Teens today.

Alexander · Post by **Alexander** » 05 Jul 2004, 14:26

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you did get your opinion out by posting it. It's there, unaltered.

spinokillingt-rex · Post by **spinokillingt-rex** » 05 Jul 2004, 15:51

Yeah, let me rephrase that: People are writing me off because I am young. Is it just me, or does that help cause the teens today mess?

beeurd · Post by **beeurd** » 05 Jul 2004, 18:55

*delete*

Cyclopsis Raptor · Post by **Cyclopsis Raptor** » 05 Jul 2004, 19:17

No, it don't change your opinion any, it's just saying that you can't really talk about the situation of teenagers in a pop-infested culture when you are twelve.

spinokillingt-rex · Post by **spinokillingt-rex** » 05 Jul 2004, 19:30

How so? Anyway, I think that I will stop posting in this thread at least for fear of making some enemies, and causing a small flame war. Catch you later.

Cyclopsis Raptor · Post by **Cyclopsis Raptor** » 05 Jul 2004, 20:21

Well, this is for other kidos who want to reply to this:

I don't quite get how you can even START to have an opinion on anything at 12. (Hell, I don't think you have an opinion until about 16, if you're bright)

Until you have been a teenager, and can see what it's like and can compare and contrast with when you were younger..you have no business posting about it.

But, what can I say, I'm an .........

spinokillingt-rex · Post by **spinokillingt-rex** » 05 Jul 2004, 20:37

Ok, this is my last reply I swear. First of all, the "corruption" as I suppose it could be called doesn't stick only to teens. I see people randomly cursing at third grade at my school. My sister is going into college, so I have seen plenty of teenage behavior. Third- I'm so close to being thirteen I can almost taste it (although that doesn't matter very much I guess). I intermingle with kids of all ages on the bus, afterschool, during sports, online, and in any other place you could imagine. I have a perspective. Furthermore, if people of your own age ("your own age" referring to people who are no longer teenagers) were not brought up like teenagers these days or experience the same things (TV, more TV, lots more TV, and generally lots of violence and s** everywhere) how can you have a perspective either?

rextheovermind · Post by **rextheovermind** » 14 Jul 2004, 15:36

I'm 21 dudes. Yeah, not that old, but I've been through a little bit more than most of ya. ;p

Anyway, a person can indeed have an opinion by the time they are twelve, in fact you start forming opinions about things long before you even know what the word means. What is being mistaken here is the belief that once you hit a certain age, your opinions remain the same throughout the rest of your life. This is DEAD WRONG. Every experience you go through will alter your opinion of one thing or another, if not everything, in some way, and you are hardly ever the same person you were last week. Because we don't know what is going to happen to us in the future, we have no way of telling how much our opinions are going to change and just what they will change to either. So while you may be on one side of the fence in this argument right now, I would not be surprised if about half of you were on the other side by the time you were 40.

So what am I saying? Everyone can have an opinion right now, and there's no telling if any single one of them are right or wrong. Perhaps those with more experience make opinions based on a bit more personal fact, but ultimately no one can claim to know any more on this situation (or any other) than any other person. We state our views simply for the sake of arguement and the stimulation of the mind, something that I personally enjoy greatly.

That was a mouthful, as usual from me. ;p