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/pipnwig Jul 16 '26

It's a locked bag that has to be opened, probably by administration before they leave.

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u/Future_Mammoth Jul 16 '26

So the clear bags are to prevent school shootings but the phone pouches make it so kids can’t use their phones if there is an emergency? They don’t want the parents to be able to show up like in Uvalde

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u/Bizarrebazaars Jul 16 '26

Using phones during an active shooter situation can actually add risk.

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u/Future_Mammoth Jul 16 '26

How can you possibly know this? Even though we have a ridiculous amount of school shootings there can’t possibly be good data for this. Like how many school shootings did kids have their phones vs not have their phones? How can we see the phones asa causation to the amount of deaths in the those incidents over other factors?