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They're not smoking either. Those things are no longer cool badges of maturity, independence, or rebellion. Instead, they're getting piercings and tattoos, id

They're not smoking either. Those things are no longer cool badges of maturity, independence, or rebellion. Instead, they're getting piercings and tattoos, identifying as alternative genders, sexting, and claiming more flexible sexual orientations. Alarms the old folks just as effectively.

itbeho 9y ago
Those kids and their damn rock and roll :)
otimepad222 9y ago
:) "identifying as alternative gender" Given how many interesting, relevant, revealing studies made it onto the frontpage of HN, wondering why did the ongoing silent chemical and psychological war against most of humanity didn't made it into the list. Nobody is mentioning the "medification" of our food supply as one of the (possible) causes for that part. That evolving mixture of chemical weapons being purposely introduced into every part of our environment, its effects on pre-natal development in humans, havoc that some of the same chemicals are causing in nature. Do you think it's an accident that you won't find anything in your bathroom that does not contain SLS? (what was it, 5 days halflife? not bad for an endocrine disruptor used daily, absorbed through the skin, don't worry, they even add it into children's toothpaste, gotta love the FDA). How many mutilated children are being born because their mothers were exposed to those weapons? Have you seen the numbers? How would you explain those? Not to mention the targeted destruction of families, values, the fabric of human nature. Don't hipster folk watch TED videos anymore? Why are you not capable of making connections that would at least have a chance to make the world a better place? Is it some kind of mental block, a fallacy by association electrical wire knotted around your intellect with a buzzer held by some sociopath in an expensive suit? Modern-era mental slavery disguised behind "political correctness"? Humanity is being transformed. Books have been written about this for decades, even popular ones(Huxley & co). Lectures were given, well-meaning, manipulated idiots with doctorate degrees are publicly advocating a new human species. Hipster with a PhD, the perfect slave, the right soup of ideology and ego stimulation and he'd kill 100 million people for whatever "higher purpose" we convince him he is fighting for. Power never had it easier.
stevenwoo 9y ago
Federal taxes on cigarettes went up 250% to pay for health care/SCHIP in the past 30 years or so. There is a pretty good correlation with smoking rates and cost of cigarettes. http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.82.1.94 http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.82.1.9...
- labster 9y ago
  Taxes do work, though demand for tobacco is relatively inelastic: http://www.who.int/tobacco/economics/meetings/dublin_demand_for_tob_feb2012.pdf http://www.who.int/tobacco/economics/meetings/dublin_demand_...
nasredin 9y ago
You forgot to add: Now GET OFF MY LAWN!?
labster 9y ago
Kids these days, now we can't even store sex in a bool. And they want another float for gender! Back in my day we had one bit for each, and we liked it.
- andai 9y ago
  Wasn't it one for both, or is that too far back?
  - labster 9y ago
    Probably too far back. We had the Kinsey scale in 1948, so that's a 0-7 for gender/sexual identity, and one bit for sex. Fits perfectly in a nibble.
goialoq 9y ago
Please cut the outdated ignorant bigotry about gender and sexual orientation.
- otimepad222 9y ago
  Since someone got so offended as to flag my previous post(poor you), here a more censored version [..] many interesting, relevant, revealing studies made it onto the frontpage of HN, [redacted] @"medification" of our food supply @evolving mixture of chemicals being purposely introduced into every part of our environment + its effects on pre-natal development in humans + havoc that some of the same chemicals are causing in nature. [..] Is there anything in your bathroom that does _not_ contain SLS? (what was it, 5 days halflife? not bad for an endocrine disruptor used daily, absorbed through the skin, don't worry, they even add it into children's toothpaste, gotta love the FDA). How many mutilated children are being born because their mothers were exposed to those <strike>weapons<strike> chemicals? Have you seen the numbers? How would you explain those? Not to mention the targeted destruction of families, values, the fabric of human nature. Don't hipster folk watch TED videos anymore? Why are you not capable of making connections that would at least have a chance to make the world a better place? Is it some kind of mental block, a fallacy by association electrical wire knotted around your intellect with a buzzer held by some sociopath in an expensive suit? Modern-era mental slavery disguised behind "political correctness"? Humanity is being transformed. Books are being written about this for decades, even popular ones(Huxley & co). Publicly available lectures are given, well-meaning, manipulated [redacted] with doctorate degrees are _publicly_ advocating the move towards a new human species(world sci fest 2016 is a nice popular example). A hipster with a PhD, _the_ perfect slave, the right soup of ideology and ego stimulation and he'd kill 100 million people for whatever "higher purpose" we convince him he is fighting for. Power never had it easier.
  - krapp 9y ago
    You were likely flagged for spouting gibberish from a troll account, and you will likely be flagged again for regurgitating it. Please try to find something more productive to do with your time.
Cthulhu_ 9y ago
It's just this generation's search for identity and being different from the generation preceding it. For one generation it's edgy outfits, for another it's long hair and rock music, and I'm sure there will be a future one that will shock 'our' generation (idk what your generation is) even more, especially if it's our own kids who a few years ago were still just like us.

itbeho 9y ago

Those kids and their damn rock and roll :)

otimepad222 9y ago

:) "identifying as alternative gender" Given how many interesting, relevant, revealing studies made it onto the frontpage of HN, wondering why did the ongoing silent chemical and psychological war against most of humanity didn't made it into the list. Nobody is mentioning the "medification" of our food supply as one of the (possible) causes for that part. That evolving mixture of chemical weapons being purposely introduced into every part of our environment, its effects on pre-natal development in humans, havoc that some of the same chemicals are causing in nature. Do you think it's an accident that you won't find anything in your bathroom that does not contain SLS? (what was it, 5 days halflife? not bad for an endocrine disruptor used daily, absorbed through the skin, don't worry, they even add it into children's toothpaste, gotta love the FDA). How many mutilated children are being born because their mothers were exposed to those weapons? Have you seen the numbers? How would you explain those? Not to mention the targeted destruction of families, values, the fabric of human nature. Don't hipster folk watch TED videos anymore? Why are you not capable of making connections that would at least have a chance to make the world a better place? Is it some kind of mental block, a fallacy by association electrical wire knotted around your intellect with a buzzer held by some sociopath in an expensive suit? Modern-era mental slavery disguised behind "political correctness"? Humanity is being transformed. Books have been written about this for decades, even popular ones(Huxley & co). Lectures were given, well-meaning, manipulated idiots with doctorate degrees are publicly advocating a new human species. Hipster with a PhD, the perfect slave, the right soup of ideology and ego stimulation and he'd kill 100 million people for whatever "higher purpose" we convince him he is fighting for. Power never had it easier.

stevenwoo 9y ago

Federal taxes on cigarettes went up 250% to pay for health care/SCHIP in the past 30 years or so. There is a pretty good correlation with smoking rates and cost of cigarettes. http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.82.1.94 http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.82.1.9...

labster 9y ago
Taxes do work, though demand for tobacco is relatively inelastic: http://www.who.int/tobacco/economics/meetings/dublin_demand_for_tob_feb2012.pdf http://www.who.int/tobacco/economics/meetings/dublin_demand_...

nasredin 9y ago

You forgot to add: Now GET OFF MY LAWN!?

labster 9y ago

Kids these days, now we can't even store sex in a bool. And they want another float for gender! Back in my day we had one bit for each, and we liked it.

andai 9y ago
Wasn't it one for both, or is that too far back?
- labster 9y ago
  Probably too far back. We had the Kinsey scale in 1948, so that's a 0-7 for gender/sexual identity, and one bit for sex. Fits perfectly in a nibble.

goialoq 9y ago

Please cut the outdated ignorant bigotry about gender and sexual orientation.

otimepad222 9y ago
Since someone got so offended as to flag my previous post(poor you), here a more censored version [..] many interesting, relevant, revealing studies made it onto the frontpage of HN, [redacted] @"medification" of our food supply @evolving mixture of chemicals being purposely introduced into every part of our environment + its effects on pre-natal development in humans + havoc that some of the same chemicals are causing in nature. [..] Is there anything in your bathroom that does _not_ contain SLS? (what was it, 5 days halflife? not bad for an endocrine disruptor used daily, absorbed through the skin, don't worry, they even add it into children's toothpaste, gotta love the FDA). How many mutilated children are being born because their mothers were exposed to those <strike>weapons<strike> chemicals? Have you seen the numbers? How would you explain those? Not to mention the targeted destruction of families, values, the fabric of human nature. Don't hipster folk watch TED videos anymore? Why are you not capable of making connections that would at least have a chance to make the world a better place? Is it some kind of mental block, a fallacy by association electrical wire knotted around your intellect with a buzzer held by some sociopath in an expensive suit? Modern-era mental slavery disguised behind "political correctness"? Humanity is being transformed. Books are being written about this for decades, even popular ones(Huxley & co). Publicly available lectures are given, well-meaning, manipulated [redacted] with doctorate degrees are _publicly_ advocating the move towards a new human species(world sci fest 2016 is a nice popular example). A hipster with a PhD, _the_ perfect slave, the right soup of ideology and ego stimulation and he'd kill 100 million people for whatever "higher purpose" we convince him he is fighting for. Power never had it easier.
- krapp 9y ago
  You were likely flagged for spouting gibberish from a troll account, and you will likely be flagged again for regurgitating it. Please try to find something more productive to do with your time.

Cthulhu_ 9y ago

It's just this generation's search for identity and being different from the generation preceding it. For one generation it's edgy outfits, for another it's long hair and rock music, and I'm sure there will be a future one that will shock 'our' generation (idk what your generation is) even more, especially if it's our own kids who a few years ago were still just like us.