A Problem With Youth of Today? No.

[Danzaivar]

He's on about the fact you're 20 and a virgin. That gets you mocked in most social circles.

To which I often reply with "Keep your STD's and babies, thanks".

Are you a product of abstinence education or something? What a bizarre opinion on sex. o_o

 

[Lios]

As said in the other thread about teenagers. They say it because a handful of kids have done that stuff, leading people to believe that every teenager does. See one-See all logic. Don't you just hate it? Yeah a lot of kids in their teens are sexually active but that's a primal instinct thing. There's no way we can really change that.

 

[Lazzi]

I'm 20. Virgin. Didn't do drugs. Haven't touched alcohol.

Are you saying -I- should be ragged on because I'm not an idiot, and have a slightly better morale compass?

Yes, you should then be hunted down and killed. After we stone you...

 

[Lazzi]

As said in the other thread about teenagers. They say it because a handful of kids have done that stuff, leading people to believe that every teenager does. See one-See all logic. Don't you just hate it?

We can blame the FOX news mentality.

 

[UsefulPlayer 1]

15 years old and haven't condemned anything yet.

Wished I had a girlfriend though. Not saying I'll be sexually active, it would just make this basement a little warmer...

I still believe its better to naturally assume all teenagers are douchebags though, not because of the questionable activities they partake in, just that its better that way.

 

[Good morning blues]

I'm 20. Virgin. Didn't do drugs. Haven't touched alcohol.

Are you saying -I- should be ragged on because I'm not an idiot, and have a slightly better morale compass?

You shouldn't be ragged on for not doing those things, but you most certainly should be ragged on for being a pompous, judgmental ass about it.

My analysis is that a lot of people on this web site spend an awful lot of their time in their mother's basement in front of the xbox, and are secretly jealous of their peers who have actual, fulfilling social lives. In order to feel better about themselves, they inflate the excesses of the people they envy so that they can claim that they're better than them.

That paragraph obviously doesn't refer to everyone here, but if it makes people angry, it's probably referring to them.

You poor thing.

Quite proud actually. Not sure what you're going on about.

He's on about the fact you're 20 and a virgin. That gets you mocked in most social circles.
You not caring is fair enough, but "not sure what you're going on about" kind of implies you don't hang around with people much. That implies little social contact, which sucks for your social growth, hence the pity.

No, that's not quite what I was on about.

Yes I was mocking you to an extent, but the main thrust is that I think decisions based on lack of experience (or worse, based on other people's experience) are never good.
You can decide to not get drunk or have sex (drugs later), but to do so without ever having done either is denying yourself the experience to make the decision properly.
I don't drink now, but I have been drunk a few times. It was actually a lot of fun, I just don't feel the need to do it again. Similarly I know sex is best with someone you have strong feelings for, but I'd never have found that out without going through a couple of relationships first.
Drugs are a bit different, the state makes that decision for you and if you can go through life without encountering drugs, good for you. As for me, peer pressure got me into my one and only experience with drugs, never again.

The point I'm trying to make is that it's better to decide whether you should or shouldn't do something after you've given it a go. If it's legal and nobody get's hurt, why not?

What if you know that you have a very addictive personality? Would you consider it smart and knowledgable to avoid semi-harmful and potentially expensive things then? I personally have a heart defect and can give in to alcohol poisioning very quickly, so drinking has been a life or death thing for me.

Ps. I match AvauntVanguard's description of himself(I am 18), probably for very different reasons though.

If drinking alcohol to excess is likely to make you die and you do it anyway, then yes, you are an idiot, much like someone with a peanut allergy who makes themselves a peanut butter sandwich. That doesn't really factor into this discussion, however, because it's not exactly a common affliction.

 

[DragunovHUN]

Any time I hear a "youth of today" rant, I always think of how EVERY generation thinks the "youth of the day" are awful and heading down a path to destruction. Every single one.

Because it gets a bit worse with every generation. Makes sense to me.

 

[Agayek]

15 years old and haven't condemned anything yet.

Wished I had a girlfriend though. Not saying I'll be sexually active, it would just make this basement a little warmer...

I still believe its better to naturally assume all teenagers are douchebags though, not because of the questionable activities they partake in, just that its better that way.

Actually, it's better to naturally assume all humans are douchebags, but usually it's true. Not always, and a lot of the time if you deal with individual people, they're not, but once you get more than a dozen or so people together, they all collectively become colossal douches.

My analysis is that a lot of people on this web site spend an awful lot of their time in their mother's basement in front of the xbox, and are secretly jealous of their peers who have actual, fulfilling social lives. In order to feel better about themselves, they inflate the excesses of the people they envy so that they can claim that they're better than them.

That paragraph obviously doesn't refer to everyone here, but if it makes people angry, it's probably referring to them.

What if we don't have fulfilling social lives, but realize that that's no one's fault but our own, and accept that the people who do are the lucky fucks but aren't really all that envious of 'em?

 

[Harbinger_]

There isn't a problem with the youth of today there is a problem with the parenting and society in general.

 

[0110100110]

I'm 20. Virgin. Didn't do drugs. Haven't touched alcohol.

Are you saying -I- should be ragged on because I'm not an idiot, and have a slightly better morale compass?

I don't see what your morale compass has to do with any of the things you have listed.

Maybe it means he has the confidence to say these things openly and not care what anyone else thinks,

 

[Senor Chistoso]

AvauntVanguard:
I'm 20. Virgin. Didn't do drugs. Haven't touched alcohol.

Are you saying -I- should be ragged on because I'm not an idiot, and have a slightly better morale compass

Hitler didnt drink smoke or had frivolous amounts of sex.....you think that HE had a better moral compas? Don't worry...i'll wait.

Aside of my previous example i know people who dont drink or smoke but do more "evil"things then the stoners who just sit in the corner enjoyin themselves.
But thats what i know, never just judge one group of people of what they do, thats a stupid way of reasoning (i dont even want to call it reasoning). 'Cuz good people come in all kinds of packages,bad people too

 

[Ago Iterum]

I'm 20. Virgin. Didn't do drugs. Haven't touched alcohol.

Are you saying -I- should be ragged on because I'm not an idiot, and have a slightly better morale compass?

I don't see what your morale compass has to do with any of the things you have listed.

...not ruining my life?

I've read a lot of your posts regarding this topic, and they're all absolute rubbish.

I've had sex, done drugs, drank alcahol. Am I immoral? Am I really? I'm all fine with people who don't want to do these things because they're scared or whatever, (come on, don't give me the 'I don't want sex' line, because it's hardly a choice to want sex, it's human nature) but when you start acting like you're better than people because of it, that's what annoys people.

He's on about the fact you're 20 and a virgin. That gets you mocked in most social circles.

To which I often reply with "Keep your STD's and babies, thanks".

Okay, rereading everything, and THEN reading this, it's clear you're some kind of strange social outcast. Babies and STD's come from UNPROTECTED sex. What's your plan? Never set foot near a woman? And that makes you a better human being?

Remind me of the main goal of a species... Reproduction and survival! So technically, you're NOT a better person, really, are you?

Well that's my rant over. If you fancy answering a question, when you said you're proud, what are you proud of?

 

[implodingMan]

I'm 20. Virgin. Didn't do drugs. Haven't touched alcohol.

Are you saying -I- should be ragged on because I'm not an idiot, and have a slightly better morale compass?

You shouldn't be ragged on for not doing those things, but you most certainly should be ragged on for being a pompous, judgmental ass about it.

My analysis is that a lot of people on this web site spend an awful lot of their time in their mother's basement in front of the xbox, and are secretly jealous of their peers who have actual, fulfilling social lives. In order to feel better about themselves, they inflate the excesses of the people they envy so that they can claim that they're better than them.

That paragraph obviously doesn't refer to everyone here, but if it makes people angry, it's probably referring to them.

Indeed. The attitudes of so many, oh hell.. I 'll just say it, nerds, smack of cognitive dissonance.

"Damn, I can't get a date and I have no real friends. Its probably because they can't accept me for being such a rebel, and they are all idiots!"

Rationalization is perfectly normal in humans, but that doesn't mean that it shouldn't be corrected when found out.

 

[McMo0^]

Surely its natural to mock your social opposites?

If you live a binge drinking, drug taking, casual fucking, care free lifestyle, you're going to find not doing these things dull. Likewise if you don't do any of these things, you're more than likly going to look at them as idiots.

I always had a pretty neutral teenage life. I loved gaming, i drank from time to time, was kind of care free, but made sure i didn't do anything stupid. I dunno really, i think if anyone can look back at their teenage years and say they didn't do anything they regretted, or regret not being a bit more adventurous, then you live on some form of cloud, where you wipe your arse with golden sheets... second thoughts that sounds kind of painful.

I look back to my teens with large lumps of regret. I didn't have the forsight to study harder, mostly because I kept getting mixed advice from those who give it i.e "Your teenage years are for enjoying" and "Once you've got school out the way, the worlds your oyster, so work hard now". So as i said i didn't do anything really stupid other than not work hard enough.

So a poser for anyone who's already done school. What you change about your teenage years if you could? Be more sensible? More experimentational? Is that even a word? Its experimental i'm looking for lol. I would've gone for more fun tbh. Its a combination of where i'm living and what i now do for fun that makes me think that. I live in a dead end town, where there is literally nothing to do. Yes theres some shoddy night clubs, and a very weak cinema, but thats basically it. The music is terrible in said night clubs, and far to loud to talk to the people your with, so I instead choose to stay at home, where my best mates live anyway, and i can generally game the night away if they're doing something else. I also kind of want rediculous stories of tennage idiocy to share, of which i have about 2 or 3. Most of the people i know have a large book full of stupid, but hilarious stories...

I ramble. Its late, i'm not tired, but bored lol

 

[Baneat]

I'm 20. Virgin. Didn't do drugs. Haven't touched alcohol.

Are you saying -I- should be ragged on because I'm not an idiot, and have a slightly better morale compass?

How is having sex and damaging your own body morally wrong?

 

[Oopsie]

I'm 20. Virgin. Didn't do drugs. Haven't touched alcohol.

Are you saying -I- should be ragged on because I'm not an idiot, and have a slightly better morale compass?

I don't see what your morale compass has to do with any of the things you have listed.

...not ruining my life?

I'm not a virgin, 26 years old, have used drugs and regularly drink alcohol and have a well paying job, girlfriend and home. If you call these things your morale compass and a better one at that, then why aren't I in the gutter, eating roaches and preying on small change of complete strangers?

 

[chronobreak]

I sleep around, get high, and occasionally drunk and I'm not some kind of vile feral youth, or stupid, I'm highly intelligent and read often. People just need to get off their high horse and enjoy themselves. They'll be plenty of time to moan about today's youth when I'm old.

Awesome. You, sir, are a stand up man.

 

[Agayek]

I always had a pretty neutral teenage life. I loved gaming, i drank from time to time, was kind of care free, but made sure i didn't do anything stupid. I dunno really, i think if anyone can look back at their teenage years and say they didn't do anything they regretted, or regret not being a bit more adventurous, then you live on some form of cloud, where you wipe your arse with golden sheets... second thoughts that sounds kind of painful.

I look back to my teens with large lumps of regret. I didn't have the forsight to study harder, mostly because I kept getting mixed advice from those who give it i.e "Your teenage years are for enjoying" and "Once you've got school out the way, the worlds your oyster, so work hard now". So as i said i didn't do anything really stupid other than not work hard enough.

So a poser for anyone who's already done school. What you change about your teenage years if you could? Be more sensible? More experimentational? Is that even a word? Its experimental i'm looking for lol. I would've gone for more fun tbh. Its a combination of where i'm living and what i now do for fun that makes me think that. I live in a dead end town, where there is literally nothing to do. Yes theres some shoddy night clubs, and a very weak cinema, but thats basically it. The music is terrible in said night clubs, and far to loud to talk to the people your with, so I instead choose to stay at home, where my best mates live anyway, and i can generally game the night away if they're doing something else. I also kind of want rediculous stories of tennage idiocy to share, of which i have about 2 or 3. Most of the people i know have a large book full of stupid, but hilarious stories...

I ramble. Its late, i'm not tired, but bored lol

Honestly, I don't have a lot of regrets from high school or growing up. There are some things I wish turned out differently, but I had no control over them. I'm, while maybe not completely happy, content with how life has turned out for me thus far.

And before it comes up somewhere else, I was a hopeless shut-in all through elementary school, and most of the way through high school. I had/have issues with socialization, due to spending years as the class punching bag. Like I said, some things I wish worked out differently, but all in all, I don't really regret anything I did or wish I had done something I didn't.