Post #1314346
2026-04-08 20:51 UTC
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@rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2026-04-10 07:58
> re was always a rumor that one of the bigger kids managed to swing around the top, yet never any proof… IIRC the was some pop science thing (possibly Myth Busters) that proved that swinging over the top isn't actually possible. Shame!
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@netvor@lemmy.world 2026-04-21 17:41
> swing around the top i don't think it's physically possible but as a kid, the idea of that scared the shit out of me. we used to swing each other with my friend and once swung me "too hard" and i started crying and become a bit more suspicious of him. (ofc he did not mean bad and he immediately stopped, he was (still is! although we've departed cos my family had to move) a great guy, although he might not fully understand why i'm so scared of something that's actually so much fun) i had many of such fears. of things that would be physically impossible but i saw them somewhere in a cartoon or someone say a joke and suddenly i realized that while it was probably a joke I *don't know that* it can't be possible to *some* extent people think that to be a nerd is a choice, but sometimes it's the only way to stay sane.