Clear Backpacks + Pay to Keep Your Phone

[u/TheAeroplaneBear2906]

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

[u/stefje82]

I'd beg the differ. It's rather strange to exclude yourself as a kid in a bus of known other kids. I could see them banning earbuds and such in an effort to stop dissociative behavior.
It's obvious people cannot handle modern technologlies (just picture 20-30 yrs old in public transport), so it's best to keep them away from it if it's not necessary.

Edit: It wasn't about the buds, I know. But I could still see myself supporting such a rule.

[u/emilitxt → u/stefje82]

Today it's phones. 30 years ago it was PDAs and MP3 players. 60 years ago it was newspapers. If someone doesn't want to socialize while on public transport, banning them from using their phone isn't going to suddenly change that.

Also, I believe you mean "anti-social behavior" not "dissociative behavior".

Dissociating or dissociative behaviors are when someone's thoughts, feelings, behaviors and perceptions of reality are disconnected with one another in some way. Dissociation is typically seen in certain mental health conditions such as Dissociative Identity Disorder or panic disorder.

Anti-social behavior, on the other hand, is behavior that is seen as a harmful or disruptive to society and impedes people's "pursuit of happiness" right. Essentially, any behavior that would be considered outside of the societal norm would be considered anti-social behavior -- so, for instance, a child choosing to sit alone and talk to no one on the bus versus choosing to sit with friends and socialize.

I guess, technically, you could use the term "dissocial behavior" instead of "anti-social behavior", but given how similar dissocial is so dissociate it would likely wind up causing more confusion to do so.

[u/stefje82 → u/emilitxt]

Well written,
My focus of the topic was on the development of children and how to stimulate regular social behavior (or preventing 'bad' ones). I think in my years there were walkmans and I'm sure you wouldn't have been allowed to use them in a schoolbus.
Can't really recall any kids walking around with these things. I was probably too low class and they were relatively more expensive.

I've just been experiencing more dissociative/anti-social behavior from people nowadays. For example a young couple moved in next door and they couldn't be bothered to make any kind of contact, unless forced (by exiting the house, accidentely almost stepping into them).
Have been seeing that a lot more recently, people almost completely shut in their own circles.
I'm not much for socializing myself, but I'm also not actively avoiding human interaction.

[u/emilitxt → u/stefje82]

Personally, I think a lot of the social shortcomings we've been staring to notice in the younger generations can be attributed in large part to COVID restrictions. I mean, these are kids who, during an important developmental period, were forcibly removed from their primary social space (school) and were only able to access their peers via technology.

[u/stefje82 → u/emilitxt]

It's a separate issue, but very much true.
Covid hasn't been the best for society. I'd dare to see the impact on health was minimal compared to the damage to our society. (not speaking for the US, where apparently they fell like flies, if I have to believe certain Reddit groups)