• grue@lemmy.world
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    People are alluding to it, but not attributing the blame correctly: the “need” to leash kids is yet another negative consequence of car-dependent urban design.

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      4 days ago

      The fuck are you on about? Have you never had a kid disappear on you in a mall? There’s no cars there

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        4 days ago

        Multiple people in the thread are talking about using them because of worries about a kid running out into traffic.

        Quit pretending that a statement has to apply 100% of the time in every possible circumstance in order to be generally true.

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        It was a disconnected and incoherent thought, but I’ll give it a pass because in America we really do seem to be doing everything possible to make our neighborhoods as lethal as possible.

        As for leaches on children, I guess it’s they’re used in some medical cases like reattached limbs that need blood-flow, but leaches are kind of gross and don’t serve much good besides those few examples, so I don’t know why we’re trying to use them again on children in particular.