April 10th: The bill has been vetoed!
April 2nd: The politicians in Arizona are about to sign into law a bill that would mandate sites like e621 to either impose age verification on all users or be at a risk of lawsuits. Such system would be required to go through third party vendors, who in turn must go through a government database to verify every user's age. This is not only a major violation of privacy, but it also opens up a very real danger of identity theft through phishing schemes and other methods, not to mention that we would not be able to control any of that information to make sure it is permanently deleted after age verification is complete.
Unfortunately, Arizona is the state out of which e621 operates, which means that this law will almost certainly affect us if it is to pass. If want to help us ensure that this site can continue to serve you without being required to know who you are, please ask the Arizona governor to veto this bill.
Please, help us get the word out by letting others know about this issue.
For some further information on what the bill does have a look at https://action.freespeechcoalition.com/bill/arizona-hb-2586/
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CelestialRainicorn
MemberHmm looks more like he pissed off than depressed IMO.
Darknetic
MemberBeing pissed of looks more likes anger or grumpiness.
But his body-language doesn't even looks close to that.
CelestialRainicorn
MemberThat's true I suppose
I usually associate depression with crying. Aside from the ears being lowered i don't really get that emotion.
Dr Popcorn
BlockedThe thing about depression is that it's not a One-Size-Fits-All kind of illness. It's different for everybody, but very similar for most. Depression isn't always sadness. Sometimes it's hopelessness. Sometimes it's prolonged fatigue. Sometimes it's anhedonia. Sometimes it's isolation. And sometimes it's even all of the above.
This only really applies if we're talking about Major Depressive Disorder or Bipolar Depression. The mood depression doesn't really count.
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