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[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 62 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Obviously the real solution is never talking to anyone ever again, instead living as a hermit in remote mountains with your only friend being a bear that tries to eat you several times a year

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

My autistic ass feels called out! :)

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 36 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The trick is to tell no one until you have something substantial worth sharing :)

This is actually really, really good advice for adhd people. Telling people your goals gives you a dopamine hit like actually completing the goal does, so it makes your brain less likely to continue since it already got it's fix.

[–] PeWu@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

My lack of self-confidence means I will tell no one then

[–] instamat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Exactly. Or never at all because you know eventually the obsession will fizzle out.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago

Or you'll have to explain and realize you don't know

[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah like when I made a binder full of geothermal information and half baked ideas that probably already existed, only to never touch it again 2 months later...

[–] kubica@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why does energy go away when you more need it to finish what you have started, dammit.

Because telling people about your goals gives you a similar dopamine hit as actually completing them, so it makes you less motivated to finish.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

3 years ago I decided to try making a SpaceX DVD (for fun) with most important milestones. I just needed to add end chapters for proper behavior on DVD players and 1 video. Also fix colors on one titleset menu.
I gave up on it. It's mostly finished, but I gave up. It is the only reason I still keep the dusty Windows 10 installation on my laptop. I didn't know DVDStyler also works on Linux, and migrating the files would be too much hassle.
But maybe, later...

Edit: Fixed the date. Apparently 2020 was 3 years ago...

[–] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Same with a little game I made with unity. Only need to fix a couple of stuff and do a nice UI.

Well now I would need to redo it with Godot.

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Or making a joke that implies knowledge of a subject. Then everyone thinks it's your passion when it was just a prior obsession.

I SWEAR I DONT LIKE DND GUYS I JUST KNOW THE RULESET Explaining that is borderline impossible lol

[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Nah. I just say. Yeah that was a dead end. But now I discovered this new thing that…

[–] WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I’ve had so many hobbies, sadly I know the feeling well.

Anyone want a battery operated coin sorter?