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Re:Why is it hard to make friends over 30? (2012) by LaGrange on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @03:23AM (#16427847)
You completely misunderstand how executive functioning deficiency works, it appears. While this was written by a person with chronic pain issues (you might not be aware of!), it applies to many other (often also invisible) disabilities: https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine....

"Just leave earlier" is about as useful an advice as "grow a new hand."

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Re:Why is it hard to make friends over 30? (2012) by verinus on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @03:51AM (#16427972)
I have never ever met such a person- what does that say about the probability?

Personally I think the probability of this used as an excuse is much higher than of it beeing true.

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Re:Why is it hard to make friends over 30? (2012) by LaGrange on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @03:57AM (#16427991)
> I have never ever met such a person- what does that say about the probability?

You did. You probably have family like that. The fact that you _think_ you never met such a person says a lot about you, though.

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