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[–] Zink@programming.dev 47 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I have a simple 5-step plan I've used to do this.

  1. Get old and have a family that always has needs
  2. Get a shitton of pets too that always have needs
  3. Go look at the shower plumbing I need to fix
  4. Go look at my car hovering on jack stands as I wait for parts to come in for the brakes
  5. I think there's an old overdue bill sitting somewhere too--

Heyyy today seems like the perfect time to go do that yard work that it's been too cold for!

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

are...are you literally me?

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

you guys are what im desperately trying to avoid. no offense.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

You're missing out, it's amazing

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

To each their own 🍻

[–] subarctictundra@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Haha I might have ADHD myself but growing up with ADHD parents must be something else

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It really is.

I'm 99% positive that my mother has ADHD and my dad is AuDHD. Looking back the clues were... abundant.

[–] subarctictundra@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

My dad has Au, but just mild and it never got in the way of the basic functioning of our family

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

AFAIK ADHD runs in the family, and autism definitely does ...