The isolation has drove him mad

I am not isolated - I have a great social life; I just don't need work to be social as well.

Uh, I think it was a joke.

The caveman line? It was a statement framed as a joke, like a political cartoon.

Yes, that's what satire is.

Sure, I was just letting that guy know it was confirming your belief that EM is stupid. I think we all agree.

A lot of great points. Mostly though I just want to say kudos on the fostering/adopting, I’d like to do the same one day.

Mostly I look at other kids and families, identify what I like and don’t like about them, and work backwards from that.

For example I saw a family at a restaurant and the kids were watching videos on their phones with earphones in, while eating. It sickened me and I will never allow devices at the dinner table.

Another example, I’ve seen parents bring their kids to concerts and sporting events, despite being young and/or having a questionable level of interest. I liked how it seemed to broaden their horizons, and it seemed to me that it’s just as important to have kids join in your experiences where appropriate, as it is for you to join in theirs.

One other important thing I noticed is that your stance on something is only as good as the weakest link that enforces (or doesn’t enforce) something. I have in-laws that cave as soon as their are tears, and it has made it difficult to enforce things like “treats come after you eat your meal”.

Welcome to the Corolla club! I’ve had a 2009 Corolla since 2014. Aside from the expected stuff (brakes/lights/filters/oil changes/wipers/tires/battery), the only maintenance it has needed is a new exhaust connector. A couple things I love about it:

- I like to maintain my own things, and the car and parts are cheap enough that I don’t worry about screwing something up.

- Having owned it for a while, I know it’s quirks. E.g. I know if the radio starts going in and out, the battery is not charging and needs immediate attention.

- I don’t have to worry about it being stolen or getting dinged.

I planned on driving it to the ground, but I’m starting to believe that it will out live me.

Ok sure. We’ll just give you tax advice and not tell you what country it pertains to.

That's fine. Getting perspective from different countries is useful.

Just give them as much money as you want and don't worry about the tax consequences, since there is no gift tax.

I am assuming you are in Canada.

I’m just a sideliner with popcorn, but don’t they use Bitcoin as a currency? So it seems like in that context, they swapped some of their currency (fiat) for their other currency (Bitcoin), which subsequently lost 60% of its value.

In fiat terms, yes. The loss is only realised once you convert the Bitcoin back to fiat.

The reason it is "unrealised" until that point, is that you could instead simply hold until/if the price of Bitcoin (priced in fiat) rises past the level you bought it at, and still sell at a profit (in real terms if you account for inflation, or in nominal terms if you don't).

Then that would be a realised profit.

Hence the distinction between unrealised and realised.

What I’m saying though is that their endgame is not to convert it back to fiat. It’s a currency for them. They’re not hodl’ing their bread money.

Thanks for your honesty with the last paragraph. What was your “x hours” if you don’t mind me asking?

It would be a meaningless data point without the necessary calibration, so that's why I left it at x. Some kids can be left alone to play nicely, others require constant supervision, discipline, redirecting of their energy, etc. The folks I talked to already knew my son and had similar kids / challenges of their own.

Sorry to interrupt your pitchfork campaign, but is there some set of information that we know this could be based off of, i.e. some sort of legally mandated report for shareholders of private companies? This is not my area of expertise nor am I in the US/familiar with US rules, but this thread has me curious.

Shareholders are usually legally entitled to quarterly or year end financials at a minimum, even for private companies. Though I don't know if any such reports are available yet to investors.

OP is in the UK, would they still be able to do this?

They are pretty responsive and I believe these things are happening in EU as well.