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[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I find it funny all depression pills also have a warning of "may increase thoughts of suicide" like, why would I want to feel like swallowing bottels of pills more then I do now?

 

[Deleted member]

I just found out my Tentacruel got Pokerus for some reason. This is the third time one of my Pokemon gets Pokerus during one of my Nuzlockes, the other times being during a SS run and the other in my first XY one.
Got a Ribombee on Ula Ula Meadow, wonder how she'll perform because I never used one before, I already have Masquerain on my team but the Fairy typing will certainly be useful and she came with Bug Buzz so that's great.

Also

I'm done with the TT
I'm not someone to chase after ranks so I guess I'm not coming back to it.
29 Orbs, 4 from the Arena today, two from the Log-In Bonus tomorrow, 33 from the new chapters... Guess 68 will be enough? I hope?

Sorry for being serious, but what suspicious? I don't think Monolith Soft will rush this game early since the DLC story is next year. So I guess it might just be additional rather than they put it because they couldn't make it in time.

I'm not being serious, it's just funny that it didn't receive any delays at all because we were all like "lol yeah, 2017, keep dreaming monolith" when it was announced

 

[Opossum]

I find it funny all depression pills also have a warning of "may increase thoughts of suicide" like, why would I want to feel like swallowing bottels of pills more then I do now?

As I was alluding to in my last post, it's just because some people are prone to worsening with psychoactive drugs and such. It's not common, but it's relevant enough to warn about. I know at least two people personally who can't take pills because of it, which is extra hard on them, more than likely.

Depression over all is pretty awful, speaking from experience.

 

[Coricus]

Well, she doesn't go around telling patients that. Just me


I don't think someone should become completely dependent on the pills. Big Pharma doesn't have your best interest at heart and pills are just their way of making an easy profit. Mass produced, fast. The FDA are the same, they get a majority of their money from pills. Go to a doctor's office for depression they'll walk in, prescribe you pills, and walk out. Not even look you in the eye. Time is money. Pills are money. The faster you can get through a patient the better. Drug people into apathy. Keep people drugged, keep them quiet.

I've had DNA testing done for pill compatibility and have had everything I've tried talked over compared to other options on the basis of how safe it might be. My doctor even encouraged me to try to ease into one of them.

With depression I've already hit peak apathy. No drive, no goals, no meaning in life. The pills are my only shot at being less apathetic at this point. And the hell if pills could actually get me to shut up about anything.

Big pharma may be the ones making the pills, but they aren't the ones prescribing them. That's down to the ethics of the individual doctor. Not everyone is out to get you. Not everything is a conspiracy theory.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

If the pills help people feel like life is worth living again, who cares about "Big Pharma" conspiracy nonsense? Granted, I know some people who literally can't take antidepressants due to predisposition to harmful side effects (like increased risk of suicide, which was always one of the most horrible cases of irony, sadly), but to say no one should be dependent on them only serves to make others guilty about helping themselves. And that's not really cool.

The effects are mostly placebo. And certain doses of antidepressant actually can cause negative affects. A lot of suicide victims and people such as school shooters were affected by antidepressants.

What antidepressants do is block the reabsorption of neurotransmitters, which floods your brain with an addictive chemical. And of course when your brain is flooded with an addictive chemical you receive a high from it. But over time you will also receive less and less of a high. It will make you dependent on it and will give you severe withdrawal without it.

 

[Chrono.]

Absurd evolution levels are my only real issue with Gen 5.
I'd love to use Hydreigon but??? Lv64??? Why not make it 69 already so I can at least laugh like a 11-year old.
They aren't evem tailored to the game itself, Ghetsis's own Hydreigon is Lv54, why not cap around that?
Hell, they even give you a Lv35 Volcarona in BW's desert castle and a pre-evolved Braviary/Mandibuzz in Route 4 in B2W2, they know these evo levels are way too high so why make them like this?

Didn't Gen 5 have some weird exp mechanics that they ditched in later games? That may have been why.

Either way it's still dumb they got those ridiculous level curves and kinda kills my fun in using Gen 5 mons sometimes.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Didn't Gen 5 have some weird exp mechanics that they ditched in later games? That may have been why.

Either way it's still dumb they got those ridiculous level curves and kinda kills my fun in using Gen 5 mons sometimes.

Yeah, the higher level you were, the less EXP you'd get from low level mons. They ditched it. Only to bring it back in USM. Not that I had a problem with levels anyway personally lol

 

[Wario Bros.]

FYI, Ubisoft is having a Cyber Monday sale on their Wii U & Switch titles (until December 4)

While the Gold Edition of Mario + Rabbids isn't on sale, it's actually cheaper to buy the normal edition plus season pass for the same experience.

It's $60 for the Mario + Rabbids Gold Edition.

So if you've been wanting to pick up Mario + Rabbids, now's a great chance.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

As I was alluding to in my last post, it's just because some people are prone to worsening with psychoactive drugs and such. It's not common, but it's relevant enough to warn about. I know at least two people personally who can't take pills because of it, which is extra hard on them, more than likely.

Depression over all is pretty awful, speaking from experience.

Im prettu sure Ill end up overdosing on those pills to end it all anyway so im not even gonna bother taking them

Animal Crossing is my only depression medication amd It stopped me from jumping out the window as a kid, it can stop me from killing myself now

 

[Chrono.]

Yeah, the higher level you were, the less EXP you'd get from low level mons. They ditched it. Only to bring it back in USM. Not that I had a problem with levels anyway personally lol

Oh then, nvm. It's not too relevant to the evos then.

 

[Deleted member]

Didn't Gen 5 have some weird exp mechanics that they ditched in later games? That may have been why.

Either way it's still dumb they got those ridiculous level curves and kinda kills my fun in using Gen 5 mons sometimes.

Yeah, it's as Gwen said.
So it's basically even harder to train most of them because I'm pretty sure the wild Pokemon levels cap at ~40 pre-E4

 

[mario123007]

I'm not being serious, it's just funny that it didn't receive any delays at all because we were all like "lol yeah, 2017, keep dreaming monolith" when it was announced

Don't include me and OJ in the "we" LOL. At first even though I believe it will come out in 2017 but I was concerned that it will be rushed... until Directs made me feel that the game was pretty much completed.
Also XC2 obviously went gold just a few days after the XC2 Direct btw.
And geez, I still don't understand the "XC2 will get delayed mentality".... Monolith Soft isn't Square Enix (Even though Takahashi was a former Square worker...). XC took two years to be released in US was due to Nintendo not taking the game seriously, XCX was because Wii U's tough development environment and they also need to do those annoying censorship, so with XC2 releasing world wide at the same time I doubt there will be any significant censorship. So yeah the "Pyra editing/ Hire me Nintendo" meme is a nonsense imo.

 

[Ivander]

I'm done with the TT
I'm not someone to chase after ranks so I guess I'm not coming back to it.
29 Orbs, 4 from the Arena today, two from the Log-In Bonus tomorrow, 33 from the new chapters... Guess 68 will be enough? I hope?

I have 162 myself. So I'm more than prepared. That being said, I probably won't spend too much, as I do want to keep some in case the possible Banner at the end of December has Sword Lyn. And some for the Christmas Banner.

 

[Coricus]

The effects are mostly placebo. And certain doses of antidepressant actually can cause negative affects. A lot of suicide victims and people such as school shooters were affected by antidepressants.

What antidepressants do is block the reabsorption of neurotransmitters, which floods your brain with an addictive chemical. And of course when your brain is flooded with an addictive chemical you receive a high from it. But over time you will also receive less and less of a high. It will make you dependent on it and will give you severe withdrawal without it.

Uhhhhh I'm pretty sure different antidepressants work different ways. None of the stuff I've been on has had a risk of being addictive.

I also haven't felt any major improvement off of any of the meds to far, so I'm not being hoodwinked by any magical placebo.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I've had DNA testing done for pill compatibility and have had everything I've tried talked over compared to other options on the basis of how safe it might be. My doctor even encouraged me to try to ease into one of them.

With depression I've already hit peak apathy. No drive, no goals, no meaning in life. The pills are my only shot at being less apathetic at this point. And the hell if pills could actually get me to shut up about anything.

Big pharma may be the ones making the pills, but they aren't the ones prescribing them. That's down to the ethics of the individual doctor. Not everyone is out to get you. Not everything is a conspiracy theory.

THe medical industry in America at least is a customer service industry based on results and profits. Doctors are forced into certain treatments or are replaced

Uhhhhh I'm pretty sure different antidepressants work different ways. None of the stuff I've been on has had a risk of being addictive.

I also haven't felt any major improvement off of any of the meds to far, so I'm not being hoodwinked by any magical placebo.

The antidepressants aren't addictive. Neurotransmitters are addictive. They are chemicals the brain naturally produces

Antidepressants change the behaviour of the brain's reaction to neurotransmitters, blocking their rebuke. Their reabsorption.


You know that high you get when you find something new for the first time and it brings you a joyous feeling. But that feeling gets less and less the more you are exposed to it? That's a chemical reaction in your brain. And you become numb to the feeling

 

[Deleted member]

I have 162 myself. So I'm more than prepared. That being said, I probably won't spend too much, as I do want to keep some in case the possible Banner at the end of December has Sword Lyn. And some for the Christmas Banner.

I'll only do a full pull and wait for the new banner because of potential Forrest
That is, if I have enough self-control.
Spoiler: I don't

 

[Mythra]

Yeah this is why I opted out not to get one for Ultra.

As much as I love Volcarona, you get Larvesta too late and for the main story it's not worth the grind.

I was thinking the same, but considering USUM is the last hurrah of the 3DS I decided to use one now.
Once I got Machamp Shove, I backtracked to the blocked cave to catch a Larvesta (tfw 1% of chances of one appearing)
Some breeding hell with the Ditto Five, 16 Roto Exp. Points and 80 dead Psyduck and Poliwag later, I have a Lv. 60 Modest Volcarona ready for the League and Post-Game.

It took 2 days of pain, but seeing the moth's humungus Sp. Atk. stat after all that effort was damn cool.

Absurd evolution levels are my only real issue with Gen 5.
I'd love to use Hydreigon but??? Lv64??? Why not make it 69 already so I can at least laugh like a 11-year old.
They aren't evem tailored to the game itself, Ghetsis's own Hydreigon is Lv54, why not cap around that?
Hell, they even give you a Lv35 Volcarona in BW's desert castle and a pre-evolved Braviary/Mandibuzz in Route 4 in B2W2, they know these evo levels are way too high so why make them like this?

Gen V legit wanted to make people use the rustling grass just to punch Audino in the face for Exp.

At least B2W2 toned it down a bit with those underleveled encounters and more rare/evolved Pokémon in the rustling grass, but leveling up to +60 still takes a while with that Exp. system.

 

[Coricus]

THe medical industry in America at least is a customer service industry based on results and profits. Doctors are forced into certain treatments or are replaced


The antidepressants aren't addictive. Neurotransmitters are addictive. They are chemicals the brain naturally produces

Antidepressants change the behaviour of the brain's reaction to neurotransmitters, blocking their rebuke. Their reabsorption.

The fudge would the difference be in practice?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I just found out my sister has Pocket Camp also, this is the best day of my life

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

The fudge would the difference be in practice?

Antidepressants don't create more neurotransmitters, they just block their reabsorption.

The antidepressants aren't addictive, just the chemical it blocks. So if you aren't blocking it's reabsorption it'll cause withdrawals like any drug.

 

[Coricus]

Antidepressants don't create more neurotransmitters, they just block their reabsorption.

The antidepressants aren't addictive, just the chemical it blocks. So if you aren't blocking it's reabsorption it'll cause withdrawals like any drug.

No, I meant what's the difference in practice in terms of taking it being addictive?

Withdrawl is one thing, that's why you wean off. But there's a difference between something having withdrawl and something being addictive. Withdrawl symptoms don't necessarily involve going "I have to take more peeeeeeells." Sometimes they're just feeling a little off on the way back down, no impulse to take more pills to stave it off involved. There's side effects for going on stuff too, it doesn't feel any different than that.

 

[Aurane]

I was taking antidepressants for the longest time until I finally cut them out altogether. Every doctor I had was an idiot when it came to meds, and in my time at the hospital, they gave me an illegal combination of meds that ****ed me up really bad-worse than I already was.

I've been without any kind of meds except pain killers for about seven years now. And I don't regret it at all.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

No, I meant what's the difference in practice in terms of taking it being addictive?

Withdrawl is one thing, that's why you wean off. But there's a difference between something having withdrawl and something being addictive. Withdrawl symptoms don't necessarily involve going "I have to take more peeeeeeells." Sometimes they're just feeling a little off on the way back down, no impulse to take more pills to stave it off involved. There's side effects for going on stuff too, it doesn't feel any different than that.

The chemical is stimulating the brain and people develop dependency on that stimulation.

I guess the proper word is physical dependancy

 

[mario123007]

FYI, Ubisoft is having a Cyber Monday sale on their Wii U & Switch titles (until December 4)

While the Gold Edition of Mario + Rabbids isn't on sale, it's actually cheaper to buy the normal edition plus season pass for the same experience.

It's $60 for the Mario + Rabbids Gold Edition.

So if you've been wanting to pick up Mario + Rabbids, now's a great chance.

This reminds me that I have a friend I met this semester is a huge Just Dance fan. I went to his house during the Thanksgiving break and he has a Wii U, PS4 and PS3. He has nearly all of the Just Dance games, he also likes the game Nights of Azure though, he wanted to buy Nights of Azure 2 on PS4 during black Friday but sadly it wasn't on sale. As for me I might get Nights of Azure 2 on Nintendo Switch during the Chinese New Year.

 

[Metal Shop X]

'Been playing some MMX4 with Zero, I got dunked on alot but dang, this game is so fun.

 

[Coricus]

The chemical is stimulating the brain and people develop dependency on that stimulation.

I guess the proper word is physical dependancy

How is that dependency different than if the drug itself was doing it?

Not how it chemically works. How the person acts. Whether they're compelled to take the pills or not. How would it be different?

 

[AwesomeAussie27]

Hello mates, been a while hasn't it?

So I've got done wth the entire funeral yesterday (Yes, Pop sadly couldn't make it unfortunately), and I've never felt more stronger since the tears that were shed. He's done a lot of things for us as a grandfather, whether it was being there when we had problems or giving us a laugh or two when we needed it. He was even one of the few people in our family that was alright with the idea of us starting new lives in the US. That's just how much of an important figure he is in our entire family. And I even survived reading that obituary for the day that me and my father worked on. My biggest fear was that crying would disrupt the reading of the script, but they were patient and during with me during times I would take a moment and let it all out. So he's lived a long healthy live with a wife, children, and grandchildren/nieces/nephews. That's a nice life for any grandparent to live and I couldn't be happier the more I thought about it. Sure I will miss him, but I could trust him when he felt that it was the to go. I will never forget about him just like he would likely never forget about us.

A real pity that we won't be coming back to the States for a while. But I can respect the family's decision since Ma (grandma) would be pretty lonely on her own. We will give her all the support and company she needs since it would be her first year without her husband. The fact that I even thought of the idea to come over and cook dinner for her despite Thanksgiving being non-existent in Queensland shows what let's I would go through to make anyone happy. She's got her family by her side despite losing the most important person in her life. We will make sure she has a great life as long as she lives. If she's happy, then so are we. That's why family is the most important thing that everyone should treasure.

Sorry if I'm rambling too much about things most of you already know like family bonds and such, but I couldn't be more happier than being a part of his final moments and the funeral. My only regret is not giving him a final hug, but it was hospital rules. Can't ignore them. Either way, Pop will be missed and we will never forget the things he had done for me and the rest of his family.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

How is that dependency different than if the drug itself was doing it?

Not how it chemically works. How the person acts. Whether they're compelled to take the pills or not. How would it be different?

It's the difference between something directly and indirectly causing an outcome

Like a direct action being shooting a violent dog in the neighborhood vs an indirect action being calling animal control and they put the dog down

Either way the outcome is the dog is dead. But the events that caused the death are different

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

2 questions.

1)is Minecraft on switch a good time killer
2)as someone who loved Pokemon Moon, Is Ultra moon worth getting

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

2 questions.

1)is Minecraft on switch a good time killer
2)as someone who loved Pokemon Moon, Is Ultra moon worth getting

Did you like the relationship stuff between [player] and Lillie? Because they removed that while keeping most of the story the same up until the end. - Which mechanically just has you riding on Lunala instead of Solgeleo or Solgeleo instead of Lunala. And has a small city like area instead of a small cave like area. And has one powerful boss instead of a boss battle team of strong pokemon.

The post game stuff is different but not very long. RR instead of Looker. But it isn't any longer

 

[Mythra]

2 questions.

1)is Minecraft on switch a good time killer
2)as someone who loved Pokemon Moon, Is Ultra moon worth getting

1)Nah
2)Yes, is mostly the same during the first half but it is harder and all the bits added in sidequests/events are pure gold. Plus some Lillie stuff got toned down/removed.

 

[Coricus]

2 questions.

1)is Minecraft on switch a good time killer
2)as someone who loved Pokemon Moon, Is Ultra moon worth getting

Eh, I played about 20 hours and haven't picked it up in a while.

But I've played so much Minecraft on other systems in the past I think I'm burnt out a bit. If you haven't done that then you should get a lot more time out of it. I wouldn't call it a BAD time killer, at least, there's always something new you can do because Minecraft.

 

[Chandeelure]

Leveling up your Pokemon in USUM is so boring and slow.

I'm tired of killing Chanseys.

 

[praline]

Hmmm... since Namekians can regenerate lost limbs, it’d be cool if they could possibly grow extra arms.

1)Nah
2)Yes, is mostly the same during the first half but it is harder and all the bits added in sidequests/events are pure gold. Plus some Lillie stuff got toned down/removed.

The Lillie stuff was the best part of Sun &Moon... unbelievable..

 

[mario123007]

Question :Is it possible to get this furniture in Animal Crossing Pocket Camp?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Question :Is it possible to get this furniture in Animal Crossing Pocket Camp?
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Answer: It better be or imma riot

 

[Mythra]

The Lillie stuff was the best part of Sun &Moon... unbelievable..

I personally liked her tho.
Sure, there's a little less interactions but...

Spoiler: USUM Endgame/Postgame

This time Lillie stays in Alola and participates in the Battle Tree as an ally

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I personally liked her tho.
Sure, there's a little less interactions but...

Spoiler: USUM Endgame/Postgame

This time Lillie stays in Alola and participates in the Battle Tree as an ally

Yeah but

Spoiler

the best boy left this time

 

[praline]

Yeah but

Spoiler

the best boy left this time

Spoiler

Gladion goes?

 

[Deleted member]

Yeah but

Spoiler

the best boy left this time

Spoiler

Gladion comes back later, you can even fight him in the Title Defense and it unlocks a special scene on Aether Paradise