You know, I've saved lives. Dozens. Maybe hundreds. I reattached a girl's leg. Her whole leg. She named her hamster after me. I got a hamster. He drops a box of money, he gets a town.

Simon ,'Jaynestown'


Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Steph L. - Feb 23, 2011 10:42:57 am PST #16038 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I am ADD

Editor's nitpick: I hate this phrasing. No one says "I am depression" or "I am herniated L4-L5." (If they do, send them to me and I will throat-punch them. Then they can say "I am contusion.") (Although I am aware people say "I am OCD," and while that's both a commonly used phrasing and also most likely clinically untrue for most of the people who say it, I still don't like it. It represents a slow slide towards imprecise use of language, much like the death of "decimate.")

Apparently clinical studies (as opposed to anecdata) have shown fairly conclusively that people with ADD/ADHD are *vastly* more likely to develop addictions than are people without ADD/ADHD.

Self-medication. See also, massive use of caffeine.

I think I wasn't quite clear in my previous nerdy post. The higher propensity of comorbid addictions in people with ADD/ADHD is not behavioral (as in your example, they self-medicate with caffeine, or because they need an even bigger thrill, they do coke). The scientific evidence is that there is a neurobiological/neurochemical difference going on (it has to do with dopamine, but I am WAY too undereducated to explain it).

I just think that's really fascinating. In the end, of course, it's manifested as behavior, and so one could *call* it behavioral, but it's not behavioral in origin.


Tom Scola - Feb 23, 2011 11:23:13 am PST #16039 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Best captcha ever.


Zenkitty - Feb 23, 2011 11:34:35 am PST #16040 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I am ADD

Editor's nitpick: I hate this phrasing. No one says "I am depression"

Huh? Sorry, I wasn't listening, there was something cool on tv.

You're right, of course; I should have said I think I *have* ADD.

Now I want a t-shirt with ADD emblazoned across the chest, in a lightning bolt. I AM ADD! Is there a god of easily distracted people?


Atropa - Feb 23, 2011 11:36:41 am PST #16041 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Is there a god of easily distracted people?

Procrastina. She's very fickle.


Steph L. - Feb 23, 2011 11:49:03 am PST #16042 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Now I want a t-shirt with ADD emblazoned across the chest, in a lightning bolt.

There's this. Not quite the same, but funny nonetheless.


amych - Feb 23, 2011 11:52:29 am PST #16043 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Damn, I think I need that shirt.


Zenkitty - Feb 23, 2011 11:58:16 am PST #16044 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

And I just bought it! Awesome. Thanks, Steph!


Laura - Feb 23, 2011 12:52:52 pm PST #16045 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.

There was a Cass here! And she didn't melt despite not running the A/C. She got a full dose of teenage boys too. And wasn't afraid!


Hil R. - Feb 23, 2011 2:07:50 pm PST #16046 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

So sleepy. Teaching the day after getting just four hours of sleep is not good. I'm uncertain whether I made any sense at all.


Hil R. - Feb 23, 2011 4:51:35 pm PST #16047 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

One of my students came up to me right before class started today and asked if she could take today's quiz on Friday, because she had an exam for another class later this afternoon and she was skipping my class so that she could study for it.