Tag: overheard
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Everyone Makes Mistakes
Sometimes it’s just a relief to hear other peoples’ kids say potentially embarrassing things about their parents, too.
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Middle School Perks
I’m relieved that, so far, my middle schooler has said that it’s better than elementary school. Not clear on how much the food and the library are carrying the decision, but this was a conversation I overheard her having with her younger sibling.
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That’s A Great Aunt
Ah, the legacy continues of spoiling and/or teaching a younger generation (that is not your own offspring) to do something with real annoyance potential.
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Family Gathering Guess Who
Pretty sure something similar has happened to me with other parents assuming our kids knew each other but actually we had no reason to be talking.
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Just Do It
I have started to experience these kinds of bizarre out-of-context sentences once again as my children have started playing Minecraft. “I covered my place in Creeper heads.” “Oh man, that’s creepy.” Yeah. It is creepy. As are the discussions about the pros and cons of killing livestock and villagers.
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Empathy For AI
Somehow it is more palatable to consider an AI as a less experienced person who will get better with time and not a machine that just doesn’t get it.
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King Kong Who?
Not that going to New York is a guarantee that you’re going to meet King Kong, or the Ninja Turtles, etc.
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