Took me a second because I think it the "5 second rule" as "you can still eat it if it's been on the floor for 5 seconds", so I was trying to figure out if the bad guy ate the knife!
I think it IS the 5 second rule, but interpreted as "you can only pick it back up within 5 seconds". Since my mental version specified eating the fallen object, I didn't make the connection immediately. It's just a "me" problem.
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clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 2y
Took me a second because I think it the "5 second rule" as "you can still eat it if it's been on the floor for 5 seconds", so I was trying to figure out if the bad guy ate the knife!
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
What does it then mean? I'm confused
Edit: Oh, does it refer to Mel Robbins's book?
War@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 2y
That since it was on the ground for 5 seconds it wasn't good anymore and had to be thrown out.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
I'm gonna choose to believe it's about that book. The guy spent 5 seconds thinking about his life and chose to quit crime.
Granted, I've only seen a 1 sentence tldr of the book so this might be a bad take lol
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
But wouldn’t they just go get another one?
War@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 2y
Not in this economy
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
I think it IS the 5 second rule, but interpreted as "you can only pick it back up within 5 seconds". Since my mental version specified eating the fallen object, I didn't make the connection immediately. It's just a "me" problem.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah I was also ever familiar with the eating rule, had to do an online search to find out there's potentially other meanings behind it
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
Smart idea. You never know what you didn't know until you do! Lol.