Ahh modafinil. I used to use this to self medicate my adhd because I procrastinated getting my diagnosis. Worked pretty well actually, far better than just caffeine (although I used to go pretty hard on both). Doesn't even compare to proper adhd meds though.
Racism definitely. The voice has really driven this home for me. There's a reason one nation is popular in QLD. At the moment there's a lot of media rhetoric about youth crime and shit has turned into racist vigilantes 'taking justice into their own hands'. It's also not uncommon to randomly come across people with homophobic and transphobic views that you otherwise wouldn't have picked as being conservative.
Brisbane is kind of weird politically. It's definitely getting more progressive, but there's still this solid foundation of Queensland conservativism, which is very socially conservative. Brisbane is also described as being a big country town because so many people (myself included) flock here from the regions. Brisbane feels like a bit of an oasis in the desert, but some people do still bring a lot of conservative culture norms with them when they move here. At the same time a lot of people from northern nsw also move here so they kind of level things out a bit.
As a proud weirdo this is what I'm looking for. Just somewhere that's a little bit more down with diversity in all its forms.
Adhd is actually pretty hard to do this with compared to Autism. Like Newton building hidden networks in his house to avoid interacting with people - yep that's autistic af. But adhd is a lot more difficult to determine.
In saying that I do think Leo was likely neurodivergent in some way, and adhd does fit. In our own way, a lot of adhders are polymaths because of how we often cycle through interests, slipping in and out of hyperfocus, picking up various skills along the way.
Yep I'm right there with you. I find the push back against the neurodiversity movement in some of these autism communities really problematic as well. It's often based on a significant misinterpretation of what the ND movement is.
Am autistic and can confirm that many aspects of their science are bullshit. Still deal with the impacts of this every day as many in my community are willfully ignorant about Hans Asperger and how concepts like 'high' and 'low' functioning are based in nazi ideology not science.
The systematic dismantling of humanities education hasn't helped this either. That's why we needs arts / humanities just as much as science. The nazis had science but they didn't have any humanity.
Fucksayke America can you please just not with another war. I'm sorry if this is offensive but you have some fucking bloodthirsty warmonger cunts in your country. No doubt financed by the military industrial complex.
Red dead redemption 2 for sure. It's hard to pick because there are a lot of profound experiences in that game. The part where Arthur is riding back after Guarma when d'angelo starts playing definitely stands out. It just made me think about how some people just get trapped in these shitty situations that are just tragic. It's easy to say what you would / wouldn't do in that situation but the gang were Arthur's family and it's not that easy to just walk away from the only community you have and the only life you've ever known.
I didn't come up with these terms. That's just what I was taught in an international development class. But you're always welcome to publish your criticisms and contribute knowledge to this discussion if you feel that your expertise in this area is sufficient.
I guess that's why education seems to have been a key variable. It seems to be not just education, but approach to learning/ knowledge evaluation in general.
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Ahh modafinil. I used to use this to self medicate my adhd because I procrastinated getting my diagnosis. Worked pretty well actually, far better than just caffeine (although I used to go pretty hard on both). Doesn't even compare to proper adhd meds though.