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1. Schratze (schratze@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 11:03:07 UTC Schratze

   Hoo boy I sure am enjoying all these ADHD benefits. I love telling my university and my employers that I have ADHD, which without fail results in them giving me reduced responsibilities

   • Schratze (schratze@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 11:03:03 UTC Schratze

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     remember kids: if you saw people talk about living with ADHD online, and went "hmm I have a lot of those same problems" and then went and did a diagnosis, that diagnosis is not valid. Why? Because some butthole from the guardian said so

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   • Schratze (schratze@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 11:03:04 UTC Schratze

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     again. What FUCKING universe do you live in

   • Schratze (schratze@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 11:03:05 UTC Schratze

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     let's see. She calls people with ADHD "privileged" and "developmentally impaired" in the same article. She also says that lots of people relate to ADHD content online and also there is a potential profit for the medical industry in many people being diagnosed with ADHD. Ergo... what? Ergo the condition doesn't exist?

   • Schratze (schratze@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 11:03:06 UTC Schratze

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     Does this person live in the same universe as I do?

   • Schratze (schratze@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 11:03:06 UTC Schratze

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     I am about to "impair" the "development" of the author of this shit ass article

   • hackbyte (friendica) (hackbyte@friendica.utzer.de)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 23:37:20 UTC hackbyte (friendica)

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     • 2 ghoul 4 school
     • noclip til hammersmith
     @emptyfortress @dreadpirateyarr @schratze
     it reads exactly like an article from 10 years ago during the autism moral panic (they just substituted ADHD for autism and tiktok for tumblr), because it uses the same framing
     Uh yes it does ...... and it's btw the very same trope since the 80ies already. 🙁
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   • noclip til hammersmith (emptyfortress@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 23:37:27 UTC noclip til hammersmith

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     • 2 ghoul 4 school

     @dreadpirateyarr @schratze

     yes but mentioning that would go against the tone of the article, it's very carefully crafted to make boomers foam at the mouth and scream about snowflakes, and adhd folks feel like shit for being "different"

     it reads exactly like an article from 10 years ago during the autism moral panic (they just substituted ADHD for autism and tiktok for tumblr), because it uses the same framing

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   • 2 ghoul 4 school (dreadpirateyarr@godforsaken.website)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 23:37:28 UTC 2 ghoul 4 school

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     @schratze [long sigh] I do not take ADHD meds for ‘productivity’, I take them to be able to function, since ADHD meds have a different effect on ADHD brains to non-ADHD brains, which any genuine ADHD ‘specialist’ should be aware of

   • Schratze (schratze@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 23:37:29 UTC Schratze

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     ADHD IS NOT A DISEASE
     We are """impaired""" only because education and wage labor are garbage
     And because people like you are actively doing medical gatekeeping that stands in the way of us getting proper treatment for our problems

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   • Schratze (schratze@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 23:37:29 UTC Schratze

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     "drugs are bad mmmkay"put on your fucking clown shoes

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   • Schratze (schratze@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 23:37:30 UTC Schratze

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     "hahaha don't we all have a little bit of ADHD" GO FUCK YOURSELF

   • Schratze (schratze@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 23:37:53 UTC Schratze

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     I bet she also thinks social media has caused a "trans epidemic" or some shit like that

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   • mjdxp :linuxmint: :xfce: (mjdxp@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 23:38:14 UTC mjdxp :linuxmint: :xfce:

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     @schratze i think the internet has made it much easier for people who'd otherwise never learn they're LGBTQ about different identities, which is why it seems like more people are coming out now than ever before. calling more and more people learning to be more comfortable in their own skin an "epidemic" is absolutely disgusting.

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   • Schratze (schratze@todon.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 23:50:24 UTC Schratze

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     • hackbyte (friendica)

     @hackbyte link to the source is further down in the thread.
     I'd argue that ADHD is still underdiagnosed, not overdiagnosed. There are studies that suggest seven percent of the population have ADHD brains, and nowhere near seven percent of people have that diagnosis or undergo treatment. This article is just one instance of a larger structural problem.

   • hackbyte (friendica) (hackbyte@friendica.utzer.de)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jun-2022 23:50:25 UTC hackbyte (friendica)

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     @schratze omfg ... 🙁
     
     But it's sadly true that there is a fair amount of "overdiagnosing" and we got more and better accepted for what we are nowadays, which leads to ppl exploit this as a label for their needs...
     
     But omfg ... it's just disgusting how the autor goes forward on all that 🙁
     
     Can you link me the source please?
   • (ΦωΦ) (meganeko@miaow.gay)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jun-2022 12:06:32 UTC (ΦωΦ)

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     @cadxdr @schratze pure neoliberal just world fallacy bullshit: anyone disadvantaged (disabled, BIPOC, etc.) is actually "cheating".

     "The first is the desire to believe that all the good things one has are attributable primarily or solely to one's self, hard work, and superior character and morality."

     "The second is a refusal to accept that bad things can happen to one's self and one's loved ones due to circumstances beyond control."

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   • göktuğ's amphigory service🌸🐿 (cadxdr@weirder.earth)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jun-2022 12:06:33 UTC göktuğ's amphigory service🌸🐿

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     @schratze I bet money this person thinks reverse racism is real.

     I'm not joking or hyperbole, it's right there in the first sentence.

   • (ΦωΦ) (meganeko@miaow.gay)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jun-2022 12:06:33 UTC (ΦωΦ)

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     • göktuğ's amphigory service🌸🐿

     @cadxdr @schratze yeah, I was thinking this has reverse racism vibes all over it.