Very welcome

I'm in my mid 40s, it's never too late

I don't know it yet, but I'm working through it.

I can hold a job but I routinely destroy relationships. I recently read "adult children of emotionally immature parents". It was really helpful to understand what's going on and why, and using that with my therapist has been extremely helpful

And then, ironically, their children being emotionally immature enough that they actually still act like children when they really need to be adults.

And then repeating the cycle.

And as one of those children now an adult, let me assure you that it is a) awful and b) doesn't have to be your destiny

That was a wild ride...

So, Halloween-loving cosplayer here, dating a Halloween loving cosplayer. We both have similar difficulties. Halloween is not a great day for elaborate costumes. Need to keep things mobile, flexible, something you can wear without needing a handler or repair kit.

You often need to "step down" for Halloween. And a lot of what my partner wears for cosplay would be instantly understood at a con, but unrecognizable at a Halloween party.

So it's still exciting but often you have to wildly change your parameters.

Also, to those of you saying it's the one day we're not weird, seriously? There's no day we're not weird.

"Methods: We analyzed data from the multisite multistate Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Development Study to determine how the perception of cannabis harm among children (age at baseline: 9–10; N=10,395) changes over time in states with and without RCLs. Using multilevel modeling, we assessed survey responses from children longitudinally across 3 years, adjusting for state-, family-, and participant-level clustering and child-level factors, including demographics (sex, race, and socioeconomic status), religiosity, and trait impulsivity."

They were specifically checking what kids think the health risks are. Is it impacted by the legality.

"We have this substance and it's illegal because it's dangerous" - okay, must be dangerous, right? To an 8yo that makes sense

It's legal now - does that suddenly mean those same kids are going to go "oh! It's safe now!"

I'm not going to have a discussion over the safety of marijuana because it's not relevant to this study. This study is only about how kids see it, and whether it being legal or illegal changes that

I will say, though, that the fact they found no change does take a bit of momentum away from people screaming "think of the children"

I managed to read it

"Perceived risk", in the article and study, refers to the risk of harm children perceive in the use of marijuana. They're studying whether legalizing it makes kids assume it's safer than they would if it remained illegal, and apparently there's no effect.