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[–] arcine@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

Spoon fed ? They shovel feed it x)

ADHD is the true anarchist spirit.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 69 points 4 days ago (8 children)

When I was in the third grade, I had a teacher tell me it was okay we pushed the natives off the land because we made more efficient use of it, and could therefore carry a greater population.

In the previous grade the teacher passed around a worksheet, and we had to choose which jobs were most suited to what gender.

Oh what a glorious whitebread bublefuck town I grew up in!

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 43 points 4 days ago (3 children)

my mom didn't want me playing pokemon because it "taught evolution"

[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Its weird cuz evolution in Pokemon is more akin to metamorposes or even just basic puberty except theres sometimes 1 extra step XD

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

this was not lost on little ol gradeschool me

[–] Catoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 days ago (5 children)

How fun would it be to have an entirely breeding focused game of Pokemon that was about evolution, though? You want an ivysaur? Selectively breed these bulbasaurs that kind of look more like an ivysaur!

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[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

My second grade teacher taught us the civil war was because of a disagreement over state's rights.

The same teacher marked me and a few other students down for completing a subtraction assignment using negative numbers. She explained we were supposed to be confused and write that we couldn't do it.

Edit: I forgot one! My third grade teacher marked me down for not knowing how much a hen weighed. It wasn't a joke. Apparently there was a rule of thumb for estimating chicken weight. Any kids who weren't raised on a farm missed the question.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I remember in 7th grade social studies (on the edge of the SF bay area in the 90s for crab godssake) we had to do a little assignment where we made up pros and cons of slavery.

the pros i made up were absolute bullshit "uh maybe the technology was better in the states than africa so even with slavery quality of life improved? that doesn't sound right but maybe i don't know" racist fucking ass shit turd bull fuck assignment.

sorry i'm like 10 years behind on my swears i got some catching up to do

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago

She explained we were supposed to be confused and write that we couldn't do it.

That is astonishing.

The most incredible case of teacher malpractice I've ever heard of, came from my son. He was in college, taking a film class, which is my son's expertise. He's a deep film guy, for real. He could literally teach it, so he doesn't tolerate nonsense from bad film teachers.

So this teacher showed a clip of The Color Purple, and proceeded to criticize all of Stephen Spielberg's artistic choices, painting him as a hack. Spielberg isn't my son's favorite director, but he respects his talent. He doesn't believe that Spielberg is a hack.

But a stupid conclusion wasn't the problem. The problem was that the clip the teacher used to illustrate Spielberg's poor directing, was taken from the terrible remake of it, which wasn't directed by Spielberg. The teacher criticized Spielberg, using a movie Spielberg hadn't directed. And it turned out that the teacher hadn't known there were two versions of The Color Purple, nor that there was a musical, either.

This was in a COLLEGE film class. My son was disgusted, and I thought it was unforgivable, and told him to report the incident, but he didn't. He just pledged to never waste another course on that professor.

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[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I stopped saying the Pledge of Allegiance because I was hyperfixated on the Eragon books and it seemed too similar to swearing loyalty to Galbatorix.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (6 children)

it's literal brainwashing. Americans laugh at the NK people having to praise Dear Daddy, but then every morning in school, they cite the pledge of allegiance. Why would you want to be allied with one of the worst countries in modern history? Fuck that.

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[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Same, except I read Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. She seemed to have the right idea about a lot of things. Eragon definitely solidified it.

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[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 62 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (7 children)

I feel bad that I wore the free D.A.R.E. propaganda shirts in school because my family was too poor to get me decent clothing.

I know a lot of adults that wore them ironically, so maybe you were just ahead of your time.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 36 points 4 days ago

Naw. Wear that shit with pride, then take a Snoop-level rip from a bong.

[–] akesi_Jata@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 days ago

Don't feel bad for doing it out of necessity.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 17 points 4 days ago
[–] phoenixarise@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Nah, they gave you free clothes. 🙂

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[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Church alone does more brainwashing than any secular source

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago

Same with Autism, I will hyperfixate Rome, the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany and I will call out the similarities between them and the United States. I also got into a verbal fight with some kid in middle school because I wasn't going to play nice with his creationism BS unlike the teacher who danced around it, the only reason he didn't attack me was because I would probably throw him around like a ragdoll.

[–] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Bullshit. There's more propaganda online.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Now. There wasn't always an online. Even once there was, back in my day, sonny, it wasn't always filled with inescapable propaganda. That all started in the 2010s.

Before that you would get some stupid ass chain email from your weird uncle and be like "does he really think I'm reading this bullshit?" lulz

I also tied onions around my belt.

[–] MyVeryRealName@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

I remember the internet before Trump won in 2016. It was a different place.

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Most propaganda is aimed at neurotypical wiring. We are out of tune with it, that gives us a measure of protection.

It's one of the worries I have with AI. While I think we are more protected from propaganda than most (since we constantly want to poke at the crack in a story), we are not immune. It's perfectly possible to shape it to effect us. They just haven't bothered, since we are a small target. AI makes that a lot easier to do, so we will see more of it.

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[–] phoenixarise@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago (4 children)

So that’s why my fifth grade teacher hated me. Because I was too smart for her lazy bullshit lessons. 😂

Did anyone else ace the assignments without paying any attention to the lectures?

[–] erev@lemmy.world 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In 8th grade i would spend a lot of class on my phone by hiding it in my desk. I was still one of the only people to regularly participate in class and was a straight A student until uni.

There was one instance where another srudent ratted me out for using my phone. He had tried to rat me out multiple times before but i usually stuck it in a book or folder. This time he called me out for doing so, so the teacher ended up taking my phone. School policy was that she would have to turn it over to the principal and my parents would have to pick it up. The teacher was a 60+ year old former nun and I had strict parents so i was not looking forward to it. When we went out to lunch the teacher called me over and told me to wait for a second. She handed me my phone back and told me not to get caught again.

She never checked my desk for my phone again and I continued to be one of the only people who raised my hand.

[–] phoenixarise@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Aw what a nice teacher! I was in school way before smart phones came out. I definitely would have used one during class. 😂

[–] erev@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago

It was a small Catholic school in a big city and the student population was a majority middle-class white kids; that is to say that despite being the weird nerdy queer brown kid I was one of the best behaved, had some of the best grades, consistently output high quality work (even when bullshitting it), and participated in all my classes including religion despite being an outspoken atheist. Most of my teachers loved me and gave me a lot of leniency because even at my worst I was still leagues ahead typically. It also helped that my mom was very involved and made it known if i was causing trouble that they could call her and she'd sort it out quickly, so if i ever was actually out of line they knew it wouldn't last long.

[–] moondoggie@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Yeah, they repeated so much to the normies I never did any studying and only barely paid attention in class and aced all the tests. Then I went to college where I might have a class every other days and realized I had no idea how to study. doh.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Yeah. It’s one of the reasons I wasn’t diagnosed until my 30s.

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[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 24 points 3 days ago (4 children)

God it's funny when your brain not working right accidentally prevents certain issues. I'm immune to getting addicted to MMOs, my brain can't handle the slow dopamine distribution.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

To be fair , MMOs aren't fun because of gameplay, they are fun because of the social aspects.

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

which ironically have diminished greatly in mmos

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[–] IvyisAngy@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago

Working harder and grinding more should mean more levels and cool gear faster.

In reality, the harder you work the slower the dopamine, and then I dip.

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[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

oof, only propaganda i remember from school in finland was about milk consumption(in favour). they even put posters about it to classrooms. I suppose it didnt bite into me that hard since i often forget to use milk carton before it rots and dont even buy milk that often because of it.

[–] Echolynx@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

See also: aphantasia!

Not visualizing myself with or for a product has likely helped a ton.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

Joke's on me; I totally locked in on that shit and even made some pro-propaganda student films!

Few things teach you humility like a friend finally breaking through to you and shattering your glass bubble of misinformation. Especially when your personality and morals are completely at odds with your foundational beliefs that were built up by authority figures. I was that kid who would hang out with unhoused people and try to help them with shit because everybody deserves a friend, but I wouldn't give them money because I was taught that poor people don't know how to manage their money or spend it all on drugs.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago

I'm not trying to talk down or condescend, so please accept this at the face value it is intended with: I suggest it's critical thinking that's saved you.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (2 children)

my hyperfocus (i'm not adhd, i just love my adhd peeps) did because i paid too much attention and pointed out the gaps to my favorite history teacher in high school (after class, i'm not an asshole. well, not an asshole all the time). first month he gave me the book "lies my teacher told me" with the note "Good! Keep thinking critically about what you are learning! This book too!" or something like that, it's in a box somewhere (i don't have room to unpack my entire library here, i've got 2 bookshelves of books waiting to be unpacked).

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[–] Dohnuthut@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

My 3rd grader informed us in 1st grade that he opted to not participate in the pledge of allegiance (does so respectfully) because we have discussed how the US doesn't take care of people (his words). He was even more frustrated when a substitute kept going on about how we're the greatest country in the world and have all these freedoms.

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