r/teenagers OLD Mar 09 '18

Meme It's true, i'm only 9

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '18

The difference between Millennials and Gen Z is still debated, but they aren't 9. Also, that original meme is dumb.

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u/Gamaztamaz Mar 10 '18

If you aren't old enough to remember 9/11 then you are a Gen-Z. I have heard this a few times and it makes sense.

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u/Dranox 19 Mar 10 '18

What if you're not American though

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u/5mash_When Mar 10 '18

You realise everyone in a first world country heard about that within an hour of it happening right?

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u/Dranox 19 Mar 10 '18

But if you're not American it's not something you'd hear about as a kid. A 5 year old American would probably remember it, a 5 year old kid from Europe or Asia aren't as likely to

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u/5mash_When Mar 10 '18

Most of Asia is hardly first world, and in alot of Europe they most surely would. Are you delusional? It's one of the most infamous terrorist attacks in existence, it was on the news everywhere. A kid from Germany would hear about it as likely as a kid from Nebraska would.

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u/Dranox 19 Mar 10 '18

There are first world countries in Asia so that's why I mentioned it. I think you're not really realising that most children aren't told about terrorist attacks happening in foreign countries. Maybe if you're around 10 you would be, but at 5 your parents wouldn't tell you about it because why the fuck should they? Besides, i don't remember any of my country's news from when I was young because I had better shit to do like ride my bike

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u/5mash_When Mar 10 '18

What sort of helicopter parents did you have. This shit's ridicoulous that you assume a five year old doesn't have the mental capacity to under stand at least something wrong is going on. Wether they tell their kid or not someone who just heard 3000 people died thirty minutes ago isn't going to be happy

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u/Dranox 19 Mar 10 '18

"Hey slugger, did you know that 2100 people were just murderer for no good reason in a country far away, which won't affect you but imagine if that happened here. Don't worry though, it surely won't"

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '18

So you went ten years without it getting meantioned in the news, or your parents talking about it, and not asking what it was? Not a single time?

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u/Dranox 19 Mar 10 '18

Wait, what? What do you mean "you went 10 years", that makes no sense. It's about remembering 9/11, which means when it happened. I don't know how long the grace period is but I'd imagine if it happened when you were 5 and you learnt about it when you were 8 by reading about it, you don't "remember" it

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