Merman_Gothique
When I was in school is was not uncommon for some asshole to mace a hallway right before class was dismissed. Really it would just be carrying on a long standing tradition.
This is an insane take. You have no idea how much violence this approach would cause as you confirm almost every gun owners worst fears and play right into the part of playing a tyrannical government.
You are coming off as super privileged here if you think handing over all the guns to the cops is a good idea.
Clearly you've forgotten about those typing classes that everyone had to take, and how many people couldn't even figure out the right way to load a floppy into a drive without a teacher showing them.
Also, Gen X isn't the tech generation. Xennials, the microgen between X and Millenials was the first computing generation. PCs weren't even widely available until most of gen X was already out of k12.
And frankly, most of gen X absolutely sucks at tech. Also, I didn't call you a nerd, I called anyone who was into computers at the time a nerd, because they were literally considered nerds. You probably were a nerd. I was a nerd. Thus WHY I remember how it was back then, and tech was absolutely not largely adopted by gen X.
They were way too busy getting drunk or stoned and calling anyone who could type a pussy.
I am really struggling here to see where I said that I was choosing not to share a song with my neighbors in there. Why pivot to an entirely different point?
This is a societal issue, not an individual one.
You're kidding right? Most of Gen X hated tech when it came out. You were a fucking nerd if you were into computers when the PC first came about. Only a small subset of Gen X really grasped tech.
I appreciate your optimism, but this has absolutely not been my experience doing what you are suggesting here. In fact, the people I have met have left me concluding that there is no saving this place.