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How we created a terrified, brainwashed society of weenies ... a society of people who are fearful, out of shape, overly cautious, and painfully politically correct.
There won't be more more rebels because this generation has been frightened into submission and apathy through a deliberately orchestratedculture of fear.
Raise your hand if you survived a childhood in the 60s, 70s, and 80s that included one or more of the following, frowned-upon activities (raise both hands if you bear a scar proving your daredevil participation in these dare-devilish events)
1. Riding in the back of an open pick-up truck with a bunch of other kids.
2. Leaving the house after breakfast and not returning until the streetlights came on, at which point, you raced home, ASAP so you didn't get in trouble
3. Riding your bike without a helmet
4. Riding your bike with a buddy on the handlebars, and neither of you wearing helmets
5. Drinking water from the hose in the yard
6. Climbing trees (one park cut the lower branches from a tree on the playground in case some stalwart child dared to climb them )
7. Having snowball fights (and accidentally hitting someone you shouldn't )
8. Carrying a pocket knife to school (or having a fishing tackle box with sharp things on school property)
9. Playing politically incorrect games like Cowboys and Indians
10. Playing Cops and Robbers with ... toy guns
11. Pretending to shoot each other with sticks we imagined were guns (there actually a freakin’ CODE about "playing with invisible guns")
12. Shooting an actual gun or a bow (with ...sharp arrows!!! ) at a can on a log, accompanied by our parents who gave us pointers to improve our aim. Heck, there were even marksmanship clubs at some high schools
13. Saying the words "gun" or "bang" can bring you into a big trouble nowadays
14. Working for your pocket money well before your teen years
15. Getting so dirty that your mom washed you off with the hose in the yard before letting you come into the house to have a shower (now called indecent exposure of minors)
16. Writing lines for being a jerk or bully at school, either on the board or on paper
17. Playing "dangerous" games like dodgeball, kickball, tag, wiffle ball, and red rover (The Health Department of New York issued a warning about the "significant risk of injury" from these games )
18. Walking to and from school alone
19. Bringing peanut butter sandwiches and birthday cakes to share with kids in the school
20. Keeping Score. (The competitive element was too much for parents and certain sports leagues, they decide to soften the blow for children who need not stress over unnecessary competition.)
Come on, be honest - tell us what "crazy" stuff you did as a child.
great post .. did all that 50 years ago and believe it or not i survived .. i also would follow the family dogs around all day when i was 5 or 6 even if they went miles from home and momma never had a fear .. she knew the dogs would come home and i would be with them ..although i did have a friend get killed when she was riding on the hood of a car that went too fast and threw her off .. the gas pedal stuck ...
Riding while lying down in the back of station wagon, staring at the stars.
Spoiler
Though that was where I contemplated what would be beyond the stars. Brought up philosophical thinking that I later contemplated again- which served a purpose!
Mooning the tour launches on my fresh water lake.. The " Snobs " from the big city would socialize drinking wine & crackers as they toured the lake shore looking at the 150 year old estates.. as kids while water skiing we would moon them..
Bare Back Bovine Riding.. grab a Holstein and take her for a ride...
After dark... trying to tip over that bovine..
TP a house at Halloween.. or strap a couple of 2x4's on the sides of the outhouse and with 4 kids duck walk the outhouse out in the street.. Halloween prank.. Or jack a car up just high enough so the tires are 1-3 inches off the ground.. refill the area with fresh gravel... next morning watch as they put the car in reverse.. another Halloween prank..
Taking the " City Kids" and showing them.. giant foot prints in the creek bed made by " BIG FOOT" ( aka me or another kid ) then that night at their summer rental cottage making sure they were asleep and using a Halloween mask... scare the out of them
How we created a terrified, brainwashed society of weenies ... a society of people who are fearful, out of shape, overly cautious, and painfully politically correct.
There won't be more more rebels because this generation has been frightened into submission and apathy through a deliberately orchestratedculture of fear.
Raise your hand if you survived a childhood in the 60s, 70s, and 80s that included one or more of the following, frowned-upon activities (raise both hands if you bear a scar proving your daredevil participation in these dare-devilish events)
1. Riding in the back of an open pick-up truck with a bunch of other kids.
2. Leaving the house after breakfast and not returning until the streetlights came on, at which point, you raced home, ASAP so you didn't get in trouble
3. Riding your bike without a helmet
4. Riding your bike with a buddy on the handlebars, and neither of you wearing helmets
5. Drinking water from the hose in the yard
6. Climbing trees (one park cut the lower branches from a tree on the playground in case some stalwart child dared to climb them )
7. Having snowball fights (and accidentally hitting someone you shouldn't )
8. Carrying a pocket knife to school (or having a fishing tackle box with sharp things on school property)
9. Playing politically incorrect games like Cowboys and Indians
10. Playing Cops and Robbers with ... toy guns
11. Pretending to shoot each other with sticks we imagined were guns (there actually a freakin’ CODE about "playing with invisible guns")
12. Shooting an actual gun or a bow (with ...sharp arrows!!! ) at a can on a log, accompanied by our parents who gave us pointers to improve our aim. Heck, there were even marksmanship clubs at some high schools
13. Saying the words "gun" or "bang" can bring you into a big trouble nowadays
14. Working for your pocket money well before your teen years
15. Getting so dirty that your mom washed you off with the hose in the yard before letting you come into the house to have a shower (now called indecent exposure of minors)
16. Writing lines for being a jerk or bully at school, either on the board or on paper
17. Playing "dangerous" games like dodgeball, kickball, tag, wiffle ball, and red rover (The Health Department of New York issued a warning about the "significant risk of injury" from these games )
18. Walking to and from school alone
19. Bringing peanut butter sandwiches and birthday cakes to share with kids in the school
20. Keeping Score. (The competitive element was too much for parents and certain sports leagues, they decide to soften the blow for children who need not stress over unnecessary competition.)
Come on, be honest - tell us what "crazy" stuff you did as a child.
1. Riding in the back of an open pick-up truck with a bunch of other kids.
I can only remember doing this a couple of times in my grandpa's or my parents' friend's truck and it was really fun.
2. Leaving the house after breakfast and not returning until the streetlights came on, at which point, you raced home, ASAP so you didn't get in trouble
No way. We weren't even allowed to play in the front yard unsupervised. My parents were unbelievably overprotective.
3. Riding your bike without a helmet
Yes, but I wasn't allowed to ride on the street.
4. Riding your bike with a buddy on the handlebars, and neither of you wearing helmets
Maybe a couple of times.
5. Drinking water from the hose in the yard
Yes. I'd never do it now.
6. Climbing trees (one park cut the lower branches from a tree on the playground in case some stalwart child dared to climb them )
8. Carrying a pocket knife to school (or having a fishing tackle box with sharp things on school property)
Ha ha! No.
9. Playing politically incorrect games like Cowboys and Indians
No.
10. Playing Cops and Robbers with ... toy guns
My boy cousins had a few toy guns that I'd play with sometimes.
11. Pretending to shoot each other with sticks we imagined were guns (there actually a freakin’ CODE about "playing with invisible guns")
About a half hour ago I got pretend shot (machine gun style) by some kid in Marshall's, so they still do it. I thought it was funny.
12. Shooting an actual gun or a bow (with ...sharp arrows!!! ) at a can on a log, accompanied by our parents who gave us pointers to improve our aim. Heck, there were even marksmanship clubs at some high schools
Once I shot my cousin's BB gun. Of course I aimed at a tire and it ricocheted off and hit me in the head. Good times.
As for a real gun, I've never touched one. I don't think.
13. Saying the words "gun" or "bang" can bring you into a big trouble nowadays
Yeah.
14. Working for your pocket money well before your teen years
We usually got stuff if we were good.
15. Getting so dirty that your mom washed you off with the hose in the yard before letting you come into the house to have a shower (now called indecent exposure of minors)
Not to the point of being naked outside. lol!
16. Writing lines for being a jerk or bully at school, either on the board or on paper
17. Playing "dangerous" games like dodgeball, kickball, tag, wiffle ball, and red rover (The Health Department of New York issued a warning about the "significant risk of injury" from these games )
19. Bringing peanut butter sandwiches and birthday cakes to share with kids in the school
Yes.
20. Keeping Score. (The competitive element was too much for parents and certain sports leagues, they decide to soften the blow for children who need not stress over unnecessary competition.)
Yeah, sometimes.
Come on, be honest - tell us what "crazy" stuff you did as a child. [/quote]
My sister and I were very politically incorrect while playing with Barbies. I can't even mention it.
As kids one summer the three of us decided to do a commando raid on the girls college across the lake from were we lived. At that time no one knew us on the other shore.. This is July and the three of us dressed in black and wool watch caps.. mittens and gloves... no finger prints for the FBI. Got in my 14 foot boat and went across the lake about 4 miles no lights 9-10pm ( 21:00 -22:00 ) we stormed the beaches.. really dragged the boat up a creek under a big concert culvert.. mosquitos just chewing the crap out of us.. broke out the black shoe polish smeared that on are faces. Stumbled around in the dark creek bed and brush and climb a large hill. As we came out of a hedge row we saw are target the " Girls" Dorm skulking like John Belushi in Animal House and sneaking closer to are objective we made it to the wall.. climbing on top of one and other and peering in the window.. we hear a deep voice like James Earl Jones.. and a beam of a flash light.. hey !! you 3 what are you doing.. scaring the out of us making the 5,000 yard run towards the tree line and ravine we crawled up we hear.. The Girls are not hear.. until late summer.. and that's the library Some how the next day dear ole dad asked...... were you at the college the other night ?
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