This is great. I like how I did not have to sign up for separate account to use this. Instead it just Took me to discord channel and I got started right away.
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#22Historically, this could be the underlying reason for the existence of various professions: adjutant, batman, valet, secretary, personal assitant - perhaps the main function they provided was just providing a presence?
Batman?
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#23Sounds like the Japanese cuddling as a service.
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#24Remote office workers reinvent the office.
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#25I wonder if it's vaguely related to the evolutionary "fight or flight" response?
I run way faster with other people than by myself based on that effect.
It's definitely a mental/adrenal response.
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#26Historically, this could be the underlying reason for the existence of various professions: adjutant, batman, valet, secretary, personal assitant - perhaps the main function they provided was just providing a presence?
Batman?
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#27I finished my thesis thanks to a group of people scattered over the internet, all agreeing to do pomodoro. In the breaks we'd chat about our day to day lives then get back to work when the bell rang. I'll always be grateful for their presence, getting me through hard times when I'd perhaps have given up if I felt completely alone; or at least not worked so deeply and thoroughly.
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#28Why not just have the tv palying in the background? Works for me.
Whenever I visit for my parents for holidays, they have the TV playing something. However, I've always found the ads incredibly distracting, like they're intentionally designed to get my attention.
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#29I'm pretty sure ADHD people have known about this all their lives.
What makes you think people with ADHD already know about it? I can't see any reason why they could be expected to, let alone for all their lives.
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#30My problem is I'd have an overpowering urge to interrupt the other person whenever I was stuck. That and my other mutterings, pacings etc would probably be intolerable.
Everyone on my team, including myself, mutters to themselves like this. I’ve asked some of my team members about it to determine if it bothers them and was surprised to find they feel the same way I do. It’s actually somewhat endearing. Granted, we could be drawing the line at different places here. I just curse under my breath at things that have me stumped, sulk for a moment to collect my thoughts, and then get back to it.