This will be a "get off my lawn" post.

[Atticus]

No responsible adult can be anything but angry and disgusted about the self-centered CHILDREN spending spring break partying at the beaches. But, it is not especially remarkable that these CHILDREN are self-centered twits who are convinced that they are invincible. We all had that attitude at their age. Besides, these CHILDREN have an excuse for their "I'm the only one who really counts" attitude. They are simply modeling the putrid example of the Orange Oaf.

They have heard all the stupidity gushing from the White House and their bullshit alarms haven't had time to fully develop. Most of ours have been blaring at constant full volume for over three years.

So, yeah, the spring breakers piss me off, but they are forgivable. Trump?

NEVER!

[CurtEastPoint]

1. My question is where are their fucking parents? Or are they as stupid as their children.

I think I just answered my own quesiton.

[Turin_C3PO]

3. A lot of these

kids are in college and not under their parents’ authority anymore.

[Baclava]

7. Lots of pics on twitter of them doing the "coronavirus challenge", licking doornobs, toilet seats et

Invincible, bulletproof, the typical attitude of young everywhere

[blueinredohio]

8. They might not be under their parents rule but

parents normally foot the bill. So cancel the credit card until spring break is over if they won't listen about staying home.

[Turin_C3PO]

9. True.

That would be a good idea.

[babylonsister]

13. I wonder who is paying for that college? For

that matter, who paid for that trip?

[Turin_C3PO]

2. Yes, it's stupid.

But the young are acting as they always have. It’s not due to Trump who most young people hate. It’s that young people think they’re invincible, always have. The answer is to close beaches, bars, etc. to limit where they can gather.

[Phoenix61]

4. This is the reason the drinking age went from

18 to 21. As I posted elsewhere, DeSantis should have shut this down before it even started. Spring Break is on every calendar in every beach town. He was more worried about the economic fallout than about his constituents. Sadly, they will pay the price for his cowardice.

[rzemanfl]

5. Clearwater Beach in FL is closing at 6 a.m. on Monday.

I assume this was a local decision. Economic impact will be huge.

[VarryOn]

6. My parents would not have allowed it, notwitchstanding I was well over 18....

and no longer under their roof. Still, until I was 24 or 25, I still had to make the occasional shameful call to request a deposit into my checking account. Their agreement to do so was always accompanied by an ass-chewing about suporting myself. Justifiably so.

If my child insisted on going to one of these precmordial cesspools on a FLorida beach, one, they'd have low funds, and two, they couldnt come to my home for at least 14 days.

My fear is that in the next couple of weeks as these kids go home with COVID-19 (and no telling what other social diseases from bumping uglies), there will be clusters of infections directly related to these kids bring the virus homefrom Florida.

[patricia92243]

10. It is going to get worse as people get tired of being cooped up.

I think by the end of next week we will see the beginnings of rebellion against being confined,

[genxlib]

11. I agree but...

I think it will take a little longer though.

My gut feeling is that some famous people are going to start getting really ill and dying. That will ratchet up the "shit-is-real" seriousness the same way Tom Hanks and Rudy Gobert brought about the first real leap in attitude adjustment.

I think that will result in a few weeks of serious adherence that will really bend the curve. But as soon as people think we are past the worst of it, I think patience will be in a hurry to "get back to normal". This will result in a second wave rivaling the first.

I try not to be pessimistic but I just don't think we are culturally prepared for what will be needed over the long term.

[genxlib]

12. It is easy to be angry

But I just have to remind myself about the party we threw at college during our first hurricane warning. Looking back, my living quarters were so vulnerable that it could have gotten us killed if the storm had actually struck.

Live and learn and try not to get anyone killed along the way.

Now get off my lawn!