• ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nz
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    7 hours ago

    Hoooold up just a minute. How much do these glasses cost? Like hundreds right? What kind of teen boy has that much money to burn? I sure as fuck didn’t, and I worked. Their parents bought them, and these are kids, so it’s 100% blame on the parents here.

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      2 hours ago

      No different to mobile phones or iPods or PlayStations. Pair of meta raybans are arguably cheaper than those items now due to inflation.

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      6 hours ago

      Even if the kids bought them it is still the parent’s responsibility to keep their kid from being an obnoxious pervert.

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        4 hours ago

        That’s what really sucks about this.

        There’s no institutional backlash. (At least not yet. That could change.)

        We’re depending on parents who park these little shits in front of screens and expect to be left alone while their kids are radicalized.

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      6 hours ago

      I had thousands as a teenager from around 15 years old working part time evening and weekends at barely above minimum wage.

      When you have no expenses from living at home, you can save everything (and in my case blow it all on electronics lol)

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      6 hours ago

      When I was 16 and started working, I quickly had enough money saved from working minimum wage, part time, to buy myself a car. It’s not impossible.

      Also, these may be kids/young adults, but they should all know right from wrong. Blame is absolutely on the students who use these too.