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there’s a tree near where I used to live with a horizontal trunk segment worn smooth from college kids (effectively adults) doing this
I saw this often when I was younger, but I never had any desire to do it.
‘Under the engineerium,’ Torgaddon said, ‘the ducts are twice as high, but I can touch them.’
‘You lie.’
‘I’ll prove it.’
‘We’ll see.’
Yeah, in my twenties I realized how dumb and boring it was, so I stopped.(Cope. COPE! 🧓 😭 😭 😭 😭 )Not just teenagers.
Nearing 40 and still like to jump up to tap something which is high. Never gets old.
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.
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)
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Yeah, I had someone driving by stop to ask if I was ok. Shit, I can’t be doing that anymore.
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.
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
Unlike our knees
Age != Knee pain
Correct, mileage == knee pain.
Like distance or regular use? Nah
And not just boys.
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.
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
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
“teenage”
How do you do, fellow kids?
Now that I’m in my thirties I no longer have to (can) jump
I’d still do it if I wasn’t afraid of my knees exploding on impact, plus the only run up I’m getting is the pain running up my back when I move.
My right knee is still killing me from it raining last week.
Start working out. My knees in back were in a ton of pain before I got back into shape.
I think i see your problem: knees aren’t supposed to be in back
Did this at work last month, I am 35.
You gotta keep that youthful exuberance going, man. Keep killing it out there.
I broke my hip doing this on the way to Bingo last week.
I’m so glad today’s youth is still playing Bingo
Legend
Tried it at with last year at 42 and realized i needed to do a bunch of stretching first.
I talked to my doctor about it before attempting it.
My knees just don’t go there if I have to leave the ground
I’ve taught math at every grade level (elementary, middle school, high school, college) and can confirm this is indeed a universal truth.
There was a metal street sign by my high school that was bent from so many people doing this.
LOL, perhaps the city should have invested in reinforcements
Honestly it may have made it worse given how boys are as teenagers. I feel like someone would have stolen dad’s angle grinder 😅
Angle grinder is way to much work. Its usually 2 to 4 bolts of socket 13.
I slightly hesitate to ask, but what units are we working in here? 13 mm? Or 13 … 1/64ths of an inch or something?
1/2 inch aka 13mm
If you’re tall you do this without jumping to assert dominance
I just hit my head into street signs.
They had it coming.
This guy talls.
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.
Teenage? Still doing it at 30!
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.
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?
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
