Not just teenagers.
Nearing 40 and still like to jump up to tap something which is high. Never gets old.
49 here and still do it. I also walk along walls if one happens to run along side a path I’m on.
We try. And fall. And realize how ridiculous that looked. Then try again next time…
Way past 40 and I still enjoy doing this … but my body doesn’t.
You get to a point in your life where you start feeling like your mind is trapped inside aging infrastructure and there’s nothing you can about it.
I mean, there’s plenty you can do about it, it just takes effort. There are 80 year-olds running marathons. There are people past 40 playing professional soccer. You just need to take care of your body.
If you’re tall you do this without jumping to assert dominance
I’m so fucking tires of these stereotypes based on nothing at all. I’m 40 years old and haven’t stopped jumping to touch that shit.
Many folks don’t take care of themselves and think it’s normal to hurt. Health is possible even when working manual labor, or having little free time and money.
This comment has nothing to do with congenital deformity or traumatic injury causing lasting damage.
Edit wtf is this ratio, I’m agreeing with the above
Homie, to the rest of us it doesn’t even look like you meant to reply to that comment
The above jumps and is active and over 40. I agree you can do that. It’s not age.
Edit point is many here are saying 40.+ Jumping = death. That’s dumb.
A lot of people seem to fail to realize (or at least fail to realize until its too late) that every muscle of the body is “use it or lose it” but also (barring significant disability/atrophy) you can rebuild those muscles with enough training and practice, and it’s always easier to maintain the muscles than to rebuild them
I have several friends who are trans men who have reported to me that the urge started after they started testosterone. It always makes me smile :)
This is actually very interesting to me. Is it literally in the hormones, or is it more an unconscious choice of this is what I see men do? I never considered afab/etc. did not do this
I’ve always considered more of a “can I jump high enough to reach that? I bet I can reach that.” The tapping just adds to the satisfaction of a success.