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![daddy: the-strongest-decoy:
arcticfoxbear:
by-grace-of-god:
prolifeproliberty:
candiikismet:
gingersofficial:
Life path unlocked. He’s a scientist now.
If your dad is telling you in great detail about something he’s passionate about, you’re going to be hooked even if you don’t understand a word.
He tells us more…
So now I have to deliver a quiet lecture on the Standard Model every night. He loves lists of things, like all the streets home from daycare, or the train stations between here and Central, so he loves hearing the list of leptons and quarks and bosons.
Anyway, I made this poster for him, based on the CPEP ones we used to have at uni .
Alas I ran out of room for antimatter, colour charge and confinement, but hey, maybe there can be a second poster later.
It’s funny though — on the surface of it, it seems like it must be far too advanced for a 3yo. But when you think about it, quarks and leptons are no more or less real to him than, say, dinosaurs or planets, and he loves those too. And he recognises the letters on the particles.
I am absolutely overwhelmed by the kind and sweet things people are saying about this, thanks everyone ❤️
Addendum: he has really grasped onto the “everything is made of atoms” part of this, so tonight he listed just about every object he could think of and asked if it was made of atoms.
“And my bed?”Yes, and your bed.“And that wall?”Yep.“And the armchair?”Yes, the armchair too.……“And… the book case?”Y—
“And my home?”Yep, the whole apartment block.“And your home? Oh wait, your home is my home.”Haha, it is.……“But is it made of atoms?”Yep.“And… [best friend]’s home?”Yes, it is. And [other friend]’s home, and [third friend]’s home.
“Is [yet another friend]’s home?”
Update from the other night:
“Is my… is… [extremely long pause] is my atoms poster made up of atoms?”—Yes! Yes it is.
I have never heard such a contemplative silence. I think the next poster will have to be on the philosophy of referential language.
Update from this morning: after listing everything in sight (mummy? daddy? fridge? milk? cereal? table? etc.) he asks “is [baby sister] made up of atoms?”
yep!
*runs over to her on the floor**puts face up real close to hers*“HI! YOU’RE MADE UP OF LOTS OF ATOMS! DID YOU KNOW?”
@radioactivepeasant @themagdalenwriting @iusedtohaveanaccount
“HI! YOU’RE MADE UP OF LOTS OF ATOMS! DID YOU KNOW?”](https://pics.esmemes.com/the-strongest-decoy-arcticfoxbear-by-grace-of-god-prolifeproliberty-candiikismet-gingersofficial-life-path-unlocked-he’s-72435713.png)
![daddy: cheeseanonioncrisps:
roseverdict:
roseverdict:
jus-tea:
Daddy’s at the food store, Mummy’s out of town,
She’s working at the hospital since Rhona came to town,
Hide away, hide away, Miss Rhona’s come to town,
Hide away, hide away, she’s come to take us down.
Miss Rhona’s at the doorstep, I’ll keep 6 feet away,
But Grandma needs the paper, I’ll take her some today,
Hide away, hide away, Miss Rhona’s come to stay,
Hide away, hide away, we can’t come out to play.
But Grandma needs the paper, I’ll take her some today,
And here’s a note from Rhona, she wanted me to say,
Hide away, hide away, keep 6 feet away,
Hide away, hide away, she took us down today.
[Image ID: Tumblr user @neanderthyall says in the notes, “I thought that 6 feet was kind of a double meaning. Like six feet away to stop the spread, but when people die they’re six feet underground, and its six feet of the dirt that keeps you apart. Like ‘Hide away, hide away, even though it hurts Hide away, hide away, or the six feet will be dirt’.” End ID.]
HI DON’T LEAVE THIS IN THE NOTES THAT’S ACTUALLY BRILLIANT
It’s not a proper creepy nursery rhyme until it’s got an eery childrens’ game attached to it though (think ring-a-round-the-roses or oranges and lemons).
One child shall be designated ‘Miss (Mr, Mx) Rhona’ and will have to cover their eyes (hide away). They then have to try to catch the other kids— think Blind Man’s Bluff. The children running away chant the rhyme, to make it easier for ‘Rhona’ to find them.
Any child tagged becomes another ‘Rhona’ and must also cover their eyes and join in the chase. The winner is the last child left uninfected.
Meanwhile all adults in the area must watch with a vague sense of unease, and whisper to each other “do you know what that’s inspired by?”](https://pics.esmemes.com/cheeseanonioncrisps-roseverdict-roseverdict-jus-tea-daddy’s-at-the-food-store-mummy’s-72345685.png)
![daddy: by-grace-of-god:
prolifeproliberty:
candiikismet:
gingersofficial:
Life path unlocked. He’s a scientist now.
If your dad is telling you in great detail about something he’s passionate about, you’re going to be hooked even if you don’t understand a word.
He tells us more…
So now I have to deliver a quiet lecture on the Standard Model every night. He loves lists of things, like all the streets home from daycare, or the train stations between here and Central, so he loves hearing the list of leptons and quarks and bosons.
Anyway, I made this poster for him, based on the CPEP ones we used to have at uni .
Alas I ran out of room for antimatter, colour charge and confinement, but hey, maybe there can be a second poster later.
It’s funny though — on the surface of it, it seems like it must be far too advanced for a 3yo. But when you think about it, quarks and leptons are no more or less real to him than, say, dinosaurs or planets, and he loves those too. And he recognises the letters on the particles.
I am absolutely overwhelmed by the kind and sweet things people are saying about this, thanks everyone ❤️
Addendum: he has really grasped onto the “everything is made of atoms” part of this, so tonight he listed just about every object he could think of and asked if it was made of atoms.
“And my bed?”Yes, and your bed.“And that wall?”Yep.“And the armchair?”Yes, the armchair too.……“And… the book case?”Y—
“And my home?”Yep, the whole apartment block.“And your home? Oh wait, your home is my home.”Haha, it is.……“But is it made of atoms?”Yep.“And… [best friend]’s home?”Yes, it is. And [other friend]’s home, and [third friend]’s home.
“Is [yet another friend]’s home?”
Update from the other night:
“Is my… is… [extremely long pause] is my atoms poster made up of atoms?”—Yes! Yes it is.
I have never heard such a contemplative silence. I think the next poster will have to be on the philosophy of referential language.
Update from this morning: after listing everything in sight (mummy? daddy? fridge? milk? cereal? table? etc.) he asks “is [baby sister] made up of atoms?”
yep!
*runs over to her on the floor**puts face up real close to hers*“HI! YOU’RE MADE UP OF LOTS OF ATOMS! DID YOU KNOW?”](https://pics.esmemes.com/by-grace-of-god-prolifeproliberty-candiikismet-gingersofficial-life-path-unlocked-he’s-a-scientist-69991793.png)
![daddy: plague-doctor-daddy:
[[̢̮̬͔̮͎̮I̙̠͝N͍̖̬̳H̛̪̥̩A̡̤̜̪̲̭͔̻Ḻ̢͇E͏S̻̬͓͇͎͚̘ ̝̖̻̻͝ͅA̡̙͉ ҉̗M̛͇͎̫̝A̷̮̣Ś̳̝̘S͓̟̻̮͔͍I̧͙V̱͉̱E ̟̱̞̘͇͖͜A̸͇͓̲͙͎̠M̰̦̠̦͎Ơ͚U̗̪̗̘NT̲̕ ͈͈̭͕̤̝͡O̴͔̲͍̦F̺̼͔͕͎̬̞͢ ̧̬̰͙Ḥ͢E̲̗̖̪̜͡R̡̼B̖̥̞̥]͚͍̜̠̯̼ͅ]͏̼̳̟̱̣̮̖](https://pics.esmemes.com/plague-doctor-daddy-̢̮̬͔̮͎̮i̙̠͝n͍̖̬̳h̛̪̥̩a̡̤̜̪̲̭͔̻ḻ̢͇e͏s̻̬͓͇͎͚̘-̝̖̻̻͝ͅa̡̙͉-҉̗m̛͇͎̫̝a̷̮̣ś̳̝̘s͓̟̻̮͔͍i̧͙v̱͉̱e-̟̱̞̘͇͖͜a̸͇͓̲͙͎̠m̰̦̠̦͎ơ͚u̗̪̗̘nt̲̕-͈͈̭͡-69431014.png)
