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Re:Why Are We Still Making Unshaded Playgrounds? by Woshiwuja on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @02:12AM (#41297262)
Today i learned USA city kids have a common enemy with italian kids on vacation: Scorching hot full metal slides that will leave 3rd degree burns on your body
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Re:Why Are We Still Making Unshaded Playgrounds? by paretoer on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @07:29AM (#41298974)
50 years ago at my elementary school playground in the US I remember a scorching reflective metal slide that would slide you right into pool of mud.

I haven't seen one of these slides in America in at least 30 years. Any new playground I have seen is made of plastic and/or wood but I guess that doesn't get the clicks.

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Re:Why Are We Still Making Unshaded Playgrounds? by Woshiwuja on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @07:53AM (#41299140)
Those are the worse. Its literally a sheet of metal, under the sun without any shade. Those were either 90C in the summer or -30C in the winter. No inbetween
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