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What's the most expensive thing you broke as a kid and what's the story behind it? (leminal.space)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mine was our CRT TV. I would rapidly push the power button on and off because I thought the picture coming and going looked cool but eventually it fell inside of the TV. I think I later stuck a magnet on the TV.

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[–] BallShapedMan 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how much my brother costs, but the three of us brothers were running across the top of monkey bars and jump kicking each other. I kicked my youngest brother off and he busted his head on the ground. It's ~40 years later and he still has the scar on the back of his head.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I thought that was going to end with him dead

[–] BallShapedMan 3 points 5 months ago

Oh wow, yeah I see that now. Oops!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, it seemed really flip