Gormadt@slrpnk.net to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoOld and Peaceful [War and Peas]slrpnk.netimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1763arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squareA_norny_mousse@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·4 days agoThat so reflects the minds of kids. Normal adult (not Death): “Yo kid. Better tie your shoelaces” - Kid: “Do I have to?” - Adult: “Well no, but…” - Kid: (already gone)
minus-squarejaycifer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·4 days agoWhat adult is going to respond that way to a kid? If the kid asks “do I have to” I’m saying “yeah or you’re going to fall on your face and have a bad time.”
minus-squaredeadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days ago do I have to? Only if you like having teeth.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days ago What adult is going to respond that way to a kid? Not me, but I’m seeing it almost daily. Anything they think even has a whiff of imposing their will on their child they skirt.
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That so reflects the minds of kids.
Normal adult (not Death): “Yo kid. Better tie your shoelaces” - Kid: “Do I have to?” - Adult: “Well no, but…” - Kid: (already gone)
What adult is going to respond that way to a kid? If the kid asks “do I have to” I’m saying “yeah or you’re going to fall on your face and have a bad time.”
Only if you like having teeth.
Not me, but I’m seeing it almost daily. Anything they think even has a whiff of imposing their will on their child they skirt.