20 ADHD EXPERIENCES THAT FINALLY HAVE NAMES:
1. body doubling — you can't start alone, but with someone nearby, it happens
2. time blindness — there's no "later." only now, or not yet
“I’ll be 10 min late sorry!!!”
-ashamed
-fragile
-unreliable
“A thousand apologies. The relentless slog of time has overtaken my faculties.”
-powerful
-commanding
-honest
Almost three years ago I was home alone.
Mum and dad at work. Brother at school. Sister at her boyfriend's place.
We have these cookie jars that sit on top of the cupboard. A pig, a cow, and an owl. They have a recording feature......you record a sound so you can hear if someone's stealing your cookies.
I had a thought.
What if I recorded myself screaming.
Not a short scream. Each jar holds 15 seconds.
I took full advantage.
Pig got the terrified scream. Cow got the excited shriek. Owl got the long shout.
I put them back on top of the cupboard.
Forgot about them completely.
Until today.
Mum was painting the kitchen and needed everything off the top of the cupboard. She asked me to check inside the pig.
Me: (picked up the pig)
Me: (hand on the lid)
Me: (started to open it)
Me: (remembered)
Me: (did not remember in time)
The lid came off.
A dying battery powered pig cookie jar released the most demonic terrified scream I have ever heard in my life. Slow. Distorted. Wrong in every possible way.
The whole family ran into the kitchen.
Me: (standing there)
Me: (holding the screaming pig)
Me: (eyes closed)
Me: (waiting for the full 15 seconds to end)
Me: (it felt like 15 years)
Pig: (finally silent)
Me: (opened my eyes)
Me: (handed the pig to my mum)
Me: (walked out of the kitchen)
Me: (we have not discussed it)
Me: (we will not be discussing it)
Me: (the cow and the owl are still up there)
Me: (mum hasn't opened them yet)
Me: (I am not going to be home when she does)
Me: accidentally fell asleep on last train.
wakes up at completely empty station.
lights flickering slightly.
one salaryman still sitting across from me staring forward like NPC waiting for update.
Me: Did we reach final stop?
Salaryman: We reached final things.
Me: ...what does that mean.
man stands up slowly.
Salaryman: Last trains are emotional.
then exits train without explaining ANYTHING.
station worker finds me wandering around ten minutes later.
Worker: Ah. You got philosophy guy, apparently this happens often.
“Actually… the owner called earlier today and lowered the price to $150. She said she wants it to go to someone who’ll truly love it.”
The girl completely froze.
Then she asked quietly,
“Are you serious?”
I told her yes and handed back $50 in change.
She hugged that dress so tightly and started crying, saying:
“I’m going to look like a princess.”
Later, I called the original owner and explained what happened.
I told her I’d cover the difference myself so she’d still get her full amount.
There was a long silence on the phone.
Then she said:
“Keep the money… and send the bride a veil from me.”
Kindness really does spread from person to person.
Jeff Bezos thinks people are ‘vilifying the rich.’ Bro, you’re one of the richest people on earth and 1/3 of your warehouse workers rely on government assistance for basic needs like food and rent. You ARE the villain.