• starman2112@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    481·
    2 months ago

    I’m not one for self diagnosis, so rather than saying I think I’m autistic or have ADHD or depression, I just acknowledge that I exhibit so many traits associated with those things that if I didn’t have some combination of them, I would be flabbergasted

    • ddkman@lemm.eeEnglish
      16·
      2 months ago

      Yes, so if something is yellow and quacks, it exhibits so many traits commonly assiciated with a duck, that I would be suprised if it wasn’t a duck.

        • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
          9·
          2 months ago

          Extra words to disambiguate meaning down to one possible interpretation are energy-savers, not energy-wasters.

          Nailing down each meaning precisely by the end of each sentence leads to writing and speech that takes very little energy to interpret, leaving more of the listener’s attention available for the processing of the next sentence.

          The author or speaker should figure the shit out completely so the audience doesn’t have to waste their own mental resources doing so.

          • milicent_bystandr@lemm.eeEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            The author or speaker should figure the shit out completely so the audience doesn’t have to waste their own mental resources doing so.

            Don’t make the poor audience think. Where would society be if we required ordinary people to think themselves!

            (/s/2)

            But anyway, nicely put. When I saw the length of your reply, and in this context, I expected much pointless verbiage. But it was well put.