Of course you survived! The ones that died from traumatic brain damage aren’t around to make stupid comments
Survivor bias.
Exactly, no one mentions the kids that died from traumatic brain injuries
And now a lot of the same shit is documented on video a couple of clicks away from where this boomer consumes content. I gave up on seeking morbid shit like an edgy teen a long time ago, but just regular news feed on telegram, reddit and the likes frequently brings up NSFW content. It’s still spring but I remember at least a couple of clips this year of kids playing stupud games to their end I saw on the surface-level internets.
Knew a guy who came through a nursing home.
Dude was in his 50s. Had an injury at 17. Fucked him for life. Dude was emotionally stunted at like 13. Confined to a chair, horrific tripping hazard when walking. Harassed women at every opportunity. Stuttered. Had a permanent soft spot. Worst part about the women thing is he knew better. You’d call him on it and he’d stop. Ended up talking to him like a dog near the end.
He was a rolling fucking lawsuit. Dunno where behaviorallly he could have lived but not in an assisted living.
I think the family just moved him around to various places until he got kicked out.
… The ones they don’t mention
That seems inconvenient to think about, so im not going to.
Ayup. Ask them about that mate who died as a kid and they go all funny and quiet
Fun fact: Shortly after this photo was taken, the girl was attacked and devoured by the Bat Boy-faced puma following her.
Traumatic brain damage makes you conservative
How many of us STILL have scars from falling off our bikes last century? I bet some of us even still have road gravel in our bodies.
I have two very visible on my chins from those meat grinder petals on bikes back then. And a dark place on my right arm due to trying to ride a wheelie way too fast on sandy pavement and sliding on same sandy pavement for a good 20 ft on that arm. Basically like taking an angle grinder with a sanding disc to my arm for several seconds. Fun times….
Nextdoor is filled with this
“I saw a person outside of a local bar past 10pm, they should close the place down!”
Guarantee if you took a picture of that same street today there’d be a lot more than two cars. That probably a played a big role.
Every street is North America is a highway. Straight, level, smooth, and intended for fast driving. The continent has designed streets not safe for human presence, fully supported by the older generations, and now they have the gall to complain about kids sitting indoors all of the time.
Whenever I see an American road, I think of ring roads or motorways
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Just a helmet is fine and still 99.99% as fun
So you admit that it is less fun…
It is less fun because having the wind in your hair and risk of instant death is fun.
Many didn’t. That’s the trick!
And let’s be honest, fewer of us survived than nowadays.
Yeah, not everyone got rocketed out the front window from lying up on the rear deck of our parents’ oldsmobile. Not all of us had life altering injuries from jumping bikes off shitty ramps with no protection. Not every one of us ended up in a pedo neighbors basement, But some of us did. Our parents’ apathy to parenting and our own poor judgment skills weren’t lessons to make us better or badges of honor. We survived despite of all that rather than because of it.
How did we survive?
A fuck load of you didn’t tho.
And based on the boomers we still have, I think the world would have been better if they hadn’t either.
Is it ironic that all the survivors also happen to be the ones who don’t understand survivorship bias?
But isn’t that also survivor bias in a way? Because those who understand it, don’t post stuff like this and therefore don’t get noticed. Is like the joke “How do you recognize a vegan? They tell you – every five minutes”. People told me the joke, not knowing that I’m a vegan, because I didn’t tell them because why would I.
This is a gen-x’er from the cars.
Graveyards full of kids
“Oh how did we survive lol 😂”
