Depression, poverty and hopelessness seen through the eyes of a child.

And half of the posters were drawings of wolves howling at the moon

I used to love it when I saw teacher pushing the trolley into the classroom as it meant the next hour would be pure bliss as it was such a treat

The inspiration for the Tesla truck design.

Nokia 3310. Not just a phone, but also a weapon if necessary. Battery time is a thing of legend

Ok yeah I remember making CDs like this, but making a good mixTAPE? Was so much more work

Oh yes! And it tasted so much better out of the garden hose.

Forget about Sodor! We fight the decepticons now! Toot-Toot! Thomas sighed, resigning to the energon of his captors will.

Not the mama!

older

Now it means you're in a bus.

What is this for?

This was the most fun. I always hoped they'd get the parachute out for gym.

i wish they still did that

This was long before the 90s. We did that in the 70s and 80s.

Omg! I remember this!! Soo much fun

Ours had a mesh circle in the center and when you tossed it up for kids to run under it, it looked like a spotlight moving back and forth. Felt like a game show!

I saw an I think TikTok of highschool grads doing this one more time to celebrated their graduation. and I think we need to make this a tradition

My 2 yo had this in daycare, still in use

Not for us wheelchair users. Or in my friends' case (or some of them) blind people

It was for launching the 4 square balls into the stratosphere then running for cover before you were knocked unconscious, or was that just my school?

The Best Gym Day Ever. Spy games, bouncy (if gym coach was reckless), teamwork. All of the good. If someone had been a bully, you'd collectivey let the parachute fall down on them for just a little too long.

Parachute! Favorite day in gym class. 🥰

The only time I ever liked gym class and I LOVED it when the parachute came out!

Dodge ball and Red Rover were our best PE games.

Way after my time.

Not so fun for me. I lost two teeth playing tug-of-war in 87 when I lost my grip on the parachute and the back of my head hit the wall of the gym. It was enough force to cause me to permanently lose one of my bottom front teeth.

Yes soo much fun 😁

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There is always that one kid who either disappears or falls

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There has to be one other person out there who felt cheated with the way this was used. Where are they? Everyone thinks this was so great. Okay everybody today we're going to play parachute. Great, says one boy, where will we be jumping from? Oh, no jumping, we just shake the fabric up and down and roll a ball around in it. Then the very word Parachute is a lie that depends on these others not knowing what a parachute is or does or is for to work. Never going to forget how mad it made me to hear there's a parachute but we're not going to jump from a high place and gently float to the ground, just some dumb flapping a thin sheet of fabric around.

mine never lasted long in that organised way for long, i remember jagged heavy plastic edges on the case fr

Ahh! It’s the prequel

Someone has no friends left.

DDR is serious business

Don't shake em!

Yes, bought many Polly Pocket stuff for my kids back then. Gosh, I am old.

I think millenials (Gen X and Y) understand this much better than boomers.

MOMS SPAGHETTI ~ a gen z

Still using a hotmail I created in '92 (or close)

Yeah, but only that one girl knew how to start them.

I was already in University in 1996 😳😳😳

Fake cheese! Enriched white flour! Processed mystery meat by-products!

I played that today with my sons, same colours to this day