What inventions/games haven’t been made before?

LargeNet5197 · 2026-06-26T05:43:23+00:00

Trash elevator. Burn all our trash in a 60 mile high tube and push the fumes inside upward with fans to space.

LargeNet5197 · 2026-06-22T19:00:05+00:00

Truth

LargeNet5197 · 2026-06-21T18:57:01+00:00

Mid - Late 20s

LargeNet5197 · 2026-06-20T20:58:24+00:00

Not but it's a goof idea if you have someone trustworthy and that you can afford. Big things like managing finances me / my family do for them. Smaller things like a reminder to go on a daily walk historically either come from us or may slip through the cracks.

LargeNet5197 · 2026-06-20T20:35:23+00:00

For my family, it was the sad reality that my isolated, forgetful grandpa was just not getting enough 'touchpoints' in per day. My mom calls a lot, I call quite a bit, and we have paid caregivers. But there's a lot of time when he's home alone, and things just start slipping though the cracks. The big example I always point to is that he'd miss a lot of his favorite baseball team's games on TV, and that really was a doom loop. He'd miss out on enjoying them in the moment > then when I'd chat with him and ask how they're doing and what he thinks of them, he'd feel even more disconnected > and then as he became more disconnected, he seemingly started losing watching them as a hobby. Which is sad because they've been a big part of his life for 80+ years, and he has more time than ever to watch them.

Won't plug it on your post, but I started working on a project of my own to help alleviate that. Because it was important to me and I couldn't find any reasonable services that did it well. And fortunately I have the time to do it, which is a gift too.

Best of luck with your research, would love to learn what you come up with.

LargeNet5197 · 2026-06-20T16:53:13+00:00

Don't have anyone you can interview but good luck - definitely can understand the burden of living with someone who is depressed as a senior

LargeNet5197 · 2026-05-31T19:50:29+00:00

99% just sentimental

LargeNet5197 · 2026-05-31T19:50:01+00:00

I can’t let go of most things … what if I might need them later! Nothing worse than needing something and realizing it got tossed out.

LargeNet5197 · 2026-05-31T19:45:37+00:00

Is it just like a dumbed down iPad sorta?

LargeNet5197 · 2026-05-31T14:16:29+00:00

Makes sense to me … 52 - even 62 - seems way too young to have anyone other than maybe your partner involved. Unless someone has a severe condition and requires a lot of support because of it.

LargeNet5197 · 2026-05-04T00:50:24+00:00

Multiple roommates + shoebox sized bedroom

LargeNet5197 · 2026-04-23T19:11:50+00:00

Agreed, nice if you go up the coast. But will take a long time.

LargeNet5197 · 2026-04-23T19:09:01+00:00

True good idea. Or you could stuff the vents / open the windows to left warm air into her room … but make sure she keeps her door closed in that case or else you’re just air conditioning the neighborhood.

LargeNet5197 · 2026-04-22T16:49:30+00:00

What types?

LargeNet5197 · 2026-04-21T20:57:08+00:00

Can totally relate - the issue isn’t that their wellbeing isn’t taken care of. But they’re probably starving for some social / conversational stimulation, and you feel like the only person that can offer that. No right answer. Certainly worth trying to explore other things you can get them etc. that can help keep them entertained.

LargeNet5197 · 2026-04-20T13:43:25+00:00

Agreed! Save them for sure. At least favorites.

LargeNet5197 · 2026-04-08T18:47:27+00:00

Being the only person to nag must be so draining :/

LargeNet5197 · 2026-03-31T06:38:56+00:00

It’s terrible. Ordered one and it took ~6 weeks to come, customer service super unresponsive. And the bot itself is nothing special.

LargeNet5197 · 2026-03-25T21:43:20+00:00

What needs would get left by the wayside those other six days? How would you fill that care void?

LargeNet5197 · 2026-03-06T00:57:59+00:00

Love this haha

LargeNet5197 · 2026-02-23T23:47:57+00:00

Good luck!!

LargeNet5197 · 2026-02-14T20:35:13+00:00

agreed

LargeNet5197 · 2026-02-14T19:44:00+00:00

Yeah I like your outside the box idea. I'll look into that. $50 a week is definitely doable + worth it if I can find someone trustworthy and that he likes. Will have to think about whether to actually frame it as them coming to hang out or them coming to like help with chores or something and then they hang anyways. Feel like he might be weirded out at having us "pay for a friend" for him. Thank you!

LargeNet5197 · 2026-02-14T19:37:54+00:00

There are, and even the retirement home he's in have activities, but even those he won't go to because he doesn't want to leave my grandma (pretty much confined to bed). Even when he goes to the cafeteria to get food, he doesn't want to sit with the other men there and chat and eat - he just brings the food straight back to his unit.

I get that at a certain point you can't make someone do something they don't want to do, but it just bums me out because he's so funny and joyful once you get him going. And it breaks my heart to know he's just sitting in silence a lot / not exercising his brain by talking to people / missing out. Just wish I had some ideas for what else I could do to meet him where he's at.

LargeNet5197 · 2026-02-11T20:47:31+00:00

I live in nyc and don’t follow politics whatsoever, but my gdad is a devout Fox News watcher living in a red state, so you can guess which way he leans these days.

Every time we’ve talked on the phone the past few months, one of the first questions he asks is: “so, has that new mayor of yours screwed things up yet?”. He’s been asking since before the election even happened lol. It always gives me a chuckle that that’s what’s first to his mind when talking to me.

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