It's both, ADHD people just have a much, much harder time learning to filter it. But neurotypical people can learn to do it too sometimes. I envy the ability to turn it off
I like the meme, but I hate how everyone ships these two, it's one of the few platonic male friendships in media with depth, I'm saying this as an Aro/Ace person.
It could also be a design used in the California class alone, kinda like how Starfleet realized the Intrepid class bio bits were neat, but ultimately less reliable
Canopus fans in Battletech bother for the same reason. Any criticism about the factions blatant sexism is itself treated as sexism.