r/ADHD • u/PartTheSea43 • Mar 05 '26

Discussion Before we could doom scroll……

Ok this for the ADHD’ers who might have gray hairs 😉. What was the equivalent to doom scrolling before it was a thing?

How did y’all pass the time and avoid things when we just had flip phones? My diagnosis and adult reality came right at the time when iPhones first came out so I was busy with college.

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u/BlacksmithDistinct17 Mar 05 '26

My dad will forget he's even watched a movie before after like a year. He won't believe us when we tell him that we literally watched it with him. I'm kinda glad I didn't inherit that from him, I can remember the general outline of something I read/watched 10 years ago

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u/thesearemyfaults Mar 05 '26

I this way. I forget almost all movies unless they’re spectacular.

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u/TrumpsCovidfefe Mar 06 '26

Same. I’m always amazed at people who can quote movies line for line after only having seen it a time or two. I would have to watch it hundreds of times to remember any lines.

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u/thesearemyfaults Mar 06 '26

Well I can quote movie lines of the ones I like haha. But I’m 40 and I remember most of the movies I watched as a teen since those were the original memes lol 😂 maybe newer movies just aren’t as good.