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drop your childhood stories:
>be me, age 12
>hate showering more than anything
>it feels gross and i hate getting wet
>my mom starts telling me that if i don't shower every day then i can't eat dinner
>i want my dindin so i come up with a genius plan
>let the shower run for 10-15 minutes while i sit in the bathroom
>quickly wet my hair with sink
>mom buys it, i get dindin
>after a month she gets suspicious
>realize i have to step up my game
>now i run the shower and rub my arms/neck with hand soap
>also run my hair under the shower so it's dripping wet and not just moist
>she asks why i haven't asked her to buy shampoo yet
>come up with final version of my genius plan
>i'll stand next to the shower, let the water run, rub soap on my whole body and also use shampoo on my hair so it smells like shampoo
>then i'll rinse off in the sink
>all while the shower runs

i did this for four years until i realized i was just showering on hard mode

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God I was a pig headed, grubby little preteen I relate to this in spirit so hard.

Pushing boundaries by never doing exactly what you're told: always put your own idiotic spin on it, or else the adults win!

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

How do you rinse off in the sink?

[–] verysoft@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Maybe his mom told him the bath was a sink, just a big one.

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[–] EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

I mean I hated being told to do things so this would 100% be something I would at least consider doing

[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (11 children)

You’re allowed to say Retarded here on not-Reddit.

I think.

[–] Kedly@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Lemmy seems to hate that word more than reddit funnily enough. It was my first instance of learning that Tankies have a FUCKED sense of priorities

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[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Depends on the instance! Our dot ml friends can't say or even see it from others.

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