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[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 140 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you're tall you do this without jumping to assert dominance

[–] natecox@programming.dev 60 points 1 year ago

This guy talls.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just hit my head into street signs.

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago

They had it coming.

[–] fuzzyspudkiss@midwest.social 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I hit my head on basement staircase ceilings to asset dominance.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Tell me about it. I have developed an instinctive reaction to lower my head a bit when going through doorways because you never know when a building is a bit older and the doors are just not 2m tall.

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[–] dogsoahC@lemm.ee 108 points 1 year ago (6 children)

"teenage"

How do you do, fellow kids?

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Did this at work last month, I am 35.

[–] Huckledebuck@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tried it at with last year at 42 and realized i needed to do a bunch of stretching first.

[–] PythagreousTitties@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I talked to my doctor about it before attempting it.

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[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

You gotta keep that youthful exuberance going, man. Keep killing it out there.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I broke my hip doing this on the way to Bingo last week.

I'm so glad today's youth is still playing Bingo

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[–] EvilEyedPanda@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Now that I'm in my thirties I no longer have to (can) jump

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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 98 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] natecox@programming.dev 65 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Nearing 40 and still like to jump up to tap something which is high. Never gets old.

[–] breakingcups@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Y'all still jump at this age??

[–] llamatron@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

49 here and still do it. I also walk along walls if one happens to run along side a path I'm on.

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Way past 40 and I still enjoy doing this ..... but my body doesn't.

You get to a point in your life where you start feeling like your mind is trapped inside aging infrastructure and there's nothing you can about it.

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[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 87 points 1 year ago (21 children)

I'm so fucking tires of these stereotypes based on nothing at all. I'm 40 years old and haven't stopped jumping to touch that shit.

[–] guiguinofake@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] sandbox@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

oh, you naughty tire, just leaning up against that tower… unzips

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Boys grow about a foot taller between 10 and 16, and most people's arm span is about the same as their height, so the overall increased reach is significant. I was taller than average after a huge growth spurt, and I remember realizing how many things I could jump up to touch that weren't in the realm of possibility before that. You better believe I was jumping up and touching stuff.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

According to my big brother, peeing over walls and off high places is another, if they can get away with it. (Like castle ruins etc.) Could it be similar in that you're now tall enough you don't just end up peeing on the floor at your feet?

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Peeing other than in a toilet was only ever a matter of necessity for me, so I can't give credence to that.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Dude what? Peeing outside is the best. It's my sole motivation for moving out of the city and into the country.

[–] Machinist@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of the greatest pleasures in my life is pissing off the back porch when it's cold, looking up at the Milky Way, and listening to the coyotes pack up.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (8 children)

It's not just teenagers who like it.

It's just that adults tend to refrain from actually doing it.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Came to say this. The urge doesn't go away. We just are more selective about picking the best time and place.

[–] StarshotJohn@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's an emergency fire doorframe I pass a few times a day that is perfect height for me to 360 dunk on. On the rare occasion that nobody else is in that hallway, you know I'm tappin the fuck outta it

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[–] audiomodder@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have several friends who are trans men who have reported to me that the urge started after they started testosterone. It always makes me smile :)

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[–] theedqueen@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is this like always having to clack tongs a couple of times every time you pick them up?

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[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There was a metal street sign by my high school that was bent from so many people doing this.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

LOL, perhaps the city should have invested in reinforcements

[–] AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Honestly it may have made it worse given how boys are as teenagers. I feel like someone would have stolen dad's angle grinder 😅

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[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

the only thing stopping grown men from doing it is our knees not handling jumps the way they used to :(

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[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

im a fan of the head bump, where you jerk your head back at the same time you slap it and people think you hit your head. so funny

[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The behavior doesn't stop but it does start with the crazy growth spurt in height that is pretty unique to teenage boys (AMAB). Suddenly things that were way out of reach become reachable, like in the course of 6 months.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

AMAB

All moms are beautiful?

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[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I've taught math at every grade level (elementary, middle school, high school, college) and can confirm this is indeed a universal truth.

[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The pull cord to the attic hatch in the hallway ceiling. Who else is with me? When I could reach that without jumping, I knew that day that I was a man (I was twelve).

I took so much of the popcorn off the ceiling my mom got upset.

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[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a short guy, this was not something I got to take part in a lot of the time and now that my ankle is fucked I'm not even going to chance jumping or running anymore.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 10 points 1 year ago (7 children)

As a tall guy, I rarely had to jump which isn't any fun.

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[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Kinda surprised by all the joint pain ITT, especially knees. Age alone doesn’t do this.

Knees are remarkably hard-wearing joints, capable of continued high mileage well into old age. I hope y’all are using those knees so you can keep using them for many years to come!

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kinda surprised by all the joint pain ITT

Obesity is a hell of a drug.

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also sitting for 8 hours a day and not leaving your home except to grocery shop

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