Post B0S9AyPVUt3RfSKClk by ntnsndr@social.coop
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(DIR) Post #B0S9AxKVVzSeJeyhKy by ntnsndr@social.coop
2025-11-20T18:42:31Z
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Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes. https://www.npr.org/2025/11/18/nx-s1-5564064/calvin-and-hobbes-bill-watterson-40-years-comic-strip-lee-salemIt was only when reading it with my kids that I realized the secret message: Calvin acts like Calvin because adults almost never play with him. Like, actually play.
(DIR) Post #B0S9AyPVUt3RfSKClk by ntnsndr@social.coop
2025-11-20T18:42:38Z
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This becomes clear in just a few strips, the exceptions. Like the one where his dad finally drops his work and runs around with Calvin for a day. And everything goes great.
(DIR) Post #B0S9AzRJfe60rMBAEC by gnu2@gnusocial.jp
2025-11-21T00:07:21Z
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@ntnsndr on the opposite side Bluey's like is the way her's is be a 9 hey people ALL play with their kids.
(DIR) Post #B0S9B6dGvaopASpJKq by ntnsndr@social.coop
2025-11-20T18:42:44Z
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And the last babysitter one: Rosalyn does the same, and the same thing happens. Weird.
(DIR) Post #B0S9BEdZANo7zh1eu8 by ntnsndr@social.coop
2025-11-20T18:42:45Z
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And in my experience the message is true.Play with the kids in your life. At their level, and in their worlds. It works.
(DIR) Post #B0SA4FTvjBr8XZkcwy by gnu2@gnusocial.jp
2025-11-21T00:17:21Z
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@ntnsndr on the opposite side Bluey's like is the way her's is be a 9 hey people ALL play with their kids.
(DIR) Post #B0SCiHpWcFxxJc4TYm by ntnsndr@social.coop
2025-11-21T00:39:51Z
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@gnu2 yeah Bluey places such enormous demands on dads to be amazingly fun
(DIR) Post #B0SCw4WGtvai5Udfkm by gnu2@gnusocial.jp
2025-11-21T00:48:51Z
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@ntnsndr in my experience most of them are.