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It’s not just teenagers who like it.
It’s just that adults tend to refrain from actually doing it.
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
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.’
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
I need to get my sister off her bong. All those damn kids trying to, you know.
there’s a tree near where I used to live with a horizontal trunk segment worn smooth from college kids (effectively adults) doing this
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…
Not just teenagers.
Nearing 40 and still like to jump up to tap something which is high. Never gets old.
There’s a little arch over the entrance to the living room in my home and post workout I’ll often have a brainwave and go talk to my wife and I’ll just instinctively rest my hands on that arch. I don’t know why but it always feels natural to do that post workout
Y’all still jump at this age??
Of course, it’s how you stay healthy (not jumping in particular, but exercise and dynamic movement outside of walking)
49 here and still do it. I also walk along walls if one happens to run along side a path I’m on.
Are you possessed by a demon per chance
I’ll let you know in a few years.
No, they crouch and smack me when I’m high.
We try. And fall. And realize how ridiculous that looked. Then try again next time…
Yeah, I had someone driving by stop to ask if I was ok. Shit, I can’t be doing that anymore.
Unlike our knees
Age != Knee pain
Correct, mileage == knee pain.
Like distance or regular use? Nah
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.
I mean, there’s plenty you can do about it, it just takes effort. There are 80 year-olds running marathons. There are people past 40 playing professional soccer. You just need to take care of your body.
Bogus.
And not just boys.
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
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 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’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.
Just checking what’s in reach now.
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 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.
I’m down, being tall suuuucks
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
I saw this often when I was younger, but I never had any desire to do it.
is this in reference to something ?
Probably observed behavior of teenaged boys. Also, she’s not wrong.
If you’re tall you do this without jumping to assert dominance
This guy talls.
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.
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.
Why was there popcorn on the ceiling?
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.
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
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.
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’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.
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?
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.
