So bonus thoughts aren’t “normal”?
Everyone goes pee, but if you’re doing it 60 times a day you may have an issue.
I do this in almost everything I write out (almost, somethings don’t need clarification).
I see what you did here (by highlighting the point you were making by doing it on the comment taking about it).
oh god I do this all the time, excessively, and have to rewrite emails and posts multiple times to get rid of them as much as possible. sometimes I’ll be writing a parenthetical and need to nest others within it…
It’s hard.
“Nested Parentheticals” can totally be the title of my 15,000 word autobiography. lol
I fight this urge frequently.
{Nested [Parentheticals] - (An Autobiography), By Admiral Patrick}
As long as you escape the inner parentheticals there is no problem (escape as in adding "" to it \(just as in programming \\\(because we do this as much as you do \\\\\\(in many languages\\\\\\).\\\)\)).
I do this so much at work and have to constantly remind myself not to overdo it (otherwise people will think I’m crazy).
I’ve learned to back off and realize that commas, instead of parentheses, often work just fine.
Commas are a pathway to infinitely run-on sentences.
But I’ve already used commas to add more information to the sentence, how can I fit in more information without parentheses?
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Stand over the person reading it and interject.
Consider the humble “em dash” — some people use it to interject a completely different sentence in the middle of another — the next time you’re trying to avoid parentheses.
You can, although probably should not, use semicolons; they can be used to join related statements that could, very frequently, also stand on their own.
Yea I try to do that too. And then make sure it doesn’t end up a ridiculous run on sentence. 😭
Just introduce yourself to people as a 19th century German philosopher, they’ll understand.
Usually by my third edit I’m ready to send. Of course, by then I’ve begun to question if anyone is interested in my option anyway and why am I sending this email? They probably know all this already and I’m too stupid to have realized it.
im like small sentence (heres some back story though (and some deeper context thats needed (also something vaguely related to thing))).
Occasionally replace the parenthesis with a semicolon – or dashes – and you can get away with it more often.
I am guilty of overusing em dashes — I just think they’re aesthetically pleasing, even if they’re often unnecessary.
Semicolon ftw
i do this; i just have so much to say, and there are only so many conjugations and commas you can get away with – without it becoming a run-on sentence (i may have a run-on mind).
That’s called ADHD, but I like the name, so we can use both I guess.
The thing is - and I say that from experience (being somewhat on the ADHD spectrum myself) - that there are no limits to how many of these you can use; or at least that’s how it feels to me (sorry!).
Beautiful sentence using all of them!
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And ellipsis…because there’s always more and we don’t want to stop.
nah this isn’t an ADHD thing
is it? I mean everyone has bonus thoughts right? or explanation of apparent non sequitur? my coworkers don’t really do it and I never really think about it.
I mean yeah, I have ADHD, but this is a new “symptom” to me (and is there an actual downside?)
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Alternatively, if you really want to have some fun, and I’m not saying you don’t, you could instead, if you were so inclined, just use commas to separate, but not entirely exclude, nonrestrictive clauses.
Or—hear me out here—we use the em dash.
All of it, yes
Far out, this is way too relevant…
I do it quite often here and I think of them as footnotes to my writing, because they are tangential thoughts, but still important to what I’m trying to express that it shouldn’t be considered a bonus: the asides are more like a public “note to self”.
It also makes the writing feel more raw and stream of conscience-y. (I don’t have a better word to describe it.)
Yes! I have learnt to not be ashamed of those, at least in anonymous communities
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For work email, I suggest writing it as simply and direct as possible while still being polite. People really don’t like reading essays for work emails.
It’s all I can do not to nest them 🙃
I’ve started re-writing nearly all of the emails I send with a rule of like, no more than one set of parenthesis. Somewhat funny because I do some programming and I started thinking to myself “if I’m nesting parens I should probably just re-write this
functionsentence.”Do you speak with a Lisp?
Hey look, it’s me
I’m in this post (and I don’t like it, but I do appreciate it for what it is)
A semi-colon would have been more appropriate in this context (but less ironic)
Fuck. I go into parenthesis, then brackets, and I’ve even gone into curly brackets before.
This is a thing, eh?
I do that all the time- although I often prefer hyphenated clauses (because they look classier)- but I also use a lot of parenthetical phrases (I don’t think I have ADHD, but my daughter does).
For extra class use an em dash (—) instead of hyphen (-) for parenthetical clauses. Alt+0151, or Compose-hyphen-hyphen-hyphen.
Something something genetics, something something neurodivergent overlap.
Its entirely possible for a ND to live with no notable issues or disadvantages which negates the need for a label or diagnosis but if your daughter does have one the chance is high for their to be neurodivergent genes all around you in your family gene-pool.
It’s not that they live with no notable issues or disadvantages, it’s that they have made the coping mechanisms to deal with them. And medicating can disrupt those.
It’s a fine balance.
Oh definitely. There is also other neurodivergence in the family, notably my father and brother, so I am not surprised about it or anything. I don’t think I fit the diagnosis, although I definitely have some symptoms. I am probably neurodivergent myself, but none of the evaluation I was given as a child showed I actually tipped the scales. Of course, that was the 80s and I’m sure they have better diagnostics now.
I hate having long sections between hyphens because they have no indication whether they are the opening ot closing ones — they also don’t allow nesting – or do they? – — which is done well by parentheses.
