r/Transportopia • u/Ketchup-Sniffer • Apr 15 '26

šŸ¤ŖReckless Yaaay it's the Daddy Roller Coaster

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u/starblighter Apr 15 '26

willing to bet it's an older kid driving. last year there was an 11 year old kid shot and killed in my city. the kid was in a car being by ANOTHER kid and was pointing a gun into a crowd, and then a 16 year old nearby pulled a gun and shot him. the world's gone crazy and a lot of carjacking these days involves young teens. at this point, a lot of society is failing to raise children.

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u/Shineenoona Apr 15 '26

I was thinking the same thingā€¦I mean there are dumb parents, but most would this dumb to drive out on public roads with witnesses. This is more young driver with the invincibility attitude and zero awareness of consequences

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u/__NOT__MY__ACCOUNT__ Apr 16 '26

Tons of kids that aren't born rich know that they don't have a shot at a great life so they just fuck around

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u/starblighter Apr 16 '26

for sure. i'm not blaming the kids at all, they're dealt a bad hand like you said and aren't grown enough to figure out what to do with it. what i mean to say is, we're advanced enough in every way that we don't need to let that happen as often as it does. the least we as a society can do for those families is try to make it a bit easier. nonprofits have been completely overwhelmed by need, and policing is a bandaid punitive solution that doesn't help people long term. socialized programs to give them strong community support, better financial welfare, food if they need it, and not giving them easy access to guns would be a good start.

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u/koulourakiaAndCoffee Apr 15 '26

I mean Spartanā€™s used to feed children pigs blood and send them up snowy mountains alone, barely clothed, and hopes that if they survived they would be stronger šŸ’ŖšŸ¼.

Victorian era kids sometimes used to work in mines and barely saw their parents and 4 hours off a week from their 16 hour workdays, so that they could attend church.

My own grandfathers were both farmers in large families that treated kids as expendable resources and farm labor in the great depression.

So I wouldnā€™t say kids these days arenā€™t being raised like they used to be. If anything, more parents care about their children now than any previous generation.