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Parents were polled "When I think about my child's experience growing up, I wish _____ had never been invented." (lemmy.world)
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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 91 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

Bicycles?? Almost 1 in 10 wish bicycles had never been invented for their kids?!

Thats the bigger headline for me

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have no idea how a few of those are possible. Newspapers? Radio? Bikes?

It's hard to guess. I suppose there are a sizeable number of drivers that really hate cyclists. Maybe some people hate newspapers/radio because they hate all media?

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 14 points 3 weeks ago

Those three things together read for me a parent that wants to control their child. Newspapers and radio bring information and ideas that the parent didn't introduce. Bicycles bring transportation and exposure to more of your city, which introduces ideas the parents don't control.

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

10% is within the normal bounds of “assholes who reliably pick the worst answers on a survey”. I would not think too hard about it.

[–] match@pawb.social 9 points 3 weeks ago

Ah, the lizardman constant

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

Fatal bicycle accidents, I assume. The one tripping me up is radio. Of all things

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

That devil music, rock and roll

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"I wish agriculture had never been invented"

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 6 points 3 weeks ago

"I wish baryonic matter would never have coalesced from primordial soup"

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Radio killed the bicycle star

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Could be weirdos who thought bicycles give their kids too much freedom. When they were first popularized that was a complaint especially of parochial village elders. They helped young people experience the world and leave the village. Particularly young women.

[–] cRazi_man@europe.pub 9 points 3 weeks ago

This survey sponsored by the unicycle gang.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Has to be parents that are overprotective and feel like parental failures if their kid gets a scraped knee.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

10% of the respondents live in Houston, probably

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Made me wonder if these are serious bike accidents

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Probably the same parents that don’t force their kids to wear helmets. Dorks don’t get brain damage.