• MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net
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    3 months ago

    That sounds like mental illness.

    ETA: Replace “work” in that quote with practically any other activity/subject, whether outlandish or banal.

    I sit through movies but I don’t remember them because I’m thinking about baking cakes.

    I sit through movies but I don’t remember them because I’m thinking about traffic patterns.

    I sit through movies but I don’t remember them because I’m thinking about cannibalism.

    I sit through movies but I don’t remember them because I’m thinking about shitposting.

    Obsessed with something? At best, you’re “quirky” (depending on what you’re obsessed with). Unless it’s money. Being obsessed with that is somehow virtuous.

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      3 months ago

      Valid argument for sure

      It would be sad if therapists kept telling him that but he could never remember

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      3 months ago

      I don’t think you become the best tech CEO in the world by having a healthy approach to work. He is just wired differently, some people are just all about work.