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Deep down you believe that this is due to you being better in so e way. The reality is that it’s dumb luck. You were a dumb kid like everyone else was. For all
by tmpX7dMeXU 3y ago
Deep down you believe that this is due to you being better in so e way. The reality is that it’s dumb luck. You were a dumb kid like everyone else was. For all we know you spent all your time inside and were afraid of slugs. A kid died and snide comments about ‘personal responsibility’ add nothing.
- drt5b7j 3y ago> For all we know you spent all your time inside What's wrong with spending all your time inside? I don't know any kid who spent all his time outside and turned out well. > The reality is that it’s dumb luck. If there's any luck here, was that I had parents who told me things like "don't do things just to impress people". Me not eating a slug was not luck. I find it so out of touch that you can't concieve that not all kids are the same. Not all kids do things on "dares".
- blub 3y agoNot eating slugs is not “dumb luck” and not all kids are equally “dumb”. Yes, kids are particularly vulnerable to groupthink and peer pressure and can’t evaluate risks properly, but that doesn’t make them dumb. I grew up in a village, spent my childhood in gardens, on fields or playing in the dirt and *nobody* I ever knew would eat a slug or any other kind of creature for that matter. The thought never even crossed anyone’s mind, why the hell would you even do that?
- drt5b7j 3y agoThank you for spelling my thoughts out so eloquently. Often times I start typing something out of hn and immediately get tired of explaining obvious stuff and end up doing a half assed job..