People With ADHD Are Not Motivated By Rewards

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Added by Adam • Updated 3 months ago by andcallmeshirley

Category: Meme Status: Confirmed Year: 2021 Origin: Twitter Region:

Type: Snowclone,

Tags: adhd, twitter, snowclone, @siderealmaven,

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superdeep borehole @veryeva ... Replying to @veryeva people with ADHD are NOT motivated by sweet potato fries. they are motivated by regular tater tots. i'm a person with ADHD so this is true about all of them. 4:04 PM · Apr 14, 2021 · Twitter Web App

slim riggins @rigginsslim ... people with ADHD are not motivated by rewards they are motivated by the Home Depot music 4:40 PM · Apr 14, 2021 · Twitter for iPhone

Sa'am ... @BOnerDude People w/ ADHD are not motivated by the 3 ghosts of Christmas.They are motivated by the joy they get out of atonement for their trespasses. It's hard for ADHD people to see their misdeeds. Despite the wealth they have they pulled out of their fellow man are there no work houses

calm until i freak out then its pretty bad @calmandfunny ... People w/ ADHD are not motivated by rewards. They are motivated by shiny baubles and most reflective or metallic objects. They enjoy fidget spinners, especially the ones that cost a bit extra and light up.They chew on wires and cords and also run on their big wheel for enrichment 7:43 PM · Apr 14, 2021 · Twitter for Android

Chirasul ... @chirasul People w/ ADHD are not motivated by rewards. They see no end goal, only the present moment. ADHD releases you from the bounds of time and space. Having ADHD releases you from the laws of physics. ADHD will turn your bones into flubber and allows you to shoot bricks from your eyes

An American Online ... @mattmangels Replying to @punished_stu People w/ IBS are not motivated by rewards. They are motivated by the joy they get out of doing things. It's very hard for IBS people to force themselves to do work they don't enjoy, even if the reward is money or something they need. They need to feel good about what they do. 2:39 AM · Apr 15, 2021 · Twitter Web App

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About

People With ADHD Are Not Motivated By Rewards refers to a snowclone that developed in parody of a tweet by @siderealmaven which posited that people with ADHD "are not motivated by rewards" but by "the joy they get out of doing things" and that it's hard for people with ADHD to do something they don't want to do, even if it's for money or another survival need. The tweet was criticized by some for infantilizing people with ADHD and turned into a snowclone in which people substituted "people with ADHD" for other types of people and the motivations they have.

Origin

On April 13th, 2021, Twitter user @realsidemaven^[1] posted, "People w/ ADHD are not motivated by rewards. They are motivated by the joy they get out of doing things. It's very hard for ADHD people to force themselves to do work they don't enjoy, even if the reward is money or something they need. They need to feel good about what they do," gaining over 17,000 retweets and 89,000 likes (shown below).

my tweets arent about you @siderealmaven ... People w/ ADHD are not motivated by rewards. They are motivated by the joy they get out of doing things. It's very hard for ADHD people to force themselves to do work they don't enjoy, even if the reward is money or something they need. They need to feel good about what they do. 4:38 PM · Apr 13, 2021 · Twitter Web App

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While many people in the replies to @realsidemaven agreed with her assessment and offered their own experiences with ADHD, the tweet was criticized by some for arguably infantilizing people with ADHD. User @Boringstein^[2] quote-tweeted the tweet adding, "please fucking stop already I just need vyvanse that's all," gaining over 50 retweets and 1,200 likes (shown below, left). User @flowrmeadow^[3] tweeted, "everyone got prescribed adhd meds cuz theyre bad at working from home and now its like twitter's new zodiac sign smh" (shown below, right).

Hey it's me Tredt @Boringstein ... please f------ stop already I just need vyvanse that's all my tweets arent about you @siderealmaven · Apr 13 People w/ ADHD are not motivated by rewards. They are motivated by the joy they get out of doing things. It's very hard for ADHD people to force themselves to do work they don't enjoy, even if the reward is money or something they need. They need to feel good about what they do. Show this thread 3:01 PM · Apr 14, 2021 · Twitter for Android

dub bossman ... @flowrmeadow everyone got prescribed adhd meds cuz theyre bad at working from home and now its like twitter's new zodiac sign smh my tweets arent about you @siderealmaven · Apr 13 People w/ ADHD are not motivated by rewards. They are motivated by the joy they get out of doing things. It's very hard for ADHD people to force themselves to do work they don't enjoy, even if the reward is money or something they need. They need to feel good about what they do. Show this thread 5:43 PM · Apr 14, 2021 · Twitter Web App

The criticism led to snowclone parodies of the tweet. User @Nikostratis^[4] tweeted, "people with ADHD are not motivated by rewards, we are motivated by a unending need for revenge on the crime family that stole our '69 Mustang and killed our dog even though we were 'retired,'" gaining over 80 likes (shown below, left). User @GarbageApe^[5] tweeted, "Gamers are not motivated by rewards. They are motivated by the joy they get out of doing things. It's very hard for gamers to force themselves to do work they don't enjoy, even if the reward is money or something they need. They need to feel good about what they do," gaining over 320 likes (shown below, right).