But here we are, years later, and he’s still hell-bent on becoming a “Carrington.” Why?

I think you answered this yourself directly after this.

Well, for one, he’s never liked me or my last name, and he’s not close to my side of the family at all…I have siblings, but…neither did I ever let my son visit them. The last time my son saw my parents or my siblings was when he was 10 years old, and that was it.

From my perspective your side of the family sounds dysfunctional. You have siblings and living parents but you don’t see them and won’t let him either? What exactly does this lineage represent to him I wonder? Isolation? Disappointment? Bad feelings? I can’t imagine it’s anything good.

But still, that doesn’t give him the right to change his last name

Depending on his age, you have no say in this decision and I think you need to come to grips with that.

For actual advice: talk to him and try to understand what is driving this without judging him or trying to change his mind. Additionally, I’d work to repair your extended family relationships, with your son. If his linage is real people he has bonds with, I suspect he would be less willing to sever those ties.

I wish you the best of luck.

Yup. Getting temp banned for this as well. Be respectful next time.

If you giggle while they grope you, it makes them very uncomfortable.

Source: I can’t help but giggle because the whole thing is so dumb.

In the era of fake news, I really only trust CUM publishing.

For a bigger house in a hot climate, it can be a significant expense. Additionally, air conditioners typically can’t cool beyond a certain differential, so letting all the cold out means you might not be able to get the house down to where you want it any time soon.

Midwesternism intensifies

Steel is roughly $0.30-$0.60 a pound

Copper is roughly $5-$6 a pound

It’s a crazy timeline where I’m agreeing with him.

Respectfully, I don’t think thats their intent:

They created a new, water- and oil-proof food packaging material made of mycelium from mushrooms and cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) from wood that easily decomposes once its purpose is finished.

Very cool! I’m an idiot, but I wonder if it’s water and oil proof, how do you get it to “easily break down”? I imagine some sort of processing step to remove the coating, but I didn’t see that mentioned

It’s in the docs.

https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/test-and-evaluate/strengthen-guardrails/handle-streaming-refusals

You and I both know they don’t consider this a breach.

No. You’re just talking out your ass. Some of that stuff you said simply isn’t doable. You don’t just get a new SSN. That’s an ignorant statement.

https://www.ssa.gov/faqs/en/questions/KA-02220.html

I’m saying no. I could find nothing on the books that prohibits specific printer tech or mandates hidden tracing be added for it to be legal.

Using the tool for illegal activities is illegal, owning a printer capable of producing fake notes isn’t.

Where are you seeing that it’s illegal? I own a pen plotter that can print things without tracking dots and that’s not illegal. I don’t see why this would be any different.

I’ve been here for a couple of years now and have never gotten anything like that. I even occasionally ban people (which I can’t imagine they are too happy about). 🤷‍♂️

And a good 6-7 to you as well