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Re:You don’t want a child prodigy by behringer on Friday May 24, 2019 @04:21PM (#20004936)
He'll be drinking at 40 in a lonely bar reminiscing about how he was almost there. He had it within his grasp... He could have been national champ!
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Re:You don’t want a child prodigy by chriselles on Friday May 24, 2019 @11:15PM (#20006901)
I read out what you wrote. He genuinely thought it was pretty funny.

The dark humour runs rampant with him/us.

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Re:You don’t want a child prodigy by yhoneycomb on Friday May 24, 2019 @05:02PM (#20005268)
Looks like you got a lot of downvotes for what was clearly a joke. I thought it was funny!
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Re:You don’t want a child prodigy by behringer on Friday May 24, 2019 @06:22PM (#20005816)
I don't post for the upvotes :) Have an upvote!
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Re:You don’t want a child prodigy by knolax on Friday May 24, 2019 @07:28PM (#20006153)
Jokes at the expense of a child aren't funny.
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Re:You don’t want a child prodigy by marak830 on Friday May 24, 2019 @08:28PM (#20006382)
Are you kidding? As a father me and my wife joke a lot about our son. Hide and seek hiding behind a chain link fence? Hey I'll save on college!
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Re:You don’t want a child prodigy by chriselles on Friday May 24, 2019 @11:24PM (#20006925)
Ours hid behind a curtain, flopping around like they had Parkinsons, laughing like they were in a soundproof safe room, with their feet sticking out.

You’d think they’d been eating lead paint chips daily.

Not everyone has what it takes to be accepted to and graduate from Hamburger U

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Re:You don’t want a child prodigy by knolax on Friday May 24, 2019 @08:35PM (#20006408)
Claiming some stranger's kid is going to become an alcoholic that achieved nothing in life because they like to play with Rubik's cubes is on whole other level of mean.
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Re:You don’t want a child prodigy by austhrow743 on Friday May 24, 2019 @09:18PM (#20006560)
Yeah, a funnier one.
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Re:You don’t want a child prodigy by xkcd-sucks on Friday May 24, 2019 @05:24PM (#20005402)
Only if he never does anything better
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