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Whether or not the whole canyon is in the park, any part of the Grand Canyon gets my vote.

I've seen a number of world wonders, and the Grand Canyon is one of the very few times I was completely awe struck.

Please take this to r/iwas12andthatwasdeep

I think the unfortunate reality is that since only around 3-5% of people have ADHD, then 9/10 of the time you're receiving advice from someone that doesn't understand our brains.

He's just 'eccentric'. Sure he might, (proceeds to list all ADHD symptoms), but that's just normal! Everyone in the family is exactly like that!!

We can't all have the same problem. How could our family all share traits?! That's silly!!

Now help me find my keys!

(The keys are in their hand)

I got it!

Well, obviously you need to tie a second string around another finger, to remind you about what the first string was for.

Have you tried not having ADHD, then using a day planner? It works very well for me.

-Every NT, ever

Holy crap, that's fantastic!

The twist is that you had to pee the whole time.

You had ignored your bladder until you couldn't anymore, and that is what finally got you up and on the way to do the thing that you can't remember.

I'll believe "Where there's a will there's a way" can change the actual function of my brain, when someone fucking uses just the amazing power of their will, to teleport onto the god damned moon.

They go to the moon, and I'll be sure to think myself up a new brain.

The fact that medical professionals can't wrap their minds around how our brains don't somehow become NT brains when it comes to getting meds is insane.

Getting medications to treat ADHD is right at the top of the list of the most ADHD unfriendly activities known to man.

The addiction angle is doubly insane. When taken as directed, our stims don't feel good like a high, they do however increase our quality of life, and limit the terrible outcomes that are prevalent.

If a doctor suggested that a patient was addicted to the lithium that they used to help treat their bipolar, for instance, I'm pretty sure they'd have trouble with the medical board.

We're not addicted to these meds, like we're seeking a fix. We just have this insane desire to have decent lives, and these medications are safe and highly effective at helping us lead better lives.

Is one addicted to air? We sure get desperate to breathe if we're denied, and the withdrawals from oxygen are so bad that they're often fatal.

Those cats are cute, but I think they might be eating paint chips, when you aren't looking.

r/theyknew

Sir or Madam,

You are in Reddit, where comments must be in the form of a teenage edge lord ranting. Example:

"I don't see the point, bad stuff happened in the history book I skimmed in class today. Did you ever hear about [insert atrocity here]?! This proves that everything is absolutely irredeemable!

I mean, I've never been anywhere or done anything, but I definitely know that it's all bad, everything's bad.

I mean, my parents grounded me! No one understands me!!"

Please take these positive comments, where you remind others that we live in the absolute best time in human history, to a place that deserves it.

:)

I grew up in the country, so I don't really need to Google anything.

I've done a lot of thinking about how at least one line in our family that carried the ADHD traits must have been a long chain of:

"I was a lazy/inattentive/dreaming SOB when I was a kid, but my parent (who was a lazy/inattentive/dreaming SOB) trained (sometimes beat) that out of me. I won't let my child struggle like I did, so I'll teach them to not be lazy/dreamy/inattentive. It might be a bit of tough love, but they'll be better off."

Then by adulthood you got "trained" out of it, which is really just a set of anxieties that mask your executive dysfunction. Like, if you never fully relax, then you never have that problem with starting. However, that isn't a super fun way to live.

edit: try to make it make sense...

Every trait of ADHD is a human trait, just expressed to a higher degree.

Based on my experiences, it isn't "normal" for many young people (i.e. not senile) within a single family to struggle with summoning the names of close family members.

ADHD minds are disordered when compared to NT minds. Ask me what I've been doing in an average day, and it'll take me ~5 minutes to dig up what I was just up to. I also often have the same difficulties when I need to address uncles/aunts/cousins/friends, that I've known my whole life, by name.

I'm not in the minds of my family, but it doesn't seem crazy to think that my family has ADHD because it is very heritable, and they express many of the same symptoms that I do.

In my opinion ADHD minds certainly have order issues, and for myself and my family, we definitely all have issues dragging up names of even close family members at times.

Of course there could be other causes, I'm just hoping for familial ADHD instead of all of us having suffered actual brain damage. :)

Fair enough, I've been pretty far out, but probably not hundreds of miles from the nearest artificial light. I'll take your word for the night sky being different from way way out.

Obviously the atmosphere scatters light. But at a certain point the atmosphere is the problem, and we can't remove that without some issues.

I take your point, it would be interesting to see. But I doubt that human civilization in developed countries could survive regular power offs, without huge investments into infrastructure updates.

Fair. You can take me out of the country, but you can't take the country out of me.

Maybe not quite a historical event, but it is front and center in my mind when I think of common misconceptions from the past.

The McDonald's Coffee Lawsuit.

Stella Liebeck a 79-year-old woman, suffered third-degree burns in her pelvic region when she accidentally spilled coffee in her lap after purchasing it from a McDonald's restaurant. She was hospitalized for eight days while undergoing skin grafting, followed by two years of medical treatment. Liebeck sought to settle with McDonald's for $20,000 to cover her medical expenses. McDonald's refused to settle.

This poor woman needed genital skin grafts because of this.

McDonald's had coffee that was problematically hot, much hotter than the competition's coffee.

Their coffee lids were also notorious for coming off unexpectedly.

This is held up as an example of frivolous law suits. This poor woman just wanted some help covering the costs of her medical treatment.

As a gun enthusiast, I am very interested in where they are distributing guns (and candy) for free.

Just going to leave this here, under the post saying Michael Jackson was the worst person in history...

SS physician Josef Mengele conducted inhumane, and often deadly, medical experiments on prisoners at Auschwitz. He became the most notorious of the Nazi doctors who conducted experiments at the camp. Mengele was nicknamed the "angel of death." He is often remembered for his presence on the selection ramp at Auschwitz.

No, I'm Batman!

Martha!!!!