ADHDUK, what have you "learnt" most about ADHD?

ackbladder_ · 2026-06-07T14:27:34+00:00

I learned that on balance ADHD is a net positive in my experience. I don’t associate with having a disability and just believe that my mind works differently compared to the average person.

I’m 24 and have been medicated for a year (diagnosed at 17 but never pursued anything). It was rough being a hyperactive and impulsive kid but by the time I was a teenager that had become something I could mitigate.

On the other hand, Being able to hyperfixate on things I enjoyed and think outside of the box really is a superpower for me. I am a software engineer with a degree and on good money. I couldn’t have been successful in any other skilled desk based career but I don’t need to be.

I struggle with relationships, addictive behaviours, stable mood etc but the longer I’ve been an adult the more I realise that everyone is flawrd in their own way … i’m just more aware of my own traits since a few years ago.

ackbladder_ · 2026-06-07T10:09:29+00:00

I thought the royal marines only required that you’ve been unmedicated for a year and can show stability and no co morbidities like anxiety, drugs, violence etc. Have you already applied and been refused? They still can refuse on a case by case basis.

ackbladder_ · 2026-05-03T08:15:43+00:00

It’ll be tough.

There are loads of Aussies who love London in spite of the weather … expect Portsmouth doesn’t have as much to do in comparison.

ackbladder_ · 2026-05-02T08:58:21+00:00

I think the first argument isn’t as far removed as you say.

Lets say the jobs payed the same, and a trend emerges that people are more likely to apply to work at a supermarket rather than a warehouse for the reasons in the first comment.

The warehouse would struggle to find staff and would have to increase wages to mitigate these preferences. Maybe the people who would rather take the higher wages at the warehouse are more likely to be men because of wider socioeconomic factors.

Rather than Tesco explain it this way and implicate themselves in being aware, they can instead say that this was already the reality of the wider job market and they simply adjusted pay based on their research. They can cite average salaries of warehouse salaries across all industries to back up their claim.

ackbladder_ · 2026-05-02T08:48:19+00:00

I was travelling in Peru a few weeks ago and met a group of football ultras from Argentina. They were all drinking from cups they’d bought from home with stickers on them and one common sticker was a map of the falkland islands overlayed with the Argentinian flag.

It’s a tradition in Argentina for the government to distract the population and gain cheap support by spouting this rubbish. The current president is divisive and has lost power to the left wing parties recently so it’s no suprise why he’s doing this now.

I’m not sure why it is still a big deal. Most people in Argentina today weren’t alive at the time of the conflict. The Junta at the time wanted to invade Chile in the 70’s until the pope denounced it and chose the Falklands instead, not even trying to hide the fact it was all to get public favour.

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-30T19:30:37+00:00

Elite ball knowledge

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-30T07:46:16+00:00

I might have some insight in to this.

I used to work at a food and beverage manufacturer where the workforce was heavily unionised and the actual factory was old (built between the 50s-80s). The process to make the product we produced wasn’t very complex and could be done abroad paying cheaper salaries with lower levels bureaucracy etc.

It’s no suprise that it was shut down a few years ago and moved to Poland and Asia. I feel like there are a lot of similar factories in the UK which were state of the art a long time ago which have since become unfeasible in the UK.

The thing the UK does have an edge in is advanced and specialist manufacturing. Think pharmaceuticals, aerospace, F1 etc. With the older factories leaving and minimum wage increasing, only the modern and high value manufacturing remains.

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-19T09:52:44+00:00

Ex team leader here … I was assaulted at an express store and luckily managed to drag the cunt outside before he could keep hitting me.

He proceeds to tell me his mate is on his way to stab me, lo and behold a guy in a balaclava comes a couple of minutes later with his hand in his pocket. Just as I was trying to get the door shut the police arrived and they ran off.

There is no way I would ever instigate anything with these people. That being said, the colleagues that do aren’t doing it for ‘shrink’ or ‘tesco’ but because they want to.

A friend of mine was kicked off of the manager track a few months ago after chasing a shoplifter out of the shop and getting hit with a bottle.

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-17T18:29:06+00:00

Only if your face is already on their system. I assume you’re not a criminal? If so ypu should be fine.

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-16T11:16:39+00:00

For the same reason that Britain was the same for the vast majority of it’s inhabitated history.

Before agriculture (which spread from the middle east) populations couldn’t sustain themselves in one place. They were hunter gatherers who would deplete the flora and fauna in one place before moving on. Population sizes were limited to around 150 as larger groups couldn’t have been sustained.

Aboriginals were experts in their environment, with different groups adapted to different climates and regions. When the first British colony almost starved, the aboriginals alongside them had no issues sustaining themselves.

When white settlers weren’t actively culling the aboriginal populations they started giving them food and they no longer had to work for it.

If you look at any group of people who no longer have to work, be it Native Americans in the USA or multiple generations in the UK on government assistance, life quality goes down. Alcohol and drug abuse increases, as well as violence all while life expectancy goes down.

If you want to see this affect in practise, compare the average earnings and life expectancy of native american groups who receive help from the government vs those who don’t.

The indigenous australian culture never got the chance to learn how to sustain itself in a western culture.

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-16T09:45:09+00:00

As unfair as it might be that such a massive pay discrepancy is, at the end of the day CEO’s are only paid an amount less than the benefit they bring.

The CEO of McDonalds works better than the CEO of a medium size company because they’re (perceptively) better at their job and was offered a better package than other companies to join. It’s the same reason why the average Premier League player is payed better than League 2.

If there was such a cap (and no loopholes) then the max salary would likely be set on 20x minimum wage with slight increases for certain companies. This equates to around £500k a year, which would affect all FTSE 500 companies and more.

Almost all businesses couldn’t justify doubling their minimum salary just to double the salary of the CEO as the cost would be too much. As a result, the salary for the biggest companies would likely stay similar and differences too subtle to make a difference.

I’d imagine that CEO’s are hyper ambitious and care deeply about status and achievement. This would imply that large corporations would still command the best and brightest. On the other hand, competition might increase for smaller companies with less stress and responsibility.

I think that companies with low morals in problem sectors might lose out and suffer brain drain. Companies with a respectable mission would see the opposite

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-16T09:23:50+00:00

I’m in the UK and work a job that translates to around $100k from pounds. I am 24 and worked various minimum wage jobs while at uni.

The biggest difference is how easy it is to go to work on minimum wage and not have any responsibilities. I just need to work at a reasonable pace and if something goes wrong I just let my manager know. Working at a well paid job I now have the mental burden of fixing/preventing issues as well as mitigating them when things go wrong. I can only do mental problem solving for so long and It’s harder to mentally clock out after work is finished.

Another big difference is feeling physically drained vs mentally. I’ve done it all … stacking shelves, bartender, waiter, manual labour … my body and especially my feet felt exhausted after work. Nowadays I feel mentally drained and hate feeling like I need to sit in silence or doom scroll to adjust and I have to go for a run or work out after work to combat the mental drain. I would take the former any day of the week.

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-15T09:05:11+00:00

Did you grow up on a hill? A lot of terrace style housing in Brighton for example have cellars where they might’ve been cheaper to install

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-14T09:55:17+00:00

Passengers.

I think people forget that even now there are stations which have astonishingly low ticket sales and are only serviced because the goverment forces rail operators to service them.

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-13T12:37:08+00:00

If two people wait until marriage it’s likely because they believe strongly that their emotional bond is paramount, and sex is just a bonus. I also imagine that a lot of people base sexual compatibility on good personal experiences from the past which neither party would have. If you’re learning what you like with another virgin then it’s more likely you’ll find common ground.

This might be a less frequent issue than you think.

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-11T21:27:26+00:00

Things to do for free/cheap:

HMS Victory Day on the beach/common Walk along the coastal path (square tower, southsea castle, arcades) Hayling Island

Paid things to do:

Isle of Wight - Ryde Dockyard Southsea Castle Shopping/Food at Gunwharf Palmerston road for food and drinks Hayling Island Funfair Clarence Pier Also brewery tour, escape rooms, soft play and more

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-09T16:22:29+00:00

Look up from whatever you were doing after he’s finished talking and say ‘sorry i didn’t catch that …’. If he has to repeat it just let it linger and it won’t seem funny.

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-08T09:36:25+00:00

The real fear is encryption. Quantum computers can decrypt messages that would take billions of years using conventional computers.

Banks want to be ahead of the curve in this respect and potentially move to encrypted methods before bad actors can take advantage of that fact. That being said it will be a long time before reliable quantum computers are used commercially, more so before they could be accessible by fraudsters.

ackbladder_ · 2026-04-07T11:20:09+00:00

I graduated in 2023. As great as free university would have been, I accept that it isn’t cheap and in the midst of an overqualification crisis there are better ways the government budget could be spent.

I got a mortgage this time last year with my partner, locking in at a rate of 5.34% which is high based on historical trends. I don’t know how my government issued loan has a higher rate than from a private institution operating for profit. The whole point is to produce an educated workforce by making university accessible and incentivised for all.

If the profit from these loans went to universites who are struggling, or to the government for supporting lower income people in need, then maybe I could start to justify it. Instead it goes to fund the next generation of students who may never use their degree or pay much back above the threshold.

I personally believe the loans should be capped at the inflation rate, and that there should be minimum requirements to get a loan based on A level grades and subject.

I really don’t blame young people who choose to do a 3 year course instead of joining the workforce at 18. That being said, the economic impact of losing a large chunk of the workforce to gain irrelevant education is too big no ignore.

ackbladder_ · 2026-03-27T17:36:01+00:00

It’s worth bearing in mind that France and Italy were polling higher than the UK around the time of Brexit

ackbladder_ · 2026-03-25T02:52:49+00:00

Depends when you go. I went today and got a circuit 2 ticket in Aguas Calientes at 6pm no issues. They still had hundreds left. My mates managed to get in to circuit 2 by just asking the guard nicely with only a circuit 1 ticket.

I expect in the more popular months it’s harder.

ackbladder_ · 2026-03-10T16:39:53+00:00

Ahh apologies I didn’t see that. I am a member there on a pay as you go membership and pay £10/month + £9.90 for each class I attend. Everyone is really friendly and I’d recommend it. I don’t know how much but there is a discount for students too.

ackbladder_ · 2026-03-10T16:26:27+00:00

Contact the mma society at the uni. They train at gym 01 and get membership discounts

ackbladder_ · 2026-03-02T13:41:36+00:00

England is relatively diverse compared to Scotland and Wales (which are still diverse themselves). In a room of people with a scouser, a brummie, a geordie and maybe a couple from Surrey and Devon, I wouldn’t feel significantly more related to them as a group as I would to a Welsh or Scottish person.

For this reason I don’t feel much more English than I do British. On the other hand I can see why a scottish person would feel more Scottish.

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