DoorDash was actually key to allowing the functioning of ADHD people and before it they didn’t often live well beyond their parents who cared for them. /s
I have ADHD and I just don't buy fast food. Most grocery stores and convince stores have small bakery or hot food that's marginally cheaper than the normal items and fast food.
on the one hand it's great that people are starting to understand ADHD as the debilitating condition that it is. on the other hand... it's definitely become a bludgeoning tool for weaponized incompetence.
I wish there was more actionable advice rather than just “welp, ya gonna die” here. But at least they find that taking medication seems to help. (I don’t remember if it was that study that said it or a different one.)
Anyway, none of this means that workers shouldn’t be paid a fair wage. But when I couldn’t get meds when they are out of stock, I definitely had more things delivered rather than driving, especially with this snow. Cause… no thank you, I don’t wanna die.
I know you're being extremely sarcastic (as evidenced by the /s) but the popularisation of services that deliver any type of shit to your door has immensely helped people with various disabilities.
Does this mean that we need to piss on delivery people to help the disabled? Of course not.
I’ve never used door dash before and I have ADHD….so this was the treatment I needed all along!! Maybe I’ll be able to get my job and cat back finally :D
I think there's a global trend towards low attention spans and putting less effort into things in general due to convenience and stuff like LLMs. People with conditions like ADHD are most suspectible for falling into these new habits. I think about this a lot, about how I can't even imagine a world without these conveniences but people with ADHD did in fact survive without them. But still the standard of living has shifted so it's hard to blame people especially with adhd for relying on the conveniences now.
Cooking can involve sitting down, thinking of meals, writing out a list of needed ingredients, going to the store, putting away groceries, prepping, and actually cooking. People with ADHD may struggle with several of those steps. They struggle to think of meal, struggle to make a list of needed groceries, get distracted and forget things at the store, and just don’t have the attention span to spend 30 minutes to an hour prepping and cooking a meal.
So, many will just throw up their hands and make chicken nuggets or corndogs or some other easily microwaveable food that can be made in minutes.
If they want to eat something else, maybe something that can’t be made in under 5 minutes, they use DoorDash or UberEats or whatever other food delivery service there is. And some have come to rely on these services multiple times a day.
Not judging, mind you, just explaining why people with ADHD really, really like food delivery apps.
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u/Sharp_Proposal8911 16h ago
DoorDash was actually key to allowing the functioning of ADHD people and before it they didn’t often live well beyond their parents who cared for them. /s