How many of these things did you do as a kid?

[B. McBannerson]

Did all but one, happy to report my kids have done 90% plus of these as well. 

[#UnleashSean]

All but

Penny on a train track (Just never went to them)
Explore a tunnel (We didn't have any near us?)
Rope Climbing (I did small ropes at playgrounds/rock climbing but our school didn't have one of those huge ones)
walk to school (We lived 14 miles from school. We took da bus)

[MU82]

walk to school (We lived 14 miles from school. We took da bus)

Weak excuse.

I used to walk to school ... 20 miles each way ... uphill both ways ... and it was always in a blizzard.

[4everwarriors]

Hoo's gonna start a thread axin' at watt age virginity was lost, hey?

[Galway Eagle]

Hoo's gonna start a thread axin' at watt age virginity was lost, hey?

It'll happen some day doc don't worry

[mu03eng]

One thing I didn't see on the list that definitely should be: riding your bikes to the local swimming hole (be it pool, pond, or lake) and swimming for hours until the sun is low and you have almost no energy to bike back to home.

One of my fondest childhood memories was in the late 80s in the summer in Ohio, all of my friends in the neighborhood (must have been 10 of us) riding the 5 minutes to the community pool at like 10 in the morning and we didn't leave until almost 8. My mom would give me 10 bucks for the whole day for food, which I'm pretty sure I spent only on soda, Nerds, and M&Ms. We'd like sharks and minnows, survival, beat each other up, and a whole bunch of other games that would probably cause trigger warnings these days. Good times were had by all.

[#UnleashSean]

One thing I didn't see on the list that definitely should be: riding your bikes to the local swimming hole (be it pool, pond, or lake) and swimming for hours until the sun is low and you have almost no energy to bike back to home.

One of my fondest childhood memories was in the late 80s in the summer in Ohio, all of my friends in the neighborhood (must have been 10 of us) riding the 5 minutes to the community pool at like 10 in the morning and we didn't leave until almost 8. My mom would give me 10 bucks for the whole day for food, which I'm pretty sure I spent only on soda, Nerds, and M&Ms. We'd like sharks and minnows, survival, beat each other up, and a whole bunch of other games that would probably cause trigger warnings these days. Good times were had by all.

I "triggered" a girl on memorial day by inviting her to a party where there was going to be drinking. She was 23

[Benny B]

Also missing from the list: "go off-roading in a Chevette"

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I "triggered" a girl on memorial day by inviting her to a party where there was going to be drinking. She was 23

What does that mean?

[4everwarriors]

Probably shot her, her?

[#UnleashSean]

What does that mean?

I guess whatever the 2017 meaning is? Conversation went like this

"hey were having a party on Monday. Beer baseball fireworks and grilling. Want to come"

"you cannot imagine how much you are triggering me by asking"

Sooooooo

??????

[MU82]

Hoo's gonna start a thread axin' at watt age virginity was lost, hey?

I hope to get there by the time I turn 80!

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I guess whatever the 2017 meaning is? Conversation went like this

"hey were having a party on Monday. Beer baseball fireworks and grilling. Want to come"

"you cannot imagine how much you are triggering me by asking"

Sooooooo

??????

That's why I asked. I have no idea what triggered means now. To me it means having a panic attack. But it seems to have been changed into something else now.

[#UnleashSean]

That's why I asked. I have no idea what triggered means now. To me it means having a panic attack. But it seems to have been changed into something else now.

I think your definition is correct. And there are some true forms of triggering that are backed by science. Such as a soldier with ptsd having fireworks triggering flashbacks.

But it seemed to morph into a more laughable scenario. Such as when someone says your triggering them by saying you voted for another politician

[Benny B]

What does that mean?

TRIGGER [TRI-gur] 'Merican slang an anthropomorphized tiger who's put up with way too much sh|t from that damned bear on the other side of the woods.


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[jsglow]

One thing I didn't see on the list that definitely should be: riding your bikes to the local swimming hole (be it pool, pond, or lake) and swimming for hours until the sun is low and you have almost no energy to bike back to home.

One of my fondest childhood memories was in the late 80s in the summer in Ohio, all of my friends in the neighborhood (must have been 10 of us) riding the 5 minutes to the community pool at like 10 in the morning and we didn't leave until almost 8. My mom would give me 10 bucks for the whole day for food, which I'm pretty sure I spent only on soda, Nerds, and M&Ms. We'd like sharks and minnows, survival, beat each other up, and a whole bunch of other games that would probably cause trigger warnings these days. Good times were had by all.

You just wait eng.  By the time he's about 12 you'll want #nored gone for hours at a time too!

[ZiggysFryBoy]

It'll happen some day doc don't worry

Brilliant work, young pugilist!

[Dr. Blackheart]

Any one piss on the third rail?

[MU82]

The good news is that here in the U.S., there is no shortage of kids who get to shootin'!

As the Washington Post reported last year:

In 2015, there were 58 shootings committed by toddlers, or more than one every week. The drumbeat of tragic shootings involving children barely able to walk has continued unabated this year.

Since Jan. 1, there have been 51 shootings involving toddlers in the United States. By this date last year, there had been 47 toddler-involved shootings.

In the majority of this year's cases, the child picked up a gun and shot himself or herself. (The overwhelming majority of toddler shooters are male.) In 16 of the 39 self-shooting incidents, the child's injuries proved fatal.

Given that toddler shootings far outnumber terrorist shootings in the U.S.A., isn't it time we ban toddlers?