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Title:	Reply: 'teenage relationships.'
Author:	psirhc	Posted: 31-10-2006
I'm offering a rebuttal to [url=http://home.teamfrouse.com/view_rant.php?id=57]this rant[/url]. You know, it's remarkably easy to ridicule what kids do. I do it all the time. Lets be honest, most of them are pretty stupid and they do things that are amusing. But I can't really see what this rant is expressing. Is this rant more "I'm better than kids because I'm older!" or "Why don't people come to me for help??? :(" To best address this rant, I'm going to divide its parts with surgical precision, then attack with all the might of a reasonable adult. Because that's what I do. I was going to start by pondering just how many boys actually reach their teenage years [i]before[/i] reaching puberty, but arguing semantics can be somewhat frivolous, so we'll skip that. On to the first paragraph. To the enlightened adult, a child's problems do seem insignificant. Why can't I have gummy bears on my sandwich? Why does Bugs Bunny only go for twenty minutes? Why does daddy beat me? But these are still problems. If there's one thing any criticising adult should be aware of, is that almost all sociological issues pertaining to an individual are relative problems. When I hear people complaining about the alarming rise of childhood obesity and Type 2 diabetes, I think "What do I care? I'm not a kid and I'm still thin." Although the issue is of no relevance to me, it is no doubt an issue. I'm not suggesting that the relationship problems of teenagers are as serious as diabetes, but merely illustrating that it's relative. Because you decide it's trivial does not make it so. Does being older make your relationships more significant? Absolutely not, because they're not significant to anyone but you. As much as you don't care about their shit, they probably care even less about your shit. Considering that during the teenage years a persons hormonal levels are high, and the resulting emotional impacts can be difficult to deal with. Especially considering, at the beginning, most of those emotions are new. The results are powerful emotions magnified by the confusion of adolescence. The author says "Go find some real problems." Need I point out that teenagers are [i]teenagers[/i]. Their only problems are what's happening in The OC, how much SOSE sucks, and of course, the aforementioned relationship problems. Second paragraph. There is not much to grow out of. The response to being "dumped" by "dumping" the issue onto a whole bunch of people is manifest of one desire - support. A matured adult has the capability and emotional stability to deal with 'minor' relationships inconsequentially, and 'serious' relationships with less drama than a teenager. Well, some matured adults. Allow me to rephrase - a matured adult is able to minimise the amount of unfortunate people roped into the resulting drama of the end of a serious relationship. But you know, some people are just fucking [i]theatrical[/i] after being ditched. Anyway, what I'm getting at here is that an adult is usually more efficient at acquiring the support they seek. A teenager isn't. By dumping their problem on a large number of people they're effectively maximising their chances of getting this support. A teenager isn't thinking about who can best help or who cares, they just want a little bit of reassurance. Third paragraph. Most of what I've got to say can be expressed through use of quotes from the rant. "That being said, I'm always okay with helping people, letting them talk." "But if you have a problem, either I'll help you cheer up or I'll help you find a solution." "But seriously, there's this girl and blah blah blah what you were talking? Because I was not listening." "As long as you listen to me and stop the whining about your self-confidence." Effectively saying 'Yes, I'm happy to hear your problems that I don't care about, so long as you shut up about your problems and do what I tell you.' Finally, I'd like to finish with this last message; "This place is nice because it is free of whiners, lets keep it that way m'kay?" Need I point out these are [i]rants[/i]. Everything here is whining. What we need are some people serious enough about their whining to argue their points thoroughly.
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