I survived, so why are today's kids/parents such panzys?

[ShotgunSteven]

They have underground Lawn Dart championships now. :laugh:

I remember the metal heads on lawn darts breaking off from the plastic body fairly easily. I have considered having a set made out of sheet aluminum at the local welding shop.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Got to thinking today...

I survived through "Jarts" (A now banned lawn dart game).

I rode in the trunk of a car to hold an item sticking out while my parents drove home.

I was damaged by a store display causing stitches and smashed finger.

So what is it with today? By current day's standards I should be dead or have killed someone with the Jarts. Been put in foster homes because of my parents neglect. And be a millionaire for suing the store that crushed one of my fingers.

I blame it on the Lawyers. Seems like every week I read a story about something that I did/would have doneas a kid that is now VERY frownded upon. So what did you "survive" through that would be condemned by today's standards?

Are you a parent?

Would you let your kid ride in the trunk of a car when they held on to something sticking out? Would you let your young kids play Jarts?

Just because parents made stupid decisions a few years ago doesn't mean we have to continue the idiocracy.

Would you let your child climb a tree?

 

[Calculator83]

I survived living in poor conditions in a country with 1.4 billion people. Now i'm here, easy school, easy jobs.

 

[Geekbabe]

Back then people had 4,5,6 or more children...children dying due to illness or injury while tragic was not unexpected.Now people have at most,two.

 

[n7]

Society is a lost cause.

Beyond sickening how messed up the world is becoming IMO...

This isn't a specific rant at all...just in general.

As for a rough childhood...let's just say i could have died a hundred times doing stuff on the farm growing up....

But i was fortunate.

 

[IronWing]

Metal playgrounds are making a comeback. It seems children get more exercise on them than the "safer" alternatives and the health benefits outweigh the legendary loss of teeth.

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Got to thinking today...

I survived through "Jarts" (A now banned lawn dart game).

I rode in the trunk of a car to hold an item sticking out while my parents drove home.

I was damaged by a store display causing stitches and smashed finger.

So what is it with today? By current day's standards I should be dead or have killed someone with the Jarts. Been put in foster homes because of my parents neglect. And be a millionaire for suing the store that crushed one of my fingers.

I blame it on the Lawyers. Seems like every week I read a story about something that I did/would have doneas a kid that is now VERY frownded upon. So what did you "survive" through that would be condemned by today's standards?

Are you a parent?

Would you let your kid ride in the trunk of a car when they held on to something sticking out? Would you let your young kids play Jarts?

Just because parents made stupid decisions a few years ago doesn't mean we have to continue the idiocracy.

Would you let your child climb a tree?

Climbing a tree is a different ball game than riding in a car trunk or throwing a giant dart. I keep my kids outdoors as much as possible. If they get hurt we brush it off and continue. I have already been to the emergency room a couple times. One of my boys has already had stitches in his face.I still encourage a little risk taking and trying things.

When you bcome a parent hopefully you'll be able to make rational decisions regarding your kids activities or at least realize that there are shades of gray when choosing between activities.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: Sluggo
I spent the first 15 years of my life riding around in cars that didnt have airbags, then another 15 years driving cars that didnt have them. I also had to actually talk to my parents when in the car since we didnt have cars that played a different DVD for every passenger.

Oh God the horrors we endured.

ha! i can beat that! we had a few cars that didnt have seat belts! we had a huge station wagon with the rear facing last seat. we would climb over it and make faces at people behind us. in the summer we would have the back window down and dangle feet and hands out it.

rode in the back of many trucks going to the store etc.

never had a helmet for my bike, climbed trees, jumped bikes etc. Also got my first motorcycle at 6! started motorycross at 8. heh

 

[insect9]

We had bottle rocket fights, and when it would ice and snow we would pile on the roof of a car that we would cut off and pull it with a truck. Fun times. I should probably be dead or maimed for life.

 

[BlackTigers]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Sluggo
I spent the first 15 years of my life riding around in cars that didnt have airbags, then another 15 years driving cars that didnt have them. I also had to actually talk to my parents when in the car since we didnt have cars that played a different DVD for every passenger.

Oh God the horrors we endured.

ha! i can beat that! we had a few cars that didnt have seat belts! we had a huge station wagon with the rear facing last seat. we would climb over it and make faces at people behind us. in the summer we would have the back window down and dangle feet and hands out it.

rode in the back of many trucks going to the store etc.

never had a helmet for my bike, climbed trees, jumped bikes etc. Also got my first motorcycle at 6! started motorycross at 8. heh

You should really be dead.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: BlackTigers91

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: Sluggo
I spent the first 15 years of my life riding around in cars that didnt have airbags, then another 15 years driving cars that didnt have them. I also had to actually talk to my parents when in the car since we didnt have cars that played a different DVD for every passenger.

Oh God the horrors we endured.

ha! i can beat that! we had a few cars that didnt have seat belts! we had a huge station wagon with the rear facing last seat. we would climb over it and make faces at people behind us. in the summer we would have the back window down and dangle feet and hands out it.

rode in the back of many trucks going to the store etc.

never had a helmet for my bike, climbed trees, jumped bikes etc. Also got my first motorcycle at 6! started motorycross at 8. heh

You should really be dead.

heh

we would also have BB gun fights, firecracker fights (get pvc and cut a hole in it to light the fuse of a bottle rocket heh), et etc.

i have scars from some stuff but we had fun! lol

 

[alien42]

this thread is very American

you should try growing up with these kids

 

[E equals MC2]

I grew up in S. Korea in late 80s that means although the country was civilized, they had its rough edges. Which meant:

*Whenever there's a building construction, that meant lots of fun for the kids to go inside and break random shit. I remember I saw bunch of PVC pipe networked that went through the cement. I shattered all of them with my shoes. Next night I visited, they were all fixed neatly. Must've cost $$$ and a major pain. Well, being a punk ass 10 yr old, I broke all that crap again.

*Fire. You know those construction metal rods that goes in reinforced cement? Bunch of kids and I would dip those sticks (they're like 10 lbs each) in the fire pit drum until they were literally glowing ORANGE like a light saber. Then we would have a sword fight. I remember I accidentally hit the kid on his back and it burnt through his shirt and *tzzzzttt* gave him a burn on his back. He went home crying. The injury was nothing serious but had the potential to be deadly.

*There's also a HUGE construction rubble pit next to our school. That meant a live gigantic play house for the kids with blooming imaginations. We made make-shift shelters, fighting head quarters, battle stations, etc. Looking back it was seriously dangerous. Industrial-sized nails sticking out everywhere, etc... I remember I jumped from somewhere way higher to a lower platform and my left foot landed right on the nail. The nail pierced through my shoe and right into my foot. I couldn't walk right for a week. And we all shrugged it off and always played

*No adult supervision for kids whatsoever. There are always kids like myself aged between 5-13 EVERYWHERE without adult supervision. I guess world was a more peaceful place back then without molesters and kidnappers. It was a social norm that kids ran around everywhere. Heck even my 6 yr old brother would go out ALL DAY riding his tricycle with his other 6 yr old kids.

In the midst of all this 'chaos', I don't remember anyone of the hundreds of kids in our neighborhood getting deadly injuries. I swear kids became STUPIDER today.

[edit]
Okay, thinking back, kids ARE stupider today and kids back then were just SHARPER. In the midst of all those dangerous environments, even us 10 yr old kids knew what to avoid, not do, etc. Today's kid have been sheltered so much that if they did the same shit as what I did above, they would've:

a) burnt themselves in the eyes with the searing metal rods
b) trip over nothing and break their necks
c)strangle themselves with a cordless phone.

 

[KK]

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Got to thinking today...

I survived through "Jarts" (A now banned lawn dart game).

I rode in the trunk of a car to hold an item sticking out while my parents drove home.

I was damaged by a store display causing stitches and smashed finger.

So what is it with today? By current day's standards I should be dead or have killed someone with the Jarts. Been put in foster homes because of my parents neglect. And be a millionaire for suing the store that crushed one of my fingers.

I blame it on the Lawyers. Seems like every week I read a story about something that I did/would have doneas a kid that is now VERY frownded upon. So what did you "survive" through that would be condemned by today's standards?

Are you a parent?

Would you let your kid ride in the trunk of a car when they held on to something sticking out? Would you let your young kids play Jarts?

Just because parents made stupid decisions a few years ago doesn't mean we have to continue the idiocracy.

Would you let your child climb a tree?

Climbing a tree is a different ball game than riding in a car trunk or throwing a giant dart. I keep my kids outdoors as much as possible. If they get hurt we brush it off and continue. I have already been to the emergency room a couple times. One of my boys has already had stitches in his face.I still encourage a little risk taking and trying things.

When you bcome a parent hopefully you'll be able to make rational decisions regarding your kids activities or at least realize that there are shades of gray when choosing between activities.

So you wouldn't let your kids play with jarts? See, this is exactly why society these days are fvcked up. How many kids do you sustained injuries from jarts? I know of none. If your kids are stupid and get hurt then they need to be out of the gene pool anyways.

 

[Perknose]

As a mythically Elite Senior Moderator, I endorse this thread. :thumbsup:

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

And all of that overprotective crap only makes us teenagers more rebellious and more likely to kill ourselves now. But it's fun!

 

[rh71]

You were probably born in an era where sonograms were not available either... not allowing doctors to give you and your mom the best care and preventative measures possible. Many of your peers did not make it because of this back then, you were one of the lucky ones. So it's not right to say that since you're ok, there should be no reason to make it better for others to be safer.

 

[RKS]

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Got to thinking today...

I survived through "Jarts" (A now banned lawn dart game).

I rode in the trunk of a car to hold an item sticking out while my parents drove home.

I was damaged by a store display causing stitches and smashed finger.

So what is it with today? By current day's standards I should be dead or have killed someone with the Jarts. Been put in foster homes because of my parents neglect. And be a millionaire for suing the store that crushed one of my fingers.

I blame it on the Lawyers. Seems like every week I read a story about something that I did/would have doneas a kid that is now VERY frownded upon. So what did you "survive" through that would be condemned by today's standards?

Are you a parent?

Would you let your kid ride in the trunk of a car when they held on to something sticking out? Would you let your young kids play Jarts?

Just because parents made stupid decisions a few years ago doesn't mean we have to continue the idiocracy.

Would you let your child climb a tree?

Climbing a tree is a different ball game than riding in a car trunk or throwing a giant dart. I keep my kids outdoors as much as possible. If they get hurt we brush it off and continue. I have already been to the emergency room a couple times. One of my boys has already had stitches in his face.I still encourage a little risk taking and trying things.

When you bcome a parent hopefully you'll be able to make rational decisions regarding your kids activities or at least realize that there are shades of gray when choosing between activities.

So you wouldn't let your kids play with jarts? See, this is exactly why society these days are fvcked up. How many kids do you sustained injuries from jarts? I know of none. If your kids are stupid and get hurt then they need to be out of the gene pool anyways.

If you could still buy jarts I wouldn't let then play with jarts. That might be why there are no jart-related injuries. My kids are vicious enough with foam swords let alone a mini-javelin. You are absolutely correct; society if fucked up because we eliminated inherently dangerous 'toys' like jarts. :roll: Maybe it is fucked-up because parents don't take enough control of their children. :light:

I hope you don't have kids. I would hope when/if you are a parent you can assess your kids' activities and let them play accordingly.

edit: and while you continue your dangerous activity of sitting in front of the pc and adding to your lifer status; I am going outside to have a snowball fight with my boys.

 

[newb111]

Originally posted by: RKS
edit: and while you continue your dangerous activity of sitting in front of the pc and adding to your lifer status; I am going outside to have a snowball fight with my boys.

Ahh the epic "I have a life and you don't" argument. That'll show him.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: KK

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: RKS

Originally posted by: TwiceOver
Got to thinking today...

I survived through "Jarts" (A now banned lawn dart game).

I rode in the trunk of a car to hold an item sticking out while my parents drove home.

I was damaged by a store display causing stitches and smashed finger.

So what is it with today? By current day's standards I should be dead or have killed someone with the Jarts. Been put in foster homes because of my parents neglect. And be a millionaire for suing the store that crushed one of my fingers.

I blame it on the Lawyers. Seems like every week I read a story about something that I did/would have doneas a kid that is now VERY frownded upon. So what did you "survive" through that would be condemned by today's standards?

Are you a parent?

Would you let your kid ride in the trunk of a car when they held on to something sticking out? Would you let your young kids play Jarts?

Just because parents made stupid decisions a few years ago doesn't mean we have to continue the idiocracy.

Would you let your child climb a tree?

Climbing a tree is a different ball game than riding in a car trunk or throwing a giant dart. I keep my kids outdoors as much as possible. If they get hurt we brush it off and continue. I have already been to the emergency room a couple times. One of my boys has already had stitches in his face.I still encourage a little risk taking and trying things.

When you bcome a parent hopefully you'll be able to make rational decisions regarding your kids activities or at least realize that there are shades of gray when choosing between activities.

So you wouldn't let your kids play with jarts? See, this is exactly why society these days are fvcked up. How many kids do you sustained injuries from jarts? I know of none. If your kids are stupid and get hurt then they need to be out of the gene pool anyways.

If you could still buy jarts I wouldn't let then play with jarts. That might be why there are no jart-related injuries. My kids are vicious enough with foam swords let alone a mini-javelin. You are absolutely correct; society if fucked up because we eliminated inherently dangerous 'toys' like jarts. :roll: Maybe it is fucked-up because parents don't take enough control of their children. :light:

I hope you don't have kids. I would hope when/if you are a parent you can assess your kids' activities and let them play accordingly.

edit: and while you continue your dangerous activity of sitting in front of the pc and adding to your lifer status; I am going outside to have a snowball fight with my boys.

do you know how many kids have died from lawn darts? most i could find is 3. now do a search on how many have died from snowball fights. want to guess wich is higher?

 

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: tenshodo13

Had BB gun fights with Metal BB pellets

lol, I used to do those, we had the pistol BB guns, we started off with just one pump from those, then when people started bringing the rifles, we used two pumps on the rifle and one on the pistol, hell, we used to ride around on our old 80 and shoot from the back of that, good times

we used to do all kinds of stupid shit too, like jump off the top of my friends two story house onto their trampoline, then go flying... I think everyone got hurt pretty bad at least once...

this thread remind me of a quote from Old School:

Guy: Sir, my seat belt if broken, what do you suggest I do?

Cab Driver: I suggest you stop being a pussy, you're in the back seat...

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I too had jarts, toys with small parts, chemistry sets with REAL chemicals (I made gun powder 😀 ), cap guns, guns that looked real, toy knives that had hard plastic points---kids today are sissies I tells ya!

i remember we used to shoot each other with Wrist Rockets. http://stun-ningsales.com/SportStore/sportstore_images/wristrockpics/sr-7_1.jpg

times have changed. if i leave my 11 yr old, 8 yr old and 7 yr old in the house without at least one 13 yr old in the house to "babysit" i can have my kids taken away. ludicrous.

 

[Casawi]

I survived living in Africa for 17 years ..lol I wasn't that bad really (by my standards).

 

[Casawi]

I used to walk 35mins 4 times a day to my school (saved the bus money for other things). Never really thought it was a big deal... now I doubt I can even do it.

 

[BlackTigers]

Originally posted by: Casawi
I used to walk 35mins 4 times a day to my school (saved the bus money for other things). Never really thought it was a big deal... now I doubt I can even do it.

Is there a reason you went to school four times a day?