It was more like twenty seconds for me as I caught up. but WOW was it a ride.
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I thought it was a hack or someone on their web team doing it, but my wife suggests it’s a mistake and it’s impossible to underestimate them. They might not even know how numbers work.
Apparently I’m right and State Dept is saying it was a disgruntled staffer, but I guess it might be hard to admit that they don’t know how numbers work.
When we were watching everything on TV during the past week, my 12-year-old thankfully thought it was all insane and couldn’t believe all the bullshit people believe and say. I reminded him that that’s why I taught him a few years ago to be very careful about what he watches on YouTube. He’s very intellectually curious and is the kind of kid who could go down a rabbit hole, thinking videos are interesting when, in fact, they are dangerous.
He actually thanked me for pounding that into his head (in front of my wife, so yeah, parent points).
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So divisive to post this! Now is the time to come together and heal.
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Possible for you to discuss more of how you balance such concerns when modeling how to balance intellectual curiosity with intellectual humility? Just so easy imo to get so caught up in the former that it’s easy to lose sight of the latter.
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all of mine watch him lol
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Some Trump slappy has to be kicking themselves for not thinking of doing that to Biden
https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1348721339268534272
I’ve stated THANKS MAINE twice this year already wtf she’s still absolutely clueless
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https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1348723628528046082?s=20
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1348721344939114496?s=20
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“My first thought upon seeing what appeared to be a lot of middle-aged white men sieging the Capitol while waving Confederate and Trump flags was that the Iranians had followed through on their threat to strike the Capitol.”
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lol, how thirsty for news are we these days if we’re fixating this much on a webpage error. The Biden presidency is going to be like going through withdrawal.
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Eh, he’s still a just a kid, so for me, it’s more a matter of me keeping my eyes and ears open to be sure he’s not getting into anything ridiculous. He is very big on wanting to do the right thing, so very early on, when he first started watching YouTube videos and playing video games, he would ask if something was appropriate first. Now, he doesn’t do that as much anymore, so of course I catch him watching shit streamers or whatever sometimes, but he knows if something is bullshit or not.
And because of Trump, I talk to him a lot about politics. He’s most definitely a leftie, but then again, so are most little kids without parental influence. When the Supreme Court said gay marriage was legal and we told our kids about it, he looked up from his tablet and said, “So a man can marry another man?” We said yes and he just nodded approvingly, like it was so obvious that it was cool.
While we of course are an in-house echo chamber, I also remind him that we’re not always right, that we don’t know everything, and there are plenty of times where someone can have a different, valid point of view. Then again, when he’s being a shit, I just remind him that I know a fuck of a lot more than he does and he’d better listen to me.
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It’s def going to be weird with Trump banned on Twitter. While it’s probably a good thing overall, and certainly for this week, it’s a bummer we’re not going to see him go after Mitch/SCOTUS/etc on there.
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Somehow I think if Iranians were attacking the capitol there would be a much bigger response from law enforcement and military ect. Probably a lot of dead Iranians.
Thank you very much for this. I did not have healthy models for parents and sometimes struggle for what to do myself. Even though my own is old now and out of the house, I still want to be good for her, and I appreciate your insight on how you are good for your kid.
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A few years ago, Dan TDM had a live show touring the US and Europe. We got our kids VIP passes, so they got to meet him and get their picture taken. It was pricey, but it totally made their year.
My daughter gave him a decorated letter and my son told him that he once knocked him out of a slither.io game.
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If only you could get five minutes with her… Maybe just twenty seconds to ask questions and follow up if she dodges.
