For the first ~thirty years of my life the explanation for "why didn't you do the thing?" that made the most sense to me was that the thing must not be worth doing, so it was everyone else's problem for wanting it done in the first place.

Many people in positions of authority over me disagreed with this interpretation.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Many people in positions of authority over me disagreed with this interpretation.

They were, of course, all wrong.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 33 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Of course!

On a completely unrelated topic, have you noticed that people with authority have a hard time admitting that they're completely wrong?

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago

I did. Strange, isn't it? Such losers...

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 14 points 1 month ago

Ah, the age old rivalry of neurodivergent individuals and figures of arbitrary authority structures.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I still think this is true, I've just learned to live with it better.

I think that much of the problem is how society is structured (largely due to capitalism), and even though clearly so many of us exist, it is not designed to be compatible with how our brains work.

[–] Hegar@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

Yep, I do still think this too. Nothing going on at the moment makes me think maybe I'm wrong and the rest of the world is well designed, rational and just.

The only quibble I have is I don't think it's more about elite-dominated societies, of which capitalism is just the current incarnation.