• Kayel@aussie.zoneEnglish
    19·
    9 months ago

    I make it a rule to only start inexpensive hobbies.

    Once they have progressed, and I’m getting good at it, they turn to expensive hobbies.

    This triggers the end of the hobby cycle and a new hobby is targeted.

      • Wiz@midwest.socialEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Cheaper option: invent a time machine. Go back 30 years. Buy up all of the cardboard with the word Mox on them, and everything with a black border. Travel back to 2025. Sell cardboard and retire!

      • piranhaconda@mander.xyzEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Proxies. I have several full decks that are all fake cards printed from high quality proxy printing sites, ~$30-40 per 100 card commander deck, not sure how tariffs changed the cost, haven’t ordered recently, but it was not a US based site. Obviously not legal in competitive play, but I only play casual amongst friends

  • AnonomousWolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    9 months ago

    Get disposable virtual credit cards.

    I just delete my credit card right after I sign up, and then I don’t have to remember anything.

    It’s also much easier to unsubscribe you use a new card for each merchant, and if you no longer want to use amazon just delere the card. No need to go jump through 10x hoops to cancel

    • Stromatose@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      Yeah everyone forgets things but how many people have ever had their car repossessed while also having enough money to pay off the whole loan because the crappy bank that gave the best interest rate doesn’t have a convenient autopay system?

      I don’t think people are thinking of absolution when they recognize these kinds of things are part of their disorder. It’s commiserating with your fellow sufferers on the absurd, counterintuitive, and inconsistent nature of the damn thing.

        • Stromatose@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          Thanks for sharing but there is no need to help solution this example that happened more than a decade ago.

          The original poster of this comment chain said something minimizing the severity and impact ADHD can have in a person’s life to the effect of “everyone forgets things, get over yourself”

          My comment explains that there is a casual level of forgetful and an ADHD level of self sabotaging forgetful which is one of the things that makes it a disorder and not just a person who is a little careless.

    • i_love_FFT@jlai.luEnglish
      71·
      9 months ago

      Except that “forgetting things” is the most salient symptom of ADHD, while “being an asshole” is nowhere near the autism spectrum.

      • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish
        5·
        9 months ago

        Right? “Forgetting things” is one thing…but whenever I have a home project I spend more time looking for my hammer multiple times than I do actually working. As an example.

        • SolarMonkey@slrpnk.netEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          I have 5 hammers, 2 identical drills, and 4 box cutters because of this.

          I have some 20 pair of scissors for the same reason.

          I don’t even want to know how many screwdrivers I’ll find when I pack my shit to move.

          Object permanence is a big problem. A big expensive problem. I can set something down right in front of myself and lose it basically immediately.

  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    Just obsess over making everything yourself for your hobbies and they cost a lot less. Shit now I need more tools.

  • kepix@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    9 months ago

    arent you suppose to buy something after losing it? eating out is not allowed for nonadhd guys? is this suppose to be a meme or something?

    • Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      Neurotypical people don’t lose things as often. And when they do, they often remember where they misplaced it by retracing their steps.

      Neurotypical people have their shit together so they find time and energy for cooking meals more often than people with ADHD.

      I definitely find myself in all of these, except for the one in the middle of the last row.

  • Droggelbecher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    51·
    9 months ago

    Last week I forgot to pay for one of the items in my bag. Like genuinely forgot that I had it. Had to pay 165€ for shoplifting.

    Also: meds cost the same amount as my phone bill. Adds up, too.

    • Higgs boson@dubvee.orgEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      I dread this constantly.

      A few months back I used self-checkout for a cart of groceries and instead of getting out my wallet to pay, I just got distracted and walked away…

      When I got home, I was putting the groceries away and suddenly realized I didnt remember paying. Panic attack time. I was so sure of this that I called my wife at work and asked her what to do (I am not able to be rational when panicked.)

      So I drive back to the store and tell the Customer Service desk that I think I walked off without paying. They literally didnt believe me, but humored me after I insisted. Eventually they located the Store Manager. 30 seconds after she showed up, she had my order pulled up, confirmed it was me and then had me swipe my card.

      That whole thing could have gone much worse in any number of other ways. This kind of shit happens to me all the time. Eventually I will end up dead or in jail because of this shit.

    • Lady Butterfly @lazysoci.alOPEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      I’d speak to your disability support network at work if you have one, or doctor, or anonymously speak to HR. I say anonymously cos they exist to protect the company not you

  • piranhaconda@mander.xyzEnglish
    9·
    9 months ago

    Oh hey, I do all of these on a regular basis. And regularly got in trouble as a kid for being forgetful, despite the fact that I was a smart kid with good grades. Maybe I should talk to a doc…