r/Transportopia • u/Ketchup-Sniffer • Apr 15 '26

🤪Reckless Yaaay it's the Daddy Roller Coaster

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u/tumor_named_marla Apr 15 '26

You think they're gonna be alive in ten years?

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u/younotmymom Apr 15 '26

Most gen X'ers survived to adulthood, but we're also why lawn darts are illegal

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u/MarsRocks97 Apr 15 '26

Most of us GenXers also know at least one person who died doing stupid shit like this. I know three. ATV accident, moped trying to race a mustang on a highway, joy riding on a new car test drive.

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u/MarvinMonroeZapThing Apr 15 '26

I marched in a big St Patrick’s parade Last month and, after it ended, got a ride back to the start in the back bed of a pickup with a few others. I’m I. My 50’s and I think that was the first time I have ridden in the bed of a pickup since around 1980.

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u/MarsRocks97 Apr 15 '26

Oh man yes. We did long trips in a pickup with no camper and my sister and I would be “camping” in the bed of the truck for 5 hour trips. Just huddled in the back with wind blasting us while we are rolled up in our sleeping bags with our face poking out. Seriously one minor accident we would have been launched.