• SomeLemmyUser@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 days ago

    Is everyone stupid and doesnt read the meme or am I stupid and “ignoring your squirrel trades” and “copying expressions of beavers” are somehow related to mental health in English?

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      4 days ago

      I appreciate the graphic but this is also confusing me. IMO go all in with animaln metaphors or create a clear graphic.

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      4 days ago

      Dunno about beavers, but I think the squirrel bit is just using their typical hyperactivity as something most people are familiar with.

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        3 days ago

        Squirrels sound like the stereotypical ADHD: bouts of frenetic activity, followed by a freeze, frenetic, freeze, etc.

        Beavers… I’d rather associate with mild autism: hear water, need to build dam to get rid of the sound, need to chew tree, everything else is secondary.

        Not sure why it seems to be using them as opposites.