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You're sort of really ticking me off.
You know nothing about my life, Bekkey. let's just clear that up now, okay? :)What's your view and what's your statistics? We're not denying that depression is a problem, we're saying that we can use the term without you flipping out.
Dictionary.com defines depressed as
1. sad and gloomy; dejected; downcast.
2. pressed down, or situated lower than the general surface.
3. lowered in force, amount, etc.
So by the dictionary, saying that a video is depressing or what have you is an acceptable use of the Englsih language.
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What's your view and what's your statistics? We're not denying that depression is a problem, we're saying that we can use t..."
I like you. USING THE DICTIONARY TO WIN ARGUMENTS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. We should be friends.
:D DICTIONARY POWER and with that I venture to slumberland, for my mind is weary and my awakening will occur in six hours.
I'm not seeing your point. So, you can't use the word "depressed" if you haven't actually been depressed?The same way you can't say your homework is killing you if you've never died, or how you can't joke about the world ending if you're not Buffy? (:P Juliet)
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Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "Amy wrote: "I'm not seeing your point. So, you can't use the word "depressed" if you haven't actually been depressed?
The same way you can't say your homework is killing you if you've never died..."
But they're not using it in the medical context. The word can have more than one meaning. Can you stop giving everyone such a hard time about it? It's not being uses in an offensive way.
The same way you can't say your homework is killing you if you've never died..."
But they're not using it in the medical context. The word can have more than one meaning. Can you stop giving everyone such a hard time about it? It's not being uses in an offensive way.
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To me? I have nothing against anyone here. I have the strange and wonderful ability to fight ..."
I have the strange and wonderful ability to hold grudges, but then I remembered that I liked you and generally thought you were cool and I'm trying not to shove friends away and whatnot, so I figured I should say sorry. *nod*
Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "Cara [loves bears more than people] wrote: "Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "Amy wrote: "I'm not seeing your point. So, you can't use the word "depressed" if you haven't actually been depressed?
The s..."
I don't think think they were referring to it medically though. I think most of them were using it to describe when they feel very, very down.
The s..."
I don't think think they were referring to it medically though. I think most of them were using it to describe when they feel very, very down.
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To me? I have nothing against..."
You should like me. *nods* Just ignore the random urges I have sometimes to stab people and we should be good.
*please don't get worked up over this joke. just for laughs*Hey, guys, want to see my scars?
So, I got this one from skating and falling down. I got this one from the cat. This one was when my best friend Becky bit me on the thigh. She's highly carnivorous. I got this one from falling down on the pavement...when aliens were trying to capture me.
OH NO! They're coming back. And what? They've brought a medical dictionary because we all carry those around. Holy Jumping Turtles!
-Picture
Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "Amy wrote: "Rebekka, do you think that none of us has ever been depressed before? That none of us knows what it actually feels like?
Wake up.
I don't get how using "Depressed" can be consid..."
I don't want to start things up again. I just want to make the point that plenty of people on here have been seriously depressed. I have a group where people can complain about their problems, and a large number of them show tons of symptoms of depression. I'm one of them. After ten months, eight different anti-depressants, three therapists, and a treatment center, though I'm finally getting over it.
Wake up.
I don't get how using "Depressed" can be consid..."
I don't want to start things up again. I just want to make the point that plenty of people on here have been seriously depressed. I have a group where people can complain about their problems, and a large number of them show tons of symptoms of depression. I'm one of them. After ten months, eight different anti-depressants, three therapists, and a treatment center, though I'm finally getting over it.
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Ahh, I love you Picture. You rock. :D
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Umm, that's pretty much ... well ... bullshit. We're all teenagers here. We've all lived long enough that just about everyone here has probably lost someone or had something horrible happen to them. The way you're talking, it's like you think you're the only one who has ever been depressed and knows what depression is. Maybe you don't mean for it to sound that way, but right now you're just making yourself look ignorant and self-centered.
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Being suicidal is NOT the same thing as being depressed. Yes, depression can lead to suicidal thoughts, but depression does not necessarily lead to suicidal tendencies. Depression can also be a feeling of utter helplessness/hopelessness or of impending doom. Someone may not be chronically depressed, but many people go through depression at difficult times in their lives.
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But no one was talking about it in the medical sense, which is why this debate is rather pointless...
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Wake up.
I don't get how using "D..."
Awww *hugs* I love you, Maxy dear. <3
Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "Mandy [remember yes is yes and no is no] wrote: "GIVE HUGS, NOT DRUGS. *hugs everyone*"But why get a hug when you can get high?
(totallyagainstdrugabusedonthurtme)"
*facepalm* I was just trying to lighten the mood, dear.
Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "Mandy [remember yes is yes and no is no] wrote: "Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "Mandy [remember yes is yes and no is no] wrote: "GIVE HUGS, NOT DRUGS. *hugs everyone*"But why get a hug when you can g..."
No, it's deadan humor, which is funny in itself, but that joke wasn't the best played, in all honesty. =P
Holden wrote: "37 looooong comments...do I have to read all of them? Can I have a summary? ;-)"Yes, yes you do.
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Dude, I thought the exact same.
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Rebekka was like "it pisses me off that everyone uses 'depressed' as a synonym for 'sad' because depression is a medical condition and blah blah blah"
and everyone else was like "HOW DARE YOU ACCUSE ME OF NOT KNOWING WHAT DEPRESSION IS. PLUS BY DICTIONARY DEFINITION IT IS NOT STRICTLY A MEDICAL TERM. BLAH BLAH BLAH."
That's about it.
Lav [cheating gets it faster] wrote: "I tried to commit suicide a couple months ago. I don't know if you'd consider that depressed or not, but in my book it's pretty close to being depressed. Sorry if it's not, but in my book anyone wh..."Lav. =(
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Rebekka was like "it pisses me off that everyone uses 'depressed' as a synonym for 'sad' because depression is a medical condition and blah blah blah"
and everyone else was like ..."
I find this horribly inaccurate. I never said blah.
Baxter wrote: "♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Summary, uh ...Rebekka was like "it pisses me off that everyone uses 'depressed' as a synonym for 'sad' because depression is a medical condition and blah blah blah"
and ever..."
Truefax.
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Rebekka was like "it pisses me off that everyone uses 'depressed' as a synonym for 'sad' because depression is a medical condition and blah blah blah"
and everyone else was like ..."
... it sounds so silly when you put it that way. BUT WASN'T IT FUN GUYS? I found it really enjoyable. I got legitimately mad, which hasn't happened to me in a long time, and it made me happy. xD
♥ Brigid ♥ wrote: "Picture wrote: "Rebekka (hmm, yes) wrote: "It's pissing me off that you people are using "depressed" as a synonym for "sad". Depression is a mental health disorder and I'd really appreciate if yo..."It's what I do. *bows* It was getting very serious around here.
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XDToday during lunch there was an evolution vs creationism debate. They had the bio teacher on the side of creationism and the religion teacher on the side of evolution. It was hilarious.
/random.
Er...
CAVEMEN VS ASTRONAUTS.
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Cavemen vs. Astronauts? Hmmm. I dunno. Cavemen are pretty sexy.
itmayormaynotbeanargumentbetweenAngelandSpikethatIwasjustwatching...If they were in a fight, cavemen would win. For the record.
Let us debate about English.Do you believe in the Oxford Comma? Zoinks...O_O_O
IT'S A THREE-EYED MONSTER!
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If they were in a fight, cavemen would win. For the record."
I think an astronaut would outwit a cavemen and be pretty strong.
But, I really don't care because I'm a pacifist and fighting is stupid.
That's the point, Juliet :P Um.... Pirates v Ninjas? ;)
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Do you believe in the Oxford Comma? Zoinks...O_O_O
IT'S A THREE-EYED MONSTER!"
I LOVE the Oxford comma.
That reminds me of that song "Who gives a consensual sex about an Oxford comma?"
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You know what's sad. That vampire weekend song was the one that introduced me to the "Oxford Comma." I mean I've always used it, but I never realized it was kind of optional. Blah. I love them though. I hate how Spanish doesn't have them.
Okay. Feeling stupid now.
An Oxford comma is?
Amy wrote: "Okay. Feeling stupid now.
An Oxford comma is?"
Wikipedia, girl.
The serial comma (also known as the Oxford comma or Harvard comma, and sometimes referred to as the series comma) is the comma used immediately before a coordinating conjunction (usually and or or, and sometimes nor) preceding the final item in a list of three or more items. For example, a list of three countries can be punctuated as either "Portugal, Spain, and France" (with the serial comma) or as "Portugal, Spain and France" (without the serial comma).[1][2][3] (Wikipedia)
Picture wrote: "Amy wrote: "Okay. Feeling stupid now.
An Oxford comma is?"
Wikipedia, girl."
LMGTFY :P
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YOUR FACE IS LAME.
Amy wrote: "Picture wrote: "Amy wrote: "Okay. Feeling stupid now.
An Oxford comma is?"
Wikipedia, girl."
LMGTFY :P"
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I googled what that stood for. *cough* There appears to be something in my throat. *silence*
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Feeling stupid now.
An Oxford comma is?"
Wikipedia, girl."
LMGTFY :P"
*awkward silence*
I googled what that stood for. *cough* There appears t..."
It's better than the link Acacia gave me when I asked.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=lmgtfy
Baxter wrote: "Oxford commas are lame."Not necessarily. Say if someone had a grocery list of things.
Ex: I need to get eggs, bacon, tomatoes, human eyeballs, pig omelets, monkey brains, spider lasagna, juice and carrots.
---In this case, you kind of need to have the Oxford Comma in between juice and "and." Otherwise, you wouldn't know whether "Juice and Carrots" were meant to be together like that.
---It's for all the dumb people to understand to sum it up. But I like it all the same.
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Wake up.
I don't get how using "Depressed" can be considered slander in any way, (unless this is one of those cases where you're over-idenitifying to get attention.) It's like, when you joke about someone dying. "I have too much homework. Please shoot me." or, "This test is going to kill me," or "Acacia hasn't posted in five minutes. Is she dead?" You're not making light of actual suicide or death, because that's all Very Serious Stuff. It's just a phrase people use.
Also, depressed can mean sad. It's not limited to the actual medical state of depression. Just like I can call Juliet insane, without having a psychologist declare her officially insane. Both terms are correct. (Especially when it comes to Juliet.)
Calm down.