Had a moment like this rock climbing as a kid.
Particularly nerdy friend, made the mistake of climbing to a risky spot that turned out to be wet and immediately started getting visions of the future.
Repeatedly cautioned him not to follow there, that I was coming up. Made him promise before I turned my back.
Finished the climb back up, realized he’d tried it, looked down just in time to see him slip and plummet (like 2m?) down onto his back on the grass.
He screamed and cried for… minutes… enough time that I was able to go to his house and bring his mom back, and she carried him away.
Almost immediately came back ready to play more. Just needed his booboo kissed.
God dammit Spencer. You didn’t make things easy.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 1 week ago
That reminded me of a video I watched ages ago. A couple of kids were play wrestling when one got up and screamed, before jumping into the air and double knee bombing the other. Now, with a single knee bomb, you can brace yourself with your free arm and leg to avoid hurting yourself or someone else, but a double knee bomb turns you into a kamikaze projectile with arms behind your back, gripping your feet. No one with any sense would ever, for any reason double knee bomb anything besides a pool.
This fucking kid embeds himself into the other’s stomach and, without the ability to balance or adjust, just continues forward and face-first full scorpions himself before landing back on the other. Both of them just start shrieking. One had a visibly dislocated knee and blood dripped from their nose as they hobbled elsewhere, while the other just rolled into a ball.
Which is to say, kids can be silly little goobers sometimes. But that’s enough about our home movies.