cloudshades:

so apparently some people teach the difference between a “b” and a “d” to children by teaching them b has a belly and d has a diaper and tbh i’m really glad i held back and didn’t say dumptruck like my brain immediately supplied

this is a fascinating window into the minds of small children–

not because a diaper is clearly a more familiar concept to them than a “dumptruck” in the big booty sense–

and not because they understand the self-evident fact that bellies stick out in front and diapers stick out in back–

but because they accept, as an equally self-evident fact, that everyone is always facing to the right