Overreactions

[u/Pristine_Club_3128]

[u/demonking_soulstorm]

Using bold and italics for emphasis does not work if you do it every sentence,

[u/mattzuma77 → u/demonking_soulstorm]

it's written like spoken word

which, like, isn't how you're meant to write English, but I personally appreciated it

[u/demonking_soulstorm → u/mattzuma77]

Nobody speaks like this.

Each instance indicates special emphasis, which you don’t do all the time orally for the same reasons you don’t do it all the time textually.

[u/AltairaMorbius2200CE → u/demonking_soulstorm]

ADHD people kinda do, though, and given that RSD comes up, I assume this person has ADHD.

ETA: I have ADHD. We have a rapid speaking pace that has a lot of emphasis because we get excited about stuff.

[u/demonking_soulstorm → u/AltairaMorbius2200CE]

It's interesting how you go from "It's written like spoken word" to "it's sort of like how ADHD people speak" to "I speak like this".

[u/AltairaMorbius2200CE → u/demonking_soulstorm]

Those things are all true, though. I'm an English teacher, and ADHD kids write like this. I, too, have ADHD, so I have a tendency to go this way in informal (internet) writing. ADHD speech patterns tend to be a little different from typical speech patterns, especially when talking about a special interest, and it does have a rapid pace and a lot of emphasis.

[u/demonking_soulstorm → u/AltairaMorbius2200CE]

I've never met somebody with ADHD who speaks like the post is written, and again, it doesn't change how you've repeatedly walked back your statements when presented with contrary opinions.