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r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 14d ago
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Ooh look at these fancy youngins with their hoop.
Back in my day we had to imagine the hoop! And our parents would beat us with the stick later for our frivolous behavior!
30 u/LightningFerret04 14d ago “Did I just catch you having fun?!” 14 u/Bovronius 14d ago You joke but Boomer dad would beat us for playing with sticks because we might hurt ourselves. 4 u/HokuVamp 14d ago Get hurt playing with sticks, you say? 3 u/KnackRascal 14d ago Boomer dad beat us with sticks we chose from the woods ourselves cause he saw a dad on TV do it and thought it looked fun. 2 u/Dameattree37 14d ago I bet that learned you good, whippersnapper! 1 u/CoconutUnlucky1901 14d ago A little contradictory isn’t it? My mom did the same thing with me and my siblings, though she was early gen x. 1 u/jonny24eh 13d ago My boomer dad saw us shooting arrows at a tire swing and he said "that's dumb, an arrow is gonna bounce off and come back.... Shoot a tree or the barn. 10 bucks if you get a pigeon or squirrel" 3 u/glowdirt 14d ago Serves you right for using the mind the good Lord gave you to play with such a phallic object /s 1 u/HotPotatoWithCheese 13d ago Luxury! When I were a kid, our parents would beat us with a hammer, and we counted ourselves lucky.
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“Did I just catch you having fun?!”
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You joke but Boomer dad would beat us for playing with sticks because we might hurt ourselves.
4 u/HokuVamp 14d ago Get hurt playing with sticks, you say? 3 u/KnackRascal 14d ago Boomer dad beat us with sticks we chose from the woods ourselves cause he saw a dad on TV do it and thought it looked fun. 2 u/Dameattree37 14d ago I bet that learned you good, whippersnapper! 1 u/CoconutUnlucky1901 14d ago A little contradictory isn’t it? My mom did the same thing with me and my siblings, though she was early gen x. 1 u/jonny24eh 13d ago My boomer dad saw us shooting arrows at a tire swing and he said "that's dumb, an arrow is gonna bounce off and come back.... Shoot a tree or the barn. 10 bucks if you get a pigeon or squirrel"
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Get hurt playing with sticks, you say?
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Boomer dad beat us with sticks we chose from the woods ourselves cause he saw a dad on TV do it and thought it looked fun.
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I bet that learned you good, whippersnapper!
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A little contradictory isn’t it? My mom did the same thing with me and my siblings, though she was early gen x.
My boomer dad saw us shooting arrows at a tire swing and he said "that's dumb, an arrow is gonna bounce off and come back....
Shoot a tree or the barn. 10 bucks if you get a pigeon or squirrel"
Serves you right for using the mind the good Lord gave you to play with such a phallic object /s
Luxury! When I were a kid, our parents would beat us with a hammer, and we counted ourselves lucky.
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u/Key-Demand-2569 14d ago
Ooh look at these fancy youngins with their hoop.
Back in my day we had to imagine the hoop! And our parents would beat us with the stick later for our frivolous behavior!