Very true. We used to make forts in a strip of woods behind my friend's house and he had the bright idea of setting up traps one day. He rigged a brick to fall from about 10ft if a log was kicked. He then decided to test it. It worked! He got a concussion.
My brother and I were building yet another tree fort. We had a rule you yelled "Timber!!" if you were dropping anything. I heard "Timber!" looked up, and got hit in the head with a hammer. I ran like 20 steps then fell down. slight concussion.
Another time while my sister as in her piano lesson, I went in the backyard of my piano teacher's home, and climbed a tree. I would swing on a branch up there then come flying off. I wanted to impress my teacher and my mom and sister after the lesson. I told them to come out so I could show them something. I swang on that branch real good, the biggest swings yet, and did a big release at the swings apex. Except instead of landing on my feet like a cat I swung too much and landed flat on my back from 12 feet up. First time the wind had been knocked out of me and I thought I was dying for sure as I lay on the ground writhing in agony. Nobody did anything to help that I can remember, I think they were stunned and just watched me. After about 10 seconds I got my breath back.
I don't think there is? If you go frame by frame it doesn't seem to jump and you can actually see the kid hit the ground. Looks like the rope was longer than the tree was tall.
This is how I discovered what the phrase āgetting the wind knocked out of youā meant as a child. My friends thought I was dying and carried me into my house so I wouldnāt have to die outside in the dirt. Good times.
My brother once did the same from a 2,5 - 3 meter tall tree. He wanted to make a zipline, whoch he hooked straight into the grass. Yes, the zipline instantly gave up as he tried launching himself which ended in him getting 7-8 stiches in his eyebrow and a broken shoulder. We still laugh at the stupidity till this day.
When I was growing up, if I thought something looked fun but dangerous, I would convince a stupid kid to do it first. This is why.
One time, I found a recycling bin at the local playground. In my kid brain, recycling bin + slide = roller coaster. So I found a stupid kid, who required no convincing to ride the recycling bin down the slide. This was a slide on a jungle gym that was built in the 70s or 80s, when people didnāt care if kids got hurt. So the kid gets impressive speed as she descends the slide in the recycling bin. Once she got the end, the recycling bin tipped forward, and she did a high-speed face-plant into the sand.
You good?
Aaaauuugghuu!!!
He made the grape lady noise.
He was trying to say "yes, I'm fine" but all that came out was that weird noise.
That is the sound your brain makes when you, just barely, miss going into shock.
Ow ow ow ow ow...I can't breathe
I loved how he then just stood there like, I was prepared for one response and this was not it
He's not good
I was sitting here wonder how to spell that... Thank you š¤£
This is why you never want to be the first person to try the rope swing.
Yeah, that's what the little sister is for; you tell her it'll be fun, like flying.
(Yes, that's trauma sharing)
Yee Yee!
This is funny cuz all boys will experience this in some capacity.
Very true. We used to make forts in a strip of woods behind my friend's house and he had the bright idea of setting up traps one day. He rigged a brick to fall from about 10ft if a log was kicked. He then decided to test it. It worked! He got a concussion.
I didnāt same stupid shit, but with a big bucket of rocks! Iām surprised we didnāt accidentally kill each other.
I had broken three bones by the time I was nine.
I was dead by the time I was 8
My brother and I were building yet another tree fort. We had a rule you yelled "Timber!!" if you were dropping anything. I heard "Timber!" looked up, and got hit in the head with a hammer. I ran like 20 steps then fell down. slight concussion.
Another time while my sister as in her piano lesson, I went in the backyard of my piano teacher's home, and climbed a tree. I would swing on a branch up there then come flying off. I wanted to impress my teacher and my mom and sister after the lesson. I told them to come out so I could show them something. I swang on that branch real good, the biggest swings yet, and did a big release at the swings apex. Except instead of landing on my feet like a cat I swung too much and landed flat on my back from 12 feet up. First time the wind had been knocked out of me and I thought I was dying for sure as I lay on the ground writhing in agony. Nobody did anything to help that I can remember, I think they were stunned and just watched me. After about 10 seconds I got my breath back.
I'm both happy sad that we didn't just "have" video recorders in the early 80s...
lmao "Volume Up āļø"
Hilarious. This shit brightens my day
My buddy fell out of our tree house and fractured his pelvis when we were like 16. Boys will be boys.
He's fine in the followup video.
Props to the guys for fooling the internet. There is a cut.
At 3 secondsā¦ pretty close with the edit
I don't think there is? If you go frame by frame it doesn't seem to jump and you can actually see the kid hit the ground. Looks like the rope was longer than the tree was tall.
Scars are memories for people with brain damage and Alzheimerās!
I did that too...
... only I plummeted 20-30ft down a ravine and busted up my back real bad.
Damn I did the same but landed on my face
Mother trucker dude, that hurt like a buttcheek on a stick
It's fake .
I know haha itās AI and everyone just eats it up
No children were harmed in the filming of this video.Ā
Okay, maybe one.
Been there, done that. And the guy I am, more than once.
Where the rest of this series?
r/kidsarecondomads
And on the seventh day, he rested...
Genesis 2:2
LMAOO I saw this in instagram when it first came out
Almost exactly how I discovered the meaning of "Getting the wind knocked out of you" in 1980.
Got the wind knocked out of him. If has happened to you know that wied noise he is making. I know it. Good times.
This is how I discovered what the phrase āgetting the wind knocked out of youā meant as a child. My friends thought I was dying and carried me into my house so I wouldnāt have to die outside in the dirt. Good times.
Memory #1 created. So far this project is a success!
Every boy who grew up being able to play in a forest with their friends has this exact memory
Who would have thought watching a kid fall out of a tree would brighten my day so much. I think I'm going to hell.
My brother once did the same from a 2,5 - 3 meter tall tree. He wanted to make a zipline, whoch he hooked straight into the grass. Yes, the zipline instantly gave up as he tried launching himself which ended in him getting 7-8 stiches in his eyebrow and a broken shoulder. We still laugh at the stupidity till this day.
When I was growing up, if I thought something looked fun but dangerous, I would convince a stupid kid to do it first. This is why.
One time, I found a recycling bin at the local playground. In my kid brain, recycling bin + slide = roller coaster. So I found a stupid kid, who required no convincing to ride the recycling bin down the slide. This was a slide on a jungle gym that was built in the 70s or 80s, when people didnāt care if kids got hurt. So the kid gets impressive speed as she descends the slide in the recycling bin. Once she got the end, the recycling bin tipped forward, and she did a high-speed face-plant into the sand.