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[–]c_kinbote 53 points54 points ago

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Newsreel Announcer: Why, look at these young whippersnappers! They're taking the Surgeon General's advice by playing the Stick-and-Hoop game, the scientifically proven way to avoid the Spanish flu! That's the ticket boys!

[–]Dusk_v731 -1 points0 points ago

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Gee willickers mister, really?

[–]Drawtaru 17 points18 points ago

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Thats not nearly as fun as ball-in-a-cup.

[–]The_Flatlander 7 points8 points ago

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Don't forget about stick-n-mud too.

[–]S1ayer 4 points5 points ago

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My favorite is card-in-a-hat.

[–]wkdown 36 points37 points ago

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or hand-around-my-shaft

[–]liescontrolus 5 points6 points ago

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Oh my uncle used to play that!

[–]tyrionlannister 7 points8 points ago

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I sucked at that game.

[–]caracasa 0 points1 point ago

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or poke-a-dead-body

[–]humblepieandcustard 22 points23 points ago

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Some of those kids grew up to invent computers.

[–]TheUrge 0 points1 point ago

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Wow! I just realized I'm not inspired to better my lifestyle trough inventions of any kind!

[–]javabrewer 8 points9 points ago

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You know, for kids!

[–]lady_lady_LADY 0 points1 point ago

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came here to say this. upvote.

[–]mytoeshurt 7 points8 points ago

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With a STICK.

[–]nekowolf 3 points4 points ago

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But what about-

[–]mytoeshurt 4 points5 points ago

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A STICK

[–]nem2k 3 points4 points ago

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STICK

[–]trfeustel 0 points1 point ago

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B STICK

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Take enough of those and you can craft a fence!

Get some coal and you've got a torch!

Hey, I bet I could make a game based off of that...

[–]Yeeaaaarrrgh 5 points6 points ago

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The O-Box.

[–]spoiled11 5 points6 points ago

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It's still true for a lot of kids who are growing up in poor countries.

[–]stompythebeast 0 points1 point ago

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Aye, I used to play this game, and I am a late-80s child.

[–]Sum1t 0 points1 point ago

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Used to play up until the 90s.

[–]gring0 2 points3 points ago

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I played it on my lunch break today. I carry my hoop and stick with me everywhere.

[–]mjolle 1 point2 points ago

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That's nothing, I'm playing it right now as I'm surfing reddit!

[–]Thomsenite 3 points4 points ago

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My grandfather grew up in the 20s. As far as I knew he mostly played tennis.

[–]TopspinTEC 0 points1 point ago

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My dad says they kept all of the high school sports throughout the great depression.

[–]Darth_Monkey 3 points4 points ago

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I did that in the 90s, it was a fun game.

[–]atomofconsumption 2 points3 points ago

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[–]mausx3 2 points3 points ago

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What you don't seem to know is that in third-world countries kids still play it.

[–]spaceindaver 7 points8 points ago

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Pretty sure no kids grew up in the 20s.

[–]FallenChicken 1 point2 points ago

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I watched Running the Sahara last night (which you can also find on Netflix Instant Watch), and kids in Africa were doing this.

[–]jayesanctus 1 point2 points ago

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I just never understood how that was fun.

[–]Doomfield 5 points6 points ago

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You've clearly never pushed a hoop with a stick before

[–]P_Unit 1 point2 points ago

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Better call REALLY loudly.

[–]imk 1 point2 points ago

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My grandpa couldn't afford a hoop! He and his friends had to take turns being the hoop! And they were happy about it!

That's what he told me anyway.

[–]Haust 1 point2 points ago

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Lucky kids. I could only afford the stick when I was growing up. And a damned dog took it from me.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Growing up in the 20's all I had was an Android phone, and no apps, network or other people with a cell phone to speak of. :'( Cruel world.

[–]bafta 0 points1 point ago

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Stick you were lucky,I dreamed of having a stick

[–]WinterKing 1 point2 points ago

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Ok, well, you call it the 20s, I call it the PSN downtime.

[–]baronyuan 3 points4 points ago

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I remember that game. It fucking sucked.

[–]wasteland_warrior 1 point2 points ago

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in the 20's? it's the 10's now, so future kids?

[–]imallinman95 -1 points0 points ago

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Did you even look at the picture? There was a generation before this one...

[–]wasteland_warrior 0 points1 point ago

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Ofcouse I did, but saying the "20's" could be the 2020's or in the case of the picture the 1920's but it also could be the 1820's or the 1720's

[–]imallinman95 0 points1 point ago

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Yes but considering it's 2011 you can eliminate 2020, and addressing it to the kids who grew up in the 20s you can probably eliminate 1820s and earlier ( not to mention the lack of cameras them)

[–]Pontmercy 1 point2 points ago

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lololololol life without computers

[–]guavainindia 0 points1 point ago

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Um. I'm 24. I totally had one of those and LOVED it.

[–]Chubbstock 0 points1 point ago

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you should crosspost to r/gaming

[–]CommonMan_Mike 1 point2 points ago

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Don't do that. They will probably mistake it for a portal reference and get all bitchy about it.

[–]1time4urmind 0 points1 point ago

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I prefer drop ball. relevant

[–]aSimpleMan 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah, I tried this and they stole my bicycle rim.

[–]chancrescolex 0 points1 point ago

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I almost posted this exact same photo with something to the effect of your title. You broke into my subconscious and stole my idea. You owe me for 151 upvotes.

[–]excitementgang 0 points1 point ago

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My grandpa was born in 1920. I'm fairly certain he was entertained with chasing chickens, though, as he grew up on a chicken farm in Santa Barbara.

[–]UOP_Prof 0 points1 point ago

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Quick!! stop those looters from stealing those rims!!!

[–]unawalsh1 0 points1 point ago

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I recall boys doing this in the early 60s, in Belfast Ireland, very poor district.

[–]Stevengodz 0 points1 point ago

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We did that in the 90's too so don't feel so special.

[–]LibrarySurvivor 0 points1 point ago

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DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME

[–]i_know_what_you_did 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah the stick and hoop game was cool!

then they released stick and hoop black ops and I went back to kicking a rock in a can.

[–]MajSARS 0 points1 point ago

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Put that stick down! Someone is going to lose an eye!

[–]tophermyers 0 points1 point ago

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My cousin who's 5 will play with her iPad until her mum says to turn it off and will then happily play with a box using her imagination

[–]paingriller 0 points1 point ago

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kids use to play outside? and didn't wear pants below their butts???

[–]raffytraffy 0 points1 point ago

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better than 90% of modern video games.

[–]MrPickleCoppter 0 points1 point ago

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I saw children doing this in the Philippines just this past February .

[–]klove614 0 points1 point ago

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Lol looks fun. Im going outside to do this right now!

[–]hillbillyfunk 0 points1 point ago

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when I was a kid in SW Missouri we played a game called "rollin tars" it consisted of dragging an old car tire up a hill and rolling it down, preferably onto a highway or railroad.... ahh, good times (and being a minor)

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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what about 1920's konami code? stick, stick, hoop, hoop, stick, hoop, stick, hoop, roll, stop.

[–]50missioncap 0 points1 point ago

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Looks like some boys playing hoop on Chestnut St. in 1922.

[–]randomant 0 points1 point ago

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They almost do not even look like kids. They look like miniature men.

[–]harveyardman 0 points1 point ago

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Great picture!

[–]clashbuster 0 points1 point ago

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My grandfather was born in 1916 and is still alive

[–]cooldudeconsortium 0 points1 point ago

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Is it hoop and stick day already? http://nedroid.com/2007/04/2230-hoopandstick/

[–]bringbacktrollstroll 0 points1 point ago

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They cant hear your call because they're all deaf.

[–]JUMANJIIIII 0 points1 point ago

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STOP ALL TEXTS

[–]Ace1999 0 points1 point ago

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Halo got NUFFIN on this, boyeez!

[–]Merefin 0 points1 point ago

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1920s or 1820s? Either way, correct! We still teach kids how to play this at my work.

[–]mjolle 0 points1 point ago

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"lol, PSN still down"

[–]zerbey 0 points1 point ago

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Notice how none of them are overweight, and I bet very few of their peers were either.

[–]AtomicAsthmatic -1 points0 points ago

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You wanna play a game O stickball? best game they is

[–]wOlfLisK -1 points0 points ago

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They're dead now.