Taking The High Ground

I’m in the backseat of the car, trying to focus on playing on my Switch. My older brother is in the passenger seat, and my dad is driving. I’m not fully paying attention to their argument, but my ears prick up when my dad uses that old parenting phrase:

Dad: “Would you do everything your friends do? If they jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?”

Brother: “My friends are not idiots, Dad. If they jumped off a cliff, there would be a good reason.”

Dad didn’t have a response to that!