The good old days

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surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 101 pts · 2d (8 replies)

My wife does spins whenever she's wearing a dress that will float out. I probably would too if I fit in such a dress.

Hazel@piefed.blahaj.zone · 49 pts · 2d (6 replies)

I feel like dresses are probably the most forgiving piece of clothing fit-wise.

djdarren@piefed.social · 26 pts · 2d (2 replies)

As a fat, dress wearing guy: yes.

papalonian@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2d (1 reply)

You've seen a fat suit. Now try fat dress.

djdarren@piefed.social · 14 pts · 2d

Every dress I wear is a fat dress.

dontgogettingtooclever@piefed.social · 4 pts · 2d (2 replies)

Honestly, I find hospital scrubs very forgiving. Medical staff looking fine in those greens and blues

spittingimage@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2d (1 reply)

They're so comfortable, too.

dontgogettingtooclever@piefed.social · 1 pts · 2h

I had a pair that lasted through my teens and 20s. That's like, compared to fast fashion, scrubs are the John Wick of clothes.

Malica@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 2d

The swoosh šŸ˜

yakko@feddit.uk · 93 pts · 2d (3 replies)

It's fun to watch my kid attempt a cartwheel, he turns about 1 radian and then folds onto the floor. He'll get it right one of these days, but I think I like this part better

ccunning@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 2d

Rad

Bgugi@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2d (1 reply)

diagram of 1 radian, about 60 degrees Lol, same

yakko@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 2d

I'm hardly any better

skadi@jlai.lu · 61 pts · 2d (9 replies)

True that I see less people doing this, but there are some that keep it alive, my sister still randomly cartwheels everywhere she goes, she even learnt how to do it while holding her beer, and without spilling it !

jaybone@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 2d

Ok, that I’d like to see.

okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2d (5 replies)

Yeah, disbelieve. We're gonna need to see a gif or something of your sister doing this.

EDIT: This is how to properly internet. Take notes younglings. This is how you summon content šŸ˜‰

Rooster326@programming.dev · 20 pts · 2d (4 replies)
brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2d

18 years ago

Prehistoric YouTube is the best.

skadi@jlai.lu · 9 pts · 2d

Yup that's pretty much this ! With a tad more momentum so she's able to remove the hand on the ground mid wheel

okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2d (1 reply)

I didn't realize you weren't who I replied to at first and was mega confused why your adult sister looked 11.

mirshafie@europe.pub · 5 pts · 2d

I was like "holy shit these hipster lemmings and their cathode ray tube TVs"

yakko@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 2d (1 reply)

That is the most arresting thing I've heard all day.

Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 3 pts · 2d

Damn cops! Always ruining things...

manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml · 51 pts · 2d (3 replies)

I'd do a cartwheel if I had the body of an 8 year old, I can't even do the dishes without backpain now

Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 2d (2 replies)

I turn my seat heaters on for back pain

Viceversa@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2d (1 reply)

Why would you need the back pain?

PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2d

Makes me feel alive.

Fizz@lemmy.nz · 44 pts · 2d (1 reply)

Im not a women but im gonna hit a cartwheel on my way to work tomorrow for the tweet poster. Hopefully I can still do it and don't fall into the mud.

:update: I did but it was a shit cartwheel. I'm way heavier than last time I did one.

Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 19 pts · 2d

Hopefully I can still do it

Honestly, I used to do a lot of cart wheels as a boy, because fun. Now my shoulders and back say 'uh, sir, you're like 200 lbs, gtfo'

Wispy2891@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 2d (9 replies)

In my country a woman suspected of murder did a cartwheel while waiting to be interrogated and the police basically took that as an admission of guilt

okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2d (2 replies)

Pretty sure cops regardless of country will take any out of the norm behavior as an admission of guilt. They just be like that

uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 34 pts · 2d (1 reply)

I recently used this as an example of how mass surveillance escalates suspicion. If you drive home from work the same way for months and then change your route, that can be grounds for suspicion and investigation. Nevermind, you just charted a better path home.

And as law enforcement works in the US, post PATRIOT act, if you can be investigated under general suspicion, rather than for a specific crime. And you will be charged for any crimes discovered. And if you are in sight of the police (e.g. in an ALPR database) then every possible set of behaviors and conditions are suspicious.

TheShamMirrors@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 2d

In both times you've brought it up then, you are correct

grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 20 pts · 2d

Whimsy detected!! Deviant thoughtpatterns likely!! Danger!! Danger!! Crush it quickly!

Viceversa@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2d (1 reply)

Maybe the victim was murdered by a cartwheel.

PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2d

Killer cartwheel.

Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 2d (2 replies)

I'm sorry, what?

Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2d
PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space · 5 pts · 2d

It's a cultural thing. You wouldn't understand.

WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social · 26 pts · 2d

I saw a girl under 10 do cartwheels today. First time in a while.

frittoBee@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2d (4 replies)

I work at a primary school and I see random cartwheels almost every day.

frog@feddit.uk · 32 pts · 2d (2 replies)

I work at a Home Depot. I also see cartwheels all the time.

WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2d (1 reply)

I certainly wouldn't put it past home depot to hire elementary school kids!

frog@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 2d

Literal toddlers at customer service

strop@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2d

I work at a cart factory

Malica@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 2d

I know a few people that still do and I treasure them

silasmariner@programming.dev · 15 pts · 3d (7 replies)

Maybe, hopefully, OP just doesn't spend as much time with girls as he did when a little boy. Anyway random cartwheels are definitely still a thing.

Edit: turns out I can't read

Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 55 pts · 3d (1 reply)

He definitely said in the post that women don't do random cartwheels, not girls.

ccunning@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 2d

This is because society is evil and killed the cartwheel impulse in their soul.

CorrenteAlternata@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 2d

I think OP was saying that as they grow up girls stop doing cartwheels. Because grown girls don't do cartwheels. I think you should see it as a "we live in a society" meme

ccunning@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2d

Edit: turns out I can't read

This is because society is evil and has killed the reading impulse in your soul

Delphia@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 3d (2 replies)

Can confirm, have 6yo daughter obsessed with perfecting her cartwheels.

WoodScientist@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2d (1 reply)

Tell her that most girls lose their cartwheel magic as they get older. Encourage her to keep it up and to not ever be afraid to do one!

korazail@eviltoast.org · 4 pts · 2d

Boys (and girls) lose their jumping out of trees magic too. Getting older sucks.

Keep that magic as long as you can. The more magic you use, the longer you get to keep it.

grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 2d

Back when boys were boys and girls were dizzy

Grass@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2d

that reminds me. when I was a kid I tried to do a cartwheel repeatedly until I fell in a really painful way and then after that I'd just watch others do cartwheels enviously

joyjoy@piefed.social · 9 pts · 2d

Be the change you want to see in the world. Transition, then do a cartwheel in a skirt.

ennof@feddit.org · 9 pts · 3d

They still do random carthweels.

thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 2d (2 replies)

Vertikal rotierender Frau

Sly2@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2d (1 reply)

thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2d

at first glance this looked like lost lace from hollow knight silksong

Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2d

Read this, quite literally did a cartwheel in an act of whimsy and solidarity against the encroaching darkness before responding.

(It was actually kind of fun and my back only hurts a tiny bit. One handed cartwheels used to be the preferred move, but fuck no).

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2d (1 reply)

I had a co-worker in her early 30s, who was a former gymnast, and also coached gymnastics. She'd not only occasionally knock out a few cartwheels in the hallway, but she could also still do aerials.

Aerial example: https://youtu.be/BUj32xhdJ4s

strop@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2d

Aerials in the sky

PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.space · 5 pts · 2d

These days, they also skip the light fandango.

RBWells@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d

I still cartwheel. One trick pony in that way, I can only do the cartwheel. When kids are doing them I will casually throw one and it always amuses them. I'm near 60.

They don't take much strength, it's inertia that carries you over. Hand, hand, foot, foot.

ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2d

Cartwheels get replaced by Fossamax.

okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d (6 replies)

What goes blonde, brunette, blonde, brunette, blonde?

::: spoiler spoiler A naked woman doing cartwheels. :::

lime@feddit.nu · 23 pts · 2d

ok whatever dude

lol_idk@piefed.social · 5 pts · 2d

This is exactly what killed the impulse to cartwheel

thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2d (3 replies)

what???

what a weird comment

consider shutting up

okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 2d (2 replies)

what???

I think you left off a few question marks.

what a weird comment

Can you elaborate? I am mega curious what you find objectionable since this comment has a very controversial vote score. Genuinely curious, please.

consider shutting up

::: spoiler šŸ”ƒ :::

thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2d (1 reply)

commenting (especially in the form of not-particularly-funny jokes) about naked women when women are mentioned has toxic cishet man vibes

ew

weirdo

okwhateverdude@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2d

So swapping the gender of the joke makes it okay? If I left the gender out entirely? Is it the mention of nudity? Why is mentioning naked women toxic vibes? I mean, you did come into a shitpost community where the humor probably isn't always to your liking. And then had the audacity to tell me to shut up lol.