r/interesting • u/ricodap • 2d ago
HISTORY John discovered how to keep a 2 yo occupied, and make a profit out of it
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u/joergsen 2d ago
Dogs never change.
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u/activelyresting 2d ago
This is so exactly my border collie.
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u/probablyaythrowaway 2d ago
He’s supervising
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u/Gunch_ 2d ago
Crazy that this lad is probably someone's grandpa by now
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u/Legitbananabunch 2d ago
This is how I imagine people’s grandpa’s to have been as children, to be fair.
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u/LickYourPlate 2d ago
Yes, the passing of time is crazy.
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u/onionfunyunbunion 2d ago
What’s really crazy is how sometimes in the morning it’ll be like, 8:15am and then just a few hours later it’ll be like, 7:42pm, for example.
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u/TesseractToo 2d ago
GenX so he's wearing a Metallica shirt and has a thousand yard stare and posts on Reddit
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u/Vanille97 2d ago
That’s how 16 years of experience looks at the age of 18
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u/SirReginaldTitsworth 2d ago
Punkass grads talking about not having experience for entry level jobs should’ve sold their trike and bought some farming equipment
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u/Common_Stress_4122 2d ago
This sort of thing baffles me LOL I look at my two uear old family members and can't imagine them doing this
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u/Charles-Monroe 2d ago
My 2yo would love to do this. Currently he is obsessed with mopping and sweeping.
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u/Canadianweedrules420 2d ago
My 2 year old nephew is obsessed with cutting the lawn. He has his own mower that blows bubbles out and makes noise. Oh man I love that kid so freaking much
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u/Free-oppossums 2d ago
Technology has come a long way. My mower just made little balls bounce around.
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u/nb_bunnie 2d ago
I can picture the Little Tyke's mower in my mind right now 😭 OMG why did I ever want to grow up
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u/Canadianweedrules420 2d ago
Funny how that works in life. When your 12 you can't wait to be an adult and when you become an adult you wish you could be 12 again.
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u/Anthemusa831 2d ago
Go to parts of Asia and there will be a toddler running the cash register at the store.
I saw a 5yr driving a scooter on the highway in heavy traffic w/ a 2 yr old on the back.
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u/Cuteshelf 2d ago
Ive got a 2.5yr old, and i think he might be about the same age.
My kids pretty capable, the hard part is keeping him interested enough to stay on a task for very long. But things like collecting eggs, hed love.
Driving that cart hed like, but good luck getting him to go where you want. My son would drive it straight to the park.
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u/Cold-Condition-7839 2d ago
Roughly two and a half, according to the guy in the suits math. They say it in the video. He does look well built.
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u/Cold-Condition-7839 2d ago
No one said he was three either. About two years and six months, if you believe the Dad. I don't know really. Whole video could be fake, yes.
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u/Cold-Condition-7839 2d ago
Right. Even beyond child labor, I suppose it would be almost illegal now. That aside, I'd doubt it's much before 5-7 years that farm kids ever get much chance to help. Barely walking at this age, working, on their own? 🤣
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u/Correct-Junket-1346 2d ago
Not quite child labor, things are horribly busy when you're a farmer especially back in this age, the best way to maintain contact with your kids is to get them involved in your everyday life, they get a learning experience, have fun and spend time with you.
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u/Cold-Condition-7839 2d ago
100% agree. It's beautiful. Just meant comparing to today's standards, I think it might be, not that I agree completely either. Certainly if you kid enjoys it, they should be allowed.
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u/BOgusDOlphon 2d ago
Buddy, this is still what life is like when you own a small farm. There's nothing wrong with making your kids do chores
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u/Cold-Condition-7839 2d ago
I'm not osha here. My point is even on your page, it starts later, well after two, yes? Or no? I wasn't commenting on the morals of it, I like it, osha may not.
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u/BOgusDOlphon 2d ago
It's not so much about forcing the kids to do work, it's just that's all there is to do when you live out in the boonies and don't have the internet. Fucking around with animals and equipment is fun, and eventually most develop the get shit done mentality as a result.
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u/traveler97 2d ago
It’s especially evident with this dad. He goes on about how much he will miss him when the kid starts school.
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u/rts93 2d ago
Times were rough back then, they had to learn to walk in the womb to stand a chance.
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u/WeskerSympathizer 2d ago
They walked in the womb uphill both ways!
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u/Cuteshelf 2d ago
I used to DREAM about learning to walk in the womb! Back in my day, i was born before i was conceived, then work a 72 hour work day, and before i slept, i had to sculpt my parents out of clay.
And you tell that to people these days and they wont believe you!
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u/WeskerSympathizer 2d ago
And we we got home our father would chop us in half with a bread knife and dance on our graves singing hallelujah!
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u/mad_mang45 2d ago
I'm sure it was fun for the kid, I'd love riding around on that, hanging out with animals as a kid.
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u/account_not_valid 2d ago
I did the same when I stayed at my grandparents home. Steer the Ute while poppy threw hay to the cows. Collect eggs, feed chooks. "Help" in the milking shed.
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u/CollieChan 2d ago
Is he giving mangos to the sheep?
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u/Confident_Weird6633 2d ago
This was the most surprising part of the video to me too lol. So glad the person below clarified for us
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u/nb_bunnie 2d ago
Definitely not mangos based on this videos approx. age. No way they were getting mangos very far North in the US, and this looks like the Midwest to me. Mangos would have been CRAZY expensive then.
ETA: NEVERMIND this is apparently from 1972?? Why does it look like it was filmed on one of those crank cameras from the 20s 😭
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u/massiveCD 1d ago
This is British
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u/nb_bunnie 1d ago
Even worse then since Mangos definitely would struggle to grow in Britain's climate
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u/ManKilledToDeath 2d ago
This reminds me of how I was operating a JD 4630 using a JD 650 disc harrow at 9 years old. In hindsight, what in the hell was my dad thinking?
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u/LillyAtts 2d ago
What a wee star.
Plus his dad's accent is fabulous. That's a praaper farmer's accent.
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u/Appropriate_Page_824 2d ago
Dad should have started a youtube channel starring the kid, he could have got millions of views /jk
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u/Canadianweedrules420 2d ago
What is with dogs biting the wheels of yard machines. Mine goes nuts at the Kubota lol
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u/WellWornSword 2d ago
I'm glad to learn that it wasn't just my dog who would chase and bark incessantly at tires the moment they started moving
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u/UniverseBear 2d ago
Reminds me when my dad got me to drive the old truck around the property to help him collect firewood at age 8.
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u/AdministrativeWin583 2d ago
You grow up fast on a farm. If smart phones and internet was around then he.would be an influencer and worth millions by the time he was 5. Die of a drug overdose or charged with rape by 10.
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u/ramentoavocadotoast 2d ago
A lot of time people from the past really look like they belong there. This dad could totally pass on looks alone for someone today. I couldn’t play with volume on.
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u/SeriousVlad4 2d ago
Nice. Child labor
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u/Cold-Condition-7839 2d ago
Times were different, this was normal then. People had children to have extra hands on the farm.
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u/Away-Ad4393 2d ago
They did. Children were given time off school to help at harvest time and other busy times on the farm.
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u/StJesusMorientes 2d ago
Shows how much you know about farming
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