SoleInvictus

I like the strategy, it seems like you're tying everything up at the end instead of ping ponging back and forth, which I've been guilty of. Thank you!

Yeah, she was diagnosed years before I met her. Her ADHD is quite severe, not gonna lie. I used to have similar issues, where I'd forget details so I'd bounce back and forth between events in a narrative or I'd think I'd said something but didn't so my listener didn't realize I was referring to an unintentionally internal comment.

I got communication and organization skills hammered into me over a decade in science, but that isn't her jam.

Edit: if it helps, here's a decent article I just found about the issue. It's apparently not uncommon. https://connectedspeechpathology.com/blog/the-difficulty-organizing-thoughts-into-words-adhd-adults-guide

I like the outline idea! I suspect it's the abstraction that makes conversation difficult. A physical, manipulatable, visual reminder might help. You've given me an idea for like... a dry erase worksheet.

Unfortunately, she's already medicated - the maximum daily adderall dosage plus strattera. I think she'd do a lot better if she added in lifestyle changes like improving her sleep hygiene, exercising, meditating, reminder systems, etc (that's what keeps me okay), but we need to get where I can discuss that with her without the conversation quickly going off the rails.

Good enough to be understood but not good enough to not use idioms incorrectly. For example, I spent a solid five minutes trying to remember if "así así" or "ni fu ni fa" can apply to competency before throwing my hands up.

Mediocre. Mi español es mediocre.

I just need practice.

My partner and I almost moved to Germany last year and I am so glad we didn't. If we're going to be in a fascist country, I'd prefer to be a citizen since white fascists tend to frown extra hard on us brown immigrants.

We really need a spreadsheet to track all this shit.

They think this life is a transitional state and accelerating toward their mythological end times gets their sky wizard's kid/avatar to come back. This we all get to be happy, except those that aren't Christian. We're all fucked. These fuckers are insane.

Depending on who steps in, it could be a significant achievement for world peace.

Disabled, vehemently anti-AI enby here. The only thing I'm good at professionally is being a great big brain, so taking knowledge work away from me makes me angry.

My long-time ex was Jewish, can confirm. They were alright but their zionist relatives absolutely dropped some fucking bombs (proverbial, probably literal now) during family gatherings. The mildest was the tired old "part of being a good Jew is supporting Israel" ranging up to "Palestinians are subhuman and should be exterminated". Mind, this was over twenty years ago and the situation has demonstrably escalated since.

some areas that are just sea lice.

Uh oh!

Microscopes are crucial for diagnosing infections but can cost millions of pounds, making them entirely inaccessible for many people across the globe.

Good article but this stood out as a massive exaggeration. They can cost millions, much like a car can cost millions, but I can pick up a microscope sufficient for most clinical laboratory work for around $200-300. A cheap epifluoresence microscope can be acquired for around $2k.

Still an inaccessible amount for many, but it's several orders of magnitude cheaper.