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[–] Jinna@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 weeks ago

There's also the ADHD DLC variant of: I put it down wherever I suddenly completely context swapped to something that needed my hands free and have no idea what I was previously doing, what I had in my hands and where it might now be.

[–] bookmeat@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)
[–] superfes@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Man... so like... this isn't a "normal" thing?

[–] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

Yellow gets me every time.