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Chicken soup, plain white rice, buttered toast, peanut butter, and crackers are all things I can usually tolerate when I feel that way. Sometimes banana or vanilla yogurt. I hope you feel better soon!

I understand the frusteration–I know it feels like an unrealistic suggestion. But I think it’s important to question whether a more general understanding of ADHD could help? Like if people knew that, because you have ADHD, forgetting a date or something is not a sign that you don’t care about them as it’s out of your control. Maybe people in your life could learn how you express that they are important to you. They could learn to appreciate you for who you are and forgive you for who you are not. I know, for me, I greatly appreciate when someone remembers my birthday or an important date, but I don’t hold it against them when they don’t/can’t.

That’s what I mean. It’s not reasonable to expect us to conform to every societal expectation when we literally can’t, especially when others might have more flexibility to meet us where we are (or even in the middle) and don’t currently put in that effort a lot of the time. People could be more aware and compassionate of our condition, just as they won’t be mad of someone with a walker can’t help them move. It doesn’t mean they don’t want to help or that they don’t care, they just don’t have the mobility. People understand that, so why couldn’t they understand us, too?

So first off, on a personal note, I just wanna take a second and acknowledge that it sounds like you’re really “in it.” You’re feeling the familiar frustration, and the shame. That little voice in the back of your head that whispers, “I’m not enough” is loud and clear right now. It sounds like you’ve had a lot going on, maybe you’re burntout, and you’re sick of feeling like a failure? All of that is totally valid, and it makes sense why you’d feel that way given the lifetime of negative reinforcement you’ve received, the recent diagnosis, and all the pressure to just be able to do what others can. I think most of us here, especially those of us that were also diagnosed as adults, can relate to those feelings in a big way. I know I can. I’m really sorry that you’re going through that. :(

On a discussion-oriented note, generally speaking, I think it’s important to be able to see ADHD holistically. It is a debilitating disability and it is comorbid with some really awesome/interesting qualities. It is not a superpower, but it is also not all bad, either; it’s not just one thing, it’s a whole-ass neurotype that comes with all the quirks and kinks any other brain has.

Your experience might be that you don’t believe the trade-off is worth it, and you know, most days I would agree with you. I think most people here would. The truth is, though, it’s really no better or worse than any other brain in terms of being a good, functional brain. ADHD is not an illness. We are only disabled insofar as society is disabling to us. The world was not built for us, and until we make some more equitable, systemic changes, we will continue to struggle. Just as modern buildings need to include wheelchair ramps and wider doorframes for people with walking aids, the future of society needs to include us in its design. We need accommodation to be able to thrive, and under the right conditions, it would not at all be out of the question.

None of this is meant to absolve us of accountability or responsibility, and it’s not to say that nothing is really our fault, or that the pain we experience isn’t valid. I just mean to say that we spend a lot of time beating ourselves up and commiseratting getting beat down by the world, which is completely understandable, but is there a different conversation that might be more beneficial to us? How can we educate our bosses and teachers and parents about us? How do we make sure that kids are being appropriately diagnosed, and that girls and children of color get diagnosed, as well? What could an ADHD/Autism-friendly work environment look like? What about ADHD/Autism-friendly supermarkets? How can we change stigma, expectations, and our environments to be better? Don’t we deserve better? Yes, having ADHD sucks as it stands, but does it have to?

That’s just my 2¢, anyway.

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Ivan 100% Tetrises himself to save the others that have yet to fall. It’s just the kind of block he is.

Sure. The premise is that blocks are falling and can’t be allowed to reach a certain height. There is drama in knowing that, no matter what, it will eventually reach that height. You’re given the tools to fend off the inevitable for as long as you can. There’s conflict, resolution, and the plot details are determined both by the decisions you make and the order in which the game delivers the blocks to you. You are the protagonist, the computer is the antagonist. There’s a beginning, middle, and end to every game. It’s as reductive as stories get, but it’s a story.

I would argue that all games have a story. Some have a scripted narrative–which, in the medium of video games, gives the player their own immersive role in the story–while other games give you the tools to create your own story as you play. You face conflicts and use your abilities and the resources around you to overcome them, ideally resulting in a satisfying progression throughout your playtime.

Both are cool for different reasons.

My suggestions for units of measurements, in no specific order:

• Thimbles
• Water balloons
• Per hoppus foot
• Cord and rick
• Burlap potato sacks
• Waffle irons
• Size 11 wooden clogs
• Drums
• Silos
• Minecarts
• Blimps/zeppelins
• Potential babies

Oh dear, I was hoping that one would die with reddit.

I believe that someday scientists will develop a tool that will be able to accurately measure your gargantuan penis, once we have the technology.

Today shall be remembered as the day the rogue penises finally won.

He’s got enough problems

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I get the impression that many Gen Zers like to know where everyone is all the time. It’s totally normal for them to have each other’s GPS locations. Snapchat has a built-in map feature where you can watch your friends move around in real time, and there are other apps that offer this, too. I was blown away when I learned this was so commonly used and people just leave it on, so their social group just knows precisely where they are all the time.

Who is scrolling reddit calling people “dipclown” or “trumpstick”?

They’re not unused, and that is unsettling.

This. We as a community can do our part to downvote bad info (at least on kbin, idk if Lemmy has downvoting or not) and commenting to let people know what’s up–but that will only go so far and we’re not gonna catch everything. We can also report harmful misinformation that we see, but all the same, plenty of users will still receive and buy into it before it’s dealt with. We need well-moderated communities for a reasonable level of peace of mind.

I wonder what the full scope of privacy benefits might be here? Obviously, if you log into your account and interact with videos, YouTube will be able to see that–but are you protected from other forms of tracking? If you don’t opt to login, how private is it really? With NewPipe, I know it’s completely private, whereas with Vanced, there were some inevitable privacy holes. I’m really curious where this application falls in all of that. It’d be nice to see a breakdown of what this app does and does not do for one’s privacy.

I love most names. I know that sounds stupid, but I have a weird fascination with names. I love meeting people with names I haven’t heard before, it makes me really happy. I also love to introduce my friends to people with fake names, like I might introduce two people to each other as Telemachus Entwhistle and Victoria Saint Watercress, then walk away and let them figure out their real names. Sometimes I use people’s full names in fake anger, but make up a middle name, like Aloysius or Jezebel, or make up a name that their already full first name might be short for.

One of my favorite jokes in all of TV is the running gag on Psych where the main character introduces his friend and partner, Gus, by a different name in every episode, like Lavender Gumes or Galileo Humpkins.I really don’t know why I find it so amusing, but I love it.

I think some of my actual favorite names, like ones I might really name a kid, would be like Ruth, Miles, Olivia, Matthew, James, Joe, Sorrel, Elan, Evan, Lyric, Bear, Atticus, and Cynthia.

I know you didn’t mean it this way, but the implication that there are “breeds” of people can be very offensive, as it compares someone’s lineage to domesticated animals. Racists have long used the term “breed” to describe disenfranchised minority groups in an intentionally derogatory manner. Culture and heritage are baked into our identities, and they are very dear to many people’s hearts and vital to our sense of self, which is why you’re getting the responses that you are.

It’s also not scientifically accurate, because breeds are bred. They are not naturally occurring variations in a species, they are bred for a purpose, by humans, through artificial selection. It’s why there are breeds of dogs, cats, and horses, but we don’t normally use that word for starfish or rhinos.

Humans don’t have breeds because we are not bred with intention in the way that dogs are. We are products of our environment, our culture, and our history. Race is a construct, and the closest thing we have is ethnicity, which is essentially just our ancestry’s geographical origins.