@mhoye I kinda want to push back on you calling it a ridiculous conclusion.

@mhoye As much as I dislike “X implies Y” jokes I gotta say this one is pretty cute.

@mhoye i’m with her honestly

@mhoye Your daughter is going places.

Maybe not today, but eventually.

@mhoye I've never considered myself a social butterfly, but long before the term "mental health days" came along, I called days I just wanted to stay home and rest "coccooning." Your daughter is spot on.

(The term also works when you get out of the shower on a cold morning and jump right back under the blankets.)

@mhoye
I'd say she totally won the right to stay on her cocoon for a little while... :)
(and will also be very proud in your place). :D

@mhoye I should have known as a kid that word play counts as argument... :blobcat_angel:

@mhoye proud papa or proud pupa

@mhoye I had to larva t that

@mhoye Sounds like an introvert to me.

Introverts are not (all) shy. Some of us can be quite outgoing, but it takes some emotional and intellectual energy, so we need a little "caterpillar time" alone to rest and recover our social energy.

PS: Your daughter is a genius.

@mhoye as long as she’s not listening to Joy Division when wrapped up then it might just be a phase

@mhoye maybe don’t remind her that a cocooned caterpillar is rebuilding itself into something new and completely different.

@mhoye i am hencefortha social cocoon

@mhoye @sheepnik Better be careful not to stay in a cocoon for too long. If you metamorphose into a butterfly you’ll have to go out and talk with people…

Gotta love critical thinking and idea synthesis skills growth demonstrations. :abunhdhappyhop:

@mhoye A+ 🏆

@mhoye I think she has that one one won, until she leaves the cocoon, then butterfly time under her own rules.

@mhoye

This is marvellous!

@mhoye@mastodon.social be wary of the social bird

@mhoye
Remind her that if her reasoning is right, she will have to melt in an indifferenciated nasty goon inside the cocoon.

@mhoye @SuperSluether I LOVE this idea. :)

@mhoye my youngest is a social caterpillar, and they need to eat more pieces of cake...

@mhoye I'd vote for her in a heartbeat... Good logic.

@mhoye The dadgame is strong with your daughter.

@mhoye -- she's a smart one

@mhoye I remember that in the late 90s / early aughts, I saw the term "cocooning" pushed in Germany as a trend.

It was mainly used by mortgage providers wanting to get everyone to buy houses.

That said, I applaud your daughter´s argument. She has my support.

@mhoye Sounds like you've got yourself the entire new field of Social Etymology here

@mhoye timeline synchronicity.

@mhoye awesome. Although for our family I think our kid is the social butterfly and we (parents) are the caterpillars.

@mhoye Smart kids are both a blessing and a curse.

@mhoye @ghost_shit That 100% works for introverts who do enjoy the company of their friends and going out, but need to work their way up to being ready for it. Psyche themselves in to it.

I’m definitely going to start using it.

@mhoye Never thought about it, but I guess?

@mhoye Clearly raising your daughter right!

@mhoye
That sounds better than my usual anti-social butterfly.

@mhoye clever kid

@mhoye

I see you've met my daughter.

@mhoye What would a social silkworm be?

@mhoye brilliant

@mhoye your daughter is definitely on to something there. Social Caterpillar - explains a lot 🤔

@mhoye live, laugh, larva

@mhoye Entirely reasonable. Snacks must be left nearby for when the butterfly emerges.

@mhoye
Früher™ gab es mal einen Knopf, mit dem man die Prozessorfrequenz herunter schalten konnte. Ich vermute mal, das wäre in solchen Fällen ganz praktisch...
@torclyn

@mhoye What a great argument! When my kids were school age, I gave them one free mental health day a month to stay home for any reason. This clever use of words and concepts might have earned an extra day!

@mhoye I gotta say I agree with her. Top tier logicing

@mhoye This is just great, you are the second person I've seen boost this onto my tl, I love it.

@mhoye not to nitpick, but this would technically result in a social moth