Memes help people to not only make sense of their experiences but also to relate to one another. They serve as a universal language that contributes to a shared cultural experience, transcending our individual perspectives.
So in order to remind you that the universe isn't fixated on hurting just you but is, in fact, after all of us, we invite you to take a look at the Instagram account 'Neurodivergent Memes,' which tackles everyday problems with a healthy dose of humor.
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According to researchers looking at modern forms of communication, memes have the capacity to transcend cultures and construct collective identities between people.
These seemingly simple jokes can also be powerful tools for self-expression, social influence and even political subversion.
Sometimes I am reading and I completely zone out and think about other things and I have to reread the whole paragraph again
In my case, it's not excitement. I'll go off on a mental wild goose chase and forget to tell my eyes to stop moving until I hit the end of the paragraph and go, "What did I just read?"
The worst one for me was Moby D**k. It wasn't so much excited as confused. Sometimes I would read a paragraph and have to stop and try to let my brain parse what I just read and then read it again to check if I understood it. Some paragraphs I had to read 3 or 4 times. It was possibly the most difficult book for me. Not really worth it.
I had to read A Midsummer Night's Dream with my daughter for school, in the original Olde English. Do not recommend.
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I don't care what the staircase looks like Stephen What happened to the kid who was just shot in the face.
I have a strange habit of sometimes leaving a few last pages unread, because I feel like ‘I already know enough’. Never do it with ebooks, only with paper books for some reason.
Sometimes the author gets too bogged down in describing something and I'll just skim it to get to get back to the exciting parts.
It the reason why speed readers are taught to read with there fingers. It keep you from rereading paragraphs you already read. Most people do this without even realizing. The average person rereads 1/3 of everything they read.
You made that up. You made that up. You made that up.
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Yup. If I have to go back multiple times, I have to put the book away so I don't lose my isht
Yep! Sometimes I have to read the book a second time slowly after I gobble it up the first time
Try writing a paragraph and writing certain words twice in the same sentence. Not in two different places but literally right next to each other like I didn't even notice that I had already written the word "and" already so I need to write it a second time.
I do this, but then I also like to reread paragraphs I really like several times over.
Confession time: I bought a book I was SO excited to read the day it came out, and finished it later that day. I loaned it to my sister, who got into it and then called me a few days later, asking if I noticed anything off about the book. Turns out the copy I bought was published with 30 missing pages. I didn't even notice!
You're not alone! I'm desperate to know what happens next that I quickly skim to get to the information I want!
My roommate and I both skipped the same critical paragraphs in a book for a class. So, yeah.
Im dyslexic and this is one of our strongest traits when reading aparently
Some times I get too excited and go new book! Gotta read! And read it fast. I end up accidentally skimming things so often I go back a few months later and reread it to catch the details I missed
Surely it depends on what you're reading? Some books are wham-bam-slam action and you can read about five words a page and still understand them, and some books are delicate, intricate poetry and every word has weight. Either can be great books, but you read them differently.
I know everybody loved the book so much, but I sorta had to see the LOTR trilogy to be able to enjoy it. I had to not be plot-focused.
I do this. If the story is getting really intense, or I'm worried about a character, or excited about what is about to happen--I have a hard time not skipping ahead. I don't WANT to skip ahead, but my brain is like we need to know now. And I often have to do go back and reread the parts I skipped because I couldn't wait to see what was about to happen.
Try pages… I’ve also read like a whole chapter then at the end realize I already read it. I’ve also seen an entire movie then at the end realize I’ve seen it. Autopilot brain
Internet memes "are one of the clearest manifestations of the fact there is such a thing as digital culture", said Paolo Gerbaudo, a reader in digital politics and director of the Centre for Digital Culture at Kings College London.
Gerbaudo describes memes as a "sort of a ready-made language with many kinds of stereotypes, symbols, situations. A palette that people can use, much like emojis, in a way, to convey a certain content."
I'm not a gifted kid, but I've always been a bookworm. I did have a period where I lost interest in reading and it made me so sad. Fortunately, I was able to overcome my slump and I've come to realise that I'll always go back to reading even if I take a lot detours with my other hobbies. Reading will always be my favourite thing in this world.
Memes tap into our collective online consciousness and because of that, they have also been referred to as digital folklore – or "Netlore."
"We can see not just the new ways people do things or the new ways people express themselves in public but also some of the themes, some of the anxieties or desires people have. All of these complex issues are reflected in things like memes," Gerbaudo added.
Not only do I get anxiety about that but I stress about not knowing if I’ll have to make a left turn without a traffic light, that I won’t know what lane I need to be in and which lanes end, wondering how many u-turns I’ll have to make when I screw up the GPS’s step by step directions, will there be a roundabout? I could go on.
If you're still scrolling this list, chances are, you are part of the meme subculture.
Gerbaudo thinks that if you're looking at a meme and "you get through the kind of enigma or mystery around that at face value" you are probably part of the group it is aimed at.
"You understand [the] language, you understand the assumptions of the group," he added.
People say I am smart, then I look around at my life and think "prove it"
Or... you start it in private and tell NO ONE because she raised you to believe that no matter how well you did, that it was a failure anyhow - so now you're in constant paralyzing fear of 'failing', and that NOTHING you do is good enough. Then ... you see random-others on the internet posting/selling/advertising ridiculously sub-par garbage... and you wonder "I can NOT possibly be that bad. How are these people getting away with it?"
Oftentimes the most viral, most loved memes are memes that are about things that are very recent in public memory. However, there's something timeless about 'Neurodivergent Memes.'
If I say I am in Paris and you see me in the local market next day, you're in Paris too. No need to make it complicated.
I got misophonia (Idk, self diag'ed maybe) and I can't watch anything on phone with sound. If it ain't have subtitles I am not watching it however if it's on TV or big screen and the sound volume is just enough I don't get that mad. I tried to work on it and normalize after being married but couldn't pretend to be okay so my wife understands it and doesn't play videos without headfones or going to other room. I sometimes feel bad for her :( I read people getting irritated by other people's loud phones in public all the time but that makes me extramad and I have picked multiple fights for this very reason because asking nicely didn't help.
Yes! I rarely ever ask for help and then get completely overwhelmed and stressed out trying to do everything on my own.
You can always fall back on "I pulled Excalibur from the stone", because everyone will start making Monty Python jokes and forget you exist.
I get very comfortable around people when I am tired, listen to me then.
The mortifying embarrassment of knowing that other people know how you really feel is terrifying. I always know this and yet still do it randomly for some unknown reason.
Its not you oversharing, society just wants to underlisten.
I am obsessed with new skills until I am good at them, then they are mind numbingly boring. I have a hard time in interviews explaining I am good at everything I have done but only want to do what I haven't done so I can be good at that too and move on.
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Did we not literally just have a post about people hijacking phrases like mania which totally diminishes what actual mania is? Some of these are very relatable but not because I'm nuerodivergent. Come on BP do better
A lot of these had to do with depression and anxiety. I've heard and read of people including depression and anxiety as a type of neurodivergence now. I'm a person with depression and anxiety, and my kids are all neurodivergent, and I don't agree with this emerging theory, but it is it there.
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I don't get the 'neurodivergent' point, and how any of the memes are representative of it
Yeah, disappointing. I don't find these that relatable, or mostly it bugs me that they are super unspecific.
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Yet another bunch of stereotypes from BoredPanda.Stop posting harmful c**p like this BoredPanda. Not every neurodivergent person hates people, is antisocial, and doesn’t like doing things. These sound more like stereotypes about depression and agoraphobia than neurodivergence. I honestly don’t even think BoredPanda reads the crud they post anymore.
Here is another example of how social media does more harm than good. People latch onto a word (nuerodivergent, genocide and antisemitism are popular right now) and use it because they think it makes them sound cool or better informed and they're too lazy to take the time to learn what the words actually mean and how/when they are properly used.
I can relate to some of these, but was hoping for more that deal with autism
sometimes i make up scenarios in my head and end up hurting my own feelings
Somebody has been spying on me and just told the world about what they saw!!
Being autistic and depressed and anxious, these hit quite close to home
I think it's time we move on from bp? The "writers" don't seem to understand the words they are using.
Can we stop using neurodivergent about every little thing people think they're the only ones doing? Absolutely insufferable the desperate reach to be unique.
These are not a sign of neurodivergence, just a sign of being alive and a human.
Did we not literally just have a post about people hijacking phrases like mania which totally diminishes what actual mania is? Some of these are very relatable but not because I'm nuerodivergent. Come on BP do better
A lot of these had to do with depression and anxiety. I've heard and read of people including depression and anxiety as a type of neurodivergence now. I'm a person with depression and anxiety, and my kids are all neurodivergent, and I don't agree with this emerging theory, but it is it there.
Load More Replies... I don't get the 'neurodivergent' point, and how any of the memes are representative of it
Yeah, disappointing. I don't find these that relatable, or mostly it bugs me that they are super unspecific.
Load More Replies... Yet another bunch of stereotypes from BoredPanda.Stop posting harmful c**p like this BoredPanda. Not every neurodivergent person hates people, is antisocial, and doesn’t like doing things. These sound more like stereotypes about depression and agoraphobia than neurodivergence. I honestly don’t even think BoredPanda reads the crud they post anymore.
Here is another example of how social media does more harm than good. People latch onto a word (nuerodivergent, genocide and antisemitism are popular right now) and use it because they think it makes them sound cool or better informed and they're too lazy to take the time to learn what the words actually mean and how/when they are properly used.
I can relate to some of these, but was hoping for more that deal with autism
sometimes i make up scenarios in my head and end up hurting my own feelings
Somebody has been spying on me and just told the world about what they saw!!
Being autistic and depressed and anxious, these hit quite close to home
I think it's time we move on from bp? The "writers" don't seem to understand the words they are using.
Can we stop using neurodivergent about every little thing people think they're the only ones doing? Absolutely insufferable the desperate reach to be unique.
These are not a sign of neurodivergence, just a sign of being alive and a human.
