• @[email protected]
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    201 month ago

    You can spot the parents here.

    They are expressing themselves, having fun, and off the iPad. They even put it where I don’t have to see it too often. I’ll call it a win.

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      61 month ago

      Yep, this is how Michelangelo started, painting his bedroom walls. One day, it’s the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Well, that’s been done, but maybe the food court ceiling at the mall.

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      Not really, my parents would’ve crucified me for this lol

      I think it is correct to let a child do something like this in their own space, but I’m not a parent lol

      And like I said, my parents who, if you can believe this, are parents, would’ve killed me.

      • @[email protected]
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        101 month ago

        I think it’s a bit of a generational thing. The internet has given us access to a lot more reliable information. Far more parents have learnt the difference between what’s effective and what feels good. Yelling feels good, it doesn’t actually work very well. Rolling with it, followed by a calm discussion gets far better results. Achieving this mentality is another matter, but using it as a goal helps moderate your reaction.

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    91 month ago

    Yup. Go for it, kid. And the best part is you can drag out the rainbow farting moose any time a childhood story is needed to mildly embarrass and laugh with your kid.

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    11 month ago

    Isn’t 10 a little old to be coloring on walls? My kids stopped doing that by 6. Not trying to say I’m some kind of super dad, I’m far from perfect, but 10 seems a little old to still be coloring on walls.

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      21 month ago

      I was definitely still drawing/writing on my walls in high school, and I’m not even “artsy”.

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        ehhh, I was gonna guess probably furry conventions or perhaps more optimistically a lucrative career in shitposty webcomics (think oglaf), but sure lets shoot for the moon.

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            11 month ago

            so is making regular pornography, only with regular porn you’re unlikely to require a working knowledge of animal genitalia, so it’s actually better. having said that, I think the world would just plain be better off with another oglaf or cyanide & happiness, don’t you?

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              41 month ago

              TBF sometimes you just learn about animal genitalia, no matter what your field. For example, I acquired a working knowledge of snake hemipenises as assistant archivist of a herpetology collection. They didn’t warn me about that in library school.

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      151 month ago

      I thought Nyan cat translated to cat cat?

      *Looks up Japanese for moose

      What we have here is a Mūsu Moose!

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        81 month ago

        Close. Nyan, or nya, is the equivalent of meow. So you need whatever sound a Japanese moose makes.

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          71 month ago

          I believe the sound is 「おい、ロッキー、僕が帽子からウサギを出すところを見てよ!」

          (Ah yes, my finest work: a joke in a language I don’t speak well about a 65+ year old show most folks here probably haven’t watched. 😅)

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    I feel like I’d allow this in a kid’s room. It’s fully behind the door so I don’t have to look at it and it’s their space.

    Ultimately, it’s less destructive to the house than the missing door stopper.

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      251 month ago

      Yeah that’s what I was thinking too. At a certain age where they’re not just finger painting randomness anymore, why not let a kid run wild with their room. It’s not the end of the world if you need to re-paint the walls if you need to move.

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      61 month ago

      I’d allow or even encourage something like this but ideally only on the wall and not covering the door plus not with crayons or marker since those can be a pain to paint over. But other than that I agree, why not? It’s a way for them to incorporate their own design ideas into their living space.