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0 pointsstroz7mo ago0 comments

Wow, this is incredible. You just proved that connection is 90% attitude, 10% history. You became friends because you acted like friends. Sometimes not knowing the "rules" is the superpower.

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ChrisMarshallNY7mo ago

That's the secret with kids.

The "rules" don't really start, until we get older.

I grew up overseas (from where I am now -for some of you, it's probably home).

Most of my playmates were drastically different from me.

animal5317mo ago

I've seen videos where adults try to act like children and even there where they're trying really hard they'll get it hilariously wrong.

A great example is that little children have no protocol, they won't walk up to someone and say things like hi, how are you, how's the weather, etc.

Instead they'll just walk up and either stay mute, or just talk directly about what's currently happening, without any introduction or pre-amble.

bombcar7mo ago

Now I want a college study about middle aged adults going up to people and saying “we’re playing pirates now!”

parineum7mo ago

Or they would have been friends anyway and it was just a coincidence.

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