I’ve got 3:33:34 to kill

And Noah Caldwell-Gervais.

Oh, turns out I’m not the only one who does that

I have never played Mario 64 outside of a couple five-minute sessions on a Toys-R-Us demo when I was maybe 10, but the Watch for Rolling Rocks half-A-press video - a speedrun with the added condition that a longer time will trump a shorter time if the player presses ‘A’ (jump) less than in the faster run - is almost unquestionably my favorite youtube video ever. It’s a hilariously silly niche thing, but beyond that it’s like watching someone try to explain their doctoral dissertation, making their best attempt while knowing full-well both that they won’t be able to get their audience to follow every piece and also that no one else is as engaged in the topic as they are. As long aa I don’t feel like a captive audience, I can find a real joy in exposure to that sort of enthusiasm. Laying that on top of something that’s just a little funny hits the spot for me so much.

Now, you’re probably wondering what I’m gonna need all this speed for. After all, I do build up speed for twelve hours. But to answer that, we need to talk about parallel universes, and if you thought my other tangents were complicated, just you wait. Okay, so Mario’s position is a floating point number, but it’s converted to a short when the game uses it to test for collision with floor triangles…

Every Goomba Glitch in Super Mario 64

heck yeah

Hats off to my man MrEdders. Yes, I’ll absolutely watch your three hour video on some obscure 90’s FMV noir game!

American Dad, on repeat forever

For me, it helps me to focus. It feels less like it adds anything, and more like it removes a source of distraction. If that sounds counterintuitive, that’s because it is; Honestly, I don’t know why so many people with ADHD experience this, but having some lightly stimulating background noise is hugely beneficial to keeping me on track

My brain is either at 100% or 0%.
If I’m doing something monotonous, I need something to keep me stimulated, like listening to an audiobook, podcast, YouTube video, or music I can sing to.

If I’m doing something taxing, I need some background dopamine to stay focused or I’ll get bored, tired, or unmotivated. I could be tapping, fidgetting, rocking, or listening to music I can move to (but not sing to).

Apparently, your body is supposed to have some base level of dopamine, but some people’s base level is too low. There are links to this and ADHD.

If you have ADHD, it’s literally impossible to work without the background distraction.

Sometimes i need something to keep the dopamine comming to my brain so i can be productive, but sometimes that thing steals all of my focus, so it’s always a gamble

Noah Caldwell Gervais. Thank me later.