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Thursday, September 02, 2010

Scram! DC Shops Install Device That Emits Annoying Sound Only Kids Can Hear

A DC shop on one of the busiest retail strips has installed a "Mosquito" device in order to drive away teenagers who often loiter and fight there. The unit emits an annoying beeep beeep beeep at 17.5 kilohertz, which is at the upper range of audibility for 13-25 year olds. The business owners like it, but one passerby remarked, "It's classism and ageism. And it's sad."

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2010 at 3:51 PM

    GREAT! Let's put a few thousand at the Centre at Salisbury right away!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2010 at 8:14 PM

    AMEN TO THAT 3:51!!! AMEN TO THAT!

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