Oh, ho…looky, looky. We have a teen perusing my mental vomit! In response to my post “Why do teenagers exist?” I received the following comment from the user someteen:
(pardon the misspelled words)I dont even know where to begin after reading an article like that….hmmm….well first I do agree with what you have said on styles of the day and how it can be quite pathetic(not that I am much of an improvement)but its was a bit harsh. If I can remember correctly, from what i’ve heard from my parents and others, people that were your age..(lol).. when you were a kid also complained about how the kids dressed and so on and so forth. Complaining about the youth is just as bad a trend as the way we dress. Plus teens will always find a way to piss you off. It’s what we do, even if its not intentional. I also think that you are ABSOLUTELY 100% correct about kids trying to act older these days! UGHHHH it gets to me sometimes! Example–I offered a friend to come over and have a “sleep over†so we could play guitar and video games. I was laughed at for the rest of the week for being a gay/girl/faggot. Did I miss something? Anyways thats my rant……
Interesting! Ok,let’s take this apart piece by piece because a) it is a very interesting debate and b) I’m an ass.
- “well first I do agree with what you have said on styles of the day and how it can be quite pathetic(not that I am much of an improvement)but its was a bit harsh.” No it wasn’t. I don’t think I was being a bit harsh at all. Regardless of the generational differences there is no excuse for poor taste or stupidity. For instance, trucker caps. They were a bad idea when they first came out and they’re a bad idea now. I pray every evening before I go to bed that two things happen: the fad will disappear soon and that those people that wear them are sucked into a black hole. Trust me, when I was growing up there were trends and fads that we had when we were teens that were absolutely retarded and horrible. Take into account that I was a teen in the 1980s! Almost everything was shit then! I would just hope that future generations would have learned from our mistakes. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem like they do.
- “Complaining about the youth is just as bad a trend as the way we dress.” No, it isn’t a trend it is a birth right. Anyone over the age of 19 (some may even say over the age of 24) has the right to complain about young’ns. When you’ve fought the battle over a quarter century to figure out who you are and what you want then you realize that a good portion of the things you’ve done, the fashions you’ve worn and many of your previous interests were a complete waste of time. Yes, this is a sense of entitlement. When you hit your late 20s and your 30s you’ll also look at the youth movement at the time and feel the same way. But you’ve earned that right because you would have hopefully learned from the poor ideas, trends and fashions of your day. You don’t like it, eh? Fine. Go find a way to go Logan’s Run on society and institute the Carousel.
- “Plus teens will always find a way to piss you off.” Agreed. I would just like to expand that statement to just say “humans”.
- “Example–I offered a friend to come over and have a “sleep over†so we could play guitar and video games. I was laughed at for the rest of the week for being a gay/girl/faggot. Did I miss something?” No, you didn’t miss anything. People your age are still going through their period of sexual discovery and are prone to finding some lame sexual inuendo in everything. Why? They themself are insecure about their sexuality. As they grow older they’ll hopefully realize that it wasn’t some girly/gay thing to do. It is just what you do when you’re comfortable with your friends and you enjoy having a good time with them. Once you hit college, you’ll find yourself passing out with people of the same sex, sleeping in the same room with them and doing all sorts of crap like that. It isn’t gay at all. You’re friends are just being ignorant to one of the greatest aspects of being a true adult – friendship with no strings attached.
That last part can be moot, however, if you guys didn’t play guitar and video games and actually dressed up as Little Bo Peep and one of her sheep. Then I’d start to question things.
Seriously, anyone questioning your sexuality because of something as innocuous because of having a friend crash at your place and hanging out is an utter boob. Although your first instinct is to love a boob and to caress the boob, that isn’t the case in this instance. During your pre-teens kids have sleepovers and parties and play games and stuff. Then you hit those teen years where everyone is trying to comfortable with their body, their sense of identity, their sexuality and also trying to fit in with whatever crowd they’ve aligned with. After those shitty teen years you’ll find that the world opens up again and is more accepting.
In conclusion, I’m telling you to give your friends the finger. Much like I’m giving one to all of you teens today. Enjoy!
I had just finished commenting on your earlier post and you’ve already posted something else! You are a busy little chipmunk, aren’t you?
In all seriousness I agree about the age old tradition of complaining about youngsters. It is the circle of life and when you understand who you are then all of the steps that you’ve taken to get there can sometimes seem meaningless. But it is what makes you YOU. The fashions of the times will always seem comical as you get older and often not make much sense.
You are such a grouch sometimes. I miss you!
Oh, yes. Is someteen a guy or a girl? If it is a guy, throw him at Liz. She\’s feeling randy for some fresh, young meat 😉
After reading that article and response, I almost feel bad for you…..were you traumatized as a teen? Did the gym teacher touch you while climbing the rope? Or mayby those spandex and tight leather 80’s pants were too much? You know, I heard capris are quite the “fad” these days. But mayby I should take your advice…I mean you’re like 300 right? You’ve been around the block a few times…
O ya I almost forgot I agree with you on yet another thing…you are an ass
Hmmm…looking through my box of crayola crayons and, let’s see…hmm…ah, here it is!
Color me unimpressed!
Don’t worry, though. It is probably just a fad or a trend 😉
like being a pussy around cops?
🙂
Ash, please don’t throw this child at me. I’m liable to rip off his head and shit down his neck.
“someteen”, I don’t know where to begin. I can understand Michael taking your comment and partially dissecting it. Your initial post was semi-articulate and you made a point and even went so far as to ask for advice. Michael addressed your points in a coherent, rather light-hearted and amusing manner which is what he does. Rather than address you directly he actually addresses the “you” as in the general sense of the word.
And then you come back insulting him? Not just once but two or three times?!
Can you even drive? Have you ever been pulled over by a police officer? Don’t you realize that any type of aggression is met with equal or greater aggression, especially with police?
No wonder Michael wrote that he was unimpressed. Instead of coming back with another semi-articulate post or even thanking him for confronting your gayness issue, you behave like a complete shit dick, displaying the same bravado that annoys the piss out of him.
I don’t care if you’re 12 years old or 50 years old – you should at least be provide an equal amount of politeness as is given to you. As such, I fail to see where you’ve done that.
Wow. This teen certainly has a thing for Puzzy.
This is why the internet is a beautiful thing. You don’t have to read a damn thing you don’t want to read. You don’t like Puzz? Fine. Don’t read his site.
It’s that easy.
Ahh c’mon Liz! First off yes i do drive and ya unluckly I have been pulled over. But when did you become puzzelhead’s mom???????? I mean seriously he’s a big boy he could probably tear me up if he wanted…but you need to understand he is old and a little tired..thanks for showing some love though.
wow, i geuss bad first impression doesn’t really cover it….
For the record: These comments are being moderated. As they come in I\’m approving them – no edits, no deletions, nada.
That being said – you guys are on your own here. Personally, someteen, I wouldn\’t have pushed Liz\’s button\’s. You guys can handle this as you wish but I ask that you not let it get out of hand.
EDIT: Um, yeah. I just re-read what I wrote and edited this comment. Only this comment. Everything else is unedited.
k, my bad, and for the record i do know puzzelhead. Im not heartless enough to just go bashin random people like that. Plus as i’ve said im sure he could tare me up anyways…
Good lord. This is like watching “Celebrity Boxing”. Except without celbrities. Or as exciting. What I’m trying to say that it isn’t like celebrity boxing. More like midget wrestling. Well, not that, either.
Ok. I take it back. Two fat kids at the play ground fighting over a Snickers bar that fell from someone’s pocket.
hahaha, good way of putting it scurvy.
I can’t wait for Liz to wake up from whatever drunken stupor she’s been in.
I have had a day or so to let this sit and hopefully let the distaste leave me. I have even attempted to let it go at Michael’s request. However, I would like to take the opportunity to point a few things out to “someteen”:
* Am I Michael’s Mom? No, but I have probably known him longer than you’ve been alive. The liberties that I take with him, and to an extent Angela, are due to the fact that we’ve been through a lot together. In fact, a number of people who have posted comments to his blog know each other in some way, shaper or form. When some unfamiliar new person posts comments to his blog that are both unfriendly and impolite; when someone has made a conscious effort to behave like an ass then I have absolutely no problem letting them know how I feel.
* This medium of typing into a comment field makes it deceptively easy to miscommunicate with people. If you were joking with Michael then you have my sincerest apologies. I still stand by my assertion that nobody knows you from Adam here and has not had the “pleasure” of witnessing any of your previous attempts at humor.
* I am holding my tongue at Michael’s request since he has informed me that your mother most likely has read/will read this blog. I do not wish to offend her nor embarass you in front of her more than what has already transpired.
* I wish that he would tear you apart. I am sure you and a good number of people here have seen him truly angry. I was lucky enough to see him single-handedly destroy a roomie, an apartment and an entire bar when we were in college.
I found your comments to Michael to be rude and unwarranted, especially after he took the time to address your issue of being considered gay by your peers. Rather than thank him or provide dialogue you opted to act the part of a swaggering fool.
@Ash – Go pick up my dry cleaning.
@Scurvy – Shush, you. You’re lucky you haven’t been castrated yet, you paedophile. Why don’t you give that new girlfriend of yours some new coloring books and dollies to play with?
@LonleyWanderer – My drunken stupor is over and I am dire need to slip into another one. You are still a fuck head. And you still owe me $30k.
Michael – I will contact you in a few weeks to see if you want to do anything for Cammy’s anniversary in October. It is hard to believe that it has already been four years.
Four years already? Man, I miss Cammy.
That being said, I hope the two of you will now let this go. No more arguing or retaliating. In some obtuse sense someteen said he’s sorry and in Liz’s brash, scrape your brain with a rusted fork way she has apologized (please refer back to her second bullet).
Ergo, both of you suck it up and move along. You both make my brain hurt. If I see/hear anymore bickering I’m turning off comments on this post until you both behave like normal primates.
Thank you, Dad, for stepping in. Now make Liz stay on her side of the car. She keeps sitting on my side of the back seat!
On a serious note, you would be a great father one day. Amazing you haven’t spawned yet.
Liz, contact me by cell or by email so I can wire the money to you. BTW: You can really be a crabby woman sometimes. 🙂 Ash needs to keep you on the sauce.