• JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social
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    5 days ago

    Isn’t that the one where a starving child takes her final chance at surviving the night?

    Now it’s a HER problem?

    (eh… I’ve been in a dreadful mood the past day or two, probably being the AH here, or whatever)

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      5 days ago

      Can’t be that starving, otherwise she’d have eaten the too cold porridge, the just right porridge, then gone back to the too hot porridge now that it had a chance to cool down.

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        5 days ago

        If you’re starving and just eat everything at once, you’ll just throw it right back up.

        Better to eat a small portion that’ll settle well, go rest for a while, maybe lay down, then come back when it’s had some time to digest.

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            5 days ago

            Eh, maybe she’s been through this a few times!

            Really though, this sort of behavior isn’t unusual for most kids. I always assumed the point of the story was to tell kids not to do this (or you might get eaten!)