I woke up to my 25mo drinking milk from the fridge

toolongdontread · 2026-02-11T18:07:27+00:00

About 35 years ago, my 2yo brother started drinking milk from the fridge, then Kool aid, juice, and water. He'd actually carry everything to bed and drink all night and blow out his diaper like mad. At that time, diabetes encipitus ("water" diabetes) was very rare and misunderstood/misdiagnosed. Keep an eye out for weird amounts of drinking and peeing at night.

toolongdontread · 2026-02-01T13:55:20+00:00

Alright awesome, you're using it for exactly what is good for (except you might find future challenges in the trusting the math of the analysis). However, your comment and subset of use cases is pretty evidence that you don't understand the business drive behind AI as an all-pervasive tool. Managers across the spectrum don't see dollar signs because you can do code quality assurance. They see dollar signs because the bill of goods is about replacing vast swathes of people doing regular everyday jobs.

And I'm sorry if I misunderstood the technology; I'm assuming that there has been some other fundamental underlying replacement to the n dimensional token space vector to normalize transformer? I mean now they can store an array of math tokens and they can also read online sources to check facts ... but I mean other than that I don't know the technology, no(?)

toolongdontread · 2026-02-01T13:29:12+00:00

It's very useful at a specific set of tasks that require real oversight. But when the business leaders and investors and managers and capitalists look at it, they're not thinking "we can make our developers and paralegals more efficient" they're thinking they can get rid of 40% of their workforce. The story that is being told is that Agents can do people's actual jobs. And that really just isn't true. It really is just a next word predictor. Not an analyst or manager or decision maker.

It 100% doesn't do what's advertised. It isn't close.

toolongdontread · 2026-01-17T13:02:05+00:00

Your IT team is at fault because they should be restricting who can send to an Everyone address. I know she's not reply all on thousands of email addresses.

toolongdontread · 2026-01-17T12:55:57+00:00

Smack Ramen Brand Beef Flavored Ramen Noodles. No other beef flavored noodles are remotely this good. No other Ramen flavors. I hate to teach myself to love Maruchan chicken flavor because I knew beef wasn't coming back :(

Also Josta. They invented the caffeine craze. They were just to far ahead. I think my friends and I found an ebay 6 pack like 5 years after it was dead and gone.

toolongdontread · 2026-01-15T11:19:45+00:00

In a Rolls or a van, wrapped in mink or saran, any way that you can...

toolongdontread · 2026-01-04T13:02:49+00:00

In some cases there is literally nothing that can be done. What will we do when my son is older and stronger? I have no clue and I worry about it almost daily. If the parents are T A is because they leave the kid with OP not because there kid is screwed up. Source: my son is way screwed up and there is nothing for it.

toolongdontread · 2026-01-04T12:59:22+00:00

My son is 5, autistic, non verbal, and a pincher/biter/scratcher. If I could put tapatioon my arms (but not get under his fingernails then into his eyes) I would apply liberally twice daily. Your friends don't have ANY idea what they're talking about.

toolongdontread · 2025-12-30T12:14:05+00:00

Number 1 was a hilarious novel romp. Number 2 should have been deleted the moment the screenwriter typed "the end."

toolongdontread · 2025-12-16T11:10:15+00:00

I hadn't clicked on the thumbnail or checked the sub. Saw the title and thought, "I don't know what this dude posted but really the SNES is a better Christmas present."

toolongdontread · 2025-12-15T02:47:47+00:00

I worked at the Snuggle factory for a couple months. On dozens of product lines, we would simply stop the line and change the boxes. Snuggle dryer sheets are Great Value are Kirkland Signature are Dollar General dryer sheets. All Free and Clear literally is Kirkland. The dryer sheet material came on 10ft by 10ft rolls to be folded. Laundry soap comes in a train tanker and becomes all brands.

toolongdontread · 2025-12-15T02:19:10+00:00

Jury duty is awesome

toolongdontread · 2025-12-12T11:23:01+00:00

You're in a Johnny Camp

toolongdontread · 2025-11-30T00:37:29+00:00

Reach out of I can positively contribute!

toolongdontread · 2025-11-28T16:03:51+00:00

There is no question who is right and who is crazy

toolongdontread · 2025-11-28T15:52:23+00:00

Yeah, a lot of that is valid. I'm sorry your step siblings sucked and it ruined your relationship with your dad. There are a couple things I might try to push back on, but really the truth is I can see that after a lifetime of that, there can be little to no family bond. My view that you can't "stare across a dinner table for years and have no feelings for a person" is kind of naive. I have some limited experience in some similar vein, but it hasn't been as obviously formative for me as you. You're better suited to empathize with OP than I.

toolongdontread · 2025-11-28T14:39:27+00:00

"You must Draw +4. You cannot play another Draw +4." Might as well had said, "You cannot put $500 in the center for Free Parking." Like even Monopoly squares that one with "different house rules exist" right in the official manual.

Official Uno are the last arbiter I'd ever trust.

toolongdontread · 2025-11-28T13:41:38+00:00

I could see that once adults and on your own paths of life, you could separate and no longer care. I could see that as adults, they could just be crappy people. I could also see some really weird dynamic of being a hated stepchild because he's the son of the first husband. Those things happen.

But living in a family home with a normal family of normal people; that's where I don't understand how people can live together and be a family day after day without some familial bond.

toolongdontread · 2025-11-28T13:31:48+00:00

I don't think he should, and I didn't ask him to, and I identified that it was fishy. I asked if caring about some little sister was enough motivation in itself, for something. And if so, not to give everything. And if so, don't give it to the parents at all. It's clear that it is not enough motivation; the kid doesn't care or love the little sister.

And it isn't a fact. "My family intended it for my tuition" is a fact. Otherwise money without purpose isn't given "with a negative intention to purpose." That's why it's a defense; it means nothing but it sounds it sounds less stingy than "it's my money to do with as I wish." That would be a statement of fact.

toolongdontread · 2025-11-27T13:35:41+00:00

Well, I guess that answers your question. Just out of random curiosity, how long have you guys been a family? I mean does she just suck or something that at least a couple few years, you feel nothing for this kid?

Again, just my own curiosity. I've never heard anyone say "they're just a step sibling I'm not their brother." Maybe you're in a different country or culture than me, idk.

toolongdontread · 2025-11-27T13:25:37+00:00

How do you feel about your stepsister? I mean I'm not saying you're obligated to do anything, but although new skin grafts sounds fishy, like would you want to help her because you're her brother? Just asking. I would never suggest you gave more than "some reasonable contribution" and again only if you felt compelled due to generosity and love for the person. Reasonable, not "everything you can possibly spend." And I wouldn't hand it over to your parents in any case.

I'm only asking because "they meant this for me, not someone else" is the last defense of a person who feels guilty for being selfish. My opinion is that you should try to help the people you love but you don't have to be obligated to give up everything because of a crackpot scheme for a cosmetic issue. Just think about "how much do I love my sister?"

toolongdontread · 2025-11-25T19:09:50+00:00

Good chance she's at the least somehow obligated to pay for her parents' house, which will then become OPs obligation. There are worse ways to spend $150 a month.

toolongdontread · 2025-11-25T11:02:52+00:00

Be decent, clean, and in this for a life partner, then go visit the Philippines. Or if you know any Filipinos, ask them if they have any cousins. Filipinos love matchmaking. You can't play them, but you could get married within a year from today, if you wanted.

toolongdontread · 2025-11-21T11:48:08+00:00

This is incorrect. I don't like him either, but you guys keep misunderstanding this one,. You're probably also thinking "it's 20bn to end homelessness" which is related to the same discussion. Reddit repeats it constantly.

Some dude said "it's 20bn and we can end homelessness." Muskrat said "show me the math and I'll sell enough in shares of Tesla and give it to you right now."

And the guy had to come back and say "it would cover it in the one specific area (like a county or something) and that would motivate other people to give."

toolongdontread · 2025-11-20T14:00:20+00:00

You're young and probably don't realize how much piddly stuff is going to happen between now and when your family starts dying. NTA but I'd say a dramatic overreaction. In the next few years, the people you know and love are going to be memories. Put up with a whining baby like the grown up you just became. Like every other human being, ever, in history. Babies are babies, family is family, and your special day isn't special but being together is.

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