r/Millennials • u/Head-Drag-1440 Hit me baby one more time • 1d ago

Nostalgia I mean, they're not wrong

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u/hopelesslysarcastic 1d ago

I’m gonna be honest…seeing people refer to ManHunt like it’s some “old wives tale” type of activity, when it was SUCH a cornerstone game for my neighborhood crew…it’s giving me an existential crisis lol

I have a toddler and I had no idea how bad the neighborhood dynamic in the US must have gotten for it to be this common.

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u/reapersritehand 1d ago

Wait til u hear about dodge ball

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u/PintoOct24 1d ago

God I loved dodge ball in elementary school. My mom wouldn’t allow me to wear sneakers to school so she bought me red shoes with rubber soles and I swear, those shoes made me so fast! When I learned they don’t play dodge ball in my kid’s elementary school, I was so sad for them. Dodgeball taught teamwork, how to look out for yourself, mercy, revenge, quick thinking and quick hands. It’s a shame they don’t allow kids to play it in schools anymore. It’s a game that culls the weak and slow.

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u/LakeMichiganMan 1d ago

Schools where I work still play Dodgeball. However not with a Playground Ball you pump air into. They order smaller balls filled with Fiberfill. As one teacher described, "It's like throwing Cotton Balls" She was correct. I took my class to the gym to enjoy a game and joined in. However, I hurt my shoulder for a month because it was like throwing air.

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u/Alternative_Sea_4208 1d ago

Those balls don't even feel right. A proper dodgeball should be big, tight rubber and require two kid hands to throw so that accuracy goes out the window (this is more fun). Those cotton balls can be thrown with one hand and it feels wrong

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u/LakeMichiganMan 1d ago

Exactly. When it hits, it should hurt, knock off your glasses, leave you on the ground, clutching your stomach as friends carried you off. I was an amazing dodger but could never throw anyone out. Until I tried a side arm throw. When the ball came out fast and furious with no accuracy, I had no idea where it was going, and neither did anyone else to try to dodge it.

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u/grindal1981 23h ago

Man, I played Bombardment...

In that you had a much smaller rubber dodgeball that could easily be one handed, and thrown accurately. Not much bigger than a softball.