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Interesting thoughts! Though all the examples are fictional characters and so not sure if their creators truly are reflective of real psychological conditions, instead of being the results of leveraged dramatic techniques by a handful of writers...Too intense analysis of paper-thin Hwood characters and plots...

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I am guessing our guest poster has used the "unrevised" FBI statistics on violence and crime. Just like the employment report we discovered that the numbers were not as rosy as first posted.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/2953562/bad-data-from-the-fbi-mislead-about-crime/

Anyway his point is pretty well made but I too a Gen Xer am pretty down on our living situation. But optimistic that better policy under a flawed Trump is going to help not hurt us. Though I fully expect a scorched earth policy (See "Biden" lets Ukraine use missiles we have to target to hit deeper into Russia) by the current puppet string pullers that means a time of great peril (think collapsed dollar to start the new administration).

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Good guest post.

Smile 2 was a scary horror movie, and I enjoyed it more than I expected. But I've been confused why people say the movie is a representation of depression. Taken literally, the film says mental illness is impossible to beat and will inevitably end in gruesome death. No one can help you, and frankly you're putting yourself at risk of becoming hopelessly mentally ill by trying to help someone suffering.

This post has made me consider that, yes, that's exactly how the film is meant to be interpreted. Bizarre worldview.

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