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  1. Comment on So I'm autistic after all in ~health.mental

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    I think there's a threshold. Like, under X amount would be just a dismissal, around Y amount would mean further testing necessary, over Z amount meaning instant diagnosis can be made. It's not...

    I just answered a few questions.

    I think there's a threshold. Like, under X amount would be just a dismissal, around Y amount would mean further testing necessary, over Z amount meaning instant diagnosis can be made.

    It's not like questionnaires are law though. But psychiatrists see a lot of patients, so I guess they can use it as a guideline together with their own judgment and so I just want to say you are not an imposter at all, OP! They know it when they see it.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on ‘Predator: Badlands’ officially rated PG-13, meant to be “boundary-pushing” in ~movies

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    That face just goes to show how silly this rating system is. That scene is some of the scariest gore I've ever seen and it still gets a pass somehow lol

    That face just goes to show how silly this rating system is. That scene is some of the scariest gore I've ever seen and it still gets a pass somehow lol

    1 vote

  4. Comment on ‘Predator: Badlands’ officially rated PG-13, meant to be “boundary-pushing” in ~movies

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    Hmm this one is definitely a cultural difference then

    Regardless, swearing with intent can be very impactful. Bojack Horseman comes to mind where they purposefully say "fuck" only once per season and each one hits like a ton of bricks and serves to elevate the heft of the scene.

    Hmm this one is definitely a cultural difference then

  5. Comment on ‘Predator: Badlands’ officially rated PG-13, meant to be “boundary-pushing” in ~movies

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    That's PG13!? I thought this would have been a R film for sure

    The Dark Knight

    That's PG13!? I thought this would have been a R film for sure

    1 vote

  6. Comment on ‘Predator: Badlands’ officially rated PG-13, meant to be “boundary-pushing” in ~movies

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    I have not been in a war or anything but isn't this more realistic? That Django scene is absurd lol

    People are still dying but there’s no blood to speak of. You don’t see anything other than people falling over.

    I have not been in a war or anything but isn't this more realistic? That Django scene is absurd lol

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account in ~tech

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    What even are the pros and cons of offline/online install? Is it still possible to do an offline installation?

    What even are the pros and cons of offline/online install? Is it still possible to do an offline installation?

    3 votes

  8. Comment on TV Tuesdays Free Talk in ~tv

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    Watched 3 seasons of Sherlock and decided to drop it and not bother with season 4. It has crazy good reviews on imdb but it never really clicked for me - I guess this type of camp is not my thing....

    Watched 3 seasons of Sherlock and decided to drop it and not bother with season 4. It has crazy good reviews on imdb but it never really clicked for me - I guess this type of camp is not my thing.

    Anyone else watched it? What did you like about it?

    2 votes

  9. Comment on ‘Predator: Badlands’ officially rated PG-13, meant to be “boundary-pushing” in ~movies

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    I was never really clear about the differences and Google was not helpful so I committed a tildes sin and asked AI. PG13: R: This seems pretty unhelpful too. Perhaps someone can explain for...

    I was never really clear about the differences and Google was not helpful so I committed a tildes sin and asked AI.

    PG13:

    Violence: Can be intense, but not extreme or graphic.

    Language: Limited use of strong language (usually only one use of the F-word, and not in a sexual context).

    Sex/Nudity: Brief or implied scenes; nothing explicit.

    Drug use: May be mentioned or shown briefly, but not glamorized.

    R:

    Violence: May be graphic, realistic, or prolonged.

    Language: Frequent use of strong profanity.

    Sex/Nudity: Can include explicit sexual content or nudity.

    Drug use: May be frequent, detailed, or shown positively.

    This seems pretty unhelpful too. Perhaps someone can explain for example the difference between "intense" and "graphic" violence? Also, who cares if they can't swear. I don't recall ever watching a movie where swearing made it better or worse. Same with nudity. I'm probably just failing to understand though.

    Edit: thanks for the replies all! I understand the difference now but can't say I "agree" with it - as in, I fail to see why it's necessary to make it R rated but that's just me (a probably unpopular opinion)

    5 votes

  10. Comment on High pollen count: The last straw effect on suicide risk in ~health.mental

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    I have a lot of different pollen allergies and I never even considered this, but it makes so much sense. Anecdotally, I can't say I remember any times that it's been the main driver for any type...

    I don't have allergies as bad as some other people, but I can easily imagine how having your body basically revolt against you for months at a time can wear on a person's mental health enough to tip them over the edge.

    I have a lot of different pollen allergies and I never even considered this, but it makes so much sense. Anecdotally, I can't say I remember any times that it's been the main driver for any type of over-the-edge feelings, but every year for months on end it definitely impacts my quality of life.

    The cold grey dark winter is finally about to be over, it's a relief.. but then it's only a month or so of enjoying the good weather outside before either birch or grass pollen season begins (these 2 are the worst for me), at which point I check an app every day for the pollen count: chances are that even if I wanted to go out, I can't, and I have to stay indoors or at least in urban areas with no parks etc.

    Once these two's pollen season is over, I get about another month of being able to go outside in the good weather beginning August. And Denmark has pretty short summers, it's only reliably above 20C (68F) from June to August, maybe a little more. Even a warm summer like this year I still sort of "miss out" on at least over half of it. Because going anywhere near green areas is going to mean suffering.

    Go outside, walk in the woods, get some sun in the park, smell the flowers.. Pretty common advice for things that are good for you but with allergies you absolutely cannot. And so yeah, in hindsight it's absolutely obvious how detrimental it is for one's mental health! Somehow never thought about it this way.

    12 votes

  11. Comment on ‘Taylor Swift: Showgirl’ at $33m an awesome anomaly for album pic launch; Dwayne Johnson sees lowest opening ever with ‘The Smashing Machine’ at $6m in ~movies

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    Is this a second language thing or does this phrasing mess with anyone else's brains too? ‘Taylor Swift: Showgirl’ at $33m an awesome anomaly for album pic launch

    Is this a second language thing or does this phrasing mess with anyone else's brains too? ‘Taylor Swift: Showgirl’ at $33m an awesome anomaly for album pic launch

    6 votes

  12. Comment on Munich Airport suspends operations for the second time in 24 hours following more drone sightings in ~transport

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    This of course follows the drones over half a dozen Denmark airports + military bases as well as some in Norway. So something relevant to this post: Denmark reports repeated Russian naval...

    This of course follows the drones over half a dozen Denmark airports + military bases as well as some in Norway. So something relevant to this post:

    Denmark reports repeated Russian naval provocations in its straits

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    "We have seen several incidents in the Danish straits, where Danish air force helicopters and naval vessels have been targeted by tracking radars and physically pointed at with weapons from Russian warships," Danish Defence Intelligence Service Director Thomas Ahrenkiel told a press conference.

    Defence intelligence has also recorded Russian warships sailing through Danish straits with sonar and jamming equipment, according to Ahrenkiel. He said it was "highly probable" that they, on at least one occasion, had jammed signals and caused extensive GPS interference in Denmark.

    5 votes

  13. Comment on Munich Airport suspends operations for the second time in 24 hours following more drone sightings in ~transport

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    Munich Airport has again suspended operations following further "unconfirmed drone sightings" in the vicinity, an airport spokesman confirmed to the dpa news agency.

    The move comes hours after a drone was spotted above a German military installation in the nearby town of Erding, northeast of Munich city center.

    7 votes

  15. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (October 2025) in ~health.mental

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    As always, you are too kind. Thank you <3

    As always, you are too kind. Thank you <3

    5 votes

  16. Comment on What common misunderstanding do you want to clear up? in ~talk

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    That was quite interesting about the exercises! I knew the difference between the two things but not how much actually goes into the exercises. Logistics are a crazy thing. And yip, don't believe...

    That was quite interesting about the exercises! I knew the difference between the two things but not how much actually goes into the exercises. Logistics are a crazy thing.

    And yip, don't believe everything you read! Because as soon as you read articles and hear news about subjects you actually are an expert on, you realize how much most journalists get wrong. Most news are very surface level and it's sometimes to the point of being either so simplified that it's wrong, or straight up misinformation/misunderstanding on behalf of the journalist.

    I think we all have a lens through which we read articles that are about subjects we know a lot about. At least for me, my reaction is often along the lines of "kind of yes, but not really" or like "well that's misleading" or similar. So I try to remember to apply that lens to all other news I read - that there's a lot of accidental misinformation or details that are misleading and the particular media's slant and biases etc. etc. That I'm at best getting surface level knowledge of whatever thing I'm reading.

    So that feeling we have when reading about our own areas should always apply to everything else we read.

    9 votes

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  18. Comment on French military boards Russia-linked oil tanker suspected of launching drones that closed Denmark airports in ~society

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    The timing of this is very curious because a EU summit is being held in Copenhagen, Denmark as we speak. From the article: Previous Tildes discussions here and here and here

    The timing of this is very curious because a EU summit is being held in Copenhagen, Denmark as we speak.

    From the article:

    French military personnel have boarded an oil tanker named on a list of Russia’s “shadow fleet” vessels and suspected of being a launchpad for mystery drone flights that forced the closure of airports in Denmark last week.

    Photos showed navy personnel on the deck of the tanker, known as the Boracay, which has used numerous identities and was one of four Russia-linked vessels in the seas near Denmark at the time of the drone sightings on 22 and 24 September, which so far have not been fully explained.

    Stéphane Kellenberger, the public prosector in Brest, in western France, said an investigation was taking place after the crew’s “failure to justify the nationality of the vessel” and “refusal to cooperate”.

    Previous Tildes discussions here and here and here

    16 votes

  20. Comment on Hi, how are you? Mental health support and discussion thread (October 2025) in ~health.mental

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    Trying to hang in there. One a day at a time. The only thing that seems consistent to my life is struggling. Always have and always will: sleep disorder, mood disorders, anxiety disorder, self...

    Trying to hang in there. One a day at a time.

    The only thing that seems consistent to my life is struggling. Always have and always will: sleep disorder, mood disorders, anxiety disorder, self harming, dysphoria, physical ailments, financial problems.. just highly depressed and I'm at a point that the term existential crisis applies and has for months probably. I see no way that my life could ever improve and as much as I want to say that that's the depression and all the dark thoughts talking, it's becoming very difficult to convince myself that it is.

    I've been in this survival mode all year long. I never have anything to really look forward to and I'm not capable of creating things for myself to do. I spend all my time on my pc mindlessly scrolling social media to make time pass. Watching large amounts of movies or tv shows, sometimes gaming but it's difficult to engage with others and put on that mask, I mean I can enjoy all these things but ultimately as soon as credits roll, it's a sinking feeling that now I'm back to reality. But that's the best I can do - try to distract myself from real life and stay alive as long as I can.

    18 votes