I have been enjoying twoplustwo for almost a decade and I have never

needed to post until now. The collaboration of minds this site offers is

indispensable and I need your help. The mentally handicapped brother in law

moved into my home.

His name is Tom

IQ of 83
26 years old
paranoid schizophrenic
born with fetal alcohol syndrome
Works 4 hours a week at sandwich shop
Chores - washing dishes poorly, talking out garbage etc.

He stopped developing at 14 when he was diagnosed. He enjoys Robocop,

NSYNC, and Mortal Combat fantasy scenarios. He hates any form of manual

labor and will frequently get panic attacks when told to do things like mow the

lawn. Twice I had him pass flyers out, but there was no response from over

1000 pamphlets. I wasn't observing him. He has problems with organization

and needs constant direction. He works at a sandwich shop every Saturday

in which he cuts meat and cheese. He enjoys working there because he loves

being social especially with the young ladies.

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How can I turn -EV Tom into a profit?
I have failed in all my attempts and am at a loss.
Twoplustwo Help!

Do you care about your wife's feelings?

No Moralist response please

wat

You want to kill him and sell his organs for profit?

this is a really weird question. you should focus on making the other assets in your life more productive and profitable imo.

this is like a millionaire who buys and sells hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of stock on a whim but scours diligently through multiple stores and cuts coupons to get the absolute best deal on toothpaste or something.

Not enough information. What is your status, economic ability in terms of this situation, what is the long term goal, what is the emotional aspect of you, him, your wife, the families involved?

Sorry, but you need to write up at least a few paragraphs of what you want, what your wife wants, etc.

Sorry I don't think this is a business problem. This post kinda makes me sick actually, maybe it was just the way you worded it. I guess my opinion is that you should seek to get professional help for Tom, maybe through there find a support group to introduce him to others with a similar iq and/or w/FAS.

If part of you wasn't trying to be funny with your OP I think
you should probably seek some professional help as well. I think I might say the same even if you were half joking with the way you phrased your problem.

+1. The fact that there are always a few non-business posts on the front page of BFI is proof positive that BFI is undermoderated.

The most +EV thing is to institutionalize him. He's all negative skew.

This is not a BFI question, post it in OOT, probably with less pretentiousness.