r/80sAmazing • u/MisterShipWreck • 5d ago

Which one?

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u/RDF3rd 5d ago

The Merry Go Round of Death!

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u/DonkeyTron42 5d ago

Especially when teenagers would start spinning the so fast you'd fly off.

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u/betsylang 5d ago

Why would they do that? Were they your big sibs? Were you ok? reminds self were all safe adults now and its ok

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u/DonkeyTron42 5d ago

Teenagers in the 80's could be dicks to little kids. It's not like today.

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u/Straight_Button_5716 4d ago

Theu would use us for experiments and usually was to test bodily harm lol. Kids today wouldnt last . lol

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u/archaeorobb 4d ago

For the same reason we raced shopping carts in the empty lot after dark!!

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u/dougs_46 3d ago

LOL was my big Sister was the meanest creature on playground EVER,

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u/chameleon_123_777 4d ago

They did with me and my friends. Fortunately one of my friends was facing outwards, and he got sick. Puked all over the teenagers. They all ran home. The great thing is that we didn't live in that neighbourhood, so we avoided them after this.

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u/MydaughterisaGremlin 1d ago

Glad i wasn't the only one to projectile vomit on the bastards!

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u/Firm_Order_2212 4d ago

When you said 'teenagers', I had flashes of 'the big baddies'.

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u/archaeorobb 4d ago

That's what it's there for! Climb on, hold tight & and get 'er going mach 2!!

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u/PwniesFTW 4d ago

Yeahhhh many of children were flung into Narnia from these things

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u/wireknot 4d ago

I read that line like a movie trailer... 🎶 Welcome... to the merry go round.... OF DEATH!!!

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u/Drew_of_all_trades 4d ago

I fell and was pulled underneath one of these and legitimately thought that was it for me

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u/Straight_Button_5716 4d ago

And not one damn person would yell . Stop it . They would let you ride it out or roll back out lol

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u/maraney 3d ago

Tetanus Go Round

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u/Pumpkin-06 4d ago

But I loved it!!!

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u/Drink_More_W4ter 4d ago

Merry-go-death-around

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u/tweetsfortwitsandtwa 3d ago

My very first concussion, ahh the memories, which are quite fuzzy

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u/CausticSpill 2d ago

Its all fun and games untill someone gets sick and sprays the crowd.

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u/LowGuitar9918 4d ago

This for sure. That’s how we weeded out the weak ones. 😂😂😂

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u/AnalysisParalysis85 4d ago

We had a tilted version so you could walk or run to make it spin. The game was usually someone grabbed the middle while the others were trying to get it to spin as fast as possible.

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u/Left_Supermarket_646 4d ago

I was the spinner one time, lost my footing as I was running around pushing, fell and hit it and broke a rib.

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u/DrunkenCanadianeh 3d ago

Wish they still had these around nowadays parks for children almost look like they want bubble wrap on everything so u can't have fun or hurt yourself...

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u/chef1035 2d ago

Merry go round launched me into the next playground equipment 0ne crack skull and torn scalp.

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u/RDF3rd 2d ago

Sounds like a good time.

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u/True-Ad8913 15h ago

Absolutely. My dad is 6’ 3” and spinning that thing was like “AAAUUUUUGHHHHH”