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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (4 children)

My childhood had some guy surfing on the power lines.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

omg mine was inspired by Jet Set radio characters, grinding on the power lines, rooftops & whatnot ! quite close

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[–] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

I had Sonic, from the Sonic Riders series. Seeing as Sonic could slide through some cable thing, made sense. Plus, like, Danny Phantom, maybe, and maybe others.

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[–] elbowgrease@lemm.ee 38 points 1 month ago (4 children)

hell yes! I'm my case, I rode a dirt bike just next to the highway jumping overpasses, dodging trees and whatever else I needed to do to keep pace with the car without crashing

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I had a blade extending from my hand and cut down everything we passed like telephone poles and trees and mailboxes but I couldn't let it touch metal so I had to angle my hand up if we passed anything like that.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Similar, I had lasers coming out of the side mirrors but would have to take my hand off the “button” so it wouldn’t cut down the signs, telephone poles, mailboxes, people, etc.

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[–] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I always imagined a ninja doing flips and shit.

[–] recently_Coco@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

Mine was also a ninja that used signs as weapons. He'd pull them out of the ground and use them like swords.

Signposts with reflectors on them had special powers depending on the reflector color.

[–] nieminen@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I'm glad this post exists, I thought it was just me.

[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I only see my imaginary friend when I take too much Benadryl

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Actually less scary tbh 😄

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

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[–] puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

hat man my beloved<3

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't recall imagining a particular character, just a humanoid figure running alongside and jumping over/dodging stuff.

Apparently this is one of those things that nobody ever talks about, but a lot of people did.

[–] enix@reddthat.com 16 points 1 month ago

Mine was a cool skateboard dude who did the most amazing grinds and flips

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would imagine a BMX bike in tow. Using bridge embankments to clear roads... 😎

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 14 points 1 month ago

Sonic the Hedgehog.

I got that Sonic Autism

[–] GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 13 points 1 month ago

No, all of ya'll are crazy. The dot of dirt on the window was the aiming device for a laser, and you had to use it to cut all the electrical wires without cutting trees or the poles, because those are wood and it would start a fire.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I always wanted to go here:

Just follow them on and on until I reached some presumably paradisaical location.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

Seattle has a park/trail like this

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I can hear this photo. Take some fluorescent bulbs along and go at night.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

Nah, it was my imaginary friend doing bmx tricks, we didn't have parkour back then.

Also, how could a person run fast enough to keep up with a motor vehicle? Sheesh, does your imagination completely ignore science? You gotta have at least a bicycle to keep up.

Also, this is the first time I've ever seen or heard someone else talk about this kind of daydream. So, it's pretty fucking cool, even though the details aren't the same.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 month ago

I hadn't remembered this in years, but I always imagined myself out there like the Flash and how my older brothers were in the car watching me burn it up and being super impressed. I literally might not have remembered that during my entire adult life. Thanks for reminding me. Although I was more like seven at the time.

[–] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Tony Hawk’s

[–] Chocrates@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)
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[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago

I usually imagined either sonic the hedgehog or one of the velociraptors from jurassic park

[–] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago

Damn, I thought I was the only one...

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Parkour wasn't a thing when I was 10, for me it was Strider running along with the car and slashing stuff.

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Mine was an imaginary me on a dirt bike doing sick jumps

[–] isekaihero@ani.social 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No I was imagining a rod of destruction sticking out the side of the car, and whenever it hit a building we were driving past it would annihilate the building like the juggernaut ran through it.

... isn't that what normal kids thought about?

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had imagined a laser beam slicing everything too

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[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

It was Mario, represented by a dirty spot or water droplet on the window, who would be made to jump over things by moving my head up and down

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

You guys got a window seat?

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

I had a dragon flying along side. Sometimes it's a bike dodging opposing traffic and jumping ramps

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

I had a cheetah running along, occasionally a horse. But not in the city, only on the motorway

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I took my Dramamine so I could read without vomiting.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I just spent 15 minutes trying to figure out wtf anime that is on the top because the style looks like exactly what I'm into, and it turns out I've already seen it lmao

Bubblegum Crisis, it's rad as fuck

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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Mine was an invisible flying squirrel jumping and gliding between tree tops at 110 km/h...

[–] ThatKomputerKat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Reminded me of this short film (that’s clearly sponsored by the North Face) from a a few years ago. https://youtu.be/IXw17Cjbeeo

[–] otb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

Was about the post the same. RIP JP

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 4 points 1 month ago

I'm an adult and I still do this lol.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

It's more fun in a high speed train

[–] late_night@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

It was the line painted on the side of the road that was zooming this way and that to keep up with the car. Sometimes it would snake away to a rest stop and then merge with us again after the exit.

[–] Arkhive@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Grew up in a cold part of the world, was a skier doing grinds and flips, but yeah, same idea!

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