LillBur t1_it4ycrv wrote on October 20, 2022 at 11:37 PM

Reply to comment by igneousink in China looked at putting a monitoring satellite in retrograde geostationary orbit via the moon by OkOrdinary5299

I'm sorry for our loss.

I've honestly always assumed these people are genius. It sounds like he had all the passion I imagined, I'm so happy to hear he enjoyed his time here. Man, such an uplift to me that I shared a temporary stay on this planet with him -- I really needed to hear about him.

Seriously, what a massive impact

igneousink t1_it506ox wrote on October 20, 2022 at 11:51 PM

i was adopted when i was 19

i had never known "dad" before and there he was lol

the kind of guy that built a seaworthy canoe for a church thing when they were just looking for painted props haha

thank you for your kind words, i needed to hear those, too

adkhotsauce t1_it5pukz wrote on October 21, 2022 at 3:02 AM

How do you adopt an adult?

BlueSkyFunGuy t1_it6gtf2 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 7:53 AM

Through the same legal process of becoming a legal parent of a child, just with someone who's already independent rather than dependent on the state. You pick up the relevant papers at the courthouse, fill out the information and go through the submission process and eventually see a family court for a judge to sign off on it.

A lot of step-parents do it or sometimes people do it so their inheritance is passed on to a person and not the state, there are some heartwarming compilations of the former on youtube.

igneousink t1_it6lqj7 wrote on October 21, 2022 at 9:04 AM

in my case my adoptive parents got a lawyer, they filed the paperwork and i was adopted (along with my younger sisters)

once the adoption went through, i got a new birth certificate with my adoptive parents listed as my legal parents rather than my biological ones