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Programming is not fantastic for ADHD. Especially when majority of people don’t have ADHD to begin with. They are looking for an excuse for their lack of abilit
by wordofx 2y ago
Programming is not fantastic for ADHD. Especially when majority of people don’t have ADHD to begin with. They are looking for an excuse for their lack of ability to focus on a boring task.
It’s subscription and expensive because it’s another way to suck the money out of people who think they have ADHD.
- riehwvfbk 2y agoWe're sentient beings who have been co-opted into becoming part of an edit-run-debug cycle serving people who think they are changing the world. And if we opt out - we starve. Is it any wonder that some turn to drugs to cope with this reality?
- DontchaKnowit 2y agoDamn thats real. Reminds me of a joke I heard from a comedian, cant remember who - "soon we will just become the part of our home entertainment system that eats and shits"
- freilanzer 2y ago> lack of ability to focus on a boring task. Sounds somewhat like ADD alright.
- DontchaKnowit 2y agoSounds like being a nornal human
- freilanzer 2y agoA normal human with ADD.
- DontchaKnowit 2y agoNo one is able to concentrate on something that bores them. Thats like, the definition of something being boring...
- freilanzer 2y agoNo, most people aren't able to enjoy boring things. They're still able to concentrate on them. ADD makes this an impossibility.
- phito 2y ago> Programming is not fantastic for ADHD. Especially when majority of people don’t have ADHD to begin with. They are looking for an excuse for their lack of ability to focus on a boring task. An excuse, or an explanation? I have ADHD and programming is and always has been fantastic for me, if the project is not boring.
- wordofx 2y ago[flagged]
- ivell 2y agoI think ADHD is a well studied phenomenon and to brush it aside as just a lack of motivation is unjustified. People with ADHD are unable to focus even if they have the motivation.
- garbagewoman 2y ago> this is not ADHD what do you mean by "this" in that sentence?
- rcxdude 2y agoYou do seem to be basically describing ADHD. Most people can direct their focus on something that doesn't immediately stimulate them, if they have the motivation for it. (while I'm not claiming this is exactly the situation, your posts put me in mind of the projection of some homophobes: (heavily paraphrasing:) "Well, of course everyone finds their own gender sexy, the gays just don't resist that impulse!" -> "Well of course everyone finds focus extremely difficult except for on a few specific activities, just some are using a disorder as an excuse!")
- numpad0 2y agoMost people can't focus on books. People with or discussing ADHD tend to miss that.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoYes. But that's the baseline. People with ADHD can't focus even more, on books and most of anything else. They're worse at the whole class of things relative to most people, which is what turns it into a diagnostic category.