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What did you do as a child that would be considered dangerous today? (lemmy.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

GenX - here's a few:

Lawn darts. Unsupervised play over 1/4 mile from home at age 8. Unsupervised play over 1/2 mile from home at age 10 with a BB gun. BB guns as paintball weapons. (no eyes were put out). Riding a bicycle to school on a highway shoulder from grade 7-9. Latchkey kid. Going fishing with a neighbor (retired man) as an adolescent for 2-2 summers. (Ps. We fished and talked.)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Riding a bicycle to school on a highway shoulder from grade 7-9. Latchkey kid.

Ha! We rode along the shoulder of the highway, logging trucks whizzing past us really close, no helmets, no lights, no blahblah at all. Grade FOUR.