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I am literally bawling my eyes out right now from laughing so hard. We had that 20 foot high metal slide that sat in the scorching sun all day. You would get 3rd degree burns if you dared to slide down it. We also had the 2 ladders standing up with the 3rd ladder sitting on top of them as our monkey bars.
I love our local playgrounds. One of them has two of those "catapult" see-saws and a climbing structure made of rusty metal bars. Another one has tire sandpits and two "slides" that are just two parallel diagonal metal bars to hang your legs over. There's metal and rubber balancing equipment too. My 2 and 4 year old kids love those kinds of playground equipment more than anything, lol. I'm not fond of the grimy pebble ground though. Whoever thought that was a good idea? 😂 Some have proper sand though. Smalltown playgrounds FTW.
My oldest school leaned a bit more on safety than fun, no swings, no merry-go-round, just slides, monkey bars, ladders, and a blacktop that took up half the area, but when I switched schools in 8th grade, we got the merry-go-round, and swings and it was so fun.
i live in a town that’s pretty damn old and is kinda a shithole so i’ve experienced both the ultra safe playgrounds and the old dangerous playgrounds, and let me tell ya the old dangerous playgrounds are a lot more fun
What they've don't to modern playgrounds is kind of scary: i think they forgot that the purpose was so children would exercise and grow (and toughen up).
This all started with the 85 kids shit went down hill since then. Every mother wanted sissy boys because the men they divorced were too much of a man. Insanity f ing Insanity.
The roundabout bro me and my friends used to spin it super fast and whoever lets go first has to not only eat it but they go down the metal slide without a shirt and have to lay back down
At my old school they had this tall triangle web like structure that was SUPER TALL they called it the spider and it was super fun to climb on it and I would spend almost every recess on it.
We had this thing at my school called a see saw snake, but we all called it the worm. it was like a hinged balance beam, and so many kids got hurt on it but by god did we still love it. it eventually got taken out for being too dangerous lol
There’s a playground by my house and it used to have wasp nests all over it until some guy came in with some wasp spray and killed them all. No, he wasn’t an exterminator, he was just some dude with his kid and a bottle of wasp spray
Two opposite evils in some ways and who the fuck uses fiberglass as a toy or some shit? One chip and then it’s a lawsuit for bleeding from a cut 1:26 Young circle had (or have) a circle thing that’s at a angle and sometimes someone would go under and spin it with their feet and everyone else would hold on laying down but someone would at some point stand up and try to walk or run to keep up with the speed
As a kid in the 70s, we had a thing called the "Maypole". It was a 20ft tall steal pole with about 10 sets of chains attached to a swivel at the top. Each set of chains had a series of handles attached. The goal, apparently was to hang on while bigger kids held on to their handels and ran around the pole. A little kid could easily hit 4 ft off the ground while swinging through the air but nobody held on past 5 feet.
Someone online said that playgrounds were designed to intentionally hurt kids. Not as a malice thing, but just enough to teach them about situational awareness, personal safety and caution.
It really stuck with me because of all these misbehaving teens on social media. All of these pranks and tomfoolery they do is because they think they're exempt from harm.
Also: McDonalds Play Places then vs now. When I was a kid in the 90s we had that whole network of tubes and slides with a ball pit. Somewhere around the 2000s or 2010s I noticed that a newly opened McDonalds just had a row of touchscreen TVs with mobile games as its Play Place. Nothing else besides those. Also around that time, I noticed in an older McDonalds that they had removed the type of Play Place I grew up with and replaced it with a collection of small things: 1) a 1/2 ft tall 1ft long slide decorated like a piano that makes noise as a kid goes down it, 2) a guitar shaped bench that makes noise when touched, 3) one of those oversized keyboards that you step on except it was attached to a wall so some kids would lay down in front of it and kick at it, and 4) one of the tables to eat at had lights built in that changed when touched. And that was everything. And nowadays that same location has the windows between the main area and the kids area blacked out and the door permanently closed, they just don't allow anybody to enter the Play Place part of the building anymore.
ours had: -Woodchips and asphalt for most of it (Took FOREVER to clean off) -Weirdly angled stairs (If you could climb those without holding the rails? LEGEND.) -The side with less wind was forbidden (like we cared, that place was PERFECT for drawing) -Two jail-like things with a bridge (The view from the top was IMPECCABLE) -Some trees (i guess?)
Yea the slides had rocks at the end when you fell on your butt, except for rainy days, where instead of the usual rocks there was a large puddle for some reason. Arguably worse.
@kandeekane1
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
I am literally bawling my eyes out right now from laughing so hard. We had that 20 foot high metal slide that sat in the scorching sun all day. You would get 3rd degree burns if you dared to slide down it. We also had the 2 ladders standing up with the 3rd ladder sitting on top of them as our monkey bars.
@songpoetry1
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
I love our local playgrounds. One of them has two of those "catapult" see-saws and a climbing structure made of rusty metal bars. Another one has tire sandpits and two "slides" that are just two parallel diagonal metal bars to hang your legs over. There's metal and rubber balancing equipment too. My 2 and 4 year old kids love those kinds of playground equipment more than anything, lol. I'm not fond of the grimy pebble ground though. Whoever thought that was a good idea? 😂 Some have proper sand though. Smalltown playgrounds FTW.
@kathyhuff7040
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
The tire on the ground becomes a sand box… for the cats. You know what THAT means !💩
@Da_Bud
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
My oldest school leaned a bit more on safety than fun, no swings, no merry-go-round, just slides, monkey bars, ladders, and a blacktop that took up half the area, but when I switched schools in 8th grade, we got the merry-go-round, and swings and it was so fun.
@TheFitzas
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
1:18 yes
@ThinkAboutYourself777
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
It’s already there is a good point
@dreamareakoso3791
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
i live in a town that’s pretty damn old and is kinda a shithole so i’ve experienced both the ultra safe playgrounds and the old dangerous playgrounds, and let me tell ya the old dangerous playgrounds are a lot more fun
@PoezoyPerson
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
You know the old one is way funner than the new one
@Prince-Asriel-Dreemurr
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Someone should build one of these old school playgrounds TO-DAY
@Jeffydinosaurroar
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
The new one is accurate
@Lordofpixels7
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
The “then” playgrounds still exist, it’s just when the area council puts whatever they have in some park for the sake of calling it a playground.
@iYRiYRiYR
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
What they've don't to modern playgrounds is kind of scary: i think they forgot that the purpose was so children would exercise and grow (and toughen up).
@dsanders5142
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
This all started with the 85 kids shit went down hill since then. Every mother wanted sissy boys because the men they divorced were too much of a man. Insanity f ing Insanity.
@Juliathecat
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Jimmy go splat
@mrsbigbug
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
This one made me laugh out loud literally because it's so true. Grew up in the 60's and played on all that stuff. Survived just fine. Built character.
@Sillyseapickle
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
The second one reminds me of my school and local parks
@Insertname-gb4vc
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
The roundabout bro me and my friends used to spin it super fast and whoever lets go first has to not only eat it but they go down the metal slide without a shirt and have to lay back down
@supersonicreese
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Modern politics:
@Pansexual.idiot123
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
My playgrounds are still stuck in the olden days
@ZachYoungblood-l9h
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
0:24 now I REALLY wanna know what upcycled rubber blended with vegan clouds feels like lol
@Lucasnguyen1014
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Don’t forget the wood on everything so the wasps can stay there
@Ivan.777
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Guys btw the gospel of Jesus Christ is that he died on the cross for you AMEN❤❤❤
@CC-tw5gx
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Think about it, when's the last time you seen a child with scraped knees or elbows or a splinter?Love this!
@Enderspider3372
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
At my old school they had this tall triangle web like structure that was SUPER TALL they called it the spider and it was super fun to climb on it and I would spend almost every recess on it.
@at7693
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
We had this thing at my school called a see saw snake, but we all called it the worm. it was like a hinged balance beam, and so many kids got hurt on it but by god did we still love it. it eventually got taken out for being too dangerous lol
@joshuanordstrom2241
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Nah Timmy Express make them fly
@thediamondhelmet9039
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Somehow, I find that the harshser the playing environments children grow up in make them grow up to be more creative.
@LBee_washere
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
There’s a playground by my house and it used to have wasp nests all over it until some guy came in with some wasp spray and killed them all. No, he wasn’t an exterminator, he was just some dude with his kid and a bottle of wasp spray
@GoobcreationsXD
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
I remember when I was younger that I would climb to the top of the playground and jump off
@Viroquan
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
I remember sliding on an aluminum slide / lightening rod during a thunderstorm.
IT WAS A WATERSLIDE!
@pleaseenteraname1517
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Your supposed to get hurt it builds character
@waffleslayer-76
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
New playgrounds are the reason gen alpha sucks
@Pablo-o1h7p
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
I swear, slides BACK when i was 4 were blast furnaces
@gabeandjoshlego
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
“Ever heard of centripetal force”
@Randomperson1956_anka
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
I hate new playgrounds
@maxifromearth5858
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
I flew off a merry go round and had a big cut. Very memorable :D.
@mr.awesomenesscool
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Two opposite evils in some ways and who the fuck uses fiberglass as a toy or some shit? One chip and then it’s a lawsuit for bleeding from a cut
1:26 Young circle had (or have) a circle thing that’s at a angle and sometimes someone would go under and spin it with their feet and everyone else would hold on laying down but someone would at some point stand up and try to walk or run to keep up with the speed
@oldhillbillybuckkowalski
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
As a kid in the 70s, we had a thing called the "Maypole". It was a 20ft tall steal pole with about 10 sets of chains attached to a swivel at the top. Each set of chains had a series of handles attached. The goal, apparently was to hang on while bigger kids held on to their handels and ran around the pole. A little kid could easily hit 4 ft off the ground while swinging through the air but nobody held on past 5 feet.
@DrakeFoster-r6t
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Still prefer the old stuff because of the round a bout, those are always fun
@A_rando_on_the_internet
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Remember the wooden ones?
@father2mother3
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Someone online said that playgrounds were designed to intentionally hurt kids. Not as a malice thing, but just enough to teach them about situational awareness, personal safety and caution.
It really stuck with me because of all these misbehaving teens on social media. All of these pranks and tomfoolery they do is because they think they're exempt from harm.
@MuljoStpho
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Also: McDonalds Play Places then vs now. When I was a kid in the 90s we had that whole network of tubes and slides with a ball pit. Somewhere around the 2000s or 2010s I noticed that a newly opened McDonalds just had a row of touchscreen TVs with mobile games as its Play Place. Nothing else besides those. Also around that time, I noticed in an older McDonalds that they had removed the type of Play Place I grew up with and replaced it with a collection of small things: 1) a 1/2 ft tall 1ft long slide decorated like a piano that makes noise as a kid goes down it, 2) a guitar shaped bench that makes noise when touched, 3) one of those oversized keyboards that you step on except it was attached to a wall so some kids would lay down in front of it and kick at it, and 4) one of the tables to eat at had lights built in that changed when touched. And that was everything. And nowadays that same location has the windows between the main area and the kids area blacked out and the door permanently closed, they just don't allow anybody to enter the Play Place part of the building anymore.
@UltraTech924
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Playground then, if it’s the man in the hat, there is no wimpy and stuff we’re better
@DragonArt-p9o
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
This is so funny keep it up
@nickseajackson0195
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Well this took me back
@Connie_Fan12
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
ours had:
-Woodchips and asphalt for most of it (Took FOREVER to clean off)
-Weirdly angled stairs (If you could climb those without holding the rails? LEGEND.)
-The side with less wind was forbidden (like we cared, that place was PERFECT for drawing)
-Two jail-like things with a bridge (The view from the top was IMPECCABLE)
-Some trees (i guess?)
@littlestlee816
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
As a child myself I wish playgrounds were like this
@breadlifecrisis1029
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
We'd bring wax paper to those metal slides to sit on, and boy did you fly.
@Anders0_30
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
dont forget the slide that if you’re too tall say hello to blood on the ceiling
@TheVaultofExperiments
February 22, 2026 at 2:29 pm
Yea the slides had rocks at the end when you fell on your butt, except for rainy days, where instead of the usual rocks there was a large puddle for some reason. Arguably worse.
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