If you're tall you do this without jumping to assert dominance
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I just hit my head into street signs.
They had it coming.
"teenage"
How do you do, fellow kids?
Did this at work last month, I am 35.
Tried it at with last year at 42 and realized i needed to do a bunch of stretching first.
You gotta keep that youthful exuberance going, man. Keep killing it out there.
I broke my hip doing this on the way to Bingo last week.
I'm so glad today's youth is still playing Bingo
Now that I'm in my thirties I no longer have to (can) jump
I'm so fucking tires of these stereotypes based on nothing at all. I'm 40 years old and haven't stopped jumping to touch that shit.
I'm so fucking tires

Boys grow about a foot taller between 10 and 16, and most people's arm span is about the same as their height, so the overall increased reach is significant. I was taller than average after a huge growth spurt, and I remember realizing how many things I could jump up to touch that weren't in the realm of possibility before that. You better believe I was jumping up and touching stuff.
It's not just teenagers who like it.
It's just that adults tend to refrain from actually doing it.
Came to say this. The urge doesn't go away. We just are more selective about picking the best time and place.
There's an emergency fire doorframe I pass a few times a day that is perfect height for me to 360 dunk on. On the rare occasion that nobody else is in that hallway, you know I'm tappin the fuck outta it
I have several friends who are trans men who have reported to me that the urge started after they started testosterone. It always makes me smile :)
Is this like always having to clack tongs a couple of times every time you pick them up?
There was a metal street sign by my high school that was bent from so many people doing this.
LOL, perhaps the city should have invested in reinforcements
Honestly it may have made it worse given how boys are as teenagers. I feel like someone would have stolen dad's angle grinder 😅
the only thing stopping grown men from doing it is our knees not handling jumps the way they used to :(
im a fan of the head bump, where you jerk your head back at the same time you slap it and people think you hit your head. so funny
The behavior doesn't stop but it does start with the crazy growth spurt in height that is pretty unique to teenage boys (AMAB). Suddenly things that were way out of reach become reachable, like in the course of 6 months.
I've taught math at every grade level (elementary, middle school, high school, college) and can confirm this is indeed a universal truth.
As a short guy, this was not something I got to take part in a lot of the time and now that my ankle is fucked I'm not even going to chance jumping or running anymore.
Kinda surprised by all the joint pain ITT, especially knees. Age alone doesn’t do this.
Knees are remarkably hard-wearing joints, capable of continued high mileage well into old age. I hope y’all are using those knees so you can keep using them for many years to come!
Kinda surprised by all the joint pain ITT
Obesity is a hell of a drug.
Also sitting for 8 hours a day and not leaving your home except to grocery shop
The pull cord to the attic hatch in the hallway ceiling. Who else is with me? When I could reach that without jumping, I knew that day that I was a man (I was twelve).
I took so much of the popcorn off the ceiling my mom got upset.
I've always considered more of a "can I jump high enough to reach that? I bet I can reach that." The tapping just adds to the satisfaction of a success.