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"I thought it might be the kids from the abandoned house over the road,” Lisa, 30, a shop sales assistant told the tabloid Bild. More concerning that there's a
by andy99 1y ago
"I thought it might be the kids from the abandoned house over the road,” Lisa, 30, a shop sales assistant told the tabloid Bild.
More concerning that there's an apparent house of feral children across the road.
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- IncRnd 1y agoThere should be those sorts of houses everywhere, or the feral children would roam in street gangs, steal pies from window sills, and ring doorbells.
- sterlind 1y agothe way the world economy's going I could see Oliver Twist becoming relevant again.
- robertlagrant 1y agoPlease sir - can I have some more...screen time?
- skeezyboy 1y agono go and play with your friends... oh yeah thats right they live miles away and the only way to get hold of them is via a screen but because of hysterical adults (who decry the ills of social media from social media) theyve banned me from using it because it will do general detriment to me much like TV was feared to cause, much like books were feared to cause. This time is no different, hysterical parents
- robertlagrant 1y ago> This time is no different, hysterical parents How do you know this?
- skeezyboy 1y agobecause it it were so toxic to health the parents themselves would stop using them
- robertlagrant 1y agoThis seems to forget the difference between adults will fully-developed brains, and children who are still forming. I hope you'd agree with the principle through this analogy: an adult who looks at pornography would not want to show their child pornography.
- skeezyboy 1y ago> I hope you'd agree with the principle through this analogy: an adult who looks at pornography would not want to show their child pornography. but its nothing like pornography. were talking about "screen time" which is a vague generic idea, just the same as "social media" encompasses pretty much any major tech companies website/app instead of actual mediums for socializing like IRC, forums etc that were around for decades prior just never called that
- robertlagrant 1y agoBut you agree with the principle that parents doing things they don't let their kids do is not evidence that the thing would be fine for their kids.
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- pineaux 1y agoActually, what they mean is squatters. In many parts of Europe -especially germany and spain- it's quite normal for 16 to 25 year olds to squat abandoned buildings and live there until the police kicks them out. These kids tend to get intoxicated and do stupid stuff. Like ringing a bell in the middle of the night. The squatting thing is seen by many as a measure against speculation on living space and at the same time giving young kids a cheap place to live and get on their feet. In most places in Europe the squatting is semi-allowed because of remnants of old roman law. It's quite fascinating and -in my opinion- a tragedy that it is disappearing.
- Larrikin 1y agoDrunk kids unable to afford housing, in a society where owners of property would rather let it get run down instead of develop it or sell it, and where it's expected that the homeless youth will harass their neighbors, sounds like a failure of society. The young people shouldn't have to squat and abandoned buildings shouldn't be allowed to just sit and rot.
- inglor_cz 1y agoYou are making too many assumptions. Some squatters are the homeless, some are young-ish adherents of the far left, for whom this is a lifestyle choice. The most famous Prague squat, Klinika in Žižkov, was full of blue-haired nepo babies whose parents were well connected politicians or businesspeople. That is also why it was tolerated for a fairly long time, and it was always able to summon a crowd of friendly journalists whenever someone tried to empty the building. (Note that this is something that actual poor people rarely are able to - but lifestyle squatters who studied the same faculty before dropping out can do easily, as they still have the phone numbers of their graduated friends). The common feature is freewheeling attitudes to drinking and drugs. Most homeless shelters or cheaper landlords won't tolerate too much consumption on the premises, or even have a dry policy. In a squat, anything goes.
- potato3732842 1y ago> in a society where owners of property would rather let it get run down instead of develop it or sell it, Nobody would "rather" do this. They are incentivized to, typically as an Nth order consequence of public policy.
- harrall 1y agoKids hanging around in abandoned houses to smoke or do dumb shit is like a staple of childhoods.
- tempodox 1y agoIm the world of tabloids that’s a profitable allegation.
- Pesthuf 1y agoWho knows if that interview even happened. Bild makes up stuff all the time, or bends the truth to make it more interesting or fit their narrative better. My ass would be offended if so wiped it with a BILD "news"paper.
- tracker1 1y agoFor some reason, I'm thinking of the Foot Clan hideout from the 1990 Ninja Turtles movie... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDJev_Sw-j8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDJev_Sw-j8