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I think the problem starts far earlier than college...

Imagine a 1st grader who brings a butterknife to school - zero tolerance policy kicks in, and you have a far too impactful outcome.

When I was in kindergarden, I kissed a girl in the closet. I wonder how that would go over today.

Technology plays a role, but just in general, society's handling of incidents is too extreme these days.



You are fine. One of my co worker's kids was licked in kindergarden by another kid. Nobody made a big deal out of it.


Depending on the jurisdiction, that could be a registerable sex offense. And the offense record won't say "Billy kissed a girl when he was in kindergarten", it'll say "INDCNCY W/ MINOR, VICTIM UNDER 12".


> When I was in kindergarden, I kissed a girl in the closet. I wonder how that would go over today.

That's going to come out when you run for office when she accuses you of sexually assaulting her.


Can we please not do whatever this is? It's definitely not substantive.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html


I believe it was meant to be sarcasm, just not very fitting.




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