Capitalist society certainly exaggerates our symptoms, but doesn't cause them. Telling us we're methheads because of capitalism is not a good look.

  • sysgen [none/use name,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I have ADHD and it 100% would be a disorder without capitalism, sometimes I can't even pay attention to people when they're talking to me

    • Tiocfaidhcaisarla [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 years ago

      I feel you. Reading something I'm invested in, and line by line there's a struggle where I'll find my mind elsewhere and staring out the window. Watching something I like, listening to a podcast, continuously rewinding because I missed it. I think my introverted-ness comes from both being constantly distracted and not wanting to make others feel like I'm not really there with them. The amount of partners asking "what are you thinking about?" and I snap back to them and am like... I don't even know, nothing? everything? is... a lot

      • ComradeBongwater [he/him]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        Me reading: "I'm bored. I should skip ahead."

        skips ahead

        Also me reading: "shit I'm missing important context."

        goes back to point where I skipped ahead

        I'm pretty sure the reason I "learn so quickly" is because I have to read things four times just to get to the end.

        • Tiocfaidhcaisarla [he/him, comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          I’m pretty sure the reason I “learn so quickly” is because I have to read things four times just to get to the end

          Oh I can relate to that so much

    • FidelCashflow [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      I am gonna go full anprim here. The drive to get distracted when other cavepeople where explaining where rain came from would only have added to survival chances.

      Like, the head man is going on about the frogs talking to clouds again and you notice a bee off in the distance you can follow to some rad honey.

      • ComradeBongwater [he/him]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        Anprim is looking more and more appealing every day. Working 4 hours a day picking berries and throwing sharpened rocks at animals then coming home, feasting, and having a tribal orgy sounds like Valhalla to me.

        • FidelCashflow [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          It is literally what we were born to do. Every bit of most of our DNA was tuned to function perfectly at that effort. In my essay about the importance of creating erotic battle anime in the future FALGSC I will....