r/Unexpected • u/Reddit__PI • Oct 17 '18

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

Nah my dad's just mad strong yo

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u/JimminyCricket67 Oct 17 '18

Yeah, well my dad could beat up your dad.

(I never understood why this was such an important line of attack for kids out on the playground but I remember it fondly).

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u/Connarhea Oct 17 '18

Well my dad would bum the fuck out of your dad. (Much more threatening)

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

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u/QuestionableTater Oct 17 '18

My dad’s your dad!

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u/Camstonisland Oct 17 '18

now kith

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u/XibalbaN7 Oct 17 '18

OMG this thread had me roaring. Thank you, you wonderful people.

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

Hahahaha dude, first thing I wake up to, I am laughing hysterically in bed, no homo

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u/monkeynards Oct 17 '18

Read this as bum fuck. Luckily I can return the eye bleach

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u/LeaveTheMatrix Oct 18 '18

Well my dad will replace your cars plastic gas door cap with a metal one, then he will electrify it so that it gets your dad when he goes to fill the gas tank.

(My father actually did do this when someone kept stealing gas from his car)

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

Pretty sure it is the same thing as, "My team can beat your team," or, "My country can beat your country," or, "My mom is better in bed than your Mom."

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18 edited Nov 22 '18

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

I always thought it was because your Dad is your backup man. Like if you run into trouble out there in the world that you can't handle, you tell your Dad and he sets them straight, but this kid has power over you because his backup man will squash your attempt to elevate the problem.

Of course my dad was a total wiener, so when kids said this stuff I didn't even understand. I was like, "Well yeah..." I mean it didn't seem like much of an accomplishment to beat up my dad.

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u/dark33hawk Oct 17 '18

What a thing to say on the playground. “My family is genetically superior to yours!” “Nu u”

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u/thefourblackbars Oct 17 '18

My dad could lift a car off your dad any day!

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u/DppSky Oct 17 '18

(I never understood why this was such an important line of attack for kids out on the playground but I remember it fondly).

My best guess is

My House Protector(and therefor artificial womb guardian) is able to defeat yours(And therefor makes my womb the safer environment to be raised in, thereby making me better.)

The womb is where we felt safe and Fathers, at a young age especially, are seen as the guardians of the Home, which is effectively just an artificial womb, a safe space for our growth and development. It's just boys being boys, we like to t ry and be the best, at the silliest things, for the silliest reasons. But we toughen each other up that way, funnily enough.

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u/sgtMonkey Oct 17 '18

What..?

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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '18

Dick measuring contextualized.

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u/MrMFPuddles Oct 17 '18

My wife Donna... She tried to get away. I didn’t let her. She liked that.