Would it help promote the occasion to say any of the following?

"When I was a kid, we didn't have a special day aimed at encouraging us to get off our asses."

"When I was a kid, parents didn't feel guilty about allowing children to face what was then regarded as 'acceptable risk.'"

"When I was a kid, if you didn't know enough to look both ways it was thought that your demise would cull the herd of weak links."

OK, your turn.

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