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Turns out we have different neuro types because we need people who are good at dealing with different circumstances. Who knew ?
People knew. Then everything started being "i need people to work in my factory/office doing the same thing again and again" and everyone had to be the same.
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Think of all the advancement in science from people that were not "normal", now they'd have just failed basic school and never had any chances to do academia.
I think Einstein failed history and other subjects in a college entrance but excelled in physics and math. -
People knew. Then everything started being "i need people to work in my factory/office doing the same thing again and again" and everyone had to be the same.
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Think of all the advancement in science from people that were not "normal", now they'd have just failed basic school and never had any chances to do academia.
I think Einstein failed history and other subjects in a college entrance but excelled in physics and math.Einstein only failed those because it was at a school being taught in a language he wasn’t familiar with if I am right.
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Ah interesting, this explains why I have always been really good at giving presentations. People always compliment me after the fact and ask how I stay so calm. The truth is that I'm extremely anxious during the whole thing and I just won't stop talking when that happens
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Former paramedic here. Chaos is so calming.
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People knew. Then everything started being "i need people to work in my factory/office doing the same thing again and again" and everyone had to be the same.
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Think of all the advancement in science from people that were not "normal", now they'd have just failed basic school and never had any chances to do academia.
I think Einstein failed history and other subjects in a college entrance but excelled in physics and math.Marx wrote a lot about this as a criticism of capitalism. Specifically in how he defines alienation and product fetishism (seeing the economy as a relationship between products and not between people).
The "capitalism is human nature" is complete horse shit, because even if that was true, less than one percent of the population have enough capital to actually be able to make decisions in a way that would even apply.
There is no "human nature" in working a wage labor job. The rest of us are just doing completely alienated forms of labor with only freedom to choose which shit company to work for for a shit wage.
I think my ADHD has really made me extremely anti capitalist since I graduated from college 10 years ago. Ive lasted long enough in a well paying position to have some savings. But im getting older. I can't hyperfocus a months worth of work in a day like I use to. And I really just don't have the motivation to either. I know my career is gonna fall apart at some point in the next decade. Just hoping I can find something else to support myself. I just can't work on a computer anymore. My body literally can't take it. I can't think anymore. Brain keeps telling me to get up and go for a walk or something. And it's not even all physical. I can sit and work on one of my personal projects still. I just give absolutely zero fuck about writing some code for a company that is literally just making the world worse every day. (Microsoft if anyone's curious).
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Einstein only failed those because it was at a school being taught in a language he wasn’t familiar with if I am right.
Good to know, thank you. I only know them anecdotally as it's used to say "just because someone fails some exam don't discredit their intelligence".
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Former paramedic here. Chaos is so calming.
Everything is important and very interesting? There's clear priorities, maybe even a checklist? Sign me up.
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Everything is important and very interesting? There's clear priorities, maybe even a checklist? Sign me up.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I'm welcome to ignore everything else around me and to focus on one thing for as long as I need and that thing that seems unsolvable to most people. Yes please.
Oh and driving a lot...
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This needed more Cheems and Swole Doge. Still upvoted.
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Me, when our cellar flooded because of heavy rainfall last fall: *overwhelmed* *panicattacc*
Me, when my wife proposes to go on a short vacation in two weeks: *overwhelmed* *panicattacc*
Their crisis managment skills have nothing to do with their ADHD. It my be inspite of it and good on them. I am not the least bit envious grumble grumble
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Reminds me of a time, maybe 15 years ago, a young teen fainted in the middle of the queue in the supermarket. Everyone was stunned by the bystander effect, and as soon as I checked on him, everyone else sprang into action. It's odd seeing it in action. Anyway, I could slink out real quick after that.
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Marx wrote a lot about this as a criticism of capitalism. Specifically in how he defines alienation and product fetishism (seeing the economy as a relationship between products and not between people).
The "capitalism is human nature" is complete horse shit, because even if that was true, less than one percent of the population have enough capital to actually be able to make decisions in a way that would even apply.
There is no "human nature" in working a wage labor job. The rest of us are just doing completely alienated forms of labor with only freedom to choose which shit company to work for for a shit wage.
I think my ADHD has really made me extremely anti capitalist since I graduated from college 10 years ago. Ive lasted long enough in a well paying position to have some savings. But im getting older. I can't hyperfocus a months worth of work in a day like I use to. And I really just don't have the motivation to either. I know my career is gonna fall apart at some point in the next decade. Just hoping I can find something else to support myself. I just can't work on a computer anymore. My body literally can't take it. I can't think anymore. Brain keeps telling me to get up and go for a walk or something. And it's not even all physical. I can sit and work on one of my personal projects still. I just give absolutely zero fuck about writing some code for a company that is literally just making the world worse every day. (Microsoft if anyone's curious).
wrote last edited by [email protected]Switch the company to something that feels more meaningful, if you can.
I thought I had my dream job - being a research software engineer - but it turned out that there's only funding collected by corrupt professors, nobody has any clue where they want to go, most projects die the moment some PhD student graduates or there is some opportunistic incentive to just dump it and do something else, nobody even wants you to write software for them because it means they have to change their workflows, and all that leadership cares above is not useful software, but that it looks good in reports and presentations to get more funding.
Just saying, one can be perfectly miserable even when working for the supposed "good side". My motivation was at an all time low once I saw through all the bullshit and grew hopeless.
I quit that job after 3 years, and now I'm in a mid-size company with an interesting business domain, people care about my work, and I doing great. My team lead appreciates me, I get to actually do some stuff that's suitable for my qualification and also what I enjoy.
I think with ADHD we can't force ourselves to work in jobs that do not feel meaningful or intellectually stimulating. Other people are also suffering in bullshit jobs, but we literally cannot take it. But in the right environment we can thrive.
Ah, and "thanks" to whoever is responsible for the mess that is MSVC and Windows. I'm happy I can work on Linux 99% of the time (most teams are in Windows/ use Visual Studio), but we gotta support cross platform builds, and everything by Microsoft tends to be the odd, slow, half-broken special configuration, or imposes a limitation we have to work around. Because either it's not standard compliant or just buggy.
I totally can imagine how you can burn out from working at Microsoft. Feels like this company alone is wasting millions of hours of work all around the world.
