Empathy & Atrophy

@empathyatrophy.bsky.social

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EM PA • she/her

Chalk unicorn wearing a gold chain with a rainbow, spewing pink “fire,” and wearing a sweater.
Sign on the back of a truck that says, “Veterans are not suckers or losers”
Children’s floor puzzle entitled “greetings from Florida” with major cities and the Gulf of Mexico labeled
A purple pamphlet with the words: “Daily Lesson Plans for EXPLORING CREATION WITH ZOOLOGY 2: SWIMMING CREATURES OF THE FIFTH DAY by Lynn Ericson ©2006 Schola Press”
Law firm ad with text that reads “Suffered unexpected tooth loss after taking Suboxone film? You may be eligible for compensation” over an image of a young man
Salt bae
Photo of an ED chief complaint stating, “Plapataion/shakes,numbness”
An image of the statue of liberty with this text beside it: “Happy New Year 2025! With hopes for reviving our constitutional republic as a United States of America standing together in freedom, liberty, and justice for all. Love, Aunt Linda & Uncle Rob”
A short, fat French bread on parchment paper.
Red wine in a stemless glass with painted butterflies and bedazzled “mom” with shower tile in the background
Photo of de-identified patient chart: “[redacted] is a 10 y.o. (was 9-years-old when seen, happy birthday!) male”
Mall kiosk selling plastic phone covers
A photo of a Barbie “generation beat” magazine in classic 90s magazine styling. Two kids play with Barbies in the background
Challah. Braid has improved significant. Under the parchment paper, a Fourth of July blue and red stars plate peeks through
Challah #1, overcooked and poorly braided
A wine glass that says “a house united” the U is a menorah and the I is a Christmas tree. Featuring my bitten nails thanks to an extremely stressful week and a scar on my hand because I couldn’t find gloves for yard work ONE TIME and now I have a permanent scar
A helmeted child on an ATV
Instagram comment (replying to a post about vaccines) that says: “ it's all there, baby. You think @houseinhabit with 1.2M followers is all conspiracy? a you livin under a rock baby girl!”
5’s homework app. Instructions state, “click on the button. Spell the word that you hear.” 5 spelled “g-a-y-v” Followed by a red banner saying “incorrect.” Below it, “the correct answer is: g-a-v-e”
Women (labeled “IM”) is screaming “encephalopathy” while a cat (labeled “EM”) says “AMS”
Screenshot of a thank you from planned parenthood that says: “Thank you. Thank you for standing with Planned Parenthood with your generous gift of $17.26. Your gift today will help support Planned Parenthood health centers that provide critical services like cancer screenings, birth control, and more and deliver reliable, accurate health information. It will help fight to ensure all people can access quality, affordable health care, no matter what.”
Screenshot of a birthday party invite featuring a sinewy AI unicorn with 6 (?) legs
A GI endoscope photo of a desiccant capsule clearly labeled “do not eat” with a image of a person with their mouth open and an adjacent capsule with a strike through (universal symbol for “do not eat”)
Badass of a man wearing a shirt that says “science doesn’t care what you believe”
Do people not accuse you of being a witch?" Isabella laughed. "Are not all women? The mistake lies with the men who think we cast spells with eye of newt and skin of toad, when all we need is our bodies and our wit."
A goodrx screenshot showing estradiol gel is $563.99 with a coupon
User v.jeweled.13: “sorry i my health insurance doesn't cover eye care, so i can't really see these photos very well. good luck tho”
Me struggling to do a cartwheel
Kiddo doing an awesome cartwheel
My baby’s tiny hand holding my finger
Advertisement for “time to think clearly, a critical analysis of hematology and heme malignancy studies” featuring photos of Aaron Goodman, MD and Vinay Prasad, MD MPH looking absolutely insufferable and holding guitars
Photo of a military backpack with a patch that reads: “OH SHIT I FORGOT ABOUT DRE”
A drawing of two humans climbing ladders surrounded by what looks to be daggers or red crosses attached to black lines underneath a giant rainbow. Across the top it reads, “thank you Mr PA Frank love [redacted for privacy]”
A follow request from Vinay Prasad
Project instructions: decorate the outside of your home for the holidays. You can use glitter, pom-poms, pipe, cleaners, ribbon, and other craft supplies to make your home look, festive and bright. BE CREATIVE!
A magazine “best of Tampa bay” voting section including options like “best personality to follow on tiktok” and “best stripper”
Text message that reads: Today’s neighborhood entertainment from Angie…Sooo, the plot thickens. Rick the cop just called and said Kate was arrested this morning at the 7eleven up the street. Guess she slept at the bus stop last night. She was trying to steal a cup of coffee and some breakfast and a women with a dog reported her and when Kate found out she ratted on her, she tried attacking the women and kicked her dog and the women had a gun and pulled it on kate and held her until the cops showed up and they arrested her this morning. Oh lordy 😱
An instagram ad that says, “mama, have you tried butter breaks?”
Advertisement for Quest labs gift cards “quest lab tests make great gifts for the men in your life. This Father’s Day, help them prioritize their health”
A 38 weeks pregnant woman wearing a black and white striped dress standing with a devastatingly handsome man wearing a blue NASA tee and khaki shorts
A grocery list including basic items like bread and cheese with a single entry in child’s handwriting that reads “GldFiSh”
Photo of a diary with kid handwriting spelling “I playd wif the glas balreens” and I drawing of two ballerinas.
Wooden door in hospital hallway labeled as room #1581 “director of quality” with a sign hanging on the door that says “but did you document it?”
A cake shaped like a penis and testicles held by a hand with red painted nails
Map depicting a motocross track directly across the street from the hospital
“Glue makes the U sounds in the middle. Find each picture makes a long U sound in the middle.” Options: cube, flute, tie
Two children watering an Arizona cypress tree
A photo of the Jumbotron at Raymond James stadium in Tampa showing players holding the Gasparilla Bowl trophy
A wooden serving board shaped like a penis and testicles
Me wearing a llama Hanukkah sweater and wobbly menorah headband
Preschool summary showing “make it rain experiment” and “movement-umbrella song”
A group of 4 year olds petting a goat at school
Screen cap of an instagram post of a tweet that says, “people who say “just move the car seats” have clearly never moved pleural car seats.”
Chandelier with many differently shaped globular and cylindrical white opaque glass features that look like like breasts
Someone famous (?) wearing a white crop top and loose light-wash jeans
Fridge with water, 4 different energy drinks, 4 colors of Gatorade, hot pockets, uncrustables, and soda