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What did you do as a child that would be considered dangerous today? (lemmy.ca)
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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bike helmets didn’t get common until 6th grade or so. Same with face guards and mouth guards in anything but football.

We also had a diving board with a full size car spring. A gymnast pal could do double flips off it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That diving board sounds fucking wild

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    My brother and I are rebuilding it this summer. The pool at my moms house is also being re-plastered so we’re going to drill and epoxy new bolts in the deck and sand and fiberglass the old wood, which hopefully isn’t too rotten.

    Gotta get my 7 y/o diving off it this summer.

    Looks exactly like this model but with on thicker spring instead of the 2. My 6’3 230lb dad could just about bottom it out.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    We still don't use bike helmets here in the Netherlands

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    We were riding off skate ramps at the time though. If I lived in a place with separate bike lanes I might consider going helmet-less. But I’ve also been hit by a car and likely saved a lot of brain damage by having a helmet on. Same with skiing (helmets and accidents, not hit by a car!).

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