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Re:Always tell kids the truth (2019) by callesgg on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:12AM (#30966134)
Interesting, do you have an example of a lie that you told them that you thought would be obvious?
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Re:Always tell kids the truth (2019) by seanhunter on Saturday April 09, 2022 @04:41AM (#30966275)
Sure.

   Me: I'm off to go slay some dragons. 
   Them: you don't slay dragons
   Me: what do I do?
   Them: you code computers to catch bad guys... Black marketers or something.
This was age 7 or so. At the time I worked on algorithms to detect rogue traders in financial markets.
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