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PaperclipPerfector  1yr ago (text post)   4756 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 5, 2023

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2 separate questions in one.

  1. Have you ever considered getting an ADHD diagnosis? Mainly for easier access to Adderall? (Not all of us can get it in the streets). I've tried a similar drug recently and it was like a magic drug. I got 3 days worth of work done in half a day. I think I might actually have ADHD or some kind of disorder given how far above my baseline it got me. What's your overall opinion on the matter of taking drugs to be a better wage slave?
  2. Do you feel irrationally anxious about food waste? Even though individual food waste is probably a tiny fraction of all the waste that happens in a modern economy? The idea of food waste gives me the heeby jeeebies and this is most likely because I've been indoctrinated as much as a child. It just feels "wrong".

As others have said, I feel stimulants take away some of my creativity or presence or ability to connect with the world and people around me in a genuine way.

They do make you better at very rational, ordered thinking and clearly outlined tasks. But you lose out on some ineffable characteristics. I worry that if I was on adderall all the time I might, for instance, keep grinding in a career that’s wrong for me rather than taking a step back and finding a line of work that suits me better.

In other words I think stimulants can lock your mindset into short term repetitive gains as opposed to better longer term gains.

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