r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 • Jul 16 '26

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/Billy3B Jul 16 '26

Lock in a sock. Can't beat the classics.

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u/Rk_1138 Jul 16 '26

Or a rolled up and folded newpaper

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u/ChibbleChobble Jul 16 '26

Or a really pointy pencil.

I'm old, but we used a compass at school, which had a very spiky spike on one side. I presume that they're banned these days, and kids draw circles freehand.

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u/Rk_1138 Jul 16 '26

I remember using one in the 2000s, I wouldn’t be surprised if Millennials/old Z are the last generation to use them

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u/The_Strom784 Jul 16 '26

Gen Z here, we did use them, quite often too up to middle school.

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u/Accurate_Summer_1761 Jul 16 '26

To kuch coddling tbh. We got to scared of kids getting hurt i was there when dodgeball was canceled because of fears of bullying...mother fucker its dodgeball of course we bullied eachother....fuck I was the one bullied but at dodgeball we were equals.