Is there any good trait about American Youth Culture?

Mostly Harmless · 08.27.2008, 03:14 PM

Because I'm supposed to write an essay for French class about American Youth Culture as an ambassador to France.
But honestly, I'm surrounded mostly by lazy, arrogant, narrow-minded people, and I'm not interested in telling it like it is.
The only growing trend I can write positively about is growing tolerance between races. And that's it.
I could be missing something. If I am, please tell me. I only need one more positively quality about the youth of this culture. Bonus points for something definitive.

pbradley · 08.27.2008, 03:18 PM

Guitar Hero!

Sonic Youth 37 · 08.27.2008, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Mostly Harmless

Because I'm supposed to write an essay for French class about American Youth Culture as an ambassador to France.
But honestly, I'm surrounded mostly by lazy, arrogant, narrow-minded people, and I'm not interested in telling it like it is.
The only growing trend I can write positively about is growing tolerance between races. And that's it.
I could be missing something. If I am, please tell me. I only need one more positively quality about the youth of this culture. Bonus points for something definitive.

Tolerance? Horseshit. More like people keeping their mouths shut on their racism because they don't want to get beat down for it. Nothing's really changed. Especially in the South. Some guy in my Classical Greek History class was bitching about how his apartment building had a lot more "coloreds" (Yes, he did say 'coloreds') than he was expecting. Fucking prick. A person is a fucking person, no matter what.

The only thing I could really say is that the youth of today are far less ignorant about the rest of the world (could be good or bad, we'll see when they get into power) than say the current ruling generation (say 50 years old-Cold War era) when they were young.

EMMAh · 08.27.2008, 03:18 PM

Some teenagers are becoming more respectful towards the environment?

drrrtyboots · 08.27.2008, 03:21 PM

Teenagers are becoming more and more efficient at finding ways to illegally download pornography off the internet.

pbradley · 08.27.2008, 03:25 PM

The return of "preppy" and "rocker" clique labels?

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 08.27.2008, 04:07 PM

Teenagers suck. Except for the ones who post here.

I'd try to write about the things youth can do instead of what youth are like.

Mostly Harmless · 08.27.2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Sonic Youth 37

Tolerance? Horseshit. More like people keeping their mouths shut on their racism because they don't want to get beat down for it. Nothing's really changed. Especially in the South. Some guy in my Classical Greek History class was bitching about how his apartment building had a lot more "coloreds" (Yes, he did say 'coloreds') than he was expecting. Fucking prick. A person is a fucking person, no matter what.

Could be a load of shit, but the fact that a black man is running for president for a major party makes it very convincing shit.
I can't believe he used the words "coloreds" It shouldn't be funny, but still, that's so funny.*
I would call many of those already mentioned winners, but I'm pretty sure they have both Guitar Hero and horny teenage boys in France.

*meaning of course the tactlessness itself, not racism

pbradley · 08.27.2008, 04:30 PM

More kids nowadays are forming bands than when I was a street loitering juvenile, from what I can tell.

08.27.2008, 04:32 PM

warsaw

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 08.27.2008, 04:33 PM

That's true. Anywhere you go you can find a youthful music community.

diskaholic-anonymous · 08.27.2008, 04:42 PM

the young american culture is dead! you can't speak in general terms of a young american culture, cause there are many sub-cultures in the usa and the tendency it's become more isolated of each other, a real young culture happened in the past like the 60's or the 70's when they were together fighting for something with a true meaning...now the young culture is a culture of "fat isolation": internet + macdonalds!
sorry but...NO FUTURE!

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 08.27.2008, 04:50 PM

DESTROY!

atsonicpark · 08.27.2008, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by pbradley

Guitar Hero!

No, I think that's amongst the worst things in American's youth culture.

viewtiful_alan · 08.27.2008, 09:58 PM

Not really.
Very complacent.
We really need a good kick in the ass.

Cantankerous · 08.27.2008, 10:00 PM

akprodr · 08.27.2008, 10:02 PM

youth culture killed my dog

atsonicpark · 08.27.2008, 10:04 PM

"American SONIC Youth Culture" lmfaoroflallafiftw!!

viewtiful_alan · 08.27.2008, 10:11 PM

We as kids have too much at our fingertips now, the exploration of being a kid is kind of hampered by that.

atsonicpark · 08.27.2008, 10:12 PM

I saw a porno when I was 10.

My childhood died.

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