I’ve been needing blood work done for literal years and I just keep putting it off or forgetting because I have ADHD. I am attempting to get it done this Wednesday because I have a doctor’s appointment next week. If I don’t get it done my doctor said I can’t get renewals on medication I need (including meds for ADHD lol) because the meds can cause all sorts of issues if you have high blood pressure or a high red blood cell count, etc. Womp.
If you’re open to an idea for your cats, what I’ve done is condition my cats to expect that they will be fed only when a specific alarm tone goes off at 5pm and at 9pm (my wife feeds them in the morning). I started doing it because they were whining for food at 3pm (2 hours early!) and it was so annoying, which seems similar to your situation. For best results, feed them immediately after the alarm and stay consistent. If you want to change the alarm tone later, go ahead, but expect confusion at first.
It really depends on how interesting the people are and how good they are at storytelling. I’ve met super annoying smart people and really entertaining dumb people so it’s not like intelligence is the determining factor.
I’d probably rather be hanging out with either the more interesting or more autistic group because I think we’d get along the best. If that makes me the idiot of the group, I don’t think that’s too bad of a deal.