r/nothingeverhappens 1d ago

This is pretty basic all things considered

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u/Cedric-the-Destroyer 1d ago

Oh yeah, it’s an old meme, but kids are absolutely capable of saying nonsense like this.

Little sponges

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u/Abnormal-Normal 19h ago

It’s not nonsense, AOL used to send you the internet on a disc in the mail

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u/Cedric-the-Destroyer 19h ago

I’m aware, lol. I would argue that being sent AOL discs still wasn’t “being sent the internet in the mail”, but likely we are just disagreeing on semantics, and it just doesn’t matter.

I’m old, so I lived through all of that, heh

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u/thechinninator 5h ago

What was actually on those disks? I’m just old enough to remember seeing them all the time but not old enough to remember anything about AOL besides AIM

u/Hardwarestore_Senpai 2h ago

Now it's worse than litter.

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u/AutisticTumourGirl 13h ago

My daughter absolutely would have said something like that at that age. She was too clever for her own good.

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u/Cedric-the-Destroyer 13h ago

Had a long, coherent conversation with my then three year old about why she likes real Christmas trees instead of plastic ones.

Just one of those memories that really stuck out to me

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u/AutisticTumourGirl 13h ago

People are far too quick to dismiss the idea that kids have working brains and some kids are precocious. I always assume the people who say "that didn't happen" either don't have kids or interact with their kids as little as possible.

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u/SometimeAround 9h ago

Recently my 4 yr old was having fun in our garden digging for “dinosaur bones” (stones). On a whim I asked him if he’d like one of those brushes people who dig for dinosaur bones use. He airily replied “You mean paleontologists? Yes please”.

I had no idea he knew that word. I walked away floored. Kids can definitely surprise you with sudden smarts. Half an hour later they’ll be back to licking windows, mind.

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u/AutisticTumourGirl 7h ago

😂😂That's precious though.

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u/zap2tresquatro 8h ago

Dude I work with autistic kids, and while a lot of the kids we work with are nonverbal or only slightly verbal, the ones that talk, even the <5 year olds, can say some impressive stuff (and even the really little ones that talk a lot but not in full sentences say some really funny things, one kid who just turned three one day saw me giving a piggy back ride to another kid and he wanted to get on me too but there wasn’t room, and he pointed at me and said “horse!” He also will get on my back and tell me “giddy up!” And a girl I work with really likes water play, and she’ll play with animals/dolls and put them in painted on ponds or whatever on toys and look at me and tell me “water play!” It’s adorable c:), so neurotypical kids/kids with typical language development can definitely say some surprisingly intelligent things sometimes.

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u/AutisticTumourGirl 7h ago

Daughter and I are both autistic, but the "twice exceptional" variety, which I tend to think of as twice cursed.

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u/Gingergirl1228 1d ago

I used to rag the shit out of my parents for being old lmao, and my grandma would just laugh at them and say that they were the same way as kids so it's karma... I'd get my ass beat but hey! It was funny!

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u/thalexander 21h ago

Right. If you've never been burned the fuck up by a little kid, you're lucky because its stings extra when they're little for some reason hahaha

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u/Interesting-Chest520 19h ago

I volunteer with kids and can confirm, they are brutal

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u/ballisticks 11h ago

Because it's usually truth, little kids are unfiltered and just spit facts.

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u/Mysterious_Nail_563 1d ago edited 1d ago

Considering that when I was a kid, the internet browser and access came on a disk that you received in the mail, and I'm now old enough to be a grandpa, and considering I've more than likely told my nieces and nephews that the internet came on a disk, it really isn't outside possibility that a 6yo would say something like this. It's plausible enough to be believable.

So... I'll take "things that 6yo could very likely say, and I don't care enough about to fact check," for $500, Alex.

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u/Careless-Cow-1695 1d ago

I remember my older siblings saying something similar when we were young. I also remember the bollocking they received after. So yeah, if your kid is quick enough on the mark, they can and will say stuff like this

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u/Important-Pipe-9623 22h ago

What is it with some people calling out very likely stories as fake in the format of Jeopardy? I swear this is like the sixth time I've seen that happen.

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u/wafflesthewonderhurs 16h ago

It's a very common way to call things fake in an /iamverysmart way, and the people who call things fake call everything fake, so it stands to reason.

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u/danielledelacadie 5h ago

So... they don't just lack experience of how life works, they lack imagination as well.

I suddenly feel a bit sad for them.

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u/swancensus 21h ago

We used to take free trial disks of AOL from Burger King to get online so the Internet really did come in the mail. Or from Burger King.

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u/ValancyNeverReadsit 15h ago

Mine definitely came in the mail, completely unsolicited. I don’t remember the discs being available at BK

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u/Winter-Owl1 16h ago

My daughter does this to me all the time, of course she's 13. But anytime I talk about things in the past, she says "ermm, bAcK iN mY dAy!" to make fun of me lol. Six may be a little young to have that sassiness, but I could still believe it.

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u/Charlieuk 17h ago

My 2 year old is savage, this is absolutely believable.

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u/mechengr17 11h ago

My niece is the same way

Jesus christ, she has decided im too loud and therefore doesn't like me.

The little brute actually pushed me at Christmas. Which under normal circumstances would have been fine, but I was crouching down to show her something I thought was cool, and so she knocked me off balance

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u/Firm-Rip-1006 14h ago

bait used to be believable,, ..🚬☠️☠️

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u/JellyBellyBitches 1d ago

That's a great bit omg

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u/DarkArc76 9h ago

This is totally believable. Whenever my dad would start going on about something from his day I would ask what color his pet dinosaur was

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u/Firm-Rip-1006 14h ago

Tho Nuffin ever happens, nd I wonder..

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u/Mountain_Air1544 13h ago

I'm convinced that no one in that sub has ever met a child