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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.
As a tall guy, I rarely had to jump which isn’t any fun.
Wana trade? I’m 5’6 and I would do dam near anything to be 5’10. Outside of a halfbrother who is 6’3, I’m the tallest one in my family.
I’m down, being tall suuuucks
I feel a bit sorry for my son who’s down on how short he is. It looks like he’s plateauing at 5’8” or 5’9”. Trying to tell him he’s at least average height doesn’t work when im 6’3” and the guys in my family are pretty much all 6+.
…. My ex makes jokes about poisoning my gene pool but never within hearing of the kid. He can’t help but see she is only 5’2” though
Ya, he needs to come hang out with me for a bit, lol. He can reach the top shelf for me and get stuff down off the top of my closet for me when my wife(she’s like 5’10ish) isn’t around.
You just have to aim higher. When your friend jumps to tap the exit sign, you jump to tap the ceiling.
I still giggle every time someone struggles to change a lightbulb, when I can just reach up and do it
If you’re tall you do this without jumping to assert dominance
I just hit my head into street signs.
They had it coming.
I hit my head on basement staircase ceilings to asset dominance.
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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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.
Many folks don’t take care of themselves and think it’s normal to hurt. Health is possible even when working manual labor, or having little free time and money.
This comment has nothing to do with congenital deformity or traumatic injury causing lasting damage.
A lot of people seem to fail to realize (or at least fail to realize until its too late) that every muscle of the body is “use it or lose it” but also (barring significant disability/atrophy) you can rebuild those muscles with enough training and practice, and it’s always easier to maintain the muscles than to rebuild them
Homie, to the rest of us it doesn’t even look like you meant to reply to that comment
The above jumps and is active and over 40. I agree you can do that. It’s not age.
Edit point is many here are saying 40.+ Jumping = death. That’s dumb.
Everyone is different my guy, have a little compassion. To you it is easy. Not everyone is that fortunate. I can do it, but my knees definitely don’t make it fun, and I’m closer to 30 than 40. I skated, did gymnastics, hardcore parkour. I was a kid, and I had fun. I pay for it now. Such is life.
I am. You deserve health and mobility, and I hope you find the opportunity/training/whatever to access it. Your knees aren’t done, don’t be dismissed by those who say so.
I’m just being honest, you don’t seem sincere. I feel like you have to know it isn’t that easy, or maybe you are fortunate enough not to have to deal with American Healthcare. If you are being sincere, thanks I guess. I’ll be alright though
Ok, if you want to assume the worst, I guess you’ll assume I’m lying too. Doesn’t bother me, I’m just describing good things.
I was a wildland firefighter, and eventually suffered an it band tear. Im almost 40 and after lots of PT I paid a lot of money for, I’m happy to be running long distances again and certainly jumping or whatever. Prior to that I worked landscaping and field surveying.
Believe what you want, health and wellness is possible for almost anyone. Aside traumatic injury (surgery, recovery, etc), wellness routines are accessible to anyone. Cost is not the limiting factor. Age is DEFINITELY not the limiting factor. Of course when I say “age doesn’t matter, and wellness is accessible” I’m not speaking over those with traumatic injury or congenital issues.
Have a good one, however you want that statement.
Edit my post op rehab was a lot of sessions that cost money. most folks don’t need anything like that, just more movement and exercise. Motion is lotion.
Mine are, maybe others are as well. Knees suck. My knees have done a remarkable job keeping me jumping up and tapping signs for many years but time, being overweight, and genetic disposition have taken their toll. Now the only question is when should I get the nice shiny titanium ones
I stopped when my knees made me stop. If it weren’t for them though, I’d still be doing it too
You gonna take that shit from your knees, or you gonna hit them back?
I’m so fucking tires
oh, you naughty tire, just leaning up against that tower… unzips
Check out the treads on those babies …… I bet those steel belts go allllll the way up
Same, seems like just unnecessary gendering, not all that far from “boys like cars and girls like dolls”. I am reasonably physical, never had the urge for this.
I’ve always considered more of a “can I jump high enough to reach that? I bet I can reach that.” The tapping just adds to the satisfaction of a success.
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 :)
This is actually very interesting to me. Is it literally in the hormones, or is it more an unconscious choice of this is what I see men do? I never considered afab/etc. did not do this
Having also worked in a middle school, I’m pretty sure it’s the hormones
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.
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?
Boomer humor:
Two guys are peeing off a bridge. The first says “Man, that water sure is cold!”.
The other says, “Yeah! Deep too!”
It’s power and control, linked with seeing how far you can pee, target shooting, writing your name
Peeing other than in a toilet was only ever a matter of necessity for me, so I can’t give credence to that.
Dude what? Peeing outside is the best. It’s my sole motivation for moving out of the city and into the country.
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.
I once peed outside while it was snowing and caught a snowflake on the tip of my penis. It was magical.
If we’re talking about peeing in the woods on a tree in the middle of nowhere with no one around, I guess I’m indifferent towards it. If we’re talking about peeing off a bridge or the side of a building, there’s no attraction and it seems like like a jerk thing to do.
Anyone with testes knows they tap low hanging stuff too
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.
I got stretch marks on my flank during those growth spurt years.
AMAB
All moms are beautiful?
Assigned Mother At Birth, it was part of the Affordable Care Act (I think, from what I heard on Alex Jones)
~(Assigned Male At Birth)~
Ah! I’m really not up with the terms. Thank you
I saw this often when I was younger, but I never had any desire to do it.
the only thing stopping grown men from doing it is our knees not handling jumps the way they used to :(
I’ve been skateboarding since '85, and my landing gear is fucked.
So many childish things I would 100% still be doing if I had an MCL.
tony hawk…
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
It’s not just teenagers who like it.
It’s just that adults tend to refrain from actually doing it.
getting laughed at for jumping 2 inches off the ground does that to a man
As an adult you did it often enough to know:"yeah, i could reach that.’
Came to say this. The urge doesn’t go away. We just are more selective about picking the best time and place.
There’s an emergency fire doorframe I pass a few times a day that is perfect height for me to 360 drunk on. On the rare occasion that nobody else is in that hallway, you know I’m tappin the fuck outta it
also, knees hurt from the thought of it.
My back hurts from reading about it
My heart hurts from dreaming about it
Really? Don’t know how old you are but I’m in my 40s and I wouldn’t call that normal.
/hj
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!
Kinda surprised by all the joint pain ITT
Obesity is a hell of a drug.
Also sitting for 8 hours a day and not leaving your home except to grocery shop
There’s this horrible thing they keep doing to me where I gotta have money to exist, and to get money I gotta sit (in a drivers seat) for like 8hrs at a time. It’s bullshit.
I’ve had auto immune arthritis for 30 years and my knees are still apparently better than 90% of this thread. It’s wild to see.
Damn, arthritis is no joke. Good on you for persevering and retaining mobility.
I’ve noticed the patients we are doing knee replacements on have gotten younger. Never really saw people 50 or under getting them when I started in surgery. Then again, the patients are also typically morbidly obese and there is no shortage of them in the US.
I need to get my sister off her bong. All those damn kids trying to, you know.
is this in reference to something ?
Probably observed behavior of teenaged boys. Also, she’s not wrong.
