i dunno if this is adhd or just a personality quirk
but im 500 times more likely to see something through if someone BESIDES myself benefits from it then if just i do
It’s an ADHD thing. ADHDers suck at internal motivation (self motivating) cause of our executive dysfunction. However, external motivation works fine. So when we are doing something for/ with someone else, it is significantly easier for us than if it was for ourselves.
It’s actually why I started making videos/ posting about ADHD. I can’t care about myself at all but to help others, I can push myself to survive and thrive. And read boring stuff 😛
this is wonderfully validifying?? info
I guess ive always been aware that like reward vs no reward is an easy stimuli for adhd people “ do a thing get a response/thing” so it completely makes sense that a reward/rewarding response from an outside presence would be far more effective then heyy i did a thing go me
This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like. Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour. This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York. This piece is brilliant on multiple levels, particularly as social commentary. Without a doubt, most people who started operating the machine for fun would quickly grow disheartened and stop when realizing just how little they’re earning by turning this mindless crank. A person would then conceivably realize that this is what nearly two million people in the United States do every day…at much harder jobs than turning a crank. This turns the piece into a simple, yet effective argument for raising the minimum wage.
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