Teenagers

Pai Mei · 22-11-2013 12:25am

Lel
Unlike what many people think lel is not an acronym in the same fashion that LOL is (it does not mean laughing extremely loud, laughing extra loud or similar). Lel (and variations including lal) resulted from the use of random vowels substituted in place of the 'o' in LOL. These vowels were used in an attempt to be different from the millions of internet gamers. The word however, in essence, still means LOL.

Urban dictionary's meaning......

renraw · 22-11-2013 12:27am

Pai Mei wrote: »

Lel
Unlike what many people think lel is not an acronym in the same fashion that LOL is (it does not mean laughing extremely loud, laughing extra loud or similar). Lel (and variations including lal) resulted from the use of random vowels substituted in place of the 'o' in LOL. These vowels were used in an attempt to be different from the millions of internet gamers. The word however, in essence, still means LOL.

Urban dictionary's meaning......

Grow up, you offensive person!

chopper6 · 22-11-2013 12:28am

blindside88 wrote: »

When I said "tear aways" I meant the tracksuits bottoms with the buttons down the side, not the people

Lol...i'm obviously showing my age here!

NuckingFacker · 22-11-2013 12:29am

Pai Mei wrote: »

Lel
Unlike what many people think lel is not an acronym in the same fashion that LOL is (it does not mean laughing extremely loud, laughing extra loud or similar). Lel (and variations including lal) resulted from the use of random vowels substituted in place of the 'o' in LOL. These vowels were used in an attempt to be different from the millions of internet gamers. The word however, in essence, still means LOL.

Urban dictionary's meaning......

so it's like swig? I.E the non-nerdy version of an overdone hence ironic reference? I know my teens use "he got swag" as a slagging for people who don't. This teen-speak is complex sh1t. Fish is the newest it seems - fcuk it, sh1t happens, fwiw.

Pai Mei · 22-11-2013 12:29am

renraw wrote: »

Ah here lass, c'mon...please...seriously? Most of the things they do are directed at teenagers. You can't say music of late is teenagers' fault...

ahhh...enough!

LOL I'm a lad and how would say that it is their fault?? You hardly think that if teenagers didn't like this music then they would rise up and demand something better that older people would also like?? When you were a teenager did you have a choice about what came on the radio??

NuckingFacker · 22-11-2013 12:30am

BNMC wrote: »

I'm 26, so I surely can't be accused of being an old fart.

Is it just me or are a lot of teenagers nowadays absolute arseholes? With their stupid looking hairstyles, skinny jeans and chinos. They are obsessed with Facebook, Snapchat and all that irrelevent bollox that comes with the iPhone generation. Swag? Yolo? Lel? Fuck off!

And don't get me started on the whole American accent shite that some of them come out with. OMG!

You very rarely see many of them outside kicking a football these days. This is what me and my friends mostly did when I was a teen. On our days off school we would be gone from the house all day and our parents would almost have to drag us into the house when it got dark.

Halloween is nowhere near what it used to be, teens are not interested in collecting for bonfires anymore and it's rare to hear a few bangers going off. Again, this is what me and my friends did when I was a teen.

Feck it maybe I am just an old fart.

I'm hoping..no, praying, you're being ironic there!

renraw · 22-11-2013 12:33am

Pai Mei wrote: »

LOL I'm a lad and how would say that it is their fault?? You hardly think that if teenagers didn't like this music then they would rise up and demand something better that older people would also like?? When you were a teenager did you have a choice about what came on the radio??

For one? We didn't have the internet and Duran Duran did not influence, but encourage! 2: the internet DID NOT exist and the world was a good place

coolhull · 22-11-2013 12:33am

Specialun wrote: »

Are they still snowballing

Yes, but only after a heavy snowfall :rolleyes:

Pai Mei · 22-11-2013 12:34am

renraw wrote: »

For one? We didn't have the internet and Duran Duran did not influence, but encourage! 2: the internet DID NOT exist and the world was a good place

Dafuq has this got to do with music?? In what way does the internet have to do with what teenagers listen to??

renraw · 22-11-2013 12:35am

My apologies, now I realise what I have been "discussing" stuff with....sorry guys!

Micky Dolenz · 22-11-2013 12:36am

BNMC wrote: »

For the third time.

I DID NOT MENTION MUSIC!!!

Why you still going on about music. Shur, it's no worse than the muck we listened too.

Tiffy6666 · 22-11-2013 12:36am

BNMC wrote: »

I'm 26, so I surely can't be accused of being an old fart.

Is it just me or are a lot of teenagers nowadays absolute arseholes? With their stupid looking hairstyles, skinny jeans and chinos. They are obsessed with Facebook, Snapchat and all that irrelevent bollox that comes with the iPhone generation. Swag? Yolo? Lel? Fuck off!

And don't get me started on the whole American accent shite that some of them come out with. OMG!

You very rarely see many of them outside kicking a football these days. This is what me and my friends mostly did when I was a teen. On our days off school we would be gone from the house all day and our parents would almost have to drag us into the house when it got dark.

Halloween is nowhere near what it used to be, teens are not interested in collecting for bonfires anymore and it's rare to hear a few bangers going off. Again, this is what me and my friends did when I was a teen.

Feck it maybe I am just an old fart.

As a 17 year old I don't understand what your point is. You say that teenagers today 'seem' to be a bunch of 'absolute arseholes' and yet you're disappointed that we're not running around setting fire to crap and setting off ILLEGAL fireworks on Halloween? And hey it was twenty something year olds who invented snapchat and Facebook, not us! We just play with the cool inventions we have, much like you and your football back in the day. (plus I am an avid supporter of Gaa and the like I just don't have the coordination to play it!) Also as to the chinos etc. are you telling me that there were absolutely NO TRENDS back in your day?? I don't mean to be rude but I think it's incredibly unfair of you to vent your anger at what is a GENERALISATION of teenagers to the world. It is people like you who are the real reason teenagers have a bad name.
Yours faithfully,
An absolute arsehole.

NuckingFacker · 22-11-2013 12:36am

Pai Mei wrote: »

Dafuq has this got to do with music?? In what way does the internet have to do with what teenagers listen to??

he didn't mention music. He did mention that.

Santa Cruz · 22-11-2013 12:39am

chopper6 wrote: »

They want a good clip round the ear and bring back national service.

The problem with young people today is that they have things too easy.

Major Willington-Smyth (rtd), Windybottom, Berkshire

I agree. Is this what we pay a licence fee for?

Disgusted Tunbridge Wells

renraw · 22-11-2013 12:40am

NuckingFacker wrote: »

he didn't mention music. He did mention that.

I was thinking that "did they know it was Christmas" is all...

Pai Mei · 22-11-2013 12:40am

NuckingFacker wrote: »

he didn't mention music. He did mention that.

The OP didn't but renraw quoted my post about music....

renraw · 22-11-2013 12:42am

Pai Mei wrote: »

The OP didn't but renraw quoted my post about music....

Put id down to "lost in translation"...eh???

chopper6 · 22-11-2013 12:43am

Santa Cruz wrote: »

I agree. Is this what we pay a licence fee for?

Disgusted Tunbridge Wells

Not a day goes by without hearing from some jumped-up scruffy rock and roll singer lecturing us about rainforests,ozone etc.

Well i could give one or two of these fellows a lecture too...on the damage taking drugs has done to thier brains.

I.P. Knightly,

The Rookery

Northants.

renraw · 22-11-2013 12:44am

Doubleup wrote: »

Its ok..we've all gone thru it..cranky midlife remorse jealous of youth syndrome..

You posted twice so we can only put id down to frustration! Troll, btw!

NuckingFacker · 22-11-2013 12:44am

Doubleup wrote: »

Its ok..we've all gone thru it..cranky midlife remorse jealous of youth syndrome..

You obviously went through it twice. Tough times. Troll??? Is that the new LOL?

BNMC · 22-11-2013 12:45am

Doubleup wrote: »

Its ok..we've all gone thru it..cranky midlife remorse jealous of youth syndrome..

NuckingFacker wrote: »

You obviously went through it twice. Tough times.

He ain't called Doubleup for nothing.

TeddyTedson · 22-11-2013 12:50am

I remember listening to scooter with my friends, the shame!
They can't be listening to anything more ****e than that.

We all think our generation got it right as teenagers, whereas it's probably more like we all got it wrong

Pai Mei · 22-11-2013 12:53am

Boring troll is boring

chopper6 · 22-11-2013 12:59am

Pai Mei wrote: »

Boring troll is boring

You can say that again....although i'd prefer if you didnt..one person repeating themselves is enough!

Vito Corleone · 22-11-2013 1:02am

Nodin · 22-11-2013 1:02am

Tiffy6666 wrote: »

As a 17 year old I don't understand what your point is. You say that teenagers today 'seem' to be a bunch of 'absolute arseholes' and yet you're disappointed that we're not running around setting fire to crap and setting off ILLEGAL fireworks on Halloween? ......

That's the attitude that worries me right there.

Nodin · 22-11-2013 1:03am

anncoates wrote: »

What are you talking about. They were great times.

Never said they were bad.

dobman88 · 22-11-2013 1:07am

BNMC wrote: »

I'm 26, so I surely can't be accused of being an old fart.

Is it just me or are a lot of teenagers nowadays absolute arseholes? With their stupid looking hairstyles, skinny jeans and chinos. They are obsessed with Facebook, Snapchat and all that irrelevent bollox that comes with the iPhone generation. Swag? Yolo? Lel? Fuck off!

And don't get me started on the whole American accent shite that some of them come out with. OMG!

You very rarely see many of them outside kicking a football these days. This is what me and my friends mostly did when I was a teen. On our days off school we would be gone from the house all day and our parents would almost have to drag us into the house when it got dark.

Halloween is nowhere near what it used to be, teens are not interested in collecting for bonfires anymore and it's rare to hear a few bangers going off. Again, this is what me and my friends did when I was a teen.

Feck it maybe I am just an old fart.

renraw · 22-11-2013 1:08am

Doubleup wrote: »

Praps you put it down to frustration i call it bad app...whats a troll?are you a troll?

aww, my heart weeps!

poundapunnet · 22-11-2013 1:16am

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Yes it was. People keep saying chart music is not getting worse, it's the same as it always was, which is clearly not true. There was a time when Blondie was chart/pop music.

There was a lot of crap in the charts when Blondie was around too, maybe the bad chart music is getting worse but there are still those kinds of very good pop artists around. I'm partial to the odd bit of Gaga meself, you got your Adeles, Macklemore, Justin Timberlake. Not really my cup of tea but it is proper, solid, quality pop music and in ten years we'll be looking back lamenting it :P The whole concept of "chart" music is surely a bit dead anyway?

But yeah the X factor can do one.

Meangadh · 22-11-2013 1:21am

"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise." - Socrates.

This argument is oooooold.

I work with teenagers every day and apart from the odd bit of annoying behaviour (we've all been annoying at some stage as teenagers), they're all little legends. Whilst there have been huge improvement in technology, food and medicine, they are growing up in the generation with the most mental pressure ever. How they can stay even half normal I don't know. I had one girl literally crying on my shoulder this morning at 9am because she was having an off day- her dad died by suicide earlier this year and the poor thing just was so sad, all I could do was hug her and tell her that we were here for her. I then asked her had she someone in the class she could talk to during the day if she needed to and she said that all the girls were there for her and named one in particular. Being a teenager is hard enough without having all this other crap going on.

Who gives a crap what they wear and how they behave so long as it's not harming anyone. There are massive douchebags in every generation. As far as I'm concerned I am so lucky to get to work with teenagers every day.

renraw · 22-11-2013 1:38am

Meangadh wrote: »

"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise." - Socrates.

This argument is oooooold.

I work with teenagers every day and apart from the odd bit of annoying behaviour (we've all been annoying at some stage as teenagers), they're all little legends. Whilst there have been huge improvement in technology, food and medicine, they are growing up in the generation with the most mental pressure ever. How they can stay even half normal I don't know. I had one girl literally crying on my shoulder this morning at 9am because she was having an off day- her dad died by suicide earlier this year and the poor thing just was so sad, all I could do was hug her and tell her that we were here for her. I then asked her had she someone in the class she could talk to during the day if she needed to and she said that all the girls were there for her and named one in particular. Being a teenager is hard enough without having all this other crap going on.

Who gives a crap what they wear and how they behave so long as it's not harming anyone. There are massive douchebags in every generation. As far as I'm concerned I am so lucky to get to work with teenagers every day.

Alls good

...its looking like a bootiful day

...

BOHtox · 22-11-2013 2:03am

YOLO SWEG!!!

nc19 · 22-11-2013 2:07am

and the hand down the tracksuit bottoms!!!!

zcorpian88 · 22-11-2013 2:08am

Those little whippersnappers, with their stupid haircuts, luminous clothing and silly accents, bah to the lot of them!! (bangs walking stick off the kitchen table)

I'm 25 by the way, can see where you're coming from BNMC. Some of them do my head in, some are overprivileged cheeky little f**kers.

meoklmrk91 · 22-11-2013 2:14am

I think by in large they are the same as any other generation of teens, most of them are genuinely lovely kids growing up awkwardly navigating the trends of their generation.

I'm 22 so not that much older I suppose but this generation seems very foreign to even me, simply because things change so quickly for that gen in particular, they really love social media, they seem to be more socially conscious to a certain extent, more ambitious in ways. They also have to deal with crap that most adults have never had to deal with, cyber bullying etc.

Also if people are looking for a few cider swigging, Bon fire building, banger loving teens then feel free to come down my way and take a few off my hands, tbf they don't really cause much bother, but Halloween was a nightmare, I would take a few chino boys any day of the week.

FameHungry · 22-11-2013 2:46am

I'm going on 17 and I agree with you completely. They're all a bunch of moaners and I tend to keep away from most of them because they're c*nts.

And I also agree that they have such stupid haircuts and some say words like "awesome" and "epic" constantly. And the girls all where the same clothes, Hollister, A&F and other overly expensive brands. They all look like clones.

Femme_Fatale · 22-11-2013 3:09am

I say awesome a lot and I'm twice their age.

Femme_Fatale · 22-11-2013 3:36am

Mint Aero wrote: »

To be fair I think it's the 20 and 30 somethings that are having chronic issues with social media.

But it's pretty much all teenagers have ever known. So what effect is this having on them forming relationships in the real world? So much easier to be anonymous too, and cause crap for people.

poundapunnet wrote: »

There was a lot of crap in the charts when Blondie was around too, maybe the bad chart music is getting worse but there are still those kinds of very good pop artists around. I'm partial to the odd bit of Gaga meself, you got your Adeles, Macklemore, Justin Timberlake. Not really my cup of tea but it is proper, solid, quality pop music and in ten years we'll be looking back lamenting it

Yeh there are a few good bits and pieces of pop music, but what I mean is: overall, there has been a dip in quality, compared to when there was new wave, ska, funk, soul, acid house, rap like Public Enemy etc in the charts/on daytime radio.

Irish Guitarist · 22-11-2013 3:57am

I'm eleven years older than you are and I spent a great deal of my childhood playing video games on the Atari 2600, which was released in 1977. Even the original Nintendo Gameboy has been around since 1989.

What is it with people here acting old before their time? When I was 26 it didn't seem that long ago since I had been a teenager. Even now I don't have much nostalgia for my teenage years because I remember it as being mainly crap.

I can't say I've ever longed for the halcyon days when teenagers set off bangers, mainly because the little scumbags are still at it around here.

I wear chinos myself in the summer as they're nice and light for warmer weather. I wear the normal looking ones that aren't slim fit and that don't have those elasticated cuffs in the bottom of the leg. If teenagers want to wear them though it's up to them. It doesn't affect me how anyone else chooses to dress.

seamus · 22-11-2013 10:14am

poundapunnet wrote: »

There was a lot of crap in the charts when Blondie was around too, maybe the bad chart music is getting worse but there are still those kinds of very good pop artists around. I'm partial to the odd bit of Gaga meself, you got your Adeles, Macklemore, Justin Timberlake. Not really my cup of tea but it is proper, solid, quality pop music and in ten years we'll be looking back lamenting it :P The whole concept of "chart" music is surely a bit dead anyway?

My theory on music is that you forget all of the absolute muck that topped the charts when you were young and can only remember the good stuff. So you fool yourself into thinking that all music was great when you were young.

Sure when I was a teenager Radiohead were at their peak, as were the Prodigy and a number of other great bands. But there was also Scooter in the charts.

And stuff like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPX3Se4dlIs

If that came out today, the teenagers would love it and we'd be groaning about the awful ****e they have in the charts nowadays.

.jacksparrow. · 22-11-2013 10:19am

So the ops only real reason for hating them is their fashion sense, hair style and social media goings on.

Judgemental much?

Leave people be what they want, as long as their not harming anyone.

Legs.Eleven · 22-11-2013 10:24am

Pai Mei wrote: »

Well as a teenager (19 so on the way out ) I can say not all of us are like this. The hairstyles and the fashion is just the trend as I'm sure you had your own trend in your time OP. Being obsessed with FB and Snapchat is prob more a thing for the younger teens i.e. the Bebo Stunnaaahss ex oh ex oh loool

And I'm pretty sure bonfires and bangers are illegal now or at least the guards are more strict than they were 10 years ago.

Poor auld teenagers. The difference between my time as a teen in the 90s and now is that you guys know what people think of you because of the internet. No doubt everyone hated me and my pals too back in the day but we just didn't have the means to find out about it.

Irishcrx · 22-11-2013 10:28am

Haha it's hardly that bad. It's just the trend that's in now. I'm 26 as well but when I was 16 I'd finished kicking footballs on the street , they have astro's now you know! I had died blonde hair , baggy jeans, piercings , some crazy hairstyles and Limp Bizkit hoodies I thought I was cool as ice , probably was annoying as **** , would drink in alleyways or anywhere we could find it and was chasing 'the sex' at any available opportunity.

Give teenagers a break , times move on I'm sure they do all of the above just a differant generations. I hate facebook , snapchat , twitter all of it just never got into it and I do think there's a lot wrong with it socially BUT I do realise it's part of todays world and will be part of it for a long time coming.

BTW - I also wouldn't change anything I did when I was the above said teenager but there's no chance I'd get away with it now!

Teyla Emmagan · 22-11-2013 10:32am

Jesus, some young wan just insisted I take the free seat on the bus.

Teenagers, I hate them all!

Wibbs · 22-11-2013 10:34am

Legs.Eleven wrote: »

Poor auld teenagers. The difference between my time as a teen in the 90s and now is that you guys know what people think of you because of the internet. No doubt everyone hated me and my pals too back in the day but we just didn't have the means to find out about it.

That would be about the biggest difference these days. I don't envy them that either.

Other than that, not a lot has changed. Teenagers are meant to be an alien species to older people and should drive middle aged people up the wall. That's their job and long may it continue.

pedanticpat · 22-11-2013 11:28am

"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for
authority, they show disrespect to their elders.... They no longer
rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents,
chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their
legs, and are tyrants over their teachers."

This is a quote from Aristophanes' The Clouds. He died about 400 years before Jesus was born.

Teenagers will always be different to adults, and so they should be.

jimgoose · 22-11-2013 11:44am

lkionm wrote: »

And the sex. They are having all the sex now

Aye. Can't walk around the place nowadays without being knee-deep in teenagers having sex. Sex for breakfast, sex before meals, sex on the roof, sex in school, sex sex sex. It's a pure solid disgrace Joe, so 'tis.

Two thousand years ago the average teenager was like a dog chasing cars as far as sex is concerned, and they still are. Two thousand years ago teenagers were awkward, scared and trying to figure out who they are, and people like me wanted to plant an educational, guiding boot in their asses. This is exactly the position today, except being a kid is more difficult and scary than ever.

jimgoose · 22-11-2013 11:50am

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

I say awesome a lot and I'm twice their age.

I'm 41 and I say things like "Right-on, Daddy-O" and "Totes Ledge, roysh!" a fair bit. This works particularly well because it easily drives everyone up the wall. :cool:

srsly78 · 22-11-2013 11:55am

Plato wrote:

What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?

Hesiod wrote:

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words... When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly [disrespectful] and impatient of restraint

Has probably already been pointed out during the seven pages, but OP it seems the ancient Greeks share your sentiment.

Teenagers

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