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The research was overseen by the Institutional Review Board, which is what I named my surfboard.
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this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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In a related note, I had all three of my kids in the car one night. I peered out the window and said "I see a planet!" Where? Where? "See if you can find it."
Earth. It was Earth. They were busily cooperating for forty minutes.
Parenting done right.
It's a trick you can only use once.
Eh, kids can be a bit slow. Im sure you can switch out the noun a good 3 or 4 times before they caught on. My parents would hit us with "eye spy something green" when they got bored
You don't think I tried?
Smart kids lmao