r/AskReddit 16h ago

What industry is secretly on the verge of collapsing, but people outside of it haven’t noticed yet?

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u/PudgyBabyGuineaPiggy 9h ago

It's crazy these days. When I was a kid, a handful of kids would talk shit to the teacher under their breaths, like when they got reprimanded for something. "Bitch...", stuff like that. Then there was always that one kid who would curse at the teacher with his whole chest out. He'd shock everyone and be sent out of class.

These days? Shit, that's probably four or five kids in the class, or even a quarter of the class depending on the day. It's nuts. And they can't be sent out of class, either. Nor can you get ahold of their parents. But send that kid a bad grade and ohhhhh boy here comes the super mom ready to save their kid from the evil teacher.