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[–] HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Autistic + ADHD: would you like to hear a 3 hr dissertation on the interconnectivity of plant migrations and the evolution of insects?

Fails to log onto laptop

Shit... What was my password again? I think it has something to do with a vacation we went on...

[–] 90s_hacker@reddthat.com 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This reminds of when I forgot my laptop password for like a day. I had already installed a new distro and somehow just typed in the old password on pure muscle memory

[–] AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I once got total retrograde amnesia after a bump to my head, and it was hilarious how my fingers remembered my passwords even when my brain did not