And ppl mistake that fast for intelligence, bcs they are unintelligent.
/j
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Ive been looking for a high quality version of this gif for so long! Every other version i could find was like 240p. Its such a relatable gif
This lil creature stayed with me since setting that episode!
ADHD people can't appreciate trains to the level that autists can
I can't even keep track of my train of thought
Yes, but that's only because with ADHD hobbies are harder to maintain.
I don’t relate to people with ADHD at all unless they’re also autistic.
I'm so fast but so slow at the same time!
So just regular speed then.
But in reverse!
ADHD is autism's inbred cousin from rural Appalachia.
Source: I have ADHD
We could be cousins with benefits
No, many differences.
I don't think so, no - I've never met someone with ADHD and thought they were like me at all.
Prime dating material.
I disagree with self-diagnosis and also amateur diagnosis. People with these issues might live life in similar ways on certain topics but their clinical symptoms and treatments are very different. Lumping everyone under big umbrellas creates problems, it's bad enough that Autism is a spectrum on its own with wildly different peoples under it.
The way autism and adhd are talked about in public discourse are pretty divorced from the definitions in the dsm-5. It has far more to do with identity at this point than anything else. But yeah, every person is their own creature and labels are hard.
Gotta go fast!
Im so calm myself that i have a hard time with adhd people who always talk. Trying to think while someone else is talking is very difficult for me, but some people can appearently do it.
I tried pair programming a few times and it leaves me completely exhausted. I really think it has no place in programming. But many people disagree and they love it.
Well at least now, the bots write the code so I can understand how its more possible now to talk all the time while the bot works....