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Fuck, I still do

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[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago

My childhood had some guy surfing on the power lines.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

omg mine was inspired by Jet Set radio characters, grinding on the power lines, rooftops & whatnot ! quite close

[-] lemmyknow@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

I had Sonic, from the Sonic Riders series. Seeing as Sonic could slide through some cable thing, made sense. Plus, like, Danny Phantom, maybe, and maybe others.

[-] elbowgrease@lemm.ee 34 points 2 weeks ago

hell yes! I'm my case, I rode a dirt bike just next to the highway jumping overpasses, dodging trees and whatever else I needed to do to keep pace with the car without crashing

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago
[-] klay@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

same here. For my dad it was skiing

[-] Nednarb44@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Basically the same, but BMX for me lol

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 21 points 2 weeks ago

I had a blade extending from my hand and cut down everything we passed like telephone poles and trees and mailboxes but I couldn't let it touch metal so I had to angle my hand up if we passed anything like that.

[-] jqubed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Similar, I had lasers coming out of the side mirrors but would have to take my hand off the “button” so it wouldn’t cut down the signs, telephone poles, mailboxes, people, etc.

[-] Ziglin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I had the same thing except it was some sort of laser and since I have aphantasia I didn't get to see any of it and just looked for weak spots.

[-] jawa22@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 weeks ago

I always imagined a ninja doing flips and shit.

[-] recently_Coco@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

Mine was also a ninja that used signs as weapons. He'd pull them out of the ground and use them like swords.

Signposts with reflectors on them had special powers depending on the reflector color.

[-] nieminen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm glad this post exists, I thought it was just me.

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

I only see my imaginary friend when I take too much Benadryl

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Actually less scary tbh 😄

[-] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

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[-] foggy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

I would imagine a BMX bike in tow. Using bridge embankments to clear roads... 😎

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago
[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 13 points 2 weeks ago

Sonic the Hedgehog.

I got that Sonic Autism

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

I always wanted to go here:

Just follow them on and on until I reached some presumably paradisaical location.

[-] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

Seattle has a park/trail like this

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

Nah, it was my imaginary friend doing bmx tricks, we didn't have parkour back then.

Also, how could a person run fast enough to keep up with a motor vehicle? Sheesh, does your imagination completely ignore science? You gotta have at least a bicycle to keep up.

Also, this is the first time I've ever seen or heard someone else talk about this kind of daydream. So, it's pretty fucking cool, even though the details aren't the same.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I don't recall imagining a particular character, just a humanoid figure running alongside and jumping over/dodging stuff.

Apparently this is one of those things that nobody ever talks about, but a lot of people did.

[-] GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today 10 points 2 weeks ago

No, all of ya'll are crazy. The dot of dirt on the window was the aiming device for a laser, and you had to use it to cut all the electrical wires without cutting trees or the poles, because those are wood and it would start a fire.

[-] enix@reddthat.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

Mine was a cool skateboard dude who did the most amazing grinds and flips

[-] ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Tony Hawk’s

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago
[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

It's considerably more difficult to do this when you have to focus on driving.

[-] Technoworcester@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Someone can't handle a challenge. /s

[-] isekaihero@ani.social 8 points 2 weeks ago

No I was imagining a rod of destruction sticking out the side of the car, and whenever it hit a building we were driving past it would annihilate the building like the juggernaut ran through it.

... isn't that what normal kids thought about?

[-] RandomStickman@fedia.io 4 points 2 weeks ago

I had imagined a laser beam slicing everything too

[-] nialv7@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Same. It's weird that we are different yet we are alike.

[-] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago

Damn, I thought I was the only one...

[-] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

I usually imagined either sonic the hedgehog or one of the velociraptors from jurassic park

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

I hadn't remembered this in years, but I always imagined myself out there like the Flash and how my older brothers were in the car watching me burn it up and being super impressed. I literally might not have remembered that during my entire adult life. Thanks for reminding me. Although I was more like seven at the time.

[-] frostysauce@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Parkour wasn't a thing when I was 10, for me it was Strider running along with the car and slashing stuff.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

It was Mario, represented by a dirty spot or water droplet on the window, who would be made to jump over things by moving my head up and down

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago

I had a cheetah running along, occasionally a horse. But not in the city, only on the motorway

[-] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Mine was an imaginary me on a dirt bike doing sick jumps

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

You guys got a window seat?

[-] RandomStickman@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago

I had a dragon flying along side. Sometimes it's a bike dodging opposing traffic and jumping ramps

[-] late_night@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

It was the line painted on the side of the road that was zooming this way and that to keep up with the car. Sometimes it would snake away to a rest stop and then merge with us again after the exit.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I took my Dramamine so I could read without vomiting.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Mine was an invisible flying squirrel jumping and gliding between tree tops at 110 km/h...

[-] ThatKomputerKat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Reminded me of this short film (that’s clearly sponsored by the North Face) from a a few years ago. https://youtu.be/IXw17Cjbeeo

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[-] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I usually either imagined a dirt bike or it was Spider-Man or the Hulk

[-] Nangijala@feddit.dk 1 points 2 weeks ago

Regrettably no. I would imagine myself unhinge my jaw and eat all the trees and brushes we would pass. For whatever reason, kindergarten-me strongly believed that everything without a heartbeat looked very delicious and edible. Trees, clouds, snow, sand, windmills, brick buildings, flags, other cars, busses and the sun itself.

Grew out of that phase when I began school, but yeah. In a way I kinda miss being so young and new to living that you're still figuring out what is and isn't possible. The world seemed a lot more fun when you didn't yet know the rules, lol.

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