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Autism

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[–] squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I just tried. The tab I chose had interesting links to other stuff. Now I've got 3 new tabs open. But I've learned some more about AuDHD and found this handy graphic

Infographic showing overlapping features of ADHD and Autism

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Oh god, auDHD sounds like hell on earth.

[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

It is, can confirm.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Bad naming too. We need something catchier, like Hyper-Autism.

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

It's not that bad. Unless you want to do anything ever.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 1 month ago

Yes sir, it's great in here isn't it?

[–] QuandaleDingle@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

I felt an astounding sense of accomplishment when I achieved this.

[–] Shellofbiomatter@lemmus.org 5 points 1 month ago

Theres a squad of half paintes minis. Probably going to get to thoe in September, hopefully i can finish half of those at least.

How many more abandoned tabs did they accumulate in those 4 months?

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I got a new thinkpad with double the ram, because I kept running out, even when telling mpv to not cache so much, with over a dozen paused playlists... Now I have over three dozen paused playlists.

But, I'm getting through it.

Been catching up with interesting happenings from April.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 month ago

So there's hope yet for me being able to tidy up decades of mess around here.

[–] daggermoon@piefed.world 1 points 1 month ago

Y'all leave tabs open for months? Ever heard of bookmarks? The fuck?

[–] k2r@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Finished a sudoku I started 6 months ago. Anything’s possible

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I am just getting around to finishing a nearly finished mainline chapter of a fanfiction I started months ago... as part of a rewrite of a fancition I never got too far with in the first place. That'll make 2 uploadable chapters in less than a year! I'm on fire! I also finished the first chapter as well, which was left without a few sentences at the very end ( left unfinished slightly longer than ch. 2 ), so I truly am on fire!

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Folding the laundry. At least it's clean.