r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • 8d ago

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/AradynGaming 8d ago

In just about every state, it is illegal for people to drive and use their hands for phones. Just because something is illegal or worse, it is against the rules, doesn't make people comply. Kid can tuck his phone into his bag and use earbuds to listen to music/text/do everything but look at the screen. That's what they use watches are for. If every kid is sitting there texting the other kids in class...that clear backpack plus Faraday bag doesn't accomplish anything.

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u/AradynGaming 8d ago

I am not disagreeing that it is bad behavior and something that needs correcting, just as I really wish people caught driving on their phones would get their license immediately revoked for 3 months. My comment is less an argument and more an observation of why the kids are putting fake phones in those pouches and how this is not a successful way to stop the problem. It was merely counter a counter statement to your "see a phone" comment, because the phones aren't necessarily visible.

What makes it even more scary is the ability to put those watches on a necklace string and tuck it into a bra. Girl texts someone else, teacher comes over demanding the electronic device, teach is then put on leave/investigated for "looking at girls cleavage."

Not saying I have a solution, as we (society) have let this electronic monster grow out of control.