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For the visually impaired it is a Twitter screenshot from Dani Donovan, ADHD Comics, @danidonovan

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the ADHD urge to use parenthesis in every sentence (because every thought comes with additional bonus content)

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sweeterevenge@lemm.ee
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trying to fight that urge in academic writing every day

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Aidan@lemm.ee
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One word: footnotes

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SquirrelX@lemmy.world
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Are they still called footnotes if they take half the page? (I prefer parentheses though)

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betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world
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Yeah, it’s short for “a foot of notes” and the term was coined when the standard page length was 24 inches1.

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1This isn’t true.

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