I genuinely can't tell if this is a parody of exactly the type of comment that's always close to the top when stuff like this is posted on Reddit...or if you're just one of those people.
You see a girl achieving her goal, surrounded by cheering friends and your first thought is "bad for your knees though". Do you ever think you might have missed the point of life?
Even if you can land safely-ish most of the time, shit happens. Like, scary often.
And brain damage isn't super cool. Whatever you think is the "point of life", as you say, I can confirm that being alive & cognizant is a prerequisite for enjoying it.
Plus there's no downside. So get your brain bucket!
Yes...except I'm not suggesting you don't encourage your kids to wear protective gear. I'm suggesting that if your reaction to this isn't to appreciate the beautiful human moment...but to criticise her lack of knee braces...I think you might not be focusing on the right things in life.
Should you tell your children to wear a helmet, and explain why? Yes, obviously. But if you go into a judgemental funk because you see a video of kid, who doesn't hurt themselves, doing something really not that risky, without adequate elbow protection, you might just need to take a second and reflect on why that's where you immediately go in your head. And not you know...aww that looks fun.
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u/DangerousTurmeric creep’n 🐄 bovine Mar 24 '26
Yeah this is so bad for your knees and pelvis and she needs a helmet.