Not_Alec_Baldwin

I was diagnosed with ADHD as an adult, and then pursued a psychiatrist to oversee my treatment, who determined I didn't have ADHD.

The way he described my situation made the "ADHD superpower" meme make more sense than anything I've ever read. I'm gonna butcher it but I'll do my best to share:

There are structural differences in the brain that contribute to a person having ADHD, but the structural differences themselves ARE NOT ADHD. The last D in ADHD is "disorder", and there are a whole bunch of external circumstances that mental health professionals use to determine whether or not you count as "disordered".

You can have an addictive, impulsive, obsessive, stim-hungry brain and not have ADHD.

Many children develop habits, coping strategies, or other accommodations that allow them to "overcome" the weaknesses that come along with these brain structure differences.

This is the situation where ADHD looks like a superpower.

In my case I have a very, very easy time slipping into flow state. When I'm intensely focused on a task I am time blind, I often don't respond to questions or acknowledgements, and I have an intense temper if I'm interrupted. So I've used timers and meditation/CBT to manage those drawbacks.

By comparison most people I know have a difficult time motivating themselves and accessing flow state. So to those people, especially when they DON'T see the extra work I do, it could look like I have a sort of super power.

It's not a super power, my brain just works differently and I've come up with ways to manage the problems and use it to my advantage.

Nothing is nonstick like Teflon ... But the VAST majority of cooking doesn't require that level of nonstick, either.

Unless you have a French omelette addiction, you probably don't need Teflon.

It's a circle, not a line. Far left and far right end up meeting in the middle.

I recently got sick and decided to play through ff2 (iv). I've owned it since I was a kid but never beat it.

I finished it in less than 24 real world hours.

I was astonished at the difference being an adult makes with regard to gaming.

Is it wrong if I think your best performance was as yourself taking a bubble bath?

Yeah that's a little unhinged

But nuance makes for boring memes though

THinK Of tHe mEmEs!?1!?

Manufacturers set minimum prices for their products. Generally, suggested retail price and minimum advertisable price.

No. Obviously? And it's irrelevant. There's no symmetry here.

If Hamas puts down their guns there would be peace.

If Israel puts down there guns there would be no Israel.

Probably not, because those would be THEIR hospitals. There would be no tunnel system, no munitions stores, etc etc.

Your "gotcha" thought experiment is asking whether or not a country should treat the enemy country with equal caution to their own. Did you even consider it before asking it?

LMAO, wait, your argument is that Hamas doesn't use human shields, and it's all Israeli propaganda?

Hamas has been openly, proudly discussing their use of the Palestinian civilians a human shields for... Basically forever.

This isn't unique to Hamas, it's a common trait of all jihadist groups. Innocent victims are rewarded for their faith in heaven, and evil victims are punished in hell. So I'm their warped mind there's no moral consequence for murdering or endangering civilians. Please let that sink in before you continue to support them.