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themagicbong t1_iy5zq36 wrote

I've never heard this term before but I guess I was too. In the 90s/00s. We'd also go incredible distances on bikes and even fuckin scooters lmao. My brother and I weren't dumb, though. Decently large town up north. We were always out doing SOMETHING. It's funny to think back on how spread out the different places we used to hang out were. And I've often thought about whether or not I'd let my own kids do the same. I know that shit can happen to anyone, anywhere. But that's also life. Unless you have a legitimate reason to be concerned, like a threat or something, and of course depending on where you live, it really can not be a big deal. Especially nowadays with everyone having a mobile device. There's a careful middle ground between letting your kids have some freedoms/a chance to make mistakes, and controlling everything they do/never allowing any chance of mistakes. Crazy to think how different things are today in that same city, especially after 9/11. This was all in new York.

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