I've got my conspiracy board out again, desperately trying to find a link between "Irish young people are very unhappy" and "plans for playground cancelled due to fears they will attract anti-social behaviour" - ThreadSky

fancyvegaspro.bsky.social • 7 days ago

I've got my conspiracy board out again, desperately trying to find a link between "Irish young people are very unhappy" and "plans for playground cancelled due to fears they will attract anti-social behaviour"

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fancyvegaspro.bsky.social•7 days ago

I have a few other strands I'm trying to connect, like "every good youth worker I meet has to quit the job cause the pay is so bad" and "if I play on the green someone calls the police"

thejoegriffin.bsky.social•7 days ago

I read a good essay a while ago about garden trampolines! Its thesis was that playgrounds and common play areas are being phased out, so families that can afford big gardens and the equipment are turning their gardens into substitute, siloed playgrounds.

ihwright.bsky.social•7 days ago

It's not even big gardens. I see houses walking around Fairview/Marino where the garden is 80% trampoline.

erislovesmovies.bsky.social•6 days ago

My neighbours have a garden that's 50% trampoline and unfortunately for me the kids spend every dry day loudly bouncing on it as the elder tries to murder the younger

photaculous.bsky.social•7 days ago

A few of my neighbours have them and they are almost never used. On the other hand, if you dig a hole in the ground the kids will stay at it every day.

So, save your money I guess.

ihwright.bsky.social•6 days ago

Many of the kids will end up in Australia anyway, may as well get them to start digging now

thejoegriffin.bsky.social•6 days ago

Cool kids who want to walk past trampolines 🤝 kids who love trampolines:

"Let's bounce."

eoinbuckleylmk.bsky.social•6 days ago

Having to build fenced off 'playgrounds' because you have given public roads (and footpaths!!) to cars is the real anti-social behaviour.
Teenagers hanging off a bench is not, even if the odd dope breaks something.
And remember 'they never leave their bedrooms/always on their phones'

imaculthero.bsky.social•7 days ago

It's weird that what people tend to describe as "anti-social behaviour" always sounds like people being behaving sociably 🤷‍♂️

mnicearbhaill.bsky.social•6 days ago

true I know of a playground which was closed by the council as the children used chalk on the ground. They called it graffiti 🤣

mnicearbhaill.bsky.social•6 days ago

dont forget about the big plans by the govt for everyone to be able to live in a shed in someone's garden. Living the dream

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