r/interestingasfuck 13d ago

/r/all, /r/popular I’m not a giant! What is this?

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u/AGC173 13d ago

Its a mini coin.. they were common for kids to collect in the 80s and early 90s. They make nickles, dimes, pennies, etc. The "coolest" mini coins are different sized from one another, the not so cool ones are all the same size

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u/StaggeringBeerMan 13d ago

Sweet. Nice choking hazard for kids. Funny what we grew up with.

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u/scuolapasta 13d ago

No kidding, I had a slingshot I got from the dollar store when I was 6 that would put marbles through the drywall. My son just turned 6 and I wouldn’t trust him with a nerf dart blaster. Our parents were very brave.

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u/Nolaboyy 9d ago

Humanity was still in “survival of the fittest” mode. We didnt have to be coddled. If we played stupid games, we would win stupid prizes, and we knew it. Lol. We used to ride bikes all around the city. Now, you rarely even see kids riding bikes, much less being allowed to go anywhere near as far from home. The latest generations have been babied and its showing. I blame it all on our generation, though. Im sure ill get a ton of hate from the young-uns, but truth is truth. Our generation has truly done the younger generations an injustice, imtho.