“Gifted child, if only they’d apply themselves”, turns into “Average adult, not always reliable and my god have you seen their <thing we ignore because we don’t have the bandwidth> but usually gets things done.”

[–] ulterno@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Well, guess they need to be diagnosed for LBD (Low Bandwidth Disorder).

And then start berating everyone who doesn't care about the small stuff, instead of letting them say that we are "overreacting", just because we realise that, under different conditions, ignoring some of that stuff could cause bigger problems.