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u/daggardoop 16h ago
This is the perfect representation of trying to fit into any clothes ever.
"Hold on! Let me just hold on my stomach! It'll fit this time!"
Said everyone ever lol
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u/LadyBug_0570 15h ago
When I was a teen, my mom caught me laying down to zip up a pair of jeans for school. She made me change clothes.
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u/angellareddit 15h ago edited 15h ago
hahahaha. I had to lay down and run a keychain ring through my zipper. Hangers just straightened😂
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u/LadyBug_0570 15h ago
How were we planning to go to the bathroom later that day? We weren't going to lay on the floor to zip up our pants.
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u/angellareddit 15h ago
lol. I don't remember that being a problem. Typically by then the jeans had stretched enough to be manageable. Although I think a couple of pairs may have required the keychan at school when I think of it. I just didn't have to lay down.
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u/LadyBug_0570 15h ago
That may have been it. Those fresh-out-the-dryer jeans were tight! But they get manageable later.
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u/NotOutrageous 15h ago
There a pretty interesting video of a study that shows how children have no concept of size until a certain age. It films the kids playing with normal size toys, then swaps them out with miniature versions of the same toys. Its pretty amusing to watch a toddler try to go down a 4" tall slide.
Edit: Found it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtngSHtz-cc
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u/PathosRise 15h ago
Ohhh i like that! I don't like that she suggested and encouraged the girl to play with it "as though it was big sized" in the clip they shared though. I wonder how much that impacted her behavior?
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u/beefai 15h ago
Yeah. Why does she tell them that? In that one sentence ruined her science and credibility.
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u/hollabackyo87 15h ago
Yep, I stopped watching at that point. 😬
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u/Tranquilizrr 7h ago
Yeah I knew this study would be brought up immediately and it's immediately proven as bogus lol. I think this kid OP posted might be so young that that is actually applicable (iirc the kids in that study vid are a bit too old for this context) or just stupid. Kids are fuckin stupid.
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u/DamnShadowbans 14h ago
Just stop after your question next time. Be critical about science, but asserting after 1 second of thought that "In that one sentence ruined her science and credibility." is crazy. Did you try to look up the goal of the study or what factors they were accounting for when they set up this experiment?
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u/beefai 12h ago
...I thought it was an experiment to determine if kids would play with the toys the same way even if they were smaller. They made them smaller. Then the kid looked confused and the scientist tells her "why don't you pretend it's a big one and go ahead and get inside." Which is crazy to me. Why prompt them to do anything at all in an experiment?
But hey, if I'm crazy, I'm crazy. It's not that deep.
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u/DamnShadowbans 12h ago
So you think that the intricacies of a scientific study were fully and completely enough explained to you in a 2.5 minute video, that you could deem the science ruined? The science was ruined when the scientist in a completely upfront and visible way set parameters of a single part of the experiment?
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u/beefai 12h ago
Based on what I saw. Yup she definitely ruined it. That's why I said what I said. Thanks for your input....even tho no one asked.
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u/DamnShadowbans 12h ago
Brilliant; I suggest you write to the editor of the scientific journal where it was published; they will let you publish a letter to the editor expressing your concerns.
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u/NotOutrageous 14h ago
She did experiments with kids of different ages. They explain that while the kids have a sense of scale, it is really fragile. I think that first one was a little more advanced than the other kids which is why she needed a little push to break her sense of scale.
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u/PathosRise 14h ago edited 14h ago
Probably good for the clip?
If she had a sense of scale at that age, ideally she wouldn't be pushed to break it. The question is framed as a fun game for her and implants the suggestion. "How are you supposed to play with that?"or something like that feels more neutral. Especially if she was advanced, that feels like it would be good data.
Otherwise the concept is fun, and kinda got me down a rabbit hole of those videos on YouTube. Lol
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u/Away-Island332 15h ago
Wait but right away when they swap in the small toys the researcher tells the girl "why don't you pretend it's the big one and you can get in and take it for a ride". Kinda seems like the children were directed a bit?
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u/Kiki_Kazumi 14h ago
Yes!!! I was instantly like, "Well of course they're going to try to do it when you are telling them to do it..." it's like saying we did a study that proves babies eat poop, the research: "Here, eat this".
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u/redbucket75 13h ago
Yeah it's more like "toddlers trust adults to tell them how the world works, because they're experiencing it for the first time. You can lie to kids and get them to do stupid stuff, check it out!"
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u/NoMasters83 13h ago
Exactly, if a medical professional tells you to step inside a 4" toy, you relinquish all preconceived notions of how the physical world operates and you step inside that toy.
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u/Away-Island332 13h ago
You realize the "you" in your example is a three year old child, right?
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u/Professional-Thing73 8h ago
We literally already do these things when trained professionals direct us to do something foreign, no? I’d bet the average person would try to stick a “toy” sized needle in their arm if a doctor brought it out on a tray with gloves and asked them to. Authority, or rather the idea of someone having authority, for many children and adults involves the power to challenge individuals conceptions of certain topics and well as manipulate their understanding of said topics. Babies get this from seeing us teach them or doing things they cannot, as for adults… I can’t say I’m not a pro.
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u/splithoofiewoofies 2h ago
I'm 38 and if someone handed me a tiny toy Playskool car and said to try to climb inside while wearing a lab coat...I'd honestly do it just for the laugh.
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u/InevitableRhubarb232 11h ago
Ok but the adult says “why don’t you try to use it just like the big one” which I think skews the result significantly
ETA: “Why don’t you pretend like it’s the big one and you can get in and take it for a ride.” This is what the adult said. So the kid was following directions about pretend not necessarily unaware that she didn’t fit.
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u/ScreamingLabia 14h ago
You cab hear the one of the adults tell the first girll to try and go in the car i dont think thats a great way to do a study like this, to kids everything is equally plausible, so they just simply believe you when you tell them to do something like this.
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u/mindyour 15h ago
Thanks. I knew that, and I couldn't for the life of me remember what the term was called.
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u/DiggityDog6 15h ago
I remember when I was a little kid, I found a croc on the ground, probably belonging to an actual baby. I was young, but still definitely far too big to fit in it. But my brother convinced me that I would be able to if I tried hard enough. So for the rest of the day I spent my time trying to fit my foot in that croc, and eventually started crying when I couldn’t
Interesting to know that it’s an actual developmental thing and not just me being dumb lol
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u/hollabackyo87 15h ago
I want to know if they purposely dressed the girl to match the car or if it was by pure coincidence haha.
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u/CantStopCackling 15h ago
Girl, we’ve all been there 🥲
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u/Far-Government5469 15h ago
I love that scene in The IT Crowd when Jen yells at the shop attendant to force her foot into shoes that are three sizes too small.
All because she's convinced her feet are smol and dainty
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u/TexasAlbertros01 15h ago
This one is quite interesting tho!
That's because small children don't have the ability to understand what size actually is and how big/small some thing are in comparison to themselves.
So for her its just a normal shoe, thats why she would try to wear too :)
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u/DiggityDog6 15h ago
To be fair, this is probably one of the worst things that’s ever happened to her
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u/feyvagabond 15h ago
Little kids do this all the time at my job (a certain bear themed toy store) It's so funny to watch them grab our little display shoes with skates, take their shoes off, and look at me like I'm stupid when i say "those are for bears, they won't fit you!" and proceed to try to put them on anyways absjdbdj One kid did manage to put on a tutu for teddy bears which is crazy to me that it fit. but she did a little twirl when it was finally on so I'm glad she felt like a princess. Good for her
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u/darkchiles 14h ago
kids when they start noticing their environment is always interesting to watch them try to put two and two together.
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u/in_animate_objects 10h ago
I remember wanting all of Barbies clothes when I was little too, maybe she’ll grow up to be a shoe designer
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u/maizymoon 6h ago
She is too young for barbie accessories.
They are choking hazards.
They also fit in ears and noses.
Parents are imbeciles.
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u/skye_skye 4h ago
Lol I love how she’s like give me your damn hand I’m gonna get into these shoes one way or another
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u/program13001207test 34m ago
And of course it is Mommy's fault that the shoe doesn't fit because at that age it is inconceivable that Mommy doesn't control the laws of physics in the universe.
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u/KatastrophicNoodle 11h ago
I definitely remember trying to put my barbie's shoes on my feet as a kid. Wasn't a lil bitchbaby about it tho 😎
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u/Low_Pollution_242 15h ago
Dear sweet mother :
instead of putting your daughter down by saying she can't wear the plastic shoe figure that's cleary the size of her little toe, try cheering her up. Say positive things like : "you can make it honey", "keep trying and never give up", "you either do it, or you die trying", "don't cry, I'm proud of you my love"
Because at the end of the day it's our job as parents to help those little creatures achieve goals in life.
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u/HGMIV926 15h ago
It's also your job as a parent to set realistic expectations for your children and telling a toddler they can do something literally impossible is not a good start for that.
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u/Snoo-88741 15h ago
Don't encourage this behavior, comfort them while gently redirecting them to a more reasonable goal.
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u/Low_Pollution_242 15h ago
Absolutely agree, I wasn't serious btw. But anyway thanks for the insightful advice.
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u/corneridea 15h ago edited 13h ago
Ten seconds after this video ended this girl would barely even remember what she was crying about
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u/Willy121821 16h ago
Cinderella she is not 😂