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Mansplaining vs ND Over-clarifying (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[-] aeki@slrpnk.net 22 points 5 months ago

I'm an old millennial AuDHD and I have to resist the urge to use bold and italics everywhere for different kinds of emphasis. I'd use even more variations when available (text size, colors).

When I was younger, I used to do the same in analog form with multi colored pens when taking notes.

[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 7 points 5 months ago

I don't often bold comments, but i do like using italics and sometimes all caps to EMPHASIZE an important part. I guess the difference for me is whether it's something I get fired up over like bodily autonomy. I use caps to emphasize more than italics.

In a regular discussion or if I'm just overexplaining something, I stick to italics. (and if I feel something needs additional clarification, but also maybe the reader wants to skip because it's not really necessary, I'll use parenthesis to show where you can skip to)

[-] tuxtey@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

(it's parentheses all the way down)

[-] Spot@startrek.website 5 points 5 months ago

Oh! Same. You cannot portray the nuances of speech easily through text. I often feel like my intentions may be misconstrued if I don't emphasize or elaborate, lol. I still have an array of colored pens for personal and close friend/family use!