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 šŸ« 

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u/SpaceeVampire Jul 16 '26

When I was in middle school, one of my parents form of ā€œpunishmentā€ was making me wear the same outfit, every day for a whole week to school. Humiliation was the tool here. Obviously I snuck clothes and changed on the street or at school. But I wouldnā€™t have wanted people seeing me walk around with my extra clothes. Point is, thereā€™s always something weird going on in peopleā€™s lives they donā€™t want shared, kids especially! This isnā€™t just taking privacy, itā€™s taking dignity away.

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u/cymonium Jul 16 '26

Iā€™m sorry your parents bullied you and you had to live through that. It must have been tough. Iā€™m glad you were able to figure out a way around it. Brilliant!

I agree about privacy. Kiddos canā€™t respect privacy if theyā€™re not afforded it.

Also, adults donā€™t stay off their phones. How can we expect kiddos to do it? Are we just preparing for a tighter police state in society? Tech isnā€™t going away. We have to evolve with it, figure out how to learn with it. Enforcing prison type rules on our youth isnā€™t the way.

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u/Vennomite Jul 16 '26

Yeah. But we should think of the kids safety. I mean what if someone brought a howitzer to school. We dont want them hiding such a dangerous tool in their packpack!