I'm not that duck guy, but you would be amazed at some of the conversations you end up in in my line of work
Im trying to find the interview, maybe it was on Radiolab? Idk. But they interviewed an ex-pat who moved to Germany and had kids there. So every time they traveled back to the US and played on the structures here, her kids were bored. They went into some research about US vs EU playgrounds and some data about reported injuries indicating they were at the same rate even though the EU ones didn't have as many safety measure built in. The gist of the story was about children in the EU understand risk better than kids from the US and, in general, have better critical thinking skills and mental health.
My brother was a designer for target and was looking at some of the products that other countries sold that the US couldn’t sell. They had a JarJar Binks action figure that had a tongue that was sticky and could grab things (like one of those sticky hands from the gumball machine). He asked the buyer why they weren’t selling them in the US and the buyer grabbed it by the tongue and started swinging it around his head by JarJar’s tongue, almost hitting everyone with it. He said “This is first thing an American kid does when he opens it. Kids in Europe don’t even think to do this - they just play with it the way it’s designed.”
I think one of my biggest mindblown moments when I grew up was hearing how hippos are some of the most dangerous animals in the world.
This scared me at first but put me firmly on team Google AI ‘24. Our sentient humans fucking suck. Bring on my robot overlords.
I guess Timmy Turner. Friend with fairy god parents could be sweet. Definitely NOT choosing Tommy Pickles. Not getting any bitches hanging with a fucking baby.
my kindergarten had this what felt like a massive mound of concrete that was meant for climbing. We had scooters before modern scooters these kids have today. So they were ratty and had loose wheels. well we decided to ride them off that concrete mound and get completely wrecked. i dont think a single kid who had the balls to do it didnt get turned into hamburger meat. i think they removed it in a few years. also got rid of the wasp infested jungle gym.
I've been there. Tonopah is quite possibly the worst town I've ever been to, and I've been to a lot of shit places. Their high school mascot is The Muckers. Literally, the person that cleans horse shit out of the stalls.