{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Pony (pony)'s status on Friday, 27-Jan-12 10:00:50 UTC","author_name":"Pony (pony)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/pony","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/945915","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/76\" class=\"url\" title=\"Jack\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">thelastgherkin<\/span><\/a><\/span> @<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/4363\" class=\"url\" title=\"Steve\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">deadmachine<\/span><\/a><\/span> @<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/4200\" class=\"url\" title=\"Joe\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">purplephish20<\/span><\/a><\/span> @<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/1022\" class=\"url\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">starlightbolt<\/span><\/a><\/span>  hmm.. I haven't been depressed lately, but ponies have helped reduce my anxiety.  I doubt it will be enough once midterms and project start to be due, but stress (including depression) is a part of life everyone deals with, some constantly.  We can't realistically expect ponies or any other non-career hobby\/entertainment to put food on our tables and a roof over our heads, but things like MLP \/can\/ make everything more tolerable as an escape.  It happens that MLP:FiM is one of the best escapes I've found to date, in part because of the community.  Overall I find the company here reassuring and comforting.  The fan base isn't perfect, but I'm happy to take the good with the bad."}