Is being 18 supposed to be hard?
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TFW born in '85 and not sure if Gen X or Gen Y.
Should I be telling people to get off my lawn or getting off people's lawns?
At 18 I was in first year uni. For a variety of reasons, I can't really remember anything that happened that year.0 -
I don't know- different situations for different people. 18 was stressful for me- taking some of the most challenging tests I've taken to finish HS, applying and stressing over college admissions, getting used to becoming an adult, girl stress. That year is only rivaled in stress to my second year in medical school.
Many adult jobs really aren't that stressful (mine is relatively fine). Now, not having a job or health issues certainly can be, but really, which adult jobs are so bad (and why not switch if they are intolerable?)0 -
I don't know- different situations for different people. 18 was stressful for me- taking some of the most challenging tests I've taken to finish HS, applying and stressing over college admissions, getting used to becoming an adult, girl stress. That year is only rivaled in stress to my second year in medical school.
Many adult jobs really aren't that stressful (mine is relatively fine). Now, not having a job or health issues certainly can be, but really, which adult jobs are so bad (and why not switch if they are intolerable?)
This is a very good point. It's all relative.0 -
Never having kids.
Got a job when I was 16, moved out at 17. Finished high school, payed all my own bills. I don't think it was hard. I was way happier being on my own. I can't stand self entitled kids or this generation of "music".0 -
18 isn't supposed to be hard but it is supposed to be done through a haze of alcohol abuse and badly thought out "seemed like a good idea at the time" ideas which can make it seem hard if the correct mixture of alcohol isn't applied.0
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I think Justin Bieber is supremely talented and very misunderstood. Most people who diss him have not bought his albums.
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I think Justin Bieber is supremely talented and very misunderstood. Most people who diss him have not bought his albums.
There is some truth to what he said, most people who diss him probably really haven't bought his albums.0 -
I think Justin Bieber is supremely talented and very misunderstood. Most people who diss him have not bought his albums.
Me dissing him has nothing to do with talent and everything to do with the fact he's a spoilt *kitten*.0 -
dont hate cuz he's canadian
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Many adult jobs really aren't that stressful (mine is relatively fine). Now, not having a job or health issues certainly can be, but really, which adult jobs are so bad (and why not switch if they are intolerable?)
It'd be nice if things were in my world as simple as they are in yours....and I'm sure I'm not the only one.0 -
dont hate cuz he's canadian
Hate cuz he's a talentless w@0 -
I heard that when it's that length, it never really gets fully hard.
You... I like you.
Seconded!0 -
18 was hard because my parents kept taking away the cell phone they were paying for me to use, I wasn't allowed to drive the extra car they bought because I would always take it to skip school, and life just was so unfair
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Eighteen was pretty fantastic, because at 17, I moved out of my mom and stepdad's house to live with my dad instead, 3000 miles away. The years prior to that were pretty hard, though, what with the alcoholism and emotional and sexual abuse and arrests for domestic violence and the having to cook dinner for myself and my brother all the time and the thirty horses to feed and water twice a day (before and after school) and the being underfed and overworked and the having no friends parts.
But kids these days, am I right?
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Ouch, everybody ripping on us Millenials? We aren't that bad. We were just raised differently. You need what Socrates said back in classical times?
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. 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 tyrannize their teachers."
All adults are the same. They are always blaming the generation after them. :laugh:
Actually, my kids all say sir and ma'am, always use good manners, always stand up when an adult enters the room, don't play video games unless it's educational and supervised, all have an excersize routine fit for their age, don't contradict my husband and I, wait until everyone sits at the table to reach for food if it's not already on their plate, the girls all cross their legs when in dresses or skirts, don't talk out of turn unless it's very important like a sibling got hurt, and they all get straight A's. My kids respect everything they have and evreryone they meet. They are 12, 7, 4, and 2. Obviously the 2 and 4 yr olds are the excemption sometimes but that gets even rarer as they get older. My husband goes to school full time as do I and I work full time, yet we still find a way and the time to teach our kids the value of a dollar and the same morals our parents and grandparents grew up with. Don't get me wrong, my kids are not perfect little angels. They are, however, well on their way to becomming respected, productive members of society. They care about how they look because their self image matters, not what others think of them. They don't waste their time listening to bullies or getting caught up in stupid crap that most kids do nowadays.0 -
Ouch, everybody ripping on us Millenials? We aren't that bad. We were just raised differently. You need what Socrates said back in classical times?
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. 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 tyrannize their teachers."
All adults are the same. They are always blaming the generation after them. :laugh:
Yeah, I quoted Cicero. ("Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents and everyone's writing a book.") But if they don't blame millenials, who else can they misdirect their ire towards!! 0 -
This is the definition of a failing parody thread.0
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This is the definition of a failing parody thread.
Your FACE is the definition of a failing parody thread.
Wait. What?0 -
Are those quotes verifiable though?
Yeah, I quoted Cicero. ("Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents and everyone's writing a book.") But if they don't blame millenials, who else can they misdirect their ire towards!!Ouch, everybody ripping on us Millenials? We aren't that bad. We were just raised differently. You need what Socrates said back in classical times?
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. 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 tyrannize their teachers."
All adults are the same. They are always blaming the generation after them. :laugh:
The Socrates one is certainly apocryphal (at best) since the dude didn't leave any writings. The one by Cicero I've seen before but never saw a reference for it...0 -
oh GURL, you are gonna get POUNCED for that..This is the definition of a failing parody thread.
Your FACE is the definition of a failing parody thread.
Wait. What?
Wait for it....
Wait for it....0 -
oh GURL, you are gonna get POUNCED for that..This is the definition of a failing parody thread.
Your FACE is the definition of a failing parody thread.
Wait. What?
Wait for it....
Wait for it....
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Are those quotes verifiable though?
Yeah, I quoted Cicero. ("Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents and everyone's writing a book.") But if they don't blame millenials, who else can they misdirect their ire towards!!Ouch, everybody ripping on us Millenials? We aren't that bad. We were just raised differently. You need what Socrates said back in classical times?
"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. 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 tyrannize their teachers."
All adults are the same. They are always blaming the generation after them. :laugh:
The Socrates one is certainly apocryphal (at best) since the dude didn't leave any writings. The one by Cicero I've seen before but never saw a reference for it...
Mm, seems to be hard to source/inaccurate. "Never trust a quote you find on the internet." - Lincoln, probably.0 -
Many adult jobs really aren't that stressful (mine is relatively fine). Now, not having a job or health issues certainly can be, but really, which adult jobs are so bad (and why not switch if they are intolerable?)
It'd be nice if things were in my world as simple as they are in yours....and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
I'm not saying there aren't any stressful jobs, just that many really aren't that stressful- if you ignore the stress from being poorly compensated. Sure, being a trauma surgeon or running a company or working in a dangerous area is stressful, but most people don't do that. What is it you do that has you down?0 -
I was dumb as a teenager (didn't think I was at the time). It's just the nature of being young, being without many responsibilities and not knowing the intangible things you learn as you age. I'm sure when I'm in my 60s that I'll think I was dumb at this age.
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Nope.
My 18 yr old has it quite easy compared when I was 18.
I had my own house, car note, in college, paying my own way and raising her on my own at her age. So 18 yr old based on my experience is a piece of cake nowadays. lol
Edit. My kid is polite and know better. She respects her elders and does what I say. It cracks me up when I see people on here and in real life let they kids disrespect or they say, let them be adults. PLEASE. My kid is 18, she aint no adult and she will do what I say. Those who say all that rif raf have no control. I have control because mine respects me because I raised her that way.
And she is in college and has two jobs and models. I wish my kids would act up! lol... its how you raise your kid. And I raised mine to be a SUPERSTAR and work HARD. All that other noise is unacceptable and I wouldn't allow.0 -
Some of you are jelly.0
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I'm not sure if this was sarcastic ...I've given up on humanity thanks to gen Y and the millennials.
If it was a serious statement, please don't lump us all into one category and assume that none of us work hard to reach our goals. We already get enough people shaking their canes at us for being the generation that isn't able to get jobs, lives at home, etc...
This. I moved out of my mom's house right after finishing high school. I have received no financial support from my family and am working 1-2 jobs while going to school.0
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