• Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      9 days ago

      Do you really not get how actively playing a video game requires more executive functioning than hitting a video play button?

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        9 days ago

        Sure, I guess so. But here you are saying “I wish I could start literally anything at all”, and then you immediately talk about literally starting something. You clearly can start some things. I don’t think that watching anime and YouTube is time wasted.

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          9 days ago

          I’m not the original commenter, I’m just skeptical that someone can’t see the difference in cognitive effort required for the two things.

          Washing the dishes and running a marathon are both starting things, so if you can do one you should clearly be able to do the other, right?

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            9 days ago

            Maybe slow down and read more thoroughly instead of making assumptions about what I mean. I get this is “ADHD Memes”, but that’s just a really weird and uncharitable interpretation of what I wrote.