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    5 days ago

    In my home village we have a much safer and much better version of it:

    You can accelerate yourself by just pulling at the plate in the middle, meaning that everyone can have fun and you can probably get much higher speeds.

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      Back in my day, we walked for miles uphill in the snow to school, we rode the unprotected meatspin, broke all of our bones, and then we walked for miles uphill back home. Kids these days are so spoiled and pampered!!!

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      4 days ago

      Exactly you can use the railing to hang on the outside. Greater speed and much more fun.

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      Meh, the constant threat of being thrown violently out into oblivion was most of the fun!

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      „Safer“ until you get flung against the metal bar before flying off. Because to get it up to speed you have to stand up.

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        Once the children are a bit bigger they don’t have to stand up to spin it. For smaller children its true.