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Four children found alive in Amazon 40 days after plane crash

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Re: Four children found alive in Amazon 40 days after plane crash

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Post by jlg23 »

kramerger wrote: post #2

Finally since good news :) Surprised that a 13 years old was able to take care of 3 small children in a jungle full of snakes and jaguars for 40 days. How was he able to keep the toddler alive? What do you feed someone that young in a jungle??

> She said the eldest of the four siblings was used to looking after the other three when their mother was at work, and that this helped them survive in the jungle.

> "She gave them flour and cassava bread, any fruit in the bush, they know what they must consume," Ms Valencia said in footage obtained by EVN.

Re: Four children found alive in Amazon 40 days after plane crash

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Post by filoleg »

0max wrote: post #40
BasedAnon wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You shouldn't be, 13 year olds have complex reasoning and the physical capability. 14 year olds used to be expected to fight wars.

Literally the age of any main character in a Shonen anime for these reasons.

I think the reason for this being the age of most Shonen main characters is a bit more pragmatic than that - it is simply around the age of the target audience.

P.S. No, I am not insinuating that shonen is strictly for middle schoolers, and that no one else could enjoy it. It is just the target audience for the genre, in general, is middle school boys. Like, even the name shonen itself translates literally to "boys' comics", and is officially listed as an editorial category targeting adolescent boys.

Re: Four children found alive in Amazon 40 days after plane crash

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Post by BasedAnon »

the_jesus_villa wrote: post #38
BasedAnon wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You shouldn't be, 13 year olds have complex reasoning and the physical capability. 14 year olds used to be expected to fight wars.

I read a bunch of your comments and you seem like a very erudite person. Is there a way I can contact you?

I appreciate that. You can find me on Discord with the name AbuSnood#6321

Re: Four children found alive in Amazon 40 days after plane crash

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Post by kjkjadksj »

Cyph0n wrote: post #39
karaterobot wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean by normal? Having an adolescence centered around indulgence and freedom from responsibility was not the norm anywhere, historically, and is not the norm in many places today. Waiting until adulthood to learn practical skills (whatever those might be) is a little weird, if you think about it.

“Normal” as in, if you take a random 13 year old off the street and throw them into the Amazon with their younger siblings, they wouldn’t be able to keep a 1 year old alive for a month. I’m not talking about history. I’m talking about the current state of the world.

Its not likely a random 33 year old would fare better to be honest

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Post by ncpa-cpl »

kramerger wrote: post #2

Finally since good news :) Surprised that a 13 years old was able to take care of 3 small children in a jungle full of snakes and jaguars for 40 days. How was he able to keep the toddler alive? What do you feed someone that young in a jungle??

The children belong to the Huitoto indigenous group, who inhabit Colombia's Amazon región.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witoto

Re: Four children found alive in Amazon 40 days after plane crash

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Post by kjkjadksj »

runsWphotons wrote: post #19
BasedAnon wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You shouldn't be, 13 year olds have complex reasoning and the physical capability. 14 year olds used to be expected to fight wars.

A few 14 year olds have always fought in wars but when was this common or expected?

Just a few generations ago. If you were 14 in parts of europe during wwii theres a good chance you were in some army or a rag tag band of partisans. Probably a lot of 14 year olds took up arms against the US in wars since if I had to guess.

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Post by JadeNB »

9dev wrote: post #35
pm3003 wrote: post #30

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They found the baby bottle quite late. Maybe they managed to salvage some milk or formula from the plane.

The word „harvest“ is a particularly awkward choice given the fate of their mother…

> The word „harvest“ is a particularly awkward choice given the fate of their mother…

The verb used is (now? Perhaps it was edited) "salvage".

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