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For the visually impaired it is a Twitter screenshot from Dani Donovan, ADHD Comics, @danidonovan

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the ADHD urge to use parenthesis in every sentence (because every thought comes with additional bonus content)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know if I have ADHD, but I struggle with this as well! Sometimes I'll write a message/email and there's a paren after every other sentence.

Lately I've been making an effort to substitute with a semicolon or bridge the thoughts with a dash:

"I'm thinking this - but I also think this."

Unsure if that's a correct usage of punctuation, but I feel like it helps the sentence feel more focused and an expansion of the thought, rather than a random segue (especially with work)

Edit: realized that I had broken my own rule seconds after posting

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I'm in this picture and I don't like it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not my fault I don't think linearly.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Reminds me how in outer wilds, the alien species writes in spirals, and replies or additional thoughts are added as branches to the spiral. It was actually inspired by the way the lead writer took notes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

trying to fight that urge in academic writing every day

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Are they still called footnotes if they take half the page? (I prefer parentheses though)