Oh...My...God... Teenagers really are more idiotic these days.

[BluesCluesMama]

As if sniffing bleach isn't enough! Lets drink it! (http://www.local6.com/news/15773787/detail.html) Oh yeah... and the Mountain Dew... Classic.... Good luck with those babies, I'm sure they'll do great in school after all that bleach and caffeine.

[JolietJake]

"State lawmakers said the myths are spreading because of Florida's abstinence-only sex education, Local 6 reported."

Yet people still won't admit that abstinence-only only sex ed doesn't work.:roll:

[Javery]

That can't be real. No one is that stupid - and if they are let them drink all the bleach they can before passing out. Survival of the fittest!

[Short Round]

This is a surprise to anyone?

[naes]

I find it idiotic that you decide to attack a certain age group for no reason, especially because in the article it clearly says "State lawmakers said the myths are spreading because of Florida's abstinence-only sex education, Local 6 reported."

So, who's fault is it? The shitty school system or the teenagers? Face it, people don't get more idiotic when time goes on. It just seems like it because, well, you're older. I find it very offensive when people say how bad my generation is because every previous generation says this about the next generation.

[soliddragon]

/Sigh, oh why does it ALWAYS have to be Florida(America's Wang)?

[tokitoki50]

I find it idiotic that you decide to attack a certain age group for no reason, especially because in the article it clearly says "State lawmakers said the myths are spreading because of Florida's abstinence-only sex education, Local 6 reported."

So, who's fault is it? The shitty school system or the teenagers? Face it, people don't get more idiotic when time goes on. It just seems like it because, well, you're older. I find it very offensive when people say how bad my generation is because every previous generation says this about the next generation.

QFT

[Strell]

So, who's fault is it? The shitty school system or the teenagers?


Why can't it be both?


Face it, people don't get more idiotic when time goes on.


Debatable, but I don't know where you'd get proof/evidence either way. I prefer to just say that people have always been stupid and will always be stupid, with obvious stand-outs like famous mathematicians, scientists, physicists, etc.


It just seems like it because, well, you're older. I find it very offensive when people say how bad my generation is because every previous generation says this about the next generation.

And yet you called the observation idiotic previously. Seems counter-productive given your assertions here.

And don't forget - you'll do the same about the generation under you. You'll probably top it off with "Yeah well everyone insulted mine, so I'm allowed" rite of passage justification. Everyone always does.

As for the article, come on. Drinking bleach? Would be nice to think that would sterilize these kids somehow.

The other issue - on abstinence only programs - is the bigger one no one is going to really address. I've come to accept that we should include condoms and such in sex ed, but I find it really strange that so many people are adamant about getting so angry about these programs.

[BluesCluesMama]

I find it idiotic that you decide to attack a certain age group for no reason, especially because in the article it clearly says "State lawmakers said the myths are spreading because of Florida's abstinence-only sex education, Local 6 reported."

So, who's fault is it? The shitty school system or the teenagers? Face it, people don't get more idiotic when time goes on. It just seems like it because, well, you're older. I find it very offensive when people say how bad my generation is because every previous generation says this about the next generation.

Your generation is the one that got high off of the condensed air in the cans of whipped cream for God sakes(resulting in it getting banned for a short time and nearly ruining my chance at sharing a childhood memory with my children of spraying the whipped cream into their mouths), and thats pretty damned sad. How can I NOT feel a little angry with your generation? I know there are a few good kids in your generation, but nowadays it's rare. I haven't seen very many. In fact, I can't remember the last time I've seen a good teen. And how can teenagers not know anything about sex beyond sex ed in highschool? Sex is everywhere. It's on TV, it's in the movies, it's in books(even the ones meant for teens)/magazines, etc.

Yeah it sucks that the system is not allowing them to teach them properly. And parents need to be doing their part as well. But bleach?! It says right on the bottle that IT IS NOT TO BE INGESTED! And I remember hearing about the Mountain Dew rumor when I was a teen myself. It's a very old rumor that it lowers your sperm count but it's not true. It's a myth. Know how I found that out? The internet. When I hear something and want to know if it's true or not, I look into it. That's being smart. Being stupid is jumping the gun and drinking poison and having sex without real protection and thinking some rather nasty tasting soda is going to keep you from knocking some chick up. And I was smart enough when I was a teen to know that the pull out method doesn't work either. Thats another myth teens buy into. I figured that one out all on my own because I actually looked and observed during foreplay(and just to put the question to rest before it gets asked I only ever did foreplay, never had sex til I was 18) that something comes out whether the guy gets off or not and I thought "what if there's a few escapees in there". Turns out I was right when I looked that one up. Sure it lowers the chances but the chance is still there.

I wonder if any of these kids have died from doing this yet. Or have gotten sick. Bleach is highly toxic. Seriously.

[Demolition Man]

That can't be real. No one is that stupid - and if they are let them drink all the bleach they can before passing out. Survival of the fittest!

Never heard of Malt Vinegar Boy?

http://www.customerssuck.com/board/showthread.php?t=166

[tiredfornow]

I find it idiotic that you decide to attack a certain age group for no reason, especially because in the article it clearly says "State lawmakers said the myths are spreading because of Florida's abstinence-only sex education, Local 6 reported."

So, who's fault is it? The shitty school system or the teenagers? Face it, people don't get more idiotic when time goes on. It just seems like it because, well, you're older. I find it very offensive when people say how bad my generation is because every previous generation says this about the next generation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl3W5UaPliE

Shut up.

[Liquid 2]

Bleach is highly toxic. Seriously.No. Fucking. Way.

[naes]

Your generation is the one that got high off of the condensed air in the cans of whipped cream for God sakes(resulting in it getting banned for a short time and nearly ruining my chance at sharing a childhood memory with my children of spraying the whipped cream into their mouths), and thats pretty damned sad. How can I NOT feel a little angry with your generation? I know there are a few good kids in your generation, but nowadays it's rare. I haven't seen very many. In fact, I can't remember the last time I've seen a good teen. And how can teenagers not know anything about sex beyond sex ed in highschool? Sex is everywhere. It's on TV, it's in the movies, it's in books(even the ones meant for teens)/magazines, etc.

Yeah it sucks that the system is not allowing them to teach them properly. And parents need to be doing their part as well. But bleach?! It says right on the bottle that IT IS NOT TO BE INGESTED! And I remember hearing about the Mountain Dew rumor when I was a teen myself. It's a very old rumor that it lowers your sperm count but it's not true. It's a myth. Know how I found that out? The internet. When I hear something and want to know if it's true or not, I look into it. That's being smart. Being stupid is jumping the gun and drinking poison and having sex without real protection and thinking some rather nasty tasting soda is going to keep you from knocking some chick up. And I was smart enough when I was a teen to know that the pull out method doesn't work either. Thats another myth teens buy into. I figured that one out all on my own because I actually looked and observed during foreplay(and just to put the question to rest before it gets asked I only ever did foreplay, never had sex til I was 18) that something comes out whether the guy gets off or not and I thought "what if there's a few escapees in there". Turns out I was right when I looked that one up. Sure it lowers the chances but the chance is still there.

I wonder if any of these kids have died from doing this yet. Or have gotten sick. Bleach is highly toxic. Seriously.
I'm not going to bother to replying everything in here, but you are overlooking one major detail about the article. It never said that teenagers are doing it.

[BluesCluesMama]

I look at this generation and it scares me. I don't ever want my children to grow up because I wonder what they will turn into if this generation is THIS bad. I walk down the street and I get a teenager throwing cigarettes at me and my kids. When I was pregnant, two teens screamed "Hey fatass, how much" out their window. Teen pregnancy is on the rise. STDs are also on the rise. And now this. Drugs are also a HUGE issue. I see my children as innocent and cute now but ten or fifteen years from now those big beautiful eyes could be sunken in from drug use, my daughter's cute little ticklish belly could be swollen with child, my son's mouth could be spewing with hateful language towards everyone around him as well as my daughter no matter what I do. I could be as good a mother as I can be but what it comes right down to is the teachers that teach them, the friends they make, and the people that are in their class that they may not necessarily be friends with. Not to mention what classes they have and what is being taught. This generation is fucked. I just hope my children won't be.

[naes]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl3W5UaPliE

Shut up.
:applause: That's not me, but it's great to know that you have my YouTube profile.

[Liquid 2]

I look at this generation and it scares me. I don't ever want my children to grow up because I wonder what they will turn into if this generation is THIS bad. I walk down the street and I get a teenager throwing cigarettes at me and my kids. When I was pregnant, two teens screamed "Hey fatass, how much" out their window. Teen pregnancy is on the rise. STDs are also on the rise. And now this. Drugs are also a HUGE issue. I see my children as innocent and cute now but ten or fifteen years from now those big beautiful eyes could be sunken in from drug use, my daughter's cute little ticklish belly could be swollen with child, my son's mouth could be spewing with hateful language towards everyone around him as well as my daughter no matter what I do. I could be as good a mother as I can be but what it comes right down to is the teachers that teach them, the friends they make, and the people that are in their class that they may not necessarily be friends with. Not to mention what classes they have and what is being taught. This generation is fucked. I just hope my children won't be.

I like how you're already blaming everyone else for how you're kids are going to end up.

[tiredfornow]

:applause: That's not me, but it's great to know that you have my YouTube profile.

Its ya boy TheManaKnight's favorite video, son!

I'm sure thats not you.

[SneakyPenguin]

I like how you're already blaming everyone else for how you're kids are going to end up.


Well DER, it's never, never the parent's fault. That's just absurd.

This thread just proves that everyone, teenagers, children, adults, seniors, are all equally retarded.

[naes]

Its ya boy TheManaKnight's favorite video, son!

I'm sure thats not you.
If you're wondering who it is, it's one of my friends videos. He had no clue how to upload YouTube videos for a while. His YouTube channel is here. (http://www.youtube.com/user/unsunghero2)

[tiredfornow]

If you're wondering who it is, it's one of my friends videos. He had no clue how to upload YouTube videos for a while. His YouTube channel is here. (http://www.youtube.com/user/unsunghero2)

Keep denying it, degenerate.

[naes]

Keep denying it, degenerate.
Will do.

[MadChedar0]

Man Florida has a lot of crazy news lately

[mykevermin]

I've got some buddies and we all drink bleach
you know we practice what we preach
We're not a drunken bunch of frat boys drunk on beer
or a stoned bunch of hippies with no careers
I wanna drink bleach with a Georgia Peach

My pals and I all drink Clorox
or eat Snowy right out of the box
Teenage suicide rate shot high and we
understand the reason why
Bleach does more than whiten socks

Don't you wanna hang out with the bleach boys baby
in a land where ministers murder golf pros?
Don't you wanna drink some bleach tonight?

Maybe there'll be a party at the beach
We'll bitch about life and chug-a-lug bleach
No ones getting high and no one's getting drunk
we got a case off bleach stashed in the trunk.
I wanna die with clorox within reach.

I'm very proud of the respect I've earned
and my voice is very deep 'cause my throat got burned.
Bleach keeps you young so I've been told
'cause no one who drinks it lives to be old
Drink it with a chaser is the first thing I learned.

Don't you wanna hang out with the bleach boys baby
in a land where midgets run for mayor?
Don't you wanna drink some bleach tonight?

I had 26 friends in the beginning
but now it seems our numbers are thinning
Some people drive fast others love to bet
still others snort coke in a private jet.
But drinking bleach is my way of winning.

(solo)

I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach...

[Strell]

We real cool. We
Left school. We

Lurk late. We
Strike straight. We

Sing sin. We
Thin gin. We

Jazz June. We
Die soon.

[DT778]

Never heard of Malt Vinegar Boy?

http://www.customerssuck.com/board/showthread.php?t=166That was a fun read.

[VipFREAK]

lool, oh... such a funny thread.

[Chacrana]

I find it idiotic that you decide to attack a certain age group for no reason, especially because in the article it clearly says "State lawmakers said the myths are spreading because of Florida's abstinence-only sex education, Local 6 reported."

So, who's fault is it? The shitty school system or the teenagers? Face it, people don't get more idiotic when time goes on. It just seems like it because, well, you're older. I find it very offensive when people say how bad my generation is because every previous generation says this about the next generation.

Wait... you're saying it's possibly the school system's fault that some kids saw drinking bleach as a solution?

There is no way you can educate anybody stupid enough to believe that.

[VipFREAK]

Face it, people don't get more idiotic when time goes on.

Huh?! Huh!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGuw09cHHz4

I NEVER had thoughts of doing something this stupid and to prove it I'm not fucked up like these two idiots... yeah.

[naes]

Wait... you're saying it's possibly the school system's fault that some kids saw drinking bleach as a solution?

There is no way you can educate anybody stupid enough to believe that.
No one ever said that kids are drinking bleach.

[tokitoki50]

Your generation is the one that got high off of the condensed air in the cans of whipped cream for God sakes(resulting in it getting banned for a short time and nearly ruining my chance at sharing a childhood memory with my children of spraying the whipped cream into their mouths), and thats pretty damned sad. How can I NOT feel a little angry with your generation? I know there are a few good kids in your generation, but nowadays it's rare. I haven't seen very many. In fact, I can't remember the last time I've seen a good teen. And how can teenagers not know anything about sex beyond sex ed in highschool? Sex is everywhere. It's on TV, it's in the movies, it's in books(even the ones meant for teens)/magazines, etc.

Yeah it sucks that the system is not allowing them to teach them properly. And parents need to be doing their part as well. But bleach?! It says right on the bottle that IT IS NOT TO BE INGESTED! And I remember hearing about the Mountain Dew rumor when I was a teen myself. It's a very old rumor that it lowers your sperm count but it's not true. It's a myth. Know how I found that out? The internet. When I hear something and want to know if it's true or not, I look into it. That's being smart. Being stupid is jumping the gun and drinking poison and having sex without real protection and thinking some rather nasty tasting soda is going to keep you from knocking some chick up. And I was smart enough when I was a teen to know that the pull out method doesn't work either. Thats another myth teens buy into. I figured that one out all on my own because I actually looked and observed during foreplay(and just to put the question to rest before it gets asked I only ever did foreplay, never had sex til I was 18) that something comes out whether the guy gets off or not and I thought "what if there's a few escapees in there". Turns out I was right when I looked that one up. Sure it lowers the chances but the chance is still there.

I wonder if any of these kids have died from doing this yet. Or have gotten sick. Bleach is highly toxic. Seriously.

While I understand where your pessimism comes from, I really don't think your beliefs hold any weight.

You're looking at a very small minority of the younger population. Most know bleach is toxic, that mountain dew isn't a substitute for a condom, and that pulling out just doesn't work.

The media paints a very bleak picture of our generation. Scare stories sell though, and running the news is a business like any other. But that doesn't mean that all teenagers are whip cream huffing, bleach drinking, pull outers.

Past generations have been just as, if not more reckless than this current generation. From my understanding, the 1960s had record numbers of drug use, anonymous sex, and we see the beginnings of many modern gangs.

In the 1970s we had the cocaine epidemic, and in the 80s it was crack. Since the mid 90s though we've seen a steady drop in delinquent youth behavior.

[doctorfaustus]

I've got some buddies and we all drink bleach
you know we practice what we preach
We're not a drunken bunch of frat boys drunk on beer
or a stoned bunch of hippies with no careers
I wanna drink bleach with a Georgia Peach

My pals and I all drink Clorox
or eat Snowy right out of the box
Teenage suicide rate shot high and we
understand the reason why
Bleach does more than whiten socks

Don't you wanna hang out with the bleach boys baby
in a land where ministers murder golf pros?
Don't you wanna drink some bleach tonight?

Maybe there'll be a party at the beach
We'll bitch about life and chug-a-lug bleach
No ones getting high and no one's getting drunk
we got a case off bleach stashed in the trunk.
I wanna die with clorox within reach.

I'm very proud of the respect I've earned
and my voice is very deep 'cause my throat got burned.
Bleach keeps you young so I've been told
'cause no one who drinks it lives to be old
Drink it with a chaser is the first thing I learned.

Don't you wanna hang out with the bleach boys baby
in a land where midgets run for mayor?
Don't you wanna drink some bleach tonight?

I had 26 friends in the beginning
but now it seems our numbers are thinning
Some people drive fast others love to bet
still others snort coke in a private jet.
But drinking bleach is my way of winning.

(solo)

I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach...

That's what I'm talking about.

[Halo05]

Huh?! Huh!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGuw09cHHz4

I NEVER had thoughts of doing something this stupid and to prove it I'm not fucked up like these two idiots... yeah.

That doesn't prove anything. Like someone in the jumping failure thread mentioned, wearing yellow pants like that means that you deserve to be injured.

[VipFREAK]

That doesn't prove anything. Like someone in the jumping failure thread mentioned, wearing yellow pants like that means that you deserve to be injured.

It doesn't? I mean, when I was young I may have not actually known about physics and all but I was smart enough to know, picking your so-called friend up and then jumping off my roof wouldn't be a good idea. Not to mention just jumping from a roof in it's self. Also, I don't think any of my friend's would let me pick them up let alone throw both of us off a roof.

There was plenty of times when I was young I'd be high off the ground and think... Hmm, probably not a good idea to jump off here or that matter pick up my so-called friend and jump off here. yeahhhh...

[bigdaddy]

I didn't read the article after I saw "Florida", thank god the democrats didn't let those fuckers vote.

[magiic]

As a member of "this" generation I agree that the failure to non failure ratio is strongly weighted towards the failure side. I think there is a genuine problem. Just looking at my high school of 1600 kids with a graduating class this year of about 550, I'd say about 35-40% of those kids are actually going to amount to something. The rest are just going to end up on welfare or digging ditches. Which I suppose isn't necessarily a bad thing because ditches are pretty important. However I worry about the future quality of our ditches.

[BluesCluesMama]

However I worry about the future quality of our ditches.

OMG it's so wrong but I loled.

[Squall835]

Your generation is the one that got high off of the condensed air in the cans of whipped cream for God sakes(resulting in it getting banned for a short time and nearly ruining my chance at sharing a childhood memory with my children of spraying the whipped cream into their mouths), and thats pretty damned sad. How can I NOT feel a little angry with your generation? I know there are a few good kids in your generation, but nowadays it's rare. I haven't seen very many. In fact, I can't remember the last time I've seen a good teen. And how can teenagers not know anything about sex beyond sex ed in highschool? Sex is everywhere. It's on TV, it's in the movies, it's in books(even the ones meant for teens)/magazines, etc.

Yeah it sucks that the system is not allowing them to teach them properly. And parents need to be doing their part as well. But bleach?! It says right on the bottle that IT IS NOT TO BE INGESTED! And I remember hearing about the Mountain Dew rumor when I was a teen myself. It's a very old rumor that it lowers your sperm count but it's not true. It's a myth. Know how I found that out? The internet. When I hear something and want to know if it's true or not, I look into it. That's being smart. Being stupid is jumping the gun and drinking poison and having sex without real protection and thinking some rather nasty tasting soda is going to keep you from knocking some chick up. And I was smart enough when I was a teen to know that the pull out method doesn't work either. Thats another myth teens buy into. I figured that one out all on my own because I actually looked and observed during foreplay(and just to put the question to rest before it gets asked I only ever did foreplay, never had sex til I was 18) that something comes out whether the guy gets off or not and I thought "what if there's a few escapees in there". Turns out I was right when I looked that one up. Sure it lowers the chances but the chance is still there.

I wonder if any of these kids have died from doing this yet. Or have gotten sick. Bleach is highly toxic. Seriously.

Let's not forget that your generation funded and gave weapons to Osama bin Laden. So thanks for 9/11!

[Strell]

Let's not forget that your generation funded and gave weapons to Osama bin Laden. So thanks for 9/11!

Government != generation.

I know they both start with a g, but still....

[dastly75]

They taught abstinence in middle school and then the 10th grade teacher stretched a condom over her fist down to her elbow to demonstrate...umm something. I wouldn't mind if some of these local diseased whores drank some bleach...

[AngellicLulu]

Each generation has it's own pitfalls. Also you shouldn't make generalizations.

[BluesCluesMama]

Let's not forget that your generation funded and gave weapons to Osama bin Laden. So thanks for 9/11!

I was in highschool during 9/11. I'm only 24.

[camoor]

Nah this generation is more hypocritical, conservative (and retarded, natch) then we've seen for a loooooong time.

[Squall835]

I was in highschool during 9/11. I'm only 24.

If you're only 24, then you're part of the great bleach drinking, Mountain Dew shooting generation. Congratulations!

[io]

Let's not forget that your generation funded and gave weapons to Osama bin Laden. So thanks for 9/11!

Well, since she said she was 24 you are WAY off. But, hell, if you are talking about the Mujahideen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahideen) then that wasn't even my generation's responsibility (since it was early 80s-ish) - and I'm pushing 40! So I guess that barb was leveled at all the 50-60+ year olds in this forum. I'm sure all 2 of them felt the sting ;).

If you're only 24, then you're part of the great bleach drinking, Mountain Dew shooting generation. Congratulations!

:lol:. From my perspective 24 isn't much different than being a teenager. It's pretty hard to put yourself in a different generation and condemn teenagers when you had been one just 5 years previously. As for my view on the whole thing, I've got a kid who will be a teenager in a scant year and a half and I haven't really noticed anything particularly bad about teenagers. Now society as a whole may be going down the tubes, but that's another subject ;).

[Blitz]

I have to agree with io, things really haven't changed much. I am 35 BTW.

There really isn't much of a difference between generations. Kids did stupid shit when I was a teenager but you didn't hear much about it unless you knew someone who did it or knew the family. Now with the Internet Johnny in Bumfuk, North Dakota could have sex with a maggot and you would hear about it in hours because it gets plastered all over the place. If anything the Internet has just made things that were already happening 20 years ago more known.

Drugs and sex were just as rampant when I was a teen as they are today. The drugs of choice were coke and crystal meth.

[naes]

I look at this generation and it scares me. I don't ever want my children to grow up because I wonder what they will turn into if this generation is THIS bad. I walk down the street and I get a teenager throwing cigarettes at me and my kids. When I was pregnant, two teens screamed "Hey fatass, how much" out their window. Teen pregnancy is on the rise. STDs are also on the rise. And now this. Drugs are also a HUGE issue. I see my children as innocent and cute now but ten or fifteen years from now those big beautiful eyes could be sunken in from drug use, my daughter's cute little ticklish belly could be swollen with child, my son's mouth could be spewing with hateful language towards everyone around him as well as my daughter no matter what I do. I could be as good a mother as I can be but what it comes right down to is the teachers that teach them, the friends they make, and the people that are in their class that they may not necessarily be friends with. Not to mention what classes they have and what is being taught. This generation is fucked. I just hope my children won't be.
How old are your children?

[mrlokievil]

It's not that this generation is dumber than previous ones, it's just that we get to see more of it because of the internet. There are so many teenagers that do stupid stuff and post it online. To me it seems that the entire world is getting dumber each year but that's what sells on TV and in the media.

[AngellicLulu]

I can't believe the OP is a year older than me and bitching about this.
And at least in my part of Florida, sex ed is not that bad. I'd blame the internet for the stupidity over a sex ed curriculum. It also depends on who teaches it. My father teaches anatomy and he is very open with the kids.
I'll admit I teach elementary school so the human growth and development is very basic. I don't participate in the curriculum either.
But to say teenagers are more idiotic is just ignorance. 5 years ago, teenagers were doing the same crap and mainly it was attention seeking behaviors. I've heard the mountain dew thing for years on the internet.
Teaching elementary school lets me preview the next generation... and from what I see... nothing different is coming from these kids then what came from the kids around me when I was a kid.

[PlumeNoir]

Wait...how'd this turn into a generational thing again? Pretty much everyone here is either Gen x or Gen y. Yet, we could be talking about Baby Boomers, or, I don't know, the Silent Generation. It boils down to, on the whole, teenagers are stupid.

I don't mean that all will drink bleach, just that, collectively, they're dumb. The thing is, that is just how they appear to those that are older. It's part of the maturing process, as a teen is struggling to assert themselves and learn who they are and what they can be.

Yeah, generalization is bad. I remember how pissed I would get during the heyday of Beavis and Butthead and the media using that as an example of everyone my age: "the Slackers." Then the information age came and we were the first to "get it" and suddenly there were a lot of millionaires under the age of 30. Even with the dot com bust, you stopped hearing all the negatives...or maybe the target sights had changed.

Feh, it just sucks to be a teen. Get over it and wait it out until it is your turn to bash the up and comers. And take solace in the fact that you aren't any dumber than those before you.

[BluesCluesMama]

My kids are 3 years old and 8 months. I don't see how I can be considered a teenager when I'm old enough to get alcohol(which I don't take advantage of cuz I'm trying to diet and beer guts are terrible). Plus the requirements for teenagers is the word "teen" in their age, right? Like, thirdteen, fourteen, fifteen, and so on.... I'm twenty-four. There is no "teen" in there. When I turned twenty I became an official adult and shed the teen skin.

Though I'm not going to say my generation isn't at fault for anything. I've noticed a lot of things in the news about people my age doing stupid things. I've noticed a lot of pedophiles popping up lately that are my age... >.<

[PR Mega X]

Here's the thing: I was given a sex ed class when I was younger. Our 6th grade health class was made to watch a video about Ryan White. In neither of those situations was the word 'bleach' even mentioned, and I still knew enough not to fucking drink it. People truly are getting dumber.

[infamyRISE]

thirdteen


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v97/infamyRISE/1200500671512.jpg

[Strell]

Plus the requirements for teenagers is the word "teen" in their age, right? Like, thirdteen, fourteen, fifteen, and so on.... I'm twenty-four. There is no "teen" in there. When I turned twenty I became an official adult and shed the teen skin.

You're saying a lot of different things, all highly confusing and at ends with each other.

First off, a generation is generally around 20 years or so in terms of when people are born. So that could mean that teenagers on up to a twenty year old would be considered in the same group.

Second, I don't know if this varies by state, but usually you are considered an "official" adult at the age of 18, which....well, that classifies them as a "teen" by your standards, but the law and government would try people as an adult. It's the age your parents are no longer responsible for you, that you are supposed to move out and get an apartment and go to college, etc.

Third, various cultures around the world use different ages to commemorate adulthood. I guess the best example I have is the Jews, where a boy becomes a man at the age of....I think 13. A girl's fifteenth birthday is a HUGE day in Spanish culture, with a party thrown that actually rivals a wedding in terms of planning, execution, and funding.

However, that leads me to my fourth point, which is that no one just becomes an adult magically at some point. People grow up at different times. Sometimes a kid's parents die and they have to raise their younger siblings, so they grow up quickly. Other times, people are spoiled rich fucks who get everyone handed to them, and never grow up (Paris Hilton). You're talking about using one's age as a definite indicator of maturity, and that's confusing it with legal terms of calling someone an adult.

So you're really making some odd and confusing remarks here.

[Kapwanil]

All I know after teaching high school kids over the past few years and comparing them to my old high school from around 10 years back is that very little has changed.

The popular, nasty words have changed slightly but there's a great deal of overlap in their lexicons.

Attempts to get sex in many ways, positions, and with many partners remains the same, although perhaps the impregnation factor has probably increased a little bit. Still a surprising number of people getting pregnant around field trips, though.

The dumb shit they did back in my day is about equal to the dumb shit they do now. The only difference seems to be that they are focusing a bit less on getting things from dealers (save for pot) and are taking getting high into their own hands. Then again, it isn't like our school back in the 70's, where you could find someone doing pretty much anything imaginable just 20 feet away from the building proper. ;)

In the end I'd like to propose that stupidity isn't a generational matter. It is often, however, a fine source of comedy on some otherwise uneventful days!

[Nephlabobo]

I've got some buddies and we all drink bleach
You know we practice what we preach
We're not a drunken bunch of frat-boys
Trashed on beers
Or a stoned bunch of hippies
With no careers
I wanna drink bleach with a Georgia peach

My pals and I all drink Clorox
Or eat Snowy Bleach right out of the box
Teenage suicide rate's shot high
And we understand the reasons why
Bleach does more than whiten socks

Don't you wanna hang out with the Bleach Boys, baby?
In a world where ministers murder golf pros
Don't you wanna drink some bleach tonight?

Maybe there'll be a party at the beach
We'll bitch about life and chugalug bleach
No one's getting high, and no one's getting drunk
I've got a case of bleach stashed in my trunk
I wanna die with Clorox within reach

I'm very proud of the respect I've earned
And my voice is very deep cause my throat got burned
Bleach keeps you young so I've been told
Cause no one who drinks it lives to get old
Drink it with a chaser was the first thing that I learned

Don't you wanna hang out with the Bleach Boys baby?
In a world where midgets run for mayor
Don't you wanna drink some bleach tonight?

I had 26 friends in the beginning
But now it seems our numbers are thinning
Some people drive fast, others love to bet
Still others snort coke in a private jet
But drinking bleach is my way of winning

Don't you wanna hang out with the Bleach Boys baby?
In a world where welders own our schools
Don't you wanna drink some bleach tonight?

I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach
I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach
I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach
I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach
I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach
I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach
I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach
I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach
I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach
I'm so bored I'm drinking bleach
I am so bored!
I am so bored!

-The Dead Milkmen circa 1985

You think teenagers are only getting stupid now?

[Strell]

I think the difference between people now and previous generations is the access to immediate information overload, which in turn means you can blame dumb shit on a lot more sources.

I remember hearing from adults that they used to have teachers in high school that - during sex ed class - were told things like "If you hold hands, you'll get pregnant."

It's the same issue now, but suddenly you've got ten fold the number of sources to pick and choose from. So now kids can go online into myspace, Facebook, Youtube, or Wikipedia, read some dumb shit, assume it's true, and try to get away with stuff.

It's just a gigantic game of telephone, except instead of purple monkey dishwasher, you get kids telling other kids that bleach will stop HIV.

One of my high school teachers during sex ed used to tell us that she had students coming up to her all the time at one point saying that they avoided getting pregnant by throwing up. She had to correct them by saying that the stomach and intestines have absolutely nothing to do with child birth, but the kids didn't care.

It's just that attitude multiplied and magnified these days, coupled with a greater ability for people to spread it around (24 hour news, endless news websites, etc).

So I dunno. Does that make each successive generation more idiotic? Hard call. It certainly helps them be given access to a huge amount of falsified testimony from ridiculous resources.

I wonder, though, if each generation is more willing to believe in such trash. That's the bigger issue here. Are kids so hard up for sex and resisting HIV that they want to drink bleach, so they tell each other it's ok, and they all believe it even though it says it's poisonous, and they just shrug that off as a "That's what they WANT you to think" ?

I mean whenever I hear about some stupid shit now, there's always some bullshit explanation from the person who did it. It's always someone else's fault, they told me to do it, I'm innocent, etc. There's this overwhelming nature to blame everyone and everything else now.

I've rambled on enough for the time being.

[DesertEagleXIX]

Idiots, don't they know Draino stops HIV, not bleach.

[JolietJake]

I can't believe the OP is a year older than me and bitching about this.
And at least in my part of Florida, sex ed is not that bad. I'd blame the internet for the stupidity over a sex ed curriculum. It also depends on who teaches it. My father teaches anatomy and he is very open with the kids.
I'll admit I teach elementary school so the human growth and development is very basic. I don't participate in the curriculum either.
But to say teenagers are more idiotic is just ignorance. 5 years ago, teenagers were doing the same crap and mainly it was attention seeking behaviors. I've heard the mountain dew thing for years on the internet.
Teaching elementary school lets me preview the next generation... and from what I see... nothing different is coming from these kids then what came from the kids around me when I was a kid.So you think that abstinence should continue to be taught? Wouldn't it be better to teach them how to really prevent pregnancy instead of letting them find these little nuggets of stupidity? I would hope that if they knew about real birth control, they wouldn't go around drinking clorox.

[AngellicLulu]

So you think that abstinence should continue to be taught? Wouldn't it be better to teach them how to really prevent pregnancy instead of letting them find these little nuggets of stupidity? I would hope that if they knew about real birth control, they wouldn't go around drinking clorox.
They teach birth control and abstinence that's why I'm confused. At least in my county, that's how it's approached. Unless it completely changed very recently.

[JolietJake]

They teach birth control and abstinence that's why I'm confused. At least in my county, that's how it's approached. Unless it completely changed very recently.That is weird. Maybe it's a county by county basis.

[AngellicLulu]

That is weird. Maybe it's a county by county basis.
Well, I know the curriculum I was taught was codeveloped by my father who works as an anatomy teacher and health professor and that was the curriculum the county used. It may have changed but I think I would hear my father complaining about crappy curriculum.

[naes]

My kids are 3 years old and 8 months. I don't see how I can be considered a teenager when I'm old enough to get alcohol(which I don't take advantage of cuz I'm trying to diet and beer guts are terrible). Plus the requirements for teenagers is the word "teen" in their age, right? Like, thirdteen, fourteen, fifteen, and so on.... I'm twenty-four. There is no "teen" in there. When I turned twenty I became an official adult and shed the teen skin.

Though I'm not going to say my generation isn't at fault for anything. I've noticed a lot of things in the news about people my age doing stupid things. I've noticed a lot of pedophiles popping up lately that are my age... >.<
Three years old? And you're 24? :lol:

[AngellicLulu]

Three years old? And you're 24? :lol:
Why are you laughing about that? 21 is a fine age to have a child. Now if she was in her teens when she had a child it would totally fuck up her debate.

[naes]

Why are you laughing about that? 21 is a fine age to have a child. Now if she was in her teens when she had a child it would totally fuck up her debate.
I knew no one would see the connection at first. Think outside the box.

[JolietJake]

I think that depends on the person. I have a 24 year old cousin who is about to be a father and i wouldn't trust him to take care of a house plant.

[Chase]

I very much dislike anyone younger than me (I'm 23), but things seem worse today because of the Internet's ability to, not just share eventful stories, but all world news - even oddities like this Florida Bleach fiasco. One must take into consideration how news is so very accessible today. I grew up in the 1990s, and even I didn't have such simple access to news. In my research days, I had to visit libraries and tediously scour their resources for stories I needed for my research. We often overlook things we use often but casually regard. Things may seem worse, these days, but, maybe, it's just because news is now only a click away.

[JolietJake]

This was even mentioned on bill maher's show last night. Seems to be the story of the moment.

[thelonepig]

When I was in school, sex ed (if you can call it that) wasn't taught until high school. For the one week that it was discussed in health class, the boys were taught about the male reproductive system and the girls about the female. At no point was I taught about the female side of things.

Made for a really awkward wedding night... ;)

[io]

In my research days, I had to visit libraries and tediously scour their resources for stories I needed for my research. We often overlook things we use often but casually regard. Things may seem worse, these days, but, maybe, it's just because news is now only a click away.

Oh yeah! Well, when I was a kid, we had to walk 10 miles in the snow, uphill both ways, to do research from stone tablets found in the desert. Or something like that, I don't really remember any more ;).

Anyway, yes, I agree that the internet and specifically things like Youtube not only give access to a lot more stupid ideas for kids to try out but also report that stupidity back to us in near real-time. Stupid shit happened all the time before and we just never heard about it so much.

A funny aside about the sex ed classes... I never had a one while I was growing up. At what point do they usually teach this stuff? It could be because I went to private school from 6th grade on. I think the parents would have been pretty pissed if they wasted valuable time on things like that at a private school ;). As such I have no basis for commenting on what should or shouldn't be taught in such classes - I really don't know. But I need to think about it as my dughter becomes a teen. FWIW, she does a lot of eye rolling at the (very mild) crazy behavior she sees out of kids her age. So I'm not too worried about her.

[thelonepig]

Anyway, yes, I agree that the internet and specifically things like Youtube not only give access to a lot more stupid ideas for kids to try out but also report that stupidity back to us in near real-time. Stupid shit happened all the time before and we just never heard about it so much.

I agree entirely.

Another thing to take into account is that the world has changed quite a bit. Each generation has become a little more self-centric, I think. Coupled with today's speed of life and desire for instant gratification and you end up with an awful lot of people doing an awful lot of stupid things.

[Chase]

Oh yeah! Well, when I was a kid, we had to walk 10 miles in the snow, uphill both ways, to do research from stone tablets found in the desert. Or something like that, I don't really remember any more ;).

Anyway, yes, I agree that the internet and specifically things like Youtube not only give access to a lot more stupid ideas for kids to try out but also report that stupidity back to us in near real-time. Stupid shit happened all the time before and we just never heard about it so much.

A funny aside about the sex ed classes... I never had a one while I was growing up. At what point do they usually teach this stuff? It could be because I went to private school from 6th grade on. I think the parents would have been pretty pissed if they wasted valuable time on things like that at a private school ;). As such I have no basis for commenting on what should or shouldn't be taught in such classes - I really don't know. But I need to think about it as my dughter becomes a teen. FWIW, she does a lot of eye rolling at the (very mild) crazy behavior she sees out of kids her age. So I'm not too worried about her.

Hahaha... It was only a 7 mile walk for I. ;)

Also, I think health and physical education are wastes of time. I'd like to see health made a part of advisory/homeroom, or included in a science course. Physical education should be eliminated. Even with mandatory physical education, today's youth (and adults, for that matter; later generations) is overweight. I fail to see the benefit in making Porky exhausted before his Algebra test.

[bigdaddy]

the 10th grade teacher stretched a condom over her fist down to her elbow to demonstrate...umm something.


1. How not to have sex.
2. To show you that figuring out where the condom goes is harder than you think.
3. To make you never ever want to have sex because that image will always stay with you.

[BlueWingX]

A funny aside about the sex ed classes... I never had a one while I was growing up. At what point do they usually teach this stuff? It could be because I went to private school from 6th grade on. I think the parents would have been pretty pissed if they wasted valuable time on things like that at a private school ;). As such I have no basis for commenting on what should or shouldn't be taught in such classes - I really don't know. But I need to think about it as my dughter becomes a teen. FWIW, she does a lot of eye rolling at the (very mild) crazy behavior she sees out of kids her age. So I'm not too worried about her.

They taught us Sex Ed in either 7th or 8th grade, I don't remember exactly. I do remember that you had to get a permission slip signed to take the class, and if you didn't, you were sent to the Desert Survival class.

I also remember that they had a fake testicle to help us identify testicular cancer, but our class got the wrong box, and we ended up with the fake breast for the girls. Some guys tried to convince the teacher that we should try that one, as we may need to help inspect our wives one day, but when the girl's teacher found out we had the wrong box, she flipped out.

[evanft]

God damn kids, get offa my lawn!!!

*shakes fist*

[Blackout]

This kid at school told me he used a garbage bag as a condom. I'm pretty sure he was joking, but I really couldn't tell.

My sex ed class was pretty dumb. All they showed us were a bunch of girl's infected eyes and guys with shit all over their face and told us "THINK BEFORE YOU HAVE SEX!" Or at least wear goggles.

[reiji]

This kid at school told me he used a garbage bag as a condom. I'm pretty sure he was joking, but I really couldn't tell.

My sex ed class was pretty dumb. All they showed us were a bunch of girl's infected eyes and guys with shit all over their face and told us "THINK BEFORE YOU HAVE SEX!" Or at least wear goggles.

W.T.F

All I remember from Health class in high school was watching some made-for-TV movie about Bulemia starring Calista Flockhart. :rofl:

Oh yeah, and our school police officer told us some crazy stories including some guy who strapped his dick to his car and put it in gear and chased it down the street. There must be some joke here about autoerotic asphyxiation...:-k

[dracula]

I am curious how many capfuls of bleach it would take to kill someone.

Allegedly, Nadia Comaneci(the gymnist) did this, and survived.

http://romania-on-line.net/whoswho/ComaneciNadia.htm

[N1c0_ds]

C'mon kids, pot is like 10$ for a gram. Stop doing this crap!