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Before children were bubblewrapped before they played on the playground...

submitted by deleted to TheWayWeWere 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 09:57:04 ago (+19/-0)     (TheWayWeWere)

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[ - ] uvulectomy 2 points 2.9 yearsMay 25, 2022 02:16:14 ago (+2/-0)

"Monkey bars" / "jungle gyms"

Not only are these not allowed anymore because "OMG WHAT IF SOME LITTLE SNOWFLAKE GETS HURT?!!", the name alone would send leftists into apoplectic fits and uncontrollable shouts of "muh racism."

[ - ] Bonlio1 3 points 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 14:26:09 ago (+3/-0)

Insurance companies would shut this down immediately

[ - ] gimpyoldman 3 points 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 10:20:52 ago (+3/-0)

We used to get the swings to their highest arc then 'leap' out, pretending to be para-troops crashing to the ground and rolling to our feet. Then running to get back in line to see how many 'jumps' we could get in during recess.

This guy still working on his form.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFjA3QJ1Vx8

[ - ] mannerbund 3 points 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 15:49:08 ago (+3/-0)

Broke my arm doing that in school. Landing on hard dirt and gravel. Once my arm was healed up, I was back at it.

Sometime after, I found the playground had smaller equipment and rubberized ground. It was a depressing find.

[ - ] deleted 1 point 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 10:23:42 ago (+1/-0)

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[ - ] DukeCanon 0 points 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 16:03:56 ago (+0/-0)

Hooah!

[ - ] PearofAnguishJuniorManager 2 points 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 10:10:35 ago (+2/-0)

My school playground had these two poles with a cross beam at the top about 20 feet up. If you were good on the pole you could get all the way up and straddle that beam. Sometimes we would get the whole class up there, except for the girls and the rare fat boy. Teachers didn’t give a shit.

[ - ] FellowWhite 0 points 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 19:55:03 ago (+0/-0)

Sounds like death waiting to happen or at the very least thousands of dollars wasted by the parents to treat an avoidable injury.

[ - ] PearofAnguishJuniorManager 0 points 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 23:13:19 ago (+0/-0)

Folks didn’t think like that in the 70’s. There’s a lot more pearl clutching pussies now days.

[ - ] FellowWhite 0 points 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 23:40:00 ago (+0/-0)

Not wanting to deal with the financial cost of a broken bone or the sunk cost of a dead child is pearl clutching? Are you saying everyone in the 70's was happy to pointlessly lose years of their earnings just so kids could have a bit of high risk fun?

[ - ] PearofAnguishJuniorManager 0 points 2.9 yearsMay 25, 2022 02:43:33 ago (+0/-0)

Stfu, nigger-faggot.

[ - ] FalseRealityCheck 1 point 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 10:07:27 ago (+1/-0)

I broke my arm falling from something like that in the 4th grade. It was in the morning and the bars were frost covered. I slipped off and landed on my arm. Then a nigger came along and stole my wallet.

[ - ] GoldenAgeWhen 0 points 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 12:16:14 ago (+0/-0)

good thing you didn't have your bike with you.

[ - ] FalseRealityCheck 1 point 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 16:25:30 ago (+1/-0)*

I DID have my bike with me, but it was out of sight. I had to ride home using the handle bars with my left arm only.

[ - ] totes_magotes 0 points 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 17:39:02 ago (+0/-0)

You either left elementary school as a man or you died.

[ - ] Master_Foo 0 points 2.9 yearsMay 24, 2022 16:31:43 ago (+0/-0)

That's nothing.
Back in my day. The playground at my school was basically a pile of logs with sheet metal for a slide.
A kid died on that thing every recess and nobody gave a fuck. The kids left alive at the end of the year were Darwin's favored beasts.