Most people don’t have ADHD. You had to do something most people don’t have to do. You adapted to your condition, and without support. I’m sorry you didn’t get the recognition you may have benefitted from as a child.

Recognizing my disability doesn’t make me helpless or lazy, it helps me get the resources that enable me to perform like the world expects.

Being 6ft tall can give you joint and heart problems in later life. Flat-chested women can be excellent swimmers. Having eyes too far apart might make you an unsafe driver.

Cool

blurnsday ?

Thank you so much for this thoughtful response. I didn’t think about it that way. You made a very good point about local elections.

Look, I agree with you, but up to a point. I can barely navigate my own life and I’m responsible for yours? No thank you. I didn’t vote for Kang, I wasn’t gonna vote for Kodos, and I do not see how any result could possibly be my fault. The ancestors agreed to let fascism rise before I was a single cell in mom’s developing uterus. My state votes red, always, no matter what I do. I can’t afford to leave, but I believe I have never once had my interests represented by my vote. I’ll still vote, because it is my duty as a citizen. My choice or yours, we all get turd sandwiches.

Blame and bully me to death if you want, but isn’t there someone else more controlling, with more influence on the election who surprisingly is not subject to the same blame or bullying?

Sorry, I’ll get right on fixing that for you. I’m obviously responsible.

Edit: but honestly, is shaming me into voting going to make the system better or is it just to make you feel better about the broken system?

Yes the world was perfection before voter apathy

Lisa is a vibe

I struggle with these feelings too. I’m always on the lookout for someone expressing distress and I tend to attend to their needs at the expense of my own work. It is important for me to recognize when someone actually wants assistance or if I’m just “mansplaining,” which would be annoying and demeaning.

Sometimes, if I don’t understand the problem myself, I find it very interesting to learn how to solve it, and the experience is usually mutually beneficial.

I agree, I wish things worked that way. If he loses, he can just pay to play again until he wins. People are confused and exploited in every place that has people, and someone else will come along to prey upon folks, because it is always personally advantageous.

Why do the representatives of this place not reflect the wishes of their constituents?

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if you’re just complaining on Lemmy, that’s not political activism

You are both agreeing that the storm is bad yes, but you are communicating in a way that is generally assumptive and hurtful to an area of human beings who are affected by disaster

It would be really very nice if you could hesitate blaming them for this unnatural disaster until after this guy (and others) can get the water out of their houses.

I am sorry that you feel this way.

It seems we’ve been taught strict expectations about “functioning.” When a machine doesn’t get the resources it needs to do its function, it does not function, and it is not expected to function, if the mechanics are understood. We know a lot about what people need (still more to discover) but we’re expected to “function” without having our needs met.

Quickly, get the horses out of Israel!

Hey, bone spurs can cause a lot of pain and discomfort.

Excess carbon emissions, shortens all lives.

I love!! Is this one a Russian Blue?