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/Jolly_Ad2446 Jul 16 '26

Put a dead old phone in the bag, put feminine hygiene products in your clear bag. 

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u/spei180 Jul 16 '26

Nothing wrong with feminine hygiene products. They should be seen as basically toilet paper.

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u/uluviel Jul 16 '26

Yes, all 11-year-olds know this, and would never embarass a classmate for what is obviously a natural body function.

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u/SoundsOfKepler Jul 16 '26

If a student has a disability, the clear bags remove the dignity of dealing with that discretely. I would have hated to have the various items I needed for Type 1 Diabetes exposed to everyone (and no, these are things that when you need them, you need them now, so don't even start with suggestions about lockers or the nurse's room.) For a student with incontinence issues, this would make school even worse.

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u/spei180 Jul 16 '26

Is this sarcasm? Honestly people.

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u/Unexpected117 Jul 16 '26

You really can't tell? You've also clearly never been bullied at school

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u/Shibbyman993 Jul 16 '26

Ya sorry man you dont understand how kids can be to eachother if you dont think they are going to make comments when they see period products

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u/spei180 Jul 16 '26

Kids do this because the adults are doing this.

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u/WitchQween Jul 16 '26

I think they were implying that you hide your phone in with your hygiene products because no one will dig through them.

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u/spei180 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

Again, why would someone be afraid to touch an unused tampon? This bizarre unnecessary fear of what is basically toilet paper.

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u/InboxMeYourSpacePics Jul 16 '26

As a middle school girl (and honestly even as a high school girl) I definitely used to be embarrassed about needing to take a pad out when going to the restroom. Just because you don’t think people should be embarrassed doesn’t mean young girls won’t be embarrassed and want to avoid getting made fun of if, for example, they start their period a lot earlier than their peers etc

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 Jul 16 '26

Depends if they're already used or not...

But a whole backpack full? Think of the smell...

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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 Jul 16 '26

My dog begs to differ.