Comments on: Antique photo of flying child http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 20:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: - - http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359736 - - Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359736 i tried this on my kid and he started blacking out. kinda freaky.  depending on speed, i think this can ramp up to a lot G's fast. best is under the arms since dislocated elbows are common for kids (yes, i know kids who get dislocated elbows from spinning).  heh, sorry to ruin all the fun. i tried this on my kid and he started blacking out. kinda freaky.  depending on speed, i think this can ramp up to a lot G’s fast. best is under the arms since dislocated elbows are common for kids (yes, i know kids who get dislocated elbows from spinning).  heh, sorry to ruin all the fun.

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359655 SomeGuyNamedMark Sat, 03 Mar 2012 15:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359655 Adults aren't much better.  We'll allow ourselves to be poked and groped and abused at airports just to prevent the 1 in a billion chance that someguy from the other side of the world will want to blow your plane up.  The obsession with security at all costs is out of control. Adults aren’t much better.  We’ll allow ourselves to be poked and groped and abused at airports just to prevent the 1 in a billion chance that someguy from the other side of the world will want to blow your plane up.  The obsession with security at all costs is out of control.

]]> By: Nezrite http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359623 Nezrite Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359623 I believe that was back in '29, or as we called it, "The Year of the Mighty Tail Wind." I believe that was back in ’29, or as we called it, “The Year of the Mighty Tail Wind.”

]]> By: swishercutter http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359609 swishercutter Sat, 03 Mar 2012 13:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359609 He is not making the baby fly.  Clearly he is just trying to pull his baby back from the poltergeist that is clearly photographed in the left corner. This man is a hero. He is not making the baby fly.  Clearly he is just trying to pull his baby back from the poltergeist that is clearly photographed in the left corner.

This man is a hero.

]]> By: miasm http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359503 miasm Sat, 03 Mar 2012 03:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359503 This is the proper method to employ when dowsing for windows. This is the proper method to employ when dowsing for windows.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359434 Antinous / Moderator Sat, 03 Mar 2012 00:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359434 Like six stories up? While almost certainly full of opiates, benzodiazepines and anesthetic agents? Like six stories up? While almost certainly full of opiates, benzodiazepines and anesthetic agents?

]]> By: frozenintime http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359415 frozenintime Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359415 Does anyone remember the stink when Michael Jackson held his son over a railing? Does anyone remember the stink when Michael Jackson held his son over a railing?

]]> By: David Wyatt http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359251 David Wyatt Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359251  When I was 5 you couldnt pull me off my bike, when I was 12 you couldnt pull me off my dirtbike, I fell down fast and stood up harder and stronger.  Every generation thinks/knows that the next is getting weaker and coddled.  I brought a small/slow dirtbike to a group of family members and I couldnt get a SINGLE KID to ride it.  The little worms were truly fearful of nearly everything, frisbees, footballs, soccer balls, bugs, rain, loud sounds, sunset, birds.....Not a joke sorry. Seems this whole "SECURITY" thing has given to making parents and children afraid of damn near everyone and everything.  "SEE ANYTHING REPORT ANYTHING" Ill never understand why people will give everything they hold dear just to hide and be afraid.  For instance, if I had a house full of $1000.-- guitars, and I was so worried about them that I sold them all to buy protection/alarms/dogs/guns/cameras.  All I would be left with is a well secured lonely room. I have a nice story...True story... Im in a kitchen with about 10 adults, a 5 year old boy stands up on the chair and people start saying things to him.  "get down" "youre going to hurt yourself" "wheres his dad" Then the kid JUMPS way off the chair and people start slightly over-reacting.  Then his dad enters the room and people tell on the kid, the dad takes one look at the chair and says  "yeah but can you jump off the counter?"  Which the kid promptly did a few times while a few fools rolled their eyes as if the father was in the wrong. What are you raising?   When I was 5 you couldnt pull me off my bike, when I was 12 you couldnt pull me off my dirtbike, I fell down fast and stood up harder and stronger.  Every generation thinks/knows that the next is getting weaker and coddled.  I brought a small/slow dirtbike to a group of family members and I couldnt get a SINGLE KID to ride it.  The little worms were truly fearful of nearly everything, frisbees, footballs, soccer balls, bugs, rain, loud sounds, sunset, birds…..Not a joke sorry.

Seems this whole “SECURITY” thing has given to making parents and children afraid of damn near everyone and everything.  “SEE ANYTHING REPORT ANYTHING”
Ill never understand why people will give everything they hold dear just to hide and be afraid.  For instance, if I had a house full of $1000.– guitars, and I was so worried about them that I sold them all to buy protection/alarms/dogs/guns/cameras.  All I would be left with is a well secured lonely room.

I have a nice story…True story…
Im in a kitchen with about 10 adults, a 5 year old boy stands up on the chair and people start saying things to him.  “get down” “youre going to hurt yourself” “wheres his dad”
Then the kid JUMPS way off the chair and people start slightly over-reacting.  Then his dad enters the room and people tell on the kid, the dad takes one look at the chair and says  “yeah but can you jump off the counter?” 
Which the kid promptly did a few times while a few fools rolled their eyes as if the father was in the wrong.

What are you raising? 

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359210 LightningRose Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359210 Psalm 137:9King James Version (KJV)  9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. Sorry. I just can't help it. Psalm 137:9King James Version (KJV)

 9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

Sorry. I just can’t help it.

]]> By: twodimensionalme http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359185 twodimensionalme Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359185 This baby can fly even better:  http://designtaxi.com/news/351715/Photographer-Captures-Her-Flying-Baby/ This baby can fly even better: 

http://designtaxi.com/news/351715/Photographer-Captures-Her-Flying-Baby/

]]> By: estragon_nyc http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359151 estragon_nyc Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359151 It's even funnier when you know the context: http://i.imgur.com/gDSPw.jpg It’s even funnier when you know the context:

http://i.imgur.com/gDSPw.jpg

]]> By: wrybread http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359123 wrybread Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359123 You're probably right. For some reason I woke up all pissed off about baby seats today. I probably just need some coffee. You’re probably right. For some reason I woke up all pissed off about baby seats today. I probably just need some coffee.

]]> By: Red Pill Junkie http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359059 Red Pill Junkie Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359059 Vintage planking! Vintage planking!

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359057 SamSam Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359057 I still see plenty of dads do their with their one-year-olds. I don't think overprotective coddling is necessarily universal even now. I still see plenty of dads do their with their one-year-olds. I don’t think overprotective coddling is necessarily universal even now.

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359020 Incipient Madness Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359020 The earliest known example of a planking image.  The earliest known example of a planking image. 

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359017 David Pescovitz Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359017 Brilliant. : ) Nice one. Brilliant. : ) Nice one.

]]> By: wrybread http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1359016 wrybread Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1359016 Good to see a time that people didn't treat babies like babies. So much of our legally mandated cottling strikes me as a little much. To legally require baby seats in cars is a good example of this, in my opinion. And yet we can all ride on busses, babies included, without even the presence of seatbelts... Good to see a time that people didn’t treat babies like babies.

So much of our legally mandated cottling strikes me as a little much. To legally require baby seats in cars is a good example of this, in my opinion. And yet we can all ride on busses, babies included, without even the presence of seatbelts…

]]> By: snagglepuss http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1358998 snagglepuss Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1358998 Clark and Pa Kent in a touching family snapshot. Clark and Pa Kent in a touching family snapshot.

]]> By: crnk http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1358997 crnk Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1358997  More impressive than the act of flying is the general lack of motion blur!  (though I guess distortion of his legs is significant...)  More impressive than the act of flying is the general lack of motion blur!  (though I guess distortion of his legs is significant…)

]]> By: Dave Horton http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1358995 Dave Horton Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1358995 They still do this in some parts of the world. They still do this in some parts of the world.

]]> By: arbitraryaardvark http://boingboing.net/2012/03/02/antique-photo-of-flying-child.html#comment-1358985 arbitraryaardvark Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146762#comment-1358985 Refenestration. Refenestration.

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