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submitted 9 months ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/autism@lemmy.world
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[–] Carmakazi@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Executive dysfunction does not solely belong to the autistic.

[–] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago

And it doesn't solely apply to things you don't like.

[–] kamills@sh.itjust.works 25 points 9 months ago

Yeah, tell him what? Cause I need to know for reasons

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 9 months ago

"oh hey I should play this game I love!"

continues to aimlessly scroll lemmy, tumblr and reddit

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Well at least I'm not the only one with multiple list of things I want to watch/read/do that never get done

[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 months ago

...yeaah