I’m starting to reconnect with some of my old friends from high school but they have a 5-year-old now and I want to make a good impression but I don’t really know how to interact with children. Do I just like ask them what their favorite Disney movie is or something?

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    2 months ago

    They will inevitably ask you the age-old question of why…at that point you will go into the abyss of which there is no escape

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      2 months ago

      I roll with it, give 'em short, punchy and factual answers. If you bumble and act uncertain, they get that and keep drilling.

      Another tack is to get technical with 'em. Bores them right out.

      “Why is the sky blue?”

      “Because sunlight is actually ALL colors, but because blue light is more energetic, higher frequency, shorter wavelengths, right?, it bounces around more than other colors.” LOL, and keep going.

      Baffle them with technicalities (but don’t make shit up, keep it real!) and they’ll wander off to think about it.