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15:36:53
isoraqathedh
Allegedly, the kid only likes chips and chips and bread because they have the correct textures.
15:37:44
isoraqathedh
(Referring to some 12-year-old with ARFID that has gone blind because his diet is entirely chips, and the other chips, and some white bread and finally maybe a bit of ham.)
15:38:27
minty
holy shit thank you iso. this is exactly it. he's got very high self-esteem, is happy with his body, but is veeeery narrow in his diet. i make sure he gets enough protein and vitamins and everything. he's not nutritionally deficient by any means
15:40:17
isoraqathedh
Now obviously I'd caution you against just thinking it's ARFID because it reminds /me/ of it, but if you believe that it's something you want to address or otherwise get it checked out about then, well, I would finish the sentence but we all know how that conversation would continue.
15:42:38
minty
oh, yeah... i just, it's a small town here of like, 200 people with only one doctor. on the off-chance it is this, i'm betting the doctor is not aware
15:43:13
isoraqathedh
Presumably if you bring it up to him he'd talk to his network, but I suppose he probably has none.
15:44:18
isoraqathedh
(My expected reaction is something like "see a doctor", "can't, it's too expensive", forty more lines of the same "healthcare in the USA is bad" call-and-response sequence that we've all been at before.)
15:48:40
minty
but yeah health care in the u.s. is prohibitively expensive yada yada so is housing yada college costs are soul crushing blah blah
15:51:42
minty
ON A MUCH MORE CHEERY NOTE when i get the paycheck from this two weeks of working 6 days a week i'll be able to pay for my car's registration AND pay off my paypal credit line!
15:53:03
minty
having two credit lines open, and student loans, that i make regular payments on is the only reason i was approved for the car loan.
15:53:44
minty
banks need to know that they can reliably take your money before they approve you for something where they can take your money
15:53:52
isoraqathedh
The knobheads over at G7 have finally decided that the things they wanted from two years ago are in fact the things they still want to say today.
15:54:05
isoraqathedh
They sure haven't done anything to those effeects, but the things are the same.
15:55:10
minty
they said they were gonna raise the minimum wage here, and forgive some student loan debt
15:55:59
isoraqathedh
I mean even with that express statement they can't even get a profit motive for Nord Stream 2 to keep happening.
16:01:25
isoraqathedh
It dropped on the ground and then I looked on the ground and it's not there anymore.
16:07:54
minty
man... now that i've eaten and opened the school tabs i need to read i'm getting immensely exhausted
16:08:33
minty
1 more week of this schedule too, wake up go to work, come home college papers fall asleep do it all over again
16:11:12
minty
i really don't get the u.s. system. "we need an educated society for a competitive edge in the global business world" "let's financially crush everyone who wants a higher education"
17:54:48
gingerale
https://chat.tymoon.eu/data//stevenchan/0f7651ab3945bd0145d29eabb0617c0da346680c40888aea2965d02ea34f0080.jpg
20:20:34
minty
https://chat.tymoon.eu/data//stevenchan/f47fd1168cca0cba46b23fac0f6b553788e9597c41922b617ffa73c9413b769b.jpg
20:35:35
minty
https://chat.tymoon.eu/data//stevenchan/9ba611a4ff3ee7887b28de3599bbddf7f0b23cd748eaee59831467585926d2f9.jpg
20:39:15
minty
https://chat.tymoon.eu/data//stevenchan/f3a4b786046c9f8d052b5fdeda7e2655d16fb553e5138669406796de1a43be50.png
20:41:02
minty
oh gosh, old peanuts comics... i used to have original hardbacked peanuts books from the late 60's n such...
20:41:20
minty
https://chat.tymoon.eu/data//stevenchan/7c201ce35d6930161ff5ef75153d2c40b89176a68123bf16661e890ca4b4b0f3.jpg
20:41:24
minty
https://chat.tymoon.eu/data//stevenchan/748503a1718e40c0f4294ea15fb60841e80b6e4021c643e3be48176d367d6216.jpg
20:42:51
minty
i think my brain has done enough school reading for the day here... i've entirely checked out now