The hottest new hangout for middle schoolers is NPR's comment section?

Obviously kids want some sort of communication platform. I did at their age, and I didn't want my parents able to immediatly look up everything I ever said, no matter how innocent.

To me this is like meeting up with people in a crowded square to chat. It's not private chat really, but nobody will track it if they simply don't know where to look and aren't looking.

That ending is hilarious. I imagine him grabbing some random kid in public and asking why