<p>It somestimes feel like every teenager is the same:
No meaningful songs
Celebrities with no talent
Facebook, MySpace
Caring about their beauty</p>
<p>I feel like I never come across any teen that is unique or at least, more interesting than the stuff above. It's whether I am bland or teens are bland is a fact.</p>
<p>Most likely it’s both</p>
<p>Read the book “Generation Me” by Jean Twenge… it helped me see what is going on.</p>
<p>Yes, I believe so too. That’s why I don’t use myspace/facebook, don’t listen to the crappy music played on radios, and don’t look for girls who all they care about are looks. I like natural girls who don’t do much to themselves. Yes, hygiene is a must but not overly done XP.</p>
<p>you haven’t met very many teenagers or what</p>
<p>Stalk my posts.</p>
<p>When have teenagers not been “bland”? The 50’s?</p>
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<p>no no no remember teens in those days were all like the kids in grease and all dressed alike and liked the same things teens aren’t individuals right guys</p>
<p>liking the same things… that is actually way better than what we have today. it’s much easier to relate to people that way</p>
<p>I think our current actions shed light on what may come in the future. Read Fahrenheit 451:) It will explicate what we may become.</p>
<p>these teenagers are bland! bland!</p>
<p>shut it down! (the human race)</p>
<p>^Wow, do not panic! lol</p>
<p>It don’t think they’ve become bland, but I do feel that a bigger concern is that they have lot class.</p>
<p>In my opinion, it used to seem that teenagers used to have those couple of years to mess around and have some harmless fun before growing up.</p>
<p>But now the gap between being adolescent and adult is smaller. People either jump into being crazy, OCD multi-taskers with career as their sole goal (eg. some users around these forums) or jump to becoming gangbangers, pregnant, dropouts, etc.</p>
<p>That’s just my opinion. I hope I was understood…</p>
<p>How does using Myspace/Facebook make one bland? Teenagers don’t like using the phone. Facebook is a nifty means of communication without awkward phone conversations. When you’re dealing with a generation of people who don’t pick up their damn phone, Facebook certainly helps when trying to contact them. </p>
<p>You’re making gross generalizations that don’t really hold up in reality. What defines “bland” as a personal characteristic? Liking mainstream music, talentless celebrities, using social networking sites, and caring about physical appearance doesn’t exactly exclude interesting characteristics in a person.</p>
<p>And no, I don’t listen to the top 40, I hate Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson, and I’ve never been dedicated to my personal appearance. I will admit, I do like Facebook and did use Myspace in high school.</p>
<p>"^Wow, do not panic! lol "</p>
<p>have you not seen hell’s kitchen?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say “bland” because there’s definitely a lot of color in the land of teenagerism…I think “plastic” is a more fitting word.
Everyone’s so materialistic, too many kids care about their looks and social status and crap and they forget the little thing in life that really mean the most.</p>
<p>^^Lol, yes:) ^I agree; today people are all about image. No one appreciates the depth and personality each individual truly holds. We base so much opinion on outer apperances,(something we are born with and can’t change) as opposed to who we truly are as people.</p>
<p>^^ i beg to differ. we are born with our outer appearances, but with the help of a ****load of money and collagen, that can be changed.
Thus making today’s society literally “plastic”.</p>
<p>O ok, what I mean by outer appearances is natural. Perhaps I shouldn’t have added that we can’t change it. What I am trying to say is that people spend so much time worrying about what they look like on the outside, as opposed to developing themselves as people, that they begin to deprive themselves of good qualities. Through this process, they lose their individuality.</p>
<p>you should publish your views on life.</p>