this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
806 points (99.3% liked)

memes

16638 readers
2927 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to !politicalmemes@lemmy.world

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/Ads/AI SlopNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live. We also consider AI slop to be spam in this community and is subject to removal.

A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] qwestjest78@lemmy.ca 67 points 2 months ago (5 children)

When I was in college, I remember one of my profs telling me that so many students submit assignments just before the 12am deadline. I always thought it was madness that someone would play it that close to the deadline, but people do.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 68 points 2 months ago (2 children)

hi that's me, i was one of the many students. usually at least 30min before though as we often got warned that the submission servers could be slowed down around the deadline itself so i didn't want to risk it

why? adhd. i am close to incapable of starting a task if it's not urgent. it's not fun but forcing my brain to not do that is actual hell

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 29 points 2 months ago

Yeah I literally can’t arse myself to do anything unless it’s within the bare minimum time left.

Which sucks because when I know I can do something easily, I end up giving myself even less time.

[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have ADHD too. The trick is to trick your brain into thinking it's urgent by training yourself to have anxiety anytime there is a looming deadline.

Worked great for me and I got a 4.0 in engineering. But now I have anxiety issues.

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

friend, that- that's not a trick, that's the adhd defealt

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The smart students do a little bit of the paper each day (research / outlining / etc).

The not as smart students try to cram it in all at once.

I know because I’ve been both.

Well done, lumping neurodivergent students in with “not as smart” students 😑

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 20 points 2 months ago

Theoretically, turning in near the deadline gives time for one more editing session. The assignment could have been done days prior. Theoretically.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I didn't do that because I wanted to. I just struggle to do anything important without a looming deadline. It sucks. I wrote a 25 page paper in a single night once and it was miserable (the experience, not the paper - the paper got an A).

I'm trying to prep for a move right now and it's like I'm paralyzed. I know I should do the thing but I can't seem to make my body do it, so I just sit and hate myself.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Stop using hate to focus.

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Submitted 10:51:33 PM, Sunday