Show HN: I made online community for unusual people

Re:Show HN: I made online community for unusual people by Gik on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @09:36AM (#20685659)

Didn't mean to be sinister, just people with mental issues used to think that nobody understand them, that's why the slogan

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Re:Show HN: I made online community for unusual people by neogodless on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @10:53AM (#20686407)

Something like "We get it" is a bit friendlier. "We understand."

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Re:Show HN: I made online community for unusual people by Gik on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @11:12AM (#20686573)

Thanks, neogodless. I'll consider it. "We understand." is good I think

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Re:Show HN: I made online community for unusual people by coldtea on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @02:19PM (#20688714)

"We understand" is worse than "we get it".

The latter implies more empathy and is less formal and patronising.

Also "unusual" hints more at "eccentric". Bjork is unusual. Brian Wilson had a mental illness...

You could go out and spell it out: people with mental issues, or disabled, or whoever you like to include.

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Re:Show HN: I made online community for unusual people by Gik on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @02:56PM (#20689077)

Thanks, coldtea for your interest and help with the wording, I'll consider it absolutely.

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Re:Show HN: I made online community for unusual people by dzmien on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @08:25PM (#20691607)

To me, "we get it" sounds friendlier than ”we understand."

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Re:Show HN: I made online community for unusual people by X6S1x6Okd1st on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @02:17PM (#20688695)

For more context, "we know" seems to imply that there is something that you know about the person that you aren't going to spell out right now, but may use in the future.

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