Let the perpetual rumination begin
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Amanda: Man, I really wanna do that water park beach whatever thing.
AMANDA: You're gonna ask Mom tonight, right?
You won't forget, right?!?!?
TODD: Amanda, YES, okay? I'll ask tonight.
TODD: Why do you keep asking? Are you afraid she'll say that she hates water parks?
AMANDA (Absolute Terror Field Activated): WELL I AM NOW!!
AMANDA: You're gonna ask Mom tonight, right?
You won't forget, right?!?!?
TODD: Amanda, YES, okay? I'll ask tonight.
TODD: Why do you keep asking? Are you afraid she'll say that she hates water parks?
AMANDA (Absolute Terror Field Activated): WELL I AM NOW!!
And a new anxiety has jumped into the ring!
Well, if that isn’t the face of true terror, what is?
Indeed, it’s a “Munch Moment”!
I want Andi to hate water parks now. Maybe she got one of those brain eating amoebas as a kid from like Noah’s Arc, lmfao. Would explain her hair.
I just realized something.
A water park might not have salt, but it’s going to have Chlorine. Lots and lots of Chlorine. You aren’t even supposed to put fish in tap water b/c of the chlorine content, and that’s a relatively much lower level.
I was wondering about that too. Before Todd and Selkie first visited the underwater refuge city, Todd had to practice diving in a pool, and Avery mentioned that the pool was specifically non-chlorinated so it wouldn’t irritate Selkie’s gills. A private pool is one thing, but a public water park?
It’s a water park on the lake, not something private. Amanda even calls it a “Water park beach”
I just realized something. A water park might not have salt, but you know what it does have? Chlorine! Lots and lots of Chlorine.
You aren’t even supposed to keep fish in tap water b/c of the chlorine, and even that’s at a much lower level than you will find in water parks.
A water park stole Andi’s lunch money during 5th grade.
A water park killed her father. It must prepare to die.
Well, sure, if the water park has six fingers, the clue might be the five flags it is waving. … or was it six?
Parents are inscrutable to a child their decisions are based on unknowable whims. No wonder why Amanda is nervous.
Nice Evengelion reference…
Honestly, Todd should have just quietly excused himself and called Andi on the spot without saying anything to the kids. If she’d said no, then he could deal with it later. This kind of fuss is totally normal at this age, especially with the kinds of issues Amanda has. I get that he’s trying to establish boundaries, but there’s probably a gentler way to handle this.
“absolute terror field activated”, lol