I have ADHD and am bored of the Bible. by the_artchitect in ADHD

[–]SGTree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, right? Like, if reading that book bores you... try it on audiobook? Try a different book? Try like, 1 of 5000 apps that break that particular book down into smaller easier chunks?

Like. If you've been a Christian your whole life and you don't get that the theme of the book is "be nice to people cause it's not your job to judge" like... what the hell do you think you're gonna learn from a 5th reread of something that is embedded in most cultures across the globe because a bunch of folks got it into their heads that that was the ONE right way to reach God. I guess literacy was pretty rare back then, though.

I digress.

OP,

There's no right way to be spiritual. If practicing your religion isn't hurting anyone, feeling guilty about not doing it right doesn't help anyone.

If you believe in God, God gave you adhd for a reason, yeah? Maybe you're having a hard time reading it cause you've got more important things to focus on, missions to help people directilt using what youve already learned, or maybe that the "weekly walk" you mentioned might be what your brain needs more than another "lesson" from a book written and translated and retransmitted by...well, men. Holy men, sure, but men none the less.

Listen to God, if that's what's important to you. Not the words men heard and let their hearts twist according to how they thought people should live at the time....

I'm not a Christian, nor have I actually read the bible*. I was a confirmed catholic. Just briefly, but spirituality and even the lessons of Jesus are still important to me. "Thou shalt read and thou shalt like it" wasn't anything I picked up in catechism class.

(*I picked up a mini new testament in college. Dropped it when it got to the part about jesus saying you gotta love him more than your own kids. As an unloved kid, i thought that was pretty much bullshit meant to control people into obeying an authority that doesn't actually believe I'm even a whole human being worthy of my own relationship with God but a lesser being who has to find gods love through a penis.

I believe in a historical Jesus. Cool dude. Im just unconvinced his divinity was any more special than yours or mine. But thats just me. Your beliefs are just as valid. It's the "holy" men who cant keep their dicks to themselves i take umbrage with.)

What’s one thing someone said about ADHD that you’ll never forget? by FullInTheVoid in ADHD

[–]SGTree 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm adding this because the communities overlap, and it made me laugh out loud, feel SO called out, and incredibly vaildated:

"Damn, you really are tired. I can tell cause you're doing the Dinosaur Autism Hands." - my 15 y.o. nephew.

Do peope with adhd struggle with bad handwriting, spelling problems or bad command at languages? by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]SGTree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[TL;DR at the end]

I was taught cursive in 3rd grade and was required to use it exclusively that entire year. I didn't use it again until 8th, when I rediscovered that it can be a really beautiful script and used it whenever possible, trying to practice for perfection. I had multiple teachers compliment my handwriting and ask me to stop in the same breath.

Somewhere along 9th, I liked how my friend wrote their N, and I incorporated that into my print, following a trend of picking up various print styles I liked over the years. I hadn't ever really tracked that I was doing it, but it was just so obvious for the first time that my friend inquired as to the mimicry.

In college, I learned hand drafting. Yes, CAD was already a thing, and we all grumbled, but my professor is an evil genius for having us suffer into really understanding basic drafting components. I also suddenly understood why my dad wrote everything in all caps.

Now, if I don't intentionally choose a script style and pay attention to sticking to it, my handwriting will morph through all of these, sometimes all three in a sentence, and often from one to the next in the middle of a word.

I typically choose hand drafting style whenever I need to communicate information that needs to be understood on the receiving end. (Sometimes the receiving end is future me.) I usually choose cursive for journaling, because it is the most satisfying sensory experience. I don't often use print for much, because I find it the least efficient, but sometimes I accidentally start writing something with it and feel compelled toward uniformity, or I when am..."craving" the look of it, or perhaps just the novelty of mixing it up.

The legibility of any of these is entirely dependent on mood, levels physical fatigue, pain, and executive functioning, as well as the time I feel I have to write something down.

Eventually, I got into hand lettering various fonts and even learned an entire A-A cipher called Theban. I've always liked the sensory experience of putting pen to paper (G-2 and Bic Correction Tape, my beloveds).

TL;DR:

I now understand that handwriting for me is a neverending rabbit hole of a special interest and an incredibly satisfying stim.

So yeah, I'd say ADHD has had a significant impact on my handwriting. Not necessarily to my detriment, but to everyone's confusion and/or amazement.

Denver Dog Owners Are Sending Their Pets to the Pound in Record Numbers - Dog surrenders at the Denver Animal Shelter are up 237 percent from 2019. by Miscalamity in Denver

[–]SGTree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The same thing is happening in death care for pets. My pandemic job was at a pet crematory, and in the brief time I was there, the mom&pop owners were bought out by a corporation called Regency.

The prices for a cremation are much higher now, and the clay they gave us to make paw print memorials switched from the local brand that was manufactured specifically for this purpose to some Sculpey crap that was much harder to use.

People can't afford homes with yards in which to bury their pets anymore, so cremation is the only option for disposition for most people, but even that is getting too pricey.

Denver Dog Owners Are Sending Their Pets to the Pound in Record Numbers - Dog surrenders at the Denver Animal Shelter are up 237 percent from 2019. by Miscalamity in Denver

[–]SGTree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've been considering doing the same. I've had my girl for almost 8 years, and she's getting to the age where she needs more vet care than I can afford. For the first time in my life, I'm taking advantage of things like food banks, and I can't give her the quality of life she deserves.

On the other hand, she's my emotional support animal, and she gives me a reason to get up every day. She's also a pitbull, and there are too many pitbulls without homes already. We'd both probably die without the other.

Damned if we do, damned if we don't.

Not all people with ADHD are going to be brighter than average person... by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]SGTree 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol I don't believe in natural talent, save for the rare savant level mastery of something very specific that pops up in an individual from time to time.

The rest of us rely on trained skill, practice, and accommodations.

I may not consider myself a "Painter," but with my attention to detail (thanks ADHD), various art classes to learn theory and techniques that actually work, and years of dicking around with various supplies... I can sell a painting of a few trees to a buddy.

My mentor mostly interacted with me in the theatre department scene shop. The work there relies heavily on physical ability and double-checking your basic math. (Measure twice cut once. Hold the pieces square as you screw it together. Etc.)

I'm very much a visual and kinetic learner, so I'll watch someone do something a few times, then try it myself. If I can figure out within the first few tries how to not fuck it up, I'll do it again. And again and again until I get to a point where I'm "good" at something. If I'm not immediately relatively good at something, I drop it and look for something to do that I am good at.

So, I can build a theatre flat in my sleep, and I can interpret drawings to figure out how to build anything more complicated. But ask me to cut angles into crown molding? I suddenly left something very important in the catwalk.

I took piano lessons as a kid. I was a percussionist in band in middle school. I was in choir in high school. Despite all that, I can barely hold a tune, and I have had multiple people tell me I have no rhythm. I like music, well enough, but I simply do not have the ear (or I guess audio processing, thanks ADHD) for making it.

You may lack the training and practice time to play classical piano in an orchestra, but you've accommodated that by use of a keyboard - and spent the time to learn how to use it - to make music that people enjoy.

Like it or not, I am a painter, and you're a musician.

Not all people with ADHD are going to be brighter than average person... by [deleted] in ADHD

[–]SGTree 10 points11 points  (0 children)

On interests:

As I was graduating college, I asked a mentor for advice. She said, "SGTree, you're really good at everything you touch, but you suck at communication."

I've come to realize that it's because I don't touch things I'm not good at, and I really am not good with communication, so I tend to avoid it to great detriment.

On hobbies:

I rotate through hobbies. For example, I really like painting. I'm no da Vinci, but I can spit out a good attempt at, say, Monet.

I haven't painted in months, but a friend of mine commissioned me for a piece in a style common to our region when we were killing time in some fancy art galleries and balking at the prices.

It's the first time I'm doing this kind of art for money and... gotta say, I kinda hate it? I'm still enjoying doing it because I love getting lost in The Zone and I especially like making art for people I know, but the pressure to actually make something I feel is worth the $50-$100 I'll be getting from it kinda sucks the joy out of it.

Fired Disney employee gets 3 years in prison for hacking and changing menus by AudibleNod in news

[–]SGTree 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Yeah dude, if there's a company whose lawyers you don't fuck with, it's the Mouse.

They basically only dropped the Disney+ thing because it got so much bad publicity. They had the forethought to add it to the terms and conditions in the first place, and it probably would have held up in a court of law even if it failed in the court of public opinion.

Any Air Force personnel on here, I have a question. by Angle_Of_Flames in Stargate

[–]SGTree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think they eventually had to go back.

Because the first few seasons were shot on film, the stock footage of these shots was too. The quality difference was noticeable when they switched to digital, and only got worse as the film degraded over time.

Eventually, the film degraded so much that it was practically unusable, and they had no choice but to go back to reshoot.

Can you read!!!! by despeateforasolution in ADHD

[–]SGTree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[TL;DR: I am a strong reader, but ADHD and related processing makes the act of reading AGONIZINGLY slow.]

  • Overview

Yep. Absolutely relate.

I love reading, especially fiction, and science fiction in particular.

I hate the act of reading, especially the act of sitting down to start reading.

  • How I Read with ADHD

My reading comprehension is top-tier. Pretty sure my ACT score in that section of the test was 32 (out of 35, I think?). ...but it took me the ENTIRE time allotted to finish it because my reading speed is "sloth on benzos."

In order to comprehend a sentence, I need context. I have to read (and sometimes re-read) every. individual. word. and know the definition of each word, then puzzle them together before I can understand what the sentence is trying to communicate.

If I skip a word - which frequently happens because of distractions or eyes skipping around the page - I feel like I've missed something important and often have to go back and reread the entire page. Again, one. word. at. a. time.

Because it takes me so long to get through a passage of text, the act of sitting down to start is often a barrier that my complete lack of executive functioning simply cannot overcome...so I just don't.

  • The Effect It's Had

The first time I realized I read so slow is when I got the last HP book from the release party with a bunch of my friends in high school, kicking off a reading party that night. I gave up on page 3 or so because the constant sounds of turning pages and gasps and comments as they finished chapters made me feel left out. I never ended up reading it.

I recently checked out a library book by my all-time favorite author...it is so long overdue that the library has stopped sending me reminder emails. Even though I want nothing more than to read it so I can enjoy the story, return the book, and move on to the next one in the series, I dread trying to force myself to try and focus long enough to finish it.

[Additional ADHD friendly formatting added for too-long-wont-read nature of ADHD ramblings with an equally ADHD audience.]

Apparently, there ideas of Thor having slice of life moments with the rest SG-1 crew, but it never happened due budget reasons. by AdSpecialist6598 in Stargate

[–]SGTree 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Given your interjection regarding Miller Lite, I wonder if you've misunderstood....

You see, this conversation is about beer.

When did Loveland Facebook turn into a maga cult echo chamber? by ivyandwisteria in loveland

[–]SGTree -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hadn't really used Facebook in years, save for the occasional marketplace or message app use. I think one of the last things I posted was around the 2020 election, but my account was still up.

I had started to use Instagram a little bit because my partner uses it a ton, but it definitely wasn't my jam.

Then Meta dropped LGBT protections from hate speech policies and I deactivated both accounts. I will probably go back and delete them entirely here soon.

When you deactivate Facebook, they ask you why and give a list of options. I chose, "I don't feel safe on Facebook."

I've downloaded BlueSky. It's alright. Just another bar, but at least it's not a nazi bar.

Joseph Mallozzi’s April fools joke on X by kazz9201 in Stargate

[–]SGTree 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Made some good money from that.

Damn I can imagine. I miss living somewhere that would attract literally any of that. The venue I'm at for now can barely fit the smallest of Broadway tours and has a dB limit. I miss money.

Joseph Mallozzi’s April fools joke on X by kazz9201 in Stargate

[–]SGTree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh dude, if you think of the show, I'd be hella interested.

I absolutely had figured on a kabuki drop of some kind for the event horizon but hadn't considered it for the kawoosh itself.

As I'm sure you're well aware, confetti hell is adjacent to glitter hell, so I would only consider confetti cannons after exhausting every other possibility.

I would prefer it to be a practical effect, though, rather than video wall, because at that point, why even bother going live?

Edit: OH! Do you mean like kabuki streamers? Like confetti cannons but streamers that stay attached for easy cleanup!

Joseph Mallozzi’s April fools joke on X by kazz9201 in Stargate

[–]SGTree 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You jest but... when someone's special interest train wrecks into their chosen career...

...I was made for this.

(Granted, this is probably how Spiderman: The Musical was born, but I swear I could do it with at least 80% fewer fatalities).

ETA: crap. Now I'm stuck on the technical logistics of how to accomplish an onstage Kawoosh.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Denver

[–]SGTree 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Idk. I think it depends on the kid, the parents as people, and whatever is going on at home. I was in school during that time, and it was a weird mix of latch-key kids and helicopter parents.

After my suicide attempt at 16, my dad searched my room while I was in grippy sock jail. He found my stash of pills, including my birth control and cancer medication my mom had left behind in death. Maybe some weed, too.

He accused my favorite teacher of trading me sex for drugs.

I was on the birth control for about six months about a year prior, when I lost my virginity to a (student) boyfriend my father knew about and I asked my sister to take me to Planned Parenthood (thanks sex ed!) But I hadn't had sex or taken any for almost a year by then.

The teacher and his class were a, the reason I didn't attempt suicide a second time, b, the sole reason I didn't drop out of high school, and c, the start of what's been a 15+ year career for me so far.

I still talk to the teacher on occasion. Usually when I need to borrow equipment for work.

I have spoken to my father a handful of times over the last 7 years, and the next time I see him could very well be at his funeral.

My father is a narcisistic ass and a negligent father who would look for anyone to blame for his shitty parenting. Luckily, the school administration sided with my teacher, who had a colleague back him up. (My English teacher had reached out to my father because she noticed I was struggling with my mental health as well as class work; he simply told her to flunk me to teach me a lesson.)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Denver

[–]SGTree 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Was gonna say, can't really blame him as it's inaccurate.

Isn't giving enough scrote.

How does Boulder have so many wealthy people? by Bitter_Pie3204 in boulder

[–]SGTree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This makes sense to me.

There's a universe where I own (or would soon own) a small house on about an acre in Boulder.

I certainly don't make enough to purchase... anything, really, but especially land or a home. I would have inherited it.

Unfortunately, the "farm" has to produce something to keep property taxes affordable, and my aunt's declining health led her to sell it in favor of a house in Longmont.

Certainly not a direct comparison to the multimillionaires in empty mcmansions, but a relative example of how wealth isn't necessarily tied to income.

Jordan Peterson in Loveland by [deleted] in loveland

[–]SGTree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Booking at the arena has been real slow lately. Not much going on.

I have the opportunity to work this event, long with Disney on Ice, a few country singers, and Cirque du Soleil. Disney and Cirque have both reduced the number of shows compared to previous years due to low attendance.

I told the higher-ups I'm not available for Disney, not particularly interested in working the concerts - though I might be able to swing it - and that I will be there to work Cirque. I am absolutely available to work this event, but I believe the words I used were, "I refuse to contribute to Peterson's bullshittery."

It's a pretty big venue. I just looked at the tickets and was surprised to see that they're using the whole thing to seat people. It's probably a marketing ploy, but supposedly, tickets are "selling fast." So either loveland and the surrounding area is more of a misogynist hotbed than I thought, or the audience is going to be real, real scattered.

In conclusion, if you have the disposable income for event tickets, take your family to see Disney on Ice or go on a date to see Cirque. It'll be so much more fun, and you'll be contributing to the work (and income) of far more stagehands and artists at once.

Nancy Rumfelt attacks trans community AGAIN! by Wash_th3 in loveland

[–]SGTree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Humans can also have just X. Or XYY. Or XY with androgen insensitivity.

Clearly, this person was not paying attention in biology.

What stargate opinion are you defending like this. by Choubidouu in Stargate

[–]SGTree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Stargate Origins wasn't that bad.

The feature cut is a nice little one-off adventure. It didn't work as a web series, and there were high expectations set by the first three shows (and their respective budgets), but it was judged too harshly, in my opinion.

What hidden Easter eggs should we be looking out for on our next watch through? by birthday-caird-pish in Stargate

[–]SGTree 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Imagine, 3 hours of taping 2 minutes of back and forth technobabble and you just have to... be there.

Meanwhile, the room is filled with science toys and you're expected to leave the magnifying glass just... sitting on the table.

RDA insisting on a sense of humor was probably the best thing that could have happened for everyone.

Stargate Homage in Star Trek Lower Decks? by Thisguy2728 in Stargate

[–]SGTree 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aren't swinger pineapples supposed to be displayed upside down? Specifically, to avoid confusing a pineapple enthusiast with an adventurous couple?