Anyone else think teens are getting lamer these days?

Question

With all the LOLing, Facebooking, TXTing, Jonas Brothers, reality television, emo, shallow My Space profiles, and awful wannabe-punk haircuts going on, I couldn't imagine being a teen in todays society. I would be angry all the time that people have such terrible taste in fashion. The stupid oversized glasses are pretentious. Save them for a rave or an 80's party. You are not being creative or an individual by wearing them- it's a stupid fad.

I grew up in the early 90s with Blur, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, The Dead, The Doors, and sense of real teenage rebellion. Rolling Stone magazine was still relevant. MTV was still COOL. I just missed the 80s but would have enjoyed the punk scene as well.

And what kind of generation creates a genre of music called "Christian metal?" Sounds like a bit of a contradiction. I thought hardcore metal was about untamed rage, chaos, anarchy, and true pain.

I blame the decline of pop culture on spoiled 13 year olds who won't listen or watch anything that wasn't released five minutes ago. We are due for another punk rock revolution. s***w this mainstream force fed nonsense.

Let the nasty comments begin. I'm being a complete jerk, I know, but it will spark some interesting conversations about fashion, music, and why fads can be cool or just stupid. Reality TV is the most moronic television in the history of mankind.

If you are a teenager and you feel that these trends are awful too- don't conform!!! Be yourself!

Answer 1

uuuh well i'm a teen and i somewhat agree but also disagree. We're on a path of self-discovery, how else do you want us to do it?

Facebook is very necessary and i myself am not shallow at all, infact i'm pretty modest. Yea, MTV sucks major nowadays and i currently listen to the same bands you mentioned and i also wish to have been in the punk scene. I can't stand Jonas Brothers and their annoying fans especially when people start calling them the Beatles just cause they have the same characteristics. I also think Christian metal is bunch of bull.

It's  like this for every generation, people were saying the same thing about teens in the 60s, hippies in the 60s/70s, punks in the 70s/80s, grunge teens in the 90s... now it's like the electro teens of the new millenium

things change, either deal with it, ignore it & move on.

Answer 2

well old people get borin all they wanna talk about is the news or our country or politics, its cuz they dont get laid anymore. we may be wild wit no taste but at least we do S***.old people care too much bout wat people think of them thats the difference. i could care less if ya like me or not, im not here to please you sucker.

Answer 3

Yes, I agree music is brainwashing kids into buying c**p that is lame.

I like listening to older music :)

I miss old times :(

Answer 4

My goodness, it seems that the middle-aged are getting younger and younger!  In my day, years ago when I were a lad, folk did not start complaining about the younger generation until they were about 40, and then there was no hope for them.

I was a child in the 60s and a teenager in the 70s, and so fads have come and gone.  There are basically two types - one commercial and one rebellious, each following one another like two dogs chasing one another's tails.  

The brainless follow hypnotically whatever current fashion is prole-fed them by the celebrity magazines and reality TV and soaps, and their attendant moneymakers the stylists, the hairdressers and the fashion industry in general.

Then you get the rebels who have had enough of being prole-fed and come up with something, anything, that does not reek of corporate persuasion. Very quickly that is picked up by the fashionistas and turned into just another style.

Finally you get the thoughtful intelligent people who see live far beyond what can be achieved in 15 minutes, and settle down to their projects that take years of care and training and dedication with the aim of creating something that will sustain them and those around them in a lifetime.  They have little interest in style or trends.  These are my sort of people.  I see a girl or a woman with unspoilt waist-length hair and I know she is immune to these malign pressures of fashion (or her hair would be gone) and I love her for it.

Answer 5

Does lamer = dumber?

Well just listen to the music, it's not very creative. Most of it is ripped off from music done in previous generations and 99% of it is very bad copy cat music. Secondly, look at the hit movies of their generation... they are all cartoon or comic book hero movies. They are basically comic books made nto a movie with lots of special effects. THAT"S VERY LAME!

Lastly, look at the job market, despite having all of this technology to make money etc, our country has to import students from INdia and China at a more increasing rate, to make up for the deficiency in educated young AMericans who can do the jobs in science and technology... let me also add, why do they walk around with their pants hanging off their azzes, that really isn't cool, it's as you put it LAME. I could go on and on but I just don't have the time. Oh yeah, I can't forget this one... look at their heroes, Brittney, trailer park spears, Lindsey coke head Lohan and Paris the s**t Hilton, I mean c'mon! They actually want to be like these people, that's not lame  that's really fkin sad!

Answer 6

I agree. It wasn't too long ago that i was a teen and already i look at todays teens as jokes. Not all of them, but a big chunk. You can't blame the teens though. It's the media that turns them this way. Were becoming a superficial society. Im betting that the Jonas Brothers wouldn't be known today if they were fat. It's not about the music anymore, its about the image. And i find that sad.

Maybe its all just our perspective though. Im sure people thought the same about us when we were teens. But i didn't grow up thinking the world revolved around me. This parents movement to protect the children is doing no good either. Now these kids think they deserve everything, know everything, and expect the same treatment from everybody that their parents gave them.  

Answer 7

I agree with your analysis.  To my thinking; these are essentially unsupervized kids who are over-indulged when a parent makes a brief appearance in their lives.  They spoil their kids out of guilt for not being there for them.  This results in a kid who is self-centered and has no ability to delay instant gratification, thinks the world owes them something in spite of their non-effort.  The internet and cell phones have also fed into this 'I want it NOW!' frenzy that leaves this kids unable to even imagine 'later' (i.e., a future, or at least planning for one)

Kinda sad.....

Answer 8

I follow no trends besides that of Mr. Happy and world domination.

Which is why I have no favourite genre of music and I have a superiority complex. It's difficult to feel yourself equal to your peers when so many of them are idiots.

Take a conversation I had last week:

Me - "You know, we should really worry more about global warming."

Her - "-stares at magazine-"

Me - "In thirty years some places in the world might be underwater."

Her - "Omg, Nick Jonas is sooo hot!"

The problem is people are running out of ways to be original. Teenagers try to be all rebellious and "different," but end up conforming. I can't even begin to imagine the world of the next generation. Well. If we live that long.