Because that’s what the “exo” part means.

Same rules if you’re a woman and dealing with an aggressive man.

You’re absolutely right, and I was just being hyperbolic and rhetorical there, but I totally agree with you, and I wasn’t trying to be totally anti-meds.

I use my ADHD simulation meds as sparingly as I can, which is more than I would like. They actually make me feel tired. Like it’s suddenly quiet enough that I could nap, and I basically never nap.

I don’t mean to be that guy, but I have an ADHD diagnosis given when I was a teen and given again as an adult. Having ADHD doesn’t mean you’re secretly one diagnosis away from becoming a superhero.

You put anyone on medical-grade stimulants, they’re going to start being more “productive” and find their life gets better. Everyone under the age of 30 thinks they have ADHD. No. You just live in a world of hyperstimulation and you have for your entire life.

Everyone doesn’t have ADHD. At this point, everyone should just be prescribed stimulants and use them in combination with the legal stimulants to keep up with the world. Then we can all be the productive laborers we are supposed to be.

Coffee and tea used to be enough for several hundred years, but then the ravages of capitalism forced faster work conditions and increasing demands for productivity while simultaneously building a technological culture that demands your attention. They’re both making money off of you: one for your faster, more efficient work and the other for your attention and the ease with which you are distracted.

You don’t need fucking stimulants, you need a labor union and a better world.

Most of the spots where I live aren’t close to the doors. They’re not handicapped spots. They’re just located next to the shopping cart return chutes, which are usually generally found in the center of the parking lot. That CAN help someone that struggles to walk, because they can use a cart to support them as they walk from the middle of the parking lot, but it’s probably less ideal than a closer parking spot (if available).

Hey, thanks for your understanding. It is much appreciated.

I do return the cart when I can!

Excellent! Though, you would be surprised how often they’re taken just because they’re the closest available spot.

And agreed, my car does get bonked by shopping carts fairly regularly when I’m in those spots.

My car has cameras that monitor the exterior when I’m parked, and the amount of times I’ve come back to watch a video of someone on their phone and just ramming the cart directly into the rear is… more common than you’d think.

But! They were returning the cart, so it is kind of a win-win, I think.

It isn’t about their “sanity,” and you’ve made quite a few assumptions here.

And you’re this mad about people not privileging your interests when it comes to checks notes shopping carts being returned? I take it you still ride inside them rather than push them? 🤣

Blocked.

Edit: I was going to block, but I checked your comment history.

Hey. I love my kids. I do try to take care of them in parking lots. They run around in the woods pretty freely, they travel often, and I’m very proud to be their parent.

Everyone deserves supportive parents, and I’m sorry that your parents can’t support who you are. That isn’t fair to you. That is THEIR problem. It is THEIR flaw. You didn’t do anything wrong. I bet more people than you even realize love you for just who you are. Focus on them! Let them be your support.

I hear you, but in a busy parking lot, the shopping cart elevates the height of the children, making them visible to cars.

Where I live, the grocery store and target or whatever are primarily SUVs and trucks. The blind spots on vehicles like that are huge, and my children suddenly decide something looks and interesting and will sometimes just bolt off.

They’re pretty good in parking lots, and obviously we have to and do walk through them, but, when I can, I try to limit the time my children spend on their feet in a busy parking lot.

My daughter barely comes up to the bumper of some of these trucks! But I do appreciate what you’re saying, and I tend to agree with you in most circumstances.

They’re usually the two spots directly next to a shopping cart chute. They allow a parent to take a returned cart from the chute and immediately put their children in it so that they don’t have to walk through a parking lot where no one can see them in their rearview mirrors. Also, you may not know this, but sometimes small children just… start running when they get out of the car. If you’ve got more than one child, it can be very difficult to hold them while trying to get your other child or children out their carseat. Those things are like jet seats.

It’s much easier to plop then in a cart that makes them visible to surrounding cars and less able to run away while unloading kids. It is also better for getting them into the store. I live in America. The average distance needed to see a 2ft child through the WINDSHIELD is shocking. When multiple cars are backing up and trying to leave a parking lot, it’s not fun.

https://x.com/dannyman/status/1661087159082967040?s=20

Yes, it is “unfair” to people that don’t have kids, but, given it helps reduce the chance of small children being hurt or killed, they are generally seen as a part of good parking lot design.

If you’re less interested in the safety of children, perhaps you might also think about it from a profit perspective. Making accommodations for people who are interested in the safety of their children is more likely to attract people with children, who very often spend money in the store for not only themselves but also those children.

Additionally, it reduces the incidence of tragic accidents involving children in a commercial parking lot, and costs almost nothing, which is generally seen as a positive by most businesses.

It’s not all in my head, insofar as it then makes the drive home miserable because they’re upset. You honestly think that your desire to whine about this ever-recurring meme complaint about shopping carts isn’t “just in you head” too?

They’re both “in our head”: I’m worried about my kids’ happiness and comfort, and you’re worried about being critical for a meme.

It’s a shopping cart. I do what I can, and when I don’t have the kids, I return the cart to the chute. I realize it’s funny to make this a big deal on the internet, but my real point was that people with small children find it harder to do, and if we all keep spaces near the chutes open for people with children, it’s much safer for children going into AND back out of the store.

And you’ll get your shopping carts returned more often, as you’d prefer.

I have very young children, meaning very often I can walk away from the car after getting them in their carseats and unloading the groceries or whatever and be gone for about two minutes before one or both of them start losing their minds and getting scared. If the shopping cart return spot is more than two minutes from my car (round trip), then the cart gets left exactly two minutes (round trip) closer to the return spot and in a spot that doesn’t inconvenience a) anyone parking, b) anyone leaving, and c) the employee that will eventually have to return it to the store.

Ideally, I catch someone walking inside the store on my way and ask if they’d like the cart, but not always.

That’s just how it is, I don’t feel bad about it. I don’t know if you all live somewhere where these cart return chutes are more available, but most large parking lots here are the size of like two football fields and they have three total return chutes.

What irritates me is how often the “parent parking” spots are filled with people that get into their cars with no kids. They are typically located right next to the chutes, and it is great because you don’t have to walk short children through a parking lot, you can put them in a cart, and then walk in where cars backing out can see the little kids.

I seriously rarely see people with kids using those spots. 100% some of the people in this thread are using the parent parking spots without kids, returning their shopping cart right next to where they’re parked, and then judging people for not returning their carts.

I find your reasonable and informed comment insulting.

“Blessed is the Madgod, who tricks us when we are foolish, punishes us when we are wrong, tortures us when we are unmindful, and loves us in our imperfection.”

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He would prefer to think it’s just the media reporting that a sizeable percentage of the country not only disagrees with him but would probably smile as the person you’re responding to was jailed or harmed.

Can’t totally blame him. “OMG u fuktard itz tthu mediaz making cheeto poplar!!1!” is much easier to deal with than reckoning with the fact that a) he was elected once, and b) based on current polling, he’s likely to be elected again.

It’s quite literally the same problem of the right, just reversed. The media are the problem, let’s not look at the reality that is quite apparent all around us because it’s scary.

Read the actual study. And also, like… look around you, if/when you go outside, and actually pay attention. Have you not noticed?

I love this post. Thanks. 🥰

Ok. I initially responded that I didn’t even read your response, because I didn’t, and I just asked again if you are OK. And I really meant it.

But that seemed rude, so I deleted it, and I read your comment. I’m going to skip over the earlier parts and move to the end of your comment.

Ok! That makes me feel better. If you’re just mixing it up and having fun arguing on the internet, I get it. You’ve got time and you’re having fun. That’s cool, man. It just comes off a little weird to people, I feel.

I, while I respect what you’re saying, don’t want to spend time arguing the point. If I could, I would just like to explain to you what my understanding of the situation is, and then, if you disagree, I’ll respect that.

Binary search is effective for many things. However: imagine a camera on a blank white wall that was recorded for 24 hours.

At some point during that 24 hours, two people crossed in front of the wall that was being recorded, and one punched the other and then ran out of frame, and the other person ran after them out of frame. The entire exchange was on screen for only a few seconds. The wall was completely unchanged by the encounter.

In that very particular instance, rare as it might seem, binary search will not be more efficient for locating the footage. Does that make sense?

Seriously, my guy. Are you having a mental breakdown or what? You’re accusing rational people trying to correct you of being botnet responses, you’re constantly moving your goal posts and accusing everyone else of doing it, you’re being intellectually dishonest and accusing everyone else of doing it.

You are being transparently and irrationally defensive all because you can’t admit you made a mistake. Surely you can see this is no way to go through life and no way to spend your time, right? I’m worried about you.