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B.A. Parker

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313 total appearances

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It's Been a Minute
Pop culture has a "bean soup problem."

And everyone all of a sudden thinks they're Dr. Phil. Or they'll be like, oh, he twitched. That means he's lying. Or like, oh, they went into this hallway. Clearly they are a traitor. But that's all of us. That is the level of like kind of like literacy we're on right now.

It's Been a Minute
Pop culture has a "bean soup problem."

And everyone all of a sudden thinks they're Dr. Phil. Or they'll be like, oh, he twitched. That means he's lying. Or like, oh, they went into this hallway. Clearly they are a traitor. But that's all of us. That is the level of like kind of like literacy we're on right now.

It's Been a Minute
Pop culture has a "bean soup problem."

Someone made that up on Twitter and people just ran with it. We're at the point where I have to like explain to a relative, like, no, no, this is AI. Rihanna is not showing her sonogram to her grandmother and posting it on Facebook. That's like a legit thing that happened to me this weekend. I had to be like, that's not real.

It's Been a Minute
Pop culture has a "bean soup problem."

Someone made that up on Twitter and people just ran with it. We're at the point where I have to like explain to a relative, like, no, no, this is AI. Rihanna is not showing her sonogram to her grandmother and posting it on Facebook. That's like a legit thing that happened to me this weekend. I had to be like, that's not real.

It's Been a Minute
Pop culture has a "bean soup problem."

Someone made that up on Twitter and people just ran with it. We're at the point where I have to like explain to a relative, like, no, no, this is AI. Rihanna is not showing her sonogram to her grandmother and posting it on Facebook. That's like a legit thing that happened to me this weekend. I had to be like, that's not real.

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

Every couple of months, I think I'm going to learn how to draw. I buy a sketchbook. And then I'm like, no, there's a yoga mat in my apartment right now that I bought in the pandemic. Did I do yoga? Once. This is my friend Parker. And then I'll have like these impulses. I'll be like, okay, if I do this, this will exponentially make my life better. And then you're like, okay, now what?

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

Every couple of months, I think I'm going to learn how to draw. I buy a sketchbook. And then I'm like, no, there's a yoga mat in my apartment right now that I bought in the pandemic. Did I do yoga? Once. This is my friend Parker. And then I'll have like these impulses. I'll be like, okay, if I do this, this will exponentially make my life better. And then you're like, okay, now what?

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

Like, oh, this shelf is going to be the thing that's going to solve all my problems. Okay. Wearing a lot, man.

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

Like, oh, this shelf is going to be the thing that's going to solve all my problems. Okay. Wearing a lot, man.

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

Sure. My name is B.A. Parker. I'm a radio host and an Aquarius with ADHD from a magical land called Baltimore.

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

Sure. My name is B.A. Parker. I'm a radio host and an Aquarius with ADHD from a magical land called Baltimore.

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

I mean, I hate to say TikTok, but it was TikTok. There were certain things that TikTok figured it out before I did. And then my For You page started getting more and more ADHD focused. And I feel like they knew something I didn't. And it was less hot Mountaineer men. And whatever the hell I was watching in the town, like, you know, Canadians? And, like, K-dramas.

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

I mean, I hate to say TikTok, but it was TikTok. There were certain things that TikTok figured it out before I did. And then my For You page started getting more and more ADHD focused. And I feel like they knew something I didn't. And it was less hot Mountaineer men. And whatever the hell I was watching in the town, like, you know, Canadians? And, like, K-dramas.

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

And then it became, like, are you a millennial with ADHD? And I was like, am I?

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

And then it became, like, are you a millennial with ADHD? And I was like, am I?

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

You know, you're doom scrolling and then someone's like, hey, are cabinets bad for you? Do you, when a cabinet closes, do you, like a baby with no object permanence, forget that something exists? And I was like, wait, I do. Do you come into a room and forget what you're in there for? And I was like, I do. You push things off to the very last minute to do them. I was like, my whole life.

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

You know, you're doom scrolling and then someone's like, hey, are cabinets bad for you? Do you, when a cabinet closes, do you, like a baby with no object permanence, forget that something exists? And I was like, wait, I do. Do you come into a room and forget what you're in there for? And I was like, I do. You push things off to the very last minute to do them. I was like, my whole life.

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

And it was like a lot of things like that. And I was like, wait, do I have ADHD?

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

And it was like a lot of things like that. And I was like, wait, do I have ADHD?

Climbing the Walls
How social media changed ADHD forever | 3

Thank goodness I was also like going through therapy during the pandemic. And so I talked to my therapist about it. And my therapist was like, well, I mean, there are tests. You can take a test and, you know, we can figure this out.