Kids were made to ride buses with bare balls exposed on the seats? WTF
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2025
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Yeah, 80s and 90s were wild! π€£
skirts are a bitch like that
Clothing used to suck quite a bit. The 00s ushered in a lot if new tech. Pants hide erections now.
Natural fibers are still better despite the bomershame
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70s short shorts.
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They did this during the pandemic and parked the buses in lower-income areas to help kids who had to do school from home and didn't have internet. There were a lot in my area and there were complaints because it wasn't enough for everyone.
You can't do nice things, everyone is going to complain no matter what.
Just so we're clear, the thrust of your complaint is that the government didn't do enough to ensure equal access to education for everyone and that's okay because people shouldn't have such high expectations of The Greatest Nation on Earth?
The greatest who with the what now?
Not my complaint. I wish we had local hotspots setup by the cities, but it gets constantly voted down. Shouldn't take a pandemic to support people.
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That's actually really cool. That's a lot different than I think what most people thought this story was about.
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Yeah if there was anything that I thought kids needed it is more access to internet.
"this is bad because the kids are gonna spend all their time on their phone!" i say, as if I didnβt spend all my time on the schoolbus on my 3DS
They still don't have AC, just wifi.
They asked for better buses, and Wi-Fi is by far the cheapest "upgrade"
When I was your age, we had to ride the school bus for 15 miles on hot days with no AC so our balls stuck to the seats...in the snow.
Uphill both ways!
So the busses already have shoulder-harness seatbelts for all students and roll cages in case of an accident?
Anakin stare
School buses should not have seat belts, as it would increase the difficulty of children being able to get out in an emergency like a fire or flooding with no significsnt safety benefit.
Large buses are designed to not have belts intentionally. In fact, the designs in the US were developed with the National Highway Safety Transportstion Administration (NTHSA) and comparable agencies in other countries.
https://dmv.vermont.gov/faq/why-do-school-buses-not-require-seat-belts
NHTSA decided the best way to provide crash protection to passengers of large school buses is through a concept called βcompartmentalization.β This requires that the interior of large buses protect children without them needing to buckle up. Through compartmentalization, children are protected from crashes by strong, closely-spaced seats that have energy-absorbing seat backs.
Small school buses (with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less) must be equipped with lap and/or lap/shoulder belts at all designated seating positions. Since the sizes and weights of small school buses are closer to those of passenger cars and trucks, seat belts in those vehicles are necessary to provide occupant protection.β
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No AC, no seat belts, windows wouldn't open, driver went at least 20 over speed limit most of the time. Yeah, was a blast.
Sounds like your bus driver was Otto.
I got banned from the bus for a bit in grade 7, when I showed someone how I could light a strike-anywhere match on my teeth, like on tv.
It's weird they banned you and not the matches
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Do the kids all get devices too?
And every day I'd get picked on the entire ride by the 2 grade sixers at my stop until I showed up one day with a 2x4 and dealt with the problem.
Apparently North Carolina, in their infinite wisdom, passed a law stating kids cannot use devices on buses (without teacher permission); as if a school policy was not enough. π€·ββοΈ
Once at 5:30am Mr Mac stopped the bus on a train crossing slope, the bus started sliding backwards down the hill until someone at the back said βMr. Mac, I think weβre on a hill.β
Mr. Mac also once swiped off someoneβs side mirror and kept driving.
Absolute legend.
Why were your balls out on the school bus?
In Scotland, kilts are a part of school uniforms
The poor Internet-starved children! Thank you for bridging this systematic inequality π
Trousers.
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