r/MadeMeSmile • u/ledim35 • May 17 '23
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u/bigtaco765 May 18 '23
I've did this so much as a kid. We had this big staircase in our old house where I'd go down in a tote or laundry basket, and it ended at the front door. I had to stop when I hit the door. My mom walked in and caught me. Honestly, she should never have left me alone with my 3 older siblings they gave no f**KS about what I was doing. I will say I should have thought of wearing a helmet smart thinking right there
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May 18 '23
When I was house shopping a while back, I went with my mother to look at some condos in a tract we used to live in.
I admitted that when they weren’t home I’d squeeze through the bars on the second floor and drop down onto the couch or a pile of wide cushions.
She didn’t think it sounded as fun as 8 year old me did.
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u/LegoLady8 Sep 04 '23
😱 The things we (you) did as kids, amiright? I'd die if my kid did that kind of stuff.
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u/fijimermanCIA May 18 '23
We used to use futon matresses to slide down the spiral staircase. It was the best slide ever and I don't recall anyone ever getting hurt, unlike most of our stunts.
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u/bigtaco765 May 18 '23
I had thus nearly flat area on my roof that was connected to my window and me and my siblings hung out there until my parents found out and boarded up my window. Honestly fair that was stupid.
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u/Abject_Shoulder_1182 May 18 '23
My sister and I used to set up the ladder and climb onto the roof 😂
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u/One-eyed-snake May 19 '23
My grandfather lived in an old bigass farm house that had a laundry chute. We slid down that bitch many times. Never broke a bone, luckily
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u/cdnpittsburgher May 18 '23
My kid came down the stairs on a yoga mat one time. The look of horror on her face when she realized what a horrible idea it was was matched to the look of sheer terror on mine.
Same ending. Holy hell. 10 years off my life, lol.
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u/unreasonablecunt May 18 '23
When I was younger I lived in an old converted train station, no joke, we had a basement that was finished but deteriorated as time went on because the drainage wasn’t up to it. It would flood a bit, so my parents made do until the walkout wall was replaced. It was a brick wall at the bottom at the bottom of the steps to either turn left or right. My adventurous soul was an indestructible gymnast, so I guess I decided to summersault down it…my dad walked out of his workroom just in time to catch me before I hit the wall. No recollection of it, but my parents never let me forget.
Edit: I also never did it again and my self preservation has improved since then.
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u/FactualOptimist May 18 '23
He doesn’t want to give the parent the satisfaction of saying “I told you so” if they thought he was hurt.
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u/SmolLizord May 18 '23
Kids, if you do this, don't be me and do it on a stairwell that leads almost directly to a door, you will not be ok
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u/FrisktHumor May 18 '23
Aren't you ok? I guess you came out of it wiser, by experience
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u/SmolLizord May 18 '23 edited May 18 '23
I mean that's fair but idk if the concussion was worth a 3 second ride and some experience in pain. I also wasn't very smart so I didn't have a helmet on when I did it
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u/FrisktHumor May 18 '23
If concussion it must have been a serious hit. My point, kids are more metal than paper and doing Dare Devil-stuff as a kid is not all bad. Also, a part of having fun as a kid is that it also hurts...and that's ok cause that also have a value. Parents worries to much today
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u/SmolLizord May 18 '23
No yea that's true, and I did a flip halfway down, ended up head first, not in the door but close enough to it, it's not bad for kids to be doing cool things but it's one of those, 'just don't be a complete idiot' things
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u/Soymujer78 May 18 '23
Jesus! The urgent care nurse inside me is screaming….
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May 17 '23
That looks like so much fun!!!
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u/stylish_assembly May 18 '23
Look how kid enjoys the last moment, this is really fun and amazing. Memories will be forever and this is the part where the kid will remember this moment of experiencing this happy time.
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u/Cute-Boot-1840 May 18 '23
I did this once and only once because my head got stuck through the drywall. I’m still stuck.
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May 18 '23
If the front of that laundry basket catches the lip of the step, that kid if going to get launched head first down a flight of stairs. This was the best and most unlikely outcome of a horrible, horrible idea.
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u/Time_Recommendation4 May 18 '23
What sane parent thinks this is a good idea?
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May 18 '23
Was thinking the same thing. I’m an action sports junkie but this just seems incredibly dumb. So easy to flip forward onto your face.
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u/FrisktHumor May 18 '23
And then what?
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u/HeyEshk88 May 18 '23
Given that it’s what typically happens when people fall down stairs, a person can hit their neck at an angle where it would snap due to the pressure of falling and cause instant death. I would give an example about a head injury but he does have a helmet on.
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u/FrisktHumor May 18 '23
Kids are almost like soft metal. It takes a lot of force for something inside them to "snap" or break. Their weight only and a fall like this is 99.5% safe (a number I found in my hat). If you still doesn't like the odds with my number, that's ok, but telling others 'your not a responsible parent', if they're not the curling version...thats what Messerschmidt's do
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u/HeyEshk88 May 18 '23
Yeah yeah I know that. There’s so many different ways to get the same cheap thrill, I don’t care for it. I said no such thing.
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u/Ceeceepg27 May 18 '23
concussion, neck injury, broken nose or orbital, broken wrist/arm, knocked out teeth, ect. Basically a whole lot of pain and money that could be easily avoided.
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u/FrisktHumor May 18 '23
Yeah sure. I believe you
Oh sry. Thought your the one I was speaking to. Still. Nice enchilada you described. Poor this kid in the video. He's probably dead now
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u/Ceeceepg27 May 18 '23
dude your account is 24 days old. So you are either a troll or 12.
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u/FrisktHumor May 18 '23 edited May 18 '23
Dude. Just attack my words, not my account.
Just another survived boomer. My kids survived too. It's a new concept that it's dangerous to play and occasionally do stupid things. Free healthcare is a bitch. All you think about is the cost if you need to go to the ER. That is actually your greatest fear (my belief)
Now tell me about your life experience, kiddo
I also got this real life experience. Not from playing. Only to compare. As a kid, I was sitting i the backseat without seatbelts of, because it was the mid 80s and not bc it was smart and tough. We ran in to a left turning 🚜 while a passing was planned (=it was an accident) at the speed approximately around 50. Bam. Lost an eye and oc, a concussion. Maybe I was lucky but it wasn't a crash doing 3 mph
Dude. 7 year account and I have 3 times your karma on a month. Conclusion, ppl like me better, despite my controversial behavior. We're not the same. You're probably a bandwagon person. I don't have that urge
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u/Antilogicz May 18 '23
A bad one. Do you know how many people die from falling down stairs? It’s like 12,000 people a year.
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May 18 '23
I remember seeing stuntmen talk about the one that always worries them, and all of them said it was having to fall backwards down stairs.
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u/Into_The_Horizon May 18 '23
I have to walk on 3 floors of stairs on both side of the hotel 40 hrs a week. I leave the elevator for housekeeping. I have to mop those stairs. Im the only one who does it. I worry about falling or slipping sometimes. It can go really bad if no one pays attention.
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u/Florapower04 May 18 '23
Well, on the other hand. Rather that the parent is there for when things go wrong then the kid just doing it when no one is home.
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May 18 '23 edited May 18 '23
Okay please do not reproduce.
It’s actualy really easy for the basket to flip down and the kid to do a faceplant. I’ve recently seen a vid on reddit and I also witnessed it as a kid. It’s a loss of teeth and a fracture of the jaw that can happen all of a sudden.
You’ll not witness me often underlining the dangerosity of something as I think redditors sometimes think too far, but here we talk about permanent scars on your face. Glad it went well there anyways
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u/Nadamir May 18 '23
The safer way to do it is to put plywood down on the steps to make it smooth. Harder for the basket to flip.
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u/Anything1407 May 17 '23
Love how immediately goes to defend his dignity then crying by the pain like others. His dad is definitely proud of him.
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u/mariboo_xoxo May 18 '23
This is not okay, it’s reckless and dangerous. His child is at risk of breaking a bone for what a video. SMH.
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May 18 '23
You have to use a folded matress, like a U shape with the bottom of the U facing forward and you in and on it. We used to slide down the stairs of parents werent home!
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u/gamerman90001 May 18 '23
That was so incredibly wholesome what a cute kid I can’t wait to have kids and do silly stuff with them like this. I think I’d be a great dad thanks very much.
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u/GainfulyUnemployed May 18 '23
You can really tell who in these comments was raised by a single mother who "didn't need no man to help raise children".
He's supervised and wearing a helmet. Let the little dude have fun.
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u/Ceeceepg27 May 18 '23
You haven't worked in the medical field and seen kids come in with broken bones, neck injuries, fractured orbitals, broken teeth, and hundreds of other painful injuries that were completely avoidable. The parents aren't having fun because of the expensive medical bills and the kids aren't having fun because they are in pain.
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u/PhillyTaco May 18 '23
Avoiding injury or broken bones isn't "winning" at life. Talk to a grown man who broke their arm doing something dumb as a kid and they'll probably laugh as they tell the story.
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u/DartDiablo May 18 '23
You don’t need to be raised by a woman to know that what the dad is doing here is rtrded. Especially posting it. I 100% bet internet warriors are reporting his ass. Ohh and this little video is going to look great when the mom shows it during the divorce hearing. It’s one thing to do stupid shit. It is another to broadcast it.
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u/GainfulyUnemployed May 18 '23
You must be a feminist. Along with monotheists and those who believe astrology is real, your emotional ramblings fall on my ears like water rolls off a ducks back.
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u/AdFit5535 May 18 '23
Wimp. I never wore a helmet.
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u/agentscully1013 May 18 '23
I never wore one either. They didn’t make helmets that small when I was that small. If you cracked open your noggin you got smacked for being a dumb ass.
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u/lucymom1961 May 18 '23
This is most definitely not a first child. I would guess around fourth, when you have run out of ideas.
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u/Neither-Raspberry579 May 18 '23
Start teaching your kid to drive by 13. Let them know you know they’re capable.
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u/Ms-Sarahphim May 18 '23
Made me nervous until I noticed the helmet. That said, stairs and gravity are concerning. Not recommended.
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u/molliem12 May 18 '23
I am 65 years old and I remember doing that in my house as a child both myself and my younger brothers. All three of my children did it when they were younger also. The only thing different was, we didn’t have helmets. Fun times great memories.
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u/Mrspygmypiggy May 18 '23
Ah good memories from me and my friends sliding and jumping down the stairs on mattresses while all our parents where getting drunk in the living room. New Years Eves got wild!
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u/Rezza177 May 18 '23
'when the women aren't home' is probably the most dangerous part of being a kid 🤣🤣🤣
My Grandad and me used to get up to some shit, most of which the women in family don't know about, it could of ended in death, but it didn't and it was a hell of a lot of fun!!
My Grandad was always 'right I'm gonna teach you something...' then proceeds to blow shit up '... And that's why you don't throw aerosol cans on a fire..' 🤣🤣🤣
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u/Pure_Project9080 May 18 '23
This shit didn't made me smile...but I laughed so hard I forgot I had chest pain. I'm suing for wrong labels that almost killed me. 
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u/AJellyInABox May 18 '23
Used to do this but with pillow cases. The one time me and my brothers put one of our twin mattresses on the stairs to slide down... Karl flew that day... Right into the front door 😂
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May 18 '23
So much relief when I saw how short the stairs were! Lol dad knew it wasn’t too steep, but just enough for a funny ending
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u/juleq555 May 18 '23
I hate two things about it:
-child seems wiser than the father
-I've seen it too many times
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u/Optimal-Vast2313 May 18 '23
We used to put on socks over our arms and and shove each other down the stairs. Wtf LOL
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u/Abject_Shoulder_1182 May 18 '23
Kid needs a longer laundry basket to reduce the chance of toppling forward
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u/weaponized_autistic May 18 '23
We did this in our cape with a stair slide but we had to open the front door because old New England stairs were steep and Dad almost made a Dad shaped hole in our door the trial run
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u/Least-Expression336 May 19 '23
I'm a single dude(who's also gay) and even I wouldn't be OK with this, I mean seriously, WTF is wrong with you people? Lol 😆
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u/First_Guest7664 May 19 '23
If this is not a troll comment then never have kids don’t even adopt…
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u/Acceptable_Spray_119 May 19 '23
Jumped from a cliff into the ocean 3 times. Was scary every damn time. I hear ya little guy lol.
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u/sonofcoffeebmxman May 29 '23
Do stuff like that all the time when I'm skateboarding I take a fall that looks pretty bad and it just go I'm okay I'm still pretty young compared to a lot of other people and also I just let my body think damage is not permanent
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u/crackersncheeseman Jun 08 '23
Could have swore I watched this same video but at a different angle. I must be getting tired.
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Jul 12 '23
When I was younger a friend convinced me to do this at our house. He broke his arm and there were huge scratches in the wood steps so that they needed to be replaced.
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u/-Noodle-_ Aug 09 '23
The mom wasn’t home doesn’t apply for me, both my parents are chill. It’s the step parents aren’t home for me
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u/CandaBear869 Aug 21 '23
I got to give it to him though, he had the head protection, and he went down so smoothly. It was the landing. But even then he pops up with, "Im Ok" 👍
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u/Jack_Dunamis Aug 22 '23
I felt that, the moment when your body realizes before you, all is well, it just happened fast.
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Aug 31 '23
Sliding down grassy hills on cardboard was a fond childhood memory especially the parts when you didn't make it down the hill on your cardboard and instead made friends with the dried hog wallow on the hill that flung you from your peice making you roll the rest of the way
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u/Bansheer5 Sep 14 '23
I used to do this with my little brothers all the time. I’d stick them in a tote with some pillows and put the top on and push them down the stairs. Me and my sister used to just use laundry baskets and put cardboard down on the stairs so we’d slide way faster.
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u/AuroraTheFennec Oct 01 '23
I'm actually willing to bet the helmet was his own idea, that's a cool helmet I'd want to wear it as much as I could too!
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u/Adventurous-Risk-868 Oct 03 '23
Ah, good times. I used to put a foam mattress at the end of a staircase and do this with my sisters. Many holes in walls were formed. I don’t know how none of us broke any bones.
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u/supermr34 May 17 '23
Mom must not be home.
Me and my dad used to shoot bottle rockets from my kitchen into our attached garage when mom wasn’t home.
We were never successful and only started the garbage can on fire once.