It took a 4-year-old to express my feelings

[StarfishSaver]

"The only thing that's open is nothing!"

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[tblue37]

1. Could you summarize for us deafies? Thanks. nt

[StarfishSaver]

3. It's hard to describe it, but the little girl is very frustrated that everything's closed

Especially McDonald's and the ice cream truck.

"The only thing that's open is nothing!"

And she doesn't understand why germs keep coming around people when we don't want them.

She's so expressive and articulate. Just adorable.

[tblue37]

4. The adorable certainly comes through, even without being able to hear the words! nt

[In It to Win It]

32. and she's frustrated that the ice cream truck is shut down

[barbtries]

6. she's a great talker for 4 years old.

she even says, "it's really frushlating"!

[malaise]

7. Quite a vocabulary there

She is adorable

[tblue37]

11. She really is. I can't hear her words,but her tone, her gestures, and her facial expressions,

are so cute that I can't stop watching the video.

[lunatica]

26. She says even Mc Donald's, her favorite restaurant, is shut down

Her dad, off screen, says they can still go through the drive through, but she says she can’t play in their little children’s park while they wait for the food and she waved her arms and said that was boring!

I was laughing a little but I was also crying with her. The crying won out.

[Nevilledog]

10. Loved "the only thing that's open is nothing"

[StarfishSaver]

27. That is this whole thing in a nutshell

Out of the mouths of babes

[colorado_ufo]

34. "The (McDonald's) drive-through is open . . ."

"The drive-through is boring!"

[WVreaper]

17. What a little sweetheart!

[Dem2theMax]

23. I can't do a word for word, because she talks for quite a while.

But she is explaining, as only a four-year-old can, her view of how things appear to be shut down everywhere.

She is alternately talking and then crying, about her frustrations over the fact that all of her favorite places are closed. Including the ice cream truck, and McDonald's. Her parents must be there with her because you can hear an adult male and female voice talking to her. It's probably her dad who is explaining to her that they can still go through the drive-through at McDonald's

The little girl keeps telling him 'no, we can't go through the drive-thru!' Dad is trying to assure her that they can, and then she says it's very boring if you only go through the drive-thru. She must get to normally play in the outdoor area at McDonald's.

Then she announces that everything is closed!
I know how she feels. I hope this helped a little bit. Maybe someone else can add a bit more detail.

[In It to Win It]

35. Most children, especially 4 yr olds, I've encountered tend not to speak very well when they cry

This young lady is crying and speaking very clearly, which impresses me.

As a side note, I had no idea that there were McDonald's locations that still had playgrounds. I thought that era of McDonald's was over. Learn something new everyday...

[grantcart]

25. Dad says "You can go to McDonaldsdrive thru"

She answers with a deep throated fully voiced

"No you can't"


Its remarkable in the clearness of her speech, her use of vocabulary, the deep emotion and strong authority of her voice.


I would like to be like her when I grow up.

[The Wielding Truth]

2. And so many Trumpers act like this 4 yr old. She is sweet. They are not.

[2naSalit]

30. No...

they adult version are minitrumps, no relation to this young lady.

[smirkymonkey]

5. Awww! She is adorable!

And about 1000 times more articulate than Trump or any of his MAGAts! What a cute little girl!

[sheshe2]

8. Dayum. I love her passion.

What a beautiful baby girl. Smart and articulate. Brighter than any member of the GOP.

Thanks, best post of the week.

[Rebl2]

9. She seems

to totally understand what is going on in the world and the frustration that many of us feel. Very articulate for a four year old. Bless her heart, she almost had me in tears. I feel her frustration!

[Cha]

12. "It's so frustrating!" Rt! Looks like she speaks for a lot

us!

[3catwoman3]

13. Bigger vocabulary and more complex...

...sentence structure than Donnie Dipshit.

[frazzled]

14. It's not fair!

What a bright and passionate little girl, who expresses herself with such verbal precision. I want to hug her! Her diatribe reminds me a bit of my own daughter when she was a little older (may 6 or 7), who once wrote a long, impassioned screed on UNFAIRNESS! in the kitchen while a group of guests was sitting at the dinner table, and then proceeded to read her manifesto to the whole group, who could barely stifle their laughter.

I have granddaughters (aged 3 and 6) who seem to be taking it a little more in stride (though I have not been there to witness when they might have had a total meltdown about the situation). The only common thing they regret is—ICE CREAM!! It's not the same when you have to have it at home. The big thing when we would go to visit every weekend was always to cajole grandma and grandpa (no parents allowed) to walk them over to the "Med" to get an ice cream cone, and then stop at the playground afterward for a while (the other thing they miss). It was their special indulgence.

So for the first time in months we arranged to meet them in the park near their house for a little socially distanced, masked picnic on the grass. And lo and behold, the request for possible ice cream came up. We googled and found the Med had recently reopened, though you had to wait outside to have the cones delivered. It was like their world had been restored, and Grandpa was a big hero.

While I feel so sorry for the little kids, I know they have many years ahead of them to enjoy the delights of the world. I worry that by the time of restoration comes, we grandma and grandpas may be too old to check off those bucket-list items!

[demtenjeep]

15. How I feel. Especially when our family cruise was cancelled

meanwhile my sister drops pounds daily because she can't keep anything down

[blogslut]

16. Rage on, little one.

Scream and yell and burn with tears. It's not fair and it's not fun and there's no damned candy. I hear you.

[Hekate]

18. My gods, that was so close to home it made me cry...

I’m right there with you, sweetie-pie.

[warmfeet]

19. The most beautiful, adorable rant I have

ever seen. Makes me cry.

[lunatica]

20. It's been a while since I laughed with tears choking me up.

[MontanaMama]

21. Preach it Little One!

You speak for all of us.

[patphil]

22. What an amazing little girl!

You just want to give her a hug and tell her everything will be all right.
But then, you know things may never be like they used to be.

The world has changed, and we're all adrift on strange shores.

[gademocrat7]

24. What an articulate beautiful child.

[NJCher]

28. did anyone notice that

there are other kids in the room crying as she goes on her little rant? They were having a wail-a-thon.

hey, the kid knows what's important: Play Doh and candy.

[ConstanceCee]

29. Good Parents

I'm assuming that the two adults who spoke were her parents. They let her express her feelings and didn't judge or argue with her.

[wiggs]

31. He dad is an urban gardener we following on instagram. nt

[Karadeniz]

33. What a doll! She explains her feelings so well for her age!❤

[padah513]

36. From the mouth of babes

[TomSlick]

37. I'm a relatively new G-Dad.

I was crying along with her.