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[-] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 11 hours ago

Lol I just tried that yesterday

[-] protist@mander.xyz 22 points 1 day ago

Big boomer energy. At 7 in 1989 I had an NES and also did this with a box fan. Just yesterday, I saw my 7 year old son, who now has access to a Switch, Xbox 360, PS2, SNES, and NES, do this with a box fan.

[-] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Well, we could wander around all day long and no one cared all that much. Now kids have airtags up their rears so parents know their exact coordinates every 5 minutes...

[-] thebookelf@literature.cafe 4 points 12 hours ago

It's not all the parents fault, leaving kids unattended under all contexts has been sort of criminalised. Letting your kids play unsupervised outside or even letting them walk to school by themselves could get CPS called on you. I had a friend who had to stop letting her 10 year old walk to the bus stop to take the bus to school, because a "concerned neighbour" called CPS, it was a ten minute walk.

[-] Melobol@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

Honest question from an older person who never had a box fan: how did you play with them?

[-] pewpew@feddit.it 17 points 1 day ago

You scream into them and they make your voice all wobbly

[-] Melobol@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

That really sounds like fun. thank you!

[-] Eldritch@piefed.world 2 points 1 day ago

I will reveal to you an arcane forbidden technique. Hold your hand in front of your face. Though check first to see if there is anyone mischievous about. Palm towards you, fingers pressed together. Close to your face, preferably less than 5cm or so away. Then wave your hand as fast as you can while cursing.

[-] whelk@retrolemmy.com 8 points 1 day ago

You can also put a bedsheet over it and make a bubble house

[-] beccaboben@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Dude, a box fan was a wicked good time! Weliked to kick it up a notch and throw flour in there, pennies etc. Hilarious!

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 2 points 21 hours ago
[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago

Alright, gramps.

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