For the visually impaired it is a Twitter screenshot from Dani Donovan, ADHD Comics, @danidonovan
and reads,
the ADHD urge to use parenthesis in every sentence (because every thought comes with additional bonus content)
It’s not my fault I don’t think linearly.
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it.
trying to fight that urge in academic writing every day
Are they still called footnotes if they take half the page? (I prefer parentheses though)
Did Terry Pratchett have adhd?
I don’t know if I have ADHD, but I struggle with this as well! Sometimes I’ll write a message/email and there’s a paren after every other sentence.
Lately I’ve been making an effort to substitute with a semicolon or bridge the thoughts with a dash:
“I’m thinking this - but I also think this.”
Unsure if that’s a correct usage of punctuation, but I feel like it helps the sentence feel more focused and an expansion of the thought, rather than a random segue (especially with work)
Edit: realized that I had broken my own rule seconds after posting
