drop your childhood stories:
>be me, age 12
>hate showering more than anything
>it feels gross and i hate getting wet
>my mom starts telling me that if i don’t shower every day then i can’t eat dinner
>i want my dindin so i come up with a genius plan
>let the shower run for 10-15 minutes while i sit in the bathroom
>quickly wet my hair with sink
>mom buys it, i get dindin
>after a month she gets suspicious
>realize i have to step up my game
>now i run the shower and rub my arms/neck with hand soap
>also run my hair under the shower so it’s dripping wet and not just moist
>she asks why i haven’t asked her to buy shampoo yet
>come up with final version of my genius plan
>i’ll stand next to the shower, let the water run, rub soap on my whole body and also use shampoo on my hair so it smells like shampoo
>then i’ll rinse off in the sink
>all while the shower runs

i did this for four years until i realized i was just showering on hard mode

  • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    Kids are great. Mine spend 5-10 minutes refusing to do a two minute task.

    Kind of like how I spend three or four days avoiding a ten minute phone call.

      • GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip
        2·
        10 months ago

        Not the flex you think it is lol

        Seriously, get your teeth fixed. It’s such a huge impact on your quality of life, especially later in life when that damage really starts to affect your eating habits or self confidence

        • Duranie@literature.cafe
          11·
          10 months ago

          I wouldn’t call it a flex. But sometimes openly admitting something even to strangers on the Internet can offer some ownership of the situation and start someone headed the right direction.

    • qevlarr@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 months ago

      “dinner is ready in two minutes”

      Two minutes later, dinner ready

      “but I just started a new game!”

      🙄

      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee
        1·
        10 months ago

        “Why did you do that when you knew dinner was going to be ready in two minutes?”

        “dunno”

        :/

      • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
        01·
        10 months ago

        “but I just started a new game!”

        Too bad, you either quit that game right now or no videogame/computer for you for the next 2 days.

    • CJOtheReal@ani.social
      1·
      10 months ago

      4 days… I’ve been avoiding some phone calls for straight up 3 years now, the people probably think im dead.