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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.
Combine the two for ultimate dominance. I’m not just tall enough, but I can and have to hold my hand up so I don’t hit this ceiling going down the stairs
I recently bought a new house and holy crap, what a difference. Even shorter people had to duck going up & down the stairs in my old basement. There is not a single place in my new house that I need to duck my head, and it’s glorious.
“teenage”
How do you do, fellow kids?
Did this at work last month, I am 35.
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
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
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
Not just teenagers.
Nearing 40 and still like to jump up to tap something which is high. Never gets old.
Unlike our knees
Age != Knee pain
Correct, mileage == knee pain.
Like distance or regular use? Nah
Y’all still jump at this age??
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
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.
I’ll let you know in a few years.
Of course, it’s how you stay healthy (not jumping in particular, but exercise and dynamic movement outside of walking)
No, they crouch and smack me when I’m high.
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.
I agree and I do try to maintain my health as much as possible. But its also genetics. That 80 year old marathon runner is like saying you can become an Olympic athlete in your 30s as well. For every 80 year old marathon runner, there are a few hundred people like him who didn’t make it.
When you get past 50, if your genetics are decent enough, you’ll be able to last a long while. If you are just unlucky, things won’t work out.
I have a family of 7 siblings and they are all terribly out of shape and unhealthy. I’m probably the healthiest person of all of us and I’m one of the youngest. Unfortunately, I’m approaching 50 and no matter how well I take care of myself (exercise, diet, no carb, no sugar, almost vegan diet, maintaining a healthy weight for my age) … I still have early onset arthritis to the point where I can’t move my arms.
Enjoy youth while you can … you never know what you future body will have in store for you no matter what you do.
Bogus.
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
And not just boys.
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
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.
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.
Edit wtf is this ratio, I’m agreeing with the above
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
Sure there are a few people with genetics that just give them shit joints/cartilage/etc, but most people that’s not the case, they just have to take the maintenance and strengthening of their joints as a discipline.
I’m not saying I k ow who is gonna need a replacement or not, I’m saying for the vast majority of folks, improved physical wellness is accessible and realistic, and that it’s habits (like office work) and choices (like not incorporating exercise and stretching, drinking alcohol, etc) that are the chief limiting factor. Not age.
Edit It’s totally possible that you are of the minority where physical wellness routines and physical therapy aren’t gonna cut it for you. Good luck
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
Agree, thats what I’m interested in, but.may have enunciated it poorly
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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?
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.
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
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 dunk 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.
Really? Don’t know how old you are but I’m in my 40s and I wouldn’t call that normal.
/hj
My back hurts from reading about it
My heart hurts from dreaming about it
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
Is this like always having to clack tongs a couple of times every time you pick them up?
The only difference is this one only increases with age. When you become a dad there’s a sharp uptake in this behaviour as you chase the kid around the house with it.
Yes, most definitely
I’m not finding it now but there are some shorts where the guy gives a tong to teenagers and they don’t double clack.
also no double press on a drill.
this generation is lost man
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
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…
Tony Hawk started skating in the 70’s.
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
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.
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
Guys I found JD’s Lemmy account…
I got stretch marks on my flank during those growth spurt years.
I’ve taught math at every grade level (elementary, middle school, high school, college) and can confirm this is indeed a universal truth.
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?
Upset? She should have paid you! :)
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
I don’t wana be tall. I just wana be able to reach the top shelf, lol.
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
Yeah, but you look down on a lot of people.
