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[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I do this so much at work and have to constantly remind myself not to overdo it (otherwise people will think I’m crazy).

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've learned to back off and realize that commas, instead of parentheses, often work just fine.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (4 children)

But I've already used commas to add more information to the sentence, how can I fit in more information without parentheses?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Stand over the person reading it and interject.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Consider the humble “em dash” — some people use it to interject a completely different sentence in the middle of another — the next time you’re trying to avoid parentheses.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Forget what everyone else said. Brackets.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You can, although probably should not, use semicolons; they can be used to join related statements that could, very frequently, also stand on their own.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yea I try to do that too. And then make sure it doesn’t end up a ridiculous run on sentence. 😭

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Just introduce yourself to people as a 19th century German philosopher, they'll understand.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Occasionally replace the parenthesis with a semicolon – or dashes – and you can get away with it more often.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The thing is - and I say that from experience (being somewhat on the ADHD spectrum myself) - that there are no limits to how many of these you can use; or at least that's how it feels to me (sorry!).

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I am guilty of overusing em dashes — I just think they're aesthetically pleasing, even if they're often unnecessary.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

im like small sentence (heres some back story though (and some deeper context thats needed (also something vaguely related to thing))).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Usually by my third edit I’m ready to send. Of course, by then I’ve begun to question if anyone is interested in my option anyway and why am I sending this email? They probably know all this already and I’m too stupid to have realized it.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

oh god I do this all the time, excessively, and have to rewrite emails and posts multiple times to get rid of them as much as possible. sometimes I'll be writing a parenthetical and need to nest others within it..

It's hard.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Nested Parentheticals" can totally be the title of my 15,000 word autobiography. lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

{Nested [Parentheticals] - (An Autobiography), By Admiral Patrick}

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It gets fun when the side thought is longer than the original and starts getting side thoughts of its own. The context needs more context or nobody will get it.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck (Well happens to me (sometimes even nested))

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Linus Torvalds used nested parentheses in his famous Linux announcement email (1991-08-25) so I think precedent says they're OK.

Hello everybody out there using minix - / I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat (same physical layout of the file-system (due to practical reasons) among other things). / I've currently ported bash(1.08) and gcc(1.40), and things seem to work. This implies that I'll get something practical within a few months, and I'd like to know what features most people would want. Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-) / Linus (torvalds@kruuna.helsinki.fi) / PS. Yes - it's free of any minix code, and it has a multi-threaded fs. It is NOT portable (uses 386 task switching etc), and it probably never will support anything other than AT-harddisks, as that's all I have :-(. / — Linus Torvalds

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Nested parenthesis is fairly common in most programming languages.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like to use ellipses cause I never fully finish a thought…

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stahhhp... I do that a lot more that parentheses, and now you've made me self-conscious about it lol

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The other day I wrote a sentence with parenthesis and inside the parenthesis there was a comma phrase, a dash, a colon, and a semicolon on here. Only realized how much of a monstrosity the comment was after writing it, but posted it anyways.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

And then the bonus content comes with its own bonus content (which also comes with its own bonus content [and so on]).

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I do it quite often here and I think of them as footnotes to my writing, because they are tangential thoughts, but still important to what I'm trying to express that it shouldn't be considered a bonus: the asides are more like a public "note to self".

It also makes the writing feel more raw and stream of conscience-y. (I don't have a better word to describe it.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

stream of conscience-y

I think that's why I relate to the OP tweet so much. When I'm writing a text or comment, it's usually in a inner-voice type of thing where I'm imagining myself speaking directly to the person. And I definitely speak with lots of parenthetical "bonus thoughts"

When I'm writing out something important, an official letter or work email, etc. I take my time to form the full thoughts and put that all down in writing as properly as I'm able to.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Me (check my comment history.)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is this an adhd thing?! I haven't been diagnosed but this community makes me think too many times "i thought it was just me".

Because of the tweet did i have to remove my bonus thought it felt unnatural in this context 😂

Back on track: Sometimes do i want to add a parentes in a parents and it hurts every time.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No. A lot of "ADHD thing" tweets/memes are just quirks common across a wide spectrum of people. That they happen to also be common in those with ADHD is just coincidental.

For parentheses specifically, it's just a personal writing habit, and there are other ways to communicate "a thought followed by a bonus thought" without having to use them — hell, parenthetical clauses themselves don't have to use them. Parentheses in particular are probably a result of some people being taught that "a sentence is a complete thought", which is a nice description for someone just learning grammar, but also not actually true.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you inhale when you breathe? It's a common ADHD symptom

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

I always wish it was easy to "hyperlink" parts of my sentence. So that they could hover over it and see my explanation for that part. But alas, that would be too much work.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's all I can do not to nest them 🙃

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Is this one a common trait? I love writing, but I have to constantly rewrite because every sentence uses parenthetical tangents.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Fuck. I go into parenthesis, then brackets, and I've even gone into curly brackets before.

This is a thing, eh?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

ha ha I do that

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

And ellipsis…because there’s always more and we don’t want to stop.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I thought this was just me. I’ve been saying that a lot lately.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I do that all the time- although I often prefer hyphenated clauses (because they look classier)- but I also use a lot of parenthetical phrases (I don't think I have ADHD, but my daughter does).

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do this in almost everything I write out (almost, somethings don't need clarification).

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

A semi-colon would have been more appropriate in this context (but less ironic)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't forget braces {} if you have an especially rambling sub thought.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Anytime I get to a point where I even need to consider using braces or brackets, I know that's when I need to rewrite the whole thought lol

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