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paretoer 88 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Are We Still Making Unshaded Playgrounds?

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.

Woshiwuja 88 days ago [–]

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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