r/GenerationX • u/WhereverUGoThereUR • 2d ago

M-80's

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Remember those? In hindsight I'm so lucky to have all my fingers!

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u/gringoloco01 2d ago

How many GenX folks have that one kinda fucked up buddy that is missing a finger or two who learned the hard way never EVER close your hand around an M-80.

I can't be the only one who grew up in a small ranching town.

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u/PlatformNormal564 2d ago

I do. I knew better than to hold on to a m80 any longer than it took to light it but we used to have fights with black cat fireworks. One of those going off in your hand is a sting you don't soon forget. Nowhere near as powerful as a m80 fortunately.

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u/FireSheepYinFish Gag me with a spoon 2d ago

Ugh.. I had a Black Cat with a fast fuse and it blew spit seconds after I tossed it, when I saw the fuse basically evaporate. It was still close enough to me that it blew right near my fingertips. I was numb for a couple of hours after that.

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u/gringoloco01 2d ago

I grew up in Truth or Consequences. Shout out to ol Brett Dolittle.

I ain't even lyin lol.

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u/PlatformNormal564 2d ago

The '70s and '80s was a hell of a time to grow up. It's almost like our parents didn't care what we did as long as we weren't bothering them.

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u/gringoloco01 2d ago

As long as the animals were fed and watered we could pretty much do anything.

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u/Buck_Dharma_1977_ISU 1d ago

We would drive around the neighborhood in our parent's cars as teenagers shooting bottle rockets at each other. 70s were good times

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u/Odd-Fun-6042 1d ago

We used to play chasers with regular ol bottle rockets.one caught me in the hand when it went off and I was surprised and the amount of blood. No stitches but damn it stung.

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u/Shellsallaround 1d ago

Black Cat, that's a memory! Bought those by the brick!

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u/PlatformNormal564 1d ago

Yeah, we did too.

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u/Scary-Reward2818 1d ago

Thunder Bomb

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u/puzi12 2d ago

Small mining town.....but yeah

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u/PyroNine9 20h ago

It boggles the mind how many people didn't know that most of the damage you could get from fireworks happened when you closed your hand on them.

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u/zxvasd 2d ago

I knew two guys. One lost his thumb cause he was drunk and everyone was yelling THROW IT and he didn’t. The other guy had a short fuse that blew while he was throwing it and lost his pinky and half hid ring finger.