This is no way disregards the difficulty of living with an actually severe case of ADHD but is not what most of these people are dealing with.

EDIT: many seem to have misunderstood what I mean by this. I’m not saying these people are only claiming to have ADHD to use it as an excuse. What I mean, is that they may very well do have, and they’re using it as an excuse. Mostly to themselves.

  • huginnEnglish
    78·
    4 months ago

    The first part is great. The “cast doubt” part sounds like naturalist bullshit.

    • candybrie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      4 months ago

      If 1/5 of people can’t “correctly” function in society in some specific way, you have to at least wonder if it’s them who is wrong or society.

      • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        161·
        4 months ago

        What are you getting at? It’s simply human nature to desire to toil under capitalism. Those who struggle to devote 1/3 of their waking lives to making other people money are the wrong ones!

        • Thorny_Insight@lemm.eeOPEnglish
          210·
          4 months ago

          There’s a difference between not being able to devote third of your life to capitalism and being unable to handle mundane tasks such as doing the dishes or taking out the trash. A lot of the ADHD memes here normalize the unability to even do the bare minimum.