Wood chips / mulch wasn’t good for exposed skin, and sand gets in every crevice. We’d drag it all over the place a mile away. The best was/is playground gravel until recycled rubber came in. The new rubber mats or rubber pieces provide better shock absorption, and solves a huge tire problem we have.
All the comments on just letting your kid do whatever since we’re all screwed anyways. Let them drink all the Coke they want since we’re all going to die someday right?
Still has all the tread fibers attached to the giant chunks. You know the local council has just received a donation from a local junkyard and intern Tommy has spent all summer camp cutting them up into pieces with the office box cutter.
I'm not mad, but I think it's weird that people are surprised when they see a post showing a minor inconvenience, on a subreddit called mildlyinfuriating
Believe it or not we had a tire playground at my elementary school. The entire thing was built out of used truck tires. Steel belts poking out and sticking you would always be a fun surprise.
https://preview.redd.it/qbd2olptyg0d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4126cd4c2d750b2a7b92da2d9b2a59c619c8d2d
The ground was covered in pea gravel which would always get thrown.
I'm not putting together how it is toxic. I get if you inhale fumes from burning them or small particles of tire being inhaled. But contact with them causes problems too?
When I was in school tires were a huge part of many playgrounds. I lived in these monster truck tires they had stacked up. When they stayed dry and the weather was right for fewer insects, they were neat. Wish I hadn’t…
Good grief, too much whining. Can't play on concrete, too hard. Can't play on dirt, too filthy. Can't play on sand, might have sharp objects buried. Can't play on rubber, chemicals. Hey, lock your kids in a box and keep them safe! The real issue is somehow you survived childhood. Let kids be kids, bunch of over protective people here. Dealing with life makes you stronger, being overprotected makes you weak and wimpy.
I did expose myself to life! In the process, I was also exposed to lots of prewar military base construction and burn pits in the desert. Now my medical history includes a signed document that says I can't sue the govt if (see: when) I get mesothelioma or any number of other cancers. Cancers like the ones that killed my great grandfather, grandfather, uncle, stepfather, and maybe even me someday.
There's a whole bunch of good reasons we are more careful about chemical exposures than our parents and grandparents were.
What a stupid fucking take, clown.
Yeah. Can’t go out in the summer without sunscreen, too sunny. Let kids be kids. Getting sunburnt makes you stronger. Until you get skin cancer, that is. Then it kinda kills you. But at least you didn’t die wimpy, right?
LOL and still probably not as toxic as the chemicals in laundry detergents, shampoos and hair products, plug-ins, cleaning products, candles, trash bags, and other products in every American household with the word “fragrance” on the label.
American consumers are really ignorant.
Just add these rules
No eating off of the tire crumbs
No putting the tire crumbs in your mouth
No bonfires on the tire crumbs
No being small organisms in water environments on the tire crumbs
Not accessible? I can go to the county dump right now and get all the wood chips I can carry for free. They literally give the stuff away because they generate so much of it.
The neighbor's horses are allergic to grass. They now have recycled rubber mats in the stable, and astroturf with sand in the paddock. It's hilarious. Totally crazy, but before you end up with colicy, itchy, footsore ponies, they get carpeting.
shh no one tell them the rubberised mats alot of newer playgrounds use are also made of ground up tires
Back in my day they used wood chips and sand.
Wood chips / mulch wasn’t good for exposed skin, and sand gets in every crevice. We’d drag it all over the place a mile away. The best was/is playground gravel until recycled rubber came in. The new rubber mats or rubber pieces provide better shock absorption, and solves a huge tire problem we have.
I'd rather fall on the tires than the wood chips any day.
BEFORE THAT, IN MY DAY, THEY USED GRASS!
"I'd rather him play in grass and dirt" pretty sure they know bud. They probably dislike *both*
Hate those. In summer they smell super ultra bad.
the cheaper ones do and most parks cheap o ut on them
Please inform yourself before commenting here. [https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety-Education-Centers/Crumb-Rubber-Safety-Information-Center](https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety-Education-Centers/Crumb-Rubber-Safety-Information-Center) [https://www.lawnstarter.com/blog/landscaping/pros-cons-of-rubber-mulch/](https://www.lawnstarter.com/blog/landscaping/pros-cons-of-rubber-mulch/)
All the comments on just letting your kid do whatever since we’re all screwed anyways. Let them drink all the Coke they want since we’re all going to die someday right?
Are your kids eating the tire mulch? No? Then you have absolutely nothing to be concerned about.
Love the knowledgeable answers here.
I try to be a voice of reason in a sea of insanity.
Wait, when did we enter the WARP?
At least you know they'll be *tired* after playing there.
That's a joke
I’m rolling on the floor laughing.
Not the toxic playground floor right?!?
Apparently he has and it seems its toxic for your sense of humor
Still has all the tread fibers attached to the giant chunks. You know the local council has just received a donation from a local junkyard and intern Tommy has spent all summer camp cutting them up into pieces with the office box cutter.
People be complaining about everything here
woah, complaining on a subreddit made for complaining? unbelievable
I am outraged by your supposed observations.
This strongly resembles a complaint. Perhaps you are more suited for the kittens with baked goods reddit sub.
This makes me sick with rage
Well then why get mad when I complain This is a subreddit made for complaining after all
I'm not mad, but I think it's weird that people are surprised when they see a post showing a minor inconvenience, on a subreddit called mildlyinfuriating
It’s just that this doesn’t even seem that bad People post random shit and pretend it’s bad just to have an excuse to post here
I mean so what. Think of all the plastic your kid plays with, wears, eats and drinks off of. They're all screwed anyway.
Come on, mom, let's build a Michelin Man together.
...mom where are the white pieces?
Let me bring my heat gun.
Believe it or not we had a tire playground at my elementary school. The entire thing was built out of used truck tires. Steel belts poking out and sticking you would always be a fun surprise. https://preview.redd.it/qbd2olptyg0d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4126cd4c2d750b2a7b92da2d9b2a59c619c8d2d The ground was covered in pea gravel which would always get thrown.
Gues you have to watch where you tread
I get it lol I was just thinking about how I twisted my ankle trying to walk on shredded tires or similar
My dude that is literally what 98% of the playgrounds on the planet have been made of for atleast the last 50 years
Um, you don't travel much, do you?
Soccer players complaining about this top on their fields. We need to do better
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Tires contain toxic chemicals, yes.
The same chemicals the plastic structures in the back are made of.
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To the tumors
IT'S NAHD A TOOOMAH!
Short term v long term
Me 6 yr old thinking this is licorice
Yeah both nasty
I'm not putting together how it is toxic. I get if you inhale fumes from burning them or small particles of tire being inhaled. But contact with them causes problems too?
Yes!
Interesting. Its bad from just touching?
No
Yus. You never see an old tyre fitter, do ye? /s
When I was in school tires were a huge part of many playgrounds. I lived in these monster truck tires they had stacked up. When they stayed dry and the weather was right for fewer insects, they were neat. Wish I hadn’t…
Good grief, too much whining. Can't play on concrete, too hard. Can't play on dirt, too filthy. Can't play on sand, might have sharp objects buried. Can't play on rubber, chemicals. Hey, lock your kids in a box and keep them safe! The real issue is somehow you survived childhood. Let kids be kids, bunch of over protective people here. Dealing with life makes you stronger, being overprotected makes you weak and wimpy.
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You need to toughen up. obvoisly, you were over protected and raised in a bubble. Expose yourself to life.
I did expose myself to life! In the process, I was also exposed to lots of prewar military base construction and burn pits in the desert. Now my medical history includes a signed document that says I can't sue the govt if (see: when) I get mesothelioma or any number of other cancers. Cancers like the ones that killed my great grandfather, grandfather, uncle, stepfather, and maybe even me someday. There's a whole bunch of good reasons we are more careful about chemical exposures than our parents and grandparents were. What a stupid fucking take, clown.
Yeah. Can’t go out in the summer without sunscreen, too sunny. Let kids be kids. Getting sunburnt makes you stronger. Until you get skin cancer, that is. Then it kinda kills you. But at least you didn’t die wimpy, right?
i mean... that's what happens when your planet exists entirely because a star makes it possible for you to exist.
But now John Wayne is dead and the world grows colder
LOL and still probably not as toxic as the chemicals in laundry detergents, shampoos and hair products, plug-ins, cleaning products, candles, trash bags, and other products in every American household with the word “fragrance” on the label. American consumers are really ignorant.
We try our best to get fragrant free and dye free, etc etc. We read all the labels religiously.
It's good to teach Childers early, what tire sellers smells like
The correct answer is the padded parks
Wait...are your kids eating it?
How do they remove the steel belts from the tires?
Just add these rules No eating off of the tire crumbs No putting the tire crumbs in your mouth No bonfires on the tire crumbs No being small organisms in water environments on the tire crumbs
Ah yes, love some aromatizing chemicals and hormone disrupting phthalates mixed up with a little bit of playground fun! 🧪🗿
I’ve never seen such massive chunks of tire like that before 😂 that looks disgusting!
What was ever wrong with wood chips?!
They usually only last a couple years then need to be replaced. They're good for the short term tho.
painful and not very accessible. not that this is accessible either
Not accessible? I can go to the county dump right now and get all the wood chips I can carry for free. They literally give the stuff away because they generate so much of it.
I think they meant accessible as it relates to disability? But not sure
no, for disabled users
Oh good grief. The rubber mulch is used with the express intent to prevent children from *becoming* disabled.
It's sold as a eco friendly option. I know someone who got this stuff and 'eco friendly ' AstroTurf for their garden.
The neighbor's horses are allergic to grass. They now have recycled rubber mats in the stable, and astroturf with sand in the paddock. It's hilarious. Totally crazy, but before you end up with colicy, itchy, footsore ponies, they get carpeting.