Santa has always worked on tips, that's what the cookies and milk are for

ADHD is neither a flaw nor a superpower IMO, (in most, non severe cases)- most 'ADHD' is a normal neural varient. Some people are starved of dopamine due to desensitization/lack of rewarding tasks in life, and some people have a clinical lack of neurotransmitters that need to be supplemented.

I struggled for years through highschool and most of college with my ADHD, and it wasn't until I (somewhat accidently) found myself working in emergency medicine that I could see it as positive at all.

In a hunter gather society, most of what we term 'ADHD' would be a huge benefit- the ability to rapidly learn, rapidly switch tasks, and do a little of everything. The issue is our current society doesn't reward these traits- we are physically sedentary, and ask ever increasing concentration on ever more abstract tasks of our workers. It's not that you are broken; it's that society doesn't play to your strengths- AT ALL.

In the ER, I'm very happy, because most of my work consists on hyperfocusing for super short stents, then moving on to the next thing. Additionally, I actually calm down somewhat and can self regulate much, much better than I can in ordinary life. As you may know, one of the hallmarks of ADHD is a lack of dopamine- part of what makes concentration so difficult for us and why we seek constant stimulation. In the high pressure, high stimulus enviroment of the ER, it's almost feels like time slows down for me- I feel calm and super focused, which is very rare for me in daily life.

I'm not saying all this to convince you to work in emergency medicine, only to provide a contrast- I used to want to be an engineer, and frankly I would be (even nore) dependent on stimulants if I tried to do a job like that.

FTL, Stardew valley, No mans sky, Minecraft, Old rpgs like Chrono Trigger

Now I want a fiber optic keyboard cleaning brush

Oh so animal farm was literal?

You may not have convinced him, but you have totally convinced me that I need to do a deep dive into the Korean War because I knew next to nothing about what the US did there outside of the propaganda

Honestly fresh veggies sautéed right are better than any hamburger, and I love to eat meats

Nah not really, the catholic church loves going below the belt

The green text peer pressure means nothing to me, but you are 100% spot on about the ecosystem driving sales. My whole family uses apple and I get left out of so many group chats and face times that I've actually considered switching to Apple even though I'm a die hard Note fan. Apples hardware may be nothing special, but they have a killer feature in their seamless, closed ecosystem, and they know it. At the end of the day, a phones job is to communicate, and Apple does that seemlessly- with other Apple devices

Hurricanes aren't indigenous to south america, but if they spread there they will have no natrual predators and become extremely invasive

presses "lost ticket"

pays for one day

Las Vegas just built this massive hemispheric event hall with the outside completely covered in huge LED screens. It's pretty cool, but also completely obnoxiously bright at night- like a miniature moon covered in those annoyingly bright LED billboards landed right next to the strip