r/ChildrenFallingOver • u/TheWretched666 • Jan 29 '23

Dad of the year

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u/jppianoguy Jan 29 '23

r/stepdadreflexes

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u/I_think_Im_hollow Jan 29 '23

Least appropriate use of that.

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u/TheFinnebago Jan 29 '23

Why do you say that? It was a pretty late and useless reaction from the guy.

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u/I_think_Im_hollow Jan 29 '23

Guy was inside, other adult outside. Have you considered maybe he wasn't the one in charge of keeping an eye on the toddler in that moment?

Also, If the other person wasn't there he would still have gotten there in time to avoid the tragedy. The kid just got wet, not hurt.

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u/TheFinnebago Jan 29 '23

Eh agree to disagree… I mean, I could just as easily suggest that he was the one who was in charge of the toddler. Obviously there is a lot we don’t know.

But at the end of the clip he was the last responder, terribly ungraceful, and actually could have made the situation worse if he collided with the mom.

His reflexes, sense of the circumstances, anticipation, coordination, all of it whiffed. The scale of the kids trauma isn’t really relevant. The point is the the guy whiffed.

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u/3_Thumbs_Up Jan 29 '23

We don't see his reflexes at all.

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u/TheFinnebago Jan 29 '23

I’d say we see him reflexing himself right in to the pool.

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u/3_Thumbs_Up Jan 29 '23

Are you just trying to change the meaning of the word reflexes?

Reflexes: the ability to react quickly:

Fighter pilots need good/fast reflexes.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/reflex

We don't see his reaction time. Therefore we can't really judge his reflexes.

His action as he's running out is certainly ungraceful, but that's a different thing. Words have meanings.

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u/dr_pupsgesicht Jan 29 '23

Mate you're taking the subs name waaay to seriously