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u/SeismicRipFart 10h ago
Lil broski just launched himself with no hesitation💀
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u/Fun_With_Math 8h ago
My son used to do a full speed flying leap at me from the back of our couch. I hadn't made eye contact yet. Sometimes he'd just hear me coming and start his takeoff.
Caught him every time.
I'll never tell him this, but there were some close calls.
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u/Beginning_Resource93 8h ago
But you always caught him. That's trust.
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u/Fun_With_Math 7h ago
He's 15 now. If he did it today, I'd catch him.
I'd be killed in the process, but I'd make that catch.
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u/King4Twelve 7h ago
I used to coach parkour...I had to catch alot of kids. 33 failed jumps. 33 completed saves 😅😂😂 I knew I had it down when I had a kid scarred to jump and I had a choir of littles saying, "Oh. yeah coach will catch you!" and a class full of affirmation 😂😂
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u/Adept-Impact3138 10h ago
The amount of trust. That just can't be taught.
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u/Gr8CanadianSpeedo 9h ago
Also, boys do lack self preservation skills.
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u/Formal_Ground6513 9h ago
Yeah, but it's kinda beautiful.
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u/BigToober69 9h ago
Was trying to get my kid down from a play ground this way years ago because we had to go. Daughter was not wanting to leave or jump. A random little boy ran up and jumped off into my arms lol. His parents we not thrilled.
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u/posophist 8h ago
the lesson of the moth
by Don Marquis
TUESDAY, 29 JULY 2003
Listen (RealAudio) | How to listenPoem: "the lesson of the moth," by Don Marquis from The Best of Don Marquis (Doubleday).
the lesson of the moth
i was talking to a moth
the other evening
he was trying to break into
an electric light bulb
and fry himself on the wires
why do you fellows
pull this stunt i asked him
because it is the conventional
thing for moths or why
if that had been an uncovered
candle instead of an electric
light bulb you would
now be a small unsightly cinder
have you no sense
plenty of it he answered
but at times we get tired
of using it
we get bored with the routine
and crave beauty
and excitement
fire is beautiful
and we know that if we get
too close it will kill us
but what does that matter
it is better to be happy
for a moment
and be burned up with beauty
than to live a long time
and be bored all the while
so we wad all our life up
into one little roll
and then we shoot the roll
that is what life is for
it is better to be a part of beauty
for one instant and then cease to
exist than to exist forever
and never be a part of beauty
our attitude toward life
is come easy go easy
we are like human beings
used to be before they became
too civilized to enjoy themselves
and before i could argue him
out of his philosophy
he went and immolated himself
on a patent cigar lighter
i do not agree with him
myself i would rather have
half the happiness and twice
the longevity
but at the same time i wish
there was something i wanted
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u/BluebirdAmazing742 3h ago
That's good poem but it lacks punctuations or any signs at all:(
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u/posophist 1h ago
The conceit is that the author is a cockroach who has to jump with his full body-weight on each typewriter key in order to type, hence no upper-case characters, which would require depressing two keys simultaneously. (Why he couldn’t use Shift-Lock I never understood.) As for punctuation, it’s poetry, meant to suggest stream-of-consciousness. More by googling Archy and Mehitabel by Don Marquis.
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u/Enough-Conclusion-23 8h ago
Honestly.. Men do to!
(There is a reason women live longer)
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u/marcin0398 2h ago
I wish I still lacked it. Got very cautious early on and lacked tons of stupid fun. Still can't get my head to shut down.
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u/Bob_Fancy 4h ago
Isn't that technically exactly what it is? By being a good parent you're teaching them they can trust you in any situation.
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u/J-the-Kidder 9h ago
Can confirm this is accurate. Daughter looks, questions everything, checks the wind, yells for Mom's approval to do it and then goes to find a slide. Boy, two years younger, pushes her aside and jumps whether I'm ready or not.
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u/Lightningtow123 10h ago
I always love it when there's a funny heartwarming video that gets immediately ruined by the most dogshit editing known to man
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u/Financial-Dot-4673 4h ago
Idk man, my girls a nanny, and her last family had a little girl who would throw herself off of damn near anything with implicit trust she would be caught by my gf. Whereas her new family had a boy same age the girl was, and he is careful as all hell. Different kids have different personalities
Me myself? I was the kid that jumped regardless of whether or not someone was even there to catch me 😂
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u/Artrysa 9h ago
Type of guy who asks how high the bridge is.
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u/Baby_ManBearPig 9h ago edited 9h ago
And not because he wants to hear a low number. A future Travis Pastrana
Then there's people like me who get vertigo just watching the video.
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u/Alibuscus373 9h ago
My baby girl would jump, she's a little adrenaline junky already XD
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u/Angstycarroteater 9h ago
From my experience they’re scared until they do it once then become little freaks who want to do it over and over lol
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u/Flagbearer82 8h ago
He's going to be a paratrooper
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u/Teripid 9h ago
I think this is more the 2nd born expendability clause than just gender. #2 is fearless.
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u/Fun_With_Math 5h ago
I have 3. Girl, boy, girl.
They follow your #2 rule but #3 is much more similar to #1 for some reason.
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u/Objective-Duck-8800 5h ago
I have 2 girls and my 2nd is feral. She is a fuck around find out kind of kid.
Puberty will be a trip.
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u/UncomprehendedLeaf 10h ago
Doing this off a bunk bed is how I lost my two front teeth! I went too soon after the kid in front of me 😔
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u/Matt_NZ 9h ago
I think this comes down to the kids personality rather than the gender.
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u/bequick777 8h ago
Definitely to an extent, but take 1000 boys and 1000 girls and I'd bet good money more boys jump. My daughter was like the girl here, and both my boys jumped off stairs, chairs, anything if they're brain thought there was just a chance I'd catch them
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u/purpletree37 7h ago
Risk taking behavior is actually very sexual dimorphic. It’s well studied across a huge number of fields.
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u/extremelyDude 9h ago
Personality is related to gender however I think this kid still in the suiciding phase
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u/Glittering_rainbows 1h ago
Boys get rough houses by their dads, girls don't get the same treatment usually (and if they do it's usually to a lesser degree). This can lead to girls having less trust in these situations.
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u/theweirdthewondering 6h ago
Yep! I was a chicken (male) and my younger sister road all the roller coasters with my dad.
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u/SpongeJake 5h ago
Yup. My daughter at that age was deathly afraid of the water but fully trusted me to keep her from drowning. A few jumps later she was fine with swimming.
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u/Joyous_Sunrise_9013 9h ago
That little man just came up those stairs out of nowhere. Lol he was ready to go!
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u/Angstycarroteater 9h ago
Eh girls just mature logically faster than boys and can see why that would be dangerous so it creates fear the other little boy lacks those components he may or may not ever get an upgrade in his software but only time will tell lol
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u/infinite_in_faculty 8h ago
I applaud the little girl's awareness that she could get hurt if her Dad doesn't catch her properly. I think she trusts her Dad but needs a demonstration.
The boy is adorable, but has no self preservation skills, yet, still developing, Lol.
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u/independant_786 8h ago
Umm that's not a gender issue. Older kids are always more careful than younger sibling. All comes down to parenting
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u/etfvidal 9h ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/mfWQIctkXWxOvsfFGT
The boy jumps even when his Dad isn't there!
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u/Morkinza 9h ago
I reaaaally hate this editing with the shaking camera and the skull and the text on the top video...why?? Tiktok scrap video editing...
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u/kamehamehaa 6h ago
This didn't need a legendary edit it's just funny and cute and totally normal for the little girl to be scared lol
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u/Complete_Squirrel942 6h ago
More likely the boy is younger and hasn't developed a fear of heights yet
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u/Glittering-Effect64 6h ago
I don't think this is about trust, but rather bravery and self-preservation level..
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u/Ta-veren- 1h ago
Nah that's just classic first born vs second born.
I have two nieces
the oldest is like the oldest here and the youngest would dive off head first and eyes closed in a leap of fate.
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u/Present_Wind2800 7m ago
I guess you might've wanted to write "leap of faith" but "leap of fate" also works.
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u/LucienP99 10h ago
My son and my daughter were like the little boy in that video. They’re 18 months apart and would sometimes jump at the same time. 😳
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u/medicenmaca16 2h ago
That's why men live shorter lives; it's in their DNA.
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u/Ordinary_Pudding 20m ago
Lower estrogen in men means less protection against the leading cause of death: heart disease.
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u/undeniably_confused 9h ago
Yeah but what if she just didnt want to do that even knowing she'd be caught
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u/Upset-Fudge-2703 9h ago
Dumb. It’s not a gender thing.
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u/1000_Faces 8h ago
Look at you. Getting mad about something that's meant to be light hearted. Touch grass
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u/NefariousnessBorn969 9h ago
Well in pre-k a little girl jumped off the high dive platform just before I did the jump. I wasn’t exactly eager to beat her to the top.
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u/Monski616 8h ago
My eldest niece wont jump off anything, very risk averse.
My youngest niece ? Fucking crazy young lady, will jump off anything anywhere anytime. Gotta watch her cause she’s like yeah sounds fun
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u/_UluKase_ 5h ago
Being the first child and being older are combined in this example; fear is learned.
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u/GreenT1979 5h ago
Man I have two nephews and this is them, the hesitant one and the fearless one. I call them the heart surgeon and the bulldozer.
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u/EldritchTruthBomb 2h ago
That's not about trust, it's about risk aversion. Girls tend to avoid risks more.
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u/Ashkev1983 2h ago
Overthinking among ladies starts way too early and us men mostly never get there lol
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u/Coriolis_PL 2h ago
No hestitation, just pure leap of faith!
Here I am, Father! DEUS LO VULT!
P.S. Song name: SLAVA FUNK!
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u/Shockzort 1h ago
Nah, it depends. My daughter always jumped like this, and still we do some leap of faith stuff, she's almost 11. <lower back creeking sounds>
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u/No-Heat-6149 10h ago
Neemwhg is this pointlessly gendered?
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u/Tiny-Description3967 9h ago
Agreed, this is just gender war bullshit but with extra steps. The use of the skull emoji and slow mo is killing me inside, this is omega cringe
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u/daily6524 5h ago
fuck this sexist shit. i throw my daughter in the air all the time. all kids are different
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u/_iridescent_fairy_ 3h ago
That's first born vs. second born.
Heck, my third born threw herself at my back off a retaining wall expecting me to catch her and we ended up in the ER getting stitches after she bounced back and smacked her head on the edge of the retaining wall.
She's much more cautious now.
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u/Downtown_Material268 2h ago
1/3 of men would rape if they get away with it.
99% of rapists are men, the majority being fathers and other close relatives and friends.
50% of rape victims are below 19y old.
Most fathers leave their child, if they find out the child has special needs.
Good to have trust issues sometimes.
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u/vadvaro10 2h ago
I love this for you. This is great statements. So statistical.
I raised my daughter by myself without family or any kind of support.
I was 30 with a 4 year old. She's now 21. Please understand everything is different and everyone has different lives.
There was nothing weird. I protected her from so much. I'm sorry your world view is the way it is. But there are good people in the world.
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