Same for me. It didn’t even click in the beginning, I just enjoyed that the show seemed to be ultra relatable, and as things went on it started to feel all ooooo this isn’t good I can identify with this many things.

It’s just way easier to identify problems in others than in yourself because you have all these internal justifications and false ways of remembering events to your own benefit, but seeing it laid out neatly in a show and where the consequences are much more immediate and spelled out, it made me start self-reflecting on my own life.

It got me to the point of understanding and admitting that the depression I had carried around most of my life wasn’t normal and that I was the main destructive force in my life at that point.

It was also nice the show covered a lot of different types of depression and anxiety. I feel most shows wouldn’t have handled Princess Caroline, Mister Peanutbutter, or even Todd the way that they did. And nobody was up or down the entire time, which was another thing letting me tell myself I didn’t have severe depression, because I had plenty of good moments too.

The show handled everyone pretty respectfully and gave them all realistic but positive outcomes, but didn’t smooth over anything that would be pretty irreparable in real life. Things like Hollyhock needing to keep her distance or Dianne still being glad they met but knowing that she can’t be around him felt very real and sincere, not placating by having everyone make up at the end.

I will say I just finished a rewatch, and parts of the last season did trigger me in a way I hadn’t had to deal with in years now. I’ve been feeling more depressed this year than I have in a long time, and while a lot of the show made me glad of how far I’ve come, there’s still plenty in my life I don’t want to own about my past and it still makes me feel sometimes that I don’t deserve to be happy and that I’m a bad person. It really put me in a dark spot for about a week.

Tuca and Bertie was another great one and carried on a good bit of what Bojack did, and I’m upset it got cancelled right as it was getting into the traumatic stuff. I would have liked to see that get the same chance to tell its story as it was telling a similar story but from a female perspective and having something similar for people dealing with the fallout of sexual assault could be helpful in the same way BJH helped people understand depression.

I have one because I finally found a fun pic that was mostly round so it with fill up the avatar bubble enough to still be distinguishable what it was. Most are way too small to make out what it is, and not intriguing enough to click to the profile just to see it slightly larger.

If mine didn’t serve slightly as a promo for my community, I’d likely still have the default.

If you like animals, I’ve almost 2000 owl posts you can look through at !superbowl@lemmy.world.

A lot of it isn’t just random pictures, they’ve got stories to go with them and I’ll add facts or answer questions and there’s often more pics in the comments, so you can kill a lot of time there.

Doing it for so long got me to volunteer at a wild animal rescue this year so I’ve been learning more about all kinds of animals and I love to read and research so feel free to ask as many questions as you want. I try to respond to everything.

It is a nice feeling to see it means something to all of you!

I like your very targeted responses!

With money in the billions, I agree that I couldn’t not help fellow humans first.

Your proposals also have some fairly immediate benefits to a number of different groups of underserved people.

And then you even came back in the end to include some of the critters as well!

I like your style.

Work does suck the life out of me, but I’d hope I can still pass a Turing test! 😜

There’s always going to be people that value facts and knowledge and they will always find each other for their own sanity.

With a focus on animal stuff, there is a lot of AI that I come across to try to win cuteness karma. I do see some convincing looking things that make me do a double take, because animals can do some weird things after all, but some stuff is never going to be physically possible. Some color combos just don’t exist. It may take a more trained eye to spot things, but there’s still going to be people calling stuff out and there will be forums where things will get pulled down if they’re not real.

In that regard, I worry about some real things being lost, at least to view to some of the general public, where real things that can’t be verified get downvoted/taken down/etc. But those with real interest will still work to conclusively verify or disprove things of questionable value.

People just want truth to get out. Whether you’re interested in education or conspiracy, from whichever direction most of us approach things, we just want to know the truth to the best of our abilities. That does bring inherent troubles and creates avenues to poison the well, but as hard as the bad actors will work, the good actors will be working to clean it just as hard.

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Trust is almost becoming a thing of the past because of unprecedented digital threats.

I also encourage people to question me. I’m happy to be able to confirm things, because I want you to also learn what I have learned, because I found it cool enough to study and share with you already. Questioning what I present to you also leads me to learn about more things, exploring subject matter I wouldn’t have thought to pursue on my own, or to finally learn about something I’ve been meaning to get to. Someone questioning my knowledge is both an opportunity for me to teach and to learn. And if I was wrong, hopefully afterwards I will know what is correct, and that has strengthened me as a whole if I accept I was wrong and have learned from the experience and not acted immaturely about it.

We just collectively need to improve vetting sources. It’s something we can do individually, or collectively through moderation.

I mainly just share pics here, but I do try to give a decent chunk of educational content as well. I take what I share seriously, because I want it treated seriously at times. I’m honest I’m not an expert, just a hobbyist. I always include sources or share if it’s something from my personal limited experience. I try to verify things from at least 2 sources before sharing things if it’s a new source. I always try to be clear if I’m hypothesizing about something and I’m not certain of it.

It’s probably taking my content more seriously than necessary, but I take pride in what I post and I want to be seen as a trusted person in the community.

I think the last few years have made it clear to anyone capable of understanding that we can no longer just take people at their word without some process of establishing trust. Like anything else, we can wait for someone else to fix it, or we can up our own games, on both providing and receiving information.

It’s the WomensStuff community. It looks like a really good group, but it’s women only allowed to post and comment I believe.

Guys like Felder have been really repulsive to me as it seems to be a regular occurrence anymore. Running as a Democrat and then flipping Republican after the election. With local elections being so small and such little info on candidates typically available, it’s a real slap in the face of every citizen.

I just voted in my state’s primary yesterday, and most candidates I could barely find what their political affiliation is, as we can only vote for our registered party’s candidates, but people can file to be on both tickets. Most people aren’t going to be doing even that much research, which is also a huge issue.

Sutton’s website has very little actual info on him. The vague statements on his policies page reads centrist-republican, but accepting of green energy. I hope he can make positive changes to his district though.

Wow, the original casserole makes the pizza version sound better! 😁

It should make sense that the spread of quick and odd casseroles was a worldwide thing. None of us were spared these strange concoctions.

The kebab pizza does sound pretty amazing. It’s not that kebabs are hard to find in America, at least in most places I’ve been, but I’m always surprised they aren’t more mainstream. With all the mega chain fast food we have, none of it is as good as your random kebab, it’s not any faster, and I wouldn’t be shocked if the kebab was at least marginally healthier, more filling, and has less weird stuff in it. It’s not like a kebab is much different component-wise than a typical burger, and it’s just as, if not moreso customizable.

Fair enough, I’ll just see what sounds exciting. Thanks again!

I appreciate it! I’m checking out a store in CT to maybe place an order since I’m in 1 day shipping range.

Getting perishables that I have no clue how they’re supposed to taste to begin with from strangers has me a little cautious. At least for the first time. No offense! 😁

I was looking at Scandinavian Butik since they are in the overnight shipping range for me.

If you feel like making any recommendations, I’d grab a few things. I see they have brown cheese and the tube caviar.

My elementary school had pizza that looked like this. Not sure if it was the same stuff, but it was fairly similar at least.

Sounds…moist… 😑

This has been very enlightening! Thanks for all your comments!

At least “hot dish” got a nationwide spotlight during the election!

I saw the sheep and cabbage, and I was expecting more of a stew, but all the pics looks like meat cut a minimum amount to fit in the pot with a quartered cabbage head tossed in. I mean, I’m sure I’d still like it as I like lamb (never found mutton here) and cabbage, but they don’t really seem to have gone for any kind of enticing presentation.

The lye part of the lutefisk doesn’t turn me off so much, but the descriptions calling it jelly-like don’t make my mouth water. Especially as it has the bones still in it if I recall correctly.

Whale has always intrigued me, but I feel I’ve heard more bad than good about the taste, plus I’d probably feel really bad about trying it.

The tariff seems surprisingly low at 15% as far as I can tell, but I’m not sure Dear Leader’s current mood. That shipping looks as though it could add up quickly, especially compared to the price of actual product being mailed if we’re talking junk food! 😄

The banana was the main sticking point for me as well, but with all the other stuff, I can’t imagine you’d get much banana flavor coming through, just a sweetness and texture.

This just made me remember my brother used to do the thing Mr Rogers recommended: putting a slice of American cheese around a banana. There’s gotta be some weird food chemistry at work here if banana + cheese pops up multiple places…