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irisblue

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14. Is he also legally requiring pay phones return in mass?

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Jan 11, 2020, 11:32 AM

Jan 2020

What about ppl like the 19 yr old who delivers food & groceries?

This is foolish IMO. Cellphones are a fact of life.

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Vermont bill would ban cellphones for anyone under 21 [View all] RandySF Jan 2020 OP

It won't pass but I think it's a great idea. Squinch Jan 2020 #1

Agree with this 100% Coventina Jan 2020 #2

If any post warranted an "OK boomer", it's this one. John Fante Jan 2020 #26

Absolutely agree! NutmegYankee Jan 2020 #28

The Uni-Boomer lame54 Jan 2020 #41

DUzy! Withywindle Jan 2020 #57

Not a boomer, I'm GenX. n/t Coventina Jan 2020 #36

Kids in the 1200s were considered middle aged in their 20s Nature Man Jan 2020 #46

Except, that has been proven to not be true obamanut2012 Jan 2020 #66

+1 obamanut2012 Jan 2020 #61

100% this obamanut2012 Jan 2020 #64

Well, I didn't have a cell phone either when I was a teenager since I was born in 1958 phylny Jan 2020 #27

There are 18 year olds, fresh out of high school in my field. xmas74 Jan 2020 #45

I was much older than that when I got one Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #53

Dumb idea. ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2020 #3

This is a bad-faith use of the system. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #4

This just bolsters Republican talking points about how Dems want to micromanage our lives. TheBlackAdder Jan 2020 #5

I mean, he WAS trying to make a point about guns... WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #24

That was my first though. What is he thinking. I know there is a problem, but his Blue_true Jan 2020 #31

Many bills are introduced. Few become law. MineralMan Jan 2020 #6

It won't become law, but it will become a big repugh talking point. Blue_true Jan 2020 #32

Not among Republicans who have teenaged children. MineralMan Jan 2020 #33

Parents of 3rd graders use them to track their kids now, this will never pass! Baclava Jan 2020 #7

Lazy parenting. n/t Coventina Jan 2020 #9

Not really, more a safety concern, being able to contact each other, etc Baclava Jan 2020 #19

Somehow people have been raising kids for thousands of years without digital surveillance. Coventina Jan 2020 #37

And without vaccinations, traffic lights, refrigerated food, ... DavidDvorkin Jan 2020 #49

Using tools to make things more efficient and useful is not lazy. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #23

Substituting digital surveillance with personal involvement is lazy. n/t Coventina Jan 2020 #38

I was a latchkey kid in the 80s. EllieBC Jan 2020 #47

Doesn't have to be a substitute, of course. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #48

Bullshit. Lazy parents don't care where their kids are. Mariana Jan 2020 #58

Or maybe people want to be able to find their child after the next school shooting krawhitham Jan 2020 #65

This really is a stupid idea. Archae Jan 2020 #8

21 is the Magic Number Because Wolf Frankula Jan 2020 #63

Stupid bill Stinky The Clown Jan 2020 #10

It's a pretty stupid point he's making, and it's a shame he's a Democrat muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #11

you can own and carry an unregistered gun at 18 in vt without a permjit..... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #12

Not only Dumb ismnotwasm Jan 2020 #13

Is he also legally requiring pay phones return in mass? irisblue Jan 2020 #14

Proving the GOP is not the only party with idiots. n/t malthaussen Jan 2020 #15

I remember when 21 was the magic age for everything packman Jan 2020 #16

Yeah, people under 21 don't need to have a job or go to college dalton99a Jan 2020 #17

Car wrecks in general kill teens as much. Does the driver's license age need to go to 21? Dennis Donovan Jan 2020 #18

Say goodbye to your political career jerk. Boomerproud Jan 2020 #20

Perhaps he can mandate a re-establishment of the buggy whip industry while he's at it! bullwinkle428 Jan 2020 #21

Terrible idea. Binkie The Clown Jan 2020 #22

+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #34

I agree. We'd be freaked out if our daughter didn't have a phone. underpants Jan 2020 #51

Not a viable idea and one reason is... WestLosAngelesGal Jan 2020 #25

That's so true! They don't exist anymore. lunatica Jan 2020 #40

Ban cell phones but not guns. GREAT idea. /s BuffaloJackalope Jan 2020 #29

That is going too far. Blue_true Jan 2020 #30

Good luck. I think 8 or 9 is the standard age for getting ecstatic Jan 2020 #35

What radiation? NutmegYankee Jan 2020 #42

And BOOM! the woo science radiation "fact" rears its head obamanut2012 Jan 2020 #67

Link? ecstatic Jan 2020 #68

Parents of teenagers would disagree with this. lunatica Jan 2020 #39

In our extended family we were trying to hold out on cell phones until high school hunter Jan 2020 #43

We had phones in several rooms in the house Mariana Jan 2020 #59

Does the bill provide for treatment of withdrawal symptoms? n/t retread Jan 2020 #44

This message was self-deleted by its author Takket Jan 2020 #50

Good luck with that one. CentralMass Jan 2020 #52

Guess kids with Type 1 Diabetes will have to monitor themselves the old-fashioned way. Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #54

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #55

He said he probably wouldn't vote for his own bill. ooky Jan 2020 #56

So tired of this shit. SlogginThroughIt Jan 2020 #60

I'm an older Gen Xer, and my mom has said she wished we have cellphones then obamanut2012 Jan 2020 #62

I'm sure that's going nowhere Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2020 #69