• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
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    Daddy was one of the handful of lucky survivors who weren’t crushed by a SUV or abducted by a serial killer. Back then, families had, like, 13 kids so that at least one or two would survive the perils of playing outside.

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      In Mallorca I saw a playground. This playground had no trees around whatsoever. There was no possibility to be any shadow anywhere on this playground. And in the center, there was the highlight. A slide. A metal slide. Just standing there in broad daylight, no chance of ever getting any shade. This is where kids lost their bums.

      Edit: found it

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        I remember the burning heat of the metal slide as a kid. Our play structures were much larger than this postage stamp tho. The area shown here was about the footprint of the structure, we also had a huge litter box… I mean sand box under it to limit broken bones from falling 12’+. Some kids bounced, others did not

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          What is even the point of a playground if you can’t spin around on a merry-go-round until you get sick, fly off, hit your head hard enough for it to get concussed and puke?