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    I literally had to ban myself from TV Tropes for life.

    Not gonna link it since I’m pretty sure that doing so in a community like this one counts as a war crime 😄

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      Oh god, TVTropes is like fucking crack cocaine for my brain, I’m like a wet sponge after those endless rabbitholes. I have had the most difficult time explaining to others what it’s about, but I’m quite content for it to be my own little getaway.

      • psycho_driver@lemmy.world
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        Hmm this sounds like reading about old wrestlers on the lives they led on Wikipedia for me. I’ve spent hours upon hours doing that, and I don’t know why. I haven’t watched wrasslin in 35 years.

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      The only thing that saves me from that site is that some point in the past it became browser cancer. Not sure if it’s gotten better but I don’t intend on finding out.

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    … And also have the ability to skim internet content really really fast for all relevant information i need somehow without actually reading any of it.

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      It’s kind of crazy that so many people don’t know how to skim a page.

      I’ve met far too many people that have to read the entire page in order to find the one section they need. It’s infuriating.

  • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
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    3 months ago

    In the future, we will be known as history men. (Sorry, just watched furiosa not long ago)

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    This is why I’m such a good car nerd. Ive built dozens of high performance cars with tools, ive built THOUSANDS using google.

    At the moment Im spreadsheet building a new drag car. Before I buy a single part I know if its going to go together the way I plan, what all the major parts are going to cost and what jobs Ill have to send out and what they will cost. The weights and measurements of most parts and what kind of end quarter mile results it will put me in the ballpark of.

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        The sad thing is that as cars get more complicated, google is getting thousands of times worse and old forums and photobucket accounts get deleted its becoming very hard to do these days.

        Also its kind of horrifying how fast all the parts prices add up, nothing takes the shine off the terrible (awesome) idea you have like realising you will spend $20k and take 2 years to lose a race to a $10k used car.

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    I usually go with “ADHD + THC makes me a fuckin’ X-Man of facts”, and I’m leveraging that power toward a career focusing on it. ✊🏽

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    ADHD is basically the only reason I’m able to work in the area I do, I have absolutely no formal training in it other than what I taught myself while procrastinating.

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        I’m in a software development-ish role (slightly too specialised to say I actually develop software anymore)

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          I often envy people working in IT. It feels like the perfect field for ADHD people. For me it feels like it’s too late to change over. (I’m in my early 30s.) So I think it’s gonna be best to just try to be happy with my current job. After all, wanting something else than what you currently have is very ADHDish…

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            Trained an ex chef of 20 years who took bsc in CS in his early 40s. Gone on to start a great career in tech. It’s never too late fren

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            Nah mate, you wouldn’t believe how many early 30s and end 20s start their IT studies over here. If you like it and you’re into it, you can still rock it. Think about how many years of work you have left and take 2-5 years off that it takes to switch … I think its still worth it in the long run isn’t it?

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              I started university when I was in my mid 30s and graduated as a chemical engineer, much better than working retail or something for another 20 years

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              I don’t know. I have a full time job and have to pay off a house for the next ~30 years. There’s no room to follow other professions.

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                WGU can get you a BS in software development or IT in a handful of years for like $3,500 per half year.

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            I mostly do security and server maintenance to support a team of developers. It’s kinda a bore tbh, too much paperwork

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    My trivia team has two weaponised autists. I’m one of them. I brought the second one in. We’re only allowed to play together once a month. Loool

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    I’m old. Before internet, I would read the encyclopedia for fun, and spend hours in the library.