> At some point the kids realize dessert before dinner is a question we are safe to ask, so we are gonna ask it four times a week.
Good opportunity to teach the kids about boundaries and respect for your fellow human being:
“I am never going to allow dessert before dinner, because it is unhealthy and your well-being is important to me. The next time you ask me that you won’t get dessert before or after dinner. New questions are interesting, old questions are annoying. I don‘t like being annoyed and will incentivise you to be better.”
Or:
“Sure. Here’s an apple. Fruit is dessert. No, you cannot have ice cream because it is unhealthy and…”
Or:
“Why do you keep asking the same question when you know the answer will be negative? Do you not realise that is annoying? What would you do if someone annoyed you everyday?”
> Something I wish the Left would figure out because the Right uses it on them all the time.
Sealioning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning
> At some point the kids realize dessert before dinner is a question we are safe to ask, so we are gonna ask it four times a week.
Good opportunity to teach the kids about boundaries and respect for your fellow human being:
“I am never going to allow dessert before dinner, because it is unhealthy and your well-being is important to me. The next time you ask me that you won’t get dessert before or after dinner. New questions are interesting, old questions are annoying. I don‘t like being annoyed and will incentivise you to be better.”
Or:
“Sure. Here’s an apple. Fruit is dessert. No, you cannot have ice cream because it is unhealthy and…”
Or:
“Why do you keep asking the same question when you know the answer will be negative? Do you not realise that is annoying? What would you do if someone annoyed you everyday?”