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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

‘Under the engineerium,’ Torgaddon said, ‘the ducts are twice as high, but I can touch them.’

‘You lie.’

‘I’ll prove it.’

‘We’ll see.’

https://reddit.com/comments/o4e409/comment/h2gs7uz

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

~~Yeah, in my twenties I realized how dumb and boring it was, so I stopped.~~ (Cope. COPE! 🧓 😭 😭 😭 😭 )

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Teenage? Still doing it at 30!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

is this in reference to something ?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Probably observed behavior of teenaged boys. Also, she's not wrong.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The pull cord to the attic hatch in the hallway ceiling. Who else is with me? When I could reach that without jumping, I knew that day that I was a man (I was twelve).

I took so much of the popcorn off the ceiling my mom got upset.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Why was there popcorn on the ceiling?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Upset? She should have paid you! :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I saw this often when I was younger, but I never had any desire to do it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

there's a tree near where I used to live with a horizontal trunk segment worn smooth from college kids (effectively adults) doing this

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the only thing stopping grown men from doing it is our knees not handling jumps the way they used to :(

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I've been skateboarding since '85, and my landing gear is fucked.

So many childish things I would 100% still be doing if I had an MCL.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 months ago (4 children)

It's not just teenagers who like it.

It's just that adults tend to refrain from actually doing it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

also, knees hurt from the thought of it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Really? Don't know how old you are but I'm in my 40s and I wouldn't call that normal.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

My back hurts from reading about it

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

My heart hurts from dreaming about it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

As an adult you did it often enough to know:"yeah, i could reach that.'

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

getting laughed at for jumping 2 inches off the ground does that to a man

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Came to say this. The urge doesn't go away. We just are more selective about picking the best time and place.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There's an emergency fire doorframe I pass a few times a day that is perfect height for me to 360 dunk on. On the rare occasion that nobody else is in that hallway, you know I'm tappin the fuck outta it

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