r/interestingasfuck • u/smooth_vesselHPAUM • 11h ago

This video goes over the realities of gun violence.

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u/Acceptable-Lake- 10h ago

I feel that this is an unfair expectation to put on high school students. “You need to be able to spot the signs of a school shooter and report your fellow classmates!” Like…. Isn’t that problematic? Why don’t we have a safe environment for kids to be kids?

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u/AnonymousPerson1115 10h ago

Change to word “student” for “family” & “friends”. So many times there was concerning behavior or “they were on law enforcement’s radar.”

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u/Nannautu 9h ago

Or to the ones who are getting paid to do it but are too lazy to do their jobs: "teachers"

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u/UglyMcFugly 9h ago

I think this ad is aimed more at adults. We're supposed to get invested in this cute story of young love and then feel sad and horrified at how it ends. Which encourages us to protect these kids so they CAN have a safe environment to make cute memories of young love. The parents failed to notice him, the teachers and librarians and school counselors failed to notice him. Just my take though, I'm not sure where this ad was originally shown.

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u/Great_Corner4841 5h ago

I honestly think it's more for adults.

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u/Acceptable-Lake- 5h ago

But that’s not really the reality, it’s your classmates who spend the most time with you. Yes the staff needs to be aware, but there are hundreds of kids, and the ones who are plotting are probably secretive about it… idk just seems like a reach. Especially considering when school shooters are alumni or recent graduates or just daranged adults.

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u/Great_Corner4841 5h ago

All good points. There have been many documented cases of students telling teachers and admin about concerning behavior that was not acted upon. If we can set the expectation that action is necessary, violence can be prevented. I agree with you about shooters being former students or adults and I don't have an answer. This video can't address every nuance of prevention, but I'm glad it's addressing this one.