• M500@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Not just that, but all the mystery of the world is kind of gone. Any kid can search about Santa and pretty quickly determine it’s made up.

    But when I was a kid, I was determined to find out the truth. I even setup cameras to catch him. Weirdly they didn’t record that night. I’m guessing my parents turned off the video camera as they knew about my plan.

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      11 months ago

      The Santa/tooth fairy thing still hits kids at about the same age despite the internet. It has more to do with the parents and friends’ parents than anything else. Source: I talk to schoolchildren often

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        11 months ago

        I think the many worlds interpretation is accurate. There are many times when I for sure should have died but I didn’t. Well many versions of me probably did, but I’m still going…