For some reason on my laptop it keeps randomly sending me to the mobile version of this site instead of the desktop version. I'd only ever want desktop from a laptop...not sure if it's possible for websites to determine a hard cut difference between laptop and phone. :\

Any chance that I can ever afford mental healthcare is likely to evaporate. I'm still afraid to make my sexual preferences public, living in an area where "faggot" is still common parlance and the Orlando shooting was frequently a punchline. I want to fight, but I don't know how, or even ...

Here's some links which may help people feel more secure online at least:
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/trump-preparedness-digital-security-101

https://www.accessnow.org/cms/assets/uploads/2016/11/A-first-look-at-digital-security.pdf

korvys wrote:I made a leather thing for a friend for their birthday.

https://goo.gl/photos/XXNmd4Bohjsa1Ts18

As fellow leathercrafter I must say that's a pretty sweet looking "Gastly" diary cover! I love the pun title too.

Which demographic is it saying things might not happen and it's an issue to worry about things before they've been suggested or tabled? There is a good point there as in constantly asking what if is an unhealthy thing to do...but thing is to marginalized demographics they are repeatedly targeted on ...

Outside of acknowledging there's another thread for this conversation which may have been somewhat derailed I feel people who claim "tough love" working the vast majority should take a look at how many people choose to end their own lives from lack of a milder approach being available to t...

My two cents about respect: Respect has a lot of different meanings depending on who's giving it and receiving it. To me deserving respect means the absence of behavior which makes you no longer deserve it. Someone who jumps on stream for the first time without anyone knowing them should be treated ...

Sincere question: is covering oneself in a shell, repeatedly, a good idea? You're going to have to come out at some point and just deal with it like adults, falling apart isn't going to help. Solidarity found in storm shelter streams does help people feel stronger. Without it everyone would face th...

I'm scared for neighbors South of the boarder and whatever influences but I want to remind people this too shall pass. I just linked this story of chinese farmer elsewhere which I'll repost again here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX0OARBqBp0 Wish I could find the one about the two past torture v...

I just linked this adorable doge teddy elsewhere so I may as well here too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNsEinjNvMU

Dutch guy, I feel that way sometimes when I'm ill or just haven't been exercising as much as I should...but brain chemistry being slightly off can do it to the fittest of the fit too...or something like low iron making you feel weak all the time for seemingly no reason whatsoever.

MrL, I'm glad you found your way both here and to help.

*offers everyone hugs*

I was hugged today at work by a customer's kid because I found a game they wanted. I HATE HUGS! That is adorable. :D A bit of a vent, as a few weeks passes since I stopped taking antidepressants. I don't think I am falling again, but my life feels very grey these days. I feel ugly and socially inca...

Here's the Canadian Electoral reform survey. If you are Canadian please tell them how much better Single-Transferable vote system is for making every vote count as well as ensure most proportional seating in Parliament. Please also pass it on! https://survey-sondage-hoc.parl.gc.ca/TakeSurveyPage.asp...

Re family disappointment: Many families have at least one loud person who can't be pleased and is very vocal about it while the others don't defend even if they don't agree. This can make it hard to see everyone's point of view accurately especially if you're not inclined to speak with each of them ...

*offers MinniChi hugs* I hope you are in a safe and relaxing space right now. <3

I believe you've put a typo "Mike" instead of "Miku" in the description line.

Someone shared this recently elsewhere which I thought I should share here. (May have been mentioned earlier in the thread but reposting can't hurt.) https://www.7cups.com/member/ A site for anyone anywhere can sign up to anonymously chat with a caring listener online for free or pay what seems to b...

Jenelmo, my birthdays have been like that more frequently. I hope you at at least had some sort of fun since your last post and happy belated birthday. I'm a bit surprised that switching assistance types doesn't account for the dates like they should be doing....The one that pays on the 30th should ...

Harassment should always be punishable by law and sad when it comes down to having to argue what is and what isn't in court when they take into account what a person was wearing or their personal background as if that makes them somehow deserve to be targets.

My dog died on Thursday. I had him for half of my life. He was so beautiful and clever and perfect. I wasn't done loving him. Now I have all this leftover love fermenting inside me until it turns to sadness and I break down. There's just too much love. I don't know what to do with myself. Everythin...

betsytheripper, there might be a law stating that if you get a pet after moving in that it can't be grounds for eviction which do exist in some places...but yeah if they'd even try to toss someone out over needing a support animal you probably wouldn't want to live in that building with that landlor...

Yesterday in DBCommunity chat people were told about a member's cat having been declawed and they gave a reaction in jumping to conclusions about how it got that way. Having volunteered at an animal shelter I've seen cats abandoned after having been declawed, put in the shelter and need new owners. ...

RytelCSF, I'd say even the lurkers are a part of this community even though it's one sided until they speak. They still get benefit from seeing and hearing all the positive things that are communicated. <3 Welcome!