There's no denying it — kids used to do a LOT of unsafe things that would NOT be okay in 2019.
Yesterday, #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow trended on Twitter, and — oh, man — it got a whole lot of people talking about the crazy stuff they did as kids. Here are some of the most cringe-inducing:
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#DidAsAChildButDangerousNow Went to the park.. With proper slides.. #huge
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Ride on the handlebars of someone's bike as we went whizzing down a giant asphalt hill!? No helmets. Craziness. #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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#DidAsAChildButDangerousNow putting the water bottle or soda bottle cap inside my mouth
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As a kid we rode in the back of the truck, even cops drove by and didnt even bat an eye! #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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Rode in the backseat of a station wagon facing the cars coming right at me! #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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This is a perfect time to tell u about two games my bf told me he played with his friends. 1 is the hammer game, where they were all on the trampoline together and one of them would THROW A HAMMER ONTO IT AND THEYD HAVE 2 DODGE IT AS IT SPUN IN THE AIR #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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Second is the scissors game...where they THREW SCISSORS AT A FAN and every boy had a pillow with which they had to block either their face or torso...they had to pick #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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Stair sledding. 🤣 #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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if anyone played popcorn on the parachute or anything with the scooters #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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Bike riding without a helmet. Out in the neighborhood. Unsupervised. With no cell phone. Told to return when the sun went down. #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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Held on to a sled tied to the back of my dad's truck doing spin outs on ice😬🤪🙃 #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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Doing back flips off the swing #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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Riding the playground carousel at the speed of vomit. #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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#DidAsAChildButDangerousNow i used to go door to door for school fundraisers and just fully GO INTO STRANGERS’ HOUSES while they looked through the catalog??????? what the fuck. every time i think about it i am more what the fuck over it.
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#DidAsAChildButDangerousNow Lawn darts
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Ate raw chocolate chip cookie dough #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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Played in the culverts under the road #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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Did front flips off of my dresser onto my bed #DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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#DidAsAChildButDangerousNow
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