…and then I found five dollars!

*Edited to use original source with artist’s credit

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[–] 32 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Um, there's a mollusk, see...And he walks up to a sea, well he doesn't walk up, he swims up. Well, actually the mollusk isn't moving. He's in one place and then the sea cucumber, well they... I mixed up. There was a mollusk and a sea cucumber. None of them were walking, so forget that I... There was this mollusk and he walks up to a sea cucumber. Normally, they don't talk, sea cucumbers, but in a joke, everyone talks. So the sea mollusk says to the cucumber...

With fronds like these, who needs anemones?

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  • [–] 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)
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    Practice, practice, practice. The best stories have been told 100x and the presenter adjusts each new telling to fit the audience.

    I know this and still tell stories like the second pane, haha

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    The best stories have been told 100x

    I had a coworker like that, thank god he retired early.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    😂 that‘s me

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    I think the best way to tell the story is by starting at the end, briefly, then going back to the beginning, and then periodically returning to the end, maybe giving different characters' perspectives throughout. Just to give it a bit of dynamism, otherwise it's just sort of a linear story.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Have I just been diagnosed?

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago*

    They are as good at talking as they are poor at listening. :)

    Some of them predict what you are going to say and interrupt you as well when you are talking, so they can get back to talking. Lol.

    I once asked someone why they do that and she said because its boring to wait for me to finish talking.

    I guess their brains are always full of things to say and there is too little time to say it, specially when someone else talks and takes up time..

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago

    Wait… You guys make it to the end of the story?

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Might want to look into getting tested for ADHD if this resonates with you. This is a more accurate representation of how our brains work than the old "squirrel" joke.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Tested and medicated, still have that problem. Wat do?

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    It's not a problem in the sense that you can "fix" it. If you try really hard you can train yourself to notice when you jump mental tracks then possibly steer yourself back to the main line. At the same time even if you have if it's a topic you're really excited about? pfffff good fucking luck. Other external factors can also make it next to impossible to do anything about.

    That's just how our brains work.

    Honestly some of the best conversations I've had were with my best friend who also has ADHD. Good fucking luck following those conversations if you aren't neurospicy. We just embrace that we are enjoying the conversation so it does matter if the conversation started about D&D and 10 min later we are talking about tacos being to salty. -shrug- we will probably get back to D&D if we are exposed to the stimulus that started the conversation.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    I know someone like that, but honestly I always loved it listening to their stories.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    If it's any consolation, most of my favorite facts I've learned about my closest friends have been because they lost the plot while telling a story.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Starts talking

    30 minutes later "Ah shit... I forgot where this was going."

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago*

    ADHD has become the new "I'm so random" for 13 year old girls. Before they realize nobody gives a shit.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I felt the apologize tile in my soul.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    I can tell this is true because even your meme has a lot of reading

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    It's the Kingdom Hearts series storyboard.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    Classic RPG story telling.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago

    With age this improves: I can now come back to were I left the story after I went down on a tangent, even after going down tangents of the tangent.

    (Well, usually).

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago*

    Honestly I feel like half my time in therapy is just talking to her about whatever.

    I just want to include all the details so they can experience it like I did!

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I spent like 3 hours doing this to explain the Gundam UC timeline to somebody once. Except for the apologizing part. Why would I apologize for that? It was glorious.

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    [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (6 children)

    This could have been a straight line with the same nodes and edges. Maybe some 90 degree turns to stay in a square image format.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    I think that's kinda the point.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Then it should have been called ADHD storytelling and illustrating.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    That seems unnecessary, the intent was very clear.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children)

    The graph is needlessly confusing. If you wanted to describe the ADHD storytelling process, a clearer graph would be easier to read.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Are you trolling?

    The graph is needlessly confusing. If you wanted to describe the ADHD storytelling process, a clearer graph would be easier to read.

    What an astute observation, I wonder what that suggests about ADHD storytelling?

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