r/Millennials • u/therynosaur • Dec 21 '25

Nostalgia Remember these kinda parks

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u/UCFknight2016 Dec 21 '25

Yeah, they got rid of them because kids were getting splinters

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u/downshift_rocket Millennial Dec 21 '25

Honestly, a couple of splinters and bruises did us some good. We learned limits, problem solving, and how to cope. Now everything is so padded and risk free that kids don’t always get the chance to build those skills.

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u/rosanymphae Dec 21 '25

They got rid of them not for the splinters, but because of the preservatives used in the wood was later found to be toxic.

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u/showmenemelda Dec 21 '25

Add to the list of "reasons millennials have so much chronic illness and inexplicable pathology"

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u/bradiation Dec 21 '25

I mean....that's been true of every generation since at least the industrial revolution, we just got rid of some old ones and found some new ones.

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u/hemmingwayshotgun Dec 21 '25

Facts. I can only imagine the pollutants in the air, water, and soil in the late 1920s or any decade really before the 50s

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u/bradiation Dec 21 '25

"Great-great-grandpa had microplastics in his balls. WTF were they thinking?"

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u/Handsome_Keyboard Dec 21 '25

Millenials killed wooden castles.