Re: Hate Thread
Oh you were talking about it in a summer context, not a winter one. Duh. Meh, my whole argument still stands, as you can pretty much always do something to get warmer when outside; most people don't have access to a pool 24-7 (i.e. work, unless you're a lifeguard, and even then you can't exactly dive in whenever you want).
I hate overdiagnosing of these "disorders" that fucking EVERYBODY has nowadays, OCD, ADD being among the more common. I was told the other day that I had ADD (attention deficit disorder for those of you living under a rock). I was like, what the fuck are you smoking? Just because I don't like watching TV because I feel like I have nothing to do doesn't mean I have ADD. Someone who can play the same game, for twenty hours straight (including bathroom breaks and the time it takes to make a meal, though usually what I did wasn't something I actually had to cook, so I'd put it on the stove/in the microwave, continue playing, then eat while playing) does NOT have ADD. ADD means it is impossible to pay attention for sustained periods of time, and I'm sorry, but someone who has trouble keeping their attention focused on a single thing does NOT have a disorder. It's just the way they were built. Telling someone that has a short attention span they have something wrong with them is like saying that there's something fundamentally wrong with all houses without basements.
I think there are people out there that DO suffer from ADD and OCD etc, but the actual disorder numbers perhaps less than one percent of people who have been diagnosed or claim to have any of them.
