Banbeck

(Disclosure, I am a parent and a happy one.) There is something so bleak about the quiet child hate in the modern world. To me, it implies on some level a lack of hope for a better future. This is as far as I can tell, a systemic problem of the modern world. Yes, bad kids are annoying. We've all been there. The problem is the behavior, not the fact that the misbehaving human is young. I'd be perfectly fine with designated public "quiet zone" (like libraries have been forever) and most kids could probably handle that concept too. Exclude behaviors, not people. As another example the article mentioned older men harassing young female wait staff, for those cases have a "no-romance zone". Anyone who can't abide by the rules gets ejected from that space. It's not that complicated. The real issue to me is that some people are offended that the young exist. I don't like people much either in general, but I don't resent their very existence. Kids are good if for no other reason than to remind you what a fool you were at that age. You're probably just as much a fool now, just (hopefully) in new and interesting ways.

Well, looks like this is the end of any social media use for me. Reddit was already hanging by a thread for me. Not being able to use Apollo for this will be the last nail in the coffin.

The day I can't use Apollo to browse Reddit is the day I ditch it entirely. It's mostly just a toilet scroller for me anyways.