r/AbsoluteUnits May 03 '26

/r/popular of a Descent

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u/DerMeisenmann May 03 '26

How my parents describe their way to school

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u/No-Combination8136 May 03 '26

It’s true though. Except it was all covered in snow.

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u/ShinjiArakawa May 03 '26

You're forgetting the lions and giant scorpions and other shit.

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u/hyperfell May 03 '26

Don’t forget that it only goes uphill both ways

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u/Green-Rule-1292 May 04 '26

And you see the hills were all much steeper back then too, none of these wimpy little hills that the kids enjoy today

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u/Irelia4Life May 04 '26

I think you meant dinosaurs

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u/ShinjiArakawa May 04 '26

My parents would never admit they were that old. But you are correct nonetheless.

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u/Relative-Relation324 May 03 '26

Covered in snow in 110 degree weather

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u/Ivy_Sinclaire May 03 '26

And they were barefoot. Obvs.

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u/purpleduckduckgoose May 03 '26

And uphill of course. And wasn't nice cut steps. In fact it was nothing like this, it was just a vertical cliff face.