"omg you people cant do anything"

To be honest I can't take posts like that seriously either. There's a weird online tendency to self-infantalize and blow problems out of proportion, and frankly imo it detracts from real problems we face.

Like what discussion actually needs to be had about "the stress of choosing a halloween costume"?

is the tweet supposed to be insulting? and that motivates people to do shit out of spite? if that's so, i wish my adhd was so weak i was able to prove her wrong out of spite

I can't really read it any other way, and looking at the comments under an Instagram repost of this, yeah, it seems like that sort of "bootstraps mentality" is more or less the intended meaning as it's taken by the people who share this picture. It's just gross, I can't stand that people like stuff like this.

I think the original tweet was just a lighthearted self-deprecating joke and the retweeter took it way too seriously. it seems the meme is saying that this Very Online interaction has motivated them to touch grass, but I find it ironic because hanging a tweet on your wall is pretty antithetical to touching grass imo

My two cents is that I have ADHD and I have no idea why I’m apparently supposed to be stressed out by Halloween costumes. I love halloween

Sounds like you pretty much have it.

• original tweet is opening a conversation about how halloween costumes affect people with ADHD

• The quote tweet is insulting the original tweet.

• the tiktok poster, presumably someone with ADHD, who presumably has some agreement with the quote tweet, has put the banner on their wall so that it will "motivate them to get out of bed in the morning" lest they get (figuratively) insulted by the quote-tweeter (who they agree with).

I have literally used this tweet to get out of bed and do party work/ apply to jobs/ hang out with friends/ follow through on commitments to my partner. i don't see "you people" as being all people with adhd, but a particular type of person with adhd whom i work hard not to be like. people who infantilize themselves into nothing, and are awful to be around, usually white people who actively make being around them difficult.

and like im someone who has a breakdown a few times a month because i hate my brain, and i have to wake up 2-3 hours early for everything so i can leave the house in time.

"There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn"

I think it's supposed to be interpreted as upsetting, so you do stuff out of spite. As you said.

I think it's important to note that is is a twitter interaction, so both parties are most likely the worst people alive (even before Elon). The original poster seems to want to start a discussion about an entirely optional activity (wearing a costume on halloween), the retweeter has lumped all people with ADHD together and suggesting they are all complaining about what the retweeter sees as a completely non-issue. Suggesting that the retweeter thinks that ADHD people are paralyzed by absolutely anything. People saying it's their motivation are motivated by not wanting to be one of those ND people.

What is the issue for ADHD people and Halloween costumes? Is it figuring out what to wear? The actual wearing? Seeing everyone in the costumes walking around?

As a neurodivergent I learnt to not give a fuck an do the shit. But decide clearly what is the shit I want to do. I understand the voices bashing you for failure are still there but you have to do it. The anxiety of not meeting the expectations are always there but still I do the shit. If you give in you're going nowhere. If it's too crippling you need medication or a change in it. I'm not saying I don't have my low days but if you give in is only low days for sure. Fuck is tiring but still... Now I should be cleaning the kitchen instead of being here you see...