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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

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[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 242 points 5 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.

[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 74 points 5 months ago

I am currently on month 6 of not calling the dentist about a painful tooth

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 57 points 5 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 70 points 5 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.

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 months ago

Yeah I was mostly joking. With a bit of good advice sprinkled on top

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 23 points 5 months ago

Not to mention, you could literally fucking die from a tooth infection if left untreated.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 5 months ago

And miss out on all this!? *gestures wildly at everything*

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

It doesn't seem like they were trying to flex

[-] 7u5k3n@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Broke a tooth on a pizza crust once.. 5 years later it abscessed and I had to have emergency surgery to have it removed.

Fun times :/

[-] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

If you broke your tooth on a pizza crust, there was definitely something wrong with that pizza!

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 5 months ago

I'm just waiting Americans to come in and tell that actually that's just Houston style pizza or some shit and it's supposed to be like that (also it's a cube, don't worry about it)

[-] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Houston lobbied for the FDA to permit the addition of glass shards to pizza dough as a bulking agent. What doesn't kill your teeth and internal organs can only make you stronger!

[-] 7u5k3n@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Haven't eaten there since... Can't afford the medical bills. Haha

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

That sounds awful. I hope you get your teeth sorted out. Somehow.

[-] Zoot@reddthat.com 4 points 5 months ago

Fuck me i think I'm on my way to living the pain you had to endure... Maybe I can get another few years like you... maybe

[-] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

dude, i feel you. going to the dentist sucks so much i sometimes will just deal with a painful face instead.

[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

"dinner is ready in two minutes"

Two minutes later, dinner ready

"but I just started a new game!"

🙄

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 months ago

Don't accept that lol

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

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

"dunno"

:/

[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 5 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 8 points 5 months ago

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

[-] sbv@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago
[-] CJOtheReal@ani.social 2 points 5 months ago

Eh basically... They wanted something from me, left a invoice that i should call back...

I just don't wanna do it...

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