My mom used to be awesome with our Windows 95 Packard Bell […] Now she struggles and panics to do the most basic thing if it’s not 1-step on her iPhone.
Hey, pardon me if I’m overstepping, but I’m going through the evaluation process with my mom right now and this could be an early sign of dementia (one that we initially dismissed). It could be nothing, but it might be a good idea to get her checked out if you have any other reason to be concerned.
Individually, the average American generated 4.9 pounds of waste per day in 2018
4.9 lb/day x 4 people x 30 days = 588 lbs, so really not that far off.
Just wanna say I’ve had similar experiences. I don’t think I’d put the number as high as 25% for myself, but my workplace’s internal sites and some local/utility sites are also broken on non-Chromium browsers.
It doesn’t work on everyone. These systems have trouble with certain eye shapes, eye makeup, etc.
There actually is a problem with the technology in this case. It sounds like what they’re proposing is eye tracking, which is not reliable with some eye shapes, eye makeup, dry eye, etc. and any markers they use to try to detect drunkenness would also trip for people with legitimate eye problems. Anecdotally, I once drove a Tesla and it locked me out of cruise control because the tracker thought I was falling asleep. Imagine if the car refused to start at all!
And in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians and Swedes, are generally of what we call a swarthy Complexion; as are the Germans also, the Saxons only excepted, who with the English, make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth.
Ha, I do miss the extra crotch room. Here’s actually an interesting article about why women’s pants have been getting even tighter in the crotch (spoiler alert - it’s money):
I used to wear only men’s pants, including cargo pants, and oh boy is it disgusting how much better I get treated by service workers, etc. since switching to vaguely fashionable women’s pants. Fit issues aside, it’s a lot more complicated than “just buy men’s pants” (although I guess at least cargo pants for women are back “in” now?)
the waist thing is a non-issue
Depends on the shape of your hips. I wore men’s pants almost exclusively until my hips changed a lot during pregnancy and I haven’t been able to find a comfy pair of men’s pants since (and I’m far from the only woman I know with this problem). Glad it works for you, though! The huge pockets are so nice and the fabric is usually sturdier, too.
I’ll stick with ikea until the kids move out
Yeah, this is it for us. I grew up in a home with a lot of “grandma’s heirloom dining table” type items that I was punished for bumping into, spilling on, etc. While I do believe in teaching kids respect, it seems like a lot of unnecessary stress for both parents and kids to use this stuff as your daily driver and we don’t have the space for special-occasions-only furniture.
Maybe this varies from country to country, but IME the mapping of descriptions to numbers isn’t clear, which makes it hard to give a good response. At best, they’ll pull out something like this.
The text of the 22nd amendment is pretty clear:
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice
If they’re going to try to argue that means 1+2 terms is ok, doesn’t seem like that would preclude 2+1.
Thanks so much for the love and prayers! Sorry for taking a long time to respond - I’ve been pretty busy :) We’re still early in the process, and I don’t know how representative our experience is, but I’ll try to describe it.
My mom was also pretty tech-savvy back in the day but started struggling with her iPhone and refusing to do basic things like use the new TV, order for herself at a restaurant, etc. We also initially thought it was just skill rust/difficulty adjusting to change and a bit of laziness/learned helplessness, but in retrospect I think she was legitimately having problems and afraid to admit it. We didn’t really put it together until she started having more overt symptoms.
As for bringing it up… our family is honestly not great at broaching delicate subjects, so I just kind of blurted it out one day. She was pretty resistant at first, but what finally got her on board was when she started hiding cupcakes and such from herself “for later” in odd places around the house and would forget until the ants found them and it was a big mess.
I think a primary care doctor can administer some basic screeners like the MoCA (the tests Trump keeps bragging about passing), but we went straight to a neurologist. My understanding is that depending on the exact cause, there may be treatments that can slow the course of the disease, but they generally can’t reverse it, and we didn’t want to wait any longer given that she already has a family history.
The neurologist first ordered some bloodwork and asked about her sleep to rule out something like a thyroid disorder or sleep apnea. After that, they had her do an MRI and a neuropsychological evaluation, which is a (pretty expensive) day of tests like having her solve puzzles and memorize lists of words. They also interviewed us separately to ask what we’ve noticed, since they said patients will often deny they have any impairment even when it’s become really obvious. We’re still waiting on the results, but they said (tentatively) that she is probably showing signs of at least mild cognitive impairment, and that in any case it’s not a bad idea to have results they can compare to in the future if it gets worse. A few things they suggested in the meantime are doing puzzles, crosswords, Wordle, etc. with her regularly or getting her a pocket sudoku book - just something extra to help keep her mind active.
Again, it’s hopefully nothing to worry about for your mom, especially if she has no family history - I just wish we’d been more attentive in my mom’s case since maybe we could’ve started treatment sooner.
Sending love & prayers to you and your family, too :)