I’m getting tested in a bit over two weeks and today was the pre-exam via video call.

The assistant dude that did the interview asked how fiddly/hyperactive I see myself as, and I was like “eh, a bit but not that far above average” Apparently I had been rotating back and forth in my desk chair for the entirety of the preceding 10 mins, which he did point out :|

Apparently it’s also not called “Girl math”, but “Impulsive over-spending”. SMH my head

On an upside though, he also owns reptiles and was happy to indulge an unreasonable amount of questions about his chameleon!!

  • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Ive been called out on the fidgeting thing a couple times. Mostly people asking if i had too much coffee this morning which then i realize both my legs are bouncing a mile a minute and im drumming the desk like a madman. Internally though i was fine, didnt even realize i was doing it. Anyway, good luck with your testing!

    • ghost_towels@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I know I fidget, but always have a paper clip or something to mess with off screen or in my pocket. It wasn’t until I watched the recording of a talk I gave to high school students about our program, that it really hit home. Throughout my half hour talk the back of my chair (which is quite high) can be seen swinging from one side to another behind me. It’s green too so pretty distracting!

  • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I entirely do not mean to be rude, but

    Apparently it’s also not called “Girl math”, but “Impulsive over-spending”. SMH my head

    Is… is this a quirky joke comment made for nothing but effect, or… did you … actually not know this, and learn this in the meeting?

      • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Didn’t know “girl math”? I didn’t either but I don’t think that’s the question.

        • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
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          3 months ago

          A shame OP hasn’t responded yet.

          I’m mostly familiar with ‘girl math’ as a style or flavor or theme in TikTok posts where usually teenage or young adult girls/women explain how…

          Actually, if I buy and then return some shoes or clothes, that is not a net 0 for my budget, but actually I’m making money.

          Or… If I don’t buy a coffee today… that’s actually increasing the amount of money I have… as opposed to, again, it being just null, no impact.

          I am genuinely asking OP this because I’ve personally met a number of younger folks who…

          …seem to actually take this seriously, and think it actually makes sense… not realizing that it is just a collection of utterly nonsensical justifications for frivolous spending… that the ‘math’ is complete bs…

          … while some other younger folks will just laugh and say, hah what no, all those posts are jokes, obviously that’s nonsense, the joke is how stupid it is.

            • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
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              3 months ago

              Oh wow you deleted my comment.

              I am 35 years old, and autistic.

              I’m not especially savvy to newer, younger social/internet memes, and I was honestly describing my understanding of ‘girl math’ as a modern social meme or phenomenon or what have you.

              I genuinely was, and still am trying to figure out if my anecdotal experience with ‘girl math’ is a reasonably accurate understanding or not.

              Could you perhaps point out where I was specifically horrible towards OP?

              I’d love to be able to review what I wrote, but you’ve deleted it.

                • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.zipEnglish
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                  3 months ago

                  Well its been about 24hrs now, MrPoopyButthole has been posting in this time, so they would have seen my reply… apparently they don’t care to expand on this.

  • Brickhead92@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    In an appointment with my psychiatrist doing the questionnaire, they were asking the questions, and I’d answer and they’d fill it out.

    At one of the questions they say “this one is about fidgeting/not being able to sit still and I’m just gonna go ahead and fill that one in.”

    I was like, “but I’ve been sitting still. I thought I was doing a good job sitting still, wasn’t I?”

    Looks me dead in the eyes, “no, no you weren’t.”