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[–] • 12 pts

That kid would have been called a faggot for wearing a helmet in the '80s.

[–] • 7 pts

I never wore a helmet because it would be zero protection from the ass whooping i would receive for wearing the helmet. I just took my wipe outs and concussions like a boss.

[–] • 5 pts

In my time helmets weren't invented yet...

[–] • 6 pts

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[–] • 3 pts

That guy's fucking funny! Thanks for introducing me to that.

[–] • 2 pts

FFUUUUCCCCCKKKKKK

This makes me so angry. That's the world I yearn for. I need to go back, I cant stand this shit.

[–] • 5 pts

Do kids even get hurt anymore? They probably get carpal tunnel syndrome from video game playing. Maybe they slip and fall running to get ice cream from the fridge.

[–] • 5 pts

The playgrounds are all plastic and lame now. In the 80's I remember the searing hot metal and the splinters from the wood.

[–] • 2 pts

The playgrounds I grew up with were deathtraps for the stupid. Which might be why there were less stupid people back then.

[–] • 1 pt

Yeah I remember. The playgrounds were way cooler. Playgrounds today look like something out of Barney.

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Running? Metaphorically, right?

[–] • 0 pt

Oh yeah, missed that one. Correct.

[–] • 0 pt

They don't run to the fridge. Mom delivers.

[–] • 0 pt

Okay, I guess when they try to get up to go the restroom from eating pizza and chicken nuggets that's when they hurt themselves.

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[–] • 2 pts

Playing streethockey, as goalie, wearing only a single-bar football helmet and a life-preserver, and real pucks.

Good times.

[–] • 0 pt

Your fault for putting your face into the flying puck!

[–] • 1 pt

Fuck that. We didn't wear helmets in the 70s

[–] • 1 pt

Yeah but in the 70's that helmet would immediately get you labeled a pussy. (Unless you were wearing your dads old army helmet for fun)

[–] • 1 pt

Our pass-time was beating each other with sticks in mock sword fights.

[–] • 0 pt

Yes indeed! Sticks have always been incredibly versatile fun devices.

[–] • 0 pt

Yes. When we got older and had money, we bought actual kendo swords and best the shit out of each other.

[–] • 0 pt

Same here. We used to whack each other with the kendo training swords without any armor. I got some good thumps. One shot to my head left a permanent lump of scar tissue I can still feel 40 years later.

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I swear the 80s are my spirit decade

[–] • 0 pt

People say "better times", but they really were compared to the shit now.

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I read a post to this effect.

There was a picture on the internet of a child blowing out a candle for a birthday cake right next to an ashtray full of cigarettes and adults drinking beer in front of said child.

Everyone was all outraged "blah blah blah this is terrible awful blah blah blah, child will die of alcoholic athsma".

Then this guy chimed in, and basically said that the 80s were the last decade where people were free. Free of political correctness, free of societal tyranny, free to do and say whatever the fuck they wanted. He said in the 90s it started to go downhill, as 'save the children' and other measures started taking effect.

It clicked with me: it's what I've been yearning for. That's the life I want, and everything EVERYTHING is going against that. Online tyranny, outrage/cancel culture, 'save the children', worship science or else, wear a mask, don't smoke, don't vape, don't drink, wear a helmet.... I want to scream.

[–] • 1 pt

It is a feeling of being "jailed" or "confined".

Think about this: It really started around the time the 24 hour news channels began popping up. Prior to that it was just 1 or two hours of news and the stuff was fast and direct. Fear is the mind killer and 24 news likes to peddle fear and propaganda.

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RUSSIA COLD WAR! AIDS PANDEMIC! MIDDLE EAST LEBANON IRAN, AND QUADAFFI TOO POOR ISRAEL.

Seems like the same shit to me.

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The 80s were the last time we were truly free, but if you're my age then you were just a kid so you couldn't really appreciate it.

The 90s were also free and a great time to be a teenager, before cell phones, the internet, social media. But some faggotry was just starting to creep in...

Then 9/11 happened, and it was all down hill from there.

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