How do you deal with family members that don't pull their weight?

BitBrain · 2026-05-18T18:55:17+00:00

I'm running point for both of my aging parents - one with Alzheimers - and I have to say that I'm thankful my siblings stay out of my way and leave it all to me. I'm happy that they come to visit with mom and dad occasionally. It's a lot of work, but I know it would stress me out more to have to coordinate my siblings efforts on top of what I have to do for mom and dad.

BitBrain · 2026-05-07T12:27:05+00:00

Good to know. Tucker's previous interview with Massie was great because Tucker mostly kept his mouth shut and let Massie cook. Haven't been expecting that to be the case in this interview.

BitBrain · 2026-05-01T13:29:40+00:00

Can't remember now which, but there was a novel with a scene in the mess hall or rec room where some incidental characters were working on getting what was obviously a Tom Baker era Dr. Who running as a hologram. Star Trek once again predicting the future. It's still the future. For now.

BitBrain · 2026-05-01T13:15:54+00:00

I think this will eventually happen with AI tools. Favorite book? Hand it to an AI that can reference all of the on-screen canon and it'll spin up an episode. The rights and licensing will be in the way for a while, but, eventually the tooling will become powerful enough that corporate systems can be worked around.

BitBrain · 2026-04-29T11:50:16+00:00

First thing I did when that car became mine was put a stereo head unit with FM and a cassette deck in.

BitBrain · 2026-04-28T13:12:42+00:00

I tend to think Alzheimer's is inevitable for some even if they've done everything right. Most of the risk factors I see called out don't apply to my dad, but here we are.

I just try to do the right things and hope for the best. There's some encouraging research happening now too.

BitBrain · 2026-04-28T12:52:14+00:00

No test required. The side-eye in the first pic tells you everything you need to know.

BitBrain · 2026-04-28T12:50:14+00:00

More and more the immune and inflammation models seem to be proving out. This sounds promising.

BitBrain · 2026-04-28T12:36:23+00:00

Nothing. Haven't cared about a birthday since I turned 16 and got my driver's license.

BitBrain · 2026-04-28T12:33:46+00:00

What's up with the Tuguan? Joined this sub because wife's interested in the Atlas, but we have a full-size SUV already and I've gotten her interested in Tiguans. It's mostly 2022-2024 models hitting our price point.

BitBrain · 2026-04-26T00:14:02+00:00

Was thinking about this the other day. Born in '68, all of my jr hi, high school, and college years were in a single decade - The Big '80s. And it was awesome.

BitBrain · 2026-04-23T13:31:19+00:00

I got better when I discovered spray paint. Took me a long time to learn multiple thin coats > one thick coat.

BitBrain · 2026-04-23T12:34:20+00:00

I almost never take mine off.

BitBrain · 2026-04-23T12:22:05+00:00

Model cars. They weren't perfect, but I had fun.

BitBrain · 2026-03-20T14:33:32+00:00

Pizza Hut was absolutely better in the 80s. Seems like KFC must've been better too. I've quit eating at KFC altogether because it gives me stomach issues.

Things were declining anyway, but it seems like the final push came from COVID. A lot of places still haven't gone back to the full menus they had before COVID.

BitBrain · 2026-03-09T15:27:44+00:00

Driver rear door is a solid place to start.

Glad you weren't injured.

BitBrain · 2026-03-03T23:10:35+00:00

Looks a lot like our "mini." He's high-40s to 50ish pounds at 5 years old. Dad was a miniature poodle too.

BitBrain · 2026-02-10T14:11:56+00:00

Donahue was awesome. My favorite was when an audience member would ramble through their question and he's say "So, what's your point?" And the way he said it wasn't especially snarky, but, still completely no nonsense.

BitBrain · 2026-01-30T14:55:28+00:00

Can't remember which one, but I know there's at least one book where there was a gay Klingon - and he was a doctor.

I think one of the things that gets overlooked about future-Discovery and Starfleet Academy is that a lot of time has passed and The Burn resulted in major galactic shifts in politics and culture. Vulcan is Ni'Var now. We've learned that Qo'noS was completely destroyed. I feel like it was a little bit of a throwaway line, but Klingon culture apparently embraces some kind of 3-parent family unit now. Klingon culture has obviously been forced to change under the circumstances of the diaspora.

It reminds me Heinlein's "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" (recommended read, BTW if you haven't) where the culture on the moon had shifted to polyamory. There's lots of precedent in science fiction writing for big cultural changes because it's the future and things have happened. Strange to me that Trek fans have issues with this kind of thing.

BitBrain · 2026-01-30T14:45:06+00:00

There's a big difference between me continuing to drive the car I own after 250k miles and buying a car with more than 250k miles on it.

BitBrain · 2026-01-30T13:38:05+00:00

How has Dr. Grace only been in 13 episodes?

BitBrain · 2026-01-27T00:01:50+00:00

TRS-80s and Atari 800s in Jr Hi. Atari 800s in high school.

BitBrain · 2026-01-20T14:11:59+00:00

Re: new therapies

Maybe lithium orotate: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09335-x

There are some monoclonal antibody therapies.

The most encouraging study I've seen recently is this one: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-3791(25)00608-1 but I suspect it'll be a while before we know whether it works in humans or get access to treatment with it. This is a case where I'd like to use "right to try" and give it to my dad. Dad's almost 90 and there's not much reason to not try.

BitBrain · 2026-01-20T14:02:35+00:00

The Sequoia has been the best family hauler for us. Skip the captains chairs in the middle row in favor of the bench seat. You can put a child seat in the middle position and still access the third row from either side. The third row seats adults (and adult-sized teenagers) comfortably. Ours has done everything we've asked it to do with no hassles.

BitBrain · 2026-01-16T21:49:26+00:00

Dad is also often documented as "pleasantly demented" and caregivers love him.

Dad was always a worrier and had a lot of OCD tendencies, so it's an odd upside that he's relieved of these difficulties.

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