The trick is to redirect the conversation into something you’re happy to rant about for hours. “Why?” “Because mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, much like Horus was the powerhouse of the campaign to reunify the galaxy.” “Why?” “So in ancient Anatolia, an immortal man was born…”
Previous solution:
“I don’t know.”
“Why”
“Because it is not possible to know everything.”
“Why”
And repeat until the judge declares stalemate, the baby takes up a more meaningful line of questioning, or the baby needs a nap.
My go to answer for my little shitlings is “why not?” to find out if they actually want to engage or just annoy me
For me, i tell them “why” isn’t a complete question. If you can’t make a full question like “why does we need food?” then they don’t deserve an answer because they’re just trying to be annoying.
Or, for short, “why what?”
Me too. It has never failed me. It turns out the kids get bored faster than I do.
Objection, relevance
Judge: Why?
The baby is trying to establish that the defendant went to the restaurant to gain enough energy needed to murder the victim in cold blood.
“Why do you think?”
“Let’s look it up.”
“Just because dinosaurs turned into birds doesn’t mean the chickens can turn into dinosaurs.”
(Last one context specific)Yeah, “I dunno but let’s find out” is my go-to.
depending on your definition of “dinosaur” and “turned into” - that is absolutely possible.
Why is the magic keyword that toddlers use to keep us talking to them.
I did this as a kid, A LOT
I have no idea if I did it because I was actually interested or if I was just being a little shit
I never truly appreciated this recurring gag in the Buttons and Mindy segments of Animaniacs until I had a toddler of my own.
The 5 whys is a legitimate strategy for RCA
Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell! No idea what that means but boy do I remember it.
Why?
Because.
That works!
To kill a child’s curiosity because you don’t know what ATP is
It was a Ryan George reference. I agree with you
PERFECT!
