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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • How exactly do you “support your family” and “walk off the job”? I don’t see anyone lining up to make sure people affected by the fire (not tourists that might miss out on a vacation) are doing well, or have an income, food, homes, their businesses back, or their lives back. Yeah, there are some charities that are helping, but that’s not the same. As the article states, it’s a double edged sword, but not tripping over snorkeling tourists, or having to go perform for a group of tourists would definitely make the shit residents are going through a lot easier.

    I get it, Hawaii, like many other places, are built largely on tourism, but people need to have a little bit more self awareness and respect for other human beings.

    This is 1000% the entitled “me me me me” culture.






  • My mother still gets those disposable film cameras and then has the film developed. I feel your pain.

    I gusss the biggest question is is that even something your mom wants. If yes, I personally feel like the iPhone is the most user friendly smartphone for older people, but I understand the way people feel about them.

    Either way if she wants to learn how to use is, then set some time aside, and go through everything step by step, together, in person. Then either she can take notes, or you can give her a “how to manual” that’s specifically for what she wants to use most frequently.

    Something like to take a pic select this icon.

    If you can’t find an app, go to Home Screen and click search above the bottom bar. Type the name.

    How to get to Home Screen. Swipe up from bottom of screen.

    And so on.

    That way she can have analog version of what she really needs to know and anything else you can help when you can. It’s not foolproof, but I’ve seen it work well for a lot of things.


  • My mother (mid 70s) and grandmother (early 90s) are obstinate. They wont even TRY to learn how ANY tech works. Neither even understand how to use their dumb cordless house phones 99% of the time. They both have dumb flip phones for emergencies and neither has a computer or tablet.

    2 things I can tell you. 1. Regardless of what they WANT, get them tech that YOU can work with, and refuse to help them with anything else. And 2. Set realistic expectations, from the get go, on how much you can/will help them, and what YOUR schedule allows. Maybe it’s because my family are all narcissistic assholes, but they will suck you dry with the constant needs. I find that the older people get, regardless of their personalities they seemingly all get way more needy like toddlers or worse.


  • So, like 2016 DNC wants to keep the status quo, and won’t bend at all. At least this time the actual issue isn’t on the same ticket, and they can’t force the ticket. I honestly don’t think stein was their problem. Bernie was. And Clinton (she is wildly disliked by MANY) herself. But it was the DNC treatment of Bernie that cost them, not the third party ticket votes. At least imo.

    Personally I’m excited to see people running, who share my views, more than any “mainstream” candidate ever has.






  • So, if I can’t vote, that means I can stop paying for all the shit I don’t use, that’s specifically for kids, right? No more payments to help schools, after school programs, meal programs. Hell yeah, my taxes just got quite a bit cheaper.

    To clarify, I’m totally fine paying for those things, as they help lift society up (when government doesn’t steal the obey and give it to the Uber rich/giant corporations). It just don’t think that fuck face realizes what all us “childless losers” do for them.



  • There are a lot of people who are/were totally ok with Reddit after the blackout starting, only commenting that people are fucking stupid, and they need to shut up about it already. I know a couple people like this.

    Honestly, Meta, TikTok, twitter, etc have already shown us people honestly don’t give a shit, as long as they get their serotonin/dopamine fix.

    Personally, I haven’t intentionally been back since the 11th, and the only times I’ve accidentally gone there, it was for the 3 seconds it took me to close it down. And I don’t intend to go back.


  • To clarify. I didn’t say it to limit what how long what I typed out, but yes, I always ask first, unless someone asks me.

    “Can you help me get down this step?” Yes, absolutely, take my arm.

    If I See someone struggling to move trash cans back down their driveway, for instance “would you like some help moving those?” If they say no, ok have a nice day.

    I encounter a lot more elderly people than disabled, and usually it’s a resounding yes please help, but I respect when it’s not. I also took care of my aging grandmother forever, so I am good at picking out what’s the stubborn “I can’t do this dammit” mindset.