Parkland Students Are Trolling Their Mandatory Clear Backpacks By Carrying Things That Scare Conservatives The Most
Survivors of a mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, returned from spring break to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and were greeted by new security measures. Among other new regulations, the school staff provided the students with the newest mandatory accessories: a transparent backpack. The administration claims that this regulation will boost safety, but the students hate it. One of the biggest issues for this backlash has a lot to do with the female reproductive system - tampons and other menstrual thingies became impossible to hide. Saying they are beginning to feel as if inside a jail, the teens have already come up with a solution that perfectly expresses both their solidarity for natural feminine stuff and rage against the current gun situation in the country. Only it might infuriate a few conservative minds.
Tampons. The students are filling the new backpacks with loads and loads of tampons. "I only got lights. I didn’t know. Getting supers for tomorrow," student Cameron Kasky tweeted. "Sizes, pricing... I'm learning new things about women's health right now. This stuff is expensive. Steps must be taken to make these health products easier to access."
However, Rachel Padnis, a 16-year-old sophomore at Majory Stone Douglas, has a slightly different opinion. "Personally, I think that clear backpacks aren't that big of a hassle. If it even makes one person at my school feel safer, I am willing to make that sacrifice," Rachel told Bored Panda.
"It's actually pretty funny to walk through the hallways and see all the jokes everyone has written on them," she said. "Although there are a whole bunch of complaints about them and I am feeling like my privacy has been taken away, I think they have brought a lot of real laughter back to my school which was missing for a while."
Padnis believes that people could still carry around weapons there if they wanted. "I see many students with lunchboxes in their backpacks that go unchecked as well as zipper pouches which seems to defeat the intended purpose and the police presence has gone down significantly." According to her, the issue is complex. "I feel like metal detectors or some kind of detector wand would be much more beneficial, but there’s also the fact that it would take a really long time for everyone to get scanned upon their entry to my school since there are about 3,200 students who go here."
What do you think? Let us know in the comments below.
(h/t someecards)
Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivors returned from spring break to new security measures
Many students expressed their disappointment on social media but Cameron Kasky decided to take a different approach
And it spread like wildfire
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exaclty, if people want to smuggle guns etc in, they aren't going to put them in plain sight, they'll find another way.
let's change everything except what actually needs to change... great idea...
i think this is funny but at the same time i really hope they used the tampons or gave them to someone who actually needs them...
One would have to assume they are cunningly disguised, inflatable, bullet-proof emergency tents. For the horrendous price of $1.05 I would expect no less, really.
The Funny part of this one is that, the NRA would be butthurt over it and not realize that it's intentionally misspelled.
Right on, keep on marching on. Don't let the baby boomers slow you down.
The KIDS don't think tampons and condoms are scary; aren't they out there on display? The moral majority think those items and don't discuss them with kids. Don't you read some of the amazing rhetoric that comes out of Washington?
"ok, so that's everything packed, I'm ready to go... oh no, wait you can totally see the gun in my bag, dammit.. ah well, no killing for me today" - nobody, ever.
"wait a second, I only have to put my gun in a folder....ok, let's go!"
"I'll put it in my pocket. WAIT, goddamn clear pants!"
stellermatt: "Dammit, clear folders with transparent paper!!!"
"oh no! they've now forced us to use clear folders. damn it all!"
What if they make see through guns?
oh crap
Oh, c'mon. For less than 20$ you can get mead's 5 star binder that can hold anything up to 4" laying inside it, and zips tightly closed do your precious weapon won't get scratched.
"Shit now there's clear paper!"
Now I shall put my 0.22 into my pocket...
Good point. Almost as blatantly obvious as the fact that mandating "Gun free zones" doesn't really dissuade criminals from using guns to murder people in schools or other such locations.
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"I want to kill people, oh no, wait, it's illegal for me to buy a guy, I dammit it, ah well, no killing for me today". PS. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for gun restriction (for example - mental ill pepole should not be able to buy a gun) but just like this packpack - it does not solve all problems.
It's far harder to get a gun using illegal ways, than simply hiding a gun once you already have it... Gun control may not solve all problems, but it sure helps reducing them.
Exactly, mocochang. Nobody advocating for it is ignorant enough to think "gun control stops all people from getting guns", but it's highly unlikely that someone who is mentally ill, or an unconnected criminal is going to get an assault rifle. (Unconnected as in, like not involved with organized crime.)
I also live in a country with very strict gun control, and, off the top of my head, I can only recall two incidents involving firearms in the last 10 years- one was in 2012 when a 50 year old chauffeur for the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs (so issued with a firearm from his work) wanted to get 'revenge" on his ex-wife for dumping him and attacked her at her workplace (a hair salon), killing her, one colleague and injuring 8 other people and the second was a guy in 2016 who pulled out a "gun" he made himself on lathe in his basement after a traffic dispute and shot the other guy and then himself. Sure, we still have murders committed with a variety of other implements - axes are popular, especially in the countryside - but it's a lot harder to kill someone with an axe than it is with a gun, and especially hard to kill more than a couple of people with one... So yeah, gun control definitely stops most gun crime and is a worthwhile idea.
@Master Markus - in my country gun control is very strict (you need good reason - for exmpale fear of life - to get permision to buy a gun) and trust me - it's not highly unlikely that criminal is going to get a gun. Criminals do not care about law and they will find a way to get it if they want a gun
I'm less focused on the gun issue and more focused on the fact that a teenage boy brought attention to how freaking expensive our tampons are. I love that kid! Thank you for saying what us women have been thinking for forever. Lmao
For many men the recent campaign to remove sales tax on women's hygiene products was a surprise. They were considered (by male politicians) to be 'non-essential.' (My suggestion to stab them in their dicks once a month and overcharge them for band-aids was voted down)