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The hidden costs are in the ER visits


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dylan604yesterday at 9:21 PM

Or your home insurance company dropping your coverage because you didn't declare the trampoline yet they found it while surveying aerial imagery

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dlcarrieryesterday at 10:40 PM

My parents dug a hole in the ground for a trampoline, so it was flush with the ground. It was great because you couldn't accidentally fall off, and it was safer than doing any given stunt on regular ground.

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Georgelementaltoday at 1:49 AM

Work in ER, can confirm

gryfftyesterday at 8:54 PM

Almost everyone I knew who broke a bone growing up broke them on a trampoline. As an adult, every story I've heard involving someone's kids and a trampoline ended up involving a cast at best.

... And yet. I wonder. I can remember the feeling of freedom and joy in my body as a child, joy in movement itself that I have never recaptured in any meaningful way no matter how I ever tried to motivate myself to exercise...

Swimming is also dangerous, but is considered a very healthy and useful activity and skill. I could see a similar cost/benefit analysis for trampolines and other gymnastic equipment.

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