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Are you in this meme? (lazysoci.al)
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Me: "That's not ADHD, that's just being human!"
Her: "No, no, really, not."
Me: "What are you saying? I don't have ADHD."
Her: "You sure?"
Me: "Of course I'm sure."
Me: Joins lemmy.
Lemmy: Lots of ADHD memes.
Me: "Huh."

And yes, I thought I was the only really outgoing shy person I knew of, and I couldn't ever make sense of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Huh, funnily enough I thought this was about the opposite. I barely have a social battery, so I don't meet up with people much, and only for a limited time. But when I do, I'm the life of the party.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It probably is. Don't let my experience invalidate yours even a tiny little bit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

I think both of our experiences are perfectly valid