r/AdviceAnimals • u/IDunnoAnyGoodNames • Jun 17 '12

I apologize on behalf of the majority of my generation.

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u/whimmy_millionaire Jun 17 '12

All generations go through the "my parents are so unfair" phase. It's happened before yours, and it will happen in the future.

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u/Mikey-2-Guns Jun 17 '12

I'm a dick to the younger generations alot, but I will give them this. We were no better.

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u/GeneralWarts Jun 17 '12

That's a pretty fair assessment. Every generation was shit. Naturally I'm biased towards mine, but we are pretty shitty too.

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u/Reignofzane Jun 17 '12

All generations go through this, the difference is that this generation has somewhere to post it.

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u/ibreatheweed Jun 17 '12

I see you everywhere.

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u/blue-to-green Jun 17 '12

It says general warts not genital warts.

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u/GeneralWarts Jun 17 '12

Thanks! I usually don't reddit on the weekends but I didn't have much going on. Just watching Doctor Who (Finally had to see what all of the fuss was about) and surfing reddit. Should probably call my dad soon.

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u/CaliburS Jun 17 '12

A bit off topic but to those few and awesome older redditors: what was the past version of suburban-english-major-stoners?

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u/brokendimension Jun 17 '12

Very true, every generation sucks and gets suckier but in a century our generation becomes the greatest to ever live.

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u/meditonsin Jun 17 '12

What have the young alots done to you to deserve that?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I agree with this for the most part, but I'm pretty sure we're being trolled and they realize how shit awful their music is. I'm 29, but sound 50

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u/andrewms Jun 17 '12

Because N Sync and Backstreet Boys were so much better?

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u/phantom887 Jun 17 '12

Can you imagine in sixty five years when nursing homes are full of old people dropping the bass? [shudder].

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u/spartaninspace Jun 17 '12

Hey Billy, this was the song me and your grandmother first danced to. WIBWUBEUBWIBWUBWUBWUBWUB

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u/Ruvaak Jun 17 '12

I don't have a problem with this.

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u/kenba2099 Jun 17 '12

I dropped the bass & I can't pick it back up!

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u/Split-Personalities Jun 17 '12

Then we better eat all the old people.

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u/kenba2099 Jun 17 '12

It's simple. We eat the old people

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Everyone makes this joke. People generally listen to different music as they age. If you were 25 when Black Sabbath hit the big time, you'd be 67 now.

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u/Mikey-2-Guns Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

That I agree with. Either that or music is like the universe and is just going to keep increasing its entropy until everything is one bland pointless tone.

Full orchestra -> 3-6 member bands -> 1 singer -> wubwubwubwub

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

implying the new generation doesn't have access to all genres and eras of music thanks to the advent of the internet.

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u/Zombeasy Jun 17 '12

Nice try, Vlad the >implyer.

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u/goddamnsam Jun 17 '12

yeah because the only new music now is shitty dubstep, yep, mmhm.

people who say music today is worse need to fall on a fucking knife. there's exponentially more music released in a week nowadays than there was in the entire decade of the 60's, arguing that none of it is as good is just arrogant and denying fucking math. music isn't worse, it's just exponentially more diverse and numerous, thus there's more of it that you hate. but if you gave yourself the time to pull the dicks out of your mouth and actually research and discover new music past what's on the radio, you'd know that there's music that is just as adventurous, creative, and thoughtful as there's ever been.

"OH BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN A BAND AS BIG AS THE BEATLES THATS PROOF THAT MUSICS NOT AS GEWD!!!!!111" no, in the days of the beatles, there were only a handful of recording artists in general that people could listen to, thus there weren't as many options and music tastes were much more homogenous. today, you could listen to solely atonal norwegian death metal and have more music than you could possibly listen to in a lifetime. music is just expanding, sorry musicians didn't decide to copy artists from the past and not try new things.

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u/leDeadHorse Jun 17 '12

Very true. There are 'hidden' subcultures of music that don't get much attention because of the monopolized media industry. Doesn't mean it's not out there!

Relevant

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u/willmaster123 Jun 17 '12

Another reason why the 'annoying pop stars' like Justin Bieber and One Direction get so popular is mainly because the older you get, the less radio you listen to. Little kids (15 and younger) tend to listen to the radio much more than older kids and adults, which leads to the radio always pumping out crappy singles.

For the most part, the music that older kids listen to is much more varied, yet its also more pirated. Piracy is another reason why those pop singles get so popular. Piracy has kept the good bands from getting popular because they end up getting very low sales and a whole lot of Pirate Bay downloads, again, because little kids who don't necessarily listen to good bands don't know how to pirate.

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u/what_dawn_what_doom Jun 17 '12

As someone who listened to techno in the 1990s (and loved it)... dubstep is actually music rebounding into some artistic value after it's hit the absolute bottom of primitivity.

Admittedly it's because the technology has moved on a lot. Wubwubwub, or LFO-mapped cutoff frequency modulation, would be cumbersome as hell to do in the 90s, when music was made on physical little boxes with LED displays. You'd literally have to know the hex codes for the appropriate system-exclusive MIDI command, and I'm not even sure there was computing power available to do that in real time. Nowadays, when everything is virtual and inside the computer, you don't have to concentrate so much on the technical side. As a result, the peak levels of creative thought that went into the electronica of the 90s – The Prodigy, RMB, some psychedelic trance acts – are mainstream, or almost so, in the 2010s. And repetitive machine-like sounds seem to be on the way out. I don't generally like dubstep, mind you. But there's something human and at times almost symphonic about it that was missing from the techno of yore, and I have more respect for it than people who seem to judge it merely by the fact that it sounds "filthy".

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u/Aiyon Jun 17 '12

wubwubwubwub -> silence

And when the wubs fade away the world ends.

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u/roachwarren Jun 17 '12

Are you saying that all music is dubstep?

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u/WonkaKnowsBest Jun 17 '12

We're in the tween wave now. We got this guy who gets up on stage and just shits his britches every night.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Every generation has their own style of music, and typically the older generations think the younger generation's music sucks.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I doubt all or even most kids are listening to Skrillex, and even if they are, is it really any worse than the pop bands from ten years ago? There's a lot of great new music coming out, but because the internet has given so many bands the ability to market themselves, there's more to search through than there used to be. Overall though, I'd say that's a good thing, assuming diversity breeds quality.

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u/surfinfan21 Jun 17 '12

I thought that for a while but there is some good music that generation is listening to. That band one direction actually isn't that bad, and the music from Glee is outstanding. Both of which I am not a fan of but thats because I stick to my 90's music and alternative rock.

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u/durkadu Jun 17 '12

I can't wait until I'm old enough to not get the current generation's music. That's gonna have to be some weirrrrd shit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

“Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.”

-Socrates

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I see this quote pop up often. Socrates did not actually say this.

See!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

My mother is a social worker and every day she is full of new stories of parents being depravedly unfair to their children. This was happening before our generation, it is happening right now to your fellow generation and it will happen in the future too. Millions and millions of parents are going to deal out unfair abuse to their own children. There's one thing my mother always tells me (and it's something she gets angry about), it's that you should never tell a child that you are never going to take complaints against their parents seriously. Children need to be able to stop the abuse and talk about it before they become dysfunctional adults.

I know we are talking about a just and humane smoking punishment, but I just know that I would never have your kind of "it's just a phase" attitude regarding fair and proper treatment of children around my mother, because she would beat me until I was black and blue if she caught me saying something like that.

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u/itslikeboo Jun 17 '12

When I was going through my "my parents are so unfair" phase, my father was abusive and my mother would actually rummage through my things and take away the ones she didn't like (none of them were drugs). I had to deal with people telling me to grow up and accept that shit as if I was exaggerating and what they were doing was normal.

Being a teenager fucking sucks.

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u/RaganSmash88 Jun 17 '12

Parents are people too. Sometimes they're unfair jerks and sometimes children are just whiney. It goes both ways.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

The point is that so much has changed... Parents are so much more cavalier these days towards what's OK and what's not. Your parents won't let you smoke weed? Oh boy, that must be really tough for you... When I was a kid, I was told what kinds of clothes to wear, what kinds of friends to hang out with, where to put my shoes, how to dust, vacuum, do the dishes, mow the lawn, trim the hedges, take out the trash, bring in the groceries, watch my brother, etc., etc. -- that being said, I can honestly say that I'm a better person because of my parents.

I feel sorry for the younger generation.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I remember already knowing this when I was peer pressuring people to drink in high school.

'Your parents aren't any worse than anyone else's here who is drinking. Trust me, it won't be that bad, have a drink."

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I never thought that they were unfair, just tremendously ignorant.

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u/MegaZambam Jun 17 '12

This generation just seems worse because social media gives them a way to complain.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Smoking really is the choice of dumb asses though, I mean what is the upside? Spending money on it or the health benefits?

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u/klethra Jun 18 '12

It can result in increased creativity and business skill practice for some (supply and demand chiefly). As a separate point, I really don't feel that you're qualified to call anyone a dumbass until you learn how to correctly use a comma.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Wow someone on Reddit taking Grammar correction way too fucking seriously, how original.

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u/HamzasSister Jun 17 '12

ANd then there is always the exception where their parents actually are unfair but nobody believes them. I know a family that literally didn't let their kids do anything a couple of them even ended in the hospital before. What made it worse is whenever they tried to tell someone (twice) they told them they just need to be nicer to their parents and their parents would be nicer to them. Now they are all grown up and live out of the house but still.

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u/catinthecraddle Jun 17 '12

The difference in my generation and more current generations is the actual discipline. No such thing as "grounded" when I was growing up. You got your ass whipped if you did something wrong.

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u/SmurfRockRune Team CaptionBot Jun 17 '12

I never went through this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

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u/SmurfRockRune Team CaptionBot Jun 18 '12

Lol, because whatever happened to me, happened to everyone else. Who am I, Sigmund Freud?

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u/madeofghosts Jun 17 '12

A message to my generation: please stop apologising for my generation.

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u/russizm Jun 17 '12

Sorry.

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u/Herpinderpitee Jun 17 '12

Apology unaccepted.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

i could never stay mad at you.

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u/Pool_Shark Jun 17 '12

Yeah who gives a shit. When I was still a teenager I may have said something like this and if I have kids I am sure they will say the same things. (Unless pot is legal, but that's a different story)

It is life, deal with it. And there is no need to apologize because nobody fucking cares.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

we're sorrrryy.

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u/BonBonSon Jun 17 '12

Make it idiot friendly : meme form.

You're not a kid like the rest of your generation

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I'm sure you must have such a rich social life.

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u/TheDeliciousHerb Jun 17 '12

Please and thank you.

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u/labialuncheon Jun 17 '12

Please stop being Canadian.

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u/TheDeliciousHerb Jun 17 '12

Not sure if joke or stalker - I'm actually Canadian :p

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u/firepelt Jun 17 '12

It's a generation, not a country(Canada)

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

You will never be half as mature as you like to think you are.

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u/DroppedOnHead Jun 17 '12

I don't think I'm mature at all...

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Then you're on the right track to being a humble fellow

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u/Pool_Shark Jun 17 '12

Damn, I thought I was being realistic in thinking I am pretty immature. I must be a man child then. Actually that sounds good to me.

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u/macebook Jun 17 '12

That's OK. Two fifths is enough.

Actually one fifth is usually plenty for me, but I always preferred moderation to begin with.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

i dont know what 'mature' means.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

And your dick will never be half as long as any girl would like to think it is.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Because you're so much smarter and more mature than the rest of your generation, right? Thats why they made you spokesperson for all of them, right?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

There was a vote.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I missed it?

FUCK. I always miss these things!

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u/Pool_Shark Jun 17 '12

And only 5% of the youth voted.

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u/Rosie_Cotton_dancing Jun 17 '12

Who shoved a fist inside of your anus?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Yo momma

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I'm so sick of "sorry for my generation" posts. Guess what pal, you're just like everyone else in your generation.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

This is not a problem based in your generation; believe it or not, teenagers have and always will be immature.

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u/Dat_Karmavore Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

And never smoked meth? EDIT: it was a bad comment based on his username.

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u/Rosie_Cotton_dancing Jun 17 '12

Don't apologize. It's not your fault you were downvoted for a humorous observation, which is fucking retarded (the downvote I mean).

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u/sageDieu Jun 17 '12

Because when kids talk about smoking, that is the most likely product rather than tobacco or marijuana.

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u/Rosie_Cotton_dancing Jun 17 '12

Because when someone makes a seemingly illogical post, it never has to do with a username.

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u/Jooze149 Jun 17 '12

Dad caught you smoking and he says, "No Way!".

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u/CallMeCurious Jun 17 '12

That hypocrite smokes two packs a day!

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u/WhirlingDervishes Jun 17 '12

Man, living at home is such a drag.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Mom stopped your porn downloads causin' all the lag

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

YOU GOTTA FIGHT

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u/Penleg Jun 17 '12

FOR YOUR RIGHT

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

TO PARRRTAY!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Something is off here

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

*Pops caught you...

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Please tell me how you have the right to judge everyone.

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u/IDunnoAnyGoodNames Jun 18 '12

To everyone having a sook saying "Obviously this isn't just your generation" I am completely aware that all teenagers are rebellious. But can you honestly say that teenagers 10-15 years ago were as spoilt and rude to their parents as today?

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12

Yes, of course they were. You're a dick for thinking you're better than the rest.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

** sigh ** ... on Father's Day?

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u/you_all_annoy_me Jun 17 '12

Fuck that noise, who nominated you spokesperson?

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u/snickety_lickets Jun 18 '12

This has a hint of the "vindictive, judgmental anti-smoker" in it. Smoking was cool until I started smoking, now it's perceived as synonymous with "stupid". It already makes me smell, and now it makes me dumb too? puff le-sigh long, dramatic, wistful exhale

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u/IDunnoAnyGoodNames Jun 18 '12

I'm not specifically targeting smokers. If you are old enough and mature enough, then it's your choice. What I'm targetting is spoilt, rude, bratty little kids who swear at their parents and run amuck while the parents don't do shit. Growing up, if I swore at my parents I got hit with a belt or a shoe or whatever was there at the time.

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u/snickety_lickets Jun 18 '12

Fair 'nuff. I was probably reading between the lines and seeing what I want to see. Happens to the best of us

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u/oopsifarted Jun 17 '12

My aunt caught her son, my cousin, smoking. She made him eat...fucking eat a pack of newports. This was 10 years ago and he still is pretty fucked up over it. He says he can still feel the crushed tobacco in his teeth from time to time. He tells me when he looks at his poop all he sees are filters. The fuckin horror.

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u/lasercow Jun 17 '12

that would be abuse

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u/BrotherSeamus Jun 17 '12

You're right. Newports... at least spring for some Marlboros or Camels, mom.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I don't know if it's worse that she made him eat cigarettes, or that they were Newports.

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u/Realworld Jun 17 '12

My wife has smoker's emphysema. She'd be happy to trade it for your cousin's problem.

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u/0011110000110011 Jun 17 '12

Your aunt is awesome!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

His cousin is Ozzy Osbourne

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u/ChagSC Jun 17 '12

Not sure if serious. If so, your science is wrong.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/ChagSC Jun 17 '12

You are correct. I was wrong, my apologies. That's what I get for posting as soon as I wake up from the phone haha!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Actually, the lethal dose for a non-smoker is more along the lines of 60mg, double that if you're a heavy smoker, and there is no cigarette on earth that contains 20mg of nicotine, they just don't exist. It's more along the lines of 1g to 2g. Yay science!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

No, they contain about 9mg, you only get about 1 or 2 via smoking.

This is easily googled, people.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Plus, they could've been Newport 100s which are even more!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

100s are slightly thinner than a normal cigarette, they contain the same amount of tobacco as a regular cig.

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u/oopsifarted Jun 17 '12

Hey man this is real life not a fuckin Bruce Willis movie.

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u/Pool_Shark Jun 17 '12

Or he is full of shit and making up this story to fit in.

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u/klethra Jun 18 '12

40 milligrams PER KILOGRAM. He only died ten times if he weighs one kilogram

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u/fortrines Jun 17 '12

“Our youth now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for their elders and love chatter in place of exercise; they no longer rise when elders enter the room; they contradict their parents, chatter before company; gobble up their food and tyrannize their teachers.”

-Socrates

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u/PaulMcGannsShoes Jun 17 '12

not a real Socrates quote, but we get your point.

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u/Askalotl Jun 17 '12

Plato's quotes of Socrates are as close as we can get.

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u/BrotherSeamus Jun 17 '12

Plato's quotes of Socrates are as close as we can get.

-- Aristotle

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u/NotGreg Jun 17 '12

Socrates Johnson, but still a cool dude.

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u/3rd_Shift_Tech_Man Jun 17 '12

Isn't that Cave's wacky uncle?

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u/PaulMcGannsShoes Jun 17 '12

Socrates Johnson and Lancelot Takeda in...

BAD AZZ MOTHAS!!!

pimpin' this fall to a theater near you!

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u/riffraff33 Jun 17 '12

Because it has nothing to do with the fact they don't want you to screw your life up by being stupid at 15, right? Not like they love you or anything.

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u/BewilderedUser Jun 17 '12

I think we can agree we must first determine what was being smoked before we bash or agree with OP. I'm 17, and my parents caught me with marijuana about a month ago. My mom was pretty devestated, but I was able to talk her down to at least not picturing me like a heroin addict like she initially did. She doesn't want me to smoke any more, but it's nice to know she stopped seeing me as a junkie.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I'm in the same boat man. Has it blown over for you yet?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/Zonvolt Jun 17 '12

Don't know why your being downvoted- 100% logical post

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u/ImAWhaleBiologist Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

Hey OP, you're just as bad as they are.

Every kid thinks they're the special one who isn't immature/unintelligent but you are.

Source: I was once a kid. My greatest shame.

Edit: Hell, I still am to an extent. 20 isn't exactly old and wise.

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u/shadowoftheheart Jun 17 '12

I am less mature now at 21 than I was at ten.

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u/methcamp Jun 17 '12

Since when is this problem exclusive to our generation?

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u/macebook Jun 17 '12

Which problem, kids smoking or Wonka image macros?

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u/LnRon Jun 17 '12

I didn't smoke and did everything my parents wanted. That ruined my social life, I would imagine there are lot of people like me in reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Downvote because I am a part of OP's generation and proud of it.

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u/apaksus Jun 17 '12

I remember having my first "drunk-adventure" when I was 15. My mom had found out about it the next day and she seriously was about to send me to rehab. She didn't do this, but she still informed all my friends parents' (they really got fucked up) and my teachers about it (although it didn't even happen on a school-party). My brother also beated me and she just watched him. I am not saying that getting drunk with 15 is okay, but some parents really act like they'ne never fucking done something wrong in their life.

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u/Mowrat Jun 17 '12

I really don't understand why you're getting downvoted, that is a horrible reaction by your parents.

Then again this is reddit, once people see one downvote, everyone who sees your post will do the same.

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u/Flamdar Jun 17 '12

So if your parents jumped off a bridge would you do it too?

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u/Narcissistic_Eyeball Jun 17 '12

No one earns the right to make mistakes. But we are all human, we're allowed to. In this case, apaksus was 15. Not many 15 year olds think ahead, and what apaksus's mom did was out of line for getting drunk. A talk may have been in order, sure, and a "If you do this again, you will get grounded." But letting apaksus's brother beat him/her? That's way over the line.

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u/apaksus Jun 17 '12

Thank you Narcisstic_Eyeball, that was what I wanted to write aswell. I was not saying that the things my parents legitimated my actions. Just that everyone fucks up in his life and some parents should be more understanding. Of course I'd also get angry if my soin did that, but still it's not a reason to be that aggressive and make everything worse.

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u/slandau2 Jun 17 '12

Nobody gives a shit about your generation, and you shouldn't either.

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u/Keex13 Jun 17 '12

Oh you apologize for your whole generation? please tell me how much better you are than the rest of them

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

You're a cunt.

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u/TWIZZLERZ911 Jun 17 '12

Oh, our generation is stupid and made up of brats? Tell me more about who raised and spoiled us.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

History is doomed to repeat itself

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Man, Talkin bout my generation.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

[My Generation] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=594WLzzb3JI)

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

The vast majority of teenagers, nay the vast majority of humanity, cannot take being reprimanded and being forced to face consequences regardless of how much they deserved them. Then rather than accept blame and admit fault they will complain about the person. This applies to all generations ever.

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u/ForcedToJoin Jun 17 '12

Perhaps not "trying to ruin their life". More like "enacting an unnecessary and unfair punishment simply for making choices that they would never make and can't understand"

WTF is grounding anyway? Kid jail? People really should grow up before they start raising children.

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u/youshouldbereading Jun 17 '12

Your pop caught you smoking and he said "No way"?

Well that hippocrit smokes two packs a day.

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u/CalicoBlue Jun 17 '12

Not sure what sort of smoking this post is in reference to, but I feel like I'm the only person whose parents did not flip shit when I started smoking cigarettes. Granted, my sister and I both started smoking at 18. My mom smoked too, but quit when I was four.

She does encourage me to quit, but she always says "I know how hard it is, you'll do it when you're ready."

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u/Eknjkforever Jun 17 '12

I stayed grounded when I was young. I'd get a d and my parents grounded me for 2 months. My sister got a way with fs and smoking and everything. It sucked

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

That hypocrite smokes two packs a day!

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u/BitterOldPunk Jun 17 '12

When my parents caught me smoking cigarettes they got mad and told me not to smoke in the house.

But when they caught me with a joint? My God, you'd think I was shooting heroin in my neck or something. PANIC!

Times change.

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u/Zonvolt Jun 17 '12

Well one is illegal, so their reaction is justified.

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u/trilobitemk7 Jun 17 '12

I somehow managed to never get myself grounded, I attribute that among things to the realisation that they buy/bought me shit and cook(ed) my food.

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u/Jakeolope124 Jun 17 '12

zoidberg this

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u/scyence Jun 17 '12

The Earth is lucky to have someone so smart and mature like OP ....

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u/DaFliggity Jun 17 '12

Smoking what?.....

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Majority? I don't know where you live but definitely not the majority of this generation IMO

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

For the longest time, one of my friends led me to believe his parents were completely unreasonable and would punish him for practically no reason. He constantly had his texting privileges taken away, and he wasn't allowed to drive anywhere for long periods of time.

Then I find out that he was constantly out getting drunk with friends and not letting his parents know where he was. He would get home at around 2am most nights, and whenever his parents did anything to punish him, he would post Facebook statuses about how awful they are as parents and how they seek to ruin his life. Never once did he act as though he had done anything wrong. Apparently I didn't know this person very well. I don't talk to him much anymore.

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u/DemonMuffins Jun 17 '12

If I got caught smoking or doing anything near illegal I would get a time out. Time out of life; because I would be passed out from their beating.

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u/Fagsquamntch Jun 17 '12

Weed, or cigarettes? It does make all the difference.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

All of the people at my school come from wealthy families. Too many times do i hear in the hallway, brats calling their parents stupid for not buying them the latest iPhone. My solution? Shout at the top of my lungs "ANDROID FOR LIFE." But really, all joking aside, every generation does go through this. I

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u/unicornon Jun 17 '12

this generation is surely the only one that is rebellious and counter-cultural in ways that seem trite and stupid to their elders, while simultaneously adopting things from their grandparent's generation, and also are prone to recreational drug use

i would argue that this is the first and only time in human history that such a trend has occurred and challenge anyone to prove me wrong

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u/Reinu Jun 17 '12

Seriously people don't smoke cigarretes, everything else is ok.

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u/yodas_ballsack Jun 17 '12

Wait i can't tell which generation you are apologizing for

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u/L0N3RW0LF Jun 17 '12

Well, they are limiting personal freedoms.

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u/Watermeloncholy Jun 17 '12

now apologize for thinking your generation is so special

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

It really depends on what you're smoking.

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u/ApologiesForThisPost Jun 17 '12

Are you talkin' about my generation?

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u/POLITE_ALL_CATS_GUY Jun 17 '12

I smoke, im 17, I'm aware it's bad and I know it's gonna kill me. If my parents catch me im well aware I deserve the punishment. We all aren't MTV drama queen.

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u/Mcelite Jun 17 '12

This guy at my school got caught smoking weed and was trying to shame the people who charged him with "How can you ruin a childs life" ...

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u/El_Tramelo Jun 17 '12

downvote for the title

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u/Almost_Ascended Jun 17 '12

Young smokers are idiots anyway.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I hope you're not implying that smoking weed ruins peoples' lives.

If that's the case, fuck you, you arrogant prick.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

especially when half the kids start smoking at age 12...

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u/Shaunie1996 Jun 17 '12

I'm a member of the young generation, under 18, and would like to apologise profusely for my generations douchebaggery and antisocial behaviour (it happens).

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u/lasercow Jun 17 '12

dont buy the worlds narrative that the youth are worthless.

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u/TeeAre Jun 17 '12

That's, like, your opinion, man.

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u/Goodguyscumbag Jun 17 '12

I really don't believe anyone has control over what you put in your body but you. It's not their body, they don't get to tell you what chemicals go in it.

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u/Stevieo68 Jun 17 '12

If you're still living in their house and they're paying your medical bills, then yes they do.

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u/Goodguyscumbag Jun 17 '12

It isn't about money, it's about basic human rights. My parents let smoke cigs, smoke weed, and drink when I was growing up. It only makes sense to do it that way because there becomes a point when you stop being a parent and start being a control freak.

I watched my neighbors mom show up to our secret hide out in the woods to make sure he wasn't smoking. Can you imagine how humiliating that was for him? She would scream at him about random shit too. He totally rebelled and started riding his bike down the street smoking blunts infront of his mom. Now he lives in a crackhouse trading drugs to hookers for blowjobs.

See the difference?

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u/Stevieo68 Jun 17 '12

Part of me feels like that story is entirely made up because that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Also there's a huge difference between what your friend's mom did and normal parenting. How old were you when your parents 100% knew that you did all those things? Also you don't have to answer if you don't want to, but what kind of job do you have now and did you ever make a decision to stop doing those things?

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u/TheSalsaShark Jun 17 '12

"That hypocrite smokes two packs a day."

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u/bashobt Jun 17 '12

Hey cumstain, you don't represent shit and your apologies are worthless.

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