• Selmafudd@lemmy.world
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    But before I elaborate I’ll need to explain 4 things that are going to come up during the story

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      And, after forgetting the original point after 30 seconds, I will have five new directions to choose from in said monologue, and will only wait for a beat or two before choosing the one I think most interesting/apt, if you don’t first show a preference. Sometimes, I might even have the foresight to prescreen such an ardent, earnest infodump for content. Sometimes.

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    Coworker/friend/loved one: “So why is XYZ happening?”

    Brain: Aww yiss. I will anticipate all possible questions and forks in the conversation, say it all, thus saving everyone time.

    Brain: Wait. Remember how you’ve been trying to keep it brief? Try that now.

    Me: “Well, it was 8:30am after all.”

    Coworker/friend/loved one: “Er … I’m sorry what now?”

    Brain: They took the bait. THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE

    Me, 5 mins later: “… yeah so anyway, what was the question again?”

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      My goodness, it’s like you’re in my head! I could’ve written this exact comment word for word! I feel so seen and understood :)

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    My social anxiety would love to give a one word answer and move on, my ADHD/self-doubt/trauma says “are you sure that’s enough? they’ll think you are an idiot and don’t know what you’re doing if you don’t elaborate”

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    adhd posting tip: when you inevitably write a 2000 word response to someone, go back when you’re done and rewrite the first paragraph so it actually sets up what you ended up writing about - cause otherwise it’s confusing for other people to read.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    I always start with a single idea in mind, talk about something related to it for 15 minutes and then forget what the fuck my original point was. Like the other day I wanted to just explain how Portal can display an unlimited number of “mirrors” for the hall of mirror effects if you change a console command, but then went off talking about the momentum and physics of the portals instead.

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    SO: asks a yes/no question

    Me: elaborates first for 5 minutes, forgets to say yes or no

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      Haha my mom does this all. the. time. Rarely ever when I ask a yes or no question does she just answer yes or no or anything along those lines.

      BUT! when I ask her a question that’s like “would you like [option A] or [option B]?” THAT’S when she just says yes or no! Usually it means she heard the first option and then stopped listening lol.

      Me: “Would you like juice, water, or tea for your drink?”

      My mom: “Yes, thank you!”

      Me: gif of 'confused lady looking around with math and equations flying around' meme

      (Can you guess where I got my super bad ADHD from? Lmao!)

      I could probably ask something like “Would you like a slice of cake or would like me to kick you in the face as hard as I can?” and she’d happily answer “yes, please! :D” hahaha!

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    Mid elaboration ill forget what my point was only to say “well yeah… you know what i mean” in hopes the other person reminds me of my point.