• sfled@lemm.ee
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    19 hours ago

    …and that’s how I became a walking encyclopedia of mostly useless facts.

  • baltakatei@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    To me, this ADHD quirk would be considered a high capacity for curiosity if only:

    • there existed a technology permitting people to speed up their minds so they could comfortably complete their rabbit hole thoughts without interrupting their daily chores or degrading their social abilities.
    • the quantity of daily work required to live a comfortable life were low enough that people could comfortably explore rabbit holes to their conclusions in their free time.
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      1 day ago

      Eh, there are jobs, like security analysis or IT integration on a budget that thrive on this rabbit hole quirk. But in a lot of cases it’s a disability.

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    This group and examples like this heve convinced me I probably, certainly, have adhd

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    I’m curious how many times the person writing the post got distracted before they finished publishing the post.