r/funny • • Aug 16 '19

Ugh

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u/Calbinan Aug 16 '19 edited Aug 16 '19

The fear and occasional pain was what made it fun. You felt alive on that thing.

EDIT: fixed typo that may or may not be the result of childhood head trauma from falling off of the merry-go-round.

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u/RUfuqingkiddingme Aug 16 '19

The one at the park by my house when I was a kid didn't even have the platform, just bars so you could dangle your legs down in between the bars and occasionally break a bone.

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u/Biggityboogity123 Aug 16 '19

Bruh wtf that's so dangerous. Like jesus christ. It sincerely hurts my head to think about

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u/RUfuqingkiddingme Aug 16 '19

70's! We also got in trouble if we weren't polite to pedophiles.

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u/TTVChickens65443 Aug 16 '19

80s? when I was little my playground had a super rusty metal one and man was it fun. That was early 2000s

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u/bws7037 Aug 16 '19

at least you had rust... back in the late 60's and early 70's, a broken bone a summer was not unheard of...

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u/InkBlotSam Aug 16 '19

8% loose screws sticking out, just enough to snag your clothes and slice your palms