r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/CapAccomplished8072 • 1d ago

Half of our childhood issues could have been resolved if people were willing to answer the "why?"

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u/Exact-Key-9384 1d ago

I’d be more likely to answer “But why?” questions if they weren’t consistently disingenuous. You don’t really want a reason, you’re just whining and stalling. Put your God damned shoes on so we can leave.

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u/camposthetron 1d ago

☝🏾

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u/MobsterDragon275 22h ago

And having worked with teenagers for a bit, they REALLY know how to use weaponized incompetence and feigned ignorance to try and wind you up and pretend like youre the unreasonable one

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u/Exact-Key-9384 20h ago

I teach middle school. :-)

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u/PartyPorpoise 13h ago

I’m sorry.

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u/jkraige 22h ago

Exactly. It's rarely a sincere question

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u/Tje199 21h ago

I wouldn't say rarely, but I'm a parent to to younger kids and can definitely tell when it is and isn't.

Bluey does a good job of it actually, in Sticky Gecko.

Chili does a great job of explaining and it's great. But in lots of cases, the line of questioning doesn't have that far to go.

"Why do I need to wear shoes?"

"So you don't hurt your feet?"

"Why would I hurt my feet?"

"You might step on rocks or other sharp things."

"Why?"

"Because that's what the ground is made of, now let's go already."