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Thanks for this, I take everything written about teenagers from the perspective of anyone >~20 with a huge grain of salt, because I'm not old enough to forget y

Thanks for this, I take everything written about teenagers from the perspective of anyone >~20 with a huge grain of salt, because I'm not old enough to forget yet how completely and utterly out of touch adults were about my generation of teenagers when I was younger.

rc-5 7y ago
Haha - it's a perennial issue.
Izkata 7y ago
The opening paragraph indicates the writer is a teen though.
- neonate 7y ago
  (I think that's p1necone's point about why they're taking rc-5 seriously.)
  - Izkata 7y ago
    Zeyphros> Many teachers and parents believe the younger generation know more about technology and “computers” then their own generation. They believe the teens of today know more about computers because we grew up with them, we have always used them and use them for almost every task. rc-5> Allow me to preface this by saying that I am, in fact, a teen [nearly completely disagrees with Zeyphros] p1necone> [thanks to rc-5] I take everything written about teenagers from the perspective of anyone >~20 with a huge grain of salt I read it as p1necone assuming Zeyphros is an out-of-date >20-year-old, which at least appears to not be the case (as of 2016, when the post was written).
ska 7y ago
That particular sword is double edged - it took me a long time to realize how myopic we were about older generations, too. Human beings, huh?
Mirioron 7y ago
What I've realized is that this is not a generational issue. It's an issue with generalizations. A large part of teens probably are clueless about a lot of things, as are a large part of each adult generation. On the point of remembering being a teenager: it baffles me that so many adults seem to have forgotten what being a teenager is like. Adults often, at the same time, expect too much of teenagers, but also expect too little. It's quite bizarre.

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Thanks for this, I take everything written about teenagers from the perspective of anyone >~20 with a huge grain of salt, because I'm not old enough to forget y

by p1necone 7y ago

rc-5 7y ago
Haha - it's a perennial issue.
Izkata 7y ago
The opening paragraph indicates the writer is a teen though.
- neonate 7y ago
  (I think that's p1necone's point about why they're taking rc-5 seriously.)
  - Izkata 7y ago
    Zeyphros> Many teachers and parents believe the younger generation know more about technology and “computers” then their own generation. They believe the teens of today know more about computers because we grew up with them, we have always used them and use them for almost every task. rc-5> Allow me to preface this by saying that I am, in fact, a teen [nearly completely disagrees with Zeyphros] p1necone> [thanks to rc-5] I take everything written about teenagers from the perspective of anyone >~20 with a huge grain of salt I read it as p1necone assuming Zeyphros is an out-of-date >20-year-old, which at least appears to not be the case (as of 2016, when the post was written).
ska 7y ago
That particular sword is double edged - it took me a long time to realize how myopic we were about older generations, too. Human beings, huh?
Mirioron 7y ago
What I've realized is that this is not a generational issue. It's an issue with generalizations. A large part of teens probably are clueless about a lot of things, as are a large part of each adult generation. On the point of remembering being a teenager: it baffles me that so many adults seem to have forgotten what being a teenager is like. Adults often, at the same time, expect too much of teenagers, but also expect too little. It's quite bizarre.