No no you misunderstood the rebrand. Now they do high-end appliances!

They wants some treats, and the treats aren’t in the outside

My favorite part about this comment is the casual Hank Scorpio reference haha I wonder how many ppl will catch it!

This is my favorite anti-anti-vax argument. You won’t take one medicine, here have another with the same medical backing 😂

This is such a salient point about how life has, and hasn’t, changed. Your kids could still very well go out on an adventure nowadays and be fine, as most adults still benevolently keep half an eye on kids. But we’re so damn scared of what could happen that we don’t trust the unknown neighbour.

Take away the phone and you see the world hasn’t changed as much as we fear it has (and in some ways it has, not totally discounting the modern world)

Oh for sure! From my understanding the In Reach is a phenomenal option, I was more just trying to highlight the options cus I didn’t see it elsewhere. Glad to hear yours has held up over time!

Along this vein, there are a variety of backpacking GPS trackers, usually ranging from 200+, IIRC. Made to operate in your pack, they check in intermittently with a noted loved one. Pricier ones also have texting hookups to your phone, and I believe most/all have a panic button

This reads like an ad, I’m sorry lol

There’s a cognitive offloading effect that happens with AI. I don’t know if it’s been scientifically validated yet, but anecdotally the speed, perceived accuracy and authoritative packaging makes AI easy to trust. A reasonable person could input a “help me evaluate this situation”, and an AI would offer a reasonable-adjacent response. It falls to the user to evaluate the quality of the response, and most ppl are not aware of this caveat. AI is a great tool for situational overviews and perceptive blind spots, but the user is and always should be the final arbiter.

Based solely on the info you shared, your father may not be declining, he may be a victim of being an average AI user.

Is his cognition failing elsewhere? Is he doing things that make no sense to someone operating at a normal capacity? Human aging is incredibly complex, and ailing appears differently for everyone. Don’t let a complex tool like non-expert AI usage define your perception of your father. It’s a probabilistic algorithm, eminently less complex than the human mind

Officially the most upvoted comment I’ve ever seen within a day of posting. Winner winner chicken dinner!

I think I prefer “…so wide in the ways of science”

Welcome mods! Looking forward to an active mod team, thanks for taking on the challenge!

Kudos, dohpaz, on the call about beep. The ban hammer is an easy out; I think this shows a lot of integrity and a considered approach to a controversial situation.

This is a good response.

I’ll add from an argument perspective, try to make Signal sound as similar to WhatsApp as you can, then highlight how it’s better.

Don’t bash WhatsApp, it’s an entrenched default (first man in advantage). At worst, highlight why you don’t support it. Humans love homeostasis, even if it’s not good for us (the devil you know) - ppl may actually like it and you have to convince them why your option is better.

Happy persuading!

Whoa. Blakeception

This is an instance where username very much checked out

Piglets as the lead photo in an article about pig semen may not be the sales pitch they think it is

Well, that shorthand just made it into the lexicon

If so, we gave puffer fish a cute name.

I present to you: cute roller newt

The number of ppl who don’t understand this is truly stunning. For some reason ppl think being superior to nature is desirable. It is foolish at best, catastrophic otherwise.

😂

Yeah I was with Shaw before they got monopolized now I’m trying to eek my way out of Rogers (they’ve been kindly upping my bill monthly the last 3 months)