Why Does the World Think so Poorly of Teenagers?

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Arntor

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Because the stupid ones are, well, stupid according to what your definition of stupid is and the smart ones are extremely pedantic.
 

Craig FTW

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ssgt splatter said:
Because there are a handful of teenagers who re-enforce the sterotype and ruin it for everyone else.

yup. this is why i'm indie and i dress all emo so those preppy stereotype retard kids will be afraid of me because my friends and i are..... DIFFERENT(/i)

lol and i find twilight great, beats HSM any day. I guess you can stereotype me but like 1/10 of the peopl at my school like it so i'm not too stereotypical. =)
 

A random person

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I just felt the need to quote South Park:

Stan: But if life is only pain, what's the point of living?
Goth Kids: Just to make life more miserable for the conformists.
Stan: Alright, so how do I join you?
Goth Kids: If you want to be one of the nonconformists, all you have to do is dress just like us and listen to the same music we do.

Basically sums up most subcultures.
 

Cortheya

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Because the teenagers who the media sees are idiots. A lot of us are more intelligent but still there are so many idiots out there among us that it off balances it.
 

Carlston

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You would be one of the adults who does understand, thanks for not stereotyping.


Hey, just cause I grew up doesn't mean i got "OLD"
 

yzzlthtz

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There is yet one major developmental step....teenagers are still anarchists, unpredictable, "above the law" in a certain way...
most, though, people who don't like teenagers are probably trying to put their own teenage years behind them, OR they hated everybody they knew who was their age when they were teenagers.
 

iJosh

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Because they like to get drunk irresponsibly and get each other pregnant. Then cry because they can't take care of babies. Then they have to get an abortion or get their parents to care for the kid and the baby.
 

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Teenagers are an easy target to be blamed because everyone expects teenagers to do it, even other teenagers. For the teenagers that are commiting crimes, it is much easier to blame them then get into the psychological issue of how much damage have their parents caused. Such as not spanking their children when they should.

There are alot of idiots that like Disney, their minds and wallets are easy to cater to, so they get all the marketing. It's just good business.
 

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Don't even get me started on disney. (damn you walt)

more on topic it seems like most people in this age group (I'm 14) do suffer from that particular type of brain damage. To me it seems like most of them do act like that (sigh) and people wonder why I'm a shut in.
 

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Deef said:
Adults generally don't like teenagers because they can't relate. They attempt to compare what teenagers should and shouldn't be doing with their own (and probably distorted) memories of their teenage years. Most (not all though) adults just don't seem to be able to comprehend that being a teenager now is different than being a teenager then, so they dislike us.
Hmm I have a bit of a different take.
See the I grew up with Metalica and Nintendo and so did the kid. My high school days were at the start of the school shootings...

When I was "coming of age" I noticed this. My parents seemed to fall into a pit of not wanting me to grow up, be taught about sex at school nor did they want to come forward and teach me.

As much as being a Roman Catholic (Forced like most other kid at the end of a belt) to be told the invisible man in the sky doesn't want me to do what nature is pretty much forcing my body to was a load of crap.

I broke off from that mistake and taught my kid straight up. Body is changing, what is sex. Told them, why should I practice safe sex. Showed my little girl a live birth (the one with the most screaming) Showed my boy cauliflower dick pictures on why you use a condome and what STD's are. Thank your internet.

Why shouldn't you use illegal drugs. Screw the moron goverment rapping, cartoon dog things, Here ya go... pictures of burn outs who used meth... yep that 50 year old looking freak is accually 22. Heroin, well thats closer to home, when my mom died my dad had a girl friend who shot up got a flesh eatting bactiera... showed those pics and the story of tired tuesday, hospital friday, surgery Saturday, dead Sunday. Body so bloated they could stitch her back up.

Drinking and driving...here your pictures. Get busted I'm not bailing you out and they all ruined their lives.

Why do they do these things dad? Because when this kids dad and mom were teens... their folks were to chicken shit to tell them what they experienced...what they needed to know. Backed down and babbled about faith and a god (god helps thoses who help themselves, in others words go out and get the food, gods not making you a cheese burger douche, get the job, buy the groceries, cook the meal. YOU Make it happen. That God provied thing means its out there but not handed to you ya goob)

So they ***** if someone tells kids about sex, they ***** if schools don't do it, they hand a boy something that looks like a cows skull and say its a utterous then say "Don't have sex." When its against the natural animal instinct and then watch them fail and talk about values.

Yeah, congrats. It's about whining about marriage, Darwinisim, not being Monkies, well we are Humans and we are still animials, and still part of nature.

And your parents are trying to mimic what their parents did. They got no help... so they gave you what they got... crap. They expect to be listened to without fail, like the church and god? -Epic Fail- And they repeat the past failure.

I for one broke away from that. My kids went in to the teen armed with real life knowledge, hell my daughter was a bit freaked. And to this day no STD's no busts and no teen babies.

I chalk one up to honesty and having a brain in my head. And not having faith that keeping a kid ignorant will see me and them through...

On the other hand. I don't think a teen/kid is STUPID. I don't believe you can't think for yourselfs because your not X years old, a video game made me commit a crime, I saw it on a movie, my invisible friend broke it BS teen criminals feed the media when they steal a car and blame GTA 4 to try and duck out of a jail sentence. Like some sicko murdering 14 people then blaming DND... yeah right.

You think as a kid/teen I didn't blame anything thing but myself for a period of time to cover my own ass?

Least till I learned how amazing lame it was and no one bought it...
Deef said:
Adults generally don't like teenagers because they can't relate. They attempt to compare what teenagers should and shouldn't be doing with their own (and probably distorted) memories of their teenage years. Most (not all though) adults just don't seem to be able to comprehend that being a teenager now is different than being a teenager then, so they dislike us.
 

Meta Like That

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Hexadecimal said:
Clashero said:
Meta Like That said:
Clashero said:
nathan-dts said:
Calobi said:
nathan-dts said:
Optimus Prime said:
Always has, always will. Because teenagers are different(/i)

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Calobi said:
Twilight_guy said:
Calobi said:
nathan-dts said:
Calobi said:
nathan-dts said:
Optimus Prime said:
Always has, always will. Because teenagers are different(/i)
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hypothetical fact said:
Teenagers are an easy target to be blamed because everyone expects teenagers to do it, even other teenagers. For the teenagers that are commiting crimes, it is much easier to blame them then get into the psychological issue of how much damage have their parents caused. Such as not spanking their children when they should.
This pisses me off the most, 'cause my latest nephew is a clear case of this. He annoys the shit out of everybody around him most of the time and acts like the most spoiled fucking brat on earth. I know if nothing changes, he's gonna end up like one of those idiots in the news.

I just take solace in the fact that I don't live with him anymore, and that whenever I do have to deal with him he acts relatively normal, 'cause he knows I'll beat his ass if he acts up.
 

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Fightgarr said:
Its because all teenagers are pieces of shit. All they do is whine and ***** and moan. All they do is sit around and smoke weed. They never do their homework and have too much sex.
What? You mean we do everything you want to but can't?

Oh, right, teenagers are also smartasses when they're not being stupid.
 

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CJ1145 said:
What? You mean we do everything you want to but can't?

Oh, right, teenagers are also smartasses when they're not being stupid.
People took that one way too seriously. I am also a teenager, as I clarified to the other person who tried to call me on this one. Read the other posts, its in there.
Seriously, people don't read an entire thread and try and call people on the same shit not realizing its been said 3 times before them.
 

CJ1145

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Fightgarr said:
CJ1145 said:
What? You mean we do everything you want to but can't?

Oh, right, teenagers are also smartasses when they're not being stupid.
People took that one way too seriously. I am also a teenager, as I clarified to the other person who tried to call me on this one. Read the other posts, its in there.
Seriously, people don't read an entire thread and try and call people on the same shit not realizing its been said 3 times before them.
Please don't post in white. It gets annoying. Also, I wasn't really calling you on it, it was to set up my smartass comment. Sorry if I offended you.
 

Fightgarr

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CJ1145 said:
Please don't post in white. It gets annoying. Also, I wasn't really calling you on it, it was to set up my smartass comment. Sorry if I offended you.
You didn't. This was just a mix-up. Don't think anything of it.
As for posting in white, why is it annoying? I like doing and you're not forced to read it so suck it up.