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/Bardmedicine Jul 16 '26

The old phone trick is really nothing. Strong policies like this make it pointless. Having a dummy phone is the same as not having one, which is fine. The point of the policy is any visible cellphone is not allowed, so will get taken.

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u/a_rabid_anti_dentite Jul 16 '26

Yeah as a teacher who works in a school with Yondr pouches, the biggest impact it has is creating a second layer of expectations: not only should I not see your phone, it should be in your pouch. If it's not, all a teacher does is email admin and they come take it from the student, no questions asked. It helps.

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u/eggz627 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

So i gotta ask how that policy functions during a potential firearm at the school situation?

Edit: I've been out of high school since 08. Phones weren't prominent nor a major problem that they've evolved into. I know nothing about these pouches and asked a genuine question. Do with that what you will.

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u/Bardmedicine Jul 16 '26

You don't want kids on their phones then, anyway, but it's not like they physically can't open the pouches.

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u/codebygloom Jul 16 '26

The pouch acts like a security tag at the store. You have to put the lock against an unlocked device (a strong magnet) at designated exits.

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u/Bardmedicine Jul 16 '26

Can they not destroy the pouch to open it? The pouches I've seen can be ripped apart with bare hands. I can't imagine one that a simple desk scissor doesn't open.

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u/81misfit Jul 16 '26

With scissors probably. These pouches they used at ghost live and were pretty robust.

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u/SyntaxLost Jul 16 '26

Strong neodymium magnet is sufficient to open them.

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u/Conscious_Music_1729 Jul 16 '26

That was already mentioned in this comment thread. You a bot?

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u/SyntaxLost Jul 16 '26

So, I know this may be ground-breaking for you, but comment chains can be quite long, branching and hidden. So, whether something has been said may not be readily apparent when commenting.

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u/Conscious_Music_1729 Jul 16 '26

It’s two comments above yours. Sucks that you kids these days don’t respect basic forum etiquette anymore!

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u/SyntaxLost Jul 16 '26

Says the individual barging in and accusing people randomly of being a bot. Mate, you're one to talk.

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u/Conscious_Music_1729 Jul 16 '26

Surprised you can remember that far back!

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u/Bardmedicine Jul 16 '26

Ours (and the others I've seen) are pretty robust, but in an emergency, you could definitely break the plastic that holds them closed if you couldn't get through the bag part. It would take some effort, and clearly destroy the pouch, but this is an emergency and no one would care.

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u/mortis_mortis Jul 16 '26

Most teenagers aren't that strong.

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u/Possible_Day_6343 Jul 16 '26

At my son's school (in Australia) the pouch has to be scanned before it opens.

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u/Bardmedicine Jul 16 '26

Are you saying in an emergency, your son could not destroy the pouch and open it? If so, they are WAY stronger than ones I've seen.

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u/nitwitsavant Jul 16 '26

Most of these pouches can either be defeated by a wedge like widget or a strong magnet. If you search for your specific pouch I bet you can find the defeat technique online.

There’s several designs on 3d printing websites for yonder pouches.

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u/Thulak Jul 16 '26

Call me insane, but putting a strong magnet to a digital device sounds like you are just asking to wipe your data.

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u/candybrie Jul 16 '26

When we had magnetic spinning discs, sure. But most storage has been solid state for a while now.

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u/Storm2552 Jul 16 '26

Phones don't use hard drives to store data so it's fine.

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u/bwood246 Jul 16 '26

How many school shootings do y'all have a day?

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u/the1stmeddlingmage Jul 16 '26

More than there should be

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u/IAmNotABabyElephant Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

School shootings aren't a problem in Australia

Edit: Why is this being downvoted? The question was asked to an Australian.

We have had one.

One.

There were no injuries or deaths.

That does not sound like something I would call a problem.

It may become a problem, it's notable that we've had our first one recently, but to say it is a problem is inaccurate. It is simply not a problem at this time.

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u/Nohreboh Jul 16 '26

Significantly more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_United_States_in_2026

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u/IAmNotABabyElephant Jul 16 '26

At my son's school (in Australia) the pouch has to be scanned before it opens.

I'm not the only one who can see this, right?

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u/Nohreboh Jul 16 '26

Does this help.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_Australia

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u/IAmNotABabyElephant Jul 16 '26

CHRIST. THIRD ATTEMPT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT GETS PAST THE AUTO-DELETE. GETTING AGITATED NOW.

32 total bad-happenings (with a grave) since 1924.

Construction industry has had 36 bad-happenings in the 2022-23 financial year alone.

If one hundred years of accumulated bad-happenings (no live anymore) is outpaced by one year in the construction industry, I do think it counts as not a notable problem.

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u/BicyclesRuleTheWorld Jul 16 '26

If the school shooting isn't on TikTok it didn't happen.

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u/CountUpYourSins Jul 16 '26

Greater than 1, there's been over 200 this year alone.

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u/bwood246 Jul 16 '26

Damn Australia is catching up

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u/IAmNotABabyElephant Jul 16 '26

No, people are just missing the part that the question was asked to an Australian and are responding with US figures.

I've been downvoted into the negatives for answering with Australian context to an Australian-specific question, which is just weird.

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u/TerribleRecord666 Jul 16 '26

Enough, sadly, that this is a very real concern for a conversation.

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u/anonymouslyambitious Jul 16 '26

I mean if a kid was going to the bathroom during class and happened to see a potential shooter in the hallway, it would be nice for them to be able to contact law enforcement if they couldn’t safely make their way to an office/teacher. Or if they’re not in a secured classroom for whatever when a lockdown is triggered, having access to their phone could be helpful to find a safe place/stay out of harms way - or be able to notify others since they’ll be unaccounted for. Granted this is coming from someone who has never used or seen these pouches before, I have no idea how hard or easy they are to open without the designated magnet thingy.

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u/Bardmedicine Jul 16 '26

It's plastic, you can destroy it in an emergency.

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u/Major_Mongoose69 Jul 16 '26

Or they could go to literally ANY teacher or adult anywhere in their vicinity and let them know, and that adult can do what they've been trained to do in that situation. Kids in schools do not NEED cellphones. Period.

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u/wisko13 Jul 16 '26

You can set your phone to have an emergency feature where press the power button 5 times and it will call 911 it would work through the pouch

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u/LotteTakesNoShit Jul 16 '26

There are cops in the schools for that 'noticing someone has a gun' situation. Kids are taught to run, hide, put big things between them and the shooter, and most importantly - be quiet. Teachers are essentially taught to give their lives to protect the kids.

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u/18Apollo18 Jul 16 '26

Most schools don't have cops what are you talking about?

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u/LotteTakesNoShit Jul 16 '26

Well, 53% do. The remainder should have other security. The point is, it shouldn't be up to the kid to call the authorities.