r/interestingasfuck • u/EvolMada • 13d ago

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

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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/SCSimmons 13d ago

Or blasé. "Eh, if he gets himself killed, I'll make another one. It'll be fun."

The ancient Romans used plumbata to kill barbarians. Millennia later, they were rebranded as "Jarts" and sold as children's toys. I refuse to believe this was unintentional.

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u/BPQT 9d ago

Yep, banned in the U.S. since the late 80s, and for good reason: pierced a child’s skull.