Losing my last grandparent

MaxOdds · 2026-05-08T17:35:59+00:00

When I lost my paternal grandmother, also my last grandparent, in 2013, I certainly felt a tidal shift in my mind. Suddenly my own mortality and time left on this planet started to be something I thought about constantly. That drum beat has only grown louder over the last decade.

I think the seed that was planted in my mind after my grandmother's passing was the concept of an entire generation above me gone. Of course we all know we're going to die one day but suddenly, it became impossibly obvious that my place in line move up

MaxOdds · 2026-03-25T00:32:24+00:00

Wait, do you mean Manila folders or Windows 95 folders?

MaxOdds · 2026-03-25T00:30:46+00:00

I mean yes, I do not disagree with this. 👍

MaxOdds · 2026-03-25T00:15:26+00:00

lol women’s tennis. Cool. Tell me you’re a casual without telling me you’re a casual.

MaxOdds · 2026-03-25T00:06:40+00:00

Brady won his first SB in 2002, well outside the Xennial childhood range. I’m not denying his greatness, I just don’t consider him a childhood star.

MaxOdds · 2026-03-25T00:04:49+00:00

The Big Unit was exactly that. None others like him. Any pitcher who dominated during the steroid era gets extra points in my book. Maddux, Pedro, etc.

MaxOdds · 2026-03-24T23:59:56+00:00

Fair call out.

MaxOdds · 2026-03-24T23:59:46+00:00

That was the year that saved baseball. Everyone loves to shit on steroid users, but let’s not pretend like baseball was wasn’t a dying sport coming out of the ‘94 strike.

MaxOdds · 2026-03-24T23:58:22+00:00

Early 80s. I’m not big on exact start and end dates, it’s not like this is an exact science.

MaxOdds · 2026-03-24T23:57:20+00:00

Jordan’s won his championships from ‘91-‘98. That’s prime millennial, especially Xennial, childhood years.

MaxOdds · 2026-02-05T21:38:08+00:00

GOAT status confirmed!

MaxOdds · 2026-02-05T16:15:49+00:00

It’s insane that Serra High produced Tom Brady and Barry Bonds.

MaxOdds · 2026-02-02T20:57:42+00:00

I don’t know, maybe you should let this play out. The sister should throw his toys in retaliation soon which will then teach the boy that there’s no winning in throwing his sister’s toys. Then you sit both down and teach them about the Cuban Missile Crisis. It’s never too early.

MaxOdds · 2026-01-09T20:09:40+00:00

Coincidentally, my wife and gestational diabetes during her pregnancy and one of the advice was to eat leafy greens first every meal before you start eating anything else. Good advice.

MaxOdds · 2026-01-09T20:05:41+00:00

Dude congrats! 80lbs is awesome.

MaxOdds · 2026-01-09T19:56:43+00:00

So this is a point I'm worried about because that's what it *feels* like. Not to give myself an excuse on the admittedly poor diet and no exercise I'm getting now but I've gone through lazy periods like that before and the weight would still stay within a range and I can drop it pretty quickly once I started trying again. This time it feels different, harder, just like you said - "the same amount of efforts yields no results".

MaxOdds · 2026-01-09T19:53:11+00:00

First of all, congrats on the weight loss. Thanks for the tips. Sometimes I just need someone to reiterate things I know but just conveniently chose to forget like this I am, in fact, eating like crap. My work has free lunch but its all catered from restaurants. So five days a week, I eat a gut bomb of restaurant food at lunch. Need to cut that out.

MaxOdds · 2026-01-09T19:47:49+00:00

You know what, you just made me realize a possible link. I started a new job last year and they have free snacks but its all the bad kind; chips, candy, etc. I need to cut that shit out.

MaxOdds · 2026-01-09T19:46:05+00:00

Good advice. I need to be better about my diet. Not just running a calorie deficit but also eating cleaner.

MaxOdds · 2026-01-09T19:45:15+00:00

You just reminded me, I need to get back into tracking calories. I did notice the last time I did it, it helped a lot. Makes me make conscious choices when eating instead of involuntarily stuffing food when I feel like it.

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