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- KrayzieKyd, on 01/09/2009, -2/+61"You met a guy on MySpace? He could have raped you! In the butt!"
- Delta009, on 01/08/2009, -0/+52Most of my friends don't realize how important it is not to upload photos of them smoking pot on the Internet until I Google their names and those photos show up as the first results.
- jgopp, on 01/09/2009, -2/+39Duh. All this research coming out about completely obvious things is making me mad, who is paying for this? And why am I not being paid to tell people obvious things?
- thelastcivilian, on 01/09/2009, -0/+28"Moreno and her colleagues randomly selected 500 MySpace profiles from people who reported their age as 18... For the second study, the researchers randomly selected 190 profiles of people between 18 and 20..."
18+. Able to enlist, able to vote... but apparently not supposed to talk about something as *scandalous* as sex or gangster movies on their MySpace accounts according to the researcher.
I wouldn't want to be her children - they'll probably be grounded for holding hands. - BeShirtHappy, on 01/09/2009, -2/+29I think a lot of teens exaggerate to look cool and/or for the shock value ... I hope.
- GeeksSpeakFont, on 01/08/2009, -1/+22that's definitely not smart behavior...
- mattmartinez, on 01/09/2009, -0/+21This article sheds some more light on the study: http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,187 ...
Apparently the researchers considered posting pictures of guns or the movie Scarface as a divulgence of violent behavior on their profiles, and Playboy bunny icons were interpreted as indicators of promiscuity. - Barackalypse, on 01/09/2009, -0/+19Well, according to my Facebook page I'm a 300 year old free lance demon hunter and 7th Dan Grandmaster Sensei of Net-Fu living in Cambodia. I'm not entirely sure I'd believe everything I read on the Internet.
- inactive, on 01/09/2009, -1/+16They do it for the lulz.
- WithMyMind, on 01/09/2009, -1/+14"The researchers randomly selected 190 profiles of people between 18 and 20 who displayed risky behaviors" ... “This was a creative and unique way to reach kids,”
18 - 20 year olds aren't "kids". - superdupergome, on 01/09/2009, -0/+13Yeah, seriously, these aren't "teens" in that general, fear-mongering sense of the word. A 13-year-old dressed like a slut smoking pot is shocking, a sorority girl not so much.
- Memnochxx, on 01/09/2009, -0/+10Oh man, anyone have that link?
- GangsterCompute, on 01/09/2009, -0/+9So you have this possible future where either everyone is quivering in fear that they will be blackmailed for something they did in their past or do still (because however it all goes down any information you post somewhere is never again entirely in your control), or people collectively realize that everyone is just trying to pass as a decent human being, in the face of the fact that neither they nor anyone else can ever fully attain the ideal, and we come to some new social understanding - what that understanding is exactly I couldn't say but I'd bet that it would not recoil in shock to hear that half of teens do this or that.
"The kids are out of control! The television isn't enough to keep them sedated anymore, they don't even wish they were movie stars anymore because there are no cool movies for them to wish they were in, the drugs we put them on to behave and fit in at school has made them rebel against our good intentions, they think their education is futile because they heard that they're no longer competitive against kids in other countries in the fields they're interested in, the schools look like prison and even that can't keep these kids from acting up!" The only thing this generation is missing is the wherewithal to collectively realize that the cultural establishment has ***** them systematically, that even if they worked hard and followed the rules there isn't going to be any social security money waiting for them at the end of the road because their parents put it all on their credit cards.
The Baby Booms were spoiled by their parents, have defaulted on a loan they apparently took out against their children and grandchildren, and yet the part that really messes me up about this whole thing is that this article addresses social networking from the angle of Baby Boom concerns, like this is the ***** they're actually worried about. - str1fe, on 01/09/2009, -0/+8More helpful:
http://www.keepbusy.net/play.php?id=daughter-buste ...
In the butt. - jas168, on 01/09/2009, -0/+618 year olds smoking weed? Having sex? Oh my god what kind of America is this.
- NickLee808, on 01/09/2009, -1/+7Not to mention the nude images they post of themselves.
Can't forget those. - Tynan, on 01/09/2009, -0/+6Good point. They're ***** adults. Let's start treating them that way.
- anxdiety, on 01/09/2009, -0/+5100 years ago we had arranged marriages by the time you finished college if you even went to college. The age that we are considering people being juvenile is going way way up. 14-17 used to be the normal age for people to get married and start their families. Perhaps our bodies haven't changed but the social standards have.
- ColinApocalypse, on 01/09/2009, -0/+5Teens? Risky behavior??
What has this world come to?!? - Beatmiser, on 01/09/2009, -0/+5This just in... water is wet.
- inactive, on 01/09/2009, -0/+4who cares?
- purzzzell, on 01/09/2009, -0/+4So - what's the amazing benefit of getting them to pull the info down?
The way the second paragraph is worded, the teens STOP THE BEHAVIORS after an e-mail, not STOP POSTING about them. So they're just going to do it in secret like they always have.
lame. - morogolus, on 01/09/2009, -0/+4Well it's a good thing I would never post stuff like about those lines I did off that hookers ass the other night.
- RAEP, on 01/09/2009, -1/+4I believe it has more to do with the prefrontal cortex. It is theorized that the prefrontal cortex is responsible for things like goals and decision making.
I'm 17. - pyry, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3I accidentally a VD. Is this bad?
- poppyrich, on 01/09/2009, -3/+6Once again, our tax dollars ar work Ladies and Gentlemen...stating the obvious, Buried!!
- Haoie, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3And with another trend of employers checking networking sites [mostly for reasons not to hire you], not a good mix.
- samyoungguitar, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3Who actually funded a study to figure out kids keep ***** from their parents? Does it really say something about kids? Or does it say more about ***** psychologists and clueless parents?
- headzoo, on 01/09/2009, -0/+3That's alright. It's just more jobs for those people smart enough NOT to post stupid ***** on the web.
- DoTheTony, on 01/09/2009, -1/+4Can't get enough of those.
- DoTheTony, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2This misses the point completely -
People are always going to get drunk, have sex, or smoke the mary-j. The internet just shows that your human. These activities aren't necessary dangerous or harmful in themselves unless you engage in them with the wrong company or wrong surroundings. It's just that the internet makes it easier to have proof of being a human being. Rather than parents being concerned about whether their children are humans or not maybe they should be more involved with finding out who their friends are or what their lives are actually like to make sure when they are involved in NORMAL behaviour it's with the right people. It's not the picture on facebook of your kid slamming down natty-ice that will kill them, it's their stupid friend that drives them into a tree that will. - amous, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2and this is new thing or just they got it now ?
- Mullinator, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2Today most people don't really consider you an adult until you are in your late twenties anyway.
- jas168, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2I'd say 60 years ago it wasn't unusual to get a job and get married right after high school. Admitting to sexual thoughts and behavior on the internet was less common.
- yacks, on 01/09/2009, -1/+3They are when those 18-20 year olds are lying about their age.. ;)
- Aeaus, on 01/10/2009, -0/+2Because science demands proof. It's a good thing too.
- petebot, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2Yeah, it's more "teens" in the porn sense of the word...
- antistupid, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2in the grand scheme of things, yes..they are
- esilverski, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2The meaning of these studies are totally obscured by these articles that only report on them. Reporting methods is a pretty obvious thing a researcher has to do, and probably did in his study.
Unfortunately these methods are biased to augment results and are overall poor indicators of promiscuity or violent behavior. And since they are not even mentioned in the article, the article chooses what should be taken from the study for the reader. Crappy journalism - microview2007, on 01/09/2009, -0/+2Duh, it's the four deadly sins after Rock and Roll was determined to be safe.
- CrossCanyon, on 01/09/2009, -0/+1This is BREAKING NEWS.
- InfernoX, on 01/09/2009, -0/+1You missed the point of the internet.
- Sinnic, on 01/09/2009, -0/+1/raises glass to toast Gangster
- protogenes, on 01/09/2009, -0/+1Facebook (and etc) users are clueless, and will deeply regret that pic of them dressed as a nun covered in whip cream when they go for that job interview in 5 years...
- EricAugu, on 01/11/2009, -0/+1Surprised the headline wasn't "BREAKING: TEENS MAKE BAD DECISIONS".
Who didn't know this? - anxdiety, on 01/09/2009, -0/+1The difference is sexual thoughts and behaviors were kept at the bar amongst the guys or between the women at their gatherings. It was never posted permanently for someone to be able to read at a later date.
- Br3ach, on 01/09/2009, -0/+1Did Ric Romero write this article?
- Aeaus, on 01/10/2009, -0/+1Why is this guy getting digged down?
- Snoosy, on 01/09/2009, -0/+1I like how using drugs or alcohol is automatically classified as "abuse."
- ibneihsan, on 01/09/2009, -0/+1now its just like bringing out a "research" on stopping internet porn! That aint gonna happen just like that! Dont you understand???
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