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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 99 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I was an only child so I had to do both.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago

You're still here so, good job! πŸ‘

[–] match@pawb.social 58 points 3 days ago (1 children)

one of your kids is smart, the other is a scientist

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] MakingWork@lemmy.ca 55 points 4 days ago (5 children)

If the first child is intelligent and a competent designer, then the second child will be safe. There are no issues here. Just 2 children who trust each other.

[–] hedhoncho@lemm.ee 56 points 4 days ago (3 children)

My sister told me I could fly after watching Peter Pan. I could not fly.

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 43 points 4 days ago

Skill issue

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Sounds like you didn't believe you could fly.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 11 points 3 days ago (2 children)

They believed they could fly, and they touched the sky.

Unfortunately they then touched the ground and the ground touched back

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 7 points 3 days ago

The trick is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss

[–] Fluke@lemm.ee 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop at the end.

[–] Natanael@infosec.pub 2 points 3 days ago

The best way to teach gradients, explain the acceleration gradient across their mass as they hit the ground

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Tink sends her regards πŸ’₯πŸ’₯

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Roof or bunk bed?

Got my brother off the bunk bed but mum caught us before he could try roof.

[–] taxiiiii@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

If you ever think you can fly: start from the ground.

Good advice for children and drunk people.

i always take off from the ground in flying dreams. It’s like jump…jump… Whoah!

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 12 points 3 days ago

If … that word carries a lot of weight with random children’s ideas

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago

Intelligent and competent designers fail A LOT, but they keep trying to find a way to fail the least

"If not duffers, won't drown. If duffers, better drowned."

competent designer

It's a child. How competent can a child be?

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 38 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I was the younger brother. I was "willing" to do a lot of things I knew were bad ideas.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My younger brother tried out all of my inventions. He was "willing", which really meant he never knew what I was asking him to do until it was too late.

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 12 points 3 days ago

I definitely remember hearing "Here put this helmet and [thick] jacket on"... "Stay there and wait" etc

[–] GooberEar@lemmy.wtf 18 points 3 days ago

That is how it do be sometimes.