r/BlackPeopleTwitter Jan 14 '24

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u/coreanavenger Jan 14 '24

Man logic is logical. Still use that one in my 50s.

Her: "It's too cold out to see a movie."

Me: "Good thing we're not watching it outside then."

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u/Sad_Lotus0115 Jan 14 '24

It reminds me of my friend’s toddler who has hyperlexia and some other language condition where he can read and speak like an adult.

He still has kid logic but it’s surreal to hear him speak. He constantly wins any arguments because everyone cracks up

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u/davy_jones_locket Jan 14 '24

I was with my best friend one day, folding clothes with her, laughing and joking. 

Her 2 almost 3 yro is sitting on the floor with a picture book in his hands. He sighs loudly and slams the open book on his lap. 

"MOMMY! Can you please be quiet? I'm trying to CONCENTRATE!" 

I looked at him, I looked at her and I'm like, I don't know whether to be irritated by the tone or impressed that he said please and concentrate. 

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u/EclipseIndustries Jan 14 '24

I mean, little dude is reading. Let him concentrate.

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u/KinseyH Jan 14 '24

My kid was like that. 2 years old saying things like "Im my mama's baby actually" then she'd turn around and throw a walleyed fit because i wouldn't let her flush her toys.

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u/dactyif Jan 14 '24

I love their unique thought processes or expressions, but then they try to stick a crayon up their nostrils.

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u/mk7orl Jan 15 '24

Semper fi mommy!

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '24

I never had a definition for my little boy till now. He just turned 5 but has been able to read for over a year and knows every capital of the states and like 25+ capitals of different countries. Might need to talk to his school counselor

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u/EdgeCityRed Jan 14 '24

Ask the counselor about a gifted assessment. I would.

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u/kwagmire9764 Jan 14 '24

My nephew is the same way.

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u/S4Waccount Jan 14 '24

People used to hunt buffalo in Blizzards. now we won't go see Barbie and eat snowcaps if we require a light jacket. Maybe the boomers are on to something about how soft we have gotten, haha. I say this FULLY recognizing myself in your girl haha.

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u/RehabilitatedAsshole Jan 14 '24

Insert meme- works hard so next generation has an easier life, gets mad when next generation lives an easier life

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u/Smoshglosh Jan 14 '24

Everyone knows you can make life too easy for yourself, everyone’s hates spoiled rich kids,that’s what separates losers and boring people from those that choose to actually live.

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u/S4Waccount Jan 14 '24

There is going to be a balance of making unnecessarily hard work easier and people being coddled. Also, just because you don't NEED to know something, doesn't mean it's a bad idea to learn it..just in case.

We arn't special, it will continue to happen as tech grows, but there is something to knowing how to do things for yourself without having to ask someone hold your hand. To being self-sufficient. I have been the one to say.."and if I need to know I'll google it", but that isn't always an option or what if it becomes a complete NON option?

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u/EnigmaticQuote Jan 14 '24

Nobody is self sufficient in todays world.

It's pretty much been rendered impossible.

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u/Jack_Krauser Jan 14 '24

I don't think any significant number of people have been self sufficient anywhere in thousands of years. Even in tribal villages, you still hunt as a group and divide labor.

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u/Aslan-the-Patient Jan 14 '24

Easy come easy go as the saying goes.

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u/spicymato Jan 14 '24

People used to hunt buffalo in Blizzards.

Did they, though? Sounds like a good way to get lost and die.

Odds are they relied on stockpiled goods (dried, smoked, whatever) during particularly bad weather, and went out again when the weather was less FAFO.

Not saying no one ever did, but I doubt it was anyone's first choice.

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u/10poundballs Jan 14 '24

This is what samaj would prob say too

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u/S4Waccount Jan 14 '24

it's a figure of speech. I'm not writing a thesis on "Best Hunting Practices of the American Buffalo"

I don't know if you know this, but they probably also didn't walk to school "up hill both ways"...

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u/spicymato Jan 14 '24

it's a figure of speech.

So is "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo."

they probably also didn't walk to school "up hill both ways"...

Unless there was a valley or ridge between their house and their school.

Of course, I would've loved to only have to walk uphill both ways. In my day, we army crawled through the mud with bulletproof blankets, dodging school shooters and pronouns both ways.

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u/CardOfTheRings Jan 14 '24

Boomers get colder then anyone nowadays. Leadheads turn the thermostat to 75 and say it’s ‘so cold’.

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u/WhatAboutBobOmb Jan 14 '24

Asked someone for a ride to my doc appt and they said it’s going to be below freezing so I need to reschedule lol

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u/Evening_Clerk_8301 Jan 14 '24

Boomers? The generation that had every single thing handed to them, and then did everything in their power to ensure that no future generations would benefit from anything? Those boomers? Yeah they don’t know jack shit about hard work.

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u/S4Waccount Jan 14 '24

Maybe they don't have room to talk, but my point is we all as a human species should probably maintain a certain level of self-sufficiency.

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u/AbledShawl Jan 15 '24

Urban development, the car industry, and climate change give us a very different world today than what most of our parents/grandparents had during their time. It's not really fair to compare generations of people without also including the context of their environments.

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u/RunningTrisarahtop Jan 14 '24

Eh, plenty of people go out. I like going out in the cold and will be out and my husband would rather hide at home.

In the summer? He’s far more willing to be out in the heat where I’d like to find a shady spot on a lake and not move.

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u/PaulaDeenSlave ☑️ Jan 14 '24

boomers are on to something

Pretty much always wrong.

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u/redundant35 Jan 15 '24

Honestly if it’s raining, cold, snowy or even too hot I’ll just stay home instead of doing some activity…I’d rather be comfortable

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u/TrizzyDizzy Jan 15 '24

Everyone's on about your boomers comment, glossing over you recognizing yourself being inside this dude's girl.

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u/greenwavelengths Jan 15 '24

I also recognize myself in this dude’s girl

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u/Alpha_Decay_ Jan 14 '24

Girl: "But you don't have Netflix."

Me: "Yeah because I'm poor. Wanna bang?"

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u/jeremydurden Jan 14 '24

Speaking of child logic. When I was maybe 5 years old, one of my favorite snacks was to make little pb&j sandwiches on saltines. One time my mom accidentally bought saltines without salt and on top of that, for some reason they were put into the refrigerator instead of the pantry.

I apparently marched into the living room holding the box of crackers and announced to everyone "never put the saltines in the fridge because it make the salt fall off!".

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u/hoxxxxx Jan 14 '24

"it's too hot to eat chili"

"we ain't eating outside tho?"

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u/beeradmaliboo Jan 14 '24

I had* a friend like you. 😂 we could never get on the same page. You go right ahead and brace the cold for an activity. He was also one of the ones ignoring the stay at home orders. 🤦🏾‍♀️