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Hah! This brings me back to my teen years when we would bike over the border (NL->BE) to get fireworks in Liège. Those people sold everything that was illegal i

Hah! This brings me back to my teen years when we would bike over the border (NL->BE) to get fireworks in Liège. Those people sold everything that was illegal in the Netherlands and sold it all to us kids, too. We would cut them open and use the powders to create larger and strung together bombs to blow up everything we could find from post boxes to old TVs to some cabinets we found on the streets. Some off duty fireman found us and forced us to tell him were we lived. I can still feel his hand pinching on my ear as he dragged me back home to my parents.

Fnoord 6y ago
Biking from The Netherlands to Liège is quite some distance, regardless whether its from Eijsden or Maastricht. Its possible fireworks are going to be illegal this December (normally, you're allowed to fire them around New Year's Eve). Why, too much weight on health care sector already due to COVID-19. Up till age 12 or so, parents are legally responsible for their children. So if you're 11 and use a catapult to destroy gnomes in a garden, your parents are liable. I'm concerned about my children for a different reason. We're both nerds. We got nothing with fireworks and all that. I'm worried my children will be outcasts and get bullied, just like we both were. Additionally, for our boy I am worried about staying on the right path. Statistics show men are more likely to commit crime than women. Furthermore, women achieve better education than men, nowadays. To put it bluntly: I don't want my son to become alt-right white trash. I believe all of these concerns being normal for parents, and of all time. Being concerned or worried about your children is normal, as long as its reasonable. Its of all ages, except that women achieve better education than men; that is actually a relatively recent change.
- apexalpha 6y ago
  True, I should've said the Province of Liège. We usually biked to Visé or took the old train to Liège city. It depended a bit on where police would have checks. They were always on the lookout for kids crossing the border by them selves in November/December. As children no one listened to the rules about when fireworks were allowed, but I don't remember it being as bad as today. I, too, think it's the most normal thing ever to be concerned for your children. And the fact that you worry about this stuff already makes you a good parent. :)
- DarkWiiPlayer 6y ago
  > alt-right white trash I sure hope your children grow up to not use a persons skin colour as an insult. > Statistics show men are more likely to commit crime than women. A bunch of comments here have expressed the suspicion that this might be partly caused by the bias against "typical boy behaviour" resulting in a feeling of inferiority, making me wonder how much of that statistical discrepancy is caused by failed attempts at fixing it.
  - Fnoord 6y ago
    > I sure hope your children grow up to not use a persons skin colour as an insult. Heh I didn't know it was racist. From my PoV it is an accurate assessment though, so I'll use the term "alt-right trailer trash" instead (second part alternative term by Wikipedia [1]) > A bunch of comments here have expressed the suspicion that this might be partly caused by the bias against "typical boy behaviour" resulting in a feeling of inferiority, making me wonder how much of that statistical discrepancy is caused by failed attempts at fixing it. Except the statistic that men are more likely to commit crime isn't a recent development whereas the bias against "typical boy behaviour" (left undefined) is supposedly recent. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_trash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_trash

Fnoord 6y ago

Biking from The Netherlands to Liège is quite some distance, regardless whether its from Eijsden or Maastricht. Its possible fireworks are going to be illegal this December (normally, you're allowed to fire them around New Year's Eve). Why, too much weight on health care sector already due to COVID-19. Up till age 12 or so, parents are legally responsible for their children. So if you're 11 and use a catapult to destroy gnomes in a garden, your parents are liable. I'm concerned about my children for a different reason. We're both nerds. We got nothing with fireworks and all that. I'm worried my children will be outcasts and get bullied, just like we both were. Additionally, for our boy I am worried about staying on the right path. Statistics show men are more likely to commit crime than women. Furthermore, women achieve better education than men, nowadays. To put it bluntly: I don't want my son to become alt-right white trash. I believe all of these concerns being normal for parents, and of all time. Being concerned or worried about your children is normal, as long as its reasonable. Its of all ages, except that women achieve better education than men; that is actually a relatively recent change.

apexalpha 6y ago
True, I should've said the Province of Liège. We usually biked to Visé or took the old train to Liège city. It depended a bit on where police would have checks. They were always on the lookout for kids crossing the border by them selves in November/December. As children no one listened to the rules about when fireworks were allowed, but I don't remember it being as bad as today. I, too, think it's the most normal thing ever to be concerned for your children. And the fact that you worry about this stuff already makes you a good parent. :)
DarkWiiPlayer 6y ago
> alt-right white trash I sure hope your children grow up to not use a persons skin colour as an insult. > Statistics show men are more likely to commit crime than women. A bunch of comments here have expressed the suspicion that this might be partly caused by the bias against "typical boy behaviour" resulting in a feeling of inferiority, making me wonder how much of that statistical discrepancy is caused by failed attempts at fixing it.
- Fnoord 6y ago
  > I sure hope your children grow up to not use a persons skin colour as an insult. Heh I didn't know it was racist. From my PoV it is an accurate assessment though, so I'll use the term "alt-right trailer trash" instead (second part alternative term by Wikipedia [1]) > A bunch of comments here have expressed the suspicion that this might be partly caused by the bias against "typical boy behaviour" resulting in a feeling of inferiority, making me wonder how much of that statistical discrepancy is caused by failed attempts at fixing it. Except the statistic that men are more likely to commit crime isn't a recent development whereas the bias against "typical boy behaviour" (left undefined) is supposedly recent. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_trash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_trash