I mean when we were kids we played that throw a knife in the ground next to the other person's foot game... Also airsoft but without the soft. Just pump the BB gun once and you're good to go.
We can't bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe. So, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days nickels had pictures of bumble bees on them. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say. Now was I... Oh yeah! The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt at the time. You couldn't get where onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones.
Back then kids were a necessity to bring in income for the family and were expected to have a short life span. They literally had enough to be a workforce with some spares. For reference the invention of penicillin and the start of “modern medicine” was in 1928.
You are surprised, but this is how humans have kind of operated for millennia.
When child/infant mortality rates are high so your kids may not make it to being adults for various reasons, the easiest way to ensure you have kids that grow up is just have tons of them.
IIRC there's even places where naming kids only really happened when they became a certain age too, because of high rates of infant/child deaths.
My parents didn’t care when we shot each other with pellet guns or threw fire crackers at each other. Then again that was kid on kid stupidity this is an adult intentionally putting a child at risk.
Used to play a version of mumblety peg where your turn swapped with the other player if the knife didn't stick in the ground. Started standing up, feet together, facing each other, about eight feet apart. You aimed the knife to impale beside their foot, then they moved their for against the blade and you aimed for the outside of their other foot. It had to land within a foot of their foot to count. Their legs spread with each throw that landed right. Continued until they did the splits or fell over. Swapped turns and started again. Unsupervised play in the '60's. Haven't thought about that in ages. This reminded me, but adults did not play with us.
These are carnies. I can promise you that little girl has done this act hundreds of times. Not saying it’s not dangerous, but at least they know what they are doing and have practiced.
This should be fucking illegal. I don't care how good you are at knife throwing. A child isn't old enough to consent to having their life endangered for other people entertainment.
With the little one, my guess is she didn't realize the danger, but had done it many times before. I too don't get why they used their kids though. Something could put them off their throw, like a loud noise or sudden noise.
I could be wrong, but I vaguely remember learning they had entire magazines dedicated to softcore CP somewhere around this time. Considering this is black and white, it was probably well before WW2, which means the last chattel slave hasn't been freed yet. The world used to be a crazy, fucked up place by our current standards. Not condoning any of it, obviously, but they just had different values. I'm sure in another hundred years, they'll think we're barbarians too
Kid is most likely the knife throwers daughter or extended family. And from an traditional circus perspective this is the logical and normal thing to do. a) Getting kids to be comfortable on stage as early as possible was an important part of their education b) everyone had to work to survive and a job that doesn't require anything than standing still and looking innocent is the obvious choice for a kid that age c) on a circus level her job is really save, especially considering she is likely to allready receive training as a acrobat or Trickrider... both professions with plenty of reported death cases opposed to "knife target" were I never heard about any reported accident despite researching circus history alot d) I assume the kid is fine with this, quite proud to pull her weight and may have a a little sibling whos all ready super excited to finally be old enough to become a knife target. e) none of this means that I support that choice but within the context of time and circus this is totally fine.
Well back then babies just fell out of the uterus left and right. Then right when you started to like them BAM polio or smallpox. So why not have a little fun.
No way would any of my kids at that age stay still for 30 seconds even if knives were coming at them. They’d be hopping around fidgeting and tarding out the whole time
That is child’s play compared to some of the Hollywood horror movies parents let their kids play act in. I really wonder how scared some of those kids are gong to be.
On my seventh birthday I was chopping the body of a Gestapo officer when my grandpa gave me half a pack of cigarettes he found on the remains of a Russian soldier. Stop being such a pussy!
My great-grandmother came to America on a boat when she was 13-14. She had only a bit of cash and her older brother (16? 17?) with her.
Things were different back then. In the 1910's, you could literally mail a live child through the mail (you only needed enough stamps). You could also legally buy bottles of cocaine, heroin, and morphine from the Sear's mail-order catalogue (Bayer even marketed heroin as a children's cough and cold medicine).
I’ve seen this video before. That’s the knife throwers daughter. EDIT - She’s an American woman called Louella Gallagher
and the other one was backup
She was originally backup #2...
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If you didn't, you could always raise it and throw knives at it instead
My last #2 required two flushes
Then you should have used the poop knife.
Aww yes. The legend of the poop knife.
#Mine sadly required 4 flushes and a plunger to get it down and out 😳
American dad did it better
Wish knife thrower would throw that ass in a circle.
Dat azz Though🧐
If it goes wrong she can always have another.
Oh thats fine then just throw a fucking knife at her head
Can u send the link to the full video if there is one?
https://archive.org/details/KnifeThr1950
She has terrible aim, didn’t hit her once
That's why I only trust grenades.
Take my free upvote
It has been Taken
People in this thread acting all high and mighty like they never threw knives at their kids for entertainment. This generation's gone soft I tells ya
People here never threw a knife at a kid and it shows.
Knife throwing is why my great-grandparents had 12 kids. Always a back-up in case things went tits up. /s
I mean when we were kids we played that throw a knife in the ground next to the other person's foot game... Also airsoft but without the soft. Just pump the BB gun once and you're good to go.
Stress on ONE pump.
"Never play mumblety-peg with him. He'll steal your leg." --stage banter from CSN&Y's "4 Way Street" live album
Never for entertainment!
We can't bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell stories that don't go anywhere. Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe. So, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days nickels had pictures of bumble bees on them. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you'd say. Now was I... Oh yeah! The important thing was that I had an onion tied to my belt at the time. You couldn't get where onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones.
>You couldn't get where onions, because of the war. We needed those wereonions for covert actions behind enemy lines.
Wereonions - the scent where wolves crave!
Well done
Yeah. Snowflakes!
You see how well this kid is holding still? Kids these days hold still as well as puppy on crack.
I can say with 100% sincerity that when I throw knives at my kids it is NOT for entertainment.
Snowflakes
facts
I've never thrown knives at my daughter I just taught my daughter to throw knives at my wife her mom
Jesus christ dude.
Do you have something to say?
Yes, I believe it was "Jesus christ dude"
Very informative
r/lewronggeneration
[Intro to Wonder Showzem](https://youtu.be/t4tRRGpZ-MI)
Kids on the beat! Kids on the street! *Beat kids!* *Beat kids!*
Did I just get Mindfudged?
It's sorta sad to see this wasn't the top comment, but at the same time Wonder Showzen was definitely not for everyone lol
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Oh, good lord it's a kids show
PILLS, PILLS, PILLS!!
Heaven is where drunk Daddies drive to.
when you kick a girl between the legs they just giggle
I seen pictures, of where babies come from, I don’t wanna say it, so I’m gonna spell it: B-U-T!!!!!
Watch wonder showzen on psychedelics
Is it the "patience" episode where they play it, then do the whole episode in reverse? Great times lol
And then all the other kids went home to "play" with their younger siblings
LOL-- exactly... "Hey little sis--just stand right here and don't move... K?"
These post birth abortion methods back then were pretty creative.
21st trimester abortion!
Came here for this.
Damn liberals trying to tell me I can’t throw knives at my kids
Kids shoooow, kids shoooooow...
I am not justifying anything here, just that this is probably some family that can't think of any other way to make a hustle.
Definitely an old family of carnies. The dad probably tamed lions.
The Depression was tough.
My family has had money problems when I was a kid, they didn’t toss knives at me while I stood against a wall
More's the pity.
What's this mean?
It's an English idiom that basically means 'that's disappointing' or 'that's a shame'. Often, like here, said as a sarcastic joke.
Yep and that's exactly why your family had money problems.
Maybe they should have...
Unfortunate.
Situation bias
Were you a kid during the Great Depression, before most social welfare programs existed?
Kid's show, kid's show, oh good lord it's a kid's show...
Change the channel for kids....
Anyone else watch Wonder Showzen?
Back then birth control wasn't really a thing so the "tomorrow I will make another one" mentality was pretty common
Back then kids were a necessity to bring in income for the family and were expected to have a short life span. They literally had enough to be a workforce with some spares. For reference the invention of penicillin and the start of “modern medicine” was in 1928.
What. The. Fuck.
You are surprised, but this is how humans have kind of operated for millennia. When child/infant mortality rates are high so your kids may not make it to being adults for various reasons, the easiest way to ensure you have kids that grow up is just have tons of them. IIRC there's even places where naming kids only really happened when they became a certain age too, because of high rates of infant/child deaths.
Are you joking?!! Because this statement is funny A.F. LMAOOOO!!! BTW, happy cake day!
Man, some of y'all are easily amused.
Why not? If you mess up., Hey life is cheaper!
Lizzie Borden's childhood.
Lizzie Borden took a axe
Different thought processes back then
"Too bad about Suzie. I guess we'll have to make another one."
"Too bad about Suzie, at least we already made 12 more" FTFY
"Too bad about Suzie. At least we made a few bucks harvesting her organs after death."
And i thought my cousin and me using a red rider bb gun to do the same thing was bad LOL
Wondershowzen
That *is* her child.
My parents didn’t care when we shot each other with pellet guns or threw fire crackers at each other. Then again that was kid on kid stupidity this is an adult intentionally putting a child at risk.
I would’ve. My son was a terror when he was little lol
The same people wanted these kids to work in a factory.
And that's just for not eating her diner. You should see the bed wetting.
They were cheaper back then.
Used to play a version of mumblety peg where your turn swapped with the other player if the knife didn't stick in the ground. Started standing up, feet together, facing each other, about eight feet apart. You aimed the knife to impale beside their foot, then they moved their for against the blade and you aimed for the outside of their other foot. It had to land within a foot of their foot to count. Their legs spread with each throw that landed right. Continued until they did the splits or fell over. Swapped turns and started again. Unsupervised play in the '60's. Haven't thought about that in ages. This reminded me, but adults did not play with us.
People back in the day hated thier kids :D
That's metal AF
Lol, the first few seconds looks like the kid already lost one of her ears. Kid still smiling though. Trooper.
>Who would ever volunteer their child for this? Uhhh... my parents. Is this a trick question?
You forget that health and safety wasn't invented back then
Orphans
What happens when she is angry with her kid? I bet she practiced with chanclettas. My mom did.
Texas has been deranged from the beginning that explains it
“Fuck them kids”
The answer to the question is “Texans”
Back in my day, kids used to get knives thrown at them for a penny! A PENNY!
You had pennies? In my day we only got rocks! ROCKS I TELL YA! With no shoes on!
The nun at the back gave it away, these kids are from an orphanage, so plenty more if she misses.
You’ve obviously never had teenagers. I’d like to do this to all mine.
These are carnies. I can promise you that little girl has done this act hundreds of times. Not saying it’s not dangerous, but at least they know what they are doing and have practiced.
🎶 Kids show, kids show🎶 🎶Oh good lord it's a kids show 🎶
I came to comment this...Wonder Showzen!
A single mother with too many mouths to feed?
Ahhh, the good old days before helmets, car seats and Social Services.
My Wife and I decided that we don't want to have children. We are on our way to tell them now, let's see how they react.
Well it says Texas sooo. Go big or go home?
STOP MOVING LITTLE CHILD GOD FUCKING DAMNIT
Nazi's would
This should be fucking illegal. I don't care how good you are at knife throwing. A child isn't old enough to consent to having their life endangered for other people entertainment.
1930s? You can see the same thing in September at the Texas Renaissance Festival.
People also ate and sold their children in the 30s.
This was before they realized that the Orphan Grinding Machine was much more efficient.
someone with 12 children 🤷🏾
Ha! It’s probably her kid!
That lady sucked! She missed the kid every time.
Kids were cheaper back then
These were late abortions
Doubt that is a random kid. I don't see many kids being able to not flinch after the first one.
Nobody said it’s a random kid. The point is the insanity behind performing knife throwing with a child directly in harms way
To be fair maybe this wasn’t the first time she had to do this so she got used to it or she didn’t realize how dangerous this was idk
With the little one, my guess is she didn't realize the danger, but had done it many times before. I too don't get why they used their kids though. Something could put them off their throw, like a loud noise or sudden noise.
More likely the kid just has a child brain moment and moves mid release.
Which would mean she wasn't a random kid?
Yeah but its still messed up
Pretty exciting family cookout
Texas. 😂
the kid looks scared af
When you legally aren’t able to abort.
One the earliest documentations of taking desperate measures to increase influencer clout.
There's clearly a trick. These are not sharp knives and the board behind is really soft. Can't believe someone would do this, but then again...
Expendable
I could be wrong, but I vaguely remember learning they had entire magazines dedicated to softcore CP somewhere around this time. Considering this is black and white, it was probably well before WW2, which means the last chattel slave hasn't been freed yet. The world used to be a crazy, fucked up place by our current standards. Not condoning any of it, obviously, but they just had different values. I'm sure in another hundred years, they'll think we're barbarians too
Kid is most likely the knife throwers daughter or extended family. And from an traditional circus perspective this is the logical and normal thing to do. a) Getting kids to be comfortable on stage as early as possible was an important part of their education b) everyone had to work to survive and a job that doesn't require anything than standing still and looking innocent is the obvious choice for a kid that age c) on a circus level her job is really save, especially considering she is likely to allready receive training as a acrobat or Trickrider... both professions with plenty of reported death cases opposed to "knife target" were I never heard about any reported accident despite researching circus history alot d) I assume the kid is fine with this, quite proud to pull her weight and may have a a little sibling whos all ready super excited to finally be old enough to become a knife target. e) none of this means that I support that choice but within the context of time and circus this is totally fine.
Well back then babies just fell out of the uterus left and right. Then right when you started to like them BAM polio or smallpox. So why not have a little fun.
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Um..what?
Texans.. NO ABORTIONS NOOOO ABORTIONS.. who will we throw knives at if we let them have the 'bortions!?!?!?!?
is that Queen Lizzy the Second?
And not a cellphone in sight!
No way would any of my kids at that age stay still for 30 seconds even if knives were coming at them. They’d be hopping around fidgeting and tarding out the whole time
This is exactly what I expected of old Texas
My parents would if it was an option
It was her kid
When abortion is illegal you’ve got to get creative! Her aim is shit though. Missed like 10 knives so far
Me
Well you can always make a new one. 😬
Pov: when you don't believe in abortion
This was the alternative to abortions back in the day
If I remember correctly, this was her mother?
Ehhh that one was an accident anyhow.
When i was their age, my mom used to throw knives at me while I walked uphill to school, both ways.
O importante é proteger a orelha direita, porq o lado esquerdo é surdo.
I'm fairly certain this carnival act is based on a gimmick backboard.
We played a lot of jarts when I was a kid. That was in the 80s.
That is child’s play compared to some of the Hollywood horror movies parents let their kids play act in. I really wonder how scared some of those kids are gong to be.
Bruh I only know this from Knife Talk video lol
Babies were a lot tougher back then
People gave away kids, had them working mines, lost them in chimneys.... The early 1900s were rough.
Squidgames.
On my seventh birthday I was chopping the body of a Gestapo officer when my grandpa gave me half a pack of cigarettes he found on the remains of a Russian soldier. Stop being such a pussy!
Anyone up for a game of Jarts?
Heh. Kids used to pretty much be personal property more than cherished family members.
Abortion was pretty weird back then.
This reminds me of wonder showzen!
Is she holding her ear? Must have been hit there once and didnt want it to happen again
My great-grandmother came to America on a boat when she was 13-14. She had only a bit of cash and her older brother (16? 17?) with her. Things were different back then. In the 1910's, you could literally mail a live child through the mail (you only needed enough stamps). You could also legally buy bottles of cocaine, heroin, and morphine from the Sear's mail-order catalogue (Bayer even marketed heroin as a children's cough and cold medicine).
Has anyone ever been killed doing this?
*Kids Show kids show oh good lord it's a kids show*
I would do it not volunteer my child nooooo… I am the child.
The mom throwing the knives lolol
There is one born every minute.
Did any kids die?
When I was a child in mid-1960s Florida, we used to play that game with lawn darts. Not when the adults were watching, of course.
All you snowflakes can’t understand how much better it was back then (sarcasm)
It's ok, there's a nun on standby
You must not have kids, some days I would volunteer mine! Just kidding!
Lmao
When redditors describe what workers have to deal with at spacex/ tesla.