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[–] catshit_dogfart@lemmy.world 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Yeah I hear that a lot in my own town.

"Kids these days stay inside too much" kids go outside and they're calling the cops. Gee wonder why the kids don't go outside anymore.

 

You know, nothing summed it up quite like the whole Pokemon Go craze. It was wild, people of all ages were out like it was a festival every day. I've never seen main street so active before or since, and the parks too. That was like the best four weeks, perhaps a feeling I haven't had since being a kid on summer vacation, it really felt like summer meant something again.

And oh my god the old folks were livid. At kids playing. In the park. There are people in the city park, there aren't supposed to be people there, it's supposed to be empty and dilapidated.

[–] Sivitri@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Man it's wild to me how hard people hate on kids having areas to play. I live near an empty lot that used to be a pool and the city wanted to turn it into a skate park. There's some old grump with a homemade sign slung over their fence with "WE DON'T WANT A SKATE PARK" scrawled on it like?? Come on, give the local kids a safe place to play that isn't a parking lot. I'm for it and I don't even have kids!

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Depending on how close the fence was to the property line, that sign might be litter. Just sayin'

[–] Dark_Blade@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

He’s a black kid. The people doing this don’t want black kids out, they want them inside cells or caskets.