Alcoholics, Maniacs, Idiots, Shell Shocked, the Insane…
There was this baseline assumption of normality, and then there was this hyper-dramatized lunatic or raving drunk, and you weren’t supposed to really notice anyone in between. The idea of a high performing addict or adaptive neurodivergent was nearly non-existent. Two people with ADHD could be staring sideways at a third in disgust, simply because the third wasn’t well-socialized or required some amount of assistance to get around.
But they had lots of alcoholics. Entirely coincidentally, of course.
Alcoholics, Maniacs, Idiots, Shell Shocked, the Insane…
There was this baseline assumption of normality, and then there was this hyper-dramatized lunatic or raving drunk, and you weren’t supposed to really notice anyone in between. The idea of a high performing addict or adaptive neurodivergent was nearly non-existent. Two people with ADHD could be staring sideways at a third in disgust, simply because the third wasn’t well-socialized or required some amount of assistance to get around.