The Ol' Jump 'n Tap

If you’re tall you do this without jumping to assert dominance

I just hit my head into street signs.

I hit my head on basement staircase ceilings to asset dominance.

Tell me about it. I have developed an instinctive reaction to lower my head a bit when going through doorways because you never know when a building is a bit older and the doors are just not 2m tall.

Combine the two for ultimate dominance. I’m not just tall enough, but I can and have to hold my hand up so I don’t hit this ceiling going down the stairs

I recently bought a new house and holy crap, what a difference. Even shorter people had to duck going up & down the stairs in my old basement. There is not a single place in my new house that I need to duck my head, and it’s glorious.

“teenage”

How do you do, fellow kids?

Did this at work last month, I am 35.

Tried it at with last year at 42 and realized i needed to do a bunch of stretching first.

I talked to my doctor about it before attempting it.

You gotta keep that youthful exuberance going, man. Keep killing it out there.

I broke my hip doing this on the way to Bingo last week.

I’m so glad today’s youth is still playing Bingo

Now that I’m in my thirties I no longer have to (can) jump

I’d still do it if I wasn’t afraid of my knees exploding on impact, plus the only run up I’m getting is the pain running up my back when I move.

My right knee is still killing me from it raining last week.

Start working out. My knees in back were in a ton of pain before I got back into shape.

I think i see your problem: knees aren’t supposed to be in back

Nearing 40 and still like to jump up to tap something which is high. Never gets old.

Y’all still jump at this age??

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…

I’ll let you know in a few years.

Of course, it’s how you stay healthy (not jumping in particular, but exercise and dynamic movement outside of walking)

No, they crouch and smack me when I’m high.

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.

There’s a little arch over the entrance to the living room in my home and post workout I’ll often have a brainwave and go talk to my wife and I’ll just instinctively rest my hands on that arch. I don’t know why but it always feels natural to do that post workout

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.

I’m so fucking tires

oh, you naughty tire, just leaning up against that tower… unzips

Check out the treads on those babies …… I bet those steel belts go allllll the way up

I stopped when my knees made me stop. If it weren’t for them though, I’d still be doing it too

Same, seems like just unnecessary gendering, not all that far from “boys like cars and girls like dolls”. I am reasonably physical, never had the urge for this.

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

Agree, thats what I’m interested in, but.may have enunciated it poorly

Boys grow about a foot taller between 10 and 16, and most people’s arm span is about the same as their height, so the overall increased reach is significant. I was taller than average after a huge growth spurt, and I remember realizing how many things I could jump up to touch that weren’t in the realm of possibility before that. You better believe I was jumping up and touching stuff.

According to my big brother, peeing over walls and off high places is another, if they can get away with it. (Like castle ruins etc.) Could it be similar in that you’re now tall enough you don’t just end up peeing on the floor at your feet?

Peeing other than in a toilet was only ever a matter of necessity for me, so I can’t give credence to that.

Dude what? Peeing outside is the best. It’s my sole motivation for moving out of the city and into the country.

Boomer humor:

Two guys are peeing off a bridge. The first says “Man, that water sure is cold!”.

The other says, “Yeah! Deep too!”

It’s power and control, linked with seeing how far you can pee, target shooting, writing your name

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