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by wordofx 702 days ago
Programming is not fantastic for ADHD. Especially when majority of people don’t have ADHD to begin with. They are looking for an excuse for their lack of ability to focus on a boring task.

It’s subscription and expensive because it’s another way to suck the money out of people who think they have ADHD.

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We're sentient beings who have been co-opted into becoming part of an edit-run-debug cycle serving people who think they are changing the world. And if we opt out - we starve. Is it any wonder that some turn to drugs to cope with this reality?
Damn thats real.

Reminds me of a joke I heard from a comedian, cant remember who - "soon we will just become the part of our home entertainment system that eats and shits"

> Programming is not fantastic for ADHD. Especially when majority of people don’t have ADHD to begin with. They are looking for an excuse for their lack of ability to focus on a boring task.

An excuse, or an explanation?

I have ADHD and programming is and always has been fantastic for me, if the project is not boring.

> lack of ability to focus on a boring task.

Sounds somewhat like ADD alright.

Sounds like being a nornal human
A normal human with ADD.
No one is able to concentrate on something that bores them. Thats like, the definition of something being boring...
No, most people aren't able to enjoy boring things. They're still able to concentrate on them. ADD makes this an impossibility.