ptoothfish (but beige)19h ago

“gIvE kIdS tHeIr cHiLdHoOd BaCk”

so… you mean fund recreation centres and out of school activities? NO

sports clubs and increasingly walkable cities? HAHA NO

playgrounds, green spaces, skate parks, libraries, any non-commercial spaces where kids don’t have to pay to exist? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

oh… enforce realistic safety standards for urban SUVs and light trucks? WHAT HAS THAT EVEN GOT TO DO WITH THE PRICE OF EGGS?

so how exactly does one give kids their childhood back? BAN SNAPCHAT TIKTOK AND INSTAGRAM

oh… what about 4chan or stormfront or kiwifarms? DON’T BE OBTUSE WE CAN’T BAN THOSE HOW WOULD THAT EVEN WORK??!?

Show threadRenata 🇨🇦🐈🌈11h ago
@ptoothfish I think it’s funny because grown adults love nostalgia media like Stranger Things where kids ride their bikes around to run errands and play with their friends, attend city events, but when you propose some type of implementation of that for their kids - safe bikeable /walkable streets where kids don’t need parents to drive them everywhere, lots of public activities, clubs, they reject it all with RAGE
Show threadCooperation Denton (TX)
@renata
In addition to a rigid attachment to car-centric infrastructure, a lot of parents seem to have a zero-risk bias around "stranger danger"
@ptoothfish
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