There is another similar quote that I think fits your roommates situation.
“Somebody has said that dust is matter in the wrong place. The same definition applies to nine-tenths of those called lazy. They are people gone astray in a direction that does not answer to their temperament nor to their capacities. In reading the biography of great men, we are struck with the number of “idlers” among them. They were lazy so long as they had not found the right path; afterwards they became laborious to excess. Darwin, Stephenson, and many others belonged to this category of idlers.” - Peter Kropotkin
Since they don’t seem interested in the answer, I’ll ask.
How do you know?
My ADHD brain is very interested. Is it because of the broken dopamine reward pathways causing us to gravitate towards tasks with more immediate gratification and things like pattern recognition being incredibly well suited to those kind of tasks? I bet it’s got something to do with that. Ooh learning is exciting!
My roommate hard at work drinking energy drinks and playing HoI4
There is another similar quote that I think fits your roommates situation.
“Somebody has said that dust is matter in the wrong place. The same definition applies to nine-tenths of those called lazy. They are people gone astray in a direction that does not answer to their temperament nor to their capacities. In reading the biography of great men, we are struck with the number of “idlers” among them. They were lazy so long as they had not found the right path; afterwards they became laborious to excess. Darwin, Stephenson, and many others belonged to this category of idlers.” - Peter Kropotkin
Undiagnosed ADHD, their brain is meant to be hunting and gathering
Ask me how I know
Since they don’t seem interested in the answer, I’ll ask.
How do you know?
My ADHD brain is very interested. Is it because of the broken dopamine reward pathways causing us to gravitate towards tasks with more immediate gratification and things like pattern recognition being incredibly well suited to those kind of tasks? I bet it’s got something to do with that. Ooh learning is exciting!