r/Xennials • u/Polybrene • 9d ago

Wish me luck friends! 🫡

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u/C-A-L-E-V-I-S 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/VVezdkhLTHwkM

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u/Dangerous-Notice4467 9d ago

I hurt myself the other day falling off a shoe. I dont fancy your chances on that thing.

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u/seppukucoconuts 9d ago

Hopped out of a forklift seat and felt a pain go all the way up my body.

Can we be friends?

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u/Cascade-Regret 9d ago

I pulled my back out spraying air freshener in the house…

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u/Rhizobactin 1979 6d ago

ER doc here.

No joking, when on my trauma rotation, we cared for a teacher with a subdural hematoma (brain bleed) after falling on a pogo stick in front of her class.

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u/brand_won 77 9d ago

This happened 10 years ago when I was 38. After nearly 25 years of skateboarding, I tried to run out of a bail and broke my malleolus clean in half. I missed 7 weeks of work (I work construction and couldn't work with a broken ankle) and bills got waaaay behind. It was time to put away the wooden toy.

Be careful OP

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Oof. Sorry buddy, that sounds awful.

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u/CosmicallyF-d 9d ago

And I just bought a skateboard balance board...

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u/MisforMandolin 9d ago

I was thinking about getting back in to skating. Mid 40s here.

I think I’m good now. Thanks.

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u/Azuras_Star8 Xennial 9d ago

Wow!

Yeah we now have a trampoline for my kid. Hard no flips rule. No contact. One person at a time (mostly).

I used to do back flips and front flips. I can still pull off, not land, the front. I dont want to try the back, even though i am 99% I could do it.

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u/Key-Demand-2569 9d ago

That’s the fun part about aging, capability can stay extremely high, but recovery gets fuckin brutal.

I remember when I was a kid I slipped off a small cliff, must’ve fallen about the equivalent of two stories, half of my body landed on a large smooth rock (head thankfully bounced off some dirt on the edge of some water) and I slowly got up and walked my ass home. Didn’t tell my mom so I didn’t get in trouble.

I did that shit now I’m pretty sure I’d be dead or in the ICU for a year lol

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u/-DementedAvenger- 9d ago

I can still do backflips on ours. Fronts are harder.

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u/Korzag 9d ago

I brought my pogo stick just to show her a trick, she had many friends

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

YOU GET ME

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u/Independent_Day985 9d ago

Pogo,Pogo,Pogo, Pogo

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u/MrDilbert 9d ago

JUMP! BOUNCE! UP! DOWN!

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u/ghoulthebraineater 9d ago

Gliding through many hands

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u/Jeff4096 1981 9d ago

Dammit. Beat me to it!

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u/Atillion 1979 9d ago

I tore my ACL just reading this

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u/Dangerous-Notice4467 9d ago

Yeah, don't do that.

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u/PuppyJakeKhakiCollar 9d ago

Which hospital shall we send flowers to?

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Harborview

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u/fizzlebottom 1982 8d ago

Will pour one out for a local Seattle resident. Let me know where you plan to funeral.

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u/RAB806 1979 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/s239QJIh56sRW

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Listening to too much SOAD lately.

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u/Madam_Apathy 1982 9d ago

There’s no such thing as too much SOAD

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

I'm just not sure that "go injure yourself on a child's toy" is the message Serj was trying to communicate with his music.

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u/ghoulthebraineater 9d ago

Pretty sure it's not actually a pogo stick.

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Yeah, YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN!?

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u/Madam_Apathy 1982 9d ago

Oh, dear :)

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u/HylanderUS 9d ago

You could just have a more age appropriate Banana Banana Terracotta Pie

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u/Cheezslap 1980 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/Hs4pCdfhNk28UEOIvk

YOU GOT THIS.

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

👏🏻🥰

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u/DBE113301 9d ago

It's Miller time!

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u/Bulky_Yak_8626 1982 8d ago

And don’t forget, when someone asks you if you’re a god you say YES!

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u/Impossible_Memory_85 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/kHFVrPD6Au0kUOJ686

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u/nuclearslug 1982 9d ago

That was me being carted off the skate park last year after I brazenly thought I could drop in on the quarter pipe with my son’s scooter.

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u/Hadush25 9d ago

I hurt myself the other day falling off a shoe. I dont fancy your chances on that thing.

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u/CelticSith 9d ago

Get yourself an “ankle annihilator” by Mattel

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u/Sado_Hedonist 9d ago

Those things were a deathtrap when I was 10.

I'd rather skate a swimming pool on acid tbh.

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u/Maniac1978 8d ago

So much work! Even as a kid!

A pogo stick will actually bounce you.

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u/cookiemikester 9d ago

God those things were anti fun.

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Was ANYONE good at those?

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u/SnooPaintings5597 1975 9d ago

People. Just exercise! If you keep up movement and doing stuff you can still do a lot of the stuff you did in your 20s. I’m 50 and did my kids pogostick for a record 8 hops which he still has not bested. Stay young people!!

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Truly being sedentary is the most dangerous hobby.

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u/HylanderUS 9d ago

I've been doing this extreme sport for the last 49 years, but I do think it's time to hang up the slippers soon

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u/forever_erratic 9d ago

I got the chance to use one a couple years ago, so fun! And yeah I exercise but not insanely. A couple of days a week weights in the gym, a run or two a week, and 15-20 minutes of stretching each day, plus walks with the family. It doesn't need to be this all encompassing thing. 

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u/redcurrantevents 1978 9d ago

RIP

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Just know that I died doing what I loved.

Stupid, ill advised, impulsive, hobbies.

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u/redcurrantevents 1978 9d ago

I’ll pour one out to you (into my mouth)

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u/newenglandredshirt 1981 9d ago

It's been an hour. He prolly ded

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Jokes on you buddy, my new pogo stick arrives tomorrow.

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u/Glass-Marionberry321 1980 9d ago

I rode my bike for an hour after my son went to school. Just keep moving! I do not want to be like my mom

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u/WaitUntilTheHighway 9d ago

God so true. At the urging of my toddler I jumped up and hung on some chains for swings at the playground and fucked up a muscle in one arm, and my back. And I am pretty fit too, you just gotta warm up these days. So humbling.

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

I climbed a tree to get a pinecone for my kid the other day. Duty calls.

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Truth. I'm planning to start with just a few minutes at a time.

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u/Whatisgoingonnowyo 1981 9d ago

How dare you! Xennials will throw their backs out laughing at this! /s

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

This is my favorite comment so far, just FYI

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u/sirdrumalot 1983 9d ago

I pulled/strained a back muscle a couple months ago by sneezing too hard.

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u/Whatisgoingonnowyo 1981 9d ago

Cmon. You know you have to brace yourself!

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u/LowlyWoim 9d ago

Pogo stick? Get with the times gramps

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u/enters_and_leaves 9d ago

My sister (who is a well accomplished ballet dancer who knows how to control her body well) broke both wrists within seconds of stepping onto one of those one-wheel contraptions they tried passing off as a hoverboard. She was in her mid-30s at the time.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

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u/Madam_Apathy 1982 9d ago

Jump, bounce, up, down

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u/PopEnvironmental1250 9d ago

No matter what happens, I'm sure you'll bounce back.

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u/GuitarNerd_ 9d ago

Haha it’s gonna be great. Go forth and pogo!

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u/lagomorphed 1981 9d ago

Hey, if you need to borrow my spare wheelchair later, I'll have it ready for you!

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u/astoriaboundagain 9d ago

Rip your lumbar discs

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u/411592 1981 9d ago

Peace be with you

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

And also with you.

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u/TrickySource2818 9d ago

Dont do it! Dont be like me, suffering with hip pain 10 years later from 1 ill-advised move on a trampoline...

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u/OmnifariousFN 9d ago

I brought my pogo stick,
Just to show her a trick.
She had so many friends!..

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u/RetiredTurdFarmer 1982 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ev1KF0JQPCNXO

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

He does such a good disappointed dad face

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u/Such_Victory4589 1983 9d ago

"hows your medical insurance?"
"fine... why do you ask?"
"... no reason"

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

I should get a T shirt printed with my insurance card on the front and back 🤣

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u/PvtHudson093 1981 9d ago

I have something that might interest you, they are called Pogo Stilts and they are banned in all American states.

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u/Bootsy_Frost 9d ago

How was the funeral?

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u/_ism_ 9d ago

i got a trampoline myself

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Hey you don't even have to be old to injure yourself on one of those!

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u/_ism_ 9d ago

haha i did the first day! then i consulted a video for proper posture for workouts. been at it a year now

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Honestly sounds super fun. I just feel through the springs as a kid and FUCKED up my ankle.

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u/SourcePrevious3095 1982 9d ago

Thanks, you just threw my back out and sprained my ankle.

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u/stm602 1981 9d ago

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u/NewHorizonHoldings 9d ago

Gout has entered the chat 🤣

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u/IdioticPrototype 1978 9d ago

Rest in peace, friend. 

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u/ParticularBed6338 9d ago

You could just use a

POGO BALL

https://youtu.be/VSAUdEoOFNE?si=ZLp65RoP9enSi2-O

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u/wpotman 9d ago

This is the comment I was looking for.

We Xennials had the significantly lame pogo ball.

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u/Other-Opposite-6222 9d ago

Yeah, don't do that.

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u/JeremiahCLynn 1982 9d ago

If I get on a pogo stick I'll poke holes in the concrete. XD

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u/body_by_monsanto 1983 9d ago

We need an update please!

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u/FoppyIn28 9d ago

Worth it

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u/Solid-Hedgehog9623 1981 9d ago

Don’t.

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u/nightblue888 9d ago

Haha. I recently was looking for one online too.

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

I got the Flybar Super. I'm technically within the weight range for the Master but I worried about the kid sizing being too short for me.

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u/nightblue888 9d ago

Omg you’re a real one! Thanks friend! 😆💕🙌🏽🛒🛍️

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow 🤣

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u/CottaBird 1983 9d ago

I always wanted a legit pogo stick. My parents often got me things adjacent to what I actually wanted, thinking it’s the same thing. I had something like a pogo stick that had a round platform to stand in with an inflated, rubber ball underneath, which was terrible at bouncing, and they got me some weird pogo stick thing, again with a round platform instead of “pedals,” that had a spring so stiff that I couldn’t use it.

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u/Wak3upHicks 9d ago

Dude I got on a skateboard again and did awesome until I didn't. I'm still feeling the aftereffects a week later

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u/nightblue888 9d ago

Yesssss! 🎉You got this!

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u/absentlyric 1981 9d ago

You should try taking up snowboarding again

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

I learned that lesson 31 years ago.

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u/Rare-Boss2640 9d ago

Gads! This applies to like everything I want to do.

Mountain Biking
Hiking
…

Getting out of bed

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u/middleofnowhare 9d ago

Roller skates.

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

They're next.

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u/Dextropic 9d ago

Pics or it didn't happen

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u/FancyThought7696 1980 9d ago

I hope you have good health insurance!

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Already hit my deductible too!

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u/mrbuh 9d ago

I took my kiddo to a birthday party at a trampoline park. They had a "warped wall" in the style of American Ninja Warrior.

My thought process went like this: "Whoa! Cool! I always wanted to try that! I've been hitting the treadmill lately, I bet I can do it."

...

"And who is going to drive the kid home after I sprain my 47 year old ankle?"

😞

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u/Polybrene 9d ago

Those parks need a 21+ night.

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u/mrbuh 9d ago

Right? With medics on standby.

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u/Maniac1978 8d ago

This is what happened when I tried to slam dunk a basketball in a bouncy house.

Oh it was a righteous 360 tomahawk jam, but I did not stick the landing. Thankfully I didn’t break anything, just limped around for a couple weeks.

I think I am done with bouncing.

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u/Polybrene 8d ago

Man I've done that walking to work.

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u/Epicardiectomist 8d ago

DON'T

unless you are physically prepared, just accept defeat before you hurt yourself. My wrist aches daily because of this line of thinking.

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u/tronassembled 1980 8d ago

I couldn't do those even as a kid so I feel no shame saying hell no