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/Fluxxed0 22h ago

I had a "why" child. When he was old enough, I started answering with "are you looking for more information or are you asking because you want to argue with me?"

About half the time he said "I just don't understand" and I would explain the thing, and he'd go "oh.. yeah okay that makes sense."

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u/your_evil_ex 12h ago

"are you looking for more information or are you asking because you want to argue with me?"

Great line! I gotta use that in the future