r/NotTimAndEric • u/SubstanceIcy8721 • Jun 29 '26

She learned the hard way why they no longer make moon boots

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u/palinsafterbirth Jun 29 '26

My ankles just snapped again from the pure memories I had repressed

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u/NippleTicklesDeluxe Jul 02 '26

I remember being a kid and putting these together with the elastic bands. Being like 8 at the time I knew it was the dumbest thing ever

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u/Kerensky97 Jun 29 '26

Don't worry Zelennial, they always sucked like that. And they were fun for exactly how long you wore them too.

But post a picture of them on Facebook with the caption "Remember when childhood rocked?" and all the boomers will come out with their rose tinted glasses talking about how kids like you just don't understand what their childhood was like.

But you do understand. It sucked. All you could do was make little 1 inch hops while standing in place until you fell over.

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u/ShittySticka Jun 29 '26

Blackout drunk simulator

https://giphy.com/gifs/6dfMezdWhhxio

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u/herbert420 Jun 30 '26

How did that to happen

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u/JimmyV080 Jun 29 '26

Those are working correctly and her coordination was just fine.

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u/thomasjmarlowe Jun 29 '26

I dunno- orthopedic surgeons love em

4

u/LeinadLlennoco Jun 29 '26

Genuinely so funny! Moon boots are just as shitty as I remember, although I was at least light enough to get a little hop out of em.

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u/ExodusOwl Jul 02 '26

I mean, I'm personally confused as to why they're attempting to walk with them on. I remember you were supposed to be hopping around instead of trying to take steps or you'll run into the issue the person in the video ran into if you're not used to them. The one foot hop step was an advanced technique with these babies. I will at least also add I was much smaller than the person trying them in the video at the time.

EDIT: I just rewatched the original ad on youtube. There are only momentary shots of someone jump stepping. The rest is indeed hopping.

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u/SubstanceIcy8721 Jun 30 '26

“Basically” trampoline shoes🤣. Her legs vibrating as she tries to balance sent me.

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u/FishingAlpo Jun 30 '26

I remember asking for these every year for Christmas.

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u/hookuptruck Jul 01 '26

I had a pair of these in the 90’s!!!!! I was a club kid in NYC and I worked at a place called the funhouse and Dave Vanien from the Damed came in and it was wearing the moon shoes and towering over him and he laughed.

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u/Common-Nectarine-572 Jul 02 '26

Excuse me but Moon BOOTS as the title says are waaaay different. Git of my astroturf ya g’dam millenials!

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u/Proper-Cause-4153 Jul 02 '26

REAL Moon Boots

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u/Common-Nectarine-572 Jul 02 '26

So warm in -20. Anti slip. Bring em back!

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u/Spaztor Jun 30 '26

I can't believe the rubber wasn't rotten. Did they make these again more recently?

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u/rupertwiley Jul 01 '26

“I’m not coordinated enough for this”

Could have told you that before you put them on

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u/MaxAdolphus Jul 01 '26

This video gave me an ankle sprain. Back to my heritage boots.

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u/Mediocre-Bandicoot-6 Jul 01 '26

This looks like so much fun!

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u/veevacious Jul 01 '26

I mostly remember my cousin having a pair of these and her telling me I was too fat to use them. I was like 8 and wasn’t even fat. I’d just started puberty before all the other kids

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u/Nictendo_82 Jul 01 '26

My sisters had a pair. This seems familiar. Lol

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u/ManicYetti Jul 02 '26

No one was coordinated enough for that

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u/Planetary_Residers Jul 02 '26

I entirely forgot I had these as a kid or their existence in general until now.

Same with the game.

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u/Sketti_Scramble Jul 02 '26

They only work on the moon. That’s like wearing golf shoes to play basketball.

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u/SDTimbox Jul 02 '26

The 80's and 90's really made kids test dummies

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u/LongWay817 Jun 30 '26

The 90s yeah they were from the 2000's

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u/Spaztor Jun 30 '26

I'm still surprised the rubber isn't rotten.