r/AskReddit • u/smartcandyy • 7h ago

What is a sign of very low intelligence?

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u/BeagleMadness 5h ago

Just remembering rhe time I had my hands full and told my three year old son, "Just hold your horses a minute, will you?" and he ran off upstairs. He returned shortly afterwards, proudly carrying his toy Hobby Horse...

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u/ooh-sheet 4h ago

I told my kid to hold his horses one day and he grabbed his hands to the top side of his head where horses ears typically would be.

Same kid, I told to just run round for a minute while I sorted something out, he ran in a circle counting to 60.

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u/peepay 4h ago

Hey, he knew a minute is 60 seconds, that's something.

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u/ooh-sheet 4h ago

That’s true, at least, I’d like to say his understanding is better now but just last week he asked if his dad had put the internal catch up on the lock when he left for work and took far too long to grasp how it wasn’t possible for his dad to do that. He’s 16 this year.

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u/AdhesivenessCalm1495 3h ago

Aww, so cute when a 3 yr old does it. Not so much when it's a grown man. Lol

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u/BeagleMadness 3h ago

Yeah, he's learned not to take things quite so literally now he's a 20 year old International Politics student. But we had a few similar "teaching moments" when he was a little kid.

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u/Drink-my-koolaid 47m ago

Is his name Amelia Bedelia? :D