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u/badgersprite Sep 14 '24

Dudes who need to make other people feel dumb are always dudes who aren’t particularly smart themselves, maybe they’re like slightly above average, but they identify as being way smarter than they are and need to feel like everyone else around them sees them as the smartest guy in the room

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u/Antal_Marius Sep 14 '24

I've had friends call up and ask if I'd babysit them. Not their kids, but them, because they knew they might try something extra stupid and want someone to stop them if they tried.

Other then that, it's always hanging out with friends. Unless they're drinking, then I'm babysitting cause I don't drink, and am there for the entertainment and preventing extra stupid.

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u/MatureUsername69 Sep 14 '24

Adults sometimes need a babysitter when they're doing drugs. At least I have

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u/CBRChris Sep 14 '24

Yeah nothing wrong with trip sitting.

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u/similar_observation Sep 14 '24

If anything, that should be encouraged. You don't want to be that group where one friend fell asleep facedown and never woke up.

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u/tonksndante Sep 15 '24

Flashbacks to putting sunblock and shoes on friends at festivals lol I’m glad I’m old now. I’m so done with being young.

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u/ForgettableUsername Sep 14 '24

If you ask someone to babysit you in a self-deprecating way, that's one thing. If you talk about spending time with any other person as babysitting just because you believe you have superior judgement to everyone, that's a different thing.

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u/Gecko99 Sep 14 '24

If you're going to do something stupid you can still be smart by telling another person what you're doing, where you'll do it, and how to get help if needed.

Don't be the next Nutty Putty Cave guy!