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Showerthoughts

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[–] DomeGuy@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Has it also led chidren to believe that if you cut down a tree with an axe it will just hang in the sky instead of falling down?

[–] Taiatari@lemmynsfw.com 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Probably only in the same way cartoons made kids belief that gravity only takes affect when one looks to the audience. Most often, most kids won't transfer any of that to reality but we all had that one kid at our school who was reaaaaaally close to do the Naruto run.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

but we all had that one kid at our school who was reaaaaaally close to ~~do the Naruto run~~ winning a Darwin award

Close, yes, but not quite there. I was that kid at our school.

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or that wolf and sheep come from eggs?

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I mean, they do… just not ones that are laid.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Dunno about kids, but I've seen my fair share of grown men who appear to think so.

Ladders tend to be more stable if you lean them on the tree trunk, and not the branch you're about to saw off.