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What do you dislike the most about your age group?

I'm 19 and I hate how most of my age group is all about watching love island and taking selfies.

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too much f boys
too much slang
too much gossiping about others negatively
and there's probably more
Slang
swearing
two faced
rude
no manners
^ summed it up perfectly. it's the teenage years.
oh and time wasting.
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They voted Labour.
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Arrogance and 'supreme' 😂
cocky, stuck up, not loyal.
I don't even like my teenage generation right now honestly. You can't trust anyone.
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That's still a thing at 23 unfortunately.
The way my age group say things like "Kids weren't like that in my day".
"I got a beating and it didn't do me any harm."
"The youth of today don't know when they are well off."
Drives me crackers and makes me feel old.
Original post by TheAlchemistress
I don't even like my teenage generation right now honestly. You can't trust anyone.


I don't trust myself.
people r more interested in digital than real
I think this goes for most Millennials and 2000's kiddos.

It would be unfit to generalise, but one pet peeve I've observed, at least from my community, is the political discourse.

Young people getting into politics? Great! Do they do their research? 9 times out of 10, probably not.

I'm not claiming to be a political guru or a Political Theory PhD, I'm neither of those things, I'm just an avid reader and a curious third party of sorts. I like to keep up to date, but politics in my school year has become somewhat of a pop culture/bandwagoning thing. Basically picking on the easy guy, not actually challenging or having any sort of real definitive discourse or even a justification of their choice. One guy I knew said he was 'pro-remain', (I'm not going to turn this into a debate, because there were Brexiteers who did the same in my community, I'll get to that later), I asked them 'So what made you side with remain out of curiosity?' He stuttered and later said that it's only because his girlfriend and group of friends are doing it. This kind of sheepish bandwagoning proves that the nation aren't exactly producing the brightest minds the world has ever known.

Then to the edgelords. There is one popular opinion, and then there are the people who are looking for an attention grab and wanna look cool or edgy by voting for a radically opposite or 'unconventional choice'. I knew many people who were genuine Brexiteers and did their research, however there were a few who only did it so they could counter what everyone else (a Remainer majority) said to 'stand out'. Even to the point where there were quite a few Communists brooding within the community, so they could stand out.

Don't get me wrong though, I'm sure there are people who do actual research into current affairs, there is hope, I just hope that people do more reading and gain more critical thinking as opposed to bandwagoning onto random trends and unjustified politics.
Original post by UWS
That's still a thing at 23 unfortunately.


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Original post by PaulK1
I'm 19 and I hate how most of my age group is all about watching love island and taking selfies.


Thank you finally someone who understands that that show is bonkers.

Then 13 reasons why? Everyone was watching it, except me 😉
I'm gonna cover the 16-25 demographic... I ducking hate that so much revolves around sex. It seems like the be all end all, the thing it seems everyone is circling round as if it's the most important thing to live for. I just hate the pressure, evolution, expansion, and acceptance that sex is so imperative. It seems like it's just constantly everyone's goal- when they go out, when they meet new people, parties, clubs, college. Maybe I have a warped view but it just seems so... constant and offputing. I can't wait until I'm 60 when the social groups don't feel the need to constantly be revolving themselves around it. I'm going to get hate for this I'm sure, but it's just my opinion, and you are all entitled to yours. 🐲
I'm 19. Most people my age act extremely self-righteous - they usually claim to be highly tolerant of others, but the moment someone expresses a different (yet still mainstream) political opinion then they single them out, insult them and throw around all sorts of unfounded allegations. Many also claim to know everything about everything despite having very little actual life experience.
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