The ADHD cope to research a thing for tens of hours across weeks or even months, agonizing over the purchase of the thing (especially if multiple options are available) before ultimately deciding that it isn't worth the relatively minuscule cost.

He missed a step before and some after:

Do everything humanly possible with the thing, learn exactly how it works, become subject matter expert, then put it somewhere.

Have someone randomly ask about the thing, knowledge dump, excited to show the person the thing, forget where you put it.

Be at home a few weeks later, find the thing, be sad you couldn't find it earlier, put it in a new pile, for sure you'll remember where it is this time!

I see this guy also bought a Flipper Zero

My rowing machine

In its box

In the basement

For the last year and a half

My entire foray into home automation.

There's a box full of AliExpress zigbee sensors of all sorts in my office.

Someday...

I mean, you can take it out of the shipping box but it stacks pretty good with the others if you don't.

The ceiling fans in my garage call to me on occasion. Usually that occasion is "sitting in a warm room with no air flow."

It's been about 6 years now.

Oh man, this one is a direct hit.

Fuck.

Ouch, man. Why you gotta attack me like that?

Currently going through this watching videos of Walstad method aquariums lol

I have no idea how I got past this phase in my ADHD. I think at some point my brain went “okay only buy thing you’re going to use like every day”

If that’s ADHD, then capitalism is ADHD for the masses

Honestly I really enjoy doing this. Have done it constantly for decades hah.

You end up having a graveyard of fascinating things that you can rediscover, and repeat the same cycle on. My small dwelling is full of surprises and discovery. Same shit I have been staring at for years. It's great.

Thank you for the reminder. Pretty sure I have two random gadgets sitting around on month 3 or 4 somewhere, so now I have a great activity for the weekend, or not, we will see.

I am pretty sure this is anyone, not really ADHD specific. More like a "makes me feel good to buy something" specific. Which is many many people.

Urge or compulsion?

Bcs the process is a drag, takes hours & a bunch of irrelevant decisions.

Hey, I'm in this picture!

Oh, is that what I have..

Sometimes I’m frightened to think about using something.

My Japanese saw and shinto rasp just sighed in annoyance.

Ah. Not just me then. Good to know.

My Retroid Pocket Flip 2 arrives on Monday. Soon I'll have more consoles than ever before I can emulate but probably won't.