Well that made me feel old

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burningsolo11@reddit

We used to throw these straight up in the air and scatter like roaches before it hit the dirt, damn we were dumb.

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I have distinct memories of doing this with my brothers in our backyard. A massive tree towered over the space and gods help us if we yeeted that dart up into its thick branches. Threw the trajectory way off and it was anyone's guess where it would come down again. Somehow, we're all still alive now 😂

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burningsolo11@reddit

That's a twist 😳 I'd run to the trunk of the tree personally, seems it would be the safest in theory.

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Rogue_Gona@reddit

I honestly think that's what we did, now that you mention it lol.

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lucasssquatch@reddit

Same. That's how I took one to the face. Didn't miss my eye by much.

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burningsolo11@reddit

Happy cake day! I swear some adult knew or was watching us do this dumb shit and didn't try to stop us, just letting nature take its course. Glad you still have your eyes, they're important.

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6BigZ6@reddit

We had these for a moment and my parents said they were too dangerous. So….instead I decided throwing darts from our dart board was obviously the next best option. I don’t know exactly what my little sister was doing or trying to to do, but she wore a dart right in between her pointer and index finger, and it went deep since I threw it up in the air as high as I could. As most of our 80’s luck went the dart landed seriously directly between the fingers and hit nothing of importance. That’s the day we lost the dart board in the garage.

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burningsolo11@reddit

That's awesome, glad she has a scar and not a missing digit from it. Safe to say you aren't very good at darts now I assume.

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No_Pumpkin_1179@reddit

I had a friend almost catch one with his face doing that. It did scratch under his eye.

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neuroxin@reddit

This literally happened with me and my friend too! I threw it and his face tried to catch it. I was so scared I was going to get in trouble but he just got a scratch and a bruise.

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burningsolo11@reddit

I don't think that's how you win.

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koei19@reddit

Same. Then once they were banned, we did it with our compound bows and practice arrows. Stupid, uh, finds a way.

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burningsolo11@reddit

Watching em fly up was the best part....ooh aaah yeah that's how it always starts, then later there's running and screaming.

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kheinrychk@reddit

![gif](giphy|11FiDF2fuOujPG)

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burningsolo11@reddit

![gif](giphy|mDNEDddbuWoStJdgex|downsized)

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happy_nekko@reddit

My spouse and his sibling used to throw them straight up in the air and the other person had to catch it. No, I have no idea how they weren’t injured and are both still alive.

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burningsolo11@reddit

Wtf 🤣

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unbalancedcentrifuge@reddit

Well..no wonder why they didnt recognize it as it is most commonly spotted embedded in flesh.

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waywardviking208@reddit

The og ones Jarts were literally called a missle game 1960s https://preview.redd.it/bcn4p9ka6fqd1.jpeg?width=1391&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1044157cfed1d94d97a8b3e990001b9dd82142b9

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decoy79@reddit

This is the one I remember. My grandma had it in her garage.

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dvoecks@reddit

Same!

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the_kid1234@reddit

Ours had that box too.

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Elegant-Ad-1162@reddit

yep, threw them straight up and scattered!

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Evan_802Vines@reddit

That one isn't even a slider.

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ManOfTeele@reddit

We played over the house. One person in the front yard, the other person in the back yard. You were completely blind when throwing them. We survived. But our above ground pool liner needed a few patches.

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graveybrains@reddit

Now I’m wondering if they could put a hole in a roof

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TerrySilver01@reddit

My 12 year old self can confirm that they’ll pierce an RV…

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Beneficial-Economy11@reddit

...they also break air conditioning units.

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RailroadAllStar@reddit

Dude we’re so close to the “TIL phones used to have spinning number wheels to dial phone numbers, and they used to be connected directly to the wall with a cord.”

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BigPoppaStrahd@reddit

THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME

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TheBrawlersOfficial@reddit

Lawn darts will always have a special place in my heart! Or at least that's what the doctor told me when they took the x-ray to find the lawn dart shrapnel.

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GelflingMama@reddit

Holy shit they found an OG Lawn Dart! 😮

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mattchewy43@reddit

That oversized dart was found in their yard? Weird.

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lucysnakes@reddit

FUN FACT: these are now illegal to sell. When I wanted to buy a set for my husband, we had to do this whole cloak-and-dagger eBay process where they tell you it’s an empty box and you have to cryptically ask if the contents are in there but they can’t admit it. $150 and I could have just gotten an empty box. Turns out he was the criminal I needed for that perfect Christmas crime.

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JBSConCarne@reddit

I have 2 full boxes of them that I got from estate sales

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z12345z6789@reddit

Stocking up for the apocalypse. Smart.

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Trixie1143@reddit

The murder hornets of our generation.

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graveybrains@reddit

The real murderers were the friends we made alone the way

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Far_Mission_8090@reddit

i got a set of those for my 10th birthday. it was so easy to accidentally throw them straight up.

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gooch_norris_@reddit

She was pegged in the head with a lawn dart Her dad didn’t see her, that’s the worst part She was pegged in the head with a lawn dart Now they’re off the shelves at the K Mart

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