If they were hoarding cats, or rusty cars, or old refrigerators, or piles of scrap metal, etc., the authorities would intervene, and get them help for their mental illness.

This is a common misconception.

“The authorities” (USA viewpoint) are really extremely unlikely to intervene in any way at all with hoarding, and even more extremely unlikely to provide any kind of useful mental health intervention.

If the hoarding is causing a public safety hazard then the authorities may eventually start fining the hoarder until they do whatever is minimally required to clear the hazard.

Much much more likely, if the hoarder is renting, the landlord may evict them which is one of the many paths to homelessness.

But by far the most common outcome is that the authorities do nothing whatsoever to stop or help with harmful hoarding behavior.

In this way, crazy aunt Florence and Elon Musk are similar.

From the article:

we do not claim it is true

That’s some hard-hitting journalism right there

April 28

No. Very pleased to have all my bits.

They are taking the piss, this is not a real word people would say in German.

Power of attorney really does not help at all.

Power of attorney is granted to allow you to do stuff they want for them as if you were them. It does not allow you to override their clearly-expressed will.

To override their will you would need a guardianship which (at least in the US) you are not going to get until they are quite far gone with dementia.

TL;DR at least in the USA your parents have a legally-protected right to be as stupid as they want and you can’t use the legal system to stop them

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa No!!! My data! Please stop doing that!

Hiked out to a hot spring at Big Bend National Park with my laptop, my satellite dish, and a big solar panel, and spent my day working with my feet dabbling in the river.

That was a pretty awesome day for me but I bet in 50 years people will just be irritated that all the cool places are full of losers trying to get work done and ruining the vibe

unless they force people to stop and wait to get their money

Do you really feel like inconveniencing us is unlikely?

A few years ago before I moved away, PNC bank had a few branches with new ATMs that made me tap through ads for loans and special checking accounts.

My family calls them charging doots

Edit: or also sometimes “wall-to-usb adapters”

Plex was great in 2001 2004 when I had videos on my Macintosh and I wanted to play them using the PS2 PS3 hooked up to the television.

20 years is a long time for a rug pull. I think they just found themselves more excited about money after a while.

Opposite: I (US-ian) was visiting friends in Germany and they took me on a bike ride in the woods.

“Look!!” (Bike sudden halt, stop and point into a tree with full arm) “a squirrel!”

I’ve been really liking Wheel of Time. I thought the books were really great world building but desperately needed some editing, and the TV provided some good editing. Sue me.

No they’re kind of just doing their thing how their thing feels best to them

Everybody is their own person and dating may not be for you, but autism does not have to mean that. I have a diagnosed autistic friend who dated so much they have two spouses now.

I mean, everybody in Canberra is from someplace else anyway so I wouldn’t expect any local special spelling for common words. Maybe I just got in with a pocket of queries weirdos 🤷

In Canberra I worked with a few people who confused me with their talk of draws.

In Australia they just straight-up spell it that way

Cut off for sharing, or cut off for running illegal/unsafe/unlicensed wiring and plumbing connections?

Go to the bathroom and eat a snack.

I spent a vacation once with no internet and no lights. Worked myself hard all day snorkeling and went to bed at dark.

Every night, woke up in the middle of the night for a peaceful amble to the jakes and wandered around for a bit enjoying myself before going back to bed.

It felt very natural.