Mastodawn

My kid just asked me "What does reality mean?"

https://lemmy.world/post/21267764

Nothing in my life has prepared me to answer that question, let alone to a 5-year-old.

Some things are pretend, like unicorns. Reality is all the real things you can see, touch, smell, hear, and taste.

What does air see, smell, touch, taste, hear like?

If I was in The Matrix, would that be real?

Answers for little kids don’t need to get too detailed and complicated. They’ll develop nuance as they get older.

And if you don’t think air smells, fart