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Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

RULES:

  1. Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
  2. Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If a post is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Be nice. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements to private messages.
  7. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] no_im_doesnt@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's a fair question, if you haven't gone through it. I agree: it seems ridiculous!

I grew up surrounded by authority figures who didn't have a nuanced understanding of mental health. I internalized being called "lazy" and "a procrastinator," because everyone told me that I was choosing to be bad at managing my time and focus!

I believed this right into the upper management of a tech company in my 30s. And I'd get down on myself constantly for zoning out during meetings and being overwhelmed at long-term complex tasks. "Wow I'm so lazy and unmotivated," I'd think to myself in between client meetings. For years.

A friend showed me the ADHD symptoms (probably after I zoned out for the thousandth time), and it was a shock and how closely they described my childhood, schooling, and professional and social life.

Some people do just fine with their coping mechanisms - I discovered that I had quite a few! But I made the choice to seek medication. Taking it was like breathing air for the first time.

So that's what I was doing.