I’m not always in the mood to read but one thing I really like here is that people are willing to go into great detail to make their point clear. Reddit in particular is filled with people that condense complex issues into a one paragraph argument, failing to mention crucial details.

The world is complex and it needs complex explanations sometimes.

Rambling? No

Theory? Still usually no, but I do it anyway

How will you read theory then?

No

I prefer books.

You can learn techniques for reading, btw. Something as simple as highlighting the text every time you read can do wonders, along other techniques or “hacks.”

It depends on how interesting it is. If it’s dry and boring, my ADHD will never let me read the whole thing. If it’s interesting, it will be difficult to stop me from reading it.

Writing them is about the same. I write absolutely massive, well written walls of text about interesting technical topics, but try to make me write something about anything I don’t find interesting, and I’ll struggle to write a single word.

In fact, my brain often actively resists reading and writing uninteresting things. For example, I have had numerous times where I had to write a school essay and literally forgot how to write an essay right when I sat down to do it, then remembered the second I stopped doing it, and forgot again when trying to do it again. I’ve also had numerous books I was being forced to read (like 1984, unfortunately), where I forgot the meanings of words while reading, and forgot all the context as if I never read it, essentially meaning I never made any progress. I ended up getting an F in English class and just stopped caring after a while.