<![CDATA[My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun]]>My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun?
Me: Yes… why?
Him: if we glue every object to another object then it’s half as many things to clean up

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/92bf7158-8378-4a59-bfcd-aded12977d66/my-7-year-old-cleaning-the-playroom-with-me-do-we-have-a-hot-glue-gunRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 03:40:32 GMTSat, 09 May 2026 22:33:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 19:06:07 GMT]]>@caroline@chaosfem.tw

Kind of a brilliant solution. Saying that as someone with a slightly older kiddo that loves hot gluing objects together as well.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/bc620c00-6f62-486b-b5e3-28d4d8ee97b6https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/bc620c00-6f62-486b-b5e3-28d4d8ee97b6Sun, 10 May 2026 19:06:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:36:35 GMT]]>@caroline their brain is braining

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/116502095953138777/statuses/116551725550460366https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/ap/users/116502095953138777/statuses/116551725550460366Sun, 10 May 2026 18:36:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 18:16:59 GMT]]>@Driftya I neatly avoided the philosophical issue of what constitutes an object by pointing out that the act of joining things together was “crafting,” and we needed to be “cleaning”

there was probably a lesson in there on how optimizing a solution often takes more time than just finishing the problem, but there were crushed goldfish crackers to be vacuumed

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/caroline/statuses/116551648496800900https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/caroline/statuses/116551648496800900Sun, 10 May 2026 18:16:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 17:29:22 GMT]]>@caroline most important thing how did you respond?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115909819407278339/statuses/116551461249577483https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115909819407278339/statuses/116551461249577483Sun, 10 May 2026 17:29:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:55:09 GMT]]>@gwcoffey “I want to raise my children to be creative and independent thinkers”

*monkey’s paw curls*

(this really is brilliant and I love it)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/caroline/statuses/116551326749494118https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/caroline/statuses/116551326749494118Sun, 10 May 2026 16:55:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:51:34 GMT]]>@jhaas I’m so pleased that myself and several others in the replies all had the same thought, what a perfect game

I do have to budget for replacing all the controllers that will be destroyed in frustrated rage though

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/caroline/statuses/116551312656980308https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/caroline/statuses/116551312656980308Sun, 10 May 2026 16:51:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:25:26 GMT]]>@caroline Priceless. Reminds me of the time I told my four year old she could only bring one stuffed toy with her to the park. She slipped into her closet, shut the door, then emerged a few minutes later with five or six all looped together with a clip into on monster-stuffie.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gwcoffey/statuses/116551209851363710https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gwcoffey/statuses/116551209851363710Sun, 10 May 2026 16:25:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 16:08:06 GMT]]>@caroline Time for an introduction to a retro game?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katamari_Damacy

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116551141746864317https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116551141746864317Sun, 10 May 2026 16:08:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 15:31:28 GMT]]>@caroline Introduce kiddo to “bins”, and their magical ability to turn “many things” into “one thing”.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/wordman/statuses/116550997685295280https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/wordman/statuses/116550997685295280Sun, 10 May 2026 15:31:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 14:26:07 GMT]]>@caroline@chaosfem.tw Did you tell him then he'd only have half as many toys? 😉

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://trinsec.org/notes/am3fjreyp1tb002hhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://trinsec.org/notes/am3fjreyp1tb002hSun, 10 May 2026 14:26:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 14:04:27 GMT]]>@caroline potential in silicon valley

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Kierkegaanks/statuses/116550655508800242https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Kierkegaanks/statuses/116550655508800242Sun, 10 May 2026 14:04:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 12:06:46 GMT]]>@caroline The kid has grasped the concept of entropy! 🤩

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/feministmom/statuses/116550192732744826https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://eldritch.cafe/users/feministmom/statuses/116550192732744826Sun, 10 May 2026 12:06:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 11:44:00 GMT]]>@caroline why stop there though? Why not glue everything to everything else so you only have one thing to put away

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116550103238856073https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116550103238856073Sun, 10 May 2026 11:44:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 08:31:57 GMT]]>@caroline Simple Ways To Understand Object-Oriented Compilers

a new book by O'Reilly

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/burnitdown/statuses/116549348080630841https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/burnitdown/statuses/116549348080630841Sun, 10 May 2026 08:31:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 04:55:32 GMT]]>@caroline This child will be going places.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastoart.social/ap/users/115543556997800179/statuses/116548497073680430https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastoart.social/ap/users/115543556997800179/statuses/116548497073680430Sun, 10 May 2026 04:55:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 04:25:18 GMT]]>@caroline He's going to rule the world!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/lindasgoluppiart/statuses/116548378196537935https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/lindasgoluppiart/statuses/116548378196537935Sun, 10 May 2026 04:25:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 03:44:18 GMT]]>@what in this extremely rare case he was highly motivated because tomorrow this room will become new baby bunny home base, and needed to be completely clear and cleaned 🐰

but yeah no the rest of the time it’s just desperate forms of bribery with a near-0% success rate

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/caroline/statuses/116548217011299555https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/caroline/statuses/116548217011299555Sun, 10 May 2026 03:44:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 03:14:33 GMT]]>@caroline just tell me how you get a 7 year old to clean a playroom

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/what/statuses/116548099974940985https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/what/statuses/116548099974940985Sun, 10 May 2026 03:14:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 03:01:41 GMT]]>@caroline he’s not wrong….

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/Da_Gut/statuses/116548049428417570https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/Da_Gut/statuses/116548049428417570Sun, 10 May 2026 03:01:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 02:59:28 GMT]]>@caroline admirable logic, but teachable moment about picking the wrong metric

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/116548040693968210https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/fishidwardrobe/statuses/116548040693968210Sun, 10 May 2026 02:59:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 02:50:44 GMT]]>@Daveography well it’s hot glue so it’s not working harder, more like working tackier

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/caroline/statuses/116548006341314426https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaosfem.tw/users/caroline/statuses/116548006341314426Sun, 10 May 2026 02:50:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 02:49:54 GMT]]>@caroline

If y’all haven’t played Katamari Damacy…you should.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.well.com/users/rk/statuses/116548003058342375https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.well.com/users/rk/statuses/116548003058342375Sun, 10 May 2026 02:49:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 02:30:32 GMT]]>@caroline

Work smarter not... no wait I guess that would still be harder too

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://yeg.bike/users/Daveography/statuses/116547926894632762https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://yeg.bike/users/Daveography/statuses/116547926894632762Sun, 10 May 2026 02:30:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My 7-year old, cleaning the playroom with me: Do we have a hot glue gun on Sun, 10 May 2026 01:58:18 GMT]]>@viq

If you glue each object to another object, then you end up with *at most* half as many objects.

Each object could be glued to exactly one other object, in which case you get n÷2 objects. Gluing each object to two other objects results in n÷3 objects. Gluing all objects together results in n÷n objects, i.e. one object.

@caroline

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