I was on the subway today, and when the train got delayed, this little kid was like, “fuck,” and a literal chorus of grown-ups went: “HEY.”
let him say fuck
I was at a crossing once and a kid’s dad said ‘and we have to wait for the green man’ and the 30 people on this crossing all stood waiting for the green man just to prove to this kid that that’s what you do. I’ve never seen anyone wait for the green man on this crossing before you just go when its clear. But Everyone Waited.
Corollary to “it takes a village” is that you’re gonna get a village whether you ask for it or not.
I’ll sometimes take a chance at pedestrian crossings if the road is clear, but am physically incapable of doing so if a child is waiting to cross too, even if the road is empty for a mile in either direction.
OH THIS IS A MOOD
I do not want to be the goon responsible for a little kid rushing out into moving traffic just because they saw the lady in the red coat do it. Lead by example. All humans understand this and the majority follow this. Because even if they aren’t aware of it, none of them want to be the example a kid thinks of before they get themselves killed.
I once crossed the street before the signal happened and a kid on the opposite side pointed at me and was like “HE CROSSED TOO EARLY” and his dad went “yes and that’s dangerous” and I looked the kid dead in the eye and went “I’ve been hit by a car three times, listen to your father”.
Two types of people; the learn by example; and then, the do as I say, not as I do.
The woman taking out a pin from her own hair to give it to a little girl
The lady who decided she was not just gonne make a pony tail, she was gonne braid that little girl’s hair using a five strand method
The husband of the older lady pointing out she missed a piece of hair and being so attentive
All of them asking where her mom was and telling her not to talk to strangers
Just all these people not just helping her out but trying to comb her hair and make sure it looks nice and that she likes it
Im sobbing
the “are you in pain?” i don’t know, that’s where i had to pause the video and just cry a little. we all talk about losing our faith in humanity, and yet we all know that we would help people like this, that people will help others like this and care about others like this.
I believe homemakers can live incredibly fulfilling lives and be happy with their domestic work. I do not believe any online tradwife is genuinely happy because if they were they wouldn’t post so fucking much
LOL yep that’s the day job! I started last year after graduating, working on the NASA side of things with the mission doing social media/outreach, so I’m going to do my obligatory HUBBY LINK DROP: insta, twitter, fb
Me, aged 14, reading Tolkien: Hobbits are considered chuldren until they are 30? How funky! Fantasy worldbuilding! This is so different from us humans!
Me, aged 25: Oh i get it now
JRR Tolkien looking upon a quad of Oxford post-graduate students: “Children, all of them children.”