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In Amerikkka, militarized state security forces hunt down children for the crime of having fun. (hexbear.net)
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[–] 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I really lucked out missing all this surveillance state shit. I honestly feel like it stunts a kid's development in ways we don't understand yet - I was able to get myself to and from school, completely unsupervised, from fourth grade onwards (and yeah I occasionally skipped days Ferris Bueller style), and nowadays I'm aware of high school kids who've literally never done anything like that before.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    (and yeah I occasionally skipped days Ferris Bueller style)

    holy shit. I'm only in my early 30's and I can't imagine getting away with skipping an entire day -- or more importantly where I'd have been able to go in my wretched car-based city as a minor on a school day without any money etc.

    there is definitely too little room for shenanigans like that in our lives now

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    It helps that I wasn't doing it nine times a year, more like once or twice, so the administration had bigger fish to fry. I remember when I was seventeen driving up to the school and seeing that they were checking everyone's bag, saying "fuck that", and simply turning around and driving home. I don't even think I had anything, I just balked at the idea of being searched.

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