TIL my decision to drive a 22' full cab pickup truck and vehemently oppose urban zoning reform makes me a defender of social justice, a warrior for the downtrodden, and more progressive than 99% [cont
] of y'all
"ADHD-adjacent food services" this person can fuck aaaaaalll the way off
The title is garbage, but ADHD folk can have a lot of problems preparing food, even ordering food.
Having an option if all else fails is a lifesaver (getting regular-ish nutrition & not starving for a couple of days at a time - not a short term issue, but the psychological effects can compound over time ... this is also the segue/mechanic why so many adhd ppl develop persistent depression).
Edit: to clarity - with delivery I just meant
Having an option if all else fails
An option some ADHD peeps can use, 100% not an option developed to help with ADHD fuckery.
I hate third-party delivery services, those are just exploiting workers & act monopolistic when it comes to fees they change to the restaurants.
I go get my own food, but it still happens that I can't leave my apparent sometimes so I assumed this does help some people.
I appreciate where you're coming from, but understand this is a very personal issue for me. I've been dealing with it for the majority of my life.
I'm not going to challenge the specific merits of food delivery. But everyone deals with their disorder in their own way. For example, I solve this issue by simply living next to a grocery store in a walkable area. It's something I've worked towards over time.
What infuriates me is someone trying to code something as "ADHD-adjacent" - and in this case, pass it off as though exploitative gig service delivery apps are some kind of accessibility measure. We are particularly susceptible to the weapons of the information age, which has engineered easy dopamine hits within the reach of our fingers at all times. They are NOT there to make our lives better. They are there to exploit, profit, and manipulate.
Speaking as an adhd person:
I cannot afford to use these services.
I cannot deal with their bullshit, and, as someone with marginalized aspects of my identity, cant deal with their spyware.
I can, however, walk about a block to a 24 hour grocery store or pizza place thats open late. If i fucked up.
Nearly every single restaurant had food delivery services prior to Uber/Doordash's existence. Many still have.
I mean, there's a reason pizza delivery scooters have been a thing since the 1980's.
I feel seen
Other delivery options help or like pre-ordering pickup on apps have saved my life, but there was a span where I was living on delivery because I couldn’t shop..still kind of can’t figure out what my ‘easy’ foods can be that are also not gonna make my heart hurt.
I have ADHD and never once used and doordash or Uber stuff...I may be all over the place but I'm not an idiot who would willing pay 25-50% extra for nothing .
Never used a delivery app in my life. This person is just using ADHD as an umbrella term for "impulsive decisions", which is an inherently shitty thing to do.
The extra is to save the time of getting there and back. Mostly not worth it but occasionally that extra 0.5h at home are all that's keeping your house manageable.
Funny how people didn't manage their house/life at all before those overpriced delivery services existed.
What the fuck does ADHD have to do with Doordash?
Literally nothing.
Shitty people will associate ANY impulsive decision with ADHD because they get all their mental health information from short-form content.
Actually, the issue here is executive dysfunction.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/symptoms/23224-executive-dysfunction
Regardless, going for a walk to the restaurant for lunch is a mentally healthy activity for all neurotypes.
With ADHD, you can suddenly be depleted of energy, not have the motivation to cook, or simply forget to eat. When you get hungry you can go ," Ah whatever I'll order delivery"
NOW. It may be more prominent in ADHD folk, as myself, but it is not just an ADHD folk issue. This person is just making ADHD their entire personality, and pointing fingers at things they don't like.
Also, I'm almost positive that Madrid( is this Madrid?)has food delivery services.
food delivery services are better in car-light places, because cars (as we all know) fundamentally fucking suck shit.
Executive processing challenged homies love the easy fix of delivery;)
... they deliver food in old city centres like this al the same, they just use bikes or mopeds.
Also non-car food delivery is better, especially during rush hours.
I have pretty severe ADHD and I fucking hate food delivery service apps. What is this post even trying to say?
They're saying their mental illness is to blame for their addiction to having fast food delivered and if you don't think they are entitled to these services you are a bigot.
Stupid people say stupid things
My euro brain cannot comprehend that Americans are discussing about it like it’s something weird or exotic let alone anything special.
Love you all and would love to have a huge ass truck and a shotgun and live the Pißwasser advertisement lifestyle, but it’s really just a square. Sometimes they do markets there from like 6am-9am on a Saturday though which is nice if you hate sleeping. Also there’s probably a McDonald’s. Now you know all our town square secrets
Where do I park my truck? I dont see a single parking lot in this pic and im sure as hell not walking
You need to get a smaller truck that fits in your regular one for driving into the city. Like with a yacht, no need to walk, that’s for losers
I can't tell if you're serious about this.
Idk I see a lot of ubereats on bicycles already
What the heck is this convoluted, but incoherent post? OP must have ADHD jumping between these topics and thinking they're related
Carbrains cant imagine how a system that yeets you across the city at 70kmph underground could exist.
ADHD-adjacent food services
LOL
Yeah really like wtf
"my car brain cannot fathom how such places can exist, where is the parking, why aren't there more lanes???"
Most of the delivery services here in the UK even in places with big roads use bicycles, mopeds, or at most a small hatchback car. They can easily fit through that city.
Well yes but see i don't live there and i need to keep driving my ford F50000 fleshreaper, BLOOD FOR THE CAR GOD
Can confirm, food delivery bikes are a common sight here
Oh, the vehicle was the issue? I though that the central square was deemed to be too confusing for some reason.
Is there an association between adhd and food delivery?
My moomer trait is I just don’t get food delivery.
I feel like that's a millennial trait too, simply because we're all too broke to afford the markup.
Don't... Please don't say it like that. We already had the stupidest sounding generation name.
I guess the devil shits on the biggest pile.
I don't see how anyone can look at those prices and not immediately cancel the transaction. Also the idea of some rando handling my food unsupervised is not appealing.
I would prefer to see a native forest or at least some trees for shade. I could even do with a fountain. I mean, I guess this would be good as a market place but if it's empty what's the point?
True, but I guess the locals are not out when the sun is blasting but having a little sleep.
For me it needs way more trees and way fewer people. Like, zero people.
Don’t need the truck. I’ll walk.
American malls were inspired by the town square, if I remember correctly
You're lazy and can't accept that you have no self control. Stop blaming mental illness. Yes people have it. No it isnt the reason you are worthless sack of shit. That's all you.
It feels good that people are finally starting to feel comfortable saying the harsh truths again. We’ve been living in some bs cancel culture the past few years and it is now coming to an end.
Do American towns not have town squares? My (European) town has 3, that I know of.
Most modern US towns were basically founded about or after the time cars were invented. Or at least have experienced the vast amount of it's growth since the car was invented. So stores and shops, courthouses, post offices, etc have just been built all over the place.
Not really, we tend to have a "main street" where all the popular businesses are lined up, but otherwise a lot of towns are pretty car-centric.
Fun fact... The mall was invented to replace the town square that an Austrian immigrant architect missed.
Many(most?) older towns did have a town square, many still do in various forms. Though it's not the town square they're about; it's the medium density mixed-use housing.
That’s Plaza Mayor in Madrid right? Awesome place, often a tourist trap though with overpriced mediocre Spanish food, but awesome.
I think it is, yeah. It has a metro station relatively close by, which food delivery people often use to get around the city center. The streets around it are also very walkable, and you can go by bike. I don't think it is a problem for food delivery at all.
Wtf does that even mean?
22' is rookie numbers. Needs a full box.
Yeah, no. This looks absolutely miserable. Everyone speaks highly of cities, but why do you want to be so close to your neighbors? Why do you want to constantly be in large crowds? I want to be so removed that I have to drive 20 minutes to see another person.
you do realize that dense cities are literally always in extremely high demand to the point that millions of people are willing to spend absurd amounts of money to live there, right?
it sounds like you have issues
Which I dont understand why anyone would want to spend that kind of money to live in a shit hole... why would someone want to pay to be that close to other people and live in disgusting conditions. I have been to way too many american cities and they are always horrible. Parts of peoples commutes is to step over the homeless who are usually drugged out of their minds. This isnt a "he has issues" its more of a "he doesnt understand the rational"
Everytime you see this sort of post and want to say something like this, please remind yourself that you can do it today, and please take that 20min to think if saying such thing bring any value to the conversation or if it only makes you sounds like an idiot.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/26HDou3UJhPQSTPd7?g_st=ac
At ground level it looks like a lot of European cities - not that crowded, pretty buildings, a few trees, and a shit load of traffic.
You lost me at a shit load of traffic. Its a pretty place, but I like grass and no brake lights.
I think it's just trailing from the "America bad so anything remotely like America must also be bad". See: the mention of the Crew Cab pickup.
Definitely is... I live in the USA, so therefore I am the worst of the worst...
Ah yes, traditional urban cores, historically entirely without any good food options, either delivered, on the go, or even sit-down at odd hours
me in ancient times desperately trying to attach my Gyro Bell order to a dove at 3am
"Stop squirming or I'll just eat you instead, you little bastard!"
I’d imagine DoorDash delivery is a hell of a lot of faster here than the burbs.
Also, in lot of cases you don't even need it. When you live in the city center like that you can just walk 2 min to pick up your order.
Urban cores are full of liberals and at night the pasty progressives sometimes even venture out of their mom’s boyfriend’s basements.