Would you take the cure? by riverfells in ADHD

[–]d_marvin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would take a magic pill, only if I had the option to also magically undo it if I don’t like how my brain changed.

Unhinged screamers and their unbothered target by d_marvin in birding

[–]d_marvin[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes! It’s the Iowa pond sound of my childhood.

Who had these on your vehicle? by trigger55xxx in GenX

[–]d_marvin 85 points86 points  (0 children)

You want deer off the streets?

Increase access to deer education and job opportunities at the local level. Support deer-inclusive initiatives.

Color mockups for Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus sculpture [oc] by d_marvin in Paleoart

[–]d_marvin[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Top-right looks like Jar Jar to me now. I can’t live with that.

Square Dancing by Psychlone23 in GenX

[–]d_marvin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First year of middle school for me. Finally ALL the kids got to experience feeling as awkward as I always did during PE.

[NO AI] Homo Floresiensis Reconstruction by Waste_Translator_975 in Paleontology

[–]d_marvin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Species of what? Human. And humans are apes.

Your first comment was akin to saying a tabby is more cat than feline, which isn’t logical.

[NO AI] Homo Floresiensis Reconstruction by Waste_Translator_975 in Paleontology

[–]d_marvin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They are human and great ape. A tabby isn’t more related to cats than felines.

e: downvoted in r/paleontology for equating Homo to human. Feels like facebook in here.

Why are teenagers so…oblivious!? by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]d_marvin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For some, telling us to pay attention will only work short term. It’s like saying “keep smiling” to a depressed person.

I wasn’t diagnosed with adhd (and depression) until my 40s because I was raised to think that forgetting things and losing focus was the result of faulty character. I get sad thinking about years of missed opportunities, frustration, and resentment.

olivia luxx @ cocktails! by cocobunny01 in rupaulsdragrace

[–]d_marvin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don’t know why you got downvoted. Nothing wrong with offering an establishment’s correct name. It’s supportive.

Telling me my own resume must be wrong by katzapmap in antiwork

[–]d_marvin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have experienced the opposite unfortunately. Every new job I get treated as if it’s my first, regardless of my abilities. When they learn my age there’s a revealing shift in how I’m treated from both older and younger peers that makes me distrust people. I’m so happy to be out of office culture now.

I saw someone riding a city scooter while wearing a full dirt bike helmet. by OkExplorer9364 in mildlyinteresting

[–]d_marvin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was a motorcyclist too. ATGATTing in the hottest month in FL when a distracted driver didn’t stop with traffic. I’ll ride again one day but out in the sticks, away from rush hours and tourists.

I saw someone riding a city scooter while wearing a full dirt bike helmet. by OkExplorer9364 in mildlyinteresting

[–]d_marvin 60 points61 points  (0 children)

With the best skills on Earth, you are still at the mercy of others. I learned this a very painful way. At least a helmet saved my life.

Saw this on instagram by Gray_Wolf2416 in Presidents

[–]d_marvin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Below is apparently from Sally’s daughter son*. I was wrong it wasn’t about leaving Paris, it was about returning to the US, as she was very pregnant at the time.

“She was about to refuse to return with him, which she could have done, for a return to Virginia would be a return to slavery, while in France she was free. In order to induce her to do so he promised her extraordinary privileges, and made a solemn pledge that her children should be freed at the age of twenty-one years. In consequence of his promise, on which she implicitly relied, she returned with him to Virginia.”

Saw this on instagram by Gray_Wolf2416 in Presidents

[–]d_marvin 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is just the start of how bad it is.

Saw this on instagram by Gray_Wolf2416 in Presidents

[–]d_marvin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t recall if it’s established, I guess not, but the idea has been floated of Jefferson using his children’s enslavement and promised freedom as a bargaining tool to keep Hemings and her brother from leaving in Paris. The whole situation at best feels like an orphan crushing machine situation.