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by Foomandoonian 2496 days ago
Oh, and the slogan 'We know' is incredibly sinister. :D
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Didn't mean to be sinister, just people with mental issues used to think that nobody understand them, that's why the slogan
Something like "We get it" is a bit friendlier. "We understand."
Thanks, neogodless. I'll consider it. "We understand." is good I think
"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.

Thanks, coldtea for your interest and help with the wording, I'll consider it absolutely.
To me, "we get it" sounds friendlier than ”we understand."
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.
It's also the awesome slogan of the Dark Brotherhood in Skyrim, so in that regard, kind of awesome.