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Mentalfloss1 t1_j9pelxn wrote

There were zero overweight kids in my neighborhood in the 1950s. There were around 30 of us. We played outdoors nearly every day. In my classes at school there was one overweight boy.

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knit3purl3 t1_j9pdgcc wrote

I recently realized that we're basically training people from the age of 5 to accept the capitalistic hellscape for the abusive situation it is. No wonder people are okay with wage theft and being expected to respond to work e-mails 24/7--from the age of 5, they were told that breaks aren't really mandatory and can be taken away at the whim of an authority, forced to adhere to BS rules even at lunchtime, expected to take work home with them, etc.

Adults have federal laws that should protect their lunch and breaks. School children do not. A teacher can decide to take away a child's break (recess) on a whim or they simply "age out" of having a break entirely. Your employer can't force you to eat lunch with your workplace bully every single day (hostile work environment), but teachers can.

So is it any surprise that adults now kowtow to abusive work conditions?

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JohnMayerismydad t1_j9pb5kz wrote

I buy the most convenient option then worry about cost and quality. Rolling into a storefront is way, way more convenient than dealing with a sketchy dealer

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knit3purl3 t1_j9p9mkl wrote

The same thing happens to my son too! I didn't worry so much for the months that it's indoor recess because he's basically swapping the time that he colors. But now that it's occasionally outdoors, he's being forced to sit with a clipboard on a curb while the rest of the kids actively play.

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Palchez t1_j9p7rmf wrote

I have to work out everyday or I become a total jerk. I look forward to it all morning and then it resets my vibes for the rest of the afternoon.

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Maplelongjohn t1_j9p7qx4 wrote

In many markets it's getting there.

12$ 1/8 oz happy hour special is way cheaper than anything I've ever found on "the street"

And ease of access...

Stopping by a random dispensary on the way home is more likely than your "guy" living along your way home.

And relative Peace of mind knowing the product isn't being grown with unregulated use of illegal pesticides (a known issue of black/ grey market)

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10000Didgeridoos t1_j9p7nmz wrote

They do after like 10th grade here. No more gym class/PE after 10th grade, and 11th and 12th are just all lecture after lecture.

Recess is killed off by middle school.

We had a big group of friends in 11th and 12th grade that would go outside and play football, ultimate frisbee, and basketball during the 25 minute study hall period we had because our teachers were cool and didn't care. That little bit of exercise and mental unwinding was such a great way to break up the day and get ready for 3 more classes in the afternoon. It's a shame that schools don't even give an official option to have an exercise period like that when students finish with PE. Basically recess for teenagers.

We had a 4 team league going with kids from the Spanish class, Latin class, band, and chemistry class that all were at the end of the same hallway and therefore had the same lunch and study hall times. I'd bet with all the shootings over the last 15 years that kids aren't even allowed outside at all anymore like that.

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InTheEndEntropyWins t1_j9p7k4u wrote

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