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Driving Away Teens With High Frequency Noise
ars writes "The New York Times is reporting on a device called the Mosquito invented by Howard Stapleton designed to drive teens away by emitting a high frequency noise at 75db. Apparently most older people can not hear the sounds, but teens can not stand it. Reports are that it works quite well, but some older people can hear it too. He found the prefect irritating sound by experimenting on his children."
Do we really want a world where people deploy such things to drive select non customers away?
Yes, first they have the freedom to associate with whomever they wish. Second, they have the right to defend their property as they see fit, would you rather they put rock-salt in the arse of the offending hoodlums?
Black and grey are both shades of white.
On the contrary, I think I make the situation better when I tell my kids the truth, and that I understand. I've specifically tried really hard to remember what it was like as I've gotten older, because I knew it's all too easy to forget what it was like to be young and think one has all the answers.
Not that they'll listen to me; if they're anything like me, they'll be sure I'm full of crap. But I'll be able to understand why they think I'm full of crap, and I'll be able to pick my spots and steer them as necessary.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
I would fucking knock your overweight ass into next week. I'd also stay around long enough for the police to show up so I could explain myself. Lucky for you, you only have the balls to say this from behind a keyboard.
I wonder, have you ever approached my contemporaries and engaged them respectfully as to the volume of their voice? As it's a free country you have no business in _what_ they say, but who's to deny someone who respectfully asks you only to lower the volume. Perhaps some would, others may even tell you to fuck off, but even that is not license for random aural invasion.
And while we're on the subject, who is actually at fault for society's current situation? Who's to blame for our crushing debt and rampant tyranical government? The politicians? No, that's silly, politicians do what politicians do. To not see our current situation coming would be folly. The media? Puh-lease, they don't even hide the fact that they only care about t3h moneh. Nope, it was the 40 somethings. You guys were all 100% fucking complacent, and you all have blood on your hands.
In closing, Bush is over 40. So was Hitler. And Osama! And now that I think about it, probably every single war criminal on record is over 40. Perhaps I should deploy devices that stop you crazy old plunderers from working your hardest together to destroy _MY_ future???
The only threats I see are podgy old farts like you, so weak in will that you've already given up at a relatively young age. "Fuck ideals, give me a mini-van and 2 McLifes." I still believe in the planet you fuckers are doing your best to loot and destroy, and I plan on doing my best to stop all the 40+ from careening us towards a most unpleasant fate. Teenagers at the mall... _TALKING?!_ You are such a pussy.
In short, get fucked. You're just gonna brush this off anyways. "Damn kids wouldn't know reality if it bit them," Right?
GP is so right. "Treat teens with about the same respect you reserve for a mosquito and wonder why they go around shooting each other... Nothing to do with the increasing contempt modern society shows for both the very young and the very old.
Idiot."
Blah. That's what old people like. Get over it.
You need to restart your computer. Hold down the Power button for several seconds or press the Restart button.
Quite true. I suspect the OP was thinking of the modern version, Nu Metal; equally repellant.
Java is the blue pill
Choose the red pill
"I had a monster, killer splitting headache by the time I got home due to the countless TVs left on, tuned to a blank station."
that sentance makes no sense. Why was this guy modded up? why were "tvs left on" on your way home? did you live in the entertainment section of a department store? were there like a tonne of tv shoppes on the block where you lived? that piped the sound of static into the street?
do people even read the posts they mod up?
I'll just use my special getting high powers one more time...
At least do a Wiki lookup before you post. Saves you some embarassment.