r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26

Unskippable ad Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone

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My freinds school is now requiring these items, and is also using AI to promote this 🫠

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u/eggz627 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

So i gotta ask how that policy functions during a potential firearm at the school situation?

Edit: I've been out of high school since 08. Phones weren't prominent nor a major problem that they've evolved into. I know nothing about these pouches and asked a genuine question. Do with that what you will.

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u/a_rabid_anti_dentite Jul 16 '26

As others have elucidated, what are you expecting a child with a cell phone to do in that situation?

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u/asonbrody Jul 16 '26

Generally its not about survival because of a phone, its being able to say goodbye to your parents in case you don't survive

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u/PlateForeign8738 Jul 16 '26

I really wonder what goes in on in the minds where this point is even made. Like kids absolutely should not have cell phones during class time.

Using this strawman argument of being able to say goodbye in a horrible situation is just not a well educated answer to this problem we have.

It seems like someone who was on their phones too much during high-school.

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u/ChompyChomp Jul 16 '26

What if the child needs to dictate a last-will and testament to a lawyer during a school shooting over their phone though?

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u/Siktrikshot Jul 16 '26

Kids def need to have the temptation and distraction at all hours of the day at the detriment of their learning, attention span, and respect to the teacher JUST IN CASE they may have to say good bye when they are dying.