u/ITakeMyCatToBars

I know I’m shouting into the void but
My new commute takes me down Lincoln to the Park St bridge.

I have had to call in two dead cats in just ten days —the operator this morning said there was another a few blocks away, also on Lincoln.

As the mornings get darker, I am not looking forward to how many more times I’m going to call APD nonemergency “hey, can you come scrape up another one?”

It is a real bummer start to my day!!!

I know there’s not much realistically that can be done, but I’m sad and wanted to put it somewhere I guess. Y’all know how folks drive on Lincoln Ave.

To the little long hair tabby on the 7th and the tuxedo kitty today: I’m sorry humans let you down.

TW: disordered eating.
I spoilered the whole thing but don’t know if I did too much sorry.

>!I have a hard time getting nutrients into my body. Between the ADHD and Zero Executive Function; and the autism and having poor awareness of my vessel in general — add to that my tummy is still “touchy” at 38, after starving and abusing laxatives earlier in life.!<

>!I was jazzed when I found a meal replacement that I can choke down… and even look forward to. Unflavored, unsweetened gruel powder mixed with half water and half guava nectar.!<
>!Part of me was a little pissed at the whole “adequate nutrition makes your body feel better” thing lol!<

>!Fine, the human body needs fuel to run. I finally took that lesson to heart when I equated it to “your beloved vintage convertible needs oil and coolant and gas to run… my body is a beloved vintage convertible and I need adequate correct fluids and additives to function in my meat-sack.” (Shoutout to the intensely logical side of AuDHD lol).!<

>!I ran out of my nutritive bag of chalk and had to go without for two days. I’ve gotten so pleasantly accustomed to my gruel, that even a canned oatmilk coffee latte tastes like a saccharine chemical bomb. It was like night and day, trying to run my car on nutritional-empty. Very frustrating, my brain did not brain how it usually does. Fog and a headache all day.!<

>!Im scrolling my phone (as one does) when I see a new advert from my brand of Gruel… it depicts a skeleton looking sad in the kitchen.!< >!IMGUR link!< >!!<
>!It really bugs me that something I used to get adequate nutrition into my ED-affected-vessel is now being advertised as GLP-1 “friendly”.!<
>!If I was in the thick of my ED and saw this ad, I’d be asking mom to order it right the hell immediately, with visions of only eating #X calories for the whole day!!<

>! !<
>!Thinness is lauded in US centric society, and looking literally ill and skeletal is celebrated on the red carpet. People are seeking out temporal wasting ON PURPOSE, rather than it being an indicator of malnutrition.!<

>!It really bugs me how disordered eating is sold as “health.” No one’s telling the orthorexic gym bro who cut a grape in half to “hit his macros” he has an ED. Intermittent fasting and “extremely clean eating” are also concepts that can go from zero to ED real fuckin fast.!<

>!I don’t want to support adverts that make me feel this way but this is the only nutrition support I’ve found that works for me.!<

In conclusion: maaaaaaaaaaaaaan, why’d y’all have to go that advertising route, you suck