HEY FUCKSTICK, IT’S WISCONSON, NOT IOWA. /Iowagrown

I worked for PDX’s parking service for a few months last year, and the only thing that redeemed the minimum-wage tedium was finding shit people stashed before getting on their flight; pot of all kinds, bongs and dab rigs, roaches everywhere, and the occassional giant dildo. A coworker of mine collected cans and…

Okay, Imma say first off I think he’s a spineless little shit, but in all fairness (can’t believe I’m defending this POS)...

...as an easy example, that building in Manhattan that the Kushner family bought a few years back is in debt to the tune of more than a billion dollars...doubt they’ll get criminal records when they default on that mess, though. I mean, aside from all the other legal shit they’re about to get into.

No, they are not the same - court fees typically arise from criminal conduct or some sort of interaction with the court system based on criminal behavior.

Gonna stop you right there - a couple of things scream at me about personal responsibility and all that garbage.

buh-bye subie. gone.

So ahhh....something about credit you walk away from...it has a 7 year reporting window. Something like that. It’s not something you want to do, but let’s just say you flip your truck out in the middle of the desert and you walk away from it - everything. The payments, the insurance, the frame, etc..

There are all kinds of other business contracts involved, too - for instance, ad buys/marketing spending is often prescribed by the manufacturer, as are lot sizes, dealership layout/floor space, and expected services When a dealership signs to a manufacturer they are literally told what to do and how to represent the…

You buy a Lambo or Bentley recently? I’d LOOOOOOOOVE to hear all about the buying experience for either of those brands.

Lobbiests paid by Ford and other manufacturers, no less.

Yeah, see, the problem there is that the big automakers have been slinging mud at Tesla for wanting to sell its’ cars directly without dealership involvement, so it’d be hard to argue their position when it comes to their competition and the various lawsuits on the issue (I’m not specifically aware of Ford’s…

Clearly you haven’t no reason to judge; you should work on that, get to a point where you have no reason to judge, and your life will probably be more pleasant.