ADHD Women

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For the visually impaired it is a Twitter screenshot from Dani Donovan, ADHD Comics, @danidonovan

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the ADHD urge to use parenthesis in every sentence (because every thought comes with additional bonus content)

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[–] sweeterevenge@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

trying to fight that urge in academic writing every day

[–] Aidan@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One word: footnotes

[–] SquirrelX@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are they still called footnotes if they take half the page? (I prefer parentheses though)

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, it's short for "a foot of notes" and the term was coined when the standard page length was 24 inches^1^.

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^1^This isn't true.