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Um... Pattern Recognition, is the period in the room with us? Because I see a question mark. So is pattern recognition going back and re-reading previous messages to look for clues?
Maybe they normally write their question marks without the dotʔ
AH YES ! Now I know what song I will ear all the day today...
I just found out about this guy who produced and co-wrote Kung Fu Fighting and showed the picture to my mrs, and she’s like “yeah, I know him”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddu
Which is funny because when I lived in London I knew one of the Buggles, so it’s like everyone in London is assigned an acquaintance involved in a novelty hit song.
Yep. I’m playing it right now.
That Kung Fu fighting one is way too real I hate it so much
I'm currently at a halloween party for my kid.
Trying to fight back tears over how relatable this is.
Real life Disco Elysium
I don’t even have ADHD, I’m just here for the memes.
“Can we talk later?”
“Okay, but I must warn you, I will be in complete stasis from now until we actually talk.”
i always ask to know about what. if they evade the question everybody shifts to second gear.
I scared the shit out of one of my employees. I went to his desk around 330 on a friday and asked to see him in my office. As we were walking across the room, we got stopped 2 times, prolonging the walk.
He later admitted he thought he was being fired for some reason because "office talk" at end of the day friday is how that stereotypically goes, and being stopped twice was excruciating...
I literally wanted to give him more money lol. I convinced HR he was under paid and we needed to pay him more so he wouldnt leave the company. I thought that'd be great news on a friday afternoon, but i almost gave him a heart attack in the process
Yeah, its' really easy to freak out your people. Better to be up front, like "I have good news for you, can we talk at 3:30?"
Besides, the new-school termination approach is a surprise meeting on your calendar in a weird AM slot with only an hour's notice.
God, disco elysium did shit like this so well.
Pathological Demand Avoidance: No!
Bro/broline holy shit thank you!
Your comment rang a bell with me and I dove straight in. I might have this in certain areas…
Without your comment I would not have come to this specific thing!
I found this book pretty helpful on understanding PDA and Anxiety, other people might too.
PDA by PDAers : From Anxiety to Avoidance and Masking to Meltdowns
Ackshually, as I dug into self-help approaches and business methodologies over the years, it's become very clear that it's important to learn to say “no” with abandon. Pretty much begin by assuming that refusal is the correct answer, and then figure out if there's reason to believe otherwise. In the OP case, I don't have any idea what the other party wants to talk about and therefore whether I can talk about that, so no. They should write to me what they want to ask about, then I'll see if the whole thing might just be a text reply, or perhaps I actually need to do more research. Even if we do schedule a meeting, the topic will bounce around in my head a bit in the meantime, and I will be better prepared.
Jim Camp's book ‘Start with No’ is a good introduction to this for some people, though I remember that it seemed somewhat too cheesy and obvious to me.
This is what my brain is like when its sober. Smoking weed makes at least 3 of those STFU. Unfortunately, one is sometimes Logic.
Weed is like rolling dice. Which high are we going to get today? Will I be productive? Will I be ravenous? Will I be on the floor petting the carpet because it makes my fingers tingle? Who knows!
Restless Leg Syndrome: Wiggle-wiggle Kick-kick
Body dysmorphic disorder: Will I be skinny enough to talk to them later? 😬
Bipolar disorder: I can't guarantee I'll be functionally available later.
PTSD: That sounded like a threat.
Restless Leg Syndrome: Wiggle-wiggle Kick-kick
When you have *all mentioned above, and they combine to form, Super Anxiety Voltron!
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