 Nickel2
Male, 50-59, Europe
 1544 Posts
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:51:23 AM
That's SO unfair! Leave me alone! You're only picking on me because younger than you! I'm going out. (slam, crash etc) |
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 sharpydufc
Male, 18-29, Europe
89 Posts
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013 1:18:13 AM
i think somebody has forgotten what it was like to be a teenager. |
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 MacGuffin
Female, 30-39, Europe
2597 Posts
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013 12:42:29 AM
Yeah. If it's not society's responsibility to provide any of that then I'd like my taxes back, Judge. |
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8742 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:09:25 PM
Judging from the results of the last election, I'd say a slight majority of people have failed to grasp these concepts. |
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 SarahofBorg
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
3529 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:44:00 PM
"But it's not my "moral obligation" to line the pockets of people who do things I never asked them to do. "
You live in a society that decided that you were going to get everything you needed to become a productive human being as an adult, not because society gives a crap about your happiness but because it's your responsibility to continue to improve the lives of the rest of the human race in the same way yours was improved by those who came before you. If you choose not to become a productive adult, and you choose to become a burden on society, you decided that you're going to be happy and healthy at the expense of the human race. You could choose to be miserable and starving, or a productive person, if you care about the human race at all. You could also choose to be a selfish entitled jerk if you're OK with being a cancer on society. |
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SarahofBorg
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
3529 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:26:07 PM
This is kind of stupid. You can't build a raft, get a job, or learn to cook without studying, so that's all just a redundant way of saying "study more," which is of course another of his options given. Basically he's saying that bored kids need to study more and do more chores. Pretty much the only possibly entertaining thing he says is build a raft, which is pointless if you don't live anywhere near a public river or pond, like most city kids, and also kind of crappy if it's 10 degrees out. You can also read for hours, which is never going to burn off any physical energy, and isn't much more productive than watching TV for hours on end.
I do agree any kids who are turning criminal out of boredom should find something productive to do instead, but he sure didn't list anything they could do for entertainment. |
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 turdburglar
Male, 30-39, Western US
1818 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:24:10 PM
The current generation in high school and recent grads are the worst generation ever. |
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 ChrisP12
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
186 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:12:06 PM
Sorry Liindsayy, as someone who taught high school for 30 years I've seen a marked change in students. I'm amazed at how immature and narcissistic they've (not you personally) have become.
In some ways it's not their fault, their parents and teachers were obsessed with self esteem. Simultaneously our media became celebrity obsessed and reality TV severely lowered the threshold for celebrity.
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 Liindsayy
Female, 13-17, Canada
24 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:37:51 PM
This doesnt just apply to today's youth, it applies to ALL youth. I hate that people keep bashing our generation when in reality, every generation just looks down on the one that comes after it. |
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 El_Chinche
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
461 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:35:09 PM
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 AvatarJohn
Male, 30-39, Southern US
486 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:22:03 PM
Bremir, you're a glittering jewel of colossal ignorance. Have fun watching your continent burn to the ground around your sorry ass. P.S. When it does, it will be YOUR fault. |
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 Solvent
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2702 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 7:55:25 PM
The words "moral" and "obligation" are the two most evil words in the english language. |
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 Bremir
Male, 18-29, Europe
361 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 7:54:59 PM
Andrew155 - To be fair, I never asked to be born. As far as I am concerned, no I don't owe the world anything at all. I'm not to blame that people decided to use these "finite" resources to give us power and heating, I never asked them to do that.
As far as it being my moral obligation? Bull. Hey, you can go ahead and call me immoral of you want. But it's not my "moral obligation" to line the pockets of people who do things I never asked them to do. |
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Andrew155
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
1069 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:42:09 PM
You can owe yourself a living and owe the world something at the same time, dontchya know.
Why do you owe the world something. Using up all that tax money, using up a finite amount of resources the world has. It's a moral obligation. |
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 erikthevikin
Male, 30-39, Canada
555 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:38:29 PM
Hear hear. |
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 flying_ltj
Male, 18-29, Southern US
159 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:35:50 PM
... and then instead of doing any of those "up his own butt" suggestions... the teenagers to out, form gangs with one and other, then start to battle each other for imaginary control. One of the worse teens introduce drugs into that environment, and then we have a atmosphere of death & addiction formed. Thanks judge! |
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 Gerry1of1
Male, 50-59, Western US
25652 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:29:40 PM
OMG!
What were they trying to do back then?
Crush the little snowflakes personal identity!?
Destroy his self expression?
EGADS! |
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intrigid
Male, 18-29, Canada
879 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:29:27 PM
"You do owe the world something for all that oxygen you've been sucking up."
The world can collect it from my cold, rotting corpse.
(No really, it can!) |
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 Thdot
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
660 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:20:44 PM
You do owe the world something for all that oxygen you've been sucking up. |
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intrigid
Male, 18-29, Canada
879 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:10:26 PM
The world doesn't owe you anything, but the piece is wrong when it says you owe the world something. You owe YOURSELF a living. |
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 kitteh9lives
Female, 40-49, Eastern US
978 Posts
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013 5:19:42 PM
Link: Words Of Wisdom From 1959 [Pic] [Rate Link] - Still holds true for today's youth. |
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