> made explosives out of match sticks, bolts and nuts

I used to do similar crazy things, had this friend who liked to play a kind of a game of chicken with an M-80, see who will hold on to it the longest. He would've been 45 years old today. /s

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wartywhoa23 6 hours ago | parent [-]

My elder brother would've been 47 this year should he not die aged 2 of sudden acute disease that doctors of that day and place couldn't stop. What's your point?

	▲	dwattttt 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That "things were better in the old days, all this safety culture is pointless" overlooks the tragedies we became inured to back in those days? I cannot count the number of times I've heard "we never bothered with that" with things like refrigerating leftovers, and its unspoken rider of "and it was fine" is never followed up with "look how foodborne illnesses are rising, or at least not dropping". Very curious.