Maybe the whole trope of "Vampire Lord manipulates thralls by promising to turn them into vampires, but never actually does it" is actually just because of ADHD causing them to never get round to it.

[–] Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

It's not that they never get around to it. It's that the thought of taking on the responsibility of thralls is so paralyzing that they cannot muster the willpower to get it done.

"Hey boss, you ready to bestow eternal life unto us and forever bind us to servitude?"

"Shit, I forgot dude. I'm sorry. Still have some prep to do but I'll keep you updated."

That's a lie. ADHD folks forget a lot of things, but not the horror that is being locked in your useless body watching the clock tick down while you scream internally to just DO THE THING INSTEAD OF TORMENTING YOURSELF FOR HOURS, DAYS, WEEKS, or god forbid CENTURIES when the fix is a simple bite and being fucking honest with your thralls, hoping they understand.

Another hour passes. Executive dysfunction doesn't care. Not like you can metabolize your medicine for it anymore.

[–] Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Wholesome plot twist: the thralls to be know. They don't really care about the conversion, they just think you're cool and see you struggling to manage your lair. The conversion is just so they can help you out after death.

[–] Haus@kbin.earth 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Not all Draculas have castles, just Vampire because he was a Count.

[–] dutchkimble@lemy.lol 11 points 22 hours ago

Count Vampire was quite a legendary dracula

[–] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think having 600 years for your investments would give you access to enough wealth to buy a nice house

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This assumes the vampire is decent with finances.

[–] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 5 points 23 hours ago

I'd be pissed that i have to keep changing banks, because they go bankrupt too often... Like, can't one use the same financial institution for 1000 years without worrying about it?

[–] Marthirial@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago

Dyslecsic fix: Dracul was the noble living in a castle. Vampires live anywhere.

[–] whysteria@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You guys, I've been trying to spray paint a display case for nearly 2 years now. I think I'm over halfway done, but my partner insisted we throw away the cardboard I was using because it was outside for 2 winters and it's been throught a lot neocat, cry

[–] SippyCup@feddit.nl 17 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I have an urgent request for you.

I need to see a finished photo of this display case, I think it'll look really cool when it's done. But I will only care for like, another weekend. So it's urgent, it's gotta be done soon or you'll lose precious internet points!

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 10 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Me too, I want too see the display case !!!!

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Thirded.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 2 points 7 hours ago

Damn you all, because I'm now emotionally invested in this

[–] SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fuck. I have a desk half together in my garage. It's been. Three years. Lol. I'll buy that desktop someday!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 points 20 hours ago

Yes, I have one there as well. I even need it a lot of the times, would improve my life somewhat if put together. But there has been no hint that this would be the year.

[–] kattfisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago

I recently played Curse of Strahd and that dude had food that had been sitting out since before he was a vampire and entire rooms full of cobwebs.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

why would i put it together? the box it is still inside of works perfectly fine

[–] dwindling7373@feddit.it 7 points 1 day ago

What's embarassing about that? It's my stuff I decide how, when or why to dispose of them.

[–] essell@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Connically they do! Or maybe something else

If being chased by a vampire, the advice is scatter seeds on the ground, the vampire will be compelled to stop and count them

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

"Canonically."

And this was pretty funny in The X-Files, when Mulder spilled sunflower seeds. The vampire drops to the floor and starts counting, spitting at him, "You dick!"

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Hahaha, that's awesome.

I didn't learn about this aspect of vampires till a couple years ago. I always wondered why the count on Sesame Street was a vampire.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

The slightly goofy Francis Ford Coppola adaptation both includes it and solves it. Van Helsing throws a bowl of grains into the air and Dracula names the total before they hit the ground.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 day ago

Hahaha, oh damn..

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I get anxiety from unfinished shit laying around the house.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 20 hours ago

(Yes, that it's a core part of adhd unfinished protects - it's not that we don't abandon some projects or just don't want to do them, that to, but the memey is about the projects we would like to do, even enjoy, about projects we think about daily, about projects that give us anxiety through sheer fatigue of thinking about it for so long. We are exhausted.)