• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Back in my day, trampolines didn’t come with walls. You just flew off the side, or got your legs jammed between the springs. Bah! Kids today!

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      1 month ago

      I think this every time I see a trampoline with the walls and stuff.

      Getting double bounced by an older siblings and launched into the stratosphere is truly terrifying.

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      Yup, my mom bought one for my brother and I. Just a rectangle with exposed springs. No pads, no walls or nets.

      We never did get hurt, but man, we could do that double-jump timing thing and send each other ridiculously high.

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    1 month ago

    If you think about it, blow up dolls and bouncy castles serve the same purpose:

    • they provide you about 5 minutes of fun
    • but your kids would stay in them indefinitely

    the key difference though, is the format of the kids you put into each.

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    You need to tie the opening shut if you plan to leave them unattended, though. Even then, they can get out, the slippery little bastards.

    This reminded me that when I was a kid, my best friend had a privacy flip lock on the outside of his bedroom door. I remember asking about it, but I don’t remember what he said. I’m guessing they locked him in his room when he was sent to his room for being bad.

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    When I was in grade school there was a girl in a wheelchair that would make the circuit of school assemblies warning of the evils of trampolines. Never touched one to this day.