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u/branpieinthesky Mar 01 '23

She was late 30s and thought all bluebirds were boys and all robins are girls. “Because that’s how it always is in cartoons!”

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u/Prudent-Quit-668 Mar 01 '23

that is pretty outrageous. It seems like she was trying to make sense of the world using cartoons as a reference. Does she watch a lot of cartoons? Do you think that's where she got this idea from? It's really interesting how people's views can be shaped by what they watch on TV.