i saw the depressingly small jungle gym box thing standing while eating outside at the local burger king and it got me sad. they used to be much larger, with bridges and such and they used to have these sometimes sprawling, large indoor ones, which really felt like you were exploring something.

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i was at some mcdonalds once which had a race track, like, you could race against other kids and see who would clear the parkour the fastest.

i love seeing these things which were made for kids and you can really feel the adults making the things really meant it. they really wanted to make a fun and interesting experience for the visitors. that’s beautiful in my eyes.

i wish you a wonderful day in which you don’t need to hide yourself.

  • gandalf_der_12teEnglish
    6·
    2 days ago

    i wish you a wonderful day in which you don’t need to hide yourself.

  • cRazi_man@europe.pubEnglish
    15·
    2 days ago

    I take my kids to these soft play activity centres. There are loads of parents running around inside these with the excuse of looking after their child… Their child is off in another corner having fun, and so is the parent. I see you man.

    • maria ~OPEnglish
      12·
      2 days ago

      please don’t call me man. but yesssss there really are plenty parents in there too when i went to one of these.

    • autriyo@feddit.orgEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Where I live they do evenings just for adults, its really fun. Being silly in the ball pit with random grown up people definitely restored my faith in humanity for a while.

    • maria ~OPEnglish
      7·
      2 days ago

      do you mean posts with real images orrr do you mean the vibe this one gives?

      cuz if it’s the second: yeaaaa hahaaaha -… I can certainly lean more into that but I’m not sure others will like that >v<

      • puppycat (she/her)
        English
        6·
        2 days ago

        thw second one ><
        like the applesauce pureed apple one an when u edit a not nice meme to be nicer

        dunnooo, makes me feel little an safer feelin ><

        • maria ~OPEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          mhm mhm i see ~

          imma keep that in mind for future posts. i do like taking that kind of role here anyway, sooo that’s what I will do.

          i did post something kinda related a long time ago, see here. it’s a different style, but mayyybe you like it. it was from a much sillier time of mine so you will have to look past the wording a bit… you will see what I mean.

          anyway, I’m really happy to find peeps here that enjoy seeing these kinds of posts cuz I reeeeeally like making them. Lilac x White story posts are great, but these have a much warmer character.

          anyway, reading you comments made me really happy. I’m always sooooooo glad when peeps really dig this vibe because I love giving it----

  • craftrabbit@lemmy.zipEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Actually, a birthday party where me and my friends rent out one of these (but like one that is also accessible to people who are not small) sounds like a lot of fun. I think adults in jungle gyms is a healthy level of whimsy.

  • lenalenaEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    memory unlocked: as a smol kid i went into one of these big ones and it was like a linear thing where at the end there was a slide back down and throughout the thing there were different areas and obstacles and such and at some point it was too difficult for me and i had to turn back :<