This is so freaking real. Some old folks seem to want that kids just stay still in silence like a furniture when they're bored. No playing outside cuz "is annoying and dangerous", not playing with their phones cuz "is unhealthy and dangerous".
So this reminds me of when I was taking my CCW class and going over hypotheticals and legal ramifications.
One scenario was you see a kid opening your fridge would you shoot the kid. Now there was a church group there that was also taking the class with us and a few of them raised their hands and one was called.
His answer was yes.
My group I was with all looked at each other and went WTF and just shook our heads, raised our hands and went of freaking course not because morally it would be soooo wrong even if it was legally okay.
I'm from Texas and can count the number of responsible gun owners with one hand. I understand why we need to be armed; still there are a lot of people that shouldn't. Your story reminds of that shooting that happened at a church that happen to have the good guy with a gun ^tm^. There was some talk about allowing some people to be armed at the church I was going to with my parents at the time. Some members and the pastor went to some event with a lawyer talking about some stuff around it and I joined out of curiosity. The overall meeting was pretty mehh, but there was a nice tangent about how much you can drink and still have your gun and ammo. Some cop that was in attendance tried to call them stupid, but they pushed back that its okay if you only drink such percent drink per hour or remove the receiver. Not a great look for the cream of the crop.
Because in America things like the Tulsa Race Massacre happen a fair bit, and the cops either stand by or join in, so you have to be able to defend you and yours.
Remember folks, armed minorities are harder to oppress.
Unfortunately the definition of fascism varies depending on who you're talking to. There are an astounding number of people in this country who think that allowing abortion or gender affirming care are a form of fascism. And they think it's alright to use guns to fight what they perceive as fascism.
It's more than just dumb. It's senseless. You gotta divorce yourselves from the love of the gun, cause this is never going to stop until you do. If it's acceptable to you, carry on. Nothing to see here.
Man... My parents used to kick us outta the house in the morning. They would tell us we could come back inside for lunch around noon but then we had to leave again. We would bike around and get into all kind of shenanigans. Call them from a payphone and instead of saying our name for the call we would just tell them where we were super fast and then they would hear that and decline the call lmao.
As long as we came home before the sun went down or we called them from a friend's house to get approval for a sleep over they didn't really care what we did all day. Good times.
Two scenes after Carl is mildly inconvenienced by happy children:
"Hey where everybody going? The party's just getting started!" As he's surrounded by 3 whoorse he'd enlisted for the evening. Each more busted than the last.
How much of the "outside" can a kid access today without taking the risk of being it by a car ? As soon as he crosses the door of the house he risks his life.
I don't understand how we accepted that as normal.
Now compare that with a carless world, kids could go everywhere.
Abduction or aggression are still a risk but almost insignificant compared to the risk of being hit by a car, yet this is the one we are talking about.
And that would be great if the initial discussion was about gun vs car deaths. But it's not, we're talking explicitly about gun deaths and here about the societal acceptance of a person making conscious decision to shoot a kid over something as stupid as annoying prank.
Now if you want to pull up some data on a person intentionally hitting a kid with a car and killing them for flipping them the bird and how car culture doesn't see anything wrong with that then sure we can have that discussion then.
I did this a lot as a kid. One time I went too far and my neighbor threw me up on a fence. He told me if I ever did it again, he would whip me with a belt.
Ding Dong ditch was knocking or ringing the doorbell and hauling ass away. These dipshits were beating and kicking on the door in a state where you can legally shoot through the door. Agree or disagree with that but if you live there you shouldn't be so stupid.
The meme is referring to this murder of an 11 year old who just rang a doorbell and ran. The murderer was lying in wait in his yard with a gun, and shot the kid as he ran out of the yard with his cousin.
The cousin screamed for help and tried to save him, but he died shortly thereafter. A neighbor called the police. The murderer calmly walked back into his house, offering no aid, not in any fear for his life.
Yes I understand that. Hence the statement "I went back and looked again Someone posted another incident along side this one from Kentucky."
Someone posted that link in the first thread I read. They didn't make it clear it wasn't related to the latest incident. It was point in fact a admission that I got it wrong. Now you are caught up if you understand that. Yeeesh. I bet you feel that you should be right every time you get it wrong. Like this time for pointing out what I already acknowledged.
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NONE_dc@lemmy.world · 120 pts · 360d
This is so freaking real. Some old folks seem to want that kids just stay still in silence like a furniture when they're bored. No playing outside cuz "is annoying and dangerous", not playing with their phones cuz "is unhealthy and dangerous".
What the hell should they do then?!
InputZero@lemmy.world · 77 pts · 360d
I remember quite a few adults telling me that children should be seen, not heard when I was little. It was popular and sucked.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 360d
My ex step mom (may she rest in piss) favorite saying. She said that shit all the time.
Few others I don't hate people, I hate their actions. (She had a lot of hate)
Actions Speak Louder then Words (only good saying I took from her)
She would say these things at least once a day. But always hated the seen but not heard one. Because I was an active kid and couldn't be ignored.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 pts · 360d
You have my sympathies.
Id offer you a hug but im too irony poisoned to figure out hiw to write the offer in such a way that it doesnt come off as mocking.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 360d
No need she died last month and apparently was just as hateful at the end as she was in lif. So no big loss.
SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 360d
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 360d
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 360d
Build a nuke in the backyard, obviously
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 360d
The reference: nuclear Boy Scout
xspurnx@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 359d
Thanks, never knew about that guy. Wow.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 360d
They want them to go toil in the mines
potato_wallrus@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 360d
Does that count as playing outside?
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 360d
We do more mountain top removal than underground mining these days.
brown567@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 360d
So fresh air and sunshine! Seems like perfectly good leisure to me!
/s
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 360d
Invest in real estate.
Battle_Masker@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 360d
Get a job
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 360d
The real answer.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 360d
Die, i think, given our position on climate change. Kids shoukd die,
We should all collectively commit suicide, and these damn kids should shut the fuck up while we do.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 358d
A lot of people just hate kids. It's a big problem
r00ty@kbin.life · 44 pts · 360d
Well duh. Play outside... Somewhere else! :P
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 360d
They should play in the park.
But also...
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 360d
So this reminds me of when I was taking my CCW class and going over hypotheticals and legal ramifications.
One scenario was you see a kid opening your fridge would you shoot the kid. Now there was a church group there that was also taking the class with us and a few of them raised their hands and one was called.
His answer was yes.
My group I was with all looked at each other and went WTF and just shook our heads, raised our hands and went of freaking course not because morally it would be soooo wrong even if it was legally okay.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 360d
I'm from Texas and can count the number of responsible gun owners with one hand. I understand why we need to be armed; still there are a lot of people that shouldn't. Your story reminds of that shooting that happened at a church that happen to have the good guy with a gun ^tm^. There was some talk about allowing some people to be armed at the church I was going to with my parents at the time. Some members and the pastor went to some event with a lawyer talking about some stuff around it and I joined out of curiosity. The overall meeting was pretty mehh, but there was a nice tangent about how much you can drink and still have your gun and ammo. Some cop that was in attendance tried to call them stupid, but they pushed back that its okay if you only drink such percent drink per hour or remove the receiver. Not a great look for the cream of the crop.
wischi@programming.dev · 14 pts · 360d
I don't. Why?
Seleni@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 359d
Because in America things like the Tulsa Race Massacre happen a fair bit, and the cops either stand by or join in, so you have to be able to defend you and yours.
Remember folks, armed minorities are harder to oppress.
wischi@programming.dev · -2 pts · 359d
That's why we hear of all those cases were ICE agents are shot by the people they bully. Oh wait... we don't.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 359d
No but we do hear about things like this
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/lincoln-heights-ohio-armed-protection-group-neo-nazi-rally-rcna196240
I'd join them in a heartbeat as a minority and you'll notice that they didn't go and randomly shoot people either.
Seleni@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 359d
Because those people weren’t armed.
Edit: and if that wasn’t true, why are the racists trying to disarm them?
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 360d
Because we need to be able to defend ourselves and our communities from fascism and others who want to oppress us. Easier said than done of course.
buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 360d
Unfortunately the definition of fascism varies depending on who you're talking to. There are an astounding number of people in this country who think that allowing abortion or gender affirming care are a form of fascism. And they think it's alright to use guns to fight what they perceive as fascism.
Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 359d
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 359d
Not enough
Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 359d
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 359d
You wouldn't believe it. Still not something to post in a public forum.
wischi@programming.dev · -1 pts · 359d
Have you recently watched the news? Looks like it's not working.
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 359d
I have and that does not mean we won't need to arm ourselves for our defense.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 358d
Nazis everywhere
Geodad@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 360d
stupidcasey@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 360d
Is this about the kids that got shot playing ding dong ditch the other day?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/01/us/ding-dong-ditch-boy-shot-houston-hnk
meliaesc@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 360d
There was another one where the guy got in his car, chased them down, and ran them off the road. 3 murder charges over a doorbell.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/16/us/doorbell-prank-california-sentence.html
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 2 pts · 359d
Wow, California too huh?
meliaesc@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 358d
The main difference is the Texas case involved a gun, in California the unstable psychopaths need to resort to vehicular manslaughter.
potato_wallrus@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 360d
Sadly yes
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 3 pts · 359d
Ah fuck, I was really hoping this was a random meme and not related to anything topical.
Guess that's too much to ask for these days, unfortunately. Grim times.
etherphon@midwest.social · 29 pts · 360d
chaogomu@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 360d
Ding dong ditching used to surge whenever that one episode of the Simpsons played.
Because kids will be kids.
The injuries and deaths seem more linked to adults losing their God damn minds watching Fox News
jdf038@mander.xyz · 20 pts · 359d
To be fair it was a millenial (42 year old) who did that. Still horrible. But yeah.
Alaik@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 359d
I wanna say he was late gen X or xillenial, but ill freely admit I just don't want my generation to take credit for his dumb ass.
AlexLost@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 359d
It's more than just dumb. It's senseless. You gotta divorce yourselves from the love of the gun, cause this is never going to stop until you do. If it's acceptable to you, carry on. Nothing to see here.
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 18 pts · 359d
Lmao as if boomers are that young..
Bosht@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 359d
I think boomer has morphed to fit a certain selection of people which basically means 'old and out of touch'.
bytesonbike@discuss.online · 17 pts · 358d
Boomer is no longer a age range, it's a personality.
Like Karen.
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 360d
Referencing this
salacious_coaster@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 360d
I'm noticing a trend of no-context posts just assuming everyone just read/watched literally the same story as OP did.
MoreFPSmorebetter@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 360d
Man... My parents used to kick us outta the house in the morning. They would tell us we could come back inside for lunch around noon but then we had to leave again. We would bike around and get into all kind of shenanigans. Call them from a payphone and instead of saying our name for the call we would just tell them where we were super fast and then they would hear that and decline the call lmao.
As long as we came home before the sun went down or we called them from a friend's house to get approval for a sleep over they didn't really care what we did all day. Good times.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 358d
Now the kids who got to do.that put GPS trackers in their shoes
kruhmaster@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 360d
Carl, of all people? 😂
radiouser@crazypeople.online · 12 pts · 360d
He absolutely wouldn't tolerate happy children outside of his property.
potato_wallrus@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 360d
Especially if they're in his friggin pool
FriskyDingo@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 360d
Two scenes after Carl is mildly inconvenienced by happy children:
"Hey where everybody going? The party's just getting started!" As he's surrounded by 3 whoorse he'd enlisted for the evening. Each more busted than the last.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 358d
one of them secretly is a plutonian, because they thought this was a Too Wong Foo convention.
potato_wallrus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 360d
https://youtu.be/oWaVYVJ02Ik
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 11 pts · 360d
They want kids to play outside so they have something to shoot.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 8 pts · 359d
This is the first thing I saw on Lemmy today and it made my morning, thank you lol
obinice@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 360d
American boomers*
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 360d
Cursed country.
Nikls94@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 360d
They’re done playing video games. They’re doomscrolling now
TheBat@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 360d
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 360d
Band name? Band name.
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net · 6 pts · 360d
Replace the gun with a car.
How much of the "outside" can a kid access today without taking the risk of being it by a car ? As soon as he crosses the door of the house he risks his life.
I don't understand how we accepted that as normal.
Now compare that with a carless world, kids could go everywhere.
Abduction or aggression are still a risk but almost insignificant compared to the risk of being hit by a car, yet this is the one we are talking about.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 360d
Bad straw man, bad.
astutemural@midwest.social · 12 pts · 360d
Not really, no.
Firearms and cars are the top two causes of death for children in the USA.
Source
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 360d
And that would be great if the initial discussion was about gun vs car deaths. But it's not, we're talking explicitly about gun deaths and here about the societal acceptance of a person making conscious decision to shoot a kid over something as stupid as annoying prank.
Now if you want to pull up some data on a person intentionally hitting a kid with a car and killing them for flipping them the bird and how car culture doesn't see anything wrong with that then sure we can have that discussion then.
Hupf@feddit.org · 5 pts · 360d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY
pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 360d
Coming from the generation that started that game, lmao.
random_character_a@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 360d
Grandad plays GTA irl and you just complain.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 359d
I did this a lot as a kid. One time I went too far and my neighbor threw me up on a fence. He told me if I ever did it again, he would whip me with a belt.
Ugh@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 358d
Jesus Christ! That's ridiculous. I am so sorry.
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 358d
I kinda deserved it. We were doing that shit at 2 am.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 360d
Only if you're black or brown.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 358d
hey uhhh...you tink da gun sto still open?
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 358d
meme is killing it.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 360d
Ding Dong Death
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 359d
gex
Fleur_@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 348d
I think calling the police is more true
MehBlah@lemmy.world · -8 pts · 360d
Ding Dong ditch was knocking or ringing the doorbell and hauling ass away. These dipshits were beating and kicking on the door in a state where you can legally shoot through the door. Agree or disagree with that but if you live there you shouldn't be so stupid.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 359d
Where did you read that? All I've read so far was that they knocked and ran.
MehBlah@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 359d
It was stated in the very first article I read. It was a local news site.
I went back and looked again Someone posted another incident along side this one from Kentucky. https://www.wlky.com/article/teens-target-homes-douglass-hills-tiktok-ding-dong-ditch-prank/65961850
rainwall@piefed.social · 4 pts · 359d
The meme is referring to this murder of an 11 year old who just rang a doorbell and ran. The murderer was lying in wait in his yard with a gun, and shot the kid as he ran out of the yard with his cousin.
The cousin screamed for help and tried to save him, but he died shortly thereafter. A neighbor called the police. The murderer calmly walked back into his house, offering no aid, not in any fear for his life.
MehBlah@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 359d
Yes I understand that. Hence the statement "I went back and looked again Someone posted another incident along side this one from Kentucky." Someone posted that link in the first thread I read. They didn't make it clear it wasn't related to the latest incident. It was point in fact a admission that I got it wrong. Now you are caught up if you understand that. Yeeesh. I bet you feel that you should be right every time you get it wrong. Like this time for pointing out what I already acknowledged.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 358d
so edit and correct your original comment?
Alaik@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 359d
You got a source on that? Depending on the time of night that changes the story a lot.
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 359d
I went back and looked again Someone posted another incident along side this one from Kentucky. https://www.wlky.com/article/teens-target-homes-douglass-hills-tiktok-ding-dong-ditch-prank/65961850
Bucky@okaythen.lol · -11 pts · 358d
I mean if you try this in Texas, that's on you. It's front page news like every day.
firewyre@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 358d
Yeah how fucking old were you when you started reading the newspaper genius??
Bucky@okaythen.lol · -3 pts · 358d
websites have pages don't they
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 358d
Yeah, we know Texans are immoral, irresponsible gun owners.