When climbing tings, I use a batarang exclusively.
I am not sure if it is a case of "kids these days" or just kids. I was never the kid to ruin stuff for the hell of it and never really understood why anyone would, especially in the case of something like this that other people enjoy. It is kind of like pissing on public toilet seats - why??
Yeah I can never figure out why guys piss all over the place in public. In Boston it's bad, people shit on the floor and intentionally clog the toilet. Would love to jab them with a batarang!
The batarang has many usecases!
Hey, @tarazkp.
Yeah. There are definitely kids who are going to do whatever they want, especially if there's more than one of them. That, I think, has been going on since time immemorial.
The tendency is, you finally get away from your parents, there's that one guy with the not so smart idea, and the next thing you know, everyone's in on it.
In this case, though, while there's always been some level of non-parenting, I think it's reaching critical mass. Adults just seem to be tuning out to the little devices in their hands and so the kids don't have any supervision whatsoever. And they know it. They also know they're going to get away with a lot of things, too, even if the parents do find out.
You and I grew up similarly. I didn't participate in all kinds of tomfoolery, partly because it didn't compute. In my case, however, my actions were ruled by a number of things, a major one being the punishment I thought I would catch when my parents found out. And they always found out. One of them, usually my mother, was always around somewhere, especially in public, so there was either a first person eyewitness, or someone willing to squeal. Mostly my sisters. :)
I always figured batarangs were the only way to climb. :)
It's sad when we are out places and all I see is parents fondling the device in their hands, not playing with their kids at all. Obnoxious!
Hey, @cmplxty.
Yeah, it's becoming the pacifier for the parents while children end up doing whatever it is they do.