Never throw a meme together in a hurry, it’s like typing a reply and hitting post before you check what you wrote.

Euro Gray is a weird one. Given the naming conventions for gray/grey, it ought to be “grey”. Must be a US color referring to European styling.

Donald was indeed a Democrat.

He should have gone with Colossus. There was a great 1970 scifi film named that about AI and… oh no, never mind.

Pattern: 7, but I swear they were a different color.

I could see you not reacting well to the gift and them being upset, but then it turned into something more than that. They made the mistake of doing something that you claim is well known you don’t like. You held your line and rather than let it sit for a bit insisted it had to go. Now you’re both mad/upset over a gift. Doesn’t make sense, does it? Even more so if the value of this object isn’t that much even new. Who is hurt more by this? You’re confused about their reaction but were you hurt by the act of giving, even if it was something unwanted? The core thing you should ask yourself is why it became an argument, and was it worth it? It doesn’t even matter who was right.

My father fortunately didn’t turn violent with his dementia, but the word salad mess was similar on everyday topics, both in writing and in talking. And it didn’t happen quickly, so we got used to him sounding a bit quirky.

There are topics to debate on concerning AI use, but in the end art itself is always subjective. What’s funny is that AI has gotten to a level now where if used carefully it might fly under the radar of AI critics, meanwhile they are attacking artists who aren’t using AI but have a style that seems to them to be “fake”.

Wonder what the audio version sounds like?

It speaks a lot of today’s world when so many replies were about some type of debt or replacement of assets. My gut feeling is if the rules don’t require a tangible purchase (aka Brewster’s Million) putting the bulk into something that will grow the base amount is the best option. But it depends on any debt and its interest rate, as removing that expense is usually the best move as their rate is going to be far greater than any interest you can gain.

I can have a voice in my head that helps me find the right direction. I don’t attribute it to some god though, and it never pushes me to think it’s such a thing.

Except Feynman did answer in the end, or at least gave us an idea of what’s going on without diving into the hard physics. The journey there was to teach us that asking questions doesn’t always lead to a simple answer, and can lead to more questions.

Trump probably got two of those very strong neodymium magnets together and can’t get them apart, so now he’s confused and pissed at China because that’s where they were bought.

Then the country’s population will get better at math again.

You’re right about it being different. That’s why the argument of driving in snow doesn’t hold up. Driving in snow that stays crunchy snow *IS easy. Northerners who have that as well as plowing equipment think it’s easy because it is for them.

The temperatures are another thing. They can keep them. Not a fan of negative numbers, regardless of which scale is used. Definitely not F, nope.

Or it just stays in the conditions where it’s more likely to sleet, which builds up and freezes into a sheet. Doesn’t matter what tires you have, what 4-wheel drive, where you’re from, or how much experience you have driving in snow… if there’s a lot of ice on the road, you will hit some slick spots, and how sure of your being immune to physics will demonstrate itself.

I understood that reference.

There’s only one on there that I simply can’t do.

I can’t stand the sun for long.

Correct, which is why it should be pronounced just like the word that was meant to be typed, only replacing the “o” with a “p” sound. It wasn’t that hard to figure out when it became a thing, people just like word drama.

Sometimes fan fiction takes an idea and does a better job, expanding it, fills in gaps, or simply goes places the author didn’t even think of. Some can stray too far from the core but still have some valid contributions. Some take a single line and tell their own exceptional story.

If anything the rest of our family has taken the lesson to heart to put into place things to protect their loved ones. And like you said, they could have done even a little to help themselves before it got too far, but for some reason they procrastinate, avoid or refuse help, and even lie and say they have everything worked out.

I hope your mom’s situation changes for the better to protect her, and you. If their relationship with each other is still good (some get toxic) I would push it hard and use some guilt and hypotheticals to get him to do something official if he cares for her at all. And if not… now might be a better time to cut loose than it being forced on her.

Some places are like that, and it makes sense. Others do not, and if there isn’t some formal paper connecting the two then they don’t get the benefits or penalties of making such commitment. I have a relative that lost their home of 35+ years because when the partner passed there was no mention in a will or any document of them contributing. Suddenly it wasn’t their place to live.