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Another bullet point in support of replaceable batteries with a little more casing. I assume this all has to be based on puncturing a LiPo pouch and shorting it

Another bullet point in support of replaceable batteries with a little more casing. I assume this all has to be based on puncturing a LiPo pouch and shorting it directly, right? Because I wouldn't think there is enough unrestrained current/power available anywhere else to cause such a spectacle. Also, you have to love the reflexive draconian reaction of charging minors with felonies. When all you have is an overgrown police department hammer, you might as well ruin kids' lives before they've even begun. It seems like if this behavior is really as serious of a problem as to warrant that kind of legal response, then the adults creating the situation (ie school administration) need to be getting charged with criminal child endangerment as well.

_mlbt 1y ago
A felony is definitely excessive, but there should be serious consequences for the individuals choosing to destroy school property.
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  - _mlbt 1y ago
    > I don't know what you get out of riding a hobby horse about punishing kids. It seems quite suspect, tbh. I'm a parent, a tax payer, and just a member of a society that I would like to remain civilized and ordered. Kids that think it is okay to damage public property for something as silly as a social media challenge have the serious potential to become adults that think it's okay to damage other people's property if they don't face consequences for their actions. Also, children that see other children doing things like this without consequences become emboldened to mimic this behavior.
    - potato3732842 1y ago
      JFC, they're 12 or whatever. Just make them finish out the year doing paper work with no chromebook (or some other long term inconvenience that teaches them that if you break things they go away and it sucks not having them) and call it good. I'm far more worried about kids thinking it's ok to use the jackboot to solve petty problems that arise out of dumb trends or thinking that it's ok for government institutions to threaten people with unreasonable consequences for things.
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_mlbt 1y ago

A felony is definitely excessive, but there should be serious consequences for the individuals choosing to destroy school property.

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- _mlbt 1y ago
  > I don't know what you get out of riding a hobby horse about punishing kids. It seems quite suspect, tbh. I'm a parent, a tax payer, and just a member of a society that I would like to remain civilized and ordered. Kids that think it is okay to damage public property for something as silly as a social media challenge have the serious potential to become adults that think it's okay to damage other people's property if they don't face consequences for their actions. Also, children that see other children doing things like this without consequences become emboldened to mimic this behavior.
  - potato3732842 1y ago
    JFC, they're 12 or whatever. Just make them finish out the year doing paper work with no chromebook (or some other long term inconvenience that teaches them that if you break things they go away and it sucks not having them) and call it good. I'm far more worried about kids thinking it's ok to use the jackboot to solve petty problems that arise out of dumb trends or thinking that it's ok for government institutions to threaten people with unreasonable consequences for things.
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