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Or you could let us all in on the joke so we can laugh with you rather than wondering what podcast you’re talking about.
It's from a movie.
Your comment helped me get the joke, I was never going to watch the movie. Thank you.
But it's got a bunch of the "Super Troopers" guys in it. It's ridiculous but fun, if you like B movie gore.And why I pronounce Penelope ,"Pee na lope".
I was on your side until you said "it's not hard"
Explaining a joke is significantly easier than getting everyone to watch a movie to understand it
Saying it's not hard just makes you sound rude
I think a lot of us here will fall under the “likes to obsess about fun little witty facts” type of neurodivergence. It explains why I was arrogant enough to ask for an explanation in the first place I suppose.
ADHD diagnosed, inattentive and hyperactive.
Personally I think any sort of niche tech platform is the type to attract a “certain crowd”, and the more niche /anything/ is the more likely you’re going to run into someone that is absolutely all about it. Where I’m going with that is that I see neurotypicals as people that can see something, say cool, and foggetaboutit., but I and other people I know with ADHD or Autism are the opposite and find an abundance of cool and worth obsessing over.
So whenever I see people do “the thing that I do”, I’ll just assume they got a little bit of that neurodivergence in them. Whether they are neurodivergent or not, is a whole ‘nother question.
I do feel that it is more common to see it online because it is easier/more accurate today than it was 20 years ago to get a diagnosis and it’s more acceptable to think of it as a variable range of symptoms and not a set list of symptoms.
Edit: I think the science research term for it “personal bias” haha
I see it as a positive label. But I understand why it can be used to describe the “other” and how the other has always been used in the past as a negative.
In my professional experience, I rather say I have ADHD as a first, to prepare the relationship for what is to come lol (missed deadline, extensions, etc) and then later on when bugged about my quirkiness I’ll just call it being neurodivergent because it humanizes me and doesn’t label me as my disorder. It’s a way of saying I’m just different like that and think differently sometimes without being a super downer.
But that’s me, I’m very open to conversation about anything and I know some people are very private about their diagnoses.
Sorry I was cunty. Your explanation made me smile and now I’ve added the movie to my watchlist. A lot of the time we can get upset when we’re not in on it, or when we share something we are passionate about and people aren’t meeting us with the same enthusiasm.