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      3 months ago

      That sounds like mental illness.

      ETA: Replace “work” in that quote with practically any other activity/subject, whether outlandish or banal.

      I sit through movies but I don’t remember them because I’m thinking about baking cakes.

      I sit through movies but I don’t remember them because I’m thinking about traffic patterns.

      I sit through movies but I don’t remember them because I’m thinking about cannibalism.

      I sit through movies but I don’t remember them because I’m thinking about shitposting.

      Obsessed with something? At best, you’re “quirky” (depending on what you’re obsessed with). Unless it’s money. Being obsessed with that is somehow virtuous.