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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 26 May 2017

    5 yo: What is sex? Me (without missing a beat): It's whether you're a boy or a girl.

    3:51 AM - 26 May 2017
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    21 replies 53 retweets 463 likes
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      2. Tyler Sheaffer‏ @TylerSheaffer2 26 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Serious question: Why are we coy about telling children about sex? Evolutionary advantage?

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 26 May 2017
        Replying to @TylerSheaffer2

        http://paulgraham.com/lies.html 

        2 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. Abhijit Sharma‏ @abhijitysharma 26 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg @TylerSheaffer2

        Of all the wise, prescient and truthful things you've written, there's nothing that quite untangles the mind as much as thispic.twitter.com/slE3lgGWy9

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      1. Hasan M‏ @Hasmanean 26 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        "It's how you compile and link human beings."

        0 replies 0 retweets 14 likes
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      2. Ahmed Elhadi‏ @aelhadi91 26 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        5 yo: that's not what I heard

        1 reply 0 retweets 16 likes
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      1. Charles Derek May‏ @CharlesDerekMay 26 May 2017
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        "It's when humans cons."

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      1. Antonio Cangiano  👨‍💻 🥑‏ @acangiano 26 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Good save. That's Spicer level dodging. 😂

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      1. Carme Rossell  🎗️‏ @carmerossell 26 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Well played! It will come back to you eventually, though XD

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      1. Sebastian‏ @skglas 26 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        you're lucky, it's ambiguous in english, but not e.g. in german ;)

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      1. Ben Chege Ngumi‏ @masukuma 26 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        When I was young I used to play scrabble with my dad. He would challenge me to state the meaning of each word I wrote-but not with that onepic.twitter.com/tBNEW8ucox

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      1. Carlos Ribeiro‏ @carribeiro 26 May 2017
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        Great! No need to overcomplicate. Kids generally are satisfied with practical answers; if they want to know more they will let you know :-)

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      1. tanky‏ @tanky7 26 May 2017
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        26yo offendatron - you're spreading transphobic propoganda.

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      1. Jubair Jalil‏ @BillionaireBear 28 May 2017
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        Haha impressive

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      1. Jim McCarthy‏ @mjimymc1 26 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        dat funny!

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      1. Jeff Rodenburg‏ @jroseattle 26 May 2017
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        Mad skills to switch from verb to noun. #playa

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      1. Dharamveer Chouhan‏ @dvcoolster 26 May 2017
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        Are they banned from playing with Twitter? Do they have access to the bird app/game on your phone?

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      1. Herman Ng‏ @heymanitsherman 26 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Bullet dodged

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      1. Carlos Arbona‏ @CarlosArbona 26 May 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        PGraham with the game winning catch 🔥🔥🔥🔥

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