• PotatoesFall
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    28 days ago

    Can we stop making every little thing about ADHD? This is just a common way to do arithmetic

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      28 days ago

      Yeah, kinda annoying

      Btw this might break rule 1, sincerely idk

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      28 days ago

      Adding up to 10, like the other comment explains, is the common way. Using 14 as intermediate step suggests a different way of thinking. OP could be on to something if that’s normal to you.

      7 + 6 = 10 + 3 = 13

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        27 days ago

        Some people have 7+6 = 13 memorized.

        Some do 1+6+6 = 1+12 = 13.

        Some use offsets from 5, like 5+1+5+2 = 2*5 + 3 = 13

        Hell I’m sure somebody did it like 10 - 4 + 10 - 3 = 20 - 7 = 10 + 10 - 7 = 10 + 3 = 13

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          27 days ago

          Now determine the correlation between the various methods and adhd. My guess is that people with adhd are more likely to use the more exotic methods.

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              27 days ago

              Indeed. The important part are the experiments to determine the correlations. Without those every opinion about OP’s hypothesis in this post is as useless as my guess.

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              27 days ago

              I am wondering about the downvotes. You mean it is offensive to assume that something is different? Thank you for that feedback. I would have never guessed.

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                27 days ago

                I think people just aren’t on board with your guess, and don’t want to assign every behavior’s root cause to having ADHD