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Sehkmaenzo
Joined: Jun 29 2010
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When I was growing up, there was this fruit I lived to eat, called carambola, or starfruit. That shit was delicious, and I would eat a bucketful every week.
It's now 12 years later, and scientists have recently discovered that it's actually lethal to a small percentage of the population D:
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| Like the grapefruit, carambola contains oxalic acid, which can be harmful to individuals suffering from kidney failure, kidney stones, or those under kidney dialysis treatment. Consumption by those with kidney failure can produce hiccups, vomiting, nausea, and mental confusion. Fatal outcomes have been documented in some patients. |
So the question I ask you all is: Do you remember anything from your childhood that was completely fine back then, but is now hazardous/lethal?
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
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I think childhood in general can be described as "completely fine back then, but hazardous/lethal now".
Think of all the shit you would try as a kid that would probably get you hospitalized as an adult.
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lavalarva
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Joined: Dec 04 2006
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Maybe shit I hate, like flies, dog food, vegetables from the garden that still had a crapload of soil on it...
And tumbling down the stairs on purpose, that was fun as hell. 
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i'll_bite_your_ear
Title: Distillatoria
Joined: Jun 09 2010
Location: van down by the river
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i nearly drowend once. guess that couldn't happen nowadays.
also, starfruits are delicious!
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Sehkmaenzo
Joined: Jun 29 2010
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And deadly! 
I also remember having a full-black water gun shaped like a Fn-Fal... And I lived inside a military base back then O.o
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Valdronius
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Title: SydLexia COO
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: The Great White North
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I remember when the playground used to have a merry-go-round, everything was made of metal, and there was good old-fashioned dirt under the swings and slides. Now the ground is covered in foam, everything is plastic and nothing moves. Except for maybe the swings.
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Pandajuice
Title: The Power of Grayskull
Joined: Oct 30 2008
Location: US and UK
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I look back on my childhood and remember a lot of shit that could have gone badly. I used to jump off the 2nd floor landing of my parent's staircase into pillows and blankets, jump from the roof of the house into the pool/trampoline, and speed down a ridiculously steep hill near a blind corner in my neighborhood on a bike or rollerblades at night; if a car ever came from any direction while I was going down that hill, I'd have been fucked.
The main thing I remember though is my parents were pretty loose about where I could wander off to and when I had to be home. As long as I came home at some point, they didn't really care where I went. I mean, it was the 80s in a quiet suburb, but I look back on it now and say, "Holy shit, that was irresponsible parenting" and not something kids can do these days.
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@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
Joined: Jul 10 2010
Location: Castlevania
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I used to go to a playground that had this big metal thing with an arm like thing on the top that spun around the base and you got on it from a concrete cliff thing and there were always too many kids on it and we would all make it spin really fast and it was all rusty and would groan from the pressure and we would jump off of it maybe 15 feet into the dirt and sand.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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I climbed up a 75' rock face thinking I would just go over the top, but when I got close it was all loose dirt. I had to climb back down the 75'.
I played high school hockey at 110lb.
I skied over 65mph on public trails.
Things with cars.
I ate McDonald's a few times.
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Atma
Title: Dragoon
Joined: Apr 29 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 2450
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Kinda applies to the topic.
Anyway, We did do some dumb ass shit though as kids.
Mostly tree forts where we would booby trap them from other kids.
-Buckets full of rocks with trip wires
-holes dug out, covered with sticks, then leaves/dirt placed over so it was a foot trap
-having "trick" boards nailed into trees where only one nail was in so if you stepped on it the whole board spun and you'd fall.
We were little assholes.
As long as I was in "Whistling Distance" of my dad, I could go out and do whatever I wanted until around 8pm. If I heard his whistle, I came running home.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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my dad gave me a briefcase of throwing knives and a high powered pellet gun and set me loose in the backyard. I was 8.
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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I did so much ridiculous stuff. I climbed trees that had branches that shouldn't have supported my weight, I would do flips off slides and stay out with my friends till midnight just running around the neighborhood, jaywalk, among a lot of other things...it's amazing that I never had any serious injuries or my life endangered in any way.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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| Blackout wrote: |
| my dad gave me a briefcase of throwing knives and a high powered pellet gun and set me loose in the backyard. I was 8. |
so, his plan didnt work?
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Sarge
Title: The Self-Titler
Joined: Aug 14 2010
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I lived in Hawaii when I was little so I had some good times. Climbing the mango trees (typically about 100 ft) was probably the stupidest thing I did. I did manage to break my arm trying to jump from branch to branch in a tree. Always climbing on trees or on people's roofs to get fruit from their trees. Once I found a gun in a dumpster and it took me a full day to work up the courage to pull the trigger. It was a full weight matte-black water gun. It was fucking awesome. This was also on a military base. Also, my neighbor once put out all his old Playboys in his recycling bin. Oops.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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I distinctly remember the children in my area throwing rocks at cars while we all were waiting for the bus to school. Everyone pretty much stopped after one guy got out of his car and slapped around the kid the busted his rear window out. 
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Drew Linky
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Joined: Jun 12 2009
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Fire starter kits, anyone?
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: The Danger Zone
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I liked the smell of moth balls back then. I didn't huff them or anything, I just went into the bathroom while the box was there and took in the aroma.
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i'll_bite_your_ear
Title: Distillatoria
Joined: Jun 09 2010
Location: van down by the river
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| Blackout wrote: |
| I distinctly remember the children in my area throwing rocks at cars while we all were waiting for the bus to school. Everyone pretty much stopped after one guy got out of his car and slapped around the kid the busted his rear window out. |
i did that too. throwing rocks at cars made my childhood.
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SNESGuy
Title: El Duderino
Joined: Jul 31 2010
Location: Da D.C
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I still do insanely idiotic shit but im not 100% "mature" according to most adults
Me and my friends used to put M-80's in tomatoes, light them, and throw them at each other. It was really fun until the MP's arrived at the playground we were at (i lived on a air force base at the time) and we all looked like we were covered in blood. I also do dumb shit with my friends currently but thats another story......Overall fun childhood
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Sarge
Title: The Self-Titler
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I used to throw firecrackers at cars... until one screeched to a halt and the guy got out and started stomping through the woods looking for us. I also remember fucking with a fire extinguisher sitting in the back of a fire station.... until one of the firemen caught me. Then he lit a fire and made me put it out.
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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I knew this kid who was the nephew of my neighbor when I first moved to Iowa. Over the summer we did a bunch of crazy shit, but remember he had a 2 man water balloon launcher. Me and him decided one day to launch some water balloons at cars, however it didn't last long because the fourth car turned around came at us and we both darted in different directions. Naturally, I was quicker and knew how to evade people so I got away, but I'm not sure what happened to the other kid, since I never saw him after that. No joke.
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Jack Slater
Title: Friendly Felon
Joined: May 17 2009
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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| Doddsino wrote: |
| I knew this kid who was the nephew of my neighbor when I first moved to Iowa. Over the summer we did a bunch of crazy shit, but remember he had a 2 man water balloon launcher. Me and him decided one day to launch some water balloons at cars, however it didn't last long because the fourth car turned around came at us and we both darted in different directions. Naturally, I was quicker and knew how to evade people so I got away, but I'm not sure what happened to the other kid, since I never saw him after that. No joke. |
Mystic River, man. You know what happened.
How could you leave him, man?
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Sehkmaenzo
Joined: Jun 29 2010
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Two man balloon launcher? I remember something similar.
That right there is the strongest weapon known to man. Well, to kids, but I stand by it
I remember we had like a meter or this, and we tied it to the sides of the hallway in the school( We used to have these hallway brawls in my school, where everybody who was not a pansy would come out of class between class intervals and beat the snot out of each other). Our little slingshot/catapult used A3 rounds, and when we first put it to work, there was bloodshed (We nicked a guy on the nose )
It shortened the war in five weeks, and saved millions of boo-boos
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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Holy shit. This is fucked up. I was at the supermarket yesterday, and I was looking at the reduced produce rack, where they had all the stuff that was just starting to turn and they wanted to get rid of so they didn't have to throw it out. There was a bag of six starfruit that I got for $1.56. And that was my lunch yesterday. Six starfruit. Wish I had read this topic earlier!
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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| Jack Slater wrote: |
| How could you leave him, man? |
I didn't leave him, we both darted in different directions. In all honesty, his uncle probably found out about it and probably never allowed him to come over anymore, since he was part of the city council.
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I remember we had like a meter or this, and we tied it to the sides of the hallway in the school( We used to have these hallway brawls in my school, where everybody who was not a pansy would come out of class between class intervals and beat the snot out of each other). Our little slingshot/catapult used A3 rounds, and when we first put it to work, there was bloodshed (We nicked a guy on the nose )
It shortened the war in five weeks, and saved millions of boo-boos |
Speaking of weird elastic things in school, I remember in our 7th grade art class, we had to etch rubber stampers, however me and about a dozen other people ended up stealing large pieces of the rubber and hanging out the fly of our pants as we walked the halls. We called it "the donkey dick" and would occasionally smack eachother with them. Good times.
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